Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Esther Lang is busily engaged in raising forget-me-nots on the banks of the Amazon. Esther says it pays, too, because Norman Coryell, who is always appropri- ately sending bouquets to certain young ladies, buys all she grows. George Clark is a sailor. He has gone as far north as Alaska, and feels sure he could have discovered the North Pole if Peary hadn't beaten him to it. ' Ruth Butterfield is the most popular school teacher -in the United States. She doesn't believe in homework, never gives below a 2, -and demands no admit slips. Colby Tarleton is recognized as head of Honolulu's most famous dress-making establishment. Ratfia skirts are his specialty. Dorothy Fifer is the founder of Fifer,s Select School for Sub-Debs. Special courses in How to Obtain Young Men's Fraternity Pins, How to Vamp Properly, and How to Bluff in History. i Tom Halcrow is the originator of an automobile which has proved even better liked than the one-time popular Ford. It is now correct to drive a Tin Tommy rather than an Elizabeth. Lucile Ehrenberg is private secretary to one of Philadelphia's most famous bankers. She is known as having the most beautiful sweaters that side of the Rocky Mountains. ' Robert Kirkwood, Alexander Lowe, Charles Hopps and Wendall Gammell formed a corporation with which they intend to become the Standard Oil's only rivals. , Marie Onions is in Manchuria leading a votes for women campaign., As yet we haven't heard of women's suffrage from that region, but where there's life there's hope, and Marie is surely lively. Gordon Heid is happily married. At this time he is the proud possessor of the tennis championship of Bay Farm Island. Edith Birbeck's dazzling smile is seen on the back of every magazine. The words under the picture assure you that Colgatets is the only toothpaste. Don Baron is known as the California poet, and in his velvet smock, Van'Dyke beard and Windsor tie he looks the part. Elinor Gutsch is living in France, where her string of admirers win for her the title of Europe's Golden Vampf' When she tires of juggling with hearts, she comes to Hollywood where she has a standing contract with the Sheza Bara Film Co. All the world is crazy over John Philpott's violin playing. He is a second Fritz Kreisler, but in spite of his fame comes back to the old A. H. S. every year to give the students a treat. Frances Orr, Ruth Miller and Virginia Burkhardt are all happily married. The crystal refuses to show the faces of their respective husbandsy ' Kenneth Malone is chief electrician at the Columbia, Oakland, where he receives many shocks watching the chorus girls perform. Melita Hutt, before her marriage to an English Duke, traveled in Egypt, where she was greatly interested in discovering the identity of the Sphinx. Al Brooks is on the Orpheum Circuit, successfully demonstrating Feist songs. Grace-Marion Elster has the regulation author's garret in New York. Occasion- ally magazines such as Snappy Stories, Police Gazette, etc., buy a story by way of encouragement, but between times she lives on toothpicks and watery Christian Snead is America's best loved movie star. His slick hair is said by numerous old-timers to resemble that of the one time popular matinee idol, Wally Reid. Myrtle Ganahl is a very successful kindergarten teacher. Perhaps her experi- ence in the 1920 Freshman Reception is responsible for her success. Gerald Daborvich is assistant professor of U. S. history in the University of Kokklvitjkschio, situated in Northern Siberia. Page Eighteen ' ' afgtn

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tain 623, Track 643, Football 61, 2, 43, Tribune Marathon 61, 2, 33, Jazz Band 62, 3, 43, Vaudeville 62, 3, 43, Block A 643, College of Hawaii. DOROTHY TABOR- Dot. Social Committee 623, Permanent Member Star and Key, Glee Club 623, Ad Board 62, 43, Vice-President Class 633, Editor Class 633, President Advisory Class 633, Girls' Judicial Board 643, Welfare Committee 643, Acorn Staff 633, Freshman Reception 643, Senior Play 643, Chinese Oper- etta 643, President Girls' Association 643, U. C. and Art School. EVEHETT 'THOMSON-Military 62, 33, Baseball 643, College. HAROLD V1-ISPER- lgnatz. Undecided. LELAND VVADE- l.ee. From Kemble Union High 613, Star and Key 61, 2, 3, 43, President Star and Key 643, Editor Star and Key 643, Senior Play 6433 U. C. ELAINE WALLEN- Wally. Star and Key 63, 43, Ad Board 633, Vice-Presi- dent Advisory Class 623, Secretary Advisory Class 62, 33, Sports and Pastimes Committee 63, 43, Glee Club 61, 23, Assistant Manager Freshman Reception 643, U. C. KENNETH WARD- Ken. Military 61, 2, 3, 43, Assistant Secretary A. S. A. H. S. 643, Boys' Judicial Board 643, Acorn Staff 643, Senior Play 643, Senior Cabaret 643, President Y. M. C. A. Bean Feeds 643, Senior Football Team 643, U. C. 3 T IS the 17th day of June, 1920, and the graduting class of the Alameda High School is seated in the parlors of Madame Fortuna, the famous clairvoyant. The room is dark save in the center where the fortune teller is bending over a shining crystal. Suddenly the clear glass becomes clouded as a hushed silence ensues, and the letters 1920 are seen plainly written