Easton Area High School - Rechauffe Yearbook (Easton, PA)

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the card index system and can show you any one you wish to see by simply referring to the list. Magee, or John Wesley, writes a five page letter to his Sophomore soul-mate every day; some time he will get wise to Young’s method and then he won't need to write letters. Young was the first fellow in the class to be afflicted with feminitis, and if you observe Chidsey’s actions closely you will see that he probably caught the infection from Young. Chidsey was the last man in the class whom we expected to sec rushing the girls, and even that wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't bought that white hat, that reduced him to the level of Parson Hay, who will wear any color of the spectrum. But I started to talk about genius, and this is rambling from the subject. If a prize-fighter can be regarded as a genius, then wc have a noteworthy man in Coleman, he has the hardest punch of anyone in school, and if you don’t believe me just ask Chub Walters, he knows from experience. Bill was going to become an orator, but he hasn’t mentioned it since the recent Lincoln contest. It is generally deemed a requisite that one must be born in the country, in order to accomplish anything worthy of mention. This seems to hold good in our class, since Cupid Eichlin, the Latin Linguist and Greek Shark, was born in the wilds of Palmer township, but four years of High School seems to have taken most of the hay-seeds out of his hair, and if lie goes up on the Hill next year the Sophomores will take care of the remaining ones. Charley has a fellow genius in little Herbert, the boy violinist, Herb heard that Mary Garden was coming to town and got a job in the Opera House orchestra, where you can sec him playing at every show that comes. He says that the job would be all right for the good shows, but what makes him sore is that he has to go to every one. The faculty has grown so wary and used to the wiles of bluffers that only two fellows are what may be called expert in causing the professors to believe that they know something, when they know nothing. Jack Magee and William O'Hay the Human Ostrich and Walking Rainbow are the only two who have bluffing down to a fine art. Hay is called the Human Ostrich from his ability to eat anything from doughnuts to pig iron, while the lat- ter term is self-explanatory upon glancing at his tics or socks. Some may declare that this is not genius, but I want to say that it takes a genius, and a good one too, to pull the wool over the eyes of the faculty, I tried and know from experience. Every great man is said to have had some queer trait of character or some peculiarity which was per- fectly harmless but caused a great deal of conjecture. The class has been wondering at the strange actions of Bix- ler, Krantz, and Mclnerney, who used, when they entered Room B, to turn right around and walk out, without «9

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Osnious and Ambition Read by M. Hale Jones, Jr., 109th Day A A A A ERE seems to be a general impression that genius and ambition are things of the past, that as the world ages the great men decline. In support of this opinion it is argued that the present artists can not compare with Corot, that no modern dramatist has ever reached the heights attained by Shake- speare. I do not contradict this, but I assert that the coining generation will equal, if not surpass, any previous one. If I am asked to prove my point I can point to our class and show the genius which, though only budding, promises to make a mark in the world. And as for ambition, the class has plenty, and then some. Let us take up the latter quality, and sec how much we can discover. Take Ross, for instance, his ambi- tion is to become a cigar manufacturer, and make long, thick, black stogies, like the ones which he smoked at the Nazareth Fair. Hcrstcr is another ambitious lad, lie told me that if he could only get the managership of the .Star Skating Rink he would be happy for life. Schwarz and his singers want to go into grand opera, from the looks of Schwarz's card he ought to make a star performer. For quite a while it was impossible to know much about Rosenbaum, as he was at Nazareth most of the time, but since he stays around town it is plain to be seen that his dearest wish would be fulfilled if that friend of his would only get in that empty seat, but until she docs. Rosenbaum must be content with expectation. Malm. McCormick and Robbins arc probably the most ambitious men in the class, they are all three taking Pratt's Cattle Powder in the hope of growing a bit, and the results seem to show that all they can do is hope some more. I have not yet decided whether Scott is a genius, but I do know that he wants his mother to emigrate to Brooklyn, so he can be near Agnes, and if he can stand Brooklyn lie must be a genius. I think that the foregoing is enough to prove that there is ambition in the class, and I will now endeavor to show the genius which “wastes its fragrance on the desert air in our midst. Magee and Manicri show the greatest ingenuity in writing mushy love dope that I ever saw. Manieri has them all carefully numbered by 18

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giving any explanation of their conduct. They appeared angry at something, but since the class did not know the cause they could not give any help. To anyone not acquainted with him, Siegfried would appear to be one of the wisest and best fellows in the class. Me has the power to keep his mouth closed and let others do the talking, which gives the impression that lie is very smart. There is only one time when Siegfried is known to talk, and that is when the cards come around; then he lets loose a string of words in the German dialect that makes the air smoke. There arc many who have been so retiring that we didn't know they were alive. Altho Cheesman had been with us four years, the first time he came into prominence was when he and Chidsey planned that famous Mara- thon, and as for Xaab. his greatest feat is long-distance speaking, of which he has given you a fair sample a short while ago. I hope that these few examples will prove sufficient to support my assertion, and I think that if these fel- lows only direct their energies along the proper lines that they arc sure to make their mark in the world, and make famous the name of Easton High. 20