Harrisburg Central High School - Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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PQ 9'-B CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL GLASS QJROPHECY N January 9.9, 1936, an airplane, painted a dull gray with a vivid orange propeller, orangeftipped wings, and orange upholstered seats, gaily wings its way over the vast American continent. Its much befgog led pilot is covering sheet after sheet of notepaper with lines of hardlyflegible, scrawled writing. The first sheet is headed What Has Become of My Quondam Classmates Ten Years after Graduation? Now the pilot is gazing intently through a long tube at a vast crowd of people below. She writes: 'Dode' Critchheld is jockey of 'Flee', raceftrack favorite and win' ner of the twenty thousand dollar purse. Attending the race are Ruthie West, accompanied by a burly sternfjawed pugilist, her fiance, Betty Jacoby who from her concentrated application to her notebook and pencil must be the farffamed sportfpage reporter of the Time and Space, and 'Shorty' Yeagley, the now famous leader of Newport's fashionable set, attired in a stunning sport suit of mauve organdyf' The plane makes a sudden swoop downwards and circles slowly around a domed building. The story continues: Marie Freedman is attending the Congress of Famous Linguists held in New York. Here also is the office of Blanche Isele, the busif ness manager of the revue Snaky Stuff in which Zoe Troxell is creating a great sensation by her introduction of the Russian ballet. On a steamer lying at anchor I notice Leah Sleigh, president of the Irish Free State, who has just completed diplomatic relations with the United States, 'Mil' Hause, sailing to teach art to the African aborf igines, 'Glen' Dill, chef of a chain of hotels from Carlisle to Harrisf burg, who is trying to discover a new continent, and- Here the machine does the loopfthefloop and in consequence the writing becomes more hieroglyphic-like- -The general of the American Army, Helen Macdonald. At this point another plane collides with the gray and orange and this dialogue ensues: Great Scott! Can't you keep to the right, you -why, 'Dot' Barnes, how are you? Oh! So it's you! I'm going to Florida to see if those lots I bought in '26 have appeared above water yet. Spd D99 FOURTEEN

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94 96. COMMENCEMENT ARGUS Once more we were transferred, this time back to time' honored Central. We were now seniors, dignified QD and purposeful. With energetic Pauline Frederick as Presif dent, Marion Early, vicefpresident, Dorothy Smith, secref tary, and Ruth West, treasurer, we had an eventful year. Because of the transfer we were compelled to elect a new class adviser. We chose the sweetestfdispositioned little lady at Central, Miss Mary C. Orth. We shall never forget, however, our Miss Anne Roddy, nor shall we ever cease to be grateful to her for her struggles for us during our junior year. We first came into the limelight when Mary Heisley and Mary Formwalt won the Hrst and second prizes respectively in the history contest of the Daughters of 1812. Crossfword puzzles! These were magic words. No Midf year of '26 will ever forget that CrossfWord Puzzle Bazaar. june came again. We had our second class picnic at Hershey. Helen Wills would have marvelled at the swift tennis matches. Graceful mermaids were in evidence also. We discovered several champions to challenge Nurmi. We were certainly not dignihed that day. September came once more. We had at last attained our goal, to be the highest class in Central. Polly was still our president. Naomi Levinson was our vicefpresident, Dorothy Threlfall, our secretary, and untiring Ruth West, our treasurer. Committees upon committees were appointed. The result of one of these groups was the class play, a dazzling success. A writefup appeared on the front page of a Harrisburg paper, not so much because of the actors, although they were wonderful, but because of a fire which broke out during the play. Nature had found the best way to advertise. Little Mrs. Cumming will never be forgotten. Then, leading up to a climax, came our classfday program, our exciting trip to Washington, our banquet and dance, and then Commencement itself, where Mary Formwalt, valedictorian, and Mary Heisley, salutatorian, addressed the audience. , Thus, we Midyears of '26 have climbed the glittering stairway, Step by Step to its brilliant heights. Central may disappear, William Penn and john Harris may take its place, but never shall the memory of Central perish from our mmds' MARY V. FORMWALT, Class Historian THIRTEEN

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.PQ . P35 COMMENCEMENT ARGUS That so? I remember, 'Dot,' you always were one to -well, so lon ! Rnd the two planes go their way. The next station is a growing city, Harrisburg by name. Here more is added to the everfincreasing number of pages: Pete' Makibbin is sitting on her back porch with a dreamy smile on her lips sewing on 'thingums' and 'dofunnies' for her trousseau, 'Jo' Wilson is rehearsing the song 'O Promise Me' with an elic facial expression, 'La La' Bliss is teaching Sunday School to cirty tow' headed youngsters and enjoyin it, 'Nell' Mann is a painless dentist, Miriam Ney is a prohibition ollgicer, 'Toots' Gross is purchasing mam' ma dolls for two young hopefuls, Della Steiner is a radish gardener, Alice Emrey is encouraging the stockingless fad, and 'Betty' Hoster is collecting dinner gongsf' At the next stop, Chicago, the plane alighted on a tall building so that its owner might better take notes. I see here below me Marian Fasnacht directing the landing of flivver planes, Della McNally is soapfbox orating on free love, Marion Earley is owner of a large pie a la mode factory, Mary Heisley is author of that excellent book Why Not Platonic Friendship? adverf tised on yonder billboard, 'Ham' is sculptor of that headless ant on the City Hall, Millie Lindsay is pitcher of the All Star Team Number 4, Ruth Hoffert is a great neurologist, Doris Paul is a shrimpfcanner in that hundredfstory, Alicefblue brick building, Gladys Shealfer is distributing toothpaste samples free to all puppies two months of age and over, Eloise Nungesser is conductin the Ban Sympathy Orchestra, 'Mart' Miller is baker of cream pufi par exceience, 'Dot' Threlfall is executor of J. P. Morgan's will, 'Betty' Upp is lecturing on Love-Pro and Con, Isabel Craig is a beefraiser, Mary Murphy is a truant oflicer, Pauline Dyer is an etiquette authority, Bessie Weinf traub is a wealthy dauber of oil paintings, and Lucy Handy is some' body's darling homemaker. Immediately outside of this city are pitched a number of circus tents. At this point we read: Emily Thompson is a heavyfweight lifter, 'Sedie' Martz is the ticketftaker, shouting, 'Right this way, folks! See the great bare' back rider Rosianna!' 'Rosianna', I learn, the former Rose Winfield, is now clad in orchid tights and is wellfknown for her daring feats. From now on the entries are irregular but a complete list of them is as follows: 'iid D99 FIFTEEN