Saratoga Springs High School - Recorder Yearbook (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER CLASS PROPH ECY By Ruth Wheelock and Frederick Eddy We have arrivied. iBy Hwef is 'meant Hi Sen Ylovr, alias R. E. W., and He wears no manis collar, alias F. D. E., who, having become curious as to the wihereaubouts of our old classmates of S. H. 'S.et25, are now completing,r the first steps of our quest. The place arrived at is Sahar- emtoga, Egypt, the hang-oiut of the famous crystal-gazer, ttThe Rajah, in this, the year of our Lord, 1940. We were at once struck by the familiar sound of the name of the small desert town, but this surprise Was nothing compared to the shock which came when we found that the so-called tiRajah was none other than tiStanh Saunders. We first saw him stalking majestically towards us, followed by his harem, wearing a. utoga. Yet, in spite of his long flowing beard and turban, he was the same old uStan. He told us that the only reason he took up the in- dustry of medium was that there was more money in it than anything else he could find. Just like him-he was always getting money for some- thing or other back in S. H. S. - Having initiated us into the secrets of his tent, he bade us sit down beside the Magic Crystal Ball, by Which he kept track of his 'former minions otherwise known as -the class of t25 The tent was made dark and after the medium had muttered a few magic incantationis, among which was the mysterious HFair is foul, and foul is rftatirMetlhe 'crystal ball began to glow. And as its filmy contents slowly cleared, the first face that looked a bit familiar was that of Louise Casey. And-Wtrue to her old form, Lou was introducing an illustrious speaker at a banquet of the International Borrowers and Lenders Association, at Washington, D. C. When the auspicious speaker faced the audience after making profuse bows of acknowledgement, we immediately recognized him as nobody else but Kearney O'Connor, Who since graduation from high school had become so popular as a ttpeo-plre's man, that he had been elected president 0f the U S., on the Meal Ticket. Among the delegates to this convention were Kathryn Mulqvueen, E-mlily Lawton, and Clara S-chwa'ner, representing Psalm Beach, 1a.; Tom XSplain and Sylvia Stark, from Cumberland Road, Wis, and also Raymond Millwarid and wife, rnee Emily Longley, accompanied by their maid, secretary, encyclopedia, and financial adviser, Ewart Kellogg, these three delegates representing Quality Street, London. The members of this Association had assembled fbr the purpose of organizing in definite form their policies of forimeri years. As our medium told us that we could find some old friends in the Senate. we called up a view of that august body, and beheld an eloquent Senator rounding out a six-day span of filibustering on, the question of garbage dis- posal. We had no difficulty in distinguishing the active and expressive features of Joe Tanantino, who has been a political rival of the Hon. Donald Nichols, Senator from Gloversville, ever since the election of city officials back in 25. Among the extremely bored members of the Senate we discerned Vera Walcott and Frances McTygue, who, using their right of franchise. gained in the Bolyist Week Affair, had risen to this position as mouillders 0f the nations rp-olicies where their acquaintance Hi with History C probably

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER CHAIRLES WILHELM Ch ar1ie F1 ow ery oration he despised President Science Club IV; Debate Club 111, IV; Honest labor bears a lovely face. Class Basketball IV. VERA WOIJCOTT ROSTER OF 1925 1 Most Popular Ruth Wheellock Donald Nichols Has Done Most for Class Alice wSplain Stanley Saunders Best Orators Dorothy Costello Joseph Tarantino Teachers Blessings Helen Eddy Kearney OTDoxmor Best Musicians Clara Schwamer Max Finkle Best Athletes Alice Smith Donalld' Nichols Laziest Eleamor Westfall Thomas Splain Most Generous Louise Casey George Appleton Shyrest Agnes Traver Henry Robinson Wittiest Emily Langley Harold McNeal Best Looking Marion Erivcson George Appleton Cutest - Clara Schwaner Roger Kiley Biggest Letitia Guard Hermam Lavine Classiest Dorothea Kimg Frank MoGirr Wil-des-t Dorothy Platt Raymond Millward Biggest Bluffers Louise Oawsey Stanlley Saunders Brainiest Ewart Kellogg FrederickEddy Biggest Flirts Adelaide M-attrazzo George Appleton Nicest , Helen Ritchie Donald Nichols Busiest Alice Splain Frederick Eddy Frie'nvdliest Lillian Vogel Schuyler Bussing Best Sports Dorothy Corstello Roger Kiley Most Dependable Ruth Hammond Andrew Reynolds Mnost Precise Helen dediy Frederick Eddy Most Studious Vera Wolcott Walter Gymgell Most Energetic Ruth Wheelock Fred Dunson I

