California School for the Deaf - Foothills Flame Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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We crowded through to another group All rn the group were men o thrs must be the boxer Sure enough rt was but Pat and I stood starrng at hrm We looked at each other-each knowrng xx hat the other was thlnkrng and both grabbed hrm bx the arms He was so shocked he drdnt know what to do Ladres he ard I xe had grrls after me before but nex er thrs bad As rf xve could help rt for thrs w as Robert Daxrla another classmate We both talked at the same trme but somehow xxe hnallw made hrm under stand xx lro xve were and he r cognr7ed us Presently Bob offered to take us to laxe punch As xxe xxere walkrng along talkrng about ourselxes I was almost knocked off balance bx omeone w ho had the nerxe to bump rnto me Suddenlx the per on who bumped rnto me was pumprng our hands and saxrng If rt rsnt mx old classmates' We stared at hrm for a long trme before xve were able to recognrze hrm 'Ihrs brg hunk of a man xvas none other than Dean Swarm Dean we learned was Anrerrcas most famous professronal football play er Instead of three xxe xxere now four as we walked along toward the ounch bar Suddenlx Pat poked her elbow rnto mv rrbs and crred Hex look at those clothes' I looked and there stood a young lady dressed rn what I guessed was the latest ty le rn clothes We were so busx lookrng at the clothes we forgot about the person rn them She must haxe been drsturbed for she ard Please dont stare rt makes me feel so uncom fortable We stopped at that and looked at her and then we began to stare agarn Onlx thrs trme the lady xvas starrng too There before us Power s model cox er grrl and a mox re actress as well So that made five of us As we stood there talkrng nearby somethrng was berng sard about some formulas rust rnx ented rn the uncrxrlrved rungles of Borneo These were berng used to make the natrves smart at the wrnk of an eye Poor Pat was begrnnrng to look drscour aged as xve lrstened Then a xoung man stepped out of the group Vke guessed he was the speaker so we decrded to ask hrm some questrons But We never began for we were all tongue tred Thrs wonder man was none other than Terrx O Rourke Things were happenrng fast Thrs made srx of us as we went on to the punch bar We notrced a xoung ladx standrng alone bx the table She looked xery wrse and her appearance rrrxrted a second look I glanced at mv other classmates rn wonder ment and could ee thex xxere thrnkrng the same as I It was hard to belrexe but ure enough thrs was Bexerlv Wrlson xx ho had been the brarns of our class Wrth all sry. of us talkrng at once rt was hard to make Bex erlx realr7e who xxe xxere but we Hnallx clrd We all fell rnto an exerted conxersatron rrght rn front of the punch bar Bexerly was a professor rn one of Amerrcas leadrng colleges and thus was keeprng up her fame as the brarns We farled to notrce the tall man xx ho approached the punch table untrl he sard If xou xxrll be so krnd as to moxe ox er Ill haxe 1 lrttle punch Ile looked us oxer one bx one rn a xerx drsapproxrng xxax then startel to stare Such rmpudence we thought forgettrng the nunrber of trmes we had stared that exenrng Then he was talkrng rn an exrcrted xxax and we finallx learned hrs name xxas Leonard 'llarshall , , 1 ' v I 7 S .' '. ' , ' - . . I x - ,' , . . V ' . D l ' . Y L1 Y L' x I . 