in the ball. The scene changes, and in the crystal appears a flower bedecked stage on which stands about 65 girls and boys, each proudly holding something which looks very much like a diploma tied with gold and white ribbon. Again the ball becomes clouded, and this time in its midst is written 1935. Then is seen: A village in Timbuctoo entirely peopled by brown-skinned natives. A second glance shows a group of young cannibals being taught to sing psalms and read the Bible by a fair haired missionary, whom we recognize as none other than Everett Thompson. Next is seen the glittering lights of a Broadway theatre, the sign boards ot' which read, The Divine Edwina, America's Sarah Bernhardt. Miss Osborne's 63rd week. Standing room only. Elwood Patterson, a noted traveling salesman, proudly displays his famous cold cream whose label says, Get rid of your freckles. Don't look like a turkey's egg. Use Patterson's cold cream. Helen Lippardt, having just inherited a million dol- lars, is his best customer, and buys two tons annually. Hazel Haefner is seen busily teaching little Sandwiches in the Sandwich Islands to shimmy. She is assisted by Leland Wade, who teaches the latest thing in hand ball. Stewart Menzies owns a most popular shop in Emeryville. Its sign is known to everyone, and consists of three gilded balls. Now a huge dance hall is beheld whose sign reads, The New Arcadia-under management of Kenneth Ward. Step in and hear our S100-a-night-all-girl-jazz-band. Stepping in who is seen but Ida Ross at the piano, Marion Martens blowing vigor- ously on a sax, Ermyll Hunter fussing over a broken string on her banjo, Helen Fromme beating the drums to death, while Thelma Burg plays coquettishly on a time-worn gazook. Some jazz band! Class Prophecy G b g Q f U I U Page Seventeen

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Edwina Graham and Elaine Wallin are joint owners of a sandwich shop which has completely taken the after-the-dance-or-show trade from Hamburger Joe's. Cyril Smith sells more buttons than anybody else in the notion department at Jake Goldstein's second hand store. One look into his blue eyes and the girls simply have to buy anything he shows them. Across the aisle Henry Joachim has a busy time selling pink shirts. Melba Curwin is happily married and living in Nebraska with her farmer husband. Leap Year Methods de Luxe is the title of this season's best seller. It is netting quite a fortune for its authoress, Rae Cochrane. Henry Gutte has surplanted Rube Goldberg in the favor of all Americans. His characterization of his high school days rival Goldberg's famous Boob McNutt pictures. George Knudsen is a barber in Russia, where he has started a fad for smooth faces. Needless to say he is doing a Russian business. Pavlowa having become too aged to perform, Aileen Hrubanik has fallen heir to her list of admirers. Bob Laughlin is America's most idolized ball player. The Giants and the White Sox fight an annual battle for his services on their respective teams. Dorothy Tabor has a huge studio in New York where she paints the wonderful pictures of cats and flowers which have made her name famous as far west as Milpitas. The crystal now shows a crowded court room. The jury has just brought forth the verdict of not guilty, while the crowd goes crazy with joy, and surges forward to congratulate upon winning his 23rd case, America's most famous criminal lawyer, John McKean. Saima Koski is still maintaining her reputation for brilliancy. She has just written an essay on the Ulmpeccability and Mollification of Ligniperdons in Uruguay, which is very popular with the debutant set. Mary and Louise Bajuk own a huge millinery shop in Pittsburg. They specialize in copying Paris hats, and the copies are so good they can't be told from the originals. Howard Gray is thought to be a serious rival of De Palma, although Charles Couchot in his Ford twin-eight is a close second. Enid Boyce is happily married. Her biscuits are the delight of her friends, who make it a point to drop in about supper time. Kathryn Rock is New Orleans' favorite society leader. She has a reputation of being able to drink more pink lemonade than anyone south of Mason-Dixon's line. From New Orleans the scene now shifts to Milpitas, Cal., where a building bearing the sign The Milpitas Blabber is seen. Looking through the window we see Russ Knowland writing editorials in support of Senator Dunbar, who, it is rumored, is about to receive the nomination for Governor, on the Anti-Everything ticket. And then comes a sight which brings tears to the eyes of almost every female member of the Class of June '20. It is the image of Harold Vesper, the pride of Alameda. He is in the hands of cannibals, and about to be put in the pot for supper. However, rather than receive such a death at their hands, he suddenly plucks a collar button from out of his shirt, and commits suicide by swallowing this. The picture fades. The class stares at the ball with amazed faces as each heaves a sigh of relief. Then once again the crystal shines brightly, and, traced in shining red, the class reads the words, The best of luck to each one of you! G. M. E., June '20. E b 2 Q f U I fl Page Nineteen