Falls City High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Falls City, NE)

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ORANCE AND BLACK 1923 Faculty Top row—Margaret Newhouse, Spanish and History; C. M. Britton Principal; Margaret Miner, Commercial: Mary Gregory, Domestic Science; Hazel Conser, Science. Middle row—Floy DeWald, English, Normal Training; G. F. Cummins, Mathematics; B. H. Groves, Superintendent; Nellie Lee Holt, English, Latin. Bottom row—Sue Sti 11c, English, History; L. L. Smith, Manual Training; Marie Heald, Music. Page Tiventy seven

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ORANGE AND BLACK 1923 CLASS PROPHECY, Cont. We find Helen Allen just completing a lecture to a class in a large University. She dismisses the students saying, “I am dismissing you ten minutes early today. Please go out gently so as not to wake the other classes.” Dora Kister has become a Journalist. She is working on the “Daily Howl,” a widely circulated news sheet of Rulo, Nebraska. Dora’s particular job is to provide dependable advice to the Love-lorn. Grace Meyers, Minta Sickel. and Jaunita Kirkendall have become noted for welfare work. They are much interested in the down-trodden. Just now they are conducting a st rring campaign in order to raise enough money to provide, all the African natives with clean pocket handkerchiefs. Next we are forced to observe somthing that roars and rattles as it tears down tin-street and swings around corners. This vehicle is an old Ford truck. High in air on the drivers seat sits Helen Lichty. She feels that women should be of some use in the world. She is helping her husband keep soul and body together by fixing old umbrellas. She’s a great little fixer. Speaking of noise—the next revelation takes us behind the scenes of a great theatre. The play in progress is Shakespear’s “Tempest.” Of course a tempest necessitates much thunder and lightning, terrible wind, and rain. These sounds are being reproduced perfectly. They are so real they make the blood run cold. They are the work of the Racket Artists Flora Redwood, Ella Noyes, and Alice Crush. Lo! Behold! We are privileged to see our illustrious classmate, Elmer Massey. He has made huge sums of money—in some way—and has turned philanthropist. He wears a derby hat and a saintly expression. He is distributing animal cookies among the children of the slums. But have none of the mighty minds of this class taken up the study of lavv? Ah— yes—Melvin Johnson. He has become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, an awe-inspiring individual of great phys:cal presence. We see him leaving the Court Room after the day’s work is done. He steps into the Pierce-Arrow that awaits him. It is a magnificent car. Its license number is 31-50. Mabel Thomas has become an Eye-ear-nose-throat Doctor. And Alice Camblin is married. Lawrence Wiltse is indeed a howling success. He has made a vast fortune as a Hair Net Merchant. Minnie Hellmann has joined the Ringling Brothers Circus and renders touching melodies on the Steam Caliope. Grace Mettz and Fern Percival are still inseparable chums. They are exploring the unexplorable regions around the North Role. They come tearing across the plateau on a sled drawn by Eskimo dogs. Grace sits in front holding the reins. Fern has an enormous raw-hide whip and every now and then she rises up. reaches oyer Grace and gives the dogs a mighty crack! Before we know it they shoot up a hill, slither down a neighboring iceberg and are gone. The land of ice and snow becomes a desert. Not far away is a great cloud of dust. Observing more closely we see a huge rock jutting carelessly out of the sand. On all sides there is great activity. The natives are running thither and hither with loads of sand. They are digging a great hole. Suddenly a petrifying voice roars out. The nat’ves stand rooted to the spot, trembling in every limb. We look up and notice for tlie first time that Wilma Coatney is on the peak of the rock. She is dancing up and down in a rage, shouting to the workmen. We venture to inquire what she is doing. “I am superintending the digging of til's hole.” she says sternly. “But whv d»g a hole out here in the desert?” ‘ Is there any reason why I should not dig a hole in this desert if I want to?” We are crushed. Let us creep away. John Lichty, we are proud to say. is the next to appear. He is surely doing something worth while. He is making a deafening noise. He is standing on a soapbox stamping his feet and tearing his hair. He is selling the Perfect Rost Hole. Harry Cook has become a successful agriculturist. At present he is touring the country iiv his private car organizing Cow Clubs. They are similar to the Rig Clubs that have been so popular. But of course the Cow Club idea is more pretentious. The next to be considered is Berlvn Shields. Burr is a credit to his class. He has become a Bishop and has been called to Foreign Fields. We find him teaching and preaching among the hungry savages of the South Sea Isles. Helen James has become one of the most daring jockeys the world has ever seen. She can ride anything. The meaner the steed the better she likes it. Fern Maddox accidently found the way to Mars. When she got there she liked it so well she decided to stay. Musical instruments cannot exist on Mars. The atmosphere will not permit them to remain in tune. So. Fern, to her great delight, does not have to spend hours practicing. Esther Kimmel is a trifle shocked by Helen’s escapades and is content to stroll about Palm Beach wearing stunning clothes. {Concluded on page 76) Page l iven ty-eigh I