Central City High School - Bison Yearbook (Central City, NE)

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OLD 180515 AND GREEN Page 25 ing with Ringling Brothersl Circus. Paul Slegelvis an interesting capital- ist in his new invention, the tin-piano. Meanwhile he conducts classes- for those who are interested in the art of jazzing. v Edna Widman travels from city to city delivering her famous treatise, t'The Culture and Growth of the Beard , for the benefit of adolescent manhood. Edna Zamzow has attained renown as the first successful lady auctioneer. Clara Luebke is a successful kindergarten teacher. Charles Widman is organizing a society to promote more hygienic living conditions among the swine of Nebraska farms. Dick Tooley's wide experience as a soda-jerk has enabled'him to invent a concoction that bids fair to surpass in popularity the justly famed Eskimo Pie. Frank Chrisp is the successful salesman of Everwear, Corduroy Trousers . These articles of male attire are guaranteed to suit everybody. No fit to them-they simply hang on. They are especially appropriate for fancy dress balls. ' , Among the ranks I'behold one who causes me to wonder and blush ' with shame. To think that any member of our illustrious class should have sunk to such a level! His hair hangs into his eyes and grows down over his collar. A two weeks growth of beard is on his face, his clothes are shabby and ill-fitting. He carries an accordion in his hand. A friend whispers to me that it is Arthur Ronin. Ronin, I exclaim. Surely not the world famous piamst? ttThe same! quoth my friend. . HAlas I I moan, who would have thought that our Arthur would have come to this! Have Jean Martin and cigarettes gotten the best of him? But my friend hastens to reassure me, Oh, hels all right. His dress. is merely an outgrowth of his erratic temperament. You see, he always was a bashful and retiring sort of a person, and except when he is giving recitals his modesty compels him to assume this disguise in public in order to avoid the cheers and plaudits of the multitude. It is not at all difhcult to recognize the lady who is next in line. Her name is a household world in every music-loving home of America. Her merry, brown eyes betray her to be Daisy Woodward-King, the world famous mezzo-soprano. She has broken her contract with the Metropoli- tan Opera Company in order to attend this reunion. Arm in arm with her is a lady of an entirely different type. It is Elouise Carraher, Pro- fessor 0f Spielology at the Nebraska University. She is also honorary president of a labor union organization among the Normal Training Stu- dents of Nebraska. ; She advocates a six-hour day for Normal Trainers, with extra credit given for overtime work. ' The class of 22 represents almostevery line of human endeavor. Beth Farnham is happily married and is the proud mother of twins. However, her domestic duties have not prevented her from giving vent to her humor as editor of Judgef', Hazel Cherry's beautiful face has graced many a

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Fags 24 CENTRAL CITY HIGI7' SCHOOL First of thosewho wind their way through the fairyland of flowers and crepe paper is a man stooped of shoulders and gray of head. Many wrinkles furrow his scholarly brow, and the bridge of his nose supports a pair of huge shell-rimmed spectacles. Many times have we seen his photograph in The Scientific Monthly. Suddenly he smiles. Ah! those dimples belong to none other than Florian Parker, President of 22. He is now Professor of Chemistry and has a string of letters after his name. Close beside him is Irene Muelle1, who assists him in all his labors in the labormato1y T0 he1 must be given much c1edit for the many valuable f01111ulae compiled by P10fesso1' Parker. , Behind this pail stalks the stalwa1t figure of one who is the admiration of all the baseball fans of America. It is Olville Bessey, Who has taken Babe Ruthls place as the Home Run King. ' Next'in line is a gentleman who bespeaks elegance and style from his carefully dressed black hair to his carefully shined black shoes. He is Monsieur Allen Gould, the most famous designer of women's gowns in New York. His creations have caused bankruptcy of the husbands of many beautiful women. 1 He is accompanied by two delightfully chic ladies, who are his models. They are Eva McMahon and Abbie Ashelford. Who is the immaculately groomed gentleman with a lady on each arm? It,is the noted financier, Mr. Leslie Black, whose word is law in Wall Street; Many a'time has a casually spoken word of his caused a rise 01' slump in the stock market. The beautiful lady at his right is his wife, nee Marie Dinges. Her auburn locks have gained her so much fame that a much used hair tonic has been named after her. The distinguished lady on his left is his siste1',iLola. She was the sweetest and loveliest girl in her class, and is now the First Lady of The Land. - The class is not without its leaders in the religious World. Carl Erick- sonls work as an evangelist has caused many a sinner to hit the sawdust tr ail. He is accompanied in his tr avels by Arthu1'Bonness,whose beau- tiful tenor voice thrills the hea1ts of all congr egations who have the privilege of hearing him warble tiOnwa1d, Christian Soldiers . Glancing along the marching ranks, we see many more who are a credit to their class. . Fred Anderson, our Adonis, is a hero of the screen. Lawrence Campbell is an embalmer. Robert Desch is a well known pugilist. Theodore Ratcliff has attained fame as the only multi-million- aire lawyer in the world. . This is due to the fact that he numbers many of his wealthy clients among the ranks of the bootleggers. Ruth Murphy is a star in the Ziegfield Follies. J ames Heuring has taken J ulian Eltinge's place as a female impersonator. Della Burkman is a movie vampire. Gladys Solt is the champion long-distance swimmer of Merrick County. Grace Swadley is the wife of a Professor at Nebraska Central College. . Amy Condell has taken Miss Scottis place as choir leader of the Meth- odist Church. Halley Lee, Leone Drinkall and Ralph Richards are travel-

