Lansing Central High School - Oracle Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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51365 IDFODDGCQ H HOULD old acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Ah, no! it is not right,7' thought I, As, musing o'er old times, ,I I wondered how the fates had dealt With those who studied o'er The lessons Seniors had to learn, In eighteen-ninety-four. Full sixteen years have taken flight, And now in nineteen-ten, Illl find out where those people are ' A And what they ,ve done since then. Now, there s the telephonascope, The invention of the day, Through which we see and speak to friends Ten thou-sand miles away. 'T is something like the telephone, We used some years ago, But. so superior to that, You 'd not compare the two. To here describe this instrument, ,T would take too long a time, And lt is entirely too complex, To tell about in rhyme.

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pictures of Roman life 5 and last, take a look at the dreamy life studies of Ike Marvel. The study of these authors resulted in the production of many masterful reviews, the publication of which would have secured immortal fame for Ninta Foura. to Ninta Foura that it would be most As this last year came toward its close, it seemed suitable to have her photograph taken to give to her friends. She had that most excellent face of herls photographed in thirty different poses. This was not that she was vain, but that she fully appreciated herself and, thought it Was for the good of her fellow citizens that they see such complete mental development in as many different lights as possible. She as an intellectual being, is a success, and is now about to leave this Temple of Learn- 7 ing and take part in the practical duties of the World,--to surprise it with her marvelous achievements. Whether she Will fail or succeed in this last attempt remains for our sagacious class prophet to forecast and time to prove. it r RUTH JESSIE SHANK. . w X x ,,5,,hy f 4 M , Wag ' 4 ':3-'- Zz!

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Suffice to say, across the Wire, There came to me aright, A message from each class-mate dear, Wliich I repeat to-night. First, ringing up the central lphone, I asked for Anna,,Long, Who ls now in California, And called the Queen of Song. o She told 'me that she ld traveled far A O'er land and ,cross the ocean, Giving concerts every night, But now she 4' had a 'notion i To leave the stage with all its cares, Endow some Worthy cause, Some charitable institute, A home for aged Zczwsf' The nextone on the list, I End Is Nellie Gongwer's name, A And she, you 'll all ,be pai-ned to hear, Is quite unknown toifame., ,Q g She 's running now a, pop-corn stand, In Lexington, Kentucky, S And says When all her debts, arepaid. She Ill count herself quite lucky. A professional bicyclist next-f, , You know him+H'arry Casef- And it Was,quite 'a pleasure, too, To see his beaming face, I o , Said he, Although do not boast,