Leeds High School - Leeder Yearbook (Leeds, AL)

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THE LEEDER Senior Class Prophecy It is inherent in the human heart to desire to look into the future. Today, fellow students, no doubt many of us are wondering what our future has in store for us. May we not lie guilty of building air castles, for some of us will be doomed to disappointment. One day last October, being tired of studying. I strolled down town to the notorious Higgins’ Mot Dog Stand.” There I ate weiners and hamburgers until I could hardly move. Very soon afterwards, feeling dull. lazy, and sleepy, I left the bunch of girls, went home and to my room. There I lay down upon my lied and was soon fast asleep. Suddenly I was aroused from my sleep by a soft, sweet, musical voice. I saw before me a lieautiful goddess draped in pure white. She informed me that I almost equalled Kip Van Winkle as a sleeper, for I had slept fifteen years. I was ashamed to appear to the beautiful creature, for I did not make a very attractive picture. She told me not to mind for she was accustomed to such sights in Leeds. In her snowy white hand she held a long scroll which proved to l e the record of the class of 1 24. Site very kindly consented to let me read it. as I was very eager to know what all my classmates had been doing since leaving school. I read it over and over with much enthusiasm until I knew it by heart. So today. 1 am able to present to you. fellow classmates, your future achievements. Ira DeShazo has become very important in the industrial world. He invented a machine for boring holes in dough nuts. After hearing Mr. Aders lecture so many times on Rural Economics, Hubert Bagbv decided he would accomplish for the animal industry what Burbank has for Horticulture. He began by experimenting on swine, and has succeeded in producing a breed which is almost entirely bam. Dewell Miller contemplated going to some well known college, but was caught stealing chickens and is now helping to reduce our heatless” days bv digging coal. A few years ago Raymond Hammett invented a fountain pen which would automatically write the answers to any possible examination question, l ie became rich selling them to Leeds High School students. Tubby” Powers has succeeded Dr. N. R. Baker as superintendent of education. Cotton” Littleton is traveling with a large pack on his back. He is determined to make a second Carnegie of himself. So far he has made slow progress disposing of his goods. I fe is still inclined to sleep in the day time. Overton Nickerson has accepted a call as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Birmingham and lias started to work in his new field. Twenty-four

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THE LEEDER During our stay at L. II. S. we have spent 66,242 hours in class. This does not include the time that Nelle Carreker and Frank Cooke have spent in riding the train. We should have spent 42.129 hours in preparation for the classes but the unusual brilliancy of Colinnc Mcl-aughlin and Curtis Littleton reduced that number to 194.248.5 hours. There seems to Ik- quite a diversity of opinion as to which member of the family uses the most shoe polish. Two are presenting their claims to this honor. The slight majority seems to favor A. J. Abercrombie, but the close friends of Overton Xickcrson claim a victory for him. It has been rumored that if the high title of Mathematics Shark fails to fall upon J. I). Scott it will unquestionably descend upon Maggie Stone. I am loath to close these statistics without mentioning the greatest problem ever undertaken by any member of our class, that of Loia Hoover and Anna Lou George in an elTort to find out the economical spirit of our class. You mav obtain the formula from said party. As we part with the old L. 11. S. we shed 5% gallons and 2 tears over, which shows that we love her as much as we do B. A. Higgins hot dog stand and the creek combined. When we leave there will Ik two Juniors and four teachers sorry, leaving the remainder to be glad forever and ever. Ckcii. Grant ’24. Twenty-three

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THE LEEDER Nelda Rol erts, the leading prinia donna of the season, sings to a packed house at the Metropolitan Theater, New York. Nolle Carreker. starring in “Follies of 1929” accounted for it- return engagement at the Jefferson. Aubrey Aders is coaching football and has thrice the fame of all others in that particular line. Smith Mcl aughlin is in the pill rolling business but his first attempts proved fatal t« the patients. Cecil Grant is director of athletics at Howard College, Birmingham. Mrs. I awrence Allen, formerly Anna Lou George, is now living in Acinar. Daisy M invard is teaching in Woman’s College, Montgomery. J. I). Scott rivals Ben Turpin in slapstick comedies. Frank Cooke has accepted the professorship of foreign languages at Oxford University, England. Floyd I-awley is living on a large farm in Shelby County raising corn for his own benefit. This being the last member of the class, I handed the goddess the scroll and she quickly vanished. I awoke from my very unusual dream and was very happy to find myself still in Leeds High School. Thus you have a part of the record of the class of 24. hethcr their achievements have been what they should. I leave to your own judgment, but 1 sincerely trust that none of you will ever do worse. Maggie Stone 24. Twenty-five