Maine Central Institute - Trumpet Yearbook (Pittsfield, ME)

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Dr. Cox has a jealous complex. His objective in visiting Alumni Hall is to as- certain if anyone has excelled his record for squirting water from the trusty faucet in suite 2. ja Ja mi-mi - Why Dave, I can't understand this-wait a minute-it's coming clearer. The Madame predicts that Janet Humphrey and Lea Lawrence will serve as Red Cross nurses in the Fiji Islands and will, after a period of four years, because of their great love for the islanders, renounce their citizenship in the United States and will speak only the language of the islanders. Stuart Noyes, our little preacher, will have rather a dark future ahead of him, for all we can see him doing is preaching in Harlem. He will also sell Aroostook potatoes as a sideline. Margaret Gosline will make fabulous sums of money during the next few years. She will take advantage of the tire rationing and give riding lessons. By 1950 Miss Gosline will be leading a life of leisure. Her only worry will be the large number of admirers which the matrin.onial agencies persist in sending to her. Bobby Bean will be the busiest undertaker ever in business in Newport because of an undetectable poison that he will purposely invent. He will also have a sign out in front of his oflice reading, R, W. Bean-Undertaker While You Wait. Herb Scribner will be known as Monsieur Hebret, and will bleccilme famous as a Fifth Avenue haberdasher. He will specialize in green c ot es. Irene Goodrich will, in a few years, find herself a great artist. She will paint portraits of the M. C. I. faculty of 1951, and one of these portraits, which she will call A Man and His Bicycle , will gain national fame. For john Freese the fates decree a most varied fortune. First he will conduct a frog farm in Limestone. Then, being disappointed in love, he will leave his farm to go to South Africa. Tiring of the feminine society of the dark ladies, he will return to New York where he will out-rival all members of Information Please. Doug Sinclair will finish repairing the damaged Normandie , and then alone will return it to France. We always knew that you understood boats, Doug . Arlene Frederick will own and operate a large beauty parlor. Aside from her reducing formulas she will become famous for a certain complexion cream known-as the Murray Preparation. Arlene will attribute the success of this cream to observations made during her senior year at M. C. I. of the complexion. Hans Muir will become an expert bouncer for all dance halls in Mexico and neighboring vicinities. He will gain a hundred pounds and grow six inches in order that he may fulfill his job. Dave Hall, the slightl' man of Suite 2 will become a portly gentleman. His cares will be many for he will be known as Lord Mayor of Madison. Most perplexing of all questions will be Where can I obtain tires for the baby carriages? Oh, Madame sees a bright future for Carolyn, who with a magic touch will drive all pain away. She will journey to many lands, will be feted and praised for her kind acts. She seems to be intensely interested in houses' but mostly in Halls. Kite Agostinelli will be head track coach at the Rumford Primary School. He will be a great health enthusiast, rising every morning at five o'clock and running for four or five miles. He will finally agree that bar- bells are the best muscle builders, when he sees what happened to Charles Atlas, after somebody stuck a pin in him. +123 if

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As the year drew to a close, it was fitting that some reward should be given to those who had attained the highest honors by their scholastic ability. To those honest and loyal students were given the following honor parts: Valedictorian, John Freese, Salutatorian, Evelyn Gould, Honor Essay, Sylvia Snow, Honor Essay, Cecelia Nordstrom, and Honor Essay, Ewart Hodgins After a life of great activity this honored class of '42 will pass to parts unknown. Funeral services will be held Monday morning, June 8th, 1942, at ten o'clock, Parks' Memorial Gymnasium. A large number of relatives and friends are asked to attend the services. There will be a profusion of beauti- ful flowers. The honor students of this graduating class will ofiiciate. We wish to express our appreciation to those who have aided us in making our short lives so profitable and happy. X Pauline Lawrence PRIIPIIECY 0F 1942 This is without a doubt a day when the hand of magic seems to put us all under an enchanted spell. For two weeks, Dave and I have been trying to draw aside the curtain ofoncoming time, to see you all in your prospec- tive roles. Last night we realized that we had failed and that today We should have to greet you with the solemn announcement that our powers of foretelling your fortunes had been hindered by the Blackouts. Three of us sat in a room, griefstricken, with heads bowed, Mr. Louder, Dave and I. Suddenly, without warning, the radio flashed on and a voice, shrill as the voice of the Soothsayer in Julius Caesar cried out, Go to the ancient belfry of M. C. I., for there you will find an enchanted bowl which contains the pro hecies of the class of 1942. And, class, here is the enchanted bowl? Listen carefully as we un- fold the fortunes of all from this magic bowl. Q Madame La La Chu Gum's coal-black talking cat, Neptune, foretells that Johnny Childs will become a Major in the army. He will not lead his forces against the axis powers but will quell the fights among the fair sex by refusing to be their favorite. Sad! Sadl that such an attractive young man should deprive the ladies of his society. ' Madame La La Chu Gum predicts that Mary Gallison will accept the radio position recently vacated by Kate Smith. Miss Gallison hasn't an- nounced her theme song yet, but undoubtedly it will be Smiley'n Through. Soon you will be able to receive on all stations of your radio, swing Hoe-downs , played by that solid old man, Juni Brewer, who will feature that sensational skin-beater , Steady Lehr. This band will tour the states for six months and will receive record attendance at all Jive Dives. Sylvia Snow will give up her extensive study of the classics. In- stead of becoming a concert pianist, she will go to Harlem in order that she may learn that certain Boogie-Woogie technique of one she admires greatly. john Smiley will become conductor for the Model TU Symphony Hour Orchestra. We always knew that you loved that long-haired stuff. He will have for three weeks, as uest star, Madame Gallison. Miss Velma lVTorse will achieve fame in two major fields: salting fish down with her bare feet and autographing basketballs for Dave Duplisea. She will find salting fish less tiresome but she will like autographing basketballs better. The Interpreter of Darkness wonders why. On May 21, 1950, Dr. E. R. Cox, while enroute to New York, to perform an operation on Ed Stanley, the famous hunter, will visit M. C. I. 1221-

