Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Page 30 The Spirit Annual SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Moscow, Russia, June 10, 1934. Mv dear Verna: . p . t i Since this is the fifteenth anniversary of our graduation School, I have been thinking about the members ot our class and about what t j “ ' ' ihnv ' is v.nu- new ,,harmacy in Ames progressing? I hope by this time that vovi have finishe.l with good results your exi.eriment m T had such an interesting experience here yester lay that 1 . it Since I am still travelling the universe trying to hnd a suita.hle position with which 1 can be satisfied, 1 often have many interesting other evening when I attended the theatre here, whica is said to be one of th best in the world I found that Lyle Griffith was the manager. And I was still more surprised to find Dorothy Gruwell and Robert Rotter acting the leadii roles in the play that evening. Ye four siient an evening together and enjoyed ourselves ;ith remmiscences. Since some of us had travelled a good deal we had seen and heard ot n anN of the members of our high school class and were all interested in finding out about them. I know vou will be interested in some of them too. When I was in Egypt not long ago, 1 found that Margaret Slo.ss was the lester for the ruler and while there she told me about Ava Kulow, liiinie Lindauer, and Elizabeth Gleason who are now m issionaries in the wdds of Africa. Later, I learned about the sad death of Elizabeth who was killed by wild beasts who infest the region near their mission. Dorothy and Bob, while in England, found that Eleanor Murray who now lives in that country, had been appointed poet laureate on account ot the great literary work she has given to the world and liumaniD. We heard, too, about the interesting campaign that is now being conducted there in Iowa. Who ever would have thought that Richard Beckman would be running for Governor of Iowa? I understand that Zoe Van IMetcT and Lillian Brendeland are two of Iowa’s leading surt ' ragettes and are conducting Richard s campaign. . , , • tt i I recently learned that Neva Snook is the coach of men s athletics at Harvard. Her sister Florence is travelling with a Chautauqua bureau lecturing against the teaching of American History in high school. Jeanette Beyer and Edith Sunderliii are running a nursery for the children of the working women of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Julia Arrasmith and Olive Husted are now rivalling Galli Curci and are fast winning over the music loving public. Dan McCarthy is an extremely prominent Physics and American History pro¬ fessor in Lelami Stanford University. He has also won much fame by his text books written on those subjects. It is said that they are comprehensible even to the dullest high school or grade children. Gladys Myers and Donald Crooks are famous Russian ballet dancers and are conducting a vaudeville together. It is said that they are always hoping for the public to become endowed with enough aesthetic taste to enable them to eke out an existence. Of Russell Barker, who is editor of the New York Yribune, it is said that he has become very corrupt in his politics, always yielding to money instead of up¬ holding the right. Who would have tliought it of Russell? We also have another journalist among our number. Harriett Tilden lias

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Page 29 The Spirit Annual SENIOR I matriculated this morning. Now at last I can feel that 1 am far past tlio e d ] a t m liigh seliool career. As T look back over the annals of this lit¬ tle book, I am amazed and petrified at the ignorance of my former days. To think that I, a dignified and well-behaved senior, could have written it. Ah me! Our annual class meeting was held in the hall where lackadaisical freshmen, .sophomores, juniors, and studious seniors are wont to sit. Well, as I said, or was about to say, Gertrude Reis was nominated, or rather elected, or both, presi¬ dent. It gave me great pleasure to have it .so, although I had really planned to have the position. Oh yes, Priscilla Dodds is vice president, and Rn.ssel Parker, secretary and treasurer. We really have most brilliant officers—the kind that befit such a class as ours. The sad but notable fact was thru.st upon me that we have a history teacher. I proera.stinated la.st night, and so my heart was chilled to the bone this morn¬ ing when I was asked to relate something that I remembered not. Oh, what a fall for my pride! How can I bear up under it? It will be a scar that will .sear my soul. It will rend my heart in twain. Oh, peace and joy! Can I ever again know them ? I went to the senior picnic today. It was rather sparsely attended but I was there. It really recalled my freshman days. Nevertheless a most enjoyable time was proclaimed by all. The freshmen’s idle chatter is becoming most obnoxious to me. They are the most obstreperous! It’s mo.st galling!!!!! Every noon now, we are allowed to ‘‘trip the light fanta.stic toe.” It is most kind and considerate of our dear teachers. I often