East High School - Orient Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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of entertainment. Mr. Booth gave exhibitions of the latest society dances, the waltz and two-step, and we were very fortunate in obtaining for one performance, the only human giraffe in captivity. Arthur Weston. Among the prominent members present were Rev. Spaeth. Henry Salmon, head of the Y. M. C. A., and Sol Posner, the world famous man who could play chess and talk at the same time. January 10—Dear Rochester at last! It seems as if it were but yesterday that I left. I do not recognize many faces but still I am happy to be back. Just one more glimpse of Past High for old times sake. Our beloved Mr. Wilcox had accepted another position and in his place was Winfield Riefler of whom the teachers were very much afraid. What a change in Room 24! Hannah Cohen as a stern old French teacher would not go on with the lesson until the giggling ceased. Lillian Gruber was very successful as an eleention teacher; I .cola Mavcr was physical directress and urged all the freshies to take up basketball. As head of the typewriting department. I found Luella Goodrich, who was then dictating something about women's unions. Bertha Goldberg was a teacher of English and had the course so arranged that all the pupils read poetry and picked out descriptive passages. Xo more Burke. CarlyJe. or Lincoln speeches!!! I left the school feeling satisfied and knowing that those pupils would have an advantage as good as I bad had. Walking down Main Boulevard, I looked over Sorge's Barber Shop and read a sign Hallauer Hill. Fanners. Sam doing a Skin business and Everett and Wilbur expert farmers. A neighbor of these farmers was Elliot Smith, experienced chicken raiser. I recallcn our usual hangout and entered the Victoria. The manager. Foster L. Mills, recognized me at’oncc and complained of poor business. He told me he had given Engle Marks a pass for life. Class Prophecy [Continued] □ 1‘aRf Twcnly-on?

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Class Prophecy [Continued] n that the famous artist. Mar. McConnell, (providing she did not forget) would have to seek elsewhere for such an excellent model. I took the bus down Fifth venue, and who should be the 'Vnouter hut Kachael Muscat: Kay sure did make good use of her voice. As we rode, my eye caught sight of a sign. Elmer (ireenstone. M.D., Heart and I lea«l Specialist ' I especially noticed a con- spicuously dressed young lady and upon inquiry found her to l e Gweneth Thompson, a frivolous creature who cared for nothing hut society. What a change in the (iweneth of by-gone days! Down with men. down with men! Naturally. I could not help hut listen and who should the speakers Ik but Sophia Hraveman. followed in turn by (Irace Fisher. A weak-voiced person in the audience came forward and cried: Well, if you don't want them. I do. Every one was anxious to see who could l e so brave, and upon being asked her name and address she gave it as Eunice Bickford. Abramson's Home for Old Maids. I hurried to the home, wondering whether 1 might find some of my other class-mates there. The first one I saw was Mildred Churchill, heart- broken. bemoaning her fate: also Ida Levenson and Ina Acheson who never did have any use for them anyhow. I asked them if they ever hetrd of our other class friends and they told me Carson Meyer had published a book entitled Take Up Economics and IHappy. Karl Newman. I learned, had invented a way to disguise one's self completely when arrested for speeding eight times a week. That evening. 1 went to the event of the season, the Tiemey-Booth ball. By way 'life Ttestify

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Class Prophecy (Continued] n Jean Cadzow. Ruth I-enter ami Anna Wolfe had made a success on the stage and were playing at the Temple. Sidney Freedman was admiral of the White Kitchen. taking charge of all the vessels. Melba Welsh had settled down. I heard, ami was devoting all her time to teaching her children how to swim. She told me she had taken her youngest to the school of Link Gordon, who were running an exclusive place for children. Glenwood Piper and George McBride were gentlemen of leisure, occasionally playing the stock market. I saw George Madigan walking up and down Main Street between two signs on which was printed. “Sarah, the Man of Mystery. Hear Him Sing or You’ll Miss the Greatest Opportunity of Your Life.” And so it was with them all. some here, some there, yet each striving for success. Anna Caromnf. Pick. Class Prophet. Page Twenty two