Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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THE MIRROR OF 1933 Our first stop was at Mars, a forced landing in a farmer’s field. It was at Stanley Olson’s Model Farm. Our friend Stanley had made quite a name for himself as an expert authority on agriculture. He said his cook, Arvilla Peden, was to a great extent responsible for his success. Having received a slight injury, while examining Stanley’s farm machinery, I found it necessary to go to the hospital for treatment. I found Helen Olson and Florence Bauer as nurses in this modern hospital on Mars. Helen and Florence informed me that Alice Eide was working here as a dietician. Finally our plane was repaired and we resumed our journey. At Jupiter we landed in a rather prosperous appearing city named Espcnville. Since Alice had decided to listen to the dictates of her head rather than her heart, Warren Espen had taken his broken, bachelor’s heart to Jupiter. He had eased his pain by throwing his heart and soul into the founding of this town of which he had been elected Mayor. Warren told us we could find Carl Berg at the high school, where he was chief athletic coach. At the high school we found Carl talking to his boys about the coming tournament to be held on Venus. Carl invited us to dinner at his home. Of course, we accepted, as we wished to see Blanche. While Blanche was preparing dinner, Carl turned on the radio. A silvery soprano voice came ringing over the air, the voice of Arvilla Thorson, the world famous radio artist. Thus ended the first day of our marvelous voyage around the Universe. The next day as we were walking down the main street of Demona, the largest city on Saturn, we saw an attractive sign that read, Winter and Switzenberg Insurance Co.” On entering the building we found Ross and Walter in their respective offices. Each seemed to have a prospering business, but who could not succeed with such competent and efficient secretaries as Eleanore and Esther Everson? We were delayed for a while, as we met the former Feme Haunschild at Hazel Gunderson’s Beauty Salon ’ and went home with her in order to see another of our classmates, James Dillon. Jimmy was manager of a thriving oil station. In the adjoining building was Hebard Amidon’s garage, offering New and Used Car Bargains.” On Uranus we landed in a huge field in which was situated a handsome building built in the Classic style with Miss Steinke’s School for Girls” engraved over the portcochere. Rosella Wood, the stewardess and housekeeper, answered the door and led us into the executive’s office. Meta was obliging enough to show us through her exclusive school. In the music room we found Gladys Halverson, the teacher, playing Handel’s Largo.” Inez Odegard, the instructor in Latin, was lecturing to her class about the conjugation of verbs. Laurel Crandall, who was in charge of the Home Economics department, was giving a test on The Mechanism of the Sewing Machine.” All of these old classmates of ours were interested in the vocation they had chosen as their life work. We could not help but admire this school for it had capable supervision and superb instruction. Meta gave tbe following information: Werner Heck and Franklin La Duke were truck farming nearby; Vernon Ehlert, now a missionary in Samoa, had recently given a lecture at her school; Willard Giese was a jeweler in the adjacent town, and Evelyn Mickel-son was teaching in the primary grades there. From Saturn we proceeded to Neptune. Here we found Billy Aase who was an able policeman in the most congested traffic of the capitol city. Page Twenty-Two

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THE MIRROR OF 19)3 I, Gladys Halverson, leave my habit of getting the Willies to anyone that is not up to par (r) I, Vernon Ehlert, leave my innocent grin to Roger Litchfield. I, Rosella Wood, leave my hoydenish and boisterous manners to Billie Englesby. We, Feme Haunschild and Rachel Smith, leave our love for the landing mirror to Ethel Smith and Edith Lilleskov. I, Inez Odegard, leave my spit curls to Eleanor Bardill. I, Philo Englesby, leave my effeminacy to Joseph Dietz. I, Kermit Cook, leave my ability to argue to La Verne Crapser. I, Florence Bauer, will my hatred for the opposite sex to Marge Turner. I, Juanita Claflin, leave my height to Annabell Kent. I, Helen Olson, leave my fondness for a Weiss” boy to Ruth Huebner. I, Dale Claflin, leave my oratorical ability to Warren Peeso. I, Laurel Crandall, leave my childish ways to Irene Lurndahl. I, Lillian Ehlert, leave my typing ability to Gretchen Trusler. I, Alice Eide, leave my sweet disposition to Jean