This collection is comprised of one 1963 Senior “Last Will and Testament,” and homecoming programs from 1963, 1964, and 1965, all from Kalamazoo Christian High School located in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Kalamazoo Christian Senior’s Last Will and Testament was a booklet created and compiled by the senior student staff of the “Clarion” the high school’s student newspaper. After a brief thank you letter from the senior class, a Last Will and Testament is written with each of the seniors making a statement of what they will “leave” behind for the remaining students and staff at K. Christian H.S. For example, senior Nancy De Young wrote, “I, Nancy De Young, leave my ability to talk in study hall and not stay after school, to Mary Leep.” Dow Haan wrote, I Dow Haan, leave my ability to do nothing and get caught for it to Doug Stapert,” and Bob Heerlyn wrote, I Bob Heerlyn, leave my school books to anyone who wants to buy them.” Some statements were heartfelt, while others were lighthearted.

After the Will and Testament, another section lists what members of the graduating class will do after high school. For example, Paula Bushouse wrote “going to attend the Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing in Detroit. After three years of school and I get my R.N. diploma I hope to join the Navy Nurse Corp.” While some planned on attending college, others wrote that they would simply “go to work.”

After stating their hopes for life after high school a Class Prophecy was written to the class of 1973, as well as a short history of the senior class. A list of “Mosts and Bests” is written after those with “most likely to succeed” given to Paul De Haan, and “best school skippers” awarded to Marilyn Lynema and Dave Smith. Finally a page is devoted to the senior class trip and a final statement on graduating from K. Christian.

The Homecoming programs held in the collection provide good information on the Homecoming Court for each year and which football team K. Christian played against. Each of the three years they played the Muskegon Christian Warriors. The programs are also helpful in providing a list of graduates from the previous decade that corresponds with that year’s program.