Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Tl-IE ANNUAL. 25 Lena Merlien's hand gives indications of great talent in histrionic lines-she will be particularly successful before the public and will never lack nor fear an audience. The long lines on Clara Miller's palm indicate the journeys which she will take exhibiting her skill as a pianist. We read in Inez Thompsonls hand a fondness for Martins and even Wilder game. One reads upon the extended palms the following indications: Little Mabel at the window Hazards many a smile, Though she be a Miller, She has many a wile. B. Hill is famous for specimens of granite and gneiss. Ellen Kjellgren will be added to the long list of Andersons. Nellie Cross may be encouraged in knowing that she will not always be Cross. Lillian Lund will star with the German Grand Opera Company., Vera Sheldon will instruct students in new and original Latin translations Carrie Hall's lines, which rhyme, indicate that she will become a poetess and win many laurels for our class. In Alice Brown's hand, just at the base, We see a few lines That we read A' Case. For Hulda Chindahl we read a brilliant future as a German teacher, her pupils being very much enlivened, as well as instructed, by her originality and wit. On john Gerberls hand we see pictured numerous kinds of game, the predominating game being Martin.

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24 THE ANNUAL. Nelson Hopkinls hand shows patience and diligence, of which he will have need in editing the new Variorum edition of Shakes- peare, which he will publish in IQOS. For Mae Hickey we read a great future as an astronomer and student of the starry worlds. Our Pepper is the spice that shall preserve the class of '99 from staleness. On Percy Thomas' hand is pictured a Post toward which he tends, and which will eventually be his destination. For john Sinderson we read world-wide fame as an orator. In Nina Reynold's future but little is to he seen beyond the stone quarry where she hopes to find her fortune. The lines on Webster johnson's hand indicate much wisdom. He will walk i11 the trodden paths, and like his famous ancestors, write a dictionary. Agnes Steinman will join the ever-increasing ranks of school teachers. i The hand of Mabel Mulroy shows a long line of soldiers, promi- nent among whom is a particularly Frank one. Such was her fate She was Early named, But came always late. 3 Marcia VanDuzer's hand reveals a love for the sea, and her pref- erence for the Brigtgsj above all other sailing vessels. There are summers and Somers which will give place to a winter of discontent l' unless the young ideas are taught-to-shoot. In Frank Pond's hand we read a decided preference for agricul- ture, which will lead to his becoming Professor of that department at Madison University. The malign influence of Mars will cause Violet Johnson to still retain her name, though she will be twice married. '

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26 THE ANNUAL. For Jenny Golden we see fortune and fame, resulting from the discovery of a curling fluid. The little hand of Sadie Trigg Though fat and fair is yet not big, And some lines show she can't remember Deutsch from English in December. In Adaliue Swarthoutls hand the curious cross lines indicate an unusual preponderance of luck, especially in translations, this indi- cates that she will eventually marry a professor of Latin and Greek and teach sunnner school. The reading of Ida Irwiu's hand reveals a love of method and order that will eventually lead her to become a prominent state librarian. The lines on Fred Rightor's hand are artistically arranged, which our experienced eyes read as denoting a career as a magazine illustrator. Although Edward Shimmin has never studied Latin, yet we read upon his hand an especial liking for that language, his favorite expression being Vera, ftruej. On Elmer Bilsborough's hand is outlined a farm, which will be located in Dakota and will be run by labor-saving machines. For Joseph Copeland we see the management of Copelandls band, which shall utterly eclipse Sousa's band. Edith Clarkls lines indicate a tenderness, which especially fits her for tieing up wounds and mending broken bones. On Jessie Dobson's hand are numerous culinary articles, the principal one being a Kettle. The great number of short lines upon Olive Denman's palm in- dicate a career as stenographer. The lines on Louise Parmelee's hand are crossed, but in time they will become XVright.