Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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Walter Kelley Maud Harrison Paul Krider Leo Scott William Hebel ORCHESTRA Miss Hoffman, Director Grace Harrison llif Brown, pianoist LeRoy Fink Marie Harrison Waldo Seiler Chalmer Weaver a Otho LS ee aall es; ‘OAl.J Peipunpy uaajul ?

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: G HE -S@AzR: — Ninteen Hundred Five. i‘ | Gless Prope aaa BY HARRY CASEBEER Do you believe in dreams? Why yes and no. When they come true I believe in them, When the come false | don’t believe in them, —Longfellow, It was a midnight, strange, mystic hour, when the veil between the shadowy present and the eternal future grows dim, | slept and had a dream which was not all a dream; it seemed more like a revelation, Me thought I was in a very beautiful city, Every thing seemed stange at first but presently | began to see familiar objects, the old M. E, church, the dear old High School building, the Modern Buggy factory and others, all of which had grown grey with age. I looked for the old court house, fully expecting that it had survived the ravages of time, but in this | was dissappointed, for a beautiful structure of blue and red granite, stood in its place. Of course you all know (from the hearing of former class prophicies) that Auburn had grown to be a very large city, and that all the surrounding towns were within her limits. Jt was a beautiful city, up-to-date in every respect, It had the most perfect lighting system I had ever seen, which, as I learned, had been de- signed and constructed by my old chum, C, Raymond Thomas, After leaving high school, he took a four years course in electrical enginearing, and was then appointed city electrician, which position he has always kept. He married his first and only love, Velma Suman, They have a beautiful home in one of the supberbs, and as Ray is such an inventive genius, everything around the house is run by electricity, Even the cradle is rocked by an electrical device. Ray looked so funny in a mustache and chin-whiskers, the color of which was a cross between terra cotta and old gold. 1 didn’t think they were very becoming, but Velma thought that they were just lovely. You know we always thought that Jesse would he an electrician too, but his father wanted him to be a farmer, and so he spent two years in an agricultural college. He graduated from there a full-fledged farmer, having had both the practical and theoretical knowledge. He bought a farm near the old homestead, and married his old sweetheart, Joy Shutt, who by the way, was the only one of '04 that went back on her spinster vows. He took Joy home, and made a place in his heart for her and cherished her Then she sang to h im when he was working in the furrow. Their country home was beautiful and as we sat on the porch talking, a black-haired chap, about ten years old, came out of the kitchen door, eating a huge section of pie. He looked so much like Jesse did thirty years ago, that I burst out

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‘G-H Salwar = Ninteen Hundred Five. laughing. Joy said, Harry I have the best husband that ever lived, and Jesse jr. is a darling little fellow; but Oh I do get so tired baking pies. After Anna left school she discovered that she possessed great inventive genius. Her in- ventions were largely for the comfort and convenience of her own sex. Her last and greatest was a rotary kettle scraper. One simply placed the machine in a kettle, pressed a button and in less time than I can tell about it the kettle was cleaned. It was so constructed that it would ex- pand or contract, to fit any kettle. She certainly has been a great benefactress to womankind and no doubt some day her statue will be placed in the Hall of Fame. Anna never married, not because she had no chances, but as she said, because she had no time to bother with a husband. Besse Kinsey taught school for several years, and then married her old school-mate Jason Sebert, who had become a violinist of great renown. After their marriage, Jason discovered that his wife possessed a wonderful voice, and to please her husband, Mrs. Sebert carefully cul- tivated it, both at home and abroad. Now she travels with him and is equally as famous as he. They have traveled all over Europe, and are great favorites of many of the crowned heads of that continent, especially of President Tolstoi of Russia. Druie taught music for several years after leaving school, and was very successful, but be- came discouraged because she could not make money enough to support a husband as it was a hobby of hers that women should never marry until they were able to support a husband. The city had erected a fine building in the old school park, for Kindergarten purposes and Druie was made superintendent with a generous salary. She had at last found her mission, and was suc- ceeding splendidly. She had grown quite stout, was just as jolly as ever, and in fact was a very pleasing specimen of the bachlor maid. She is now abunbantly able to to support a husband but they don’t come around. After finishing school Guy changed his mind in regard to entering the medical profession and concluded he would try farming, as his father had bought him a very fine farm near the city. While spending his vacations on his father’s farm near Oberlin, Maude too, had acquired a taste for rural life, and so they were married and went to work with a will to beautify their home and to make money. They conducted their farm in accordance with the most approved scientific methods, and they made it pay. They have a fine dairy, which Maude personally superintends, the products of which are noted far and wide. Guy gives his attention to fine poultry, Belgain hares and squabs. They supply the leading hotel of the city with their farm luxuries, which have given this hotel an enviable reputation throughout the state. I would like. to have eaten some of their yellow-leged chickens, but they were so delighted to see me, that I guess they forgot to ask me to remain to dinner. You all know what Rosamond’s aspirations are, so you will be surprised as | was, to find hereafter a lapse of twenty-five years, in the Salvation Army. After leaving high school, she attended dramatic schcol for some time, and then went on the stage. After a few years she tired of the glow cf the fcot-lights, and dicided to seek elsewhere for her life’s mission, for of course she never married, as she always did maintain that a woman with a career should never marry. While visiting friends in Chicago, she became interested in the work of the Army, joined its ranks and did effective service