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Marion—That’s what I was thinking but you can’t always tell. I won- der how Freda has been getting along. I believe she started to work in the Hudsonville State Bank the same summer that we were graduated, didn’t she? Harry— es, she worked in the bank for about three years before she married the garage man’s son, Don Alward, the speed king. He has taken over his father’s place, who has retired, and they are pretty well fixed. Freda helps him with the books when she isn’t riding around the country in a sedan. Marion—I met Fredrick Kunzi last year when we had a game with Grand Rapids, and he tells me he is on the farm next to his father’s, and that he married our valedictorian, Frances Patmos, who taught in the Alward district for a couple of years and was instrumental in consolidat- ing the Georgetown and Blendon rural school districts. He had a bright looking son with him. He is one of the leading farmers in that community for he took a short course of scientific farming at M. A. C. and also keeps in contact with Department of Agriculture. And by the way, Mr. Louwsma our superintendent is teaching biology and athletics at M. A. C. and Miss Preston, you know they were mutually interested in this kind of work, is instructor in the Home Economics department at M.A.C. I’ll bet he will fall a victim to her charms. It’s funny how teachers stick to their profession. Harry—Yes, my business took me to Evanston the other day. You know the Northwestern School of Oratory is located there. Well, Miss De- witt is head of the public speaking department there. I caught her in the act of cranking a Maxwell car. She still insisted they are the best car that was ever made, especially when comfort is concerned. Evidently she doesn’t believe in self-starters any more than the time you got soaked in the rain-storm when you cranked her car in front of the schoolhouse, remember it? Marion—I sure do. I never had a better shower bath in my life. Those were the days when we were in school. Say Harry, we play in Philadelphia next Wednesday, can’t you manage to be there? I’ll see that you get your choice of a seat. Harry—I’ll try and be there, but how did you happen to get in with the Chicago team? Marion—That’s quite a long story, but you see, in the first place I played in Kalamazoo during the six weeks prior to teaching school and it happened that a coach from Grand Rapids was there. He asked me if I didn’t want to try out for the Grand Rapids team. Of course I was willing and I played with them for two seasons. Then I received a good offer from the White Socks here and have been playing with them for the last two years, and I’m pretty well satisfied. It gives a person a chance to see the country and not be tied down. Say, let’s go for a lunch. Harry—All right, I’ll have just enough time before the train leaves.
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little fellow down Michigan avenue. This is about as cool a place as I can find in town anyway. (Enter Marion Gillette with suitcase and baseball bats.) Marion—Here is a right good place to rest and cool off after our hardest game of the season . Those New York Tigers are giving us a good run for the championship, and if we would have lost this game our chance would have been lost. Harry—Why, hello there Gillette! where did you drop from? I haven’t seen you for a long time. Marion—Well, hello Raterink, how are you and what have you been doing with yourself? It seems good to see an old pal after all these years. Harry—Oh, I’m getting along fine, have been working for the American Book Co. for the last six years. This traveling all over the country is the life. You see when I left school I went to Hope College and received my A. B. there. When I completed my course I received a good chance as salesman for the book company, and I’ve been working up ever since. At first my work was confined to the State of Michigan, later I began to travel all over the United States, visiting all places of interest and having a good time in general. I returned from Europe about two weeks ago after traveling in England and France. Marion (making a fan out of the paper while Harry is talking, finds the following news item)—Well! Well! Look here! Don’t these faces look familiar? They’re Irene and Gladys. Listen: “Miss Irene Morrill the vio- linist and Miss Gladys Cory the accomplished pianist played before a crowd of 10,000 people in the Smith Auditorium at New York last night. Both musicians show wonderful talent and their program was received with great appreciation and applause. Their plans were to go abroad in the near future, but it is hoped that they will play here in Chicago before their departure. Their career is an interesting one. Both girls were graduated from the Hudson ville High School in 1921 and devoted the next six years to the study of music, taking two years of work at the Conservatory of Music in Detroit, two years at Oberlin College and the last two years in Italy under the direction of Salvatore Marchesi.” Now that’s going some! They said before they left school they were going to take up music but I didn’t believe it then. Harry—They certainly must be accomplished musicians. I would like to hear them, wouldn’t you ? Marion—Yes, so would I. But, by the way have you heard anything of the rest of the class? Harry—Why, yes, I ran across Henry Wiersma in the N. Y. Central Depot. He is train caller and I wish you could see him. He must weigh about two hundred fifty pounds. I had the idea that he would be a great public speaker by this time, but I guess his experience as yell master of the school got him the job.
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