Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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till I find gold or die. No going back for me. The first voice was that of Georgia Adams. The second, of Zoe Artz. The wintry picture was replaced by a large poultry farm. Here a sign informed one that the Misses Thomas and Leber had line chickens for sale. Next I saw a large plantation in the Philippines. It was the property of Signora Wetzel. Hearing of the big fortunes to be made there, she had gone at once to the islands, and this fine plantation was the result. The plantation passed from view and a new scene seemed to be forming. But nothing but a dim grayness appeared. Out of it seemed to come a face, my own. But where? How 2 The moon, planets and stars once more began to revolve, the years were turning backward. Speedily they dew. At length they stopped. I seemed to be coming out of a dream. There, smiling at me, was my guide. Springing up, I grasped his arm. But myself, myself? I could not see. My child, he replied, calmly, your own future I kept from you. Let the years bring it. Be contented to know this: It will be all you wish? I

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remark he made and there were cries of 'fLong live King Will, King William Wetzelf' Again I saw a busy city street, here in front of a book store hunga huge sign: All the latest novels for sale. Read the works of the great sensational novelists, Rose Clingman and Gertrude Miller. There now appeared a convent surrounded by. beautiful gar- dens. Here slowly pacing up and down, the paths was a nun. She seemed engaged in holy meditation. As she lifted her head I looked closely and it was Anne Jones. Leaning over the outer wall and gazing wistfully at her was a man. As I looked I heard him mournfully sigh and murmur, She's not for mef' It was Perry Harris. Poor Perry, even music has lost its charms for him. The wild trackless prairie formed the next scene. Here, riding after the cattle and seeing that none strayed, were three girls. As they galloped swiftly along with a practiced air, I saw the cattle queens were Verle Morrow, Kate Tidy and Gyneth Rich. I saw next the white tents of a large circus. On the gaudy posters, pasted on the surrounding fences, I read: Ruehe and Forvor, Successors to Ringling Bros. Greatest Show on Earth. The tents were crowded with a wild, enthusiastic audience. They were anxiously watching the acts of two wondrous trapeze per- formers. Something made me look closely at them and the Countess Flora and Minna Du Lasky were my old friends, Flor- ence Pienkowsky and Minna Porter. In another ring a skillful bareback rider was performing. As the crowd cheered and she bowed and smiled in return, I saw it was the much talked of Madame Josephine Burnett. The circus grew fainter, a wild, howling crowd appeared. A race was in progress. Ten to one on Princess, cried some one. Near at hand, his eye glued on Princess, sat her owner, George Carroll. As the scene passed the noise became deafening. She's won! She's won! Hurrah for Princess! A cold, wintry landscape was the next. Here in a rough shack, crouching over a tire, were two forms. Wrinkled, drawn and tired they looked. One moved wearily and said, Pm going home. If there's any gold in the Klondike others can find it. Pvc had enough. But the other replied, Never, I'll stay here ..9-

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Statistics. ROSE CLINGMAN. 1' 'A-lr, T length in the annals of the Waukegan High School gl, it may be written that the class of 1902 has been ,lf graduated. Our scholarship marks have gone on All record and we aro entitled to our hard-earned di- plomas. The class entered the Freshman year with an enrollment of ninety-eight, but from various causes the number has been reduced to forty, twenty-tive girls and fifteen boys. Whether or not the breadth and depth of our knowledge are appreciated, we have gained a great amount. Perhaps you will better realize its vastness if you are told a few facts. If each one were to write at the rate of live thousand words a day, it would take him ten and two-thirds years to write every thing he knows. A room sixty feet long, forty-three feet wide and twelve feet high would be entirely lined with the written volumes, while it would take four hundred and eighty-three reams of paper and ten gallons of ink. The examinations we have taken during the four years have occupied seven hundred and twenty hours of our time. How much good they have accomplished for us it is im- possible to say, but it is certain that if we were asked to write them two months from now, more than half of our time would be spent in chewing our penholder and gazing blankly around the room while we wait for ideas to tlow from the pen. If one wished to make a list of the things for which we are noted, such as our brilliant essays, logical debates, the winning of the class championship in basket ball by the boys, the formation of a baseball team by the girls, he should provide himself with several hundred sheets of paper. There are many nice things that can be said about us, while our most critical enemy could hardly find anything for which to blame us, even though it has been hinted that in passing to and from classes we are inclined to gather in groups, instead of con- ducting ourselves in a manner befitting the dignity of Seniors.