Oakland High School - Oaken Bucket Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Ig THE' HIGHQ SCHOOL IZEGIS- during the whole play, listened, she said, but HOW If Seemed to be her turn to ' ' e information. ' . glVe'?1My husband being governor, she continued, DI, I1Ht11fe115'.haVe a five chance to entertain, especially all those who are pol1t1cally 1IlC11.I16d. Well, Florence was on a lecture tour-by the way her lectures on 'Political Reform are line !-and when she came to Arizona she visited me. We hadljolly times talking over old acquaintances, and as this was only a few months ago, maybe you would like to hear about some, for she told of many of our classmates whom she had either heard of or met. . , , , P H Yes 3 I am sure I would like to hear. Wouldn t you g1r1S 11116 YO, t00- I said., 'Shall we put this-ah--lady under oath'?'f I asked, but as ,she truly confessed that she would not take one, not to mention a half-a-dozen, we took her word for true. , , Well, said May, who was always systematic in her ways, t0.b6glD.W1lEh our class president, Florence, said that she, herself, was his lawyeryin a' trlal in which he was the prominent figure. He became so much in love Wlth the pro- fession of piracy that he and Harry Tharsing conceived of a plan to become Captain Kidds in earnest. Well, they started on their adventurous business and after capturing three or four Klondike steamers, 'reported to be loaded with gold dust,' they found, as did ,another pirate, that the gold was only a number of certified checks, payable in San Francisco, so when they, more foolishly than than their predecessors, tried to cash those checks' they were detected. But Florence saved them from any uncomfortable troubles by her eloquence, and so Charles and Harry have decided to remain at home. Charles, I believe is winning a name second only to Edison's in his electrical discoveries, and Harry has really become a second Samuel Johnson. You remember -but here the curtain broke off the discourse, and I was left to impatiently await the last intermission, which I knew would be all too short. Mabel acted brilliantly, and the orchestral accompaniment was equal to the occasion, so that when it all ended, I felt sorry, and yet pleased, for Mabel had announced in her invitations that I could meet her behind the scenes. -When I saw my other friends going down there too, I began to suspect it was really going to be a reception. b is ' As we entered the little dressing room, Mabel exclaimed, How glad I am you all came! Howard and I have been planning this little treat for ourselves and for you, for two years, and now it seems as if it could hardly be true! Oh Gertrude! How are you? I turned to see whom she addressed, and, although I did not recognize her, Ilearned that it was Gertrude Smith, She evidently did not recognize me, either, but when I spoke she recognized my voice. I asked her how it happened that she had staid in Oakland. Oh, my husband 'is Mayor, you know. Mayor! No, I did not know it. Why, Gertrude, it all seems strange to hear you girls talk of your husbands. Well, I don't talk of husbands, exclaimed a voice just behind me. Pd like to know what good husbands are. Q Oh, well, Sadie Robinson, retorted Gertrude, one who gives herself solely up to art does not want anything else to give herself to, so I suppose that 15 Whl' YOU do not marry. ,By the way, I see that your painting received first prize at the World's Fair in 1910. Are you going to take the prize in r92o?,' Why girls what is this quarrel about? And you haven't met for fifteen or twenty years! - . U Who is that speaking? Her face is familiar,-oh, I have it now. I believe 1t1s Mabel Embury. If I hadn't been kept well informed of most of your whereabouts through my bureauof general information, I should ask you all

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'l'1-tn: I'IIGl-l Scnooi, Xliuis. I7 May finally said, I thought I heard somebody say something about some- one whom I had l1eard of somewhere. But I'll speak to you later -for here the curtain rose again. I must confess that I was very anxious lor, that act to be finished, and linally when it was, May turned and spoke to me. ' How lovely it was in Mabel to bring us all together this way! I did not expect to see all my old classmates here. I thought she merely invited me because I lived in Oakland still, and this is indeed a surprise ! Where have you been? Wl13t'l13V6 you been doing? What are you doing, and where are you living now P Here the volley of questions quite overcame me and I replied that just now I was trying to find out where she had been and what she had been doing. I told her that I had heard from, and of, a good many of our class, but hoped she had some more to tell me. V Well, she said, I have lived here in Oakland all this time, and conse- quently have watched nearly all of my classmates get married and leave, or leave for other causes. One whom I think of now is May Walker, who has just left on another of her extended tours. Her violin, and -her powers of managing all her own affairs, have been storing up quite a horde of wealth and comfort for May. S-he is agreat favorite in the musical world. Speaking of leaving home, also reminds me of Ednie jones. I suppose, though, you have heard that she left for Africa three years ago. The 'fMornin'g Star just brought back news that she has made a great