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Page 26 CILIVTIAI C17 Y HlGll SCIIOOL magazine cover. She has posed for both Harrison Fisher and Howard Chandler Christy. Bertha Folkerts is a famous impersonator, h'er spe- cialty being school teachers. , Dorothy Ford is a steepIe-jack of much ability. She has been given a great deal of newspaper notoriety for scaling the heights of the Wool- worth Building. Mabel Frazierls pronounced views on the inferiority 0f the male species have made her a leader among those advocating the establishment of a matriarchal system in the United States. a Honorable Goldie Rae Gantz' loquaciousness has made her a successful diplomat. .She is at present the American ambassador to the Sandwich Islands. Miss Gantz believes that a woman should not give up her indi- viduality by assuming he1' husbandls name, 1101' should she be content to shine 'in the lime-light of his fame. Her charming and accomplished husband believes that wife, home and children should be. preferred to a career. Such sane views are refreshing in these days of masculine unrest. Harold Giersdorf conducts the Aids to Beauty column of the Omaha Daily News. Gladys Hamilton is employed in the United States Secret Service Department. Patrick Heaton is Professor of AestheticaDancing a at a fashionable young ladies' finishing school in Boston. Mable Dizney has spent her life in the Orient. Many years of labor in the balmy climate of Japan have increased rather than detracted from her beauty. Her dreamy eyes have won her many ardent suitors, but thus far she has refused them all, and is unselfishly devoting her life to the conversion of the heathen. r Ruby McCollister has taken Evangeline Boothls place as commander of the Salvation Army. The costume is very becoming to her. Grace Per- sons is matron of a home for friendless cats. Helen Rose is a'Junior Chautauqua manager. During the winter months she conducts a matri- monial agency. eDorothy- Sinsells powers of debate are such that she is ranked in Whols Who ? as second only to William Jennings Bryan. ' 7 Gladys Lock has preserved her giggle through all these years and it is serving her to good advantage by winning her many friends. Happy has had a busy and interesting career. She has been a zoologist, with spiders as her especial object'of investigation, but is at present a snake charmer. She is rapidly domesticating these lovable animals to Nebraska faims, as the flesh of some va1ieties is said to be excellent food, while the hides can be used as shoe leathe1. Cla1 ence Hummel 1s playing Shakespemean 1oles 011 the English stage. His inte1p1etations ale hea1t-1ending. Viola Van Pelt is chief wire man' 'fo1 the Bell Telephone Company. Augusta Wagner is P1esident of the National Educational Association. Donald Sampson 1s a distinguished United States Senator. Itis rumored that he has been'offered the position of Secretary of the Treasury. However, we are confident- that he Will remain in the Senate, so that he .may continue 'to work for the interests