Anderson Union High School - Aurora Yearbook (Anderson, CA)

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A U R O R A 9 Class Prophecy BYRON OGUURN, 'l1. As I sat last night trying to ascertain the exact meaning of those obvious characters which seemed to be so obscurely strewed throughout that luscious volume known as Conciliation with the Colonies fin shorthandj, many were the thoughts that percolated through my already troubled mind. VV hat would become of the members of the class of 'll? VVould there be room enough in the town of Anderson for us all, or would some of us be obliged to venture forth and seek our fortunes elsewhere? Wotild we all be stenographers, or would some of us be apt to acquire fame and fortune by other means? Witli all these thoughts in my confused brain, my head dropped down on the table and my fancy was soon wandering about seeking revenge upon those periscopic inquiries. All appeared dark at first and I was about to give up hope when I saw before me in a cloudy mist, the faint image of a small red volume which I took to be a shorthand book. To my surprise, when the mist cleared away, I read on the cover in gold letters, Destiny of the Class of 'll. Slowly the pages began to open and I beheld the following, to wit: DORA REDEKER-She will attain a great height of fame and accumulate a large fortune as commercial law teacher in the State Universityg and the future generations of high school students will study commercial law from books written by Miss Dora Redeker. Pl?lQ'l2l11E DEM PSTER-It is evident that she will make a reputation as an ex- pert typist and become private secretary for a national banker. After hav- ing acquired great wealth. and grown tired of private life, she will finally venture back to the dear old city of Anderson and become the beloved wife of the mayor. FLORENCE MCMURRY-This young lady will start out as a book agent, carrying with her a complete stock of that humorous but seemingly incom- prehensible volume, Lowell's Democracy. After having disposed of sev- eral hundred thousand copies, she will start back to her home town to deposit her savings in the 'Bank of Anderson. But on her way she will stop off at Berkeley and go in and deliver one of her favorite lectures to the students of the State University. Upon completion of this lecture, she will be offered

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3 A U R O R A Class Will of Nineteen Hundred Eleven VVe, the Class of Nineteen Hundred Eleven, being in possession of our right minds, and finding that our days in' this life of study are numbered, and wishing all peace and prosperity to the under classmen, do of our own free will, make the following bequests: I, Ruth Trimble, do will and bequeath to Marie Barney, the high esteem of Babe, of which I am now the sole owner. I, Florence McMurry, do will and bequeath the charred remains of my beloved Julius Caesar, to the tender mercies of Irene Watts, with the fond hope that she will spend as much valuable time upon 'it as I did. I, I-Iarold Kesler, do hereby will and bequeath to Raymond Smith, the many girls and broken hearts I leave behind, with the suggestion that he be very careful not to slight any of them. I, Byron Ogburn, do hereby with all due solemnity, will and bequeath to the Student Body my whole stock of legal phrases, to be used indiscriminately. I, Dora Redeker, do solemnly swear that I will never more rush for school and will not hurry to anything, and do will and bequeath to Amy Daily my very punctual and nerve-torturing alarm clock. I, Phebe Dempster, do will and bequeath to the present Freshman class, my Lowell's Democracy, with the full assurance that they will be none the wiser. We as a class make the following bequests: To the Freshmen, our desks, together with an endless array of old pencils, and the hope that they will find them as useful for cooky eating as we did. To the Freshman Shorthand Class our Conciliations, with the hope that they will enjoy reading them. Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of His I-Ionor, JUDGE STEVENSON. Witiiessesz ' Gano's Commercial Law. Peerless Fountain Pen.

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10 AURORA a position as English teacher which she will accept 5 and the students of that institution will certainly have to hit the collar. HAROLD KESLER-All present indications go to show that this gentleman will become celebrated, and be known as the world's leading specialist in Feminology. After he has acquired a large fortune and grown tired of his profession, he will settle down in the State of Utah with seven wives and live in peace and content for the rest of his days. RUTH T RIMBLE-It is evident that she will become the only famous stenog- rapher of the class, and command a salary of S175 per month. She will also attain great fame as a public speaker on woman's rightsg and eventually, when woman suffrage prevails throughout the State, become a member of the Legislature. Ah! politeness doth infer tl1at mine should come last. But now a mist be- gins to gather around the little red book while the last page slowly turns over. Upon this page I am able to obsewe three conspicuous marks which I recognize as shorthand characters, and I hear a familiar voice dictating to me at what sounds like about 400g and I realize that it is time to wake up. I immediately awake and find myself confronted with that ever-torturing shorthand book which I had sat down a half hour ago to study. And the little red volume has never come under my observation since. 15 RWM' I fin vga ABQ VJQQEE mb. V