1 v . at ' rv Q ' nl 9, ', , 1 ' v ' 9 ' ' , A, K, . 1 1 1 1.1 V v ne .A kv. K' 1 1 . K1 v y 4 v ' , D 4 K1 v ky 14 kv 1 AN C I -Y S ' I b ' 1 A F 1 ' 1 L1 K I v' 45 ' 'Y 1 v I ' I! VY I , I ' 1 1 . 7 'I I Y' ' , , , . . . 1 ' 1 v - v v 1 . . . , a 7 I ' V I . , , ' 1' 1 ' U r . .V ' v . 9 1 'I v y 1 ' S Y I V ' A.Y ' Y . 7 , . . . A , . . s , ' . , - 77 1 1 W' ' I W'll f stood rlla McKrndley. We soon found out that r a was a amous , V . . , 7 s . . , . , A . K 7 7 4 . K . c t . Y , . , ' . . r . , . S . . , - 5 . 1 1 sy , ' 1 ' ' 1' 1 1 y ' I r y 1 ' . y ' s x L n. ' v 7 ' - 1 - . ' v' 1 ' v 1 S y Y ' ' . . . ' s ' , s f 1 ' Y U ' 1'7 . 1 ' ,' , , ' , r . ' v ' 1 v 'A 1 Y 1 , L 3 , 1 11 . Q. , ,1 ' . I a K. ' . K ' , , ' , , as , ' , H . . I Y I I n ' K, ' y 44 .1 1' A. ' , V v 9 Y 2 . .,, I- ' ' v , ' 1 1 'K-. 1 .' ,. 1 , , , - . , 1 as - . 1- , - , V ' 1 I I l . V nl . . I . 'I v 1 v 1 ', V u ' A L n

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CLASS PROPHECY In mx bexxxldelment I tood 1nd Stcllhll I had ncxel dleamed Id some dax be standlnff IH a deep 1ungle on a cannlbal 1sland seelng a book that I mxself had xx11tten come t1ue I stood looted to the glOllI1Cl choklng back SCICEIHIS 5udden1x I xx 15 1e1ked back to 1e'1l1tx bx the c1x Cut' The mox 10 camela j:,lOUIICl to a stop intl I sxx ung HIOUHCI onlx to find one of the men xx ho xx e1c xx Ollxlllg xxlth the mox 19 comp 1nx makmg a mox 16 ot mx latest book Nllss he Sdld Ixe been llxlllg to get xou1 attentlon IOI the last IQIXG mlnutes He1e 1 mess zgc fo1 xou f1om the states The states of all places' I thought IS I torl the message I hadnt been IH the states fOl ten long xears I opened the mess we lllfl IIIITUSI tell ox Ll I xxas to be ln W ashmgton D C thls xerx mght to attend 1 b1ll to be g1x en III the blue Room of the Wlnte House bx the I1 sldent lllil hue It xx LS f1xe oclock I had onlx txxo hours to get thelc It looked hopelf ss untll the fl1l6Lt01 ot the moxle offered me h1s xet rocket Xl hat luck' I gr 1bbed mx loxellest ex enmg goxxn plaxlng It xxasnt full of moth holes attel so long a tlme and Jumped lnto the 1ocket Berole I knexx It I xvas III Washlngton D C I barelx had t1me to go to a hotel change clothes and get on mx xxax to the ball but I m 1de It a111x mg as the last guest I mlngled among the guests and lolned ln the ewcltement of then conx ersatlon and xx as begmnmg to get used to the people xx hen suddenlx a hushed exlence hlled the 1oom I looked around 1nd doxxn at the othe1 end of the loom a xoung ladx stepped onto a pl 1tform I asked a xxoman one hele who doesnt knoxx the P16,SlClPHt of the U S ' I 1ust stood thele staung Suddenlx I heald mx oxxn name c1lled It xxas the D16Sld6Dt speaklng Somehoxx I got to the st 1ge 1nd ln 1 due he 1rd he1 telllng all about me and mx books lusentlx sne turned