Clifton High School - Rotunda Yearbook (Clifton, NJ)

Page 33 text:

Madame, you have bereft me of all words. Donald Woodruff. “Are you sleeping?” George Walters. Duecet-eyed as Cere’s daughter. Ruth Rodger. Shall rear her form to stately height Edith Marrion. Scorning all the cares that fate or fortune bring. Frank Staudt. He all the country could outrun. Curt Wetzel. With hues of genius on his cheek, In finest tones the youth could speak. Jacob Shultz. Sweetest little girlie, everybody knows, Don’t know what to call her, But she’s mighty like a rose. Evelyn Shields. I have no precious time at all to spare. Santo De Rose. 0 Nymph reserved. Ada Hess. 1 loved the brimming wave that swam. (Singac.) Peter Van Lenten.. With what a haughty part he moves! Gustave Pasch. Willie’s fair and Willie’s rare. William Vunder Shaaf. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Ethel Cummins. thirty-one

Page 32 text:

WITH THE POETS. She won and Cupid blend did rise. Hubert Alyea. He brewed guid ale for gentlemen. Henry Balegh. You may live without friends, you may live without books, But civilized man cannot live without cooks. Helen Gates. Gude pity me because I’m little. Nicholas Dudasik. First he said he couldn’t, then said he wouldn’t, Then he said, “Hold on, I’ll see.” Emil Mihalisen. Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. Jeanne Powell. Oh now soft blushes tinge her cheeks. Jessie Barnes. Her eyelids dropped their silken eaves. Kathryn Eckhart. Petulant she spoke and then she smiled, A rosebud set with little willful thorns. Viola Corrigan. Her mirth was the pure spirits of various wit. Isabelle Simpson. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable. Veronica Hazell. Sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless message. Emma Marsh. How charming is divine Philosophy. Maude Barnes. The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife. Edward Pojedinec. Why so pale and wan, young lover? John Schiech.

Page 34 text:

PROPHECY OF CLASS OF 1920. JUNE 18, 1930! Just ten years since I was grad- uated from Clifton High. How time flies. I have just been appointed to the position of assistant to the news editor of a large metropolitan newspaper. There come to my desk daily all the principal newspapers and magazines of the country, which it is my duty to peruse, culling items that would be of interest to our readers. Languidly, for the June breezes do not encourage work, I mechanically turn the pages of the uppermost magazine. What! Can it be? Yes! Here it is right be- fore my very eyes! “Room 9, Please,” by Viola Corrigan, the most popular author of the day. Rumor has it that the royalties she receives from her works are enormous. Is it possible? Why she graduated from Clifton High with me. Feverishly I search through the other magazines and newspapers. Under “Social Notes” of the New York Times I read: “Mr. Donald Woodruff, of 928 Fifth Avenue, is in London where he is com- monly spoken of as ‘the catch of the season’.—Fond mothers and jeal- ous daughters vie with each other for his company.” Donald must have outgrown his shyness. Here is a picture of an artist becomingly arrayed in a smock, standing before an easel, apparently painting the protrait of the gentle- men sitting near her. The artist looks familiar. Ah! Here is an article below. “The famous artist, Miss Ruth Rodger is now engaged in painting the portrait of the popular Mr. Emil Mihalisin. It is said that every time Mr. Mihalisin comes for a sitting he decides upon a different pose. It is only after a great deal of coaxing on Miss Rod- ger s part that he consents to have the one she is working on completed.” Emil always did like to be coaxed by the girls. I turn to the Music and Drama Section to find: “Geraldine Farrar has a rival! Miss Ethel Cummins will sing ‘Carmen’ at the Metropolitan this season.” “The celebrated violinist, Henry Balogh is now touring the States, giving recitals in all the large cities, preparatory to traveling around the world.” How I envy Henry! ‘ Madamoiselle Veronica Hazell will play the leading role in ‘Bon Jour, Monsieur,’ at the Bijou Theatre, Paris. Monsieur Santo De Rose will play opposite her. Jacob Schultz, the dramatic critic, thirty-two