Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Page twenvyffour The Spirit Annual Prophpril of ffllaes of 1913 Js lolcl by The Wizard of the Future Scene- Dark gloomv forest with cave in the foreground. The Wizard is seated i.i the door of the 'cave deeply engrossed in a large book Beatrice has keen informed that he can foretell the future and comes to seek hts a.d the class prophecy. . B. Arc you the Wizard of the Future! (repeats three limes). W. (Looks up with dazed expression) Eh, what’s that! Am 1 the Wizard of the Future! Yes, child, that’s what the people of the earth call me. B. Oh, Seer or Visions, won’t you help me! I’ve heard that you have a Book of the Future and can foretell the destiny of people. Barclay says 1 have to, just have to, get. a prophecy for the Class of 1918. I tried to get Inspiration lo help me, but she is so long in coming and now my time is up and .1 have nothing. Barclay will simply chew my ears oil' if I don 't get it by midnight, tonight. So won’t you help me? W. I am forbidden to disclose the future, ftalways causes trouble. . . . But—wluit would you he willing to give if I should tell you the secret? B. (Opens pocketbook and offers money—wizard shakes head. Then offers her ring and later her beads—still no response.) That’s all I have here but maybe I could get more. How much do you want? IV. No, it isn’t that kind of pay I must have. I can tell you the future, only under one condition, and that is that you must promise that no one of the members of the class shall, under any circumstances, lose his sweet disposition. B. Oh, I promise, i promise! They never get mad or peeved and they arc all so anxious to know what they will bo doing in ten years. . Very well, but remember—if any one fails to keep this promise, he must be branded a Sorehead, because Fate is no respcclor of persons. B. Oh, 1 am sure they will promise. What will you disclose first? W . ( kj)cns buj book and seems to fait into a trance). Ah, there’re a man; .ini .i who lia o brought congenial and vice versa natures together., . « n C !,,Klhi,S aA)lc nss'staut I'da Morris are conducting a Matrimonial '' 11 ' ar' meets her husband, the Count Kneaubrayncs MillL lJrMi' m, t' l)rt,UCS' ,ie.v v°d quite happily until Hazel Cave and becomes lonw‘ t0 SIH',! ! the summer and then the intellectual pressure lx (°mcs too heavy for the poor count «,„l „ . .... |mor counl a,ul ,lc forced to flee to save the frag-immediatcly becomes infatuated'. Bod wl ments of his mind. and ' • »»«uton is convalescing i his graduation's cutting otr tUr. • • 0,nar from heart affliction caused by Beach, with whom he Li 2 ™VmUnn in Civic., classes. Victor trod the college path four times daily, is . successor to

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The Spirit Annual Page twenty-three Vera Barker gives her ability in extemporaneous speaking to Ardella Pike. Prank Coulter wills his fifth year in High School to Buzz Lang. Torn Musson wills his ability to bluff to Homer Tostlebe. Ruth Freeland wills her ability to ask questions to Martha Lesan. Edith Wallis bequeaths her stand-in with the teachers to (’loo Allen. Gerard Ray ness gives his long loved pipe, to Ted Kooser and Lowell Houser. Gilbcrte Luke wills her winsome ways to Sara Brown. Sixth: The Senior ('lass as a whole give, bequeath and will to Air. Stcll'ey a map ot' the world. We will to Miss Miller her photo which was taken during the Carnival. We bequeath to .Miss Gates three million dollar waists. ••The thinner they arc the more they cost, ’ she says. We give to Miss Thornburg a collection of United States Army pins. Also an instruction book, “How to Keep Roll.” Wc will to Miss Sprague, the ability to pick a east for the Senior Class Play that pleases all. Irma Taylor wills her ability in cabaret dancing to Miss Fiekcl. To Miss Boyd wo bequeath the Seniors’ share of the song books. We will to Mr. Hicks a new set of books on “How to Study. “ We will and bequeath Constance Knipc's skeleton to Miss Williams to he used in Physiology classes next year. Barclay Noble wills his knowledge and ability to run tilings to Joe Anderson. Wc will to Miss Curtis the Senior Secretary book to be used as a text book next year, in her book-keeping classes. Miss Stewart said she wanted the best thing the Senior class had, .so we will, bequeath and give to Miss Olive Stewart, our Mascot, Bill Sherman. Seventh and last, we will, bequeath and give to A. H. S. and you all, our wishes for your success and prosperity in the future. Signed and sealed the 24 day of May. 1018, A. I), by the Senior Class of 1018.

