Eastern High School - Eastern Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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TheEASTERN Pngc30 N im-teen Tuwrly-three ing this period, judging from the size of the third book, which contains an account of his life and doings from the time he left High School until now. fI'rophet opens huge, unwieldly bookj I would like very much to read the whole book to you, but I am afraid that we shall not have quite time enough, so I shall just state some of the most important things that I noticed in reading through it. Immediately after graduation, this worthy gentleman was chosen to represent the United States in an important economic conference in Europe. After holding this position for two years he had straightened Ollt all the troubles of the world, and everything ran in harmony. His birthday is now celebrated as a Na- tional holiday. At the close of this position he became Sultan of Turkey, which work he enjoyed immensely for three years. However, at the end of this time, he became tired of his position, so he returned to Detroit, where he was elected mayor for three terms. He next served several years as president of Mexico, then five years at jackson, and then as president of the United States. He is now a Professor of civics and economics in one of the largest colleges in America. It is also rumored that he supports a Beard That is thc last of the biographies that I was able to obtain. 1 shall now resort to the book, YVho's VVho and VVhat's Vllhat in De- troit. just skipping through it rapidly, I shall tell one or two facts con- cerning sotne of the names that I have noticed. Corinne Drollinger has brought great repute to Detroit through her remarkable violin work. She is one of the star performers in Ziegfield's Follies here, where she appears with a swarm of trained Hees and mosquitos, which she charms with her music. Also in the concert line is Gertrude Becker. Since she had only re- ceived 28 ones during her High School career, the colleges would not admit her, so she sought consolation by going on the stage, where her voice and dancing ability have brought her great fame and fortune. Her name has been changed to Zella Tickledinker. She and Miss Drollinger have often appeared together under the title of Flopsy-top and Tickledinkerf' in a novel act composed of singing and dancing and trained flees, which has proved a great favorite with the American people. To Emil Voelker, famous engineer, goes the credit of building a gigantic bridge connecting Grosse Pointe and Canada built across Lake St. Clair. This was one of the world's greatest engineering feats, as it has three car lines, two railways, two roadways on which there is walking space, and also space for tricycles. In the center is a large amusement park. A statue of Emil stands at the approach to the American side. In the political line we find Mildred Smith and Don Cooper. Mildred was the first woman mayor of Detroit, and is now aspiring to become governor of Michigan. It was Donald's great influence mainly that placed her where she now is, so she will reward him, in time, so 'tis rumored, with her hand. Next we come to XVm. J. Evans, better known as Bill, who, after graduating, journeyed to Alaska. where he took up automobile salesmanship. Later he became interested in oil wells, and in a very short time found him- self a multi-millionaire. After retiring, his attentions were drawn to music. He studied at home and abroad, and is now a teacher of piano in one of the most celebrated schools of music in America. I noticed that Emil Van Slembrouck true to his nature, went into the mountains, where he is living a life of solitude and bliss, a hermit of the wilderness. jean Henselwood became interested in the Salvation Army. and has long been one of their hardest workers. She has done relnarkable work for this

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PGW29 TI1eEASTERN Nineteen Twenty-three from them. fMr. Evans and Mr. Shultz bring forward a table on top of which are numerous books of different sizes and descriptions, and place the table in front of Prophet. Prophet takes up first book, and readsj t'The first one contains the life and words of our class president, Bruce Garbutt, who was one of Detroit's most accomplished lawyers. His great- est work was a terribly complicated murder case on which he spent four- teen years of tireless energy in proving exactly how, when, and where the crime was committed. At the conclusion of his years of labor, however, the murdered man was found to be alive and well. The shock sent Bruce to a home for the old and feeble minded. The next book that I have here contains the life and adventures of Miss Viola Chubb, who for years was the daring aviatrix in American State Fairs. After achieving national renown in this line, she was selected to be general foreman of the most important aerial transportation line in America. Her duty was to tour about in a monoplane to see that all was running correctly. One of her most interesting experiences was the following: One day, as she was speeding along over a large body of water, she beheld, far below her, a curious craft floating along on the surface of the quiet lake. She became so interested that she completely forgot her aeroplane, and, on leaning a little too far out, lost her balance, and before long found herself floating downward through space. When she came to, she was lying aboard a small craft and Dick Holden was bending over her. Explanations brought out the fact that Dick had such an affection for water that he had resolved to spend the rest of his life aboard a raft. Viola was safely landed on shore. She is now a teacher