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Evelyn Gould, by special arrangement with the trustees, will study agriculture at Bowdoin College. After leaving Bowdoin, Miss Gould will establish a large poultry farm in Palmyra. She will be very successful even though she has a competitor in her next-door neighbor. Perhaps the neighbor doesn't want to remain a competitor! Bit Stebbins will become the Number 1 box-oHice attraction for his acting in motion pictures. He will have a well-trained voice, very soft and alluring. Possibly he cultivated his voice in the M. C.I. serving room. Ben Matthews will finally accomplish the art of leaning on a shovel, by working for the W. P. A. After learning the fundamentals, he will become President Roosevelt's right-hand man. The Fates hestiate to relate Miss Olive Bagley's fortune, but perhaps she can take warning from this prophecy. She will marry a man who will become so crazed by her constant chatter that he will pay huge sums of money to secure a powder which will cause him to become totally deaf. Frank Hesdorfer will train for six months to relieve himself of excess baggage because a pilot needs to be in trim. Frank will be given a contract as soon as he finished this course, to fly school children from Burnham to Pittsfield Bill Frederick will seldom be seen from this time on because he is so much involved with his flowers. Bill won't be able to figure out geometri- cally why and when the leaves should fall. True to her name, Miss Doris Lyon will revert to the wilds in the summer time. She will hear the call of a certain fire ranger and in a few years will change her ferocious name and acquire a domestic title. Percy Almonte and Kenneth Ciancette will become partners in a thriving enterprise. We predict that it will be an ultra-modern bowling alle . Y Roger Davis will become principal of the West Overshoe Hi h School by popular vote of the school board. He will not be popular with tie students however, because he will become too serious-minded. Scientists say that this change will be caused by a blow on the head received while in the serving room at M. C. I. His favorite subject used in lecturing will be, Never be Funn . Y Miss Pauline Lawrence will become Mrs. Eugene Leroy Bailey. She will find herself very busy with domestic duties but she will manage to find time to lead a campaign for underprivileged girls who are obliged to live in dormitories. Normand Gott will receive a job as chief engineer on the miniature railroad, recently constructed in the Bangor Park for all kiddies between the ages of four and twelve. The president of this railroad will give him a little wooden whistle to complete his uniform. Alice Pendexter will become a member of the teaching staff at Miss Braley's Kindergarden for Toddling Tots. Perhaps Glenys can under- stand now why the teacher is always right. Ivan Callahan, that good-looking Romeo from Biddeford, will have a very unusaul occupationg he will be the sole owner of a sanitarium for women with broken hearts. Applications will be filed up to the year 2000. Lorraine Frost will have so many proposals for marriage that she will find great difficulty in deciding which one to accept. Incidentally, Lorraine will become the proprietor of Frost Diner For Homesick Soldiers. Perhaps there's something in that old saying, The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Wayne Thurston will become a hermit and forever separate him- self from the outside world. He will claim that the world is cruel, and that he is tired of talking. Cecelia Nordstrom will receive a Master's Degree from Columbia University and will secure a position as Dean of Boys in a large New York 1241 ,