Gettysburg Academy - Osoga Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY tlreless exertlon he finally bullt up a trade that made F W Woolworth s pale into slgnlficance Dlstance IS no oblect whatever ln the forecastlng of ones llfe My eyes must now roam to a sunny sleepy country where the men loaf and the women wash There among the crowd of lndolent natlves I can easlly dlscern the face of one AHtOHl0 Florez Garcla After leavlng Amerlca he met the glrl of h1S dreams one who could wash and cook and stlll smlle He got marrled and became prosperous Because of hls lntenslfied and magnamlnous learnlng that he recelved at G burg he was elected mayor of the llttle hamlet of Bogota From the vsarm sunny cllmes of South Amerlca to the barren bleak plalns of Alaska IS qulte a dlstance but It IS here that we must go to find Albert Rossvllle Heckey Wlth hls pedal ex tremltles topped up agalnst the patented stove marvellously ac curate ln hls alm of expectorated tobacco IUICC he IS our com mon ldea of a proprletor of a general store In thls emporlum of dlverse and varled merchandlse one can procure anythlng from an Alu ays Cut safety razor blade to a brlght and glltterlng wlth the Bearlng Stralght Nlne durlng the summer The plckle klng Edward Phllllp HQIHZG planned a rosy future as a mlnlster but h1S calculatlons were farther off than the West Indles He became affillated Vklth a plckle concern somewhere ln thls pragmatlc country and IS novu turnlng more cucumbers lnto plckles than Solomon turned good looklng glrls lnto WIVSS Although Brldgeport Conn IS Where thls handsome lad re S1d8S durlng h1S off moments New York IS h1S place of buslness The lad referred to IS Edwln UD Slmons He IS a successful lawyer and he has so many cllents that lf they all stood Slde by Slde they would form a llne from N Y to Kalamazoo and half way back agaln Whlle hlS brllllant and successful brother 19 astoundlng the world with hls spectacular arguments Joseph Leon Slmons IS bewllderlng the same sphere wlth hlS conclusive and emphatlc ldeals of why a man shouldn t work He has become the enthu 1923 P g 42 .......' , . . . . . . . . , ' 9 Y Y . . Y 9 , - . v ' 9 y - . . . piece of mechanicism known as the Ford. Albert also pitches . . - V . . . . i . r. . . . . . Y . v - ' , . 7 . . , fl C

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY Wlth the greatest of dxfficulty I can dlscern and transcrlbe those symptoms that wlll reveal to me the future of Frederick Hunsburger Bowers Here IS a lad who all through hls school days was noted for hls cleverness ln many dlverse ways He has not devlated one solltary lnch from hls habltual course As the leadlng textlle manufacturer IH the country Hunsy com mands more than a mere glance Holdlng down a posltlon that yxelds pecunlary relmbursement to a much hlgher degree than he had ever hoped whlle attendlng school he IS a man who IS quallfied to glve us h1s vlews on the world of Wool and sllk Hunsy says that lf all the sllk stockmgs that h1s firm has manu factured ln the past year were to be cast lnto one mountalnous p1le thls heap would make the Woolworth Bulldlng appear llke an underslzed and shrunken dog house He IS also the compller of the famous Bowers Intelllgence Tests Thunderous and ear spllttmg applause reverberatlng and re echolng through the the multltudlnously crowded New York scored another amazmg and mcredulous trlumph 1n her dazzllng Human Can Opener Julia IS the scmtlllatlng star of the per formance and her d1v1ne symmetrlcally lncllned form has made countless thousands pay homage and trlbute to her as the most v1vac1ous and wlthout the sllghtest shadow of doubt the pro tagonlst of the art of coquetry before the foot hghts Yes you are rlght w1ll wonders ever cease It appears that they wlll not for as I gaze 1nto the lntrlcate and enveloplng maze of magnamlnous act1v1t1es that James Joseph Hand IS a part of I wonder how many of us ever thought that Jlmmle would ever own and control one of the blggest and cleanest Pretzel factorles that are scattered over thls pragmatlc and busthng contment of ours James Joseph whlle 1n school had an unsatlsfiable lust for pretzels H1s bllls for these grotesquely formed P16063 of pastry mounted to such an alarmxng degree that to save h1s name and the remnants of hls fast dlssappearmg fortune he purchased a run down dllapl dated and archalc bread factory By dlnt of hard work and 1923 Page 41 1 'K 9 ii ' . 77 Winter Garden means just one thing-Julia Eliza Peters has ,, ,, . . . . . - 7 . . , - . ., ! . . I , . . ll ' I! ' ' 7 , -

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY s1ast1c leader of the L L L Qlazy loafers leaguej It has qulte a membershlp and blds falr to r1val the I W W of our day even lf m a much mllder form Mountfunous gorges treacherous cl1Hs swulmg gurgllng' rlvers have no terrors for the greatest engmeer of the age John Clarke Hamllton He has been the father of some of the greatest englneerxng feats of the day He 19 even now rackmg hls tlreles bram for a scheme so as to enable people to appeal brlght when they are dumb Ile has many members of h1s old old classmates bmckmg hlm 1n th1s magnfmlmous and Ollglllal 1de'1 Palnter sculptor and lady k1ller 1s the envlous record that M1rt1nez has est mbhshed for hlmself QIHCQ leax mg G burg Hls latest work IQ a magnlficent and re'1l1st1c po1trayal of Hmd s dlslodged one of h1s consp1cuous and pronounced front molars endeaworlng to mastlcate It The lnvxgoratlng and stlmulatmg' odor of burnt powder sw1rls and whlrls around Peter Byron Tambakls as he W19lCl9 hls fero CIOUS sword for the cause of Greece Ile has become the p10 tmgomst of the Cleek cause and not smce the days of Alex the C reat has there been such a mllltarx wonder as Pete They fthe Greeksb have crovn ned hlm vuth the olne branch and about everxthmg else ln thelr somewhat archalc repretolre and are now exhausted as to the wherewlthall to crown Peter Someone suggests brlcks To a much more homel1ke and endearmg scene must our thoughts turn 1n order to see Wayne Whlte He IS a school teacher and knows more abotu Geomtery than Euclld d1d hlm self HIS greatest asset to the httle hamlet of Orrstown where he drags out hls weary and mundane exlstence IS h1s uncanny Hblllty to tell storles Many a tlme and off has he had the .lovable old rustlcs of aforementloned vlllage burstmg forth lnto unrestramed mlrth ln the tender pathos of sorrowful and tear ful scene Agaln It IS Wlth dlfficulty that I plerce the labyrlnth of lnex pllcable and undefineable v1s1ons Through the hazy fog I see Page 1,3 ...l -1.--. . . ., . . . . , C . L H . y X . . . , . l I L n l C T' K. . . C n sr . ' . ls C U ' .s ' . . I . . ' H up 2 . . . .L C 1 . K i. . . C n . , v . .L . 2 . k Z . . . x. 7. - . .A ' 1 . ' . 1 ' ' . z ' famous pretzel. It was so lifelike that the pretzel baron himself I l C . C I Q C V . C . . L .L - 2 if I ' D - , 2 .. . ' ' - 3 . . S Y . 7. . v C C , , - I L - --1.1 .1-1 11...-