Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE GRACLE. 21 Harotp BRowNELL—You have a fondness for chemistry and for burn- ing off your fingers while experimenting. You will achieve great renown by writing a cook-book on the science of cooking with chemicals and will die while brewing one of your own concoctions. Howarp Craic—You are addicted to heart-failure, having just passed through a severe attack. You are now on the road to convalescence, al- though there is danger of a relapse. Your heart will always be weak and subject to these violent attacks, but nevertheless you will remain a jolly old bachelor to the end of the chapter. FLORENCE DErby—There are two sides to your nature. Here you pre- tend to be good, proper, and studious, but elsewhere your true nature asserts itself. When none of your Plainfield friends are near, you become frivolous and given to “fussing.” You are also fond of day-dreams, and among the castles in the air which you fondly build there is a French castle which will really materialize——unless something happens. Soon you will leave America to dwell in joy and happiness in his native France. May peace at- tend you! Haze. Grant—You adore boys and understand the art of “fussing” well. You have fascinating brown eyes which have charmed, and now hold spell-bound a stunning dark-complexioned youth with whom you will elope on the thirty-first of this month. You will dwell together peacefully beneath the equator Maup Dissrow—You are very excitable and energetic. You will marry a rich man, and since time will hang heavily upon your hands, you will interest yourself in women’s clubs. You will finally achieve the crowning triumph of becoming presi dent of the celebrated National Federation of Women’s Clubs. THEODORE GAvETt—Your “dream of female loveliness” is realized at last, for a certain fair maiden has won your heart, hitherto unmoved by the charms of the gentler sex,—and now Tolles the knell of all her would-be rivals. Mary Gray—You are partial to Lehigh because you enthusiastically ad- mire the Brown Ells on Lehigh pillows. Emity HALLetr—Your great curiosity will cause a terrible misfortune in your life, and your whole destiny will be altered by it. After a year and a day, however, the change will become favorable, and henceforth your lot will be one of unadulterated bliss. Emit JAHN—You will be disappointed in love and this will so sober your naturally mischievous disposition that you will be filled with a longing to further the advancement of human progress, and accordingly will spend

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20 ILE DSOWA GIVE. success in dramatics came this spring, when we presented “The Rivals” in a truly artistic manner, and, according to the highest authorities, fully main- taining the high reputation of our school. The Girls’ Athletic Association, THE OrAcLE Board, the Instrumental and Glee Clubs, the Battalion and all the other organizations of the school, are proud to number members of our class among their best officers and most loyal members. THE ORACLE was never more successful than when run by an Editor-in-chief and a Business Manager from the class of 1905. The Battalion, though small in numbers, has seldom done better drilling than under the instruction of our class President, and the Instrumental and Glee Clubs have this year surpassed their previous achievements. To tell the truth, some of our members are seriously considering taking post-graduate courses, so that these various organizations will not be completely wrecked by our departure from the school. These are some of the minor achievements of the class of 1905, for our history is far from being completed. In a few more days we shall launch our barques on an unknown sea, but with hearts full of love for the old Plain- field High School, we will press bravely on toward the distant port, breast- ing every storm and continually increasing the honor of the class of 1905. WALTER H. RUGEN. Prophecy EORGE BEentLey—You will be the leading lady at Proctor’s Theatre G because you blush so prettily and because you are so stunning when you're made up. Carro Brrp—You will write a translation of Aeneid which will surpass Pope’s Haid, but you have so little confidence in your own powers, and such a retiring nature, that you will not consider it good enough to publish. Cuester Briccs—You especially pride yourself on the use of your “oracular” tongue. When you have attained to years of discretion, you will be a distinguished teacher of elocution and a recognized authority on pro- nunciation. Percy BrowN—You will achieve great renown,—not my son, in the field of Greek literature,—but upon the wild and lonely prairie, as a cowboy, you will find your appropriate destiny. After excelling in the art of riding bucking broncos and lassoing prairie chickens, you will return to your-native town, and, as a distinguished alumnus, you will discourse to the student body of the Plainfield High School upon the best methods of forgetting all you have learned within its granite walls.

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22 WANE, CORACILIE. your pent-up feelings and energy in the building of a Suspension Bridge across the Atlantic. Epirnu JARvis—You are of a calm and placid disposition, unruffled and serene. After graduating from college you will seek a foreign shore in order to have a larger scope. Fitting through the Old World, you will visit Switzerland. Upon the topmost peak of the Matterhorn you will meet an Alpine shepherd, and charmed by his unsophisticated philosophy, you will marry him upon the spot; and evermore upon the icy pinnacle of the Mat- terhorn in the midst of silver-lined clouds you will live the “simple life.” ZELLA KeELLY—You are impetuous, and your joints of philosophy are well-developed. You have good reasoning powers which often enable you to bluff through English. You will study Ethical Culture this summer and will subsequently make your fame as a leader of the Salvation Army. Howarp Lapstey—You will apprentice yourself to a Taylor for life. Roxana Love—You have found the “lost chord” and three or four others equally divine. With the tune composed of them you will delight the ears of future generations of pupils in the new High School as they march into chapel. LAWRENCE MILLER—You will become a manufacturer of airships, and then, “Keep away from the sun, little Miller You will singe your gauzy wings, I know it is bright, and a glorious sight, But it isn’t quite right, little Miller, To play with such dangerous things.” CAROLYN PALMER—As you are good at making faces, you have in you the ability to become a famous artist and cartoonist. If you do not spoil your future by getting married, you will bec ome great as an illustrator of books like “Alice in Wonderland.” Mary RANnpoLpH—You will write a book on the most improved method of remembering dates in English Literature—upon which Mr. Travell will joyfully pounce for his Senior English class. WaLterR RuGEN—You will be a scholarly man of great learning, and as you grow older will become absent-minded and benignant. You will spend your life writing an argument in Latin proving to your own satisfaction that a yard-stick can be made with only one end. ANNA Runyon—You used to be afraid of boys but now you are well- drilled in the art of love-making and know how to play with the countless Rivals who throng about you. You will long to be a missionary, but you will fall in love with a stunning youth. You will then be torn between con-