and handed me 1 med 11 and as she shook lllflflp xx 1th me I h 1d a tunnx teellng 1ns1de There was somethmg flHIll15ll about hcl and he1 h tndshake but I xxas too con cerned ox el a g10l,lD g'1the1ed alouncl someone nea1 by I pushed mx xxax through the croxxd and to m su1pr1se there stood a sl1m young ladx xxlth bught led haxr She xxas tellmg 1bout '1 nexx method of teachlng the deaf Thls lntelested me g1e1tlx for he1 method sounded much eas1e1 than the method I h 1d h 1d to Lll1Cl6lgO When she fIIllSl'l9Cl a pe1 son ne ll me spoke Mlss Kltchen I dldn t get the lest ot the questlon Xllss Kltchen xx he1e had I heard that n1me before And then a thought h1t me I studled he1 closelx les thele xxas the same led han 1nd m1s chlexous gleam 1n he1 ex es It xxas P1t Kltchen mx old classmate Pat' I cued 1nd glabbed he1 shockmg he1 and the bx standels 1nto sllence Pat took one good IOOF at me and hex ex es lxt up II and'1 xxhat 1 sulprlse' And then xxe xxelc llllsllx talkmg xbout oulselxes Suddenlx Pit sad lhele ls a IiIT10Llb lJOYQ1 hele tomght I heald he knocked out Joe LULIIN ln one lound and Id llke to get hls autoglaph So off xxe xxent ln seauh of llm ' Y. Q . 7 I' , 5 1 . ' 1 . ' X ' ' W D D . . , . ,' 1 1 1 1 1 7 . 1 ' ' ' ' V. 1 1 I - -1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' v v 1 v 1 . . 1 I 1 . . c K t , 1 it ly, -. .I 11 Y-1 f ku 2 K1 v 0 tv 1 1 , 11 s 1 r' v. '. 1 2 Y 1 . 1' - v , . H ' 1 1 79 .1 ' U ' - 1 -' I - 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 l K ' 9 ' 1 1 1 ' ' , 1 s v 1 1 1 4 ,I 1 1 1 '7 281 ,i JK11 1 ' ' K1 .1 1 .1 . , . 'V, 1, 1 1. 1 ' I1 1 ' 1- x 3 C L 1 , 1 L H 9 . 1 v Y ' I 1 ' V . T, I 4 an 1 . K 1 ' Q j Le. ,z 1' ' 'ax ' . ' j Y 1 A' x x l x' ' ' I ' ' ' ' I B V. . : 1 C N 1 y 1 vi . ' 1 , P I 4 v 1 l , V . . . , I . 1 E v V . r 1 . vc 1 . . . . . , . . V I I 'a I 1 1 v 7 y 7 K 1 1. 4 . 1 l 'I I 1 1 1 'T c 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 1 .1 1 1 1 ' ' ' , 1' ' 1 K1 1' ' 1 s 1 c 2 1 1 1 , A 1 c . 1 v - w v v' t 1 ' 45 9 v who the ladx xx as and to mx bexxllderment she sald, You re the onlx 1 ' 1 V -11' 7' ' 1 1 1 Y 1. . V tv A 1 U1 1 C 2 I vl A1 1 kv. . . ' . .' z 1 1 z z 2 ' 1 1 . S' 3 . ,l. J L.' , . . , Z 2 K1 1 . 2 l it 1 1 lj 1 1 1 2 K1 I , vr A1 - Y 1 1 C 1 1 1 ' L1 1 . L 1 v 1 . 1 F L1 1 'K1 , 1 K1 1 K1 ' 1 Y. '. -1 l 'I 1 l 1 v ' - , 1 C C 1 . .Av - I 'Ku 1 2 tv 1 u x L1 4 A,. , 2 2 . . K. K. Y . .3 2 . L' 1 44 ' ' - 1,71 . , ' ' 1 1 . 11 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 If , H, '.' . ,T ' ' C I 1 1 ' C 1 . . . . ., . . . ,- 55 .U 1' 2 11 1. A1 . ' 1 1 15, , .S ' L1' ' 1 , ,- I li 1 6 1 1 L. ' ' c, c c . 1 . J ' ' .' s' ' i 2 1 1 1 1 1, ' U 1 ' . ' , , ' .. , 2 . 1 , . - 1 , ' , 1 ', ' 1 , v ' - , as , t - . 1

