Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Semor Class Prophecy BJ E11 alullz Pamirr Peermg far mto the dxm and CIISIAIDI realms of the future. I fmd that the xx ar IS oxer, and sec myself trcmvellmq for some obscure lLlSOI'l, llonq the Umtcd Stltts Cmldnn boxdcr It ns lDLlllUflll countrx, xxlth here and there 1 stllp of xxoodtd land Ahead there IS 1 dense fcrtst Immedlatelx before m IS 1 hltgh b1rlJcd xx ure fence I fmd mys lf xxrslnng the fence mnght he remoxed, 1nd no sooner do I xx nsh If than the fence, to mx surprlse, x1n1shes mto spice It IS deep dark and cool 1n the forest, and the trees are all perfectlx pruned On I go trustmg to luck for gmdancc mto some kmd of an 1dventur 1nd look around me There ns 1 sound at my rlght I turn, md besnde me there stands the largest moth I have ever scen Imagme mx Surprls when nt looks me straxght m the eye, and, m 1 deep, 1nd1gnant voxce, demands to knoxx my busmtss Not havmg any answer at that p01nt I slmply stand and stare But observmg that the moth IS about to lose h1s temper I meekly tell hnm th1t I have lost my way and would l1ke to be 1nformed as to my whereabouts He very eondescendxngly pro ceeds to tell me nn 1 royal tone of vonce that I am trespassmg upon the holy ground of the Starrett Insect SlI1Ctl13I'y fThe proxlnce had been left to Paul as the futhful follower of Ir D Rooseveltj I look properly and suffncxently lmpresscd We are xnterrupted bx 1 xxexrd straxn of musnc commg from over the forest glades The moth basks IH the 1ntox1catmg beauty of the IHLISIL, and xxhen lf IS oxer tells me that I have just heard the nnmortal Starrett Moth Dance just then I hear Pauls unmlstalxablx d1s1ppo1nted VOICE saylng Dannx, I knexx If xxe fmlshed Opus 68 that Protoparce ulnquemaeulatus xxould come out of xts coeoon ' That IS too much for me I turn and flee back the xx 13 I hixe tome, xx endxng my xx ly toxx ard D trout xx hence I had lust hurd from oan I I l mul lllll I I llllll I IIIIIIII I I I Ill lllllllllllllllllllll Illlll Illl llll I Ill Ill lwllllllll I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Il'IllI I lllNll11I1l'l I I I I I I I I I I I I,ll'IwI Ill '. , ' t I ' K , V' x x x - - 'I V 'I f x x ' u K K t , , O 4' '. 1 . ' , After walking on for some time I stop for a moment to rest l I A 7 I 0 r ' sf' ' ' D Y . Y - 'l ' Y 7. J 1 ' . N. 2 y I x x I x - x Y Y D - J . .. ,, , - , V - K - Q V- .. , V VL V K ' ' Y - Y Va V C . 7 t ,, w l w l w ' N N I v l ll 1, w Q' ' 1 My l

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SENIOR CLASS PROPI-IECY fContmucdj In Detroit I take the first turn right and follow the broad white avenue to the the vast expanse of beautifully modernistic Gen eral Motors Factories where I know both .Ioan and Barney to be located I drift quietly through the office building and make my xx ay ton ard oans office I must have taken 1 wrong turn for I find myself in an immense echoing hall fairly strewn with tiny engines some run ning others standing still and miles of complicated tracks and switches The walls are adorned with the originals of all the ingenious Forbes inventions At the far end of the room on a curtained stage is the life sized reality of Barneys latest named by its mventor after his favorite poem Prometheus Unbound Presently Barney himself comes out from underneath his pet engine He shows me the way to oan s office And guess who I find there' ' Ginny Bly' And with her she has the most beautiful gadgetful camera We look out the win dow down the five hundred stories of the office building to Lake Ginny has dropped in to see joan on her way to snlp some pictures of the 1950 World s Fair in Tokyo japan After finding that oan com mutes to her Boston home by plane each evening I decide to accom pany her as she is about to leave at this moment After five minutes of comfortable flying we land gently on the roof of her house It is white and very large The garage is even larger than the house and there is a printed sign saying Move in and Live with the Car How typical' After a very pleasant talk followed by dinner I take my leave and go across the street to investigate an extremely odd looking struc ture with an all glass upper floor I knock on the door and am shown in by an indifferent butler The door to the living room opens and there is Cecily It IS grand to see her again and in my delight I ask a million questions all in the same breath We step into .1 skyrocktt a whim of Lils as I am later to Itarnj and before I realize it ue are standing on the glass upptr story fact to fact with the famous unapproachablt Lillian Lang QTh1s physics class partnership stems lllllllil'I'lIlllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll t . D , I . . . , . . . V I rc , . . . I - - , . . , r . . . - 7 K I 3 7 ' . . . , . , . . . . , . . . ' a - Q. ,, - , . J ' ' . f ' . . ' . ' . .. 7 ,, i . Q , - I I I l U Y Claire. Ginny then shows me her new plane, a perfect little model. , . V I . l , . . . . ,, . , . ,, V , . I I ' Y . , ' C , ' ' ' , , . , '- I ' , , . ' J . , s -1 ' 1 - f , ' ', , ' ' X - . ' . - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I