success in her chosen life-work., but then she always did succeed in whatever she attempted. ' ' ' ' Have you heard anything about her friend, Mary Page ? I asked. - Oh, yes. She, too, has gained the ends she aimed at. She was married just tive years-ago to the President of the Pacific Theological Seminary. She lives at that institution now, though I believe they are soon to move East, to establish a school for lady ministers, Mary, herself, being much interested in Woman's Rights, Women's Progress and so forth. Helen Dille has promised to be a pupil. - ' Well, I'm glad Mary is so comfortably settled. But do you ever hear anything more of Walter Burpee? You know before I left he was a prominent speaker at the political meetings, and I suppose he has climbed still higher by this time. a A - Nog I have not heard of him since President Wills of the United States, who, you know was elected unanimously by all tickets told him 'that his speeches were too anarchical in their trend, and that Congress would order him to make milder speeches, if he did not do so voluntarily. His followers came almost to a state of a second 'Coxey's Army '. ' I laughed as she told me this, but May and Margaret both declared their wonder that I had not heard ofit. I told them that I had beenqaway and had not received very much of the news, and what I had heard of this 'state of affairs had been greatly exaggerated when told to me. Well, I should think you would take at least one paper, the one that'Will Miller and Elmer Hunter edit. It has taken the worthy place of the San Francisco Examiner. But instead of having red, our class color, they have the yellowish kind of journalism. ' I think that not very patriotic to our class, though it symbolizes the june, ,QQ class very well. r Yes, I saw one of their papers, Margaret said. It was theone in which the campaign of Frances Gribble was outlined. Of course, we all knew that she was a strong advocate, but I did not believe she would ever become a second 'Susan B. Anthony'. , p As you mentioned Frances, I naturally thought of Florence Champreuxf' It was May Lemon Cwho used to bej, who spoke. She had been strangely quiet

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'Ill-IIC H161-In SCI-IOOI, ZEG1s. I9 where you'd been. But do you know that in gathering my information I hear of you very often? Why, I even heard of Alina Nolen and Camilla Lorentzen way off in China teaching school. The reason they went there is because the children do all the loud talking, and the teachers don't have to do much, and you remember how hard it was for those girls to talk loudly in school? VVho else have you heard off' I asked, and as Mabel and Howard thought that would be as good a way as any to hear of our old friends, they also asked her to tell her news. Well, she said, Mary Shipman went home to the Islands as soon as she graduated, and now is the wife of the owner of the largest sugar plantation down there. It used to be Spreckles, long ago. Have you ever heard of Nettie Yale or Hilma Buttlar? They used to be in your German Class didn't they? My, but couldn't those girls talk Dutch? , Ch, yes. Nettie married an ollicer in the army at Manila soon after she graduated and now lives in Manila. Hilma is an actress, a tragedian, whose strong forte is 'Macbethf In London, she is a great favorite. H I I, , I That makes me think, said Margaret, when I was in London, Bess Scott and Emma Fair had the largest millinery store there. .They are the milliners in London. And jean Hopper is a rival of theirs intlifrance. Of course her bonnets are French, but the other girls pride themselves on being strictly and originally English. - g Speaking of Englishf' said Howard, you just ought to see the tailor- shop I entered one day. 'A familiar name attracted my attention, and when I entered, a gentleman stepped forward and slapped me on the back. 'Well, BaXter,' he exclaimed, 'who would ever expect to see you here?, What are you doing in England? . I thought Ed. ,Hume and I were the only fellows here! I told him then what I was doing, and when I said he seemed to be getting, along prosperously, he laughed and said, 'Oh, yes, you know Ed. Hume? orders all his tailoring here, and as he now is second Prince of Wales, it is very lucky for me! 1 i . . Speaking of fashions and Prince, said Mabel, also makes me think of john Brewer and George Shuey, for they are princes in South Africa and Manila. John had a diamond mine, and besides making money, has succeeded in bringing about a general state of prosperity in Southern Africa, while George has the most prosperous rice plantation in our new state., Both are held in high- est esteem by all their neighbors. Strange to say, both are still bachelors, but it is said their bachelor halls are ideal ones . V I , We all laughed as Mabel told us this, but George Oswill interrupted the gayety by saying: My, here it is ten minutes to twelve, and I am in training, too! I'm afraid,I'll have to bid you all good-night, for I am setting the boys a bad example. 1. ., ' . We all felt that we had prolonged our visit,ibut Mabel insisted that before we go we must have some refreshments. So after the daintiest kinds of cakes and teas had been served, and our host and hostess toasted, we left, turning only once to make the theatre resound with-: '98! '98! Rah! Rah ! Rah I Class of December! I Zip! Boom ! ' Ah !