High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 11 text:
“
THE GLEANER 7 zvepheeg GEORGE GOLDBERG It was in the year nineteen hundred and fifty that E decided to take a trip around the world. Having become immensely wealthy in the manufacture of sawdust into various forms of animal feeds, especially pigeon feed, I had to have some means of getting rid of my enormous bank account.. I decided that touring offered the best means of doing so. Of course New York is the only place for' an Ameri- can to start on a tour, so I followed the fashion by visit- ing the metropolis. I bought a ticket for the New York and Western, Unlimited. The unlimited portion being reserved for the price of the ticket, with San Francisco as my destination. Upon entering the Grand Central Station a cry as- sailed me, Extry! Extry! Paderewski von Monahan's grandfather's newphew bitten by a rattlesnake, in the lowlands of the Rocky lVIountains, Extry- EXtry! Such an extraordinary piece of news could not escape my at- attention, so I reached into my pocket for a coin and was about to hand it to the news vendor, when I was struck by the similarity between the vender's face and a picture in my memory. I brought out detail after de- tail of that half-remembered figure, so reproduced in the man before me. Nerving myself to the task I asked his name and introduced myself, to find I was correct in assuming him to be Nathan Bromberg, of our old class. Why Nathan, I exclaimed, after shaking hands, How did you ever reduce yourself to such a sorry plight? Well, you see it was this way, he replied, After graduating I worked on a farm for a number of years, but I couldn't make money as fast as I wanted to. I had been corresponding with Pop Smith, who invested some money in the gas wells of the McKeesport I-Iot Air Company and became rich. He advised me to invest in Wild Cat Mountain Co. coal mines as he thought it was a fine thing. I found out later in was good only for the promoters and I was broke. So, in order to support my wife and family, also my mother-in-law, I had to sell newspapers. The memory of Nifty's voice years be- fore gave me no right to doubt his ability to succeed. Wishing him luck in his new venture, I boarded the train and seated myself comfortably in a Pullman chair.
”
Page 10 text:
“
6 THE GLEANER Our Senior year found us Well organized and, when the nineteen-nineteen class left We were ready to con- tinue in their footsteps and, under the guidance of Groman and Mills, things began to hum. Throughout the preceeding year the Literary So- ciety Was practically a dormant institution. It was re- vived by George Golberg and regular meetings were held until the summer months Under the leadership of Braunstein the baseball team defeated P. I. D. and Chestnut Hill Academy. It is rated as the best team ever produced and the vic- tories of the season support this statement. About this time it was our good fortune to receive into our class one by the name of Goldston, an ex-17 man and an overseas veteran. His wish was to complete his Farm School course. , The thing which will be remembered by our class is the football season of the Senior year. The team was captained by Ira Mills and managed by Smith. Both men Were in the class but two years and succeeded in mak- ing their letters both in basebal and football. With Coach Work and excellent material the best team in the history of the school Was produced. The Senior Class was credited with six regulars and three substitutes. Four of the letter men were placed on the All-Farm School eleven. They were Mills, Gro- man, Brunwasser and Fine. After a strenuous football season quiet was en- joyed. Every Senior thought of Christmas and the last vacation granted at Farm School. The vacation over all began to read the future by their search for posi- tions. And then, in the last month's of our stay, all but two of the entire class were claimed by sickness and as- sociations Were continued in the sick rooms of Lasker Hall. Here We ended our Farm School career and Wait- ed forth the time to say farevvell. 4 5' T
”
Page 12 text:
“
8 THE GLEANER Most of my time was spent in looking through the window. While engaged in this pastime my attention was carried to an enormous factory, with this sign Alcornoats Products Co., A Goldston, Prop. I wonder- ed if this could be my old friend,, Abie the agent. As we had an hour's stopover, I made inquiries about the large factory and its history. In the office! I was told that Mr. Goldston was in China, investigating some choice Chin- ese varieties of Chop Suey alfalfa. Wonderful claims had been made foij it and, with the terrible business in- sight that Abie possessed, he could let no such matter go unnoticed. For at school had he not almost persuad- ed the graduates to buy a, carload of Corno before they had their jobs? -I tried to learn the secret of his remark- able success. I was introduced to the vice president, whom I immediately recognized as old Sam Fine. I was pleased to meet him and asked him about it. He told me it was a secret and, after promising not to divulge it, he told me how Abie made good. After Abie had made good selling Corno he denim. ed to start for himself, he began. So he started in a small way selling similar feeds. He just about managed to get along see, when I heard about it. I always had a wonderful idea about feeding and I thought Abie might like! to have it, see. CSam had not lost the old, habit of saying see after every twenty words.J' So I said that if you accept my idea you must take mfe in as a mem- ber of the firm. This is the secret. He bent over and spoke softly into my ear for fear some spy might hear. For every carload of feed you sell you must send enough green cow-eye-glasses along. When the cows eat the feed, made mostly of sawdust and ground leaves, they will think it ground alfalfa and yield a whole lot of milk, see. From then on the company grew and now you can go anywhere and see the cows with green eye- glasses eatingi our wonderful feed. I congratulated him and told him to send in a Gleaner subscription. Upon reaching Chicago I stopped over for a few hours at the Hotel Highball, completed on July 1, 1919. Being rather hungry after my long ride I ordered dinner, including chicken soup. The waiter began placing the dishes on the table and, while doing so, his tray tipped to a frightful angle and the unruly bowl of soup careen- ed over the edge and took a course downward along my neck. The waiter offered apologies. Excuse me, sir, ah-ah-ah-I c-couldn't help it. Thec-co-cook played a-a- a trick on me. He gre-gre-greased the bottom of my
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.