Mount Pleasant High School - Derrick Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, MI)

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IQ N , ,. .L '- 42 .. - - --- -- ---1 lofi 211.55 ?.:1iL .- I ri: IL if :ri A large gymnasium was now seen. Thousands of people were seen shouting and cheering the efforts of the players in a thrilling basketball game. Our attention was drawn to the splendid playing of one of the players. Regarding him more closely, we recognized our old star, Jack Pierson. A skyscraper then came into prominence. Busily working at their typewriters, we recognized Helen Dersnah, Iva May Mills, and Mary Ruth Diehl. The skyscraper disappeared and another part of the city was discerned. It was Greenwich Village, and, in a charming bizzarre apartment, we saw Violet Goodwin busily at 'work in her studio. Ercell McGregor and Floretta Egbert were also busily engagedg one writing articles for a leading magazine, the other completing the con- cluding chapter of a book. Back in the more domestic regions we spied Winifred Walsh preparing something to eat. A great library flashed into view, we saw Rachel Cook and Louis De Bois as head librarians, we did not wonder at its popularity. The scene in the crystal faded, and in it we saw the stage of a great opera house. A musical was being given in which Phyllis Morrison and Dorothy Collins had the leading parts. We now saw in the crystal a cold, gray sky and brown, barren earth. We also saw thousands of eager spectators watching a football game. It was a fast and excit- ing game and no wonder for the players on both sides were professionals. We became greatly interested in the game and were not amazed to see our old stars, Vic Hibbeln, Francis Robinson, Dick Hunter, and Justin Youngs. I had become rather weary and began gazing about when the exclamation of the others drew my attention back to the crystal. There was the White House in all its glory. Coming down the steps, we saw the chief executive of the land, whom we rec- ognized as Harold Stinson. Another member of our class shown in this city was Charles Bailey, who had become quite a prominent politician. Now we saw the interior of a great hospital. Fred Axtell, with his two Well trained nurses, Emily 'Garber and Mabel Foutch, was in the midst of a serious opera- tion. Soon we saw Dick Bilcox, standing on a box, frantically waving his hands. He had become a soap box orator and was working for some very noted politician. It looks as if we were to be entertained, remarked Josephine, when a famous ball room appeared. We soon learned that it was a dancing. school, managed and owned by Boyd Axtell, Marian Mitchell and Letha Edmonds. It was very exclusive and patronized by New York's Four Hundred. Josephine Donohue was then seen as active head of the foreign language de- partment of Leland Stanford University, and John Duguid, as one of its able profes- sors of mathematics. Next, in a city, which we supposed to be Chicago, we saw an attractive French Pastry Shoppe. The owners proved to be Helen Campbell and Ruth Riley. Next door to this, Marie Seaton and Isabel Collin had a well established style shop in which they employ the Prout twins as models. A great, law building came into sight, and, when we saw the Firm name, Tambling and Lynch, we realized that two more of our group had climbed the ladder of success. As we gazed longer at the crystal, it became dimmer and dimmer, until it finally lost its revealing properties and became as mere glass. The magician slowly shaking his head, looked at us. There is no use staying any longer, he said, The prophetic spirit has departed. I hope that you are satisfied. We assured him that we were, and, thanking him profusely for his kindness, we left, a happy chattering group. -Elsie Johnson. Page Thirty-two

