Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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16 MENDOTA HIGH SCHOOL 1911 Senior Class Prophecy lX.lENIlO'l'A, ILL., Sept. 223, Nriilo My Dear Friend 5 Having returned from a trip around the vi orld I will tell you of my most in- teresting experiences. VVe visited some of the most remote places and l was sur- prised to lind so many people whom I knew. VVe went from New York to Liverpool and traveled through England. Then we crossed to France and into Germany. One noon, while waiting in Strassburg to see the wonderful clock, I was surprised to be addressed by a very stylish young man. Ach, Fraulein Oettinger, es freut mich, Sie wieder zu sehen, Sie sehen gut aus, I turned around and was about to rebuke the young man for being impudent, when I recognized the familiar features of Gilbert S. Schaller. In our conversation I learned that he had been teaching music for a number of years in the conservatory of that city. NVe left Strassburg that evening and went to Sytschxvka, Russia. NVe took an aeroplane from this place to Moscow. VVe traveled about 120 miles an hour. After we reached Moscow our air- ship was put up for repairs in the garage owned by Mr. Robert Black. Vie were unable to see him that evening, but I heard that he is a perfect genius at inventing new ideas for aeroplanes. VVe went from Russia over into Asia into the northern part of Persia. At Kassimabad we met Mr. Leo Krausse who was superintending the building of the one-railed street car lines. From Persia we went through India. where we met Miss Edith Holliston, who is teaching Physics in the American Acad- emy at Bengal. Then we crossed the Gulf of Bengal and went to China. VVe stopped at the little station of Jarmmaimansowm on the Hoangho River. Dr. Floyd Miller, the famous physician, has been there for a number of years trying to check the spread of that dreadful disease, cholera, for which the doctors, as yet, have no rem- edy. In, Yokahama, Japan, Miss Ruth Crandall has realized her ambition as an artist and is quite famous for her Japanese work. Then we crossed the Pacific Ocean. through the Isthmus of Panama, up to Yucatan, on the eastern coast of Mexico. Here I found Mr. John Faber manufacturing gum and shipping it to the United States. As you know, we didn't visit Africa. but I heard that Mr. Earle Keeler and Mr. Albert McGinnis were foremen in the Kimberly diamond mines. VVe went up to Florida where we met Miss Florence Goodwin, the fashionable leader of society. I must tell you a very funny experience we had while in the HPalmetto State. As we were sitting dreaming in one of the city parks, we were suddenly aroused by the familiar voice of Mr. Elmer Feik, the professor of Sciences in the University. Don't let that butterfly get away-don't let that bea-u-ti-ful butterfly escape. He swung his net right over the butterfly on Miss Goodwinls hat. When he saw what he had done he almost fainted. but humbly begged her pardon and rushed off again, I also had a chance to read Mr. Fahler's books. He has some of the strangest ideas. He defines love as HA funny feeling a man has for a woman which supports her for the rest of her lifef, NfVhile passing through Southern Tennessee I visited Miss Viola Finley, She has a cozy little home and is a little comical old maid. Miss Scott is very popular among the younger set at Dimmick. When we reached New York we saw Miss Leifheit coaching a basket ball team. Her team always wins the game. VVell. it feels good to be home again. Answer soon. Yours truly, K CMISSJ F1.oRENcE OETTINGER