Auburn High School - Trojan / Oracle Yearbook (Auburn, IL)

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 .5353C . . 5jy05 S3! 5M? ?]!K?35-?5SjjZ£S 5Jt 2$jgyrej jj ’„;;; '.;;;;;;; •.;;; CLASS PROPHECY I had recently been talking to my former class-mate Vincent O’Leary who now- is a great scientist. He was telling me of a substitute for gaso- line that never ran out. I had my doubts, but it must be remembered that Vincent has done great things in science, and so I believed that it could be done. He wanted me to try it in a world flight and I agreed after a contract was signed. A special plane was built with large places for provisions, but no provisions. I wished to set the county record for the encircling flight and so I started off on the fly. I got as far as St. Louis where I ran out of the substitute. I already began to feel that the substitute wouldn’t work, but I again filled the tank and stayed in St. Louis aw'hile. I w'ent into a large billiard room and the players were mostly women. I began to like billiards better than ever and asked for the owner. Just then Loretta McLaughlin came up. I asked if she played and she replied that she owned the (shop) billiard parlor. I immediately challenged her to a game and due to the great ease that I missed the shots, she won. I then had to buy drinks for the house. 1 didn’t like that part so much and soon left with a substitute tank full of substitute. I was flying low' w'hen I came to Omaha. Nebraska. I remembered the stock-yards there and decided that this wrould be a good place to stop, I was visiting the cows when one of them stepped on my foot. I wras rushed to the Nichols Senn Hospital where a doctor dressed my foot with a dress. Klare Nuckolls soon came to the room and said she had heard of my injury and asked howr I happened there. After telling her of my trip she informed me that I was a good one to try substitutes on. I agreed. I stayed awdiile but had to leave because the substitute was evaporating. I didn’t think much of the substitutes. I took my last look at U. S. in Hollywood. There I met the famous movie star Wib Alexander. He had now’ growrn taller and had lost none of his good looks. He explained the hard life of a movie star to me and I pitied him. I stayed with him until evening and then left as the sun was leaving so I wouldn’t get lost in the dark. When the sun stopped, I stopped and sometimes before. I happened to stop one evening before the sun did and landed on the Isle of Yap. To my great surprise I found Norman Stout an inhabitant. From his very looks I could tell he was a prominent Yap. When we talked he told me howr he was stranded on this isle but the tale is to sad to relate here. He told me he wras unanimously chosen King of the Yaps and he liked it now; Norman is a full grown man now and I’ve heard it said he was the biggest Yap on the island. The next day I left Norman on the island w’hile he w as happy and while the sun would go with me. The trip w'as so enjoyable I didn’t stop till I came to Japan. And there the first person I ran into was a Japanese, and so was the Twenti -one

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[£ ZPJFC 3 C ;■ : ' « , . 7i K Ji s; :v i:!Wi! YF..: I, Helen Suydan bequeath my permanent curls to Helen Moon. I, Mayme Harnly bequeath my Ford to Garfield Lee so he can give his pony a ride to school. I, Janet McMurdo bequeath my violin to John Lindner. Perhaps he can make more noise with two than with one. I, Mabel Merriam bequeath my modest way to Tilly Dolenc. I, Gertrude Leudke bequeath my blushes to Joseph Clemens. Joseph can use them when looking over on the girls’ side. I, Loretta McLaughlin bequeath my talent as a poet to the Seniors of 1926 so Miss Johnson won’t waste her time and energy on “preaching” poetry. I, Vincent O’Leary bequeath my Senior Ring to Geneva Studebaker so she can look at it when not at orchestra practice. I, Norman Stout bequeath my physical strength to Mary Lorton be- cause the weaker sex should not be represented in Congress because they cannot carry sacks of sugar. I. John Carlino bequeath my bashfulness to Lowry Clark. I, Ada Masterson bequeath my shiny nose to Julia Codron. “What ever would happen if Julia’s nose was shiny? Oh horrors!” I, Frances Comerford bequeath my power of bluffing to Mary Hart. I, Eunice Foster will my basketball arts to Eva Hamm. The Seniors next year will surely be all-stars. I, James Murphy bequeath my job as Art Editor on the Staff to Oscar Kolar (Jim is glad to get rid of it). We, Charles and Harry Irwin bequeath our good pond for skating (in the winter of course) to anyone who can skate or who otherwise owns some good shock absorbers. And lastly, I, Wilbur Alexander bequeath my wonderful memory to anyone that needs it. We appoint the Junior Class as executors of this, our last will and testament and hereby fix our seal at the Auburn Township High School on this, the 29th day of May in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-five. Witnesses: Senior Class of 1925 Class Lawyer, Thelma Baker, Wilbur Alexander Celia Barbee Paul Ingels

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CTjjUjj-UijU» im gJJ liyOTnraffjSU» second, but soon I saw Ada Masteron and Mayme Harnly who were mis- sionaries to this country. I should never have recognized them as they were made up as Japanese for safety. They told me that they had already saved five natives and had hopes for another. I gave them great praise and promised to send each one a gallon of the substitute when I returned to Auburn. I left Japan and I had to hurry because I was 3 seconds be- hind the county record for that distnace and I sped up to 33 miles an hour. I started towards Bohemia when I was forced to land and so was the plane. My map told me that isle was Borneo. I had scarcely landed when wild men attacked me and carried me to their chief. I could not at first recognize him but he recognized me and saved my head and neck. At a second glance I knew the form of Steve Allen, who had grown since I had last seen him. He then explained to me how he dreaded work so he came to Borneo and was elected chief. He fed me on bananas for three days while I made necessary repairs on my airplane. I then flew away leaving Steve at his palace gate. I landed fairly safe in Bohemia and secured a room for the night. I was about asleep when a noise disturbed me and I went to investigate. There by a candle, which was burning, I found Robert Ernst. He had changed greatly. His hair was white from studying so much. He had lost much sleep and food. I bought him a hot dog and cheered him up. He told me he had worked for years trying to prove Angle A equals to Angle B. I proved it for him and tried to persuade him to return to America. I have heard that he did and had become normal again and dyed his hair. The climate in Bohemia did not agree with me or my plane, so I left on the fly. I journeyed over to Hungary to see a great musician. He was busy with a lesson so I waited. Soon he came out with Janet Mc- Murdo. 1 immediately began talking to her and heard that she had come over here to study the Hungarian Rhapsody. She was soon to give a series of recitals all over Europe. She had to leave so I looked around for her teacher but he was gone too so I left. Motor trouble forced me to carry my plane to Italy and I was given a reception by the King. To my surprise John Carlino called and I went to his home with him. John was now the spaghetti king of Italy. He had grown fat and wore a mus- tache. He had money in abundance now and was married. I told him of my meeting with other classmates and he laughed at their sudden change in life. I laughed also, but at Johnny. I had my motor repaired so I left Johnny making spaghetti and went to the Canary islands, and there among the Canaries was Helen Suydan, singing her old favorite “Charlie My Boy”. She could sing better than the canaries now and she told me of her intention to l'eturn to the U. S. and concertize. I encouraged her to go and she promised she would. We had quite a feast of boiled canaries and then I left, singing, happily on my way. Even the airplane began to sing softly to itself as I glided along. Bing in a warm climate so long, I decided to go north, maybe to the north pole. I landed in the Russian capital and went to visit Trotzky. While waiting I noticed Tressie Crafton fixing her hair. I asked how she happened to be in this country. She said that she and Mildred Jones had come to-gether and that she was secretary to Trotzky and Mildred was Twenty-two