Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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Commencement Number T H E R E D A N D B L A fl K P-age Eleven every week. Frank still calls for her in the same Ford at the same time every night. Last night must have been her night oil for she sure looks tired. We must leave her milking the old cow with the crooked horn. Myrt Roblee dances into the picture. She still goes to a dance seven nights every week. Her collection of pins and rings is increasing fast. She has filled two trunks and is now working on the third. She has a new beau each week. She should have been a Morman. We see her opening her trunk and then she dances out of sight. I now take up the case of Katherine Brown. She sits back of a desk and listens to the music of a cash register. The place is Lal1y's Old Tavern. She owns the joint now. She's got a little dough tucked away in her sock too. The single men about town sure are nice to her. As we leave her, three men flips coins in the oflice and then two leave just as she comes tripping downstairs all dressed for the theatre. Charles Ingles is a big man in Rochester now. He has a hard time finding clothes large enough to fit him. He is an organist in Eastman's Theatre. He is the idol of theatre goers. The way he burns up that organ is the envy of all other would-be members of the Organists' Union. He plays for celebraties in his off time. We-leave him wedging his generous frame in behind the organ while an open-mouthed audience waits spell-bound for the first note. Margaret Bryce is now teaching cooking school in Pav- ilion. Her graduates are sought after by the single men for miles around. She keeps a waiting list for the benefit of her pupils. Her star pupils look over the list and select their own position. The lawyers, doctors and merchants iight publicaly to obtain the service of her pupils. As we leave her, she is administering first aid to a beginners first attempt at bread making. Who is the happy smiling nurse in the center of the picture? It's Vida Gleber. Happy-go-lucky Vida. She is still the little ray of sunshine. No wonder her patients recover quickly. A ready wit and an over-developed sense a humor make fame such as hers a rare event. All begin- ners look up to her and take her as ,an ideal nurse. We leave her smiling a patient into good health. I see another plump little girl flitting down the hall of fame. Mary Welsh is raising flowers. She owns and op- erates the largest greenhouse in the United States. Her flowers go all over the world. The U. S. pays her a regular salary to attend all internaticnal floral exhibitions and meet- ings with samples of her art. Creations such as her's are the aim of all foreign floral experts. As the picture dims she is gloating over her latest accomplishment. She calls it a blushing bride but the experts call it Welsh special D, 10,782-C. Paul Fennell is working on the railroad. He is boss of the B. R. 85 P. Section gang. His headquarters are in Le- Roy. He is the toughest guy in town. The bad men go home when they see him coming down the street. The railroad officials leave the settlement of all strikes to him when he goes on the job, the strikers go back to work. His own gang of men hold him in high esteem and all work willingly. I see him, as the smoke clouds form over the picture, placing a huge rail, which twelve men have just failed to lift, on the ties as though it were a tooth-pick. I see a pugilist shadow boxing. It is Miss Mildred Howard, woman's heavy weight champion of the world. She packs a wicked wallop. When she skips the rope, she fastens two five hundred pound weights on the rope for exercise. Her mascot, she says it's at dog, but the experts are in doubt as to its origin, watches her with expectant eyes. He knows that dinner comes after the rope skipping and shadow boxing. She fades from view just after smash- ing the shadow a swift one on the chin. Frances MacDowell has the easiest time of them all. She is the best exhibit in Barnum and Bailey's twelve ring circus. Thin people are to be found everywhere, but Frances is the only real human skeleton in existence. She is so thin that people are afraid to touch her for fehr she will break in two. Yesterday they thought she had lost an arm but when they looked for it with a magnifying glass, they found she had lain on it as she slept and shut off the circu- lation. It appeared again after a vigorous rubbing. We leave Frances just cleaning up her seventeenth plate of