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,L . . P -1- f l .-3 ...a I - Class Prophecy SOMETIME ago, our class, struck by the promising qualities that certain members h ,oif our group possessed, desired to learn what positions of future eminence these would o . A class meeting was held and it was decided that we should have a magician read the futures of the members of the class of '26. A delegation was then selected to visit the studio of this wise man, its duty being to pay strict attention and record carefully the destinies of each individual. The results of this expedition have been kept a dark secret until now, when we are disclosing them. We are certain that, as parents, friends, and instructors of these groups that the entire audience will be de- lighted to hear the details of our weird experience. ' We set out on our journey one cold day in January, and, after a long day's travel, we reached our destination. His house, an old vine-covered mansion, gave us a spooky feeling, and, even greater, was our fear when four black men rushed to our assistance. They ushered us quickly through a long, daik passage and into a still darker room with a low ceiling. It was all very strange and mysterious, and it is unnecessary to say that all of us would have felt more comfortable if safe at home. Oh look! cried Helen, the most excited and inquisitive member of our group. I do believe it is the sun! But her delight was soon lessened when the magician en- tered and began whirling the huge sun-like crystal, which we had mentioned. He knew our mission, so at once asked who was first. We were all rather timid, but in a chorus cried out the name of the leader, Maynard Allyn. The crystal became as a setting sun. We were enveloped in a bright red light. The magician motioned to us to watch the change. This we did, and the abs that were heard proclaimed the fact that the destiny of our class president was being por- trayed. It was not, all together unexpected since he had shown signs of ability all through high school. He was shown as head chemist in Columbia University. Well not so bad, sighed Ruth, he, for one, will uphold the high standards of M. P. H. S. Now the scene changed. This time we saw a great jungle and there in the midst, we recognized our friend. Donna Barnes, talking with all her might to some half-civ- ilizorl tribes in Africa. We might have expected that. Don't you rem-mb'-r P-'W in Girl Reserves' meeting, making some such plans for her future? remarked Emily, another member of our party. The jungle faded away, and in its place appeared the crowded streets of a great city. In a room in the most exclusive shop on Fifth Avenue, we saw a model dis- playing beautiful Paris creations. Why, it's Helen Wilbur, someone exclaimed! D0esn't she look wonderful? She always could wear clothes well. In a moment this scene had vanished, and we saw seated at an attractive break- fast table, a man and his wife, My goodness, that is Ruth McGillis, cried Betty: suppose I should say Mrs. Mullet. She looks as if married life agreed with her. The beautiful, well-ordered streets of a California city now appeared in the crys- tal. Yes, it really was Hollywood, and that man frantically directing the taking of a movie film was no other than Penny Pierson. Who would imagine Penny becom- ing a great producer? On looking more closely we recognized the hero and heroine of the production to be Josef Van Wie and Bessie Belnap. Hollywood disappeared, and in the crystal could be discerned the charming little Inn, Bide-A-Wee. When we saw our old friend, Ethel Moody and her husband as proprietors, we wished that we might obey the injunction. As the scene cleared, we were puzzled, for no view cameg only the faint outline of a printed page. This gradually grew plainer, and, in glaring letters, appeared a review of a great book written by our own class genius, Bernice Brondstetter. Page Thirty-one

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its ln Q? Q ,s , 1 ':: 2 Y- L-f , ---L11 1 Ei E i' -if FM 'S' are---T ---:Le-E15 E EQ J? 23133 e sQ5s5f - A s -'Q 2 A-' Class History of Athletics THE CLASS of nineteen hundred and twenty-six started its athletic career off with a bangg no sooner had we gotten accustomed to the traditions of the Mount Pleasant High School, than the annual interclass football tournament was held. The first game played was with the strong Junior team which was composed of such stars as Roy Hardgrove, the Kidder brothers, and others. Although this was the first game, some of us had played before, so we made the Juniors realize that the Freshies were some- body after all. We were very unfortunate in not furnishing any men for the varsity, but we made up for it in our last three years in High School. As sophomores, we failed to win any interclass event, but we furnished two men for the baseball nine: Jack Pierson and Harold Stinson. In our Junior year we were able to place six men on the varsity football eleven. In the interclass events we were able to win the Basketball championship, by defeat- ing the dignified seniors in a real contest by a score of 3-0. From this team, two men were picked for varsity basketball. Jack Pierson was elected captain for the season of 1926. In baseball we were still represented, by having six seniors on the team. ' In 1926 a good per cent. of the teams that Mount Pleasant High School put out was composed of seniors. Half of the football team, three of the basketball team, and five of the baseball team were seniors. With every athletically inclined senior whose motto was Stick outg your chance is coming, our four years in High School have been rated as fairly high. We have done our best in generating and maintaining the PEP in this High School, so we are signing off our Athletic career for the class of nineteen hundred and twenty- seven. -Maynard Allyn. P110 Thirty-thru