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Len Marshall' Of all people' we cr1ed at once but what was he dolng here We learned he was a well to do young man and had done every thlng ln h1s power to help char1ty Somehow I got to thlnklng of somethlng else I looked around me There were only elght of us There had been nme IH school Then I remembered Donna Troon the class attractxon back 1n C S D Say I sald Wonder what happened to Donna Troon Ey ery body w as sllent and thoughtful for a t1me and then 'ys lf the 1dea had hlt us all at once The presldent she we all crled at once No wonder she had been so fam1l1a1 The Presldent herself was Donna T1 oon Thls was no tlme for punch As yye left the table 1n search of the Presldent yv were each thmkmg What a surprlse she s gomg to get' REMEMBER Wllla remember when you nrst came to thls school how bewllderlng It was and what a perfect 'lttle angel you wele' Remember when 1n the IOIIOXVIHQ' year two o her l1ttle tots Beverly and Pat walked ln and what l1ttle brats thev yy ere Remember the scraps they were xn durlng thexr klndergarten fllys' Remember Dean yvhen you came Gee' What a l1ttle tougnle you were' However you dld not Jom the rest of us unt1l our Junlor year and how studlous you proved to be' Remember when plump l1ttle Wanda yvaltzed 1nto the busy l1fe over at Prlmary Hall only to be found later on w1th her nose deep a great blg doll her own sue around Wlth her and yvhat a real bookworm she turned out to be alwavs curled up 1n the llVlHg room chalr And Terry remember when you hrst came lust a l1ttle k1d yvlth great blg words and lemember the manual alphabet cards you wore out trylng to learn to spell And remember 1n the same yeal len came along but he d1d not Joln the class of 1948 unt1l 1n the Junloy year wlth Dean And oh yes remember when Bob came and hoyy he kept us 1n Qt1tCh9S most of the tlme' Remember yvhen we sklpped the nlnth grade only to nnd latm on our hands that hated sub1ect y t remember how Pat went nuts about lt And remember how Bey erly loathed blology' Remember our Jumor yeal how busy yve yvere then what wlth the Junlor Semor Party lwhat fun yye hadl And the Jumor Play-our prlde and yoy And remember how hard the dlrectors worked and IH the end yvhat a success lt was' And noyy our Semor year Remember the fun yye had the part1es yve attended the school shows yye sayy the Qtudent Body skatlng part1es the Llterary SOC18ty hlkes and the school plcmcs the G A A Dance the F A A Banquet and Dance the Faleyy ell Dlnner and the movle afterwards All these and others yye yv1ll alw ays keep 1n memory Remembel how hard we stu l1ed yv1th hopes of passlng the college entrancr examlnatlons 1n our mlnds And noyv yye are leaylng yve shall alyvays remember our good old school days' 64 Y' v ' I 1 . V 1 v v 7 . . . Y . 7 V' 4 n ' ' KC Y 9? 9 . . - . v ' U 'V , v v v v -' 9 ' ' E nf T c. Cl ' 9? Y ' V V -, . , . . . . I. S , I' . 7 .1 Q . L Y ' . Y x Q ' S. , 3 5 ' ' ac , ' 1, - vs , . . . . ., L. . A L. K, , , ' , 1' ' ' , . . . L . . ' L ., , ' . ' V - I 1 , , ' - z . . . . , , ' 1 6 . . 7 v 7 1 7 ! ln books . . . And say, remember the day when l1ttle Donna came luggmg , . , . . . . , V. l . . . , , , . . . . . .1 ' x 4 n . 1 I Y . J I , A I 1 . 7 v . . . . . . , V , , K' L u u a n x , . ., . , , 'e - - ' r I . n . J . Y . 1 o o 7 Y. ' - . ' 7 V 7 . I . . . . V1 Y 1 V Y ' . , . I . , t V . , V' , , . . . . . . . ' , ' ' , n 1 1 S I my Y . C Y vvxv ' 7 . . 1 4 Y 1 i . . L . E - Y!