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

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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

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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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Lmoxmn-lvrb- OLD FUSE AND GR EEN Page 27- of the N ebraska farmers. He would have been unable to attain this fame, however, if it were not for the fact that his private secretary, Miss Esther Ross, composes his speeches for him. Meanwhile the subjects of this discussion have become seated and are enjoying a sumptuous banquet Let us leave them to their festivities, fondly hoping that anothei twenty years will find them as well and happy as they me at pr esent. E. C. eve CLASS WILL City of Central City 1 State of Nebraska Merrick County l 1 We, the Senior Class of 1922, being of abnormal mind and realizing the uncertainty of life and the ce1tainty of death, do hereby dispose of all 0111' earthly possessions in this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking all formei wills at any time made by 11s. ITEM I We heieby bequeath to 0111' successors, the Juniors, the following; Senior privileges: First, The 1ight to occupy the more dignified side of the Assembly. Second, The right to the gum, penCil stubs, old erasers and other Senior necessities which seem to be well distributed about the'various desks. Third, The light to the Old Rose and Cr ee11 peimant, which we have so safely guar ded. Fourth and lastly, The Iight t0 obseive Slouch :111d Sneak Days as app10'p1iately as we have done ITEM II Win, appoint the Sophomores to the duty of upholding the school spirit and furnishing able-bodied,b1'ai11y, and active members for the various activities ' - ITEM III We hereby bequeath to the Freshmen one qualt of turpehtihe tor some other paint r-emoveil with which to remove thei1. eme1ald hue ITE11 IV 10 the Faculty, who have labor ed st1'en110usly 1n 0111' behalf, we leave 0u1'since1'e appreciation and 1 eg211d. To Miss Conybeare we leave the