Fredericksburg High School - Rapahanoc Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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—“What of Fitzhugh Rowe?” Spirit —“Why Fitzhugh is professor of the State Teachers College, along with others of your class; Helen Vandenburg is math teacher; Virginia Melton Latin teacher, and Lucy Gouldman basketball coach. Ella Olive is French teacher, and Edna McGaha, as head of the dramatic department, devotes her time to the giving of French love plays. Elizabeth Cropp is biology teacher, and Julia Troian, as English teacher, directs the senior class, because of the attrac¬ tion of helping to select class rings.” I —“Then there was William Hayden and Robert Kilian.” Spirit —“Oh! Robert is managing a J. C. Penny Co. store, while William is editor of a big daily paper, in which he allows the poetry to be written by him¬ self only.” I —“Well, how about Margaret Monroe? What is she doing?” Spirit —“Why, Margaret, with her mouth-harp, has finally found success as leader of a jazz orchestra.” —“What ever became of Fanny and Alice Scott?” Spirit —“Why, Fanny has become head buyer for Miller Rhoads, while Alice, now famous on the stage, has still more boys at her feet than she had in high school.” I —“Where is Marion Reed?” Spirit —“Oh! Marion has married a naval officer and a notice in the Daily Star informs us they will settle in Honolulu.” I —“What is Wheeler Thompson doing?” Spirit —“Why, he has succeeded to his father’s business and is often seen driving some of his colored trucks toward the State Teachers College.” —“Did you see anything of Helen Perticone?” Spirit —“Oh! yes. She has finally obtained her great desire and is visiting in France.” I —“Well, what ever became of Webster Sullivan?” Spirit —“Webster has a fine position as purser on an ocean liner.” —“Can you tell me what George Morris is doing?” Spirit —“He is still behind the counter of the A. P., but soon expects to be transferred to the management of the new A. P. in Falmouth.” I —“What is Charles Hunter doing?” Spirit —-“Charles is now an athletic coach and puts his avoir du pois to some purpose kicking a football.” —-‘How is Ira Grinnan making out?” Spirit —“Why Ira has become a great lawyer and now sits on the throne of justice smiling on the fair ones in the courtroom below.” 31 V♦ v♦ W♦ V»•Z ' ♦ V-«131

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7—“Then there was Lother Dodd—did you see him?” Spirit —“Yes, and from all appearance he is diligently working to become the golf champion of the world.” I —“There was Virginia Clift, who was always so voiceless in chemistry.” Spirit —“Oh! she is a country school inarm and as strict in making her pupils speak loud as Miss Kennedy was with her.” 7—“Don’t forget Charles Hooper, who was so proud of studying.” Spirit —“Why he has set up an automobile repair shop, thinking it less ex¬ pensive to own it himself.” —“What of Elizabeth Cadot and Lemuel Houston? In school they were always together.” Spirit —“They are still together, judging from their being seen last night at a society ball, at which they were the leading figures; probably due to Lemuel’s being such a successful writer of poetry.” 7—“Then there was Thelma Moody. What became of her?” Spirit —“Thelma! Oh! yes. I saw her standing in the doorway of a cute little rose-covered bungalow awaiting her husband’s return.” 7—“What of the other couple, Madelaine Wheeler and Thomas Morri¬ son ?” Spirit —“You will find that ‘Dan Cupid ' keeps them faithful postmaster and wife, but instead of his driving to meet her mornings she goes to bring him home.” 7—“Can you tell me of Mary Daffan ?” Spirit —“Oh! Mary teaches in a country school also, where, remembering how she suffered from excess of work in F. H. S., she gives so few lessons that she will always be remembered as an ideal school-teacher.” 7—“Well, what became of Margaret Williamson and Duff Green ?” Spirit —“Oh! as 1 glided over a large concert hall in New York I found Margaret, now a great singer, accompanied on the piano by Blanche Russell, while Josephine Fisher played the violin obligato. Duff, as would be expected, was found, a prosperous young business man, waiting in the front row the rise of the curtain.” 7—“Can you tell me of Thomas Payne and Orson Stuart?” Spirit —“Thomas had succeeded in becoming such a fine doctor that he gets patients from all Fredericksburg and the surrounding country. However, Orson Stuart, now a farmer and raiser of prize onions, remains true to his former state¬ ment that Thomas shall never doctor him.” 7—“What is Margaret Pepmeier doing now?” Spirit —“Why Margaret may be seen any day at the Mary Washington Hos¬ pital, where she has become a most successful nurse.”

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—“Have you seen Jennie Garret in your travels?” Spirit —“Yes, and as in s chool days, she is devoted to reading novels and is now taking up her pen to improve on those she has read.” I —“What has become of Betty Winn?” Spirit —“Betty is married and no longer stresses the good points of boys, but picks out faults in the ‘chosen one ' .” I —“Then how about Florence Webb?” Spirit —“Why, Florence has entered upon her duties as a stenographer in a government department at Washington.” And then, as quickly and as quietly as it had appeared, the spirit glided into the grove of trees, thus breaking up my thoughts of past, present, and future.