meat and potato in an effort to take on weight. Clayton Ingles is a hlappy old bachelor. As a boy he never had a girl and never wanted one. He lives in a little house on a big farm. Clayton takes a day now and then to go to New York City and help Ziegfleld pick his chorus for the coming year. We leave him trying to decide be- tween two beauties for the last place in the line. Mary Kanaley is married and living in Le Roy. James Jr. is a fine young boy but his social activities keeps his father always paying bills. Mary says he's the cause of her grey hairs. Mary is a bum cook though. Her family eats dispepsia tablets like candy. The boarders demand a rake oil' on their indigestion pills from the Drug Store. They buy them by the hundred pound lots. Freddie Decker is a hermit. Virginia jilted him so he hid away in the woods to pine and sigh. He lives on a ledge down at Buttermilk Falls. Tourists keep away from him, because rumor has it that he's looking for a new suit of clothes. We leave him stalking an innocent victim in a new palm beach outiit. I see an architect drawing plans. There she holds them off at arm's length to view them. She adds a touch here and there. There never was a more particuhar person on earth. Her drawings, however, are in demand all over at any price. Harriett Emmick is the toast of builders all over the world. She sure knows her pencils. I see her fading from view as she adds the final touch to Pa 31,000,000 set of plans. Susan Walker is a school teacher. She teaches in Mount Morris. The town there thinks no teacher ever approached her. The pupils rejoice in her classes. She is the most popular married woman in Mount Morrisl Her husband washes the dishes land does other house work so Suzy can teach. I see her marking papers as she fades from view. Schimley is now jailor at Williamsville. He spent a night there once and liked the place. Stella Smith is the bulwark of a nation. In school she was the bulwark of the Senior class. Now she sure is a big figure in politics. We leave her addressing Congress. Thomas McMahon is a team mate of Pao1one's. He fills Gehrigs' shoes even better than Gehrig himself. He has a hundred and twenty-seven home runs to date this

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C Page Ten T H E R E D A N D B L A C K Commencement Number Prophecy Buffalo or Williamsville and get back next day as best they can. We leave him starting with another ill-fated I, the greatest oracle of all time, the oracle of Amon-ra., have been called from my tomb in the far away Egyptian Pyramids to exercise my powers in behalf of the supremely magnificient Senior Class of 1928 of Le Roy High School. I am the supreme being in the land of oracles, I am the final word in all predictions. I am the inventor of the art of predicting futures. I am the oracle of Amon-ra. In past years I have allowed my understudies and lesser subjects to do the work at all times. This year that mysterious power, the influence of the gods, has impelled me to officiate here in their behalf. The sacred smoke of my profession will reveal the secrets of the past and future to my mighty powers. I already feel the powers working. The trance is coming soon. The World fades from my vision. I see it again twenty years from now. I see-a form emerging from the realms of the super- natural. It is a man. It is the president of the Senior Class, Joseph Paolone. He is a baseball player. He is captain and short-stop on the New York Yankee's ball club. He is a valuable player. In his spare time he runs the nation as president. He is a bachelor but the choice is his own. A new form emerges. It is the Honorable Vice-Presi- dent of the L. H. S. Senior Class of 1928. She is a charac- ter in herself. She is now taking life easy in a little flat. the rickety old Ford in the basement. She They keep handles the situation rather neatly. There is no question as to who's boss. Her partner is a person of few words. Pearl is no longer a vice-president, she plays the first fiddle now. So we leave her fiddling away as she fades from sight. I see Merton Sperry, the secretary, busily mending a tire. It's not the old Ford tire. Itis an airplane tire. Mer- ton is an aviator. He likes the clouds because they're free enough to permit one-hand driving. He is tired though so we leave him struggling with the tire while someone waits in the plane. The next subject is the exalted treasurer, Edward How- ard. Poor fellow, he's in the insane asylum. He always bragged about being the tightest