Class Will



      In sound mind [ ? ], we, the undersigned, submit the following document as our final will and testament of the Class of 1951. Having success-fully completed our final year at Metcalf, we bequeath not money, but the following items to these beneficiaries:
      ARTICLE I.—To Mr. Peck and the members of the School Board: Our thanks for the educational advantages which you have placed before us to enable us to be leaders in the future years. In addition, our deepest gratitude for your generous service in our behalf and for the many new privileges you have given us.
      ARTICLE II.—To Mr Murphy:—Our sincere and warmest thanks for your kind under standing and for your much needed enthusiasm in our school work and in our various activities. You have made these three years at Metcalf so memorable that they will remain in our hearts for a lifetime. Next year marks your twenty fifth year as head of this wonderful school. For these many years of unselfish devotion to Metcalf students the Class of 1951 extends a very sincere— "Well Done"
      ARTICLE III—To the Faculty: Our deepest appreciation for your encouragement of true values, sound judgement, and high ideals. With your standards, we hope, as future citizens, to make our world one of fruitful contentment and spiritual peace. To you we leave an automatic sprayer from which will issue a very special per-fume to drown out the odor of fish which pupils favor on Fridays.
      ARTICLE IV—To Miss Sullivan: We leave an ice-cream maker which can whip up, at a moment's notice, all the homemade chocolate ice cream you care for. Next, we leave mechanical robots that will pick up every scrap of paper and drop them into the waste baskets, so that your time and energy will not be used up searching for tiny bits of paper. Last, but not least, we leave a special recording of your impressive lectures on loyalty and good citizenship, which we hope will be introduced into political forums throughout the nation. Our thanks for the Honor Society—A significant addition to Metcalf.
      ARTICLE V—To Miss Moriarty: We leave the scent of "Chanel No. 5" or "Evening in Paris" to fill your room in place of Hydrogen Sulphide or Carbon Hydrate. Also, another set of tan science books so that it won't be necessary to send out scouting parties to recover books which have wandered off to other rooms. Our thanks for the Student Council and all it did for Metcalf.
      ARTICLE VI—To Mr. Leary: We leave, first, a "little" song book so that your "little" pupils may sing a song when they forget their "little" compositions. A special thirty-six hour day so that you will have ample time to do all the things you do and still have time to relax. A section group which will include pupils who won't mind keeping your room neat and orderly. And, last, staff members on both the Metcalf News and the yearbook, who will get their material in on time
      ARTICLE VII—To Miss Gorman: We leave two big electric signs; one reading IN and the other reading OUT, to be placed on your doors so that your pupils will be sure to enter and exit correctly. A first edition copy of a new book en-titled: An Anthology of Poetry Written by Metcalf Students compiled and edited, of course, Miss Gorman
      ARTICLE VIII—To Miss Hallisey: We leave a brainy math class which will be able to recite any rule of math or algebra perfectly. Pupils will make their numbers and letters exactly as Dr. Rhinehart makes them. Our thanks for many after school hours you put in trying to drum a little algebra into our heads.
      ARTICLE IX—To Miss Griffin: We leave obedient pupils, such as we, who will keep their minds on the language you are teaching them, and not imagine that they are some brave Roman or a dashing Frenchman. Some automatic sliding blackboards with pushbutton control so that it won't be necessary for you to erase all the different subject matter which you have to get on your boards. Our thanks to you, too, for your after school work with our class in French and Latin
      ARTICLE X—To Mrs. Leahy: We leave noiseless pupils who will pass by your door without uttering a sound. Also, a star stamper which will automatically mark stars on the board for your math pupils. A group of boys who won't carry gallantry to extremes by standing up every time you enter the room.
      ARTICLE XI—To Miss Hogan: We bequeath an Egyptian Lotus with outstreched arms to bring back all those straying crayons and rulers. Next, we leave to all teachers a copy of Miss Hogan's latest book: "How to Keep Your Room Cool on Hot Summer Days." And, last, some special bulletin boards extending from your room to the main door of the auditorium. On these you can pin up all those wonderful creations which are products of your Art Classes.
      ARTICLE XII—To Miss Harrington: We leave a huge fountain to be installed in your room to satisfy your water-craving students. A good supply of babies' milk bottles which you can use to silence all the little seventh grade "tots" whenever they begin to make all that unseemly noise so peculiar to little ones.
      ARTICLE XIII—To Miss Canavan: We leave a year's supply of Cambell's soups, so that you may always have a balanced meal at lunch time, and a set of initialed bobbins that cannot disappear. Next, we leave the assurance that all of your lessons on good manners and the rules of etiquette will be put to practical use in the years to come.
      ARTICLE XIV—To Mr. Donnelly: We leave a linotype machine with which you can turn out our Metcalf News, graduation programs, tickets and all other items needed by the various activities in the building. A special set of march records which will inspire your boys to march vigorously around the gym. Our thanks for the help in making our many activites so successful, and, especially, for the very attractive graduation programs.
      ARTICLE XV— To Miss Pin: We leave a huge magnet which will enable you to pick out all pupils who are off pitch. Also, a group of singers who will reach those high notes and sing four-part songs without making you shiver at the sound. Our thanks for your interest and help in our public performances.
      ARTICLE XVI—To our building custodians, Mr. Smith and Mr. Moynahan: We leave a comfortable lounge to lunch in and a set of soft musical notes to replace too harsh two-bell call. Next, we leave pupils who, we hope, will empty the waste baskets without dropping the basket down the chute. And, last, our sincere thanks for all the work you have done in our behalf.
      ARTICLE XVII—To Mr. O'Brien: We leave a group of marchers who will experience some trouble telling their left foot from their right, but we know that you will overcome this obstacle. Also, we leave you with the unhappy prospect of working all fall with what talent there is left in the building. Our thanks for your keen interest in and hard work on behalf of all Metcalf activities.
      ARTICLE XVIII—To the future cheer-leaders: We leave the embarrassing task of trying to be as good as the girls of '51. Just to show our good faith in your welfare we are leaving a copy of the book of cheers which made us so terrific. And, last, but, by no means least, we leave you each a copy of a new book written by Mr. Leary: "Basketball Players are Inspired by Cheering Not by Parties"
      ARTICLE XIX—To the Class of '52: We leave the highest offices and the highest honors at Metcalf. We leave you the privilege of getting: out the school publications, taking the leadership roles in our Student Council and on our Honor Society, and representing Metcalf on our varsity teams. We leave you the happy prospect of pre-paring for class day program and a graduation ceremony. Of course, it will require considerable "growing up" on your part to meet all of these responsibilities, but you can do it. Just bear in mind during the coming summer months that you can't be children forever!
      ARTICLE XX—To the school babies Class of '53: We leave some especially small compasses with which to find your way around, the school without getting lost. Also, the request that you put away all your little kindergarten utensils so they will be ready for the incoming tots. Your cribs have been moved upstairs so that you may be heard but not seen next year.
      ARTICLE XXI—To the Metcalf School: We leave a very modern roll-back floor which will reveal a crystal clear swimming pool when open. Here students may relax after a strenuous test. And, of course, we leave our sincere expression of regret for having to leave your halls. To you we leave all future Metcalf students. May they enjoy and appreciate you as much as we did.
      We, the undersigned, submit these Articles as our last will and testament.

Constance O'Neil
Judy Cain
Nance Grandchamp
Marie Menard


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