Chesterton High School - Singing Sands Yearbook (Chesterton, IN)

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9 THE GRADUATE. Ambitions of Certain People Mabel Hollai'-To make as much noise as possible. Claude, Ernest and Oliver-To see who can chew gum the fastest. Anna Kreiger-To wear big rosettes. Jennie Cohen-To giggle. Harold Mclntosh-To speak loudly. The Teachers-To see how many pupils they can keep after school. Faye Dillingham-To be as quiet as possible. Ethel Rosenquist-To attract attention. Mr. Dexter-To be able to spend an hour after school each night and gaze at the Well beloved U5 faces of his pupils. Flossie Pelham-To hold hands with Ivy. Clara Kossakowski-To throw notes without appearing guilty. Ivy La Hayn-To be loved by Flossie. Farl Miller-To remain after school as often as he can. Gerald Krausgill-To spend the afternoon at the library table, gazing. Claude Brown-To be slow. Seniors in general-To let lectures come in at one ear and go out the other. Teachers-To get rid of the Seniors as soon as possible. Mildred Shauer-To please Miss Long. Edna Erickson-To stay in the High School at noon hour. Sophoinores-'l'o be the banner class in the Tuesday Morning Exercises. Freshmen Class-To be noisy. Juniors-To become as great as the Seniors have become. Fern Mabin-To startle the pupils by sud- denly laughing out loud. Henry Rhoda-To keep his hair curly. Scott Robbins-To become the president of the U. S., for which office he is now preparing. PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS. f'laude's-Ability of mocking people. Mildred's-Ability to make people laugh. Miss Swanson-Desire for further informa- tion obtained from other books. Edna-llower of remaining sober. l'lr11+-st-llabit of voming too late for singing. llarry,Power of being all wise. FAVORITE PASTIMES DURING SCHOOL HOURS. Mildred 's-Humming. Jenny 's-Giggling. Leonard 's-Wiggling his ears. Flaude 's-Sneezing.

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QW, .fsrzi-:,,7 J .41 -- THE GRADUATE. 21 The Faculty Mr. F. M. Goldsborough, Superintendent. 'LVVork, work. work. from the dawn until the sun. Miss Long, Commercial Teacher A silent woman, she wore a look of wisdom from her birth. Mr. G. Dexter, Principal 'l'ho' modest. on his classic brow Nature has written 'Geiitleinauf Miss Swanson, History Teacher Gentle of speech, beueiiceutf'

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THE GRADUATE. 23 Decrees of Fate Oliver Reese. Dear Classmates: 'Twas only yesterday that you requested me to consult the oracle concerning our fate. as a class. I visited the oracle yesterday night and waited for a reply. My reply came in a soft harmonious echo. Class of 1912. C. H. volume Eve hundred and ni11ety two. chapter seventy nine, 'Fate of the Living' I en- tered the labyrinth. where the library of these ponde1'ous volumes. were placed. Lighting a candle on entering the library. I at once began to look for the volume designated to me by the oracle. After finding the desired volume. I hastily turned to the seventy-ninth chapter. and, classmates. my heart fairly jumped from my breast, as my eyes rested upon the head- line to this chapter, The Fate of the Class of 1912, Chesterton High School. Under the headline was this quotation. Toi1 is the lot of all, and bitter woe the fate of many. Surely this is true with us. I will now attempt to tell each of you. briefly. what I read of your fate. tfIvy , you were the first victim. After iinish- ing High School, you enter college to complete geometry. You finish your course with no honors. Then you decide never to look into another book, so you begin work as a seam- stress. Acquiring a large fortune. you decide to marry, but you have to wait three years. until the next leap year. Alas. the following year. you will be a widow. This title you will carry with you until your death in 1975. Ernest. your fate came next. You think you have won enough laurels. after finishing high school, so you do not pursue your studies fur- ther. Your only regret is that you have no more problems in Physics to conquer. You will never become rich because you will spend all your money on girls. but still you are to re- main a bachelor. At fifty. you have all your Titian colored hair jerked from your head be- cause one of your girls does not like its color. and after all this misery. she jilts you because you are bald-headed. You live in a house be- side the road and you are a friend to man. You will die happy in your seventy-third year. Clara, do you desire to hear of your fate? It is true that one year after leaving High School. you are married a11d thus do 11Of meet with the experiences some of your classmates meet with. You will be happy in domestic life, never have to meet your husband at one o'clock a. m. with the rolling pin. nor throw the cream pitcher at him, when he politely asks you how many cups of cement you used in baking those biscuits. In fact, the whole of your life will be one of peace. You will live long enough to see your grand-children play the role of peda- gogue. Classmates. my heart was in my mouth. when I found my name the next in the list. ln fact. I felt just as all feel when they ask their teacher if they have passed. After leaving High School I have no thoughts of the future and enter a university. a year later. I remain here only two years because I read of an article which said that the average college man is only worth six dollars a week. and I knew already where I could earn five dollars a week. so I embark upon life's sea. I hold this job for fifteen years. at five dollars per. and when my boss offers to raise my wages to six dollars per week. I fall in a dead faint. a11d am not able to re- turn to work. As a result of this fright. I am unable to do any kind of manual labor. I travel extensively in the southern part of Eu- rope to regain my health. Returning north again in 1945. I am married. VVhile placing lightning rods o11 my mansion one stormy day in 1969, I will be struck by lightning and in- stantly killed. Edna, because of your uncontrolable love for study, you enter a normal school preparatory to teaching school but alas. you marry a few weeks after finishing your normal course. You spend your honey moon travelling across the Sahara Desert. On returning home. you and your husband will settle on a large ranch in New Mexico. five miles from the nearest habita- tions and fifteen miles from any village. How long you will live there. I do not know. for here your history abruptly ended.