conclude that we don’t fullv ft- appreciate them. Ah! At last someone recognizes the importance of the seniors. The girls rest room is to be given over to the senior girls to supervise. kSucIi honor! Such distinction! Indeed ’tis justly due such a remarkable class. Many of our brave and virile l)oys have returned home from the world war, and are still intact. Indeed we can rejoice for the fact that they do not seem to be contaminated by their contact with the vile Hun. They deserve to be drenched with honor. Here are five precious dollars that I am wearing on my little finger. Isn’t it beautiful? Oh little band of gold, how you glitter in the lamp light! How 1 have waited and longed for you, and at last you have come. Can anything meaij more to me than my senior ring? Oh Christopher Columbus, George Washington-Why didn’t I perceive of the fact that I should have gone to our own dear class ])arty. Ah, cruel world, grue.some fate-games, confetti, eats, and everything! And I missed it. To think I should ever have lived to be so dishonored. I really think that my teachers are most inconsiderate of us seniors. They surely must realize how inconsistent it is for us to work to such a degree. Why realCv, today I felt most exhausted. Their a.ssignments are terrific; only with a Herculean effort can 1 succeed in keeping rny head above water. I often dream that I am drowning. How despicable that I never learned to swim!!!!!! ‘‘Needles and Pins.” How intoxicating it sounds. It would have been such an honor to have been in it; I must bear up for others’ sake. Perhaps, it will turn out for the best. Ah, here it is cla.ss day night, and now I must bid farewell to my happy high school days. After all there arc no days like onr yesterdays. Tomorrow I shall be cast out into the world. Fate be kind to me. I repent of all my former sins.

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The Spirit Annual Pat»e 31 finally realized her ambition of beinj a literary notoriety and is the chief con¬ tributor of material to the Kelley Times. Marie Mortensen, after deciding that she could win more fame and fortune by leading a .single life, has charge of all the U. S. government ' s dairies in the country. She also is one of the chief members of the International Condensed 3Iilk Tribunal. Perhaps you would be interested to know that Fern Grover and Raymond Byrnes are going about over the country training minstrel shows. Miss Thorn¬ burg in her old age gets her chief enjoyment fro n life by going to hear the per¬ formances and feeling that by her work the world is now receiving such worth¬ while entertainments. oil know, too, P red Jones wondered much about his life work until the night of the Carnival in Ames High School in 191J) when he decided that the life of a policeman was his calling. Just a few months ago when I was in New York City I found our old classmate acting as chief traffic “cop,” since they wanted one large enough for everyone to see. Myrtle Johnson is now handling the Ford agency in Ames, Iowa, where her winning ways are doing much to increa.se the numbei of tin Lizzies upon the high ways rou n dabo u t. Manning Howell is the chief engineer at the electric light plant in Clarinda. l)o you remember how the teachers used to scold him for spending so much time in reading electrical magazines in school? It just shows that ttachers are in¬ capable of recognizing and appreciating the genirses they have the honor of knowing. Did you know that Loraine Caul had succeeded ‘‘Billy” Sunday in evangelistic work? They .say .she has converted many thou.sands by her original and force¬ ful oratory. ft Two of our able musicians have also received some fame. F’lorence Godard and Naomi Britten are now with the New York Symphony (Orchestra where they are said to be the chief attractions. When ill Australia last year I ran acro.ss Roy Hess who is travelling the country on foot as an umbrella mender. But genius is bound to follow its leadings, we know. Then, later, when visiting in one of the Massachusetts convents, I found Lucille Nickels and Veronica Morrisey to be the two head sisters there. They are both very inspiring but .staid personages. Grace Iden had John Marsh’s old P ord (which doesn’t go) willed to her and in her old age she .seems to take much comfort and enjoyment in sitting in it by the hour. Two girls who could not bear to go far from home are now running a dance hall in Story City. They are Ermina Beeman and Goldie Jacobson and they are doing their part in making the cornhu.skers roundabout, graceful and at home in a ball room. Another establishment which is conducted by two of our cla.ssmates is a beauty parlor in Oralabor, where Mavia Cooper and Myrtle McCannon are doing their best to beautify the natives. Of course there were .some teachers in the class in whom we are intere.sted. Edna Dre.ssler is at the head of the commercial department in the Ca[)ital City Commercial College in Des Moines where she is doing justice to her training received in Ames High School. Upon the Ames High School faculty we have Jennie McCuskey succec ling