man in town. He lost his mind trying to invent ways to make the all mighty dollar go farther. He is harmless but his case is incurable. We leave him working on his latest patent, a dollar stretcher. Big Bill Allen now occupies the center of the picture. She has reached her proper level at last. She always want- ed to be a boy. She said someone made a mistake so she's a male impersonator. Her act is the hit of the vaudeville season. She makes a better man than she did a girl. Lena Corcimiglia is one of the greatest characters in literature. Her name is renowned all, round the world. Her poems rank even greater than those of Burns, Shakespeare and Milton. Her stories are the rage of the day. Even her writings radiate the unsupressable joy that is an essential part of her make-up. I see her writing as she fades from sight. A rattly old Ford grinds into view. Mason Bradley is at the wheel of this vehicle. He is running a one way taxi service. His hack will carry people to Buffalo, but it won't bring them back. His patrons stay overnight in loadgto Buffalo. , ,, , , I see a tailoress entering the picture. It's Lena Hut- ton. Her specialty is 'mending holes in men's coat pockets. She can sew other things too, but she can't be bettered at this specialty of her's. ' Katherine Kelly is managing a five-and-ten cent store in Medina. She is not alone though so she doesn't worry. The business, especially male, of the organization has in- creased perceptably since she consented to allie her lot with the store. She is waiting on a bashful boy as she fades from view. What, a butcher grraces my talents. A tall handsome meat carver is passing out bologna. to a blushing young wife. A sign over the door, Finn and Curtis, explains the identity of the bologna peddler. He is an artist in his line. His motto is, Our Meats Satisfy. We leave him slicing off another generous portion of the above mentioned delicacy. Doris Barnard is a school teacher. The poor children have dubbed her Caesar because her teaching is Greek to them, but arithmetic to the examiners. The reign of terror is in vogue. The girl has' always had ideas as to how children should be ruled. She is trying on other people's prides and hopes to demonstrate her theories. As she fades from sight another trembling urchin who failed to pllace a decimal right goes slowly to the desk to receive his punishment and return broken in spirit to his seat. Sam Alessi is working on the corporation. I see him seated on his pick waiting for the noon whistle. For' the last half hour he has been afraid to lift the pick for an- other stroke for fear the whistle might blow before he could complete the stroke. Just as the vision fades the whistle blows and Sam is the first one off the job. Winifred Caswell races into View in her private car. The chauffeur stops the truck and Winnie comes to earth. The fat lady of the circus sure has some job finding transporta- tion facilities. The railroads and truck lines refused her carriage until the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington took up the matter. So Winnie now rides in state in a comfortable, especially constructed truck. Marguerite Hutchins is still living in Le Roy. Bud makes the dough and she kneads it. They own a little love-nest on South street. Bud works every day and Marg keeps him home nights. This girl is some woman. She can cook like nobody's business. Her meals are famous all over L. R. She is baking rye bread now. Bud comes home for supper and-well, this is a good time to let the picture fade. Big-hearted Dugan enters as a football player. He has gray hair but he still plays his favorite game. He is a minister. He preaches football on Sunday morning and plays on Sunday afternoon. We leave him falling over the line for a touchdown. I see another figure emerging from the smoke. It's Virginia Olmsted. She has a pencil and a notebook. She is a society reporter on one of New York's largest news- papers. She has a way of getting her man. No news escapes her 510,000 a year eye. We leave her reporting the latest divorce scandal on Wall street. Eleanor Mac Kenzie is still a farmer girl. She is round and healthy. She goes to the dance at Pavilion Center

