Frankfort High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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The senate chamber slowly receded from view. I again rubbed my magic wonder and asked for Mary l.enon. In a few moments of time I found myself in the interior of one of the most comfortable and most modern homes in Greece, the master of which proved t be a native of that country who had at one time been in business in Frankfort, Indiana. 'Flic comfortable home was soon lost from view and once more 1 was in sunny India ready to find Rosa Johnson. I nibbed my lamp and discovered her in a small country store in central Illinois. Although by her manner I judged the store was not hers, yet she was so tree in looking over the stock that my curiosity was amused. In a few moments all doubts were dispelled when I saw her suitcase which gave the information that it belonged to the state pure food inspector. T w e n t v Once more I was home; once more J rubbed the lamp, thinking of. Louise Fortune, and I again found myself in Paris. This time 1 was in the Louvre; among the many artists studying there. I found Valcn Coble, and standing near was Louise. Evidently the romance begun in high school had ended in marriage. I again by magic Hew to my apartments and away again. I found Mary Kgan filling the position of private stenographer to the I nited States consul at Japan. The picturesque Japanese city vanished and I awoke as if from a dream. 1 was in a state of ecstasy. I would not exchange my treasure for all the wealth of India. For an hour or more I sat thinking over my experience with the magic lamp and recalling to mind the happy days in old F. H. S. HAZEL MUKGER. 13. s c v e n

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footlights upon Mr. Bryant, the great tragedian, who held his vast audience spellbound. In a moment of time this scene passed. Overjoyed at my success 1 again quickly rubbed the lamp and thought of Martha I Hen Jones. Immediately there appeared a room tilled with tiny-tats, and in their midst stood Martha KUcn with a look of joy and satisfaction on her face. While I was still wondering what it could mean, into view came the word. ‘Kindergarten.” Then 1 understood. Martha Kllen had really carried out her determination to he a kindergarten teacher. , As quickly as the vision came it disappeared. Feverishly again I rubbed the lamp, at the same time thinking the name of Karl Kraft. Before mo 1 saw a vast coffee plantation in Brazil near Rio Janeno. Leisurely riding across the fields was a large, portly gentleman who I immediately knew—from. the deference paid him by the workmen was the owner of the plantation. Oh! if onlv these visions would stay longer! Again I rubbed the lamp and thought the name Francis l’avey Then I was in far-away Alaska. In sharp contrast to the sunny slopes of Brazil stood the bleak, nigged. Alaskan mountains. 1 was destined to sec the interior of a mining camp. and. among the miners who sought their fortunes in the gold fields. I saw my old classmate. Francis. The cold scene receded, and I was once more in sunnv India, readv to see whither my next wish would carr me. The next name that occurred to me was Ruth Fox. In a few moments 1 saw before me the center of the flourishing little town of Bingham Canyon. Utah. Next 1 saw the interior of the mayor’s office. Seated at the mayor's private desk, littered with papers and legal documents, was Ruth, filling the duties of chief executive of the small city of Bingham Canyon. Mv room reappeared and again passed away upon my rubbing the lamp and thinking of Willo Wirick. I his time I was taken across the great Atlantic and found myself seated in the Ritz. the most elegant cafe in all France. To my great surprise I discovered that the lady who owned this exclusive cafe and who also success-fullv managed it. was Willo. This place faded away. and. after performing the preliminary T w n operations with the name of Gavlc Stockdale uppermost in my thoughts. I was again in America among the bcautiiul Catskills. It was among these mountains that I found Gayle comfortably situated at the head of her own household. The next place 1 reached after rubbing the lamp and thinking ,.i (iertrude Hcavilion, was El Paso. Mexico. 1 found Gertrude here conducting a cafe noted far and wide for its good things t.