Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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Clibr Alarm UNIDR5 Page Nineteen

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Alarm Senior Class Prophecy Thus 1 sat, cracking walnuts with the butt end of my revolver, thinking of my classmates whom I had seen or heard about on my trip East. They were all well and busy in the very positions for which they had always hoped. Oliver Alpaugh was a traveler. 1 had met him several times before. In fact, one summer evening we slept in the same box car. I immediately recognized my old classmate and we renewed our acquaintance. One winter I was working at a little one-horse lumber camp in Wisconsin. It was my morning to “untie jams”. As I was going down I saw a lady out on a pile rescuing my iittle dog which had gone far ahead and was about to be crushed. I rushed to her aid and when I looked up to thank her, I saw that it was our former class elecu-tionist, Cecile. I had met William Dabler, Jr., in New York introduced to me as one of the notables of the city. We went together that evening and I found him to be very popular among the people of the city. I saw a large sign in front of a theatre with his name on it and stopped to look at it. I read: “Willima Dabler, Jr., the great aviator and orator now appearing in ‘The Last Crash.’ ” I found he preferred the acting to all his other accomplishments. The next morning we went to Florida in his plane, “Worthless.” At Miami, we put up at a large hotel and I found that Florida too, knew William Dabler, Jr. The next morning he received an invitation to bring his friend and dine at the largest hotel in Florida, the Hotel Draper. Reaching the hotel, we were greeted by “June” Draper. She now owned the largest hotel of her state, and we learned she had named it in honor of the old land mark in New Bedford. She was the same June. Although immensely wealthy, she even joked with the Bell Hops. June gave us a lot of information about our former classmates. Milton Edlefson was a wealthy farmer. Brains and science had turned a farm of weeds into a farm of money. He was residing on this farm in Wisconsin. Being ambitious he still maintained the position of manager. Lila Hartz was still in Illinois. Having taught school for several years, she had decided to run for County Superintendent of Schools and was unanimously elected to that position. Harry Jensen was an athletic director at Northwestern University. He had become famous as a speaker and also because of the many victories his teams had won. Walter Jensen was a great professor of a foreign college, with so great a name that I cannot spell it. However he had won fame by his wit and was in demand by all the larger colleges in the world. Doris Peterson was owner of the seven largest newspapers in the United States. She said her experience as editor of the “Alarm”, had led her to present occupation. She, too, was wealthy. Opal Pierson, firm believer in women’s rights, w'as senator. She had her picture in the paper each month with a different style of hair cut for three years. In this way she was known all over the United States and had little trouble in getting elected. Ruth Styer was a great opera singer, so much in demand that she w’as forced to refuse many great companies. Unable to meet the demand, she was forced to retire. Being wealthy and having little to do, she took up writing poetry. After enjoying my visit with William Dabler, Jr., and the popular hostess of the Draper Hotel, and hearing of my old friends, I felt the longing for the old life in the free and open. So I shouldered my knapsack and pocketed my revolver, and turned my feet towards the setting sun. —George Anspach ’28 Pago Eighteen

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Back Row—H. Saunders, K. Jensen, D. Hartz, C. Hansen, C. Hudson, D. Raabe, W. Draper, F. Overly. Middle Row—Mr. Trauphber, M. Draper, V. Stier, D. Johnson, K. Johnson, F. Nelson, E. Friend. Front Row—E Johnson, A. Pierson, R. Dabler, R. Czech, V. Johnson, F. Dabler, M. Hewitt, H. Hochstatter, L. Smith.