Keokuk High School - Comment Yearbook (Keokuk, IA)

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16 THECOMMENT Qflass ierupbetp Yes, Dr. Reid, it certainly seems wonderful to be back in America again. Seventeen years is a long time. Every city looks like a metropolis now. But what do you think? Guess whom I have been visiting. You cannot? It was the strangest coincidence since I took up studying chem- istry in Sorbonne, Paris. Oh, yes, you are justified in laughing to hear of my taking up chem- istry, and even if I did Wreck most of my apparatus in K. H. S., I have almost broken the atom in Paris. But that is not my story. While attending a convention, an English- man read an article in the London National Review. It told of a man who had established a laboratory in Sianfu, China, and was able to gring before me pictures, and tell something about them. It seems he used to have a weak memory, in the habit of forgetting things. To eradicate this habit he established a small scientific laboratory in Sianfu and was leading a secluded life. Your curiosity is aroused? Who was it? Well, mine was, too. So I started for -. Oh, no-you donlt have to take that trip to have your curiosity appeased. Anyway, such a place to go tol When a native ush- ered me before the gentleman under discussion I did not recognize him, but he knew me instantly. He told me he had an unexpected find in an ancient note book discovered in Keokuk, under the sun dial, just before the present High School building was completed. A papyrus was in it, which he wrapped in a damp handkerchief over night to smooth out. In the morning the writing he found in it opened to him the course he had taken. The field he explored is called auto-suggestion, and, by the use of this auto-suggestion meter, his invention, pictures and some tale in con- nection with them were revealed to me. . The essence of this remarkable force? That I don't know, but human wisdom never devised so brief a record which embraced so much, and a find in a scrap book never set forth in so few words so great a Held for de- velopment. Seeing him brought back my school days and the dear old class of '23, I asked him about several of the class, then he said, Evelyn, your mem- ory is weak-come. I shall give you my testfl He led me into an ante-room. It looked more like it was going to be a seance than a test through auto-suggestionfl Why-a-yes, if you Want to hear the how, when and where of the class, I'll tell you what I remember. His invention he put in my hand and low- ered a curtain. Looking up, I saw Hurley Fisk. She is living in London and was intro- duced carrying a pet snake instead of a poodle. For Miladyls car nothing could be more gracefully decorative than a pet adder coiled about the orchid vase. 'Some of the wealthiest families of Switzerland possess cheese more

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THE COMMENT 15 Class rivalry between the Senior and Junior classes became evident. You will find a very sparre account of this rivalry in the history of the class of '22. A push-ball contest was staged to declare the better class of the two, and since the historian neglected to state the results that year, I feel l should say that it was a victory for us. A picnic was planned, but the rain kept us indoors and the feast was held in the dining room of the Domestic Science Department. CAn excellent time was reported by allj. The Juniors joined with the Seniors and held a party in the ballroom of the Masonic Temple on january 9, 1922. This affair was in the hands of able commit- tees and a delightful entertainment was furnished, followed by a dance pro- gram by Agne's orchestra. On June 5, we acted as host to the Seniors at the Country Club. All enmity between our classes was forgotten as we strove to afford enjoy- able occasion that would serve as a fitting reminder of their years in K. H. S. And now, with a sigh, we come to our last year-a year which has passed all too quickly-a year filled with activities and events. We organ- ized our class and chose the following officers: President-Robert Parcells. Vice-President-Evelyn Eckland. Treasurer-Frederic Hilpert. Secretary-Edith Raber. Our class colors we chose to be silver and blue. The Comment staff was chosen and organized, Roy Krueger being chosen Editor-in-Chief. In December, several of our members proved themselves possessed of musical talents through the production of an operetta, Miss ,Cherry Blos- somf' We featured well in athletics, both by putting a number of plucky Seniors in action on the teams and by giving financial aid. Our predom- inating social function was the delightful party given us by the Juniors at the Country Club in June. We say farewell to the school and the faculty, whose memory we shall ever cherish. Thus time closes the History of the Class of '23. HELEN J. KOLLMYER.

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THE coMMENT 17 than a century old, and when I saw Jim Huiskamp was marrying a Swiss girl, I wondered if the family cheese walks up the aisle, an honored attend- ant of the bride. Nina Buck and Fritz Danford are married, but are having a hard time. They both drew plans for their new home and Fritz insists upon a bowling a alley, billiard room, card room, and a large cellar. The din- ing room and kitchen could be added later, if needed, he tells his wife. What happened to Vic Loufek? Well, Dr. Ried, you know I always expected Vic to invent something, but he ran for Mayor in Alexandria and is still limping. Ruth Casey has starteda chaperone studio in Chicago and it is reported a huge success. Cathryn Higgins is studying the ordinary White potato. She thinks it is strange it has never become a movie star. Its qualifications are ad- mirable, considering the glorious eyes it has. Hubert Brown is married and won't be seen wiping the family dishes, but goes out of his way to show himself while washing the family car. The possession of dishes is no proof of social prestige. Helen Stadler K-K-K-IQ I can't think of her last name, Dr. Reid. Any- Way she didn't start the little novelty shop she intended to when in high school. Leland Meyers has started on an engineering career at one of our largest institutions in the East He demands that the curriculum be made to include a course in sewage construction, but the faculty are against it, because they feel it would be a pipe course. Marjorie Lock has attained a great career. She is the second Nazi- mova, but with complications. She has tried several beauty preparations and achieved youth, beauty and charm. Now she can't remember which one did it. That's an inspiration, Dr. Reid, I'll tell her of my host. It will cer tainly take less time to go to Sianfu than have to try all the cold creams, clays and muds over again to see which one did the work. Louis Odell became an osteopath and makes his money rolling the bones. Truth LaMont is a member of Congress from Iowa. She talks as little as possible and urges all the other members to cut out unnecessary speeches as a means of reducing the exxpenses of printing the Congres- sional Record. Oh, yes, and you remember when Bill Tracy and Helen Kollmyer used to go together in high school? Well, I understand that Helen told him not to come up again unless he did something big and clean-Bill's wash- ing an elephant and Helen's waiting. ' John Curtis is a Professor of Agriculture. He thinks his lecture plat- form is really a stage and talks as if the thick glasses of the students in the front row were a battery of miniature spot lights shedding a deserving gleam of stage illumination on his person.