Austintown Fitch High School - Reflector Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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ALOHA OE The faces seemed to appear rather familiar, yet hardly to such a degree as to be placeable. Finally I recognized the face of the stately gentleman whose appearance denoted him to be a toastmaster of the occasion. And so he was, for as the last course was removed from the board he arose. He announced to us that as some of us were more or less distantly located from each other the meeting would assume the course of a sort of testimonial affair. True to his words he told the story of his life since leaving school. lt was an inspiring taleg a tale well worthy of starting this Fif- teenth Annual Banquet of the Class of 1926. His was a story of how he had risen to the General Manager of the General Electric. In his modesty he simply stated that he was now in a satisfactory position. I should think he was! Mr. Ewing called upon Dorothy Glenn. She arose and catch- ing the eye of someone proved with that old time giggle of hers that it was she. She told how she and Isabel Bishop were conduct- ing a mammoth school for the athletic training of girls in Boston. She told of their earnest endeavors to perfect the maids of that city in boih mind and especially in body, to cope with the difficult tasks of modern womanhood. Chester Tompkins held us spellbound while te told us in that inimitable style of his, of his success in this World's Labor. He is the head of a fine sand and cement block establishment. He is fol- lowing in the footsteps of his father so to speak. He furnished the sand and blocks for the new building thus showing his generosity. His business is indeed thriving for Mineral Ridge, where his plant is located, and has already surpassed Youngstown in size. Isabel Bishop added to her co-partner's report several inter- esting details of their work. It seems that there are 31,418 girls under their supervision. Thus you see they rank first in institu- tions of that kind in the world. Much could be said of the records hung up by those girls. Issy is more fortunate in one way than Dot in that her husband, a Cleveland youth, is not of an exploring 24

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ALOHA OE CLASS PROPHECY OF 1926 IMPSON manipulated the various levers of the machine in a manner known only to the skilled aeroplane mechanic or chauf- feur. The machine glided to the ground and taxied back and forth to a smooth halt. Sir, said Simpson, I think that we had better procure some food. I looked about me. We appeared to be either in a small city or else a suburban town. Behind us a ten story building loomed up in the dusk for it was early evening. t On some of the floors there seemed to be lights. Say, Simpson, I demanded, You can't possible tell me where we are, can you? VVell, said he, in looking upward. that electric sign up there says: FITCH HIGH SCHOOL AUSTINTOWN, OHIO VVhy, Simpson, I exclaimed, I graduated from that same school back in 1926! Humph, murmured the fellow, he's older than I thought he wasg that was fifteen years ago. As we approached the building I was amazed at the marvel of modern architecture that arose before me in the form of the school building. We entered. On the sixth floor I seemingly became an intrud- er. for I was summoned to a halt by a liveried guard. I handed him my card and he withdrew. The boy soon returned and an- nounced that I was to follow him. As I followed him through the corridors, I pondered over what had been happening. No doubt this was the reason I was so startled. When I was ushered into a brilliantly lighted hall evidently the scene of a banquet, and was seated at a long table. I looked about me and began to scrutinize the visages of companions. 23

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ALOHA OE turn of mind and can thus stay and tend to some of those business details that his wife would lack time to perform. Theodore,Roosevelt Jergens told in a real pleasing manner of his career as a newspaper man. After graduating from a southern college of much note, he took up his journalistic life. He is now editor of a flourishing paper in Des Moines, Iowa. His editorship has brought the paper to be the best known paper throughout the entire middle West. His private secretary often hears him sing- ing When you and I were Young, Maggie, for you see he mar- ried a Ridge Lassie. Ah, yes, I have heard that name before, but why the Mrs. prefixed to it. When she arose and began to speak, I recognized her as the girl we used to know back in school as Thora Chubb. Contrary to general opinion at the time, she did not settle down with some of our Senior braves and lead the life of a T. B. Nurse, but she did choose one well known to all of us. She has climbed to tremendous fame as an author. Already her essays are regarded as classic writings in some of our foremost schools of rhetoric. And if in the five short years that she has been publishing her works, she has reached that high pinnacle of fame, what are we to expect of her in the years that are to follow. Do you all remember that first essay down at Petersburg? Even then she was recog- nized as a future wonder. Wayne Tolson was another one of those modest people. But we were finally able to ascertain a few facts about his life. It seems that he has been appointed to fill the newly created Cabinet Office in the President's Cabinet. It is called the Secretary of Radio. Of course, because of the newness of the office he has not had a real chance to show his mettle, but he is the head of some of the best radio research laboratories in the countries. Alice Crum and Evelyn Isch, while married, still retain their maiden names. You see they are two of America's best liked act- 25