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

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Deep questions to expound- ' So wise a sage, you 'll all agree, Can nowhere else be found. Now Eva Ward steps forth and says That she ls enjoying life, Living now in Africa- A missionaryls wife. Frank Merwin still in Lansing lives, He runs the Business College, And that that school at last succeeds, No doubt you all have knowledge. In Harper Hospital, a nurse Whoin all the patients bless Is Fannie Nichols found, and there, Clad in her sober dress, She moves about with noiseless tread, To comfort or to cheer, A ministering angel she, All will her name revere. Grace Robson next responded, As she stood there at the lphone, One could not help but notice . How care-worn she had grown. ttlndeed, my life 's abusy one'7 Said she, you 'll that admit, When I tell you that I 'm running now The hotel at Dewitt. And now the list is shortened much, And only Eve remain, 4

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Yes, Robinson 85 Randall, I Are two names, to-day, well-known For the power of Mattie's' sermons, if And Nina's touching song Wolllcl turn the hardest sinner From the error of his course, Ani. touch the very coldest heart With feelings of remorse, And then came Mary Humphrey, ah! She, you 7d not recognize, Detective in Chicago, now, She wears a deep disguise. it ffOh, yes, I like the work,'7 said she, 'ft is a life exciting, And when not hard at work, I stay At home and do my writing, For I am working on a book- 'Black Beauty lt will excel- You knew my fondness for a horse, ' In school-days, very well. ' John Hoag, next I spoke with, He, at Okemos holds forth, And at 'his dry goods he says You 'll get your moneyis worth. For Harley Newman, now'I called+ Ah, there is thaticlassic brow, That stately. form, majestic mien, And he 's at Harvard now. I A learned professor there is he,

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Now, what will they have to relate, What news will we obtain? Jo Appleyard, I asked for next, ,I Said she, HWe live in Texas, My husband owns a large sheep ranch, We have no cares to vex us. We spend much time in travel, And have foreign countries seen? f'Truly thought I, 'fWho would not long For a life all so serenef' And now I see Frank Presley's face, And ask him to relate ' Some facts about himself, since he' Left school, a' graduate. ' - And nothing loathe t9 talk about The subject, he ran o'er The chief events in his career, Since eighteen ninety-four. r But after quite a varied life And searching for renown, He took unto himself a wife, S And calmly settled down. And now, as down thes-treet you go, You read a modest sign-' 4'Professor Presley, Gladiator, ' Office hours fromsixeto ninefl S I Then next Grace Lemon's name I call,- A business woman -she, ' - A - ' - She 's organized, and now'-control-s -