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

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THE GRADUATE TWEM-y-F1vE lin Qiiiztfiriirzxfiuit uf the jullllllllf 0112155 On the 30th day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen the Seniors informed us that in order to fill up space they wished us to compile an article of some kind. We thought that a prophecy would be easy to write, that all wo had to do was to dream of a witch strolling into a room with books of fortune in which were shown our friends engaged in their future occupations, or be so pestered with bad dreams to have our classmates' fortunes rolled out before us. No such good fortune came to nie. For a long time I went without sleep, neglecting my lessons and trying to dream of my friends. At last the fortunate day came. I was worn out with lack of sleep tit was Monday morn- ingi and was trying to solve the mysteries of prisms. Suddenly I had a queer sensation, like that one has when riding on the Air Line. My soul was wafted off into space. Finally I landed on a cloud where I could view the world. There I looked down upon the hun- dreds of thousands of toilers. l noticed that a number were more prominent than others. At the Hague Peace Tribunal, Raymond Gustafson presided. He held this position because of his peace-loving nature which could not endure seeing thousands killed in the terrible European War which had not yet ended. He had conferred with the Czar, Kaiser, King of England, etc., and had pre- vailed upon them to cease their bloodthirsty fighting. On an island in the Pacific Ocean, Leslie Johnson held supreme power under the title of LA-LA. I-Ie was the only white man who could speak the language of the natives. His natural ability for making peculiar noises and his studious devotion to language classes in the C. H. S. eminently qualified him for this position. Gail's dainty mannerisms and coquettish ways won the affections of the Sultan of Tur- key. When the Sultan died, shortly after he had married her, she ruled in his stead and was known as the greatest ruler of Europe. Pearl became noted as a language teacher. She became a teacher to the son of the Mayor of Porter, who later became infatuated with his teacher and married her. Soon he was able to converse with her in any language. Ruben held the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the I'nited States. Ed- win Pearson enjoyed the position of Associate .ludge and sat at Ruben's side. These two had made quite a figure in American Law and in the study of Blackstone and were remembered as the most noted .Judges of America. Marguerite was not satisfied with the meth-- ods of the civilzed parts of the United States. so she went to Arizona to teach school. In time she became Mayor of the town and was noted for great ability in ruling. She was a candidate for President on the Modern Thought ticket, but before the election came about she fell in love with a. cow-puncher and married him. She then withdrew from the ticket and lived happily with her husband, who in time became a large ranch owner. Martha became the school teacher at Old Porter. She ruled with an iron hand, making the school a model school. In fact it almost equaled C. H. S. under the supervision of Prof. Goldsborough. Stella in her H. S. days determined to get married and lead a quiet life. Her fiery na- ture and intense desire to make it hot for some one led to her becoming a woman suffragist. As the United States did not allow women to vote she had to seek new fields. So she decided to go to Turkey and start the movement there. When she reached Turkey, she found her old friend Gail ruling the country. Gail was very much opposed to the Suffrage movement and Stella did not want to hurt her feelings, so she went back to America and started to por- tray Happy School Days in old C. H. S. About this time the cloud on which I was located commenced to break tip. I felt cer- tain that there was going to be a cloudburst. At Last! Here was my chance to become famous. I might write an article on The Cloudburstn and my name would go down in the annals of time as a scientist who was dar- ing enough to investigate clouds. But at this moment the cloud burst and I felt myself fall- ing toward the earth which was six thousand feet away. I knew death was certain, but as I was about to strike the earth I awoke and found that I had fallen off my chair and that it was time to go to Geometry Class-Well! such is Life. CLEO BROWN.

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TWENTY-FOUR THE GRADUATE 5112 Iuniur 0112155 Marguerite Willianis - - - President Ruben Carlson - - - Vice-President Raymond Gustafson Secretary and Treasurer Colors: Purple and Gold. Stella Gossett Ruben Carlson Marguerite 'Williams Raymond' Gustafson Pearl Greene Edwin Pearson Gail Slianer Leslie Johnson Martha. Erickson Cleo Brown

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TVVENTY SIX THE GRADUATE i' Ullqe S-Snplqrrxnnre Qllzxss Cradle ro-ll-Hilnier, Henry, and Elton. Board of Advisors-Kathryn, Thelma. Motto: Why should life all labor be? Colors: Tyrian Purple and Sky-blue Pink Flower: Lemon Blossom. Eva Bourell Hilmer Charlson Elton Broad Henry Draves Florence Carlson Kathryn Freeman Roy Gunder Clara Hillstrom Gertrude Gunder Thelma Johnston Elsie Matson Louise McBain Elizabeth Nelson Myrtle Smith Irene Van Denplas