« eat. 1 his was not surprising, as Gertrude had always possessed a talent along this line. ., 1 again rubbed the lamp and thought of Paul Metfeld. Uc-holdl i was taken i far ofl s yrii, where I found Paul at the- head „f one of the largest and most successful research parties ever organized. . gain nty room appeared. I was tempted to rest. lor the excitement had exhausted me. but my desire to see every member of my class was so strong that I continued. This time Margaret Law-son was my subject. Upon rubbing the lamp and thinking of her, I saw a play being staged. There was no audience and i was mystified. hut in a few seconds all was explained by the appearance “f a camera. Then 1 realized that Margaret was a star in the moving picture world. This scene slowly passed away and I found myscll still comfortably seated in the chair holding my lamp. Again 1 rubbed my lamp. This time 1 found myself in the old town of Salem. Massachusetts. Upon passing along the streets my attention was drawn to a large sign in the window of an important bookstore which read. Tor Sale Here. The Modern Woman,’ Nettie Duke’s Latest Publication.” Once more I was home and ready to proceed. • his time my magic lamp took me far into the interior of China into what seemed a mission school. Here, hard at work converting and educating the heathen Chinese, was Golda Pass. Mv apartments reappeared. I rubbed my precious lamp and concentrated my thoughts on Russell McNutt. Once more 1 was in mv native country, at its capitol. seated in the senate chamber. Imagine my surprise when I saw the senator who bad the floor was no other than Russell.

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 Iftav (lias History of the May Section of the Class of 1913. On a certain day in September. 1909. had you been the old clock in the assembly room of I'. H. S.. you would have seen eighty-two strange faces among the students assembled on the first day of school. Even one who was a complete stranger to this body of high school students, could, had lie taken a few moments to observe, have selected the eightv-two new students from the number bv their nervous, frightened manner, and the distressed, strained look upon their faces. This distressed » dy of students was the freshman class of 1909, thirty-four from the rural district and forty-eight from urban districts. Our chief work in the freshman year was wearing off the outer signs of timidity, learning the rules of the school, and. much more important, the habits of the upper classmen, and preparing with industry and care our lessons. e were, at all times, tilled with the entrancing thought that we should soon be sophomores, and we left no stone unturned to prepare us for this lofty position. In 1910. bad you again been the old clock, you would have seen the eighty-two timid freshmen transformed into a brave, bold class, who knew no such w ord as fear, for w e had now become sophomores. One of the first things we did was to form a class organization and to elect social officers. We were now interested not only in the regular routine work of the school, but also in social work. Our first venture into the society world was to give a hay ride to our own class. Soon after this we gave a sophomore hop. During this year we were also interested in b. H. S. s various organization T w e n t 6 IIMstcrv ami contests, such as the debating club and the oratorical contest. While we were thus busily engaged in these different affairs, almost before we knew it. we had become juniors. h was not until our junior year that the strength of our class began to be appreciated; then our most accomplished members began to take prominent places. For the Triangular Debating learn • i that year we furnished four boys out of six: 1-red Cohee. Jerome Epstein. Levi Horlachcr and Ernest Thompson. In the school's athletic work, Chaska Anderson, (iuy Harrison and Arthur Price represented our class. Our girls, also. U ok a conspicuous part in the affairs of F. H. S. Mariam Stein frequently aided in giving entertainments bv playing piano solos. Ruth Weaver gained fame by her drawing, and was ever ready to make beautiful posters to advertise our public entertainments. It is she who made the cover design for “The Cauldron. in addition to other work for the annual of last year and this. Lclah Maish also surprised us with her artistic work. And as to Beth Lydy. Gretchen Baldwin and Edith Harmon— our public entertainments would simply have been failures without them. Each of them took a prominent part in The Mikado, given at the Blinn last vear bv the music department, and Beth Lydy and Edith Harmon t.n'.k leading parts in the class play during their senior vear In addition to the above. Beth Lydy has assisted in almost every entertainment But all of our strength was not shown in these outside matters, which some people call “frills. We had a number of students, such as Beryl Feroald. Lvdia Spray. Anna Katherine Morris and Levi Horlachcr. who stood at the top in scholarship. As to our s«»cial life, of course the most important eight