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Page Twelve T II E R E D A N D B L A C K Commencement Number season. This is four better than last season's record: at the corresponding time. Few balls go through first with him on the job. We leave Pat making a brilliant catch of a long foul. He stands on the fence and jumps for the ball. Oh, he has it. Good-by Pat you won that game and with it the world's series. Jessie McAnn is a blacksmith. She shoes army mules. A mule kicked her yesterday and broke his leg. Helen McKeon is peddling papers for a living. She has a stand at the corner of Main and Clay streets. Everyone buys her papers because her smile goes with every pur- chase. We leave her making change. Ralph Rubens is the conductor of a huge Symphony Orchestra. In his spare time he plays a cornet for diver- sion. There is no one who can touch him in either branch. Ralph plays for the president twice a year. I see him play- ing his way into greater fame as the picture fades. Who is this editor? It's Janet McPherson. She prints the newspaper that Helen sells. Her scandal sheet is the envy of publishers all over the country. Her sport page sells her paper-Cthat is, her sport page and Helen's smile.J We leave her writing up the national convention of the Re- publican party. It was held at Le Roy this year. Lynn Saulsbury owns the Insulator Plant now. He makes high pressure insulators. He is his own salesman. No one else can satisfy. I see him fading as he completes a new million dollar sale. There is one more person who must come in for a share of my powers. Pardon me, two persons. Miss Combs is no longer Miss, she's Mrs. She named her children Cicero and Demosthenes. She lives in Batavia. Miss Connor is still teaching English in LeRoy High School. May she never cease. I have prophesied. I, the great prophet of Amon-ra, never fail. As I have said, so shall it be. I now return to my tomb, never to be disturbed again. No other prophecy will ever be important enough to again call me forth. Amon-ra bids you beware lest you put obstacles in the way of his saying. For, if you do so, I will call down the wrath of the sun upon your heads. As I leave you, I see my prophecies coming true. Edward Howard. Final Days The final school days are the busiest and the happiest. Ask any Senior! First, comes Class Night, a time of fun and frolic, on June twenty-second, Friday night. The class picnic at Silver Lake on the following day is another joyous occasion. Then comes the more sombre part of commencement week, baccalaureate service on June twenty-fourth, Sunday night. The speaker at this time will be Rev. Spencer B. Owens, pastor of the Methodist Church. Last but not least, commencement night, ending our school days, arrives. The speakers on this occasion will be Janet McPherson, Valedictoriang Alfred Decker, Salutator- iang and Professor Tilroe of Syracuse University. The diplomas will be awarded by Mr. Taylor. '28. The Epic of the Senior Class The epic is a mighty poem with a. very noble theme. There is much of the supernatural element, and there is also the Cause. The Cause is some great aim or mighty purpose for which the hero is working, many battles of all sorts being necessary for his success. The following is an outline of the Epic of the Class of '28. I Great Cause A. Four year's attempt to win shorter hours and more play. 1. Have we Won out? II Deeply imbedded moral A. Try to find it III Supernatural forces A. The Faculty l. Believe it or not IV Hero A. Class of '28 B. Or the self-made father who worked his son's way through L. H. S. V. Minor Battles A. Myrtle Roblee vs. haughtiness B. Janet McPherson vs. giggling C. Charles Ingles vs. gossiping D. Mildred Howard vs. silence in study hall E. Vida Gleber vs. Laughingitis F. Alfreda Allen vs. slips G. Clayton Ingles vs. jokes H. Mason Bradley vs. marcels I. Joe Paolone vs. accidents J. Lena Corcimiglia vs. talking K. Alfred Decker vs. lovesickness L. Mary Welsh vs. brilliance M. Harriet Emmick vs. spelling N. Sam Alessi vs. bashfulness Q. Bony Howard vs. blonds P. Ralph Ruben vs. dancing Q. Virginia Olmsted vs. stockiness R. Katherine Kelly vs. going out S. Merton Sperry vs. Fords T. Paul Fennell vs. red hair U. Mary Kanaley vs. Jimmy V. Francis Mac Dowell vs. stuttering W. Winnie Caswell vs. paint X. Jessie Mc Ann vs. fellows Y. Pat Mc Mahon vs. dumbness Z. Susan Walker vs. work aa. Pearl Rossborough vs. the Drag bb. Marguerite Hutchins vs. Chicago cc. Eleanor Mac Kenzie vs. Bergen dd. Doris Barnard vs. leaving History Class ee. Catherine Brown vs. bashfulness ff. Vida Gleber vs. men gg. Lynn Saulsbury vs. tall ones hh. Helen McKeon vs. peanuts ii. Margaret Bryce vs. wearing green jj. Stella Smith vs. talking kk. Lena Hutton vs. jealousy ll. George Curtis vs. throwing water mm Anthony Schimley vs. swearing