Thames. I, Franklin La Duke, leave my art in chewing gum in History Class to Laverne Olson. I, Idella Wendt, leave my unusual ambition to my sister Doris. I, Ellen Wyman, leave my love for cats to Jean Snoyenbos. I, Blanche Moy, leave my cool, calm manner to Phyllis Putzier. I, Carl Berg, leave my popularity with Senior girls to Adrian Feckler, especially on St. Valentine’s Day. —Blanche Moy ’33 □ □ CLASS PROPHECY The discovery of human life on the planets by Almeda Farrington in 1940 had been a great step in the field of science. Rapidly means by which to reach the various planets had been perfected through the endeavors of one James Whelan, who later sacrificed his experimenting to teach history. As flying from one part of the Universe to another had become almost a common occurence, I had decided to travel to some of the planets to visit our M. H. S. classmates who were now scattered among the various orbs of the Universe. The gyro-plane in which we were to travel was eqiupped with especially built oxygen tanks perfected by Doris Parr, who, if you remember, got her start in our Mondovi High School physics class. Philo Englesby, the pilot, signaled me to board the ship, as he was anxious to be off while the weather was favorable. Philo is not only a licensed pilot but a popular movie star as well. He had refused a valuable contract in order that he might pilot the ship for this journey. The trip was a grand success! Most of our classmates are enjoying happy, though uneventful, lives in doing what they have chosen as their life work. Page Twenty-One

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THE MIRROR OF 19 3 3 We were fortunate in that we could hear Dale Gaflin, the speaker of the House of Representatives, giving a speech to the members of the House. Later in the day we read an account of Dale’s speech in Alice Lofte’s newspaper. While inspecting the offices we were told that Idella Wendt was in charge of the large library on the next corner. Our first stop on Earth was at Hollywood where we saw the sets for Lillian Ehlert’s latest picture which was being directed by Kermit Cooke. I went with Lillian to Madame Nita’s shoppe where the actresses’ clothes were designed. To my amazement Madame Nita was none other than Juanita Claflin; here assistant was Velma Ede. Our stay at Hollywood was very brief, for we had to see our classmates in New York City before our vacation was over. In New York City I entered Daphne’s Style Shop” to see a fashion show in which Norma Marum was a mannequin. Norma took me to a theatre where we saw Rachel Smith in her latest feature dance. Rachel had risen from the position of chorus girl to that of a featured dancer. The next day we saw Ellen Wyman, author of several satires on society, who lives in a penthouse with her imported Persian cats. Although it was predicted by our high school teachers that we would come to nothing but the dogs,” this visit has proved that even teachers sometimes may err. —Rachel Smith ONE WORD MORE Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.” —Longfellow As we seniors are about to depart from our schoolmates, the lower classmen, we begin to realize too late that we might have served better as guiding influences in their budding lives. Hence we offer herewith a bit of advice gleaned from our wide and varied experience, hoping that our friends will accept it is the spirit in which it is given and that they may profit from following it. The first step to take in order to get A’s” is never to pay any attention to the class assignments. You can have a very enjoyable time looking out through the window while the others are wasting perfectly good theme paper copying down the assignment. You can get a fuller benefit from your paper by writing notes on it. Be sure never to study the assigned lesson unless you are positive that you will be called upon for that particular type of work. Even then you can save a great deal of precious time by copying the work of your classmates who are foolish enough to exert themselves in preparing assignments. During your study periods be sure to spend your time gazing lovingly as the opposite sex or writing notes. You’ll find that several trips to the library or to the key-holes of other classrooms will also be very beneficial to your marks. Whenever you have an examination, be sure to sit by someone who is smart” and persuade him to allow you to copy from his paper. The nearer you sit to the desired person the less you’ll have to strain your neck and eyes; you’ll find that practice makes perfect” and the more numerous the attempts the lesser the after-effects. —The Senior Class of ’33 Page Twenty-Three