Sacramento High School - Review Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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REVIEW 33 cup which he had just won. The race track became a garage in the next scene when we watched Lawrence Corbett selling a 1935 Cadillac to Eve- lyn Goodson, the second Theda Bara. While the last few scenes had been flitting across the screen I began to wonder why so few of the commercial students had been showin. The next scene however contained several of them. We were transported to the world of business and found before us the interior of a San Francis- co bank. In his private office sat a tall dignified man, Reuben Mervin, the president, conferring with the directors, one of whom was Gussie Hack- barth. John Fitzgerald was cashier and two of the president's stenog- raphers were Mabel Warmby and Fannie Shliff. James Longshore appeared clad in blue overalls and carrying a broom. He performed the office of janitor. Evidently the director had thought it best to put most of the commercial students together for the next scene contained several others. Dorris Jones was selling music in a 10 cent store, and May Sal- vetti was working in Los Angeles as a landscape gardner. From the commercial world we caught a glimpse of the industrial. The immense cotton mills which are managed by Pete Read were shown next and then a large cotton field near them in the Sacramento Valley ap- peared. It was owned by Walter Sheehan, a man who accomplished most of the work of starting the cotton in this valley. And now came a great surprise! We saw before us the newly com- pleted Capital Extension Buildings of which Sacramento is so proud. One of the first of the State officials to occupy them was Helen Schroeder, Superintendent of Sch-ools. Her pretty stenographer was Lorraine Sul- livan. The streets of New York appeared and cautiously stealing along a dark alley was a thin faced man, Oresti Georgi, the most famous plain- clothes man in the secret service. The scene faded and we saw the snow-covered Alps. In a pictur- esque costume was Charles Krebs, an Alpine guide for tourists. By this time I was getting rather weary of the long film and had almost decided to leave when a scene filled with action passed across the screen, and I paused. A huge mob of excited people was gathered around a platform from which a man was speaking. Some great event was about to take place I supposed. Then two close-ups revealed two areoplanes. In one was seated Basil Beach who held a world's record in air navigation. The other was occupied by a woman, Pearl Saunders, another champion. They were to race for the supremacy of the world. We watched the start breathlessly. One plane forged aheadg the other darted after. Suddenly one swerved and seemed to tilt forward. It charged at full speed directly toward the other plane! I remember that I grasped the seat in front of me and screamed. Then I seemed to hear a crash and I found myself sitting up in my bed at home. In both hands I gripped my alarm clock which tinkled merrily. I had knocked a glass of water off the stand by 1ny bed when I grasped it. Finally I realized that I had dreamed it all and that it was actually the 30th day of January, 1920. But even now when I recall my strange dream I regret that I did not see my own future on the screen. L. K., '20. B. F., '20,

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32 REVIEW In the group of men before him were Frank Genshlea and Leslie Mc- Cracken, two of our nationts representatives. Bernice Hornstein appeared next as a Math teacher in the new Sac- ramento High School, not the old building we all knew so well. This scene explained Bernice's devotion to Math. during her school days. In the studio of Ruth Carper we caught a glimpse of Mabel Marchand, the famous actress, posing for some close ups. A scientist's labratory ap- peared and we saw Richard Wagner hard at Work. He was perfecting his thirteenth invention of unbreakable bubbles. The labratory van- ished and a scene in the woods took its place. Beside a small stream strolled two anglers, Henry Kleinsorge and Merril Hoffelt. Kleinsorge is renowned for being the only man who ever caught two fish on one hook. In the next scene we saw Dorothy Lindner entertaining a group of Women at her summer home. In spite of her many experiments Dorothy was still an independent bachelor girl. Among her guests were Geraldine Rainey, a prominent settlement worker in New York, and Margaret Benedict the famous poetess. In a school in the Philippines, Emma Fortado held the rod of authority over her class of unruly boys and girls. A skillful arm defly hung shoulders of meat on long rows of hooks in a butcher shop. The ruddy faced man engaged in this work was Charlie Wise. The shop faded into a. restaurant window where Merwin Williams stood demonstrating a new flap-jack flour. A crowd of children watched with bulging eyes while he tossed the cakes into the air and caught them again. One girl of our class who had won fame was Lorene Simmons, the famous American prima donna. Her wonderful voice has charmed peo- ple of all nations. We caught sight of her just as she was leaving for her annual European tour. We next beheld a desk piled high with papers. From out of their midst rose the bald head of Fred Smith editor of the London Punch. Since Fred became editor the Punch has had more kick in it than any magazine published. From London we swerved back to America in time to see a huge bridge in the process of construction. In a rude cabin beside it was a desk covered with plans. A construction engineer was bending over them, deep in thought. It was Ed Dalzell. Then we noticed on the desk beside him a photograph of a woman, evidently his Wife. The scene shifted and we caught a better glimpse of the face. It was also familiar. Opal Pressler! A long line of cadets in West Point swept across the screen. They were being reviewed by General Phipps of the U. S. Army. This was fol- lowed by a hospital scene and there was Rosemary Harkin, a Red Cross nurse in the war with Japan. We found ourselves next viewing a handsomely furnished studio where Ruth Renfro was training a class of future vamps. This scene gave place to a Chinese school and there at the head of her class, was Belle Latta, the famous missionary in the country of the yellow men. In a dense forest was Eleanor Taylor the first woman to be given a position as forest ranger. A cold expanse of snow filled the next scene, but in the center was a rude hut and a campfire. The aged man bending over the fire was Wal- lace Bongard, who for 10 years had been searching for a platinum mine in Alaska. From the Yukon to Palm Beach is quite a leap-but the next second we were peering through a cloud of dust at a huge yellow racer. Then Crawford Johnson appeared holding in his arms the Vanderbilt

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