Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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the assistance of Lorraine Higbee and Maxine Mason, the girls had the machine near the point where it would almost run. Once more I entered the space-machine, thought of sunny Japan, and found myself observing the Olympic Games which were in progress there. Under the coaching of LaVern Zander, Robert Arndt and Meredith Martin the team representing the United States was winning a decisive victory. Many times during the day I heard the voice of Marilyn Hazzard, who was broadcasting the results of each event over the public address system. It was here that I met my old classmate Paul Stewart, and after a long talk I learned that Mr. Stewart had become the most noted defense attorney in the world. Paul told me that he had just won a case for Betty Foreman, Eleanor Cottrell, and Lucile Otto permitting them to employ the use of brano-storm, a drug which successfully stimulated very sluggish cortices. Mr. Stewart also informed me of the fact that Margaret Tafel, Mildred Thornton and June Kendall had become interested in deep-sea diving, and that they had descended far into the depths of the ocean to study the phosphorescent light of deep-sea fish. I also learned that Maxine Mitchell, Dorothy Nelson, and Iva Townsend were making use of their recently perfected crime detector. Because of the efforts of these three graduates of 1937, crime was a word so little used that publishers were omitting it from dictionaries in 1962. After this interesting conversation I again made my way to the brainwave-space machine. This time I set my thoughts on the city of Shanghai. In a short time the machine alighted within the big city. A large mob had gathered in the streets, and I soon realized that a strike of the Richardson and McBrayne Manufacturing Company was taking place. It seemed that the workers were objecting quite seriously to the anti-sit-down machine which had recently been installed in the plant. Dodging the angry throng as best I could, I finally found my way to the Shanghai University which had been founded by Esther Galloway, Betty Chase, and Mary Jean Rowley for the purpose of improving the intelligence and progress of the Chinese people. Howard Nash, under the supervision of the University, was instructing the Chinese farmers in American methods of agriculture. Maurine Woolcock, a national dietitian, was assisting Howard in developing brands of peas and beans which were flat on one side. This made it possible for people, who had not read Jane Wagner’s book on etiquette, to balance them on a knife. I now realize that my priceless log contained complete information on the whereabouts and chosen profession of each member of the graduating class of 1937. Since I had already overrun my time limit, I found it necessary to hurry from the city of Shanghai to the little island of Sciencia. My stay in Sciencia was very short. It was with deep regret that I boarded by boat for the journey home. I have read my log from cover to cover many times, and each time I have received renewed inspiration from the fact that every member of the class of 1937 had such an outstanding success in his or her chosen field. Page 25 Charles Wilder.

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