Catholic Central High School - Banner Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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bravery in that face. A face that would never flinch in any danger. It's Bill. CWm. Wagnerj. How silent he used to be! How shy! But what he said, he meant. Helen, you would never guess what became of him. Immediately after graduation he entered an aviation school and after serving several years as a trans-Atlantic pilot, he began receiving promotions until at present he is a Ma- jor in the U. S. Aviation Corps. Visitor: Who would have thought that Bill Wagner was to become an aviation officer? Mr. Krieger: Say here's one for you. lt always kept me guessing as all girls always did, but I was surely surprised at what became of Geneva Carney. I never could prophesy from her picture what she would become. although her features are very sensitive and perhaps a little motherly. I sup- pose you know where she is at present. When she married that wealthy Ca- nadian I was surely surprised. I'm glad she is happy, they have two very charming children. Here is a sweet, tender, and good looking baby. It was easy to see that God chose her to care for His little ones. Yes, it is Louise, little Louise Kass- meyer. After leaving school Louise went to the convent and became a Notre Dame nun. In her letters she insists that she is happier than any of us and-well, I suppose she is. Now this one surely puzzled meg still you can see those shrewd eyes, that quick impetuous look could never belong to anyone but a real man like Norbert Rose. W'hat a success he became--artist, musician, lawyer, business man, ath- lete! In every one he became an expert. He certainly had initiativeg you can see it in this picture. At present he is conducting an important' criminal case in Chicago. This is a photograph of Elizabeth Kiener when she was a baby. She is an- other huge success. Her picture shows she was born to do some great good in this world and she surely has done it. After leaving school she took up physical culture. Later she married a man' who was interested in physical education, but Elizabeth continued her work and rose to the position of director of Girls' Ath- letics in Marymount on the Hudson, that celebrated Girls' College in the East. Her husband is football coach at Yale. Now you see how George Thinker looked when a little boy. That face de- notes a worker, and a quick thinker. After High School, Yutch developed mechanical tastes and accordingly, took out an apprenticeship with the A. T. and S. F. Railway. After his apprenticeship, his good ideas and hard work earned for him promotion after promotion. Now he is a big Railroad official of the N. Y. Central lines. I always knew what Bob fRobert Williamsj would become. Look at that taceg that head so erect and handsome. He was destined to be a soldier and thus after High School he went to West Point, graduated with honors and rose steadi- ly until at present he is known as Colonel Bob, Colonel of a division of artillery in Australia. Ah, there! Now you are looking at the baby picture of Senator Albers of Iowa. Every line of his face gives you the impression of a shrewd politician. After graduation he took up law and that finished, he practiced for several years TWENTY-NINE

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Visitor: And pray, who is this wonderful man? Mr. Krieger: What! you do not know Mr. Gilbert Kessler! Visitor: Oh! I might have known. In this case, the child was surely father to the man. Mr. Krieger: Now here is a picture of a most charming baby. See, how fine and intelligent her features! Every line of her face portends a yearning after the higher and nobler things of life-music, literature, art. It was not hard for me to prophesy her future. I could see at once for what she was destined. As a classmate of mine at C. C. H. she already earned a name for herself as a mu- sician. After her graduation she continued to study music, but I hear she has changed her occupation and is now a world famous editor of books, especially is she known as an encyclopedist. She signs herself Carmen Dolce, but her real name is Helen Capwell. Visitor: Uumping up excitedlyl VVhere did you get that picture? Mr. Krieger: Why, from her parents.--Why? Visitor: Oh nothing. Mr. Krieger: It seems to me your face is very familiar. - - - Why, I have it. Helen Capwell! VVhy didn't you tell me? I did not recognize you. My! but you have changed! Visitor: I'm glad you recognized me at last. I was just waiting. Now please go on with your prophecies. I think they are wonderful. Mr. Krieger: Very well. Look at this. , Remember old Ted? Look at that set expressiong that commanding look. You could see already then that he was meant to become a leader. After his graduation from old C. C. H. he went to Notre Dame and made the first team in football during his second year there. As Junior he was made Captain and when Knute Rockne resigned, Ted rose up and took his place, and he is at present putting out the best team Notre Dame ever had. Now here is another one. I'm sure you remember old Soup? Carl surely is a success! You can see it in this picture. See how shrewd those eyes arel What a quick intelligent look they wear! Remember how he took over a sales- man job while still at school? After he graduated, he continued in this line and by hard work became the best salesman his company ever had. Realizing this, the company promoted him to district sales manager and later to chief sales manager. His promotions continued until at present he is operating a large firm of his own in South America. He certainly is an honor to the Class of 1928 of the C. C. H. This is one you'll never recognize. There is a certain look about that face that I have- never learned to describe. It is cheerful, very kind, and tender. Do you remember Margaret Heitz? Well this is she. It took me a long while to draw a prophesy from her picture and I finally arrived at the conclusion that she was to be a nurse, and I was right. After leaving school she went into train- ing in Chicago and became a splendid nurse. At present she is occupying the responsible position of supervisor in the world renowned hospital, the Hotel Dieu, in New Orleans. The papers several years ago were full of accounts of her heroic work in a flood and since then her fame has risen. I-Iere's another one you will never recognize! Look at the daring and TWENTY-EIGHT

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and then went into politics. He met with huge success and is today one of the most conscientious office-holders in VVashington, D. C. At last, here is Joe, old Joe Heitz, the farmer. That's just what he became, but what a farmer! That Convention we staged at the C. C. H. during which l worked so hard for Lowden, must have given him the idea. I wonder, did he vote for me then. I believe he is one of the wealthiest farmers in this section of the country. He owns several large ranches out in Kansas and smaller farms all over the Central States. He is well-known as a philanthropist and he has given large sums toward orphan asylums. He is a renowned charity-worker. Every one of our class. it seems, became a wonderful success. For an- other instance look at this picture. Those sharp eyes, that keen face denote a mathematical genius. They belong to Adclbert Solheid. He took up engineering after High School and is known as one of the best engineers in the South. For a while he worked for the government, but later he resigned his governmental work and many large dams, railroads, buildings, and the like, bear his name. Well, don't tire now, we're nearly finished. Here is one I've saved till last, because it's a big surprize. You are now looking at a likeness of Louis Zumbroegel when he was a baby. See the twinkle in his eye! That little twinkle means very much. In this case it meant that Louis was to be a comedian and that is what he is. Playing in Pathe pictures at present, Louis is one of the best known funny-men in the pictures of today. This is the last one. It seems so different from all the rest. But I al- ways imagined I was so much different from everybody else. I was rather cute then, wasn't I? Funny how one changes. One would think, from that picture that I would some day amount to something, but looks are sometimes deceptive. Oh well, at least I was successful in prophesying what would become of my class- mates. I believe that our class can be called one of the most celebrated in history, .and I hope when the Great Taskmaster calls the role on the final Commence- ment Day, we can answer our present with firm assurance, conscious of the fact that while in life we patterned our conduct on only the great, the good, the noble, and the virtuous, we left behind us after our death, Footprints on the sands of time, 'fFootprints that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, did take heart again. -BERNARD KRIEGER, '28, F THIRTY