Holland High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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Class Prophecy New Qrleans, La., june IO, 1925. Dear Friend: IYe have just returned from a trip around the world andlas I have. to remain here for an indelinite time I will have to decline your kindtinvitation with many regrets. Wie had a wonderful trip and I must tell you a little about it. NVhen we left we had some difhculty with our machine but finally arrived in NVashington, D. C. Here we stopped for I had to get some official docu- ments from President Drew to take to our Ambassador Cf. Qltmans in Japan. Mr. Drew at that time was being interviewed by an Appropriation Com- mittee froni Arizona, composed of Irene Bauhahn, Nellie Phillips, Florence Bylsma, and Sara Hoffman. Their Congressman, Wfilson Diekema, elected on the Prohibition ticket, had done all in his power to get an appropriation for an Orphan's Asylum in Phoenix, but to no avail, so this committee came to add their plea to induce the kind President to help them. In the course of their conversation they said Anna Lundberg Van Ark was going to take charge of it. Finally the President consented. He later told me that it was on account of having Mrs. 'I .Van Ark at the head of it that he did aequiesce. Before starting on our trip I had received a letter from Ann saying jim had been elected Mayor of Phoenix. All the old classmates drank a toast to dear old I-lolland I-ligh at a dinner they gave. XVhile waiting for the President I saw a lady, who looked familiar and upon scrutinizing her I recognized our old class patron Miss Masten Sirrine. I was delighted to see her. She told me that upon the election of Mr. Drew she had become his Secretary ot State. Wie talked a long while and as is the case of old friends meeting after a long separation we did some reminiscencing about the hayracks and class suppers, etc. She also told me about several of our old classmates. She said Bert Van Ark, our Yellmaster, had studied medicine and was now in South America. I-Ie, together with Al Van Zoeren, had opened a hospital there. Al was the Business Manager and Bert the Head Physician. She said she had only recently received a letter from Bert saying they were very busy and that they expected Hub Cook, also an M. D., to come out and assist them. She also told me that Irene Van Zanten had gone there only a year ago as a missionary but as yet had received no announcement. I also asked her what became of Rudolph Haberman, Eva Kimpton, Carrol Van Ark, Geo. DeNN'itt, Arnold I-Ioffmeyer, Blanche Barnaby, Iohn Post and Edna Pair- banks. She said john was the Editor of the Saturday Evening Post. Soon after leaving the University of Michigan he had taken a position as Corre- spondent and had risen to be Editor. Arnold Irloffmeyer was now supervis- ing the construction of an immense bridge in South Africa. Geo. DeWitt is now a Professor in Princeton University. I-Ie is an ordained Minister and Mrs. Sirrine heard that he had been invited to preach the baccalaureate sermon for the class. of 1925. Carrol is still studying music. He was in Paris, so when we arrived there I telephoned him and he invited us to dinner. It was given by a number of Americans studying in Paris. Vlfho would be at that dinner but Marion Hamilton, Esther Mulder and Glive Bertsch. I knew Mar- ion was in lzurope but I had no idea she'd be in Paris at that time. She had come to Europe to study a year there. Her husband was studying French and she was taking advantage of the opportunity to study art. Olive had just arrived to spend her honeymoon in Europe and she happened to meet Marion in an art gallery that afternoon. So she was also invited to the dinner. 26

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Mr. Drew suggested to the class that we give class suppers and endeavor to become better acquainted. Accordingly a supper was given in the gym- nasium, prepared by the Home Missionary Society of M. E. Church. lt was a masquerade, and it was much fun trying to recognize the different people. After the grand march supper was served in the lunch roo1n. After the toasts pomp-pomp-pull-away and other exciting games were played in the gym and then all wearily departed. VVe celebrated the annual Senior-Junior party in the Ladies' Literary Club Building. lt was a Valentine party and all adornments were suggestive of Valentine Day. An entertaining program was given and a play entitled, Under the Circumstancesf' Music was furnished by the orchestra. After the spread toasts were given. - The class surprised Mr. Drew at his home X!VCCll16SdZl5V evening, Feb. 17. Amusing games were played and delicious refreshments served, but the greatest attraction was Betty. St. Patriclis day was witness to a brilliant stunt. At midnight a com- mittee stole into the building and draped the assembly room with green and white crepe paper and the class pennants by the light of searchlights. The next morning we all came to school dressed in green and white, our class colors, and wearing our arm-bands. 