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n n n n n 75 n ?r . --- or-tr-ir-tar=3r=iai=3i=iLZio -J L P 3 Sophomore Prophecy f By FERNE WEST “Come, take a trip in my airship. Come, take a trip to the stars,” sang a merry voice at my window. Turning, I found the singer to be L Violet O’Connell, who, in her palatial air-car was waiting for me. I Q suppose her name is familiar to every one as the accompanist of the C DuFrain Concert company, with which she has been traveling since finishing her studies at college. As I was putting on my hat, she continued, “Do you know I’ve been thinking of our old classmates, and I have finally decided that we should go and discover their whereabouts. Are you willing?” I too, had been thinking of my class, so of course I was glad to accept her invitation. We flew through the soft, warm air, away from the smoke of the cities to our old home, Momence. How familiar it all seemed! There was little change in the place, except that it had a more prosperous look. We stopped the ship in front of a large new building on which was inscribed: “MOMENCE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.” o P P P P P P P P P P P P P n “At last!” we cried. “Let us go in and visit the school.” The Principal met us at the door and we were surprised when we saw it was Elizabeth Jensen, one of the objects of our search. We had quite a pleasant visit with her. She told us that Gertrude Porter was now a great elocutionist and that Momence was very proud of her, and that Gladys Younglove was a leader in the Woman’s Suffrage movement. She also informed us that Doris Harms was residing in Germany, a certain person had finally decided that a pretty German girl was better than a black-eyed Spaniard, and had asked her to be his. We went to a fine restaurant for our dinner. The bright sign over the door announced that it belonged to Lester DuMontelle, another of our classmates. We went from Momence to Kankakee, where we found Lawrence Burch, the proprietor of a large department store, and although we wondered at first why he had selected Kankakee as his residence, we were enlightened when we saw a stylish young lady with dark hair pass, and he sighed and murmured, “and still I hope against hope.” That evening we attended the theatre, and in glancing over the u o o r ? mru no 7? 1) 0 0 U II n p p
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program we saw at the head the name of Arthur Younglove as leading man. The first violin of the orchestra was played by another of the class of ’19, Irene Hardy. After the play we went to speak to both of them and they seemed as delighted to see us as we were to see them. Arthur told us that James Lamport was a great lawyer, now living in Michigan. We also learned that Roy Chatfield was now studying in a theological seminary. 3 o o n □ □ p p p p p p n P p p n We were succeeding fine, and although we had no idea of where to go next, we thought we’d sail somewhere, so we started out and just as we had gotten well into the country, one of the screws of the mech¬ anism of the machine refused to work and we rapidly descended and alighted right at the door of two other pupils of the class of ’19. These were Hazel Mills, who is the wife of Myron Kinney, a prosperous young farmer living near St. George. She told us that she had that very day received a letter from Marjorie Hall, who lived in Los An¬ geles, Cal., and that Marjorie could write of nothing but the beauties of the place and “Him.” Of course we were both interested in who “Him” was and were not at all surprised to hear that it was Ray Chatfield. She told us that Ida Gilliland was still Ida Gilliland, simply because she couldn’t decide which to take. We remained for dinner, but immediately afterwards set sail for Indiana. Over one town the smoke hung in such huge clouds that we thought about half the town must be afire. We descended and found however, that it was only the smoke of a “Lamp Chimney Factory,” of which Roy Hess was the proprietor. As we had always been curious concerning this far-famed place, Alexandria, we stopped to explore. While here Violet received a letter from Opal Simonds, who, having finished her studies, had made application for a position in the quartet of the concert company of which Violet was a member. Of course Violet said she would see that she received the position, as it would be so nice to have her as one of that “Merrie Companie.” We learned that Henry Seavey was superin¬ tendent of the Illinois Electrical Railway Company, is married, and is happy; also that Oswald Brown had just completed a new geometry book and had proved several new propositions; John Cook, one of our famous basket ball players, was still living in Grant Park and was pre¬ siding over a domestic science class there. Opal’s letter also stated that Kathryn Hobbie and Georgia West were acting as models in one of the famous stores in Paris, and that Martha Conrad was at present on duty as Red Cross nurse in the German army. She said that Frank Tomas was now captain of the basket ball team of Yale College, and that John Condon was acting as coach. Florence Logan has become the wife of an Italian musician and they are now spending the sum¬ mer at their beautiful summer home in Italy. o But what had become of two of our famous classmates, Edward Bydalek and Harry Shaffer? We were relieved to find that Edward was a bachelor and was residing on a farm near Hopkins Park, and that Harry is also a bachelor and is at present residing in Palestine. Why, we had finished our task! All the members were accounted for. We sailed home, exchanging reminiscences of the dear, by-gone days of our High School life, and marveling at the success of each member of the wonderful class of ’19. oiziE3.rnaizi? Tr iniizzEno: DoOnanooaoooooiiiO
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