Frankfort Community High School - Red Bird Yearbook (West Frankfort, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY “The Masonic Ring,” or “The Adventures of a College Bride” Opera house, Apr. 24.1914 cast: Roderick York, a jealous husband........................ —...-....... Bernard Hampton R»rthoiarnew Jeremiah Farebrother, a detective ................... —......15. W, Simon Fred Hall, Mrs Roderick York’s cousin ........ i.................—......H. N. Harmon Mrs Roderick York, (known as Flossie) a young college bride------------ Verde L. Griffin Ethel Winn, Mrs. Roderick York’s college chum —...Nells L. Karnes Madame York. Roderick’s mother.............................. Irene V. McNamar Pence Yoik. Roderick’s sister. ....................... -.........-....Mabel Creroer Miss Delancey Jones, » friend of the family. ....... ... -.-........... Merle Corbin Tildie McCormick. Miss Delancey Jones’ fourteen-year old ward.......... —Kriyibe Kelly

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Sixteen Years Hence By Bkknako Hampton Sixteen long: years had passed since the famous High School das of 1914 of West Frankfort was disbanded. The class consisted of four very energetic and enthusiastic students. They were rightfully called “The Big Four, all of whom worked co-ordinately among themselves, comparing and contrasting efforts in order to reach the goal in limited time. The members of the class were widely separated and scattered to the four corners of the earth, each one situated as his or her vocation demanded. Each individual was doing the work for which he was most talented. Cur great country had changed internally in an infinite number of ways. The Panama Canal, one of the greatest engineering feats ever accomplished by mortal and which was finished the year after our graduation, has been one of the greatest occasions for controversy between us and all foreign nations aud is now being realized by all nations as one of the greatest economizers of marine transportation A great religious war had beeu fought which resulted in the union of all churches to form one large moral institution; the socialistic crowd was still being increased by those w'ho uever expect to have anything; woman suffrage had dominated every state; the Republican party was still divided; the business man was now preaching “High Tariff. the administrations had all been democratic from the time of Woodrow Wilson, sixteen long years hence. 1, while sitting in the White House, assisted by my cabinet, assuming my responsible duties presiding over the several states, absorbed by the different problems concerning the great Civil War at