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24 THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER stands them in glued stead. Among the opposition, or the ttMen,s Partyli we saw Hartwell Ciomhs, the uGreat Umeompromiser, and Max Finigel, who had sustained his reputation as an invincible diebater in the world-t'amous Finkel- Biffer debates. These debates were on the momentous question of nDid She Faint or Did She Feint? of course referring to Lady MacBeth, and of course again, having as the opposing speaker our old friend Mike iBift'er, now a portly Senator. Well, we have gotten off the track; mieanwhile, uJoe Tar was still rorattinlg, but suddenly his voice cracked, and at once a ncurlydheaided but rather sophisticated-looking little page ran up with a glass of H203 Imagine our surprise when .we saw the little page 1was Dick Leonard, and, or rather but-the liquid in the glass was not H20, biuit H2804! This was too much; we begged the medium to tune out Washington on his Crystalf and get us something else. Washington faded from our sight, and in its stead we saw a giant freight airplane plunging and reeling thru the air, and piloted be ttHeim Davine, who, ' with Bob Hinman as chief baggage-smasher, was making use of his ipiloting experiences gained in High School. Suddenly the freighter dipped lower, and discharged a large box into a small town on the Western plains, by the simple means of rolling it over the edge, causing it to land in front of a small country store,',where it broke and scattered its cargo of eggs over the terrain, injuring only two teggst. The sttorekeeper, wearing 'a red flannel shirt that just matched his anxger-inflamed face, rushed out and began to berate the pilots for their carelessness. His vehemonice reminded us of Fued Dunson's toildldebatinig form, and, upon bringing our vision closer, we found that it was indeed Fred. Poor Fred! Upon his heels there rushed on-3 of the weaker t0, sex, augmenting his attacks upon his annvoyers from above. This libtle lady, who proved to be our old friend and class historian. Ruth Hammond, had gone out with Fred as his wife to seek the great open spaces. A few miles farther on we saw the buildings of a large ranch, which upon further investigation we found was owned and carried on by a trio of former uamyp-fire girl's: Ella Carr, foreman; Flora Paul, head cow-puncheress; and Dot Costello, chief cook and bottleywasheir. So it was with this result that these three had wonked so hard in camp-fire lore in 1925! Also in this provincial western town we discovered another of our former classmates, now a schooI-teacher, in the act of teaching a class in history under a new system. He was sitting in a large and ctommodious arm chair before the class, and from the expression on his face no one could doubt that that Ameriean History was ttreading like a novel! Easy to tell who this was-Walt Gyngell! At this point the crystal ball began to grow misty, and we econcluded from this that there was nothing more of inetrest for us here. As it cleared again we recognized the palms and beautiful settings of Hollywood, Cal. Ah, could it be possible that we would find anyone We knew at this famous resort? We waited impatiently for the first revelation, which eventually showed us the setting for a great melodrama; tiQualityts Tireatft starring Marion Ericson, with Hermie Bloom playing opposite. History was re. peatimg itself; in spite of Herm'ws daily association with Marion on the stage, he still- remained true to the other 99.44'z; of his family,-to wit, videlicit, i. e.-Dot. Well, well, we might have guessed as much. And here was