Central High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Leaving New Orleans, I traveled on through many western towns to San Francisco. Ward had told me that David was living in San Francisco, and while there I look- ed him up. I found that he was the famous prize fighter of the West. After making a tour of all the beautiful western cities, Istarted East stopping at Chicago. While looking over that city, I noticed a sign saying there was to be a famous lecture on Woman's Rights at the Woman's Club. I had never heard one of these lectures and decided that asI was on a pleasure trip, I would go and hear one. I was greatly surprised when I reached the club to find that this famous address was to be delivered by MissMabel Miller, of Charlotte, N. C. Mabel delivered the address with much enthusiasm, as only Mabel can do. In Chicago I also found Derr, who was a very prominent lawyer of that great city. From Chicago I went to New York. While there I attended Grand Opera and heard one of the most popular singers of the time, Mr. Junius Smith. After the opera was over, Iasked to see Mr. Smith and was very much gratified to think that I was received by such a famous man as he. J unius suggested that we go around to Madi- son Square and see Albert, who was one of the popular artists of the United States. The only change I found in Albert was that he spelled his name differently. He was very famous for painting magazine covers. From New York, I ran up to New Haven, where I had the pleasure of visiting Yale College. There I was glad to find that Cyrus was one of the best professors in the college. On my way from New York to Washington, I stopped in Philadelphia to visit a friend who was ill at the Frank- fort Hospital. After finding that Minnie was her physi- cian and Blanche her nurse, I knew she would soon recover. When I boarded the train for Washington, Imet Roy, who said that he was playing second baseman for the Bos- ton Nationals and was then on his way to play a game in Chicago. After reaching Washington, I went to the new Willard Hotel. While I was eating my lunch, Otto came 20

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50112155 Wrnphvrg T had always been my desire to travel, and after teaching five years in the Woman's College of Rich- mond, I resigned my position for the purpose of making a tour of the United States. I had led such a busy life that I had almost forgotten my school-mates of High School until I boarded the train at Richmond, where I met Ward, a traveling salesman for the National Cash Register Co. Seeing Ward brought back memories of High School days and made me want to see all my old class mates. Ward said that in traveling he saw some of them most every day and could locate them for me. After he had given me the addresses of most of them, I started out with the determination of seeing every one of my class-mates before I returned to the college. First I visited Charlotte, my old home town. There I was very royally entertained at the home. of the mayor of that large city, Mr. C. M. Little. His wife, our Sara of the High School, was a very charming hostess. I also visited Ruby and Idabel, who were very efiicient steno- graphers for the Armour Packing Co. In Charlotte Ialso found Estelle, doing charitable deeds and lending a help- ing hand to all who were in need, as only a preacher's wife can do it. After leaving Charlotte I visited Raleigh. There I found Thomas, who was in the legislature and hoped some day to be Governor of North Carolina. From Raleigh I went to Kansas City, and later, on my way to New Orleans, the train was wrecked at a small town in Mississippi, where we had to stop for a few hours. Being a school teacher myself, I was interested in schools and visited the school of that town. There, to my sur- prise, I found that Mildred was teaching. 19 FALL 1920. . .

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in and sat down at the same table, Where I Was. He told me he had invented a Way for growing Wheat by electricity and was in Washington trying to get a patent on it. Now that it was almost time for school to open and I had promised to teach again at the Woman's College, I found that I must return to Richmond at once. On reach- ing the college, I found that Janet had been chosen lady principal for the next 'year and that Sudie was to teach violin. It seemed like old times to have Janet and Sudie with me and tell them of my pleasure trip, especially of seeing every one of our class-mates of those High School Days. CHARLOTTE RUCKER, '10, SQ 12539 21