Hasbrouck Heights High School - Coronian Yearbook (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ)

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Lll Y H TEN YEARS HENCE THE PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1920 I was wandering about aimlessly thru the streets of New York, when suddenly a feeling of curiosity crept over me-a feeling to investigate everything that attracted my attention. Led on by this impulse I found myself in a great hall, surrounded by a crowd of people who were wildly yelling and throwing their hats into the air. In the center was a boxing ring, with jack Dempsey lying unconscious on the floor, and another man standing over him, smiling, with folded arms. Somehow that smile looked familiar. The ref- eree came to his side and in a loud, authoritative voice, shouted, By virtue of his having knocked out .lack Demp- sey in 35 seconds, Steven Daniels is hereby proclaimed the u'orld's heavy-weight champion boxer. The great crowd left, and among them a woman, tall and straight, with a mass of auburn hair piled high upon her head. Her sealskin cap she drew a little closer when leaving the building. There's the girl that married the multi-millionaire last week, I heard someone say. She stopped at the door, where a Salvation Army Lassie was standing in the neat little uniform of a commander. XYhy, Tessie Magocsyf' exclaimed she of the auburn hair, you here? l hear you are the successor of Evangel- ine Booth. How wonderful! You must come to see me and tell me all about it. They parted, the former entering -., a limousine, which after a few minutes stopped before a large millinery establishment. In big gold letters the sign over the door read, Mademoiselle Le Noir. Latest Styles From Paris. As milady entered. I found her to be Mary Steegar. QI might have known before, as there is only one girl with that color hairj She advanced toward Ulvlademoiselle Le Noir and, smiling, said, Bon jour. S'il vous plait, etc. llut the chic Mademoiselle was no other than May Greenstein! I left them and on passing down the street I saw a small boy running as fast as he could. Curiously, I followed him to school and into the classroom. The teacher looked familiar. Surely I knew her. liureka! lt was Anna Fish. The small boy began to speak-a fine, sturdy little fellow, too. Yes, he said, Mother says that Daddy is an ideal husband, for he neither drinks, swears, nor smokes, and is never out later than nine o'clock any night. And who is your father? someone asked. Billy Bridgewater: and l'm Billy llridgewater, Jn! After leaving the school I walked down the stregt and was attracted by a great shouting coming from the' Polo grounds. Quickly I made my way there and arrived just in time to see an exciting event in a game between the

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l.Ll..l.l.Ll l For ixllllil lfish we have an Zltlllllfllllll xvherein sl1e may live. To Carl Lalumia we do give a book entitled: How to 'I'o Tessie Magocsy ive give a curling iron. Become an Oratorf' To Yi1'gi11ia llarnes we give a non-leakable pe11 ancl To Mima Stevens we do give a lantern to guicle her home pray that her hancls may resume their natural color. at night. 'l'o Yivian we give an egg i11 order that with it sl1e may To Marinus Galanti we give a hanrlkerehief in which to be able to compouncl l1er favorite beverage-Ham ancl smother tl1at laugh of l1is. 'lio Ruth Coyle we give a package of hairpins that are To Marion Rat? we give a box of pepper, for at the rate slightly more invisible than the 01165 now i11 11se. that sl1e is using it her present supply must soon run out. To julia Kelenien we give :1 chem 111a11ual that sl1e may To Henrietta I.ist clo we bequeath a poxvcler-puff tl1at continue her triumphs i11 that subject. we assure her is sterilized. To lithel we give a book tl1at will doubtless be of great XYe cleelare the above to be Olll' last will and testament 11sc to her. lt is entitled: Helpful Hints to l'I0L1SCNVlVCS.U and have hereunto set o11r name on this 28th clay of May, To Peg llc-ales we give a hair-net that is fully as invisi- i11 the year of o11r Lord, one thousand nine hunclrecl anfl ble as those she IIUVV uses. twenty. .1-0 Mary Steeflar we Hive a box of rouge for her hair. Ulm- of 1090 To Dot Lilllllflllll we give a pair of scissors that she may H ' continue to cut tl1e sleeves of her blouses. RUSSIEI 1. filllil-IY . -M - ' 1 1 'r W ' 1 i '

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Robins of Brooklyn and the Giants of New York. The pitcher threw the ball and the man at home plate gave it a mighty whack! It disappeared in the distance and the batsman made a home run, thus winning the game. The onlookers went wild. A second Babe Ruth ! Long live the hero! Yea, llilas! So Michael was a profes- sional baseball player? XYell! XVell! The game was over and, in the silence, I could plainly hear the tinkling of a piano, with such sweet strains of harmony, that I could not resist going to find the musician. As I approached I found the building to be the Metropoli- tan Opera House. Suddenly, a clear, sweet voice rose above the harmony. The audience, scarcely daring to breathe, held their breath, listening in ecstasy to the world's most famous singer, Dorothea Calhoun, accompanied by the accomplished pianist. Vivian Ham. XVill surprises never end F said I to myself. Extra! Extra! I next heard an excited newspaper boy shouting. Extra! Extra! All about the great XVest- ern fire which was raging thrn the forests until Five and one-half seconds ago. Extra! Extra! Here, sonny. here, I cried: and I soon found myself reading the headlines. Howard Hettger, forester and also an expert hunts- man, thru whose efforts the great XVestern fire has been extinguished, has been officially cited by the U. S. Govern- ment and is to be decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery under fire. Quickly I glanced over the other headlines, and in let- ters equally as large I read: A great plot to overthrow the U. S. Government has been laid bare by the famous New Jersey detective, Thomas Ingui. Tommy a detective? Gee whistikers! XYhoever would have suspicioned it? Then my eye fell upon an announcement of the open- ing of a great circus. Now I had always wanted to see a circus, so dropping the paper I started on a run for Madison Square Garden. It wasn't long before I found that two men were chasing me. I began to run faster. My pursuers did the same. On we flew, dodging cars and autos and wagons and people and everything. Every time I looked back I saw that the men were gaining. I became terrified and heedless of where I was going. I bumped into a big policeman. Off course he stopped me, and try as I would I could not get away. Save me! Save me ! I begged him. Those two men have been following me! Save me! The two men in question, one a stout man, and the other a slim one, came up panting but smiling. With a XVe see dignified and triumphant air. the stout one said. you are in trouble. Perhaps we can be of service to you ? and he handed me a card. This calm assurance nearly took my breath away. and just as I was about to burst out into a torrent of indigna- tion, the slim man hastened to explain, You see, we saw I r mr