Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE ORACLE. 31 tab on his life after graduation. It is known, however, that he took a course in the N. Y. U. and afterward, in 1915, sent in his application to Manager McGraw of the New York Midgets for a position at fifth base. He ran against James E. Martine in 1924 for justice of the peace, Pluckamin County, and after making several campaign speeches won the election. It is rumored that his last years were spent in truck farming. FRANCIS WILCOX. Francis Wilcox has led an exciting life in his efforts to penetrate the frozen north. Each year he made a little progress until at last he flung to the breeze from the North Pole, the pennant of 1909 Plainfield High School, just beneath Old Glory. CoRNELIUS SCHENCK.—This sedate young man deserted his engineering profession to marry Dotty Dimple, a pretty chorus-girl whose voice in the chorus of the “Holy City,” won his admiration and love. A few months after the marriage, Cornelius discovered that Dotty’s frivolous nature was not in harmony with his more staid disposition; so he applied for a divorce on the grounds of uncongeniality of temperaments. Through the efforts of John Lyness, his able counsel, he secured a decree of absolute divorce, and is now thinking seriously of going on the stage in juvenile roles. Joun Lyness.—The Honorable Mr. Lyness, is a lawyer of great intel- lectual brilliance, whose minute and masterly knowledge of the law has spread its effulgence on the pages of history. He was offered a place on the bench of the Supreme Court, but on learning that there were chances for graft there, his conscience forbade his acceptance of the position. His latest achievement which has brought him fame, is the hypothetical question of 150,000 words, which he prepared for the divorce case of Schenck’s Dotty Dimple. PAULINE CowEn.—Pauline, after long practicing on herself, started a hair-dressing establishment. Her sign was “Madameoiselle Cowenita— Hair dressed in all styles, including the Somerville Wave, Plainfield Puff- lets, Marcelle 4 la Merry Life—all guaranteed not to become mussed.” ARTHUR BINGAMAN.—Arthur was a noted physician, to whom people came from all quarters of the globe for advice and pills. Contrary to his own well-made plans, he married, early in life, a dashingly beautiful maiden with millions of her own. During his well-earned vacations he traveled far to enlighten the people of many lands as to the proper mode of wearing the hair—by the example of his own effective “Teddy-bear” cut.

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30 THE: ORACLE, “The Sailor’s Yarn’”’ Class Prophecy BY ETHEL SKILLMAN. The sailor’s yarn was as follows: Cuartes E. Prror.—Charles studied to become a mining engineer and was appointed chief engineer of a large coal mine in Pennsylvania. When the day came for him to assume control o f affairs, he appeared at the mine arrayed in a light gray suit, delicate yellow necktie, lavender socks, red shoes and white kid gloves. The miners were dumb with amaze- ment. In a few well chosen words Mr. Prior, known in P. H. S. as the “silver tongued orator,” urged them to descend into the depths of the mine and bring forth the treasure hidden therein. He closed by singing seven verses of “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep.” Moved to frenzy, the excited miners seized Mr. Prior and threw him down the shaft. He has never been seen from that day to this’; but legend has it that his melodious voice may still be heard from time to time chanting, “Down in a coal mine underneath the ground.” Louise NicHoty.—Louise, it is needless to say, became an author. At first she wrote on simple, easy subjects, such as, “The Timelessness of the Infinite;” but after being made famous by a book entitled “How to Cultivate a Good Appetite,” she tackled more weighty subjects ; and finally won world-wide fame from a book called “The Decline of Chivalry,” or “Thoughtlessness of zoth Century Boys,” or “Duties of Senior Boys to Senior Girls.” Guion Fountatn.—Guion Fountain, prior to his great success as an opera singer, tried teaching, as a professor of fussing, a branch of study introduced by himself. After his marriage he took up music as his pro- fession. He traveled a great deal, his favorite stopping-place being Florence. Marcuerite Ramsey.—After finishing her course in dull P. H. S. Marguerite rushed to the gay south. There, after many flirtations and breaking of hearts, she married a gay young southerner. But alas! she was not happy, for he loved to talk and she, not getting all the chance for’ conversation, left him, and is still looking for a quiet youth.

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32 ELH OR Gln. ALLEN FULMER.—Allen refused to ship with 1909, preferring to go in a gasoline launch to Europe, where he fell in the Seine and was drowned. SHERWwoop Parsons.—Sherwood is traveling around the world in his flying machine. He built an aeroplane and received several millions of dol- lars for it: ever since, he has led a life of leisure flying from country to country, buying souvenir postals for poor P. ElsaS. ttiends: Watter KNowLton.—Captain Knowlton decided to become President of the Standard Oil Corporation. He bought a large estate with a lot of oil tanks on it, which he raised from seed. He went sleighing in Par- sons’ aeroplane, but something went snap and Walter found himself in one of the greenest oil tanks. The buoyancy of his disposition brought him suddenly to the top where he joyfully shouted, “Well, you can’t keep a good man down! Never mind, I’m oil right!” Harriet Moovey.—This dignified young lady won all the basketball games at Smith College. Realizing what a wonder she was, she started a private gymnasium (boys admitted by tickets only from the Faculty), and she was physical directoire. Ersizr Knowiton.—Elsie became a wonderful world-famed pianist and composer. She met her end in a disastrous but glorious manner. The stage of Carnegie Hall, where she was playing, gave way because of the weight of flowers thrown upon it at her feet, and the shock proved fatal. Estuer Wo tre.—She has had an exciting and unusual career. Soon after her graduation from P. H. S. a fortune was left to her. So she started on a trip around the world, taking with her a spinster great-aunt as chaperon. They were shipwrecked in the Red Sea, which changed the color of Esther’s hair. This misfortune made her so melancholy that she eritered a nunnery. From there she eloped with a Turk and spent the rest of her life quietly. Sapre BrouwER.—After taking all the honors at Smith she eloped with a humorous youth from N. Y. U. But, alas! she soon learned that his accent was acquired, and being broken-hearted, she drowned herself in New Market Pond. Carrie BAKER.—This prim little maid turned Quakeress, wearing plain gray, and now resides in the City of Brotherly Love. CLarA SAVAGE.—This cultured young lady formed a partnership with Louise Nicholl, for the purpose of breaking the world’s record for writing books on various subjects. The motto of the firm was: “A book per minute,