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The Spirit Annual Pa.eetwenty-five • III • i MlMtM tllllallll ■!••• lilt HMftIMMIIMtl IMM • I • 11I Hit I ' IIMMItMIllMlil' : Mil Mil MdIMIIIltllllilllll IIImMIMMIV • • HIM Luther Burbank. By a series of grafting, Victor now picks a crop of apple pics and dumplings oft! his trees at Mitchell villc, and “Tubby” Kooscr is the inspector and sampler. “Tubby” finds his occupation exceptionally satisfying. Marguerite Kirk ha m, disappointed in finding that her Well is an empty one, joins the Yankce-Robison Circus as bareback rider, being trained by ring-master, Donald Finch. Nevin limes is in a state of mental doubt. He doesn't know which line of work lie should take up—that of a clown or an undertaker. B. Where’s lua Reins? W. Ina marries “Stub” Watkins in 1923. Her wedding is one of the most extraordinary events on the social calendar of Ames. The bride is gowned in a creation designed by Helen McDowell, modiste employed by Seal's, Roebuck Co. Mrs. Vera Barker Rumpscy is matron of honor. I see Imogenc Dean,, Elsie Elliot, Jessie Bourland, Neva Scott and Elizabeth Bateman as bridesmaids. Anna Lindauer carries the ring in a buttercup. While the bridal procession marches to the alter, Doris Wherry plays, “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing.” After the ceremony, at which the Rev. LeRoy Apiaiid officiates, Earl Johnson sings with great feeling ami pathos, “ ”f is Better to Have Loved and Lost 'Phan Never to Have Loved at All”. B. (Meditatively) Well isn’t it funny how things turn out? Tell me about Frank Coulter. W. Frank is getting famously rich. Iiis latest book, “The Care and Feeding of Infants,” is enjoying wonderful popularity. Gladys Slingerlaiul and Lois Miller arc looking after the diet and happinesss of the fowls at the I. S. C. Poultry Farm. Myrtle Hall, the famous prima dona, is on a concert tour with Mr. Pollard. Frances Holm is substituting for -Miss Fickle who is on a leave of absence. Lena Nelson is occupying a new position in A. II. S.—that of teaching the faculty to be sweet-tempered and obliging. B. What becomes of the actors in our class play? Something romantic, must come of that. W. Bill Winters and Willis Belknap are out of work and at present aro tramping their way thru the country and they occasionally pull off’ vaudeville stunts in small towns. W. Ah, Destiny scatters human beings far and wide. The Present counts for little. Edith charms Lester out of his usual calm repose and the result is a honeymoon to the Bermuda Islands, but Lester wonders if he didn’t make a mistake in not taking the former Tripp. Of course executive ability is expected of Barclay Noble and it is being demonstrated by his rapid rise to dictatorship in the Skyscraper Chimneysweep Co. Lillie Roberson is teaching the Chinese to use the typewriter. The Theory of Evolution as expounded in English Class during the last semester of the Senior year, made such an impression on Lyman Osam’s sensitive nature, that he is spending years of unceasing effort in Africa in an attempt to trace his ancestry. Lucille’s part in the play inspired her to try the stage and she is rolling the curtain at the Princess. Gilbertc Luke is in charge of an expedition in search of her lost temper. Naomi Fitch, in partner-