Battle Ground High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Battle Ground, IN)

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G H TOMAHAWK Qwlq w---,-- 1924 PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF '24 5313 One day while wondering VVhat to do, This thought I could Not quite subdue. XVhat will become Of our old class In future years That sure will pass? That elf had said, 'KI will return. To know our future, I did yearn. So, thereupon I fast arose And changed into My hiking clothes. It did not take me Long to reach That sandy place Below the beach, And then the same Cool, shady nook: But when at last I took a look- The water was A muddy hue. Now I was there, VVhat would I do? My body ached, My feet were sore From traveling to This distant shore. I thought that I VVould take a rest. To learn our future, I'd done my best. I sat and looked Into the stream. I thought I saw A tiny gleam. Yes, sir! My Elf Had come again To tell me of Our own class when From school we all Are far away, At some long-distant Future day. He wiped the mud Out of his eyes And then he cried In glad surprise. Page twenty-

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924 TOMAHAWK B.G. H. S. Item 16-Kenneth Cassaday bequeaths his avoirdupois to Chunky Reynolds. Item 17--Morris Driscol, his knowledge of wireless telegraphy to john Ralph. Item 18-Luella Royer bequeaths her excellent ability to act as secretary to DeMaris Ransdell. Item 19-Mildred Kieth bequeaths her ability to capture a husband to Rosa May VanCamp. Item 20-Louise Dawkins wills her musical talent to Margaret Pierce. Item 21-Lewis Gross bequeaths his blush to LaMont McLean. Item 22-George Mc bequeaths his case with June Booth to Lloyd Lesmer. Item 23-Merril McCahan bequeaths his hair bob to Vera Campbell. Item 24-Pearl Maxwell bequeaths her vampy ways to Bernice Lamb. Item 25-J. Roy Titus wills his business ability to Charley Russell. Item 26-Hortense Doyle bequeaths her love for sports to Mildred Hath- away. Item 27-Bessie Bush bequeaths her superior knowledge of the Battle Ground sheiks to Oka Booth. Item 28-Martie Chamberlain wills his place on the team to Harry Rans- dell. Witnessed and signed on this, the eighteenth day of March, 1924, by Hortense D. I Bessie Bush, George Mc., Lewis Gross. A-'T '7 , Nl I ' ik ' ' ' I f Q Ii Q9'l't, JA Page twenty

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1924 TOMAHANVK B. G. H. S Page twenty-two I thought that you . Would never come, I've watched five Settings of the sun And if you had Not come today, I would have gone, Upon my way, I've many other Friends, said he, Waiting to hear Their prophecy. How glad I was, now, That I came. I glanced at him, He looked the same. How can I see it In that stream ? See that small rock? just watch it gleam! Well, get and hold It in your hand. Watch it closely. Understand ? I then picked up The little stone, 'Twas polished smooth And how it shone! And still I wondered As before What it could mean To '24, I turned to ask My friend the Elf, But he had gone Away himself. I looked carefully ' All around But not a sign Of him I found. So I sat beneath A shady tree. I looked at the rock And what did I see! One side was polished Like a glass. Was a miracle really Coming to pass? At first I saw What seemed to be A tangle of wire And other debrisg And then I Recognized a man, Morris Driscoll, Expert radio fan.