Central High School - Blue and White / Pnalka Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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'CHE TNALKA It was my good fortune to meet Elizabeth Gardner as I came out onto Main street. She was covered with medals, large and small, won in recent tennis tournaments. She informed me that Helen Gardner, Ethel Wright and Mabel Holland were abroad studying paleontology. On my way to the landing I passed Court Square, but the pin oaks had grown and the square had been so much extended that I hardly recognized the place. Olive Bosworth, Florence Quilty and Anna Candlin were seated on benches in the square, evidently resting after a convention of the Woman's Club held in the new City Hall. They were discussing with much interest the speech of the eminent Mlle. Claire Sullivan, on The Fourth Dimension. About 5 o'clock that afternoon we shipped our moorings and left Spring- field, sailing by the All-American route-that is, via Chicago, Seattle, Alaska and Pearyville. Among the passengers were the holders of Miss Bagg's three other free tickets. Ray Collins, happily married to Grace Knapp, and track coach at East Longmeadow University, Walter Cooley, minister of the Gospel at the Third Methodist Church, Pecousic Hightsg Zilpha Sturtevant, champion long distance talker of Hampden County. The captain had strict orders to sail low and slowly during the day, so that we might fully enjoy the sights. One day as we were passing over the Western plains, a circus hove in view. It was Hawkes's Imperial One-Ring Circus. While we were enjoying the spectacle these well-known sounds were wafted to our ears: Last chance of a lifetime. Guaranteed to please one and all, the fat and the lean, the short and the tall, etc. No one but Boots Gumble could be responsible for this, and so it was he who was premier barker for Hawkes's Circus. Surprised to see two friends in the middle of the plains, we stopped and landed to greet them. Manager Hawkes immediately appeared to show us around. Un entering the circus tent we beheld a woman roasting peanuts. As she looked up at us we beheld Eleanor Woods, now Mrs. H. E. Wood. Eleanor told us that Harris was the celebrated fat man of the circus, and was now getting ready for his exhibition. After a long talk with her and the manager we had to leave without seeing Fat. Passing on, we went steadily west until we reached Seattle, where was the final stop. I got out, and after interviewing my old friends Lora Buck, Winifred Bolewine and Anna Thompson, who have positions there as wireless operators, I returned to the ship. Picking up the paper, I noticed it was one of Hearst's productions. So I turned to the page originally edited by Miss Beatrice Fairfax, I saw it was now done by Marjory Harwood and Ruth Thayer. It was extremely interesting. I also enjoyed the baseball editorials, Payc 24

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VOLUME IV Having heard so much of my classmates, I was resolved to visit Springfield and see what others I could discover. So, returning to the hotel and packing up, I took the 3:00 train for Springfield, reaching there early in the morning. As I looked out of my window I was amazed at the number and variety of signs I saw advertising Podunk's Theater. Becoming curious, I asked a gentleman if he knew who owned this theater. He replied that Stanley Withe had built it solely for Miss Freda Casson, and that it was drawing large audiences. I was delighted to hear this, and determined to visit the house if possible. I now had much time left before I could start, and so I picked up the Morning Union to while away the time. The major part of the front sheet was covered by two large headings: A Male President for Mt. Holyoke. Robert W. King Successfully Enters This New Field, and the other, Great Exhibition of Tyranny in the House. Speaker Thayer Today Replaced Himself on the Rules Committee as Chairman. Nobody Dared Oppose Him. I read both these articles, and decided that two members of the class at least had succeeded in their lifework. After breakfast I strolled around and up to the High School. It was still there. School had just begun. As I sat in the office I picked up a school directory, and was overjoyed to find among the Faculty four former members of the Class of 1910. Max Cracauer had succeeded Mr. Tuckerman, Florence Kiely had succeeded Miss Pratt, and Esther Terry was a success in the Latin department. While on the way to congratulate these people I passed the library, and Cas usualj Mabel Andrews was in charge. After congratulating them all, I started to leave the building, when I met Karen Bagg. She said that because of that soulful and verbose ditty she had written on the North Pole controversy she had received five free tickets to the Pole from the Inter- Continental Aerial Traction Company. Readily accepting her invitation, I promised to be at the landing on time. In order to improve my remaining time in Springfield, I naturally turned toward jensen's. There I found the place under a new management, and Althine Howe and Florence Gale demonstrating a new brand of ice cream cone patented by Lucy Chapin. Shortly afterwards I stepped into a book- store to find something to interest me on the voyage. After much thought I chose several ponderous volumes by well-known authors. Among them were: The Trials of Married Life, by Irene Berry, an unabridged Dic- tionary of Slang by Marion Quimby, and Coiffure, by Marguerite Mallary, I also bought a copy of the latest basketball rules, edited by jennette Abbe and Marguerite Belden. Page 23

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VOLUME IV written by Spike in very breezy vernacular. Spike's full name is Leonard Donnelly. The front page news was of no interest to me. only three small items attracting my attention: One, that Waldo Reed had gone as a missionary to Holyoke: that Fred Habel, the milkman tenor, had made his debut on the stagefand that the Misses Weaver, Howes, Medlieott and Bemis were making a great hit in the chorus of a popular musical farce, entitled The Comet's Tail. Leaving the United States, we sailed to Alaska, where, in a little prohibi- tion town, I noticed Wallace Brymner serving cut-price college ices to the miners. We were now on the last lap. Only a paltry thousand miles separated us from the Pole and its growing population. During that last few days we spoke much of our old friends of the schoolroom, and I learned that many had settled near the Pole. It was a grand country, suitable for all kinds of industries. Miss Bagg, who, by the way, is matron at the York Street Jail, informed me about many friends who had not the daring to enter this Mecca of wealth and education. That Katherine Falvey was a noted French teacher, Sarah Beal had a government position, Beulah Harvey was a second Annette Kellerman, Rae Hadd, Clara Lucas and Charlotte Mahogany proprietors of a popular dancing school, Marjorie Watts was a prominent contributor to The Century, Deborah Healey and Harriet Halstead had started an old men's home. Myrta Gladwin and Elfrida ohnson were militant suffragets, and Marjory Kipp, assisted by Et e rearley, Helen Sullivan and Edna Gordon, kept a Cat and Dog Hospital. Ray Collins told me that Alfred Cor otherwise Steam Enginenj Bugbee was a prominent ward heeler in Springfield. i N We were now passing over numerous very handsome towns and cities, among them being Pearyville, Walrus Hole, Blubber Corners and Gumdrop Harbor. As we were about to step off at the last-named place, the week's newspapers were received. First Suffragette President. Mae George Takes the Highest Place in the Land. Reading along, I found beside the name, Labor Party, Henry Healy, 23 votes. It seemed queer he should have fooled so many. Later it became apparent that he was arrested for repeating in New York City. Another item of note was that the baseball league pro- moted by Robert Arnold, Arthur Lewis and George Lougee had fallen through. The promoters had disappeared, and the police suspected them of Heeing to Canada with the treasury. Directly underneath this article was the announce- ment that Bantam Kid Landers, formerly Maurice, would Hght Mike Muldoon for the bantam-weight championship of the North. On the second page was this message: Society of New York was shocked when the elope- Page 25