'Wfe dressed the fellows up in breakfast caps and then paraded down the assembly room to the stage and gave a few yells. Another supper and sleigh-ride party was given at Zeeland. The Sophs attempted to cancel our order for supper at the Cafe and even if we did have to wait we had a better time for it. Toasts were given after supper and then there was a grand rush for the sleigh. Wfe tools: exercise by walking over the bad places of the road. . Under the auspices of the class 'fThe Old Southland Sextette' gave a performance for the benefit of the Senior memorial. It was well attended. A pot-luck party was enjoyed at john Post's cottage. The boys did not prove themselves very good fire builders, because every person that went smelled like smoked ham for several days afterward. The eats were con- sumed greedily and a very exciting evening was spent. VVe shall never forget these four short years spent in good old Holland High nor will we be able to reap anything but good from our training received here. X .-f, 'E ' E H ' J :V Qi, 3: Rb' 25

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Esther is teaching art in a select school in Boston and was spending her vaca- tion in Paris. It is rumored that she is engaged to some wealthy man of New York. Carrol's still looking for the someone Poodle had married and about live years ago had taken up a claim in Canada and while plowing had discovered a gold mine. Thru this he had become a wealthy man. Eva married Pete and they are very happy, living on a farm near Saugatuck. Blanche Barnaby and Bdna Fairbanks are situated, at present, on an Ostrich Farm in Australia. Mrs. Sirrine and I sure had a very pleasant talk but as soon as l inter- viewed the President we had to be on our way. It was beautiful weather and we always take advantage of the good weather to fly as far as possible, for when it storms we must alight and wait for it to pass over. WVe had no difflculty in getting started this time and when we got out about 20 miles. from the New York Harbor we met a huge passenger Aeroplane. To our surprise we saw Wfalter Knowles, A. Vanselow and Henry Walters in it. They said their passenger plane was the first of its kind and that they had come from London. The passengers were people who volun- teered to make the trip. To our great amazement we saw' two of them were Ruth McClellan and Frank Van Ry. They had been married the day before sailing and thot it a unique way of spending their honeymoon. It seems as though so many of the class of 1915 have just been or are soon going to be married. Ruth said the year before she had been teaching physical training in the public schools of Mexico City. Frank is still playing base ball. WVe could not remain talking very long and were soon on the way again. VVe arrived in London about noon. VVe alighted to get supplies and see the signs. As we all wished. to see Wlestminster Abbey we intended calling a taxi, but we saw a huge touring car standing by the curb. Gut of curiosity we went to look at it, and who should we meet but Marion De Pree. She said she was touring Europe with her husband. She also told us that an American base ball team was playing there that day and that Ray Nykamp and Henry Zweering were playing with them. Of course we had to go. Upon entering the grandstand we met, to our surprise and delight, Helen Klomparens. ,She told us she had just arrived from Germany. She had been to see the great passion play. Remember how Miss Anthony used to rave about the wonders of the play? , Helen said she had gotten so homesick for America that when she heard a base ball team Made in America was playing in London she could hardly wait for the day to come. Wfe met the boys after the game and sure had a delightful time. Helen also told us that she had met Pike Mills and Marion Hanson at an auto race. Pike was a special photographer for an American Magazine and Marion was his co-worker. She also said that -lud Kronemeyer had patented some peculiar device for a submarine. Remember he was sort of a mechanic and dreamer combined. After leaving London we flew to Germany There we visited many historical war scenes. T often think of the last war. How we used to discuss it in Miss Post's class, in reviews and in German. Didn't we always hate to get a question on current events of the war in History Class? That reminds me. The last year's Seniors gave a revival of our play ln the Vanguard. Aleda Cnossen and Sena Harsevoort are teaching-in H. H. S. and they both helped them. The world is still striving for universal peace but as long as some countries want universal power we will never get it. At another great peace conference held in XVashington, Charlie Marsh was the representative from Michigan. His wife, Francis Dyke Marsh, wrote and told me about the splendid enthusiasm in Michigan. lt almost makes me want to go back to the old State. Charlie is now General Manager ol the Street Railway in Detroit. She also wrote that she had read in the Sentinel, 27