Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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manages the Bowling Blvouac just across the midway from here. ' Elizabeth Hoskins and Marian Kaufman are now on a national hookup with N.B.C. on the Vincent Truck Hour. 'Eileen Tucker is employed by the Bement Football Espionage Service. 'Ruth Blacker is advertising manager for the Moore Pneumatic Pum Company. 'Twi1ia Valentine is now football coach at Notre Dame. 'Dr. Virginia Headlee and Dr. Genevieve Bear have just designed a wlngless airplane which will be placed on the market as soon as they can make it fly. 'lary Margaret Pembroke and Ruth Primmer have just come back from Little America where they were freeglng steam to make hot ice. 'Professors Marjorie Wileaver, Ruth Madden, and Betty Keller have just returned from a vacation at the sea shore. They said the ocean didn't look as big as they thought it wou1d. 'Mary Gadbury and Lois Olson have had con- siderable success in breeding plants to bear red fruit. They have developed some strawberry plants whose fruit turns red when it ripens. 'June Purcell and Margery Saltsgaver are attempting' a rocket flight to the moon. They are waiting for the full moon so it will be easier to hit. 'Drs. Joe Allman and Bob Foster, l.D.e and H.L.s, have had a clinic and a hospital out by the Duck Farm. The patients are reported as being greatly annoyed by the quacks.' lhen she had finished, Madame Charlotte fell silent. I arose and went out into the glare of the midway, proud to be one of the distinguished group that graduated in 1936. lllilillllilllliilllll Francis Harper: 'Give me two quarts of oil, please.' A1 Seylerx 'lhat kind--heavy?' Harper: 'Say, don't you get smart with me, young man.' lr. lheelerz firom upstairs! 'Betty, hasn't Shelton gone home yet?' Betty: 'No, Dad.' Downey: 'Gosh, but your Dad is a crank.' lr. lheeler: 'lell, it takes a crank when a self starter won't W0rk. ' Hooey Hannah: 'I've never seen such dream eyes.' late Davis: 'You've never stayed eo late before.' Alfred Seyler: 'lhen I die I want them to sing 'Let the Lower Lights Be Burning. lies Turner: 'Decline k1ssing.' Bonnie Bacopuloex 'I never do.' Miss Husseyz 'Give an example of a collective noun.' Lynn lorries 'Garbage can.' 23

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Class Prophecy It was dusk of a long summer's day. The Monticello World's Fair was in full swing. The brilliantly colored buildings had not yet turned on their newly invented lights created by Professors Edwin Doane and Robert Miles of the Paul Brighton Institute of Technology. I walked through the midway passing such brilliant signs as: Robert Harper's White Heathen Heaven, Evans' Odditorium, Billiardarium, Learn Your Past, Present and Future, See the One and Only Madame Charlotte. I stopped before the last, fished a half dollar from my pocket, paid and went in. Presently, Madame Charlotte entered. I emitted a gasp of astonishment when I recognized my old class- mate Charlotte Hannah. She was not astonished at my presence, however, since she knew everything. I scoffed at her profession and asked how she came to enter lt. 'I and Helen Frye discovered the principle of managing to know about everything and everybody while in English class at schoo1,' she answered. I asked, 'What has become of my old classmates while I've been at the Rlpperdan Salubrarlum recovering from my breakdown while working on the annual?' She said she would tell what had happened to each if only I had something to help her memory. I produced my bottle of Hayes and Sons Bourbon, and she refreshed her memory. She then went into that trance we knew so well in school, with every movement but that of speech at a standstill. 'Bill Fosnaugh is in Hollywood working on the new version of 'Curly Top' with Frances Harper and Dale Barbour. 'Helen Frye is in m profession in Hollywood and she is reported engaged to Bob Moffltt. 'Henry Dighton, as their lawyer, is defending Bob Cole, John Blacker, and Al Seyler against a charge for disturbing the peace at the G.A.A. Stunt Show. The plaintiff is the girls' director, Vivian Rambo. 'V1rginia Adkins is vocalist for Hartsfield's Harmony Hounds now playing at the Cruse Coffee Cav- ern here on the midway. 'lary Ellen Bobbett just married the president of the Packard Motor Company. 'Forrest Craig and Arkell lcCraw run the 'Billiardar1um', here on the midway. ' Alvin Lindsley is managing director of this Iorld's Fair. ' Imogene Remmers is manager for the necktle division of Raymond Zindar and Sons Mfg. Company. 'Dave Clffin is now starring in 'Ganglegag' now playing at the Lyric Theater. 'Lynn Norris, poor fellow, was shot last larch while officiating in the State Tournament. 'Harold Hammerschmidt runs the popcorn concession for the fair. 'E1enor Miller and lary Ann Loudenback are at the North Pole with the lilberta Howland Expedition. 'largaret Bear Inc. now furnishes the best women's business suits in the country '!red Pierson is the new Fuller Brush man for this area. ' Walter White ls chief taster for the lcDavitt Vinous Beverage Company. 'Bill Brlttin is head of the Monticello Home for the Deaf and Dumb. He's the one that can hear. 'lary Jane Zindar runs the dance pavilion here on the midway. 'Irma larehims 22

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They Who Break Faith Life patterns and behavior patterns vary to meet a change of circumstances. The happy, successful individual is the one who can adjust himself to such a change. The change may be gradual, it may be quick, it may be the result of calculative consideration or it may be the result of misconception, but always there is something lost, be it tangible or intangible. Perhaps the most disheartening changes are in human re- lationships. It is indeed, a sad individual who finds illusions shattered and begins to doubt himself. The breaking of faith if the most tragic crisis that can come between individuals. True friendship is a beautiful thing. It embodies the spirit of perfect mutual trust and can exist only between persons who honor each other. It exists only when individuals can look with candor and frankness at the things which lie deep within them 0 True friendship between two people is like a river made up of two branches. Each person must contribute equally and the intermingling of deeper feelings tends toward a broader and happier view of life. That is ideal and a condition for philos- ophers to laud to the skies. But the tragedy comes when two such individuals begin to lose faith. Then Zeus is dead, and Whirl is king! And out of chaos must come an adjustment of some kind. The time and manner of adjustment will depend upon the depth of the river. The natural reaction to an unjustified action is anger and then bitterness. When a man finds that he has been a fool, when he sees the ideal crumble before him because his trust has been dishonored, his first impulse is rage. But the river is deep and the wound is great when a man meets such a crisis and cannot hate. When only bitter sorrow fills his heart and his tears fall unashamed because of be- trayal of confidence, then something lies deep within him that makes his loss a bitter tragedy. They who break faith discredit themselves to the world at large. Human trust is a far greater possession than human love and when a person loves his character to the extent that people distrust him, that person suffers an irreparable loss. Iaith and trust are the essential characteristics of a great people. With these characteristics not only individuals but nations assume the respect due them. They who break faith harm not only themselves but also those who trusted them. They cause the trusting person to begin to doubt himself. They cause him to wonder whether or not there is something within himself to cause the betrayal of confidence. They who break faith lose character, honor and reputation, and once lost these virtues are hard to regain. So be true to yourself and be true to your friends and do not break faith. -William Brittin 24