Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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Somewhat farther on I saw Miss Mary Hodgdon gravely trimming up-to- date bonnets in a large millinery store. Last, as I entered the old gymnasium, I found Miss Haraden happily at work reproducing the beautiful scenes of Venice. But in a moment all had changed and as I hurried about to learn more secrets of the future I found the building deserted — I was locked in. Lottie R. Lane, ’01. PART II. S I was taking my daily walk which happened to be along the Magnolia shore, it suddenly occurred to me that I had been asked to write a prophecy of our honored class of ’01. I walked along trying to think of a way to begin it. At last I gave up in despair and sat down on the sand and gazed over the vast stretch of ocean. Suddenly I perceived a small object ap- proaching with great speed, each wave bore it aloft until at last it was de- posited at my feet. It was a small tin box covered with a network of bam- boo and gave forth a peculiar odor. I at once became curious to know what it contained and after much exertion, finally opened it. To my sur- prise several small rolls of parchment dropped out, each one being tied with a strong fibre of a plant known only in Egypt. I examined each roll closely and found them written in Egyptian characters. So I returned home and with the aid of an old Egyptian servant, translated their mean- ing. The first line read, — Clara Loring Newell will enter the employ of the Jordan, Marsh Co., who after the first year will send her abroad as their foreign agent. She will establish herself in gay Paris and rival Marie Jonreau by her exquisite taste in making the most fashionable gowns. Raymond W. Lyle will train his melodious voice and ma ke his debut on the vaudeville stage, where, with his graceful form and commanding pres- ence, he will absolutely hypnotize his audience. Bertha Everett Mahony, whose fame as a golfer is already known, will lay out a new golf course at Bay View, where she will instruct beginners in the occult art. And as an additional feature she will import three hun- dred young Filipino savages as caddies. Walter Adams Morris, commonly known as “Dot,” will prepare for the ministry and win a pastorate in the Sandwich Islands. Shortly after he will 26

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a year, he woul d be able to inform his classmates of his invention though they were on the other side of the earth, without the means of telegraph, letters, or human speech. Miss Georgietta Harvey was busily writing in a lawyer’s office where she won merited respect and esteem. In one of the finest hospitals of the suburbs, I saw Miss Geneva Bowden, tenderly earing for the sick. As I passed into Miss Sibley’s room, the city of Springfield rose before me, and on picking up a newspaper near by I read; “The Illustrated Lec- ture delivered by Miss Annie Dry den Cheves on ‘Photography and its Re- lation to High Art,’ was exceptionally interesting. She stated many new ideas and showed many wonderful examples of her own work. We prophesy a glorious career for this young lady.” As I passed into the place where Miss Slade’s room had been, I found myself gazing at the beautiful buildings of the Cashing Academy, Ashburn- ham. Such queer sounds came through the open windows that I thought I would enter, and to my great surprise I found Eugene Dixon teaching French to a class of Junior young ladies. It took his whole attention to quiet the girls. The)” were all talking together and so I passed on unno- ticed to the city of Gloucester, where once had been the library. Here I found that Miss Davis had won such renown by the many socials which she had planned for the Senior Class that she was called upon from far and wide to exercise her genius for church, societv and school. Miss Beaton was placidly seated in a pleasant school room teaching the “2x2” to pretty little misses. Walter Da} still remained at Gloucester where he spent his time in phil- anthropic works. It seems a large fortune had been left him and G. H. S. received her share in a new library and an up-to-date lunch counter. As I passed down the Hall, the Capitol at Washington rose before me and I saw Miss Corinne Hall enter the White House — but not as its mis- tress — this was simply her honey-moon. I found Germany in Miss Wilder’s room, and as a car passed me in a crowded street of Berlin, I caught a glimpse of Richard Conant poring over a book. I learned that he had become a. noted philosopher and that his words were as highly respected as those of the ancient Solomon. As I walked upstairs to visit the chemical laboratory, I found myself trans- ported into Paris where I beheld George David, United States Ambassador. 2 5 SAWYER FREE LIBRART Gl JIir.ESTRfi macg

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travel over the U. S. giving lectures, and in 1922 he will deliver a lecture in G. H. S. Hall on the “Immortality of the Soul.” Elizabeth Greenlow will act in the capacity of drummer for the Larkin Soap Co., and no one she meets will escape her clutches. ' Her sales in one week will exceed the output of the factories. Lottie Rowe Lane, on finishing her college course, will open a young ladies’ seminary where she will fit young girls for college. It will have a finely equipped gymnasium, and basket ball and baseball (?) will be spec- ial features. John Hugh Lally after three successive attempts will enter the — bar ! ! where he will show his stored up genius, which he has held in reserve dur- ing his high school course. Annie Warner, who is remarkable for her cold bloodedness, will be found in the side show of Forepaugh and Sells ' Great and Only Circus. She will accept the position of lady snake charmer at a most exorbitant salary. Ethel Graham, being of a religious nature, will, at the age of twenty, en- ter a nunnery where she will endeavor to lead poor souls to the life eternal. The frivolous Miss Edith Ginns will apply for admittance to the New York Stock Exchange, and since she is interested in stocks and bonds and has already invested large amounts, she will undoubtedly amass a large for- tune. Lotta Dustin Jones will seek the retired and secluded life of a foreign mis- sionary. In 1903 she will depart for the Philippines and there establish a re- ligious school which will rival the G. H. S. Ethel Mae Thomas will be the first lad T captain to cross the Atlantic. She will command a Cunard Line steamship of 2,500 tons and do the trip in four days which record will never be beaten. Ella Hutchins Gerring will make her debut as a New York society girl. With her winsome smile and catching manner, she will win many hearts, finally marrying the second son of Sir Thomas Lipton. After taking a special course in gymnastics at the Posse Gymnasium, Boston, Miss Eva Mae Mears will accept the position of Gymnastic instruct- or in the Lynn High School, where she will form a new system far super- ior to the present Swedish system. Evaline Smith Nickerson will be found in the scarlet fever ward in the New York General Hospital. Her philanthropic work will reach from sea to sea, and her name will go down in history as a second Clara Barton,