of dancing and penmanship in a large Detroit private school. The title of this next book is The VVonder Book of Rubber. It cone cerns the life and works of Robert Trittin, who immediately after his grad- uation from High School, traveled, by band car, to South America, where he invented a way to manufacture rubber from cocoanut trees. It was chiefly his extensive knowledge of Physics and Chemistry that enabled him to do this dinicnlt task. Nobody, however, seemed' to realize his genius, so he could Find no market for his article. Accordingly, he has changed his occupation and, in company with Ray Garbarini, has become a missionary to the Congo Lands, Africa, where the two have done remarkable work in reforming the natives by singing to them, ' The next book is really a story of Belle Isle, past and present. How- ever, two of the members of our class, the inscparables Louise Beard and Helen Palmer, had much to do with its improvement. These two energetic young ladies persuaded the city to dump all its old tin cans, broken bottles, and other rubbish into the river about Belle Isle, so as to increase the area nf the island. Their work has been so successful that they have nearly succeeded in Filling up the Detroit river. So great has grown their zeal that they tour the country urging everyone to live as much as possible on canned goods and to ship the empty cans back to Detroit so that they may be used to further their work in filling up the river. The two modest ladies, when not touring the country, reside entirely upon Belle Isle, where Louise can he found at almost any time in company with the crocodiles, while Helen is contented only when playing with the seals in the aquarium. The last person whose biography I was able to obtain is our old friend Herbert Shultz. There are three volumes on his life, the second of which I was unable to obtain. The first one contains a detailed account of his good deeds before 1922. fprophet holds up very tiny book.l Since this prophecy has to deal with the future, I shall not read from this. The secs ond book, which has to do with his High School career, as 'I said before, is missing. However, there must have been a great change in his life dur-

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4 Pagc31 The EASTERN i ' Ninelrcn Twenly-Urn-r organization, especially in conducting street concerts, where she uses her beautiful bass voices to great advantage. Along the medical lines we find Marshall MacCausland, Lloyd Thomas, and Benjamin Cooper: the first, a doctor of literatureg the second, doctor of philosophy: and the third a veterinary surgeon, all contributing much to- wards the welfare of the world. Genevieve jones was Queen of Egypt. She was then the greatest power of Europe for some time, and all the continent was at her feet. Yet she longed for Detroit, so she at last returned to her native city, where she is now a teacher of domestic science and singing at a Detroit High School. David Cooper Vokes, after achieving great fame as a lawyer, is now the head of Detroit's largest dog and cat hospital, and has done much to estab- lish a private home for crippled and needy dumb animals. john Graham is now chief editor of the Fashions for the women's depart- ment of the Detroit News. jack Nvheelihan is the head stenographer, and also on the staff we find Opal Doods as sporting editor, Florence Zendcr as Society editor, and Margaret Pagel editing the experience columc. This paper has reached such a degree of excellence that it has outdone all the other papers in the city, and is now Detroit's only newsaper. LeRay Abt is now instructor of physics at one of Detroit's most promi- nent high schools. Lack of time prevents my mentioning more .... And so the jester writes a class prophecy! But. in reality, who is there that can roll back the clouds of time? VVho is there that can actually foretell our destinies-Jour futures? Not one! No one knows the future. No one knows to what extent the hopes and ex- pectations of our class members may be realized. Some of them, beyond a doubt, will do great things, and distinguish themselves in the eyes of man- kind, bnt most of them, probably, will be the quiet, peace-loving people that really make the name America stand for what it does, lVe must always remember that it is not the great, and prominent people that constitute a sucessful nation. For more it is the lesser known, perhaps. yet law-abiding, industrious citizens, who give their hearts and souls to the benefit of humanity, who do not shirk their everyday duties, who think always of others-that make the world worth living in. lVe need leaders. it is true, but they could do nothing without the help and co-operation of the followers. who are always waiting and ready to do their share in helping to make the world a better place. Life is so short. and so uncertain, that we cannot too soon bring into use what little it can yield. ln every man there is a magnet, and in that thing which he can do best there is a lodestone. Not every vessel that sails upon the sea can bring back gold. Shall it then rot in the harbor? No! Give rather its sail to the winds! It is sure to bring back something. Likewise let every man go out upon the Sea of Life to seek his fortune. True, we cannot all bring back gold, but for every one of us there is a fortune, Be it as it may, whether we be rich or poor, prominent or unknown, let us ask only that we may play the parts of men and women, and he worthy representatives of our school, and of our families. Always remember-play fair! Do your part- For, when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He writes, not that you won or lost, but how you played the game. The End.