Mountain View Union High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Mountain View, CA)

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at the handle of the machine, pictures depicting the careers of these two men's fellow students of 1933 were thrown on the screen, in- cluding all the sounds needed. Why, there's lean Abe as the Iapanese screen's favorite actress, now starring, 'Why Girls Leave Homef Listen to the theme song! lVlusic, ah! Catherine Stahor, and a singer from the New York Opera Co., which has successfully produced an all-talking version oft'The Iury System Should Be Abolishedf 'AWheeee, from Tony Qindicating surprisel, Eloise Walton, a teacher of English at the new University of Mountain View. 'iAh! Ray Scharman! Tony reads from the screen, Mr. Schar- man is being hailed as a great scientist, having just proved Ein- stein's theory is wrong. HI think it's Iohn Carey, said Tony, hesitatingly. My, my, the dear fellow is a German professor. How perfect! Yes, said Don, I do believe Carey is trying to write a book on 'Why Ain't Should Be Universally Accepted as Correct' There's George Scott! Good heavens, a puppeteer! Look he's finishing one of his puppet plays. They both watched breathlessly. Who would have thought George could aspire that high? He's a second Perry Dilley! A Farmland's, said Tony, wonderingly, Whose are they? Why, look! And a girl clad in overalls and a straw hat turned their way. lt's Mary Rose, and farming in Agnews, too. H'm, always thought she'd do something for humanity. Well, if it isn't Rhoda Fischer, said Tony, Hwherever did she acquire that French accent? he ended dazedly, as Rhoda Fischer rattled off in French to her three little pupils, Ah, a French Tutoressln Y ou will not leave here until everything is cleared up, came a voice from the machine, and Margaret Vidovich's picture came into view in the role of cooking teacher. She's had a good back- ground, remarked Tony, knowingly. Look at that man! Why, it's Michael Angelo busily engrossed in explaining the boundaries of Patagonia to his pupils.. f'Well, well, and if it isn't the Alviso Grammar School. Why, this is Londonl' There is a big warehouse, like the ones that Dickens has described in his stories. The bookkeeper is round nineteen thirty-three 21 BLUE AND GRAY

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P R 0 P ll E C Y Class of February, 1933 muttered the irate man in the Patent Cflice at Washingf- ton, D. C., who happened to be none other than Tony Polizzi. H'ml as he scattered papers right and left. Where did I lay that thing? Darn it all, Pressing one of the numerous buttons on his desk, USay, he bawled to the sleepy office boy, where did you put that letter asking for a patent on that machine? 'lWhat machine? responded the office boy. A'Say, raved Tony, sputtering madly, My-you know perfectly well there has b-been nothing concerning any machine here ex- cept this one, THE onel . 'li-Xhl he exclaimed, as light broke on the office boy, flet's hope it didn't hurt himl and he neatly whipped a letter from the inside of Tony's coat and walked out. February 2, 1933. Patent Offiice, Vfashington, D. C. Dear Tony: I may still call you dear? Say, old man, I want a patent on a machine, I've named it Thingamagog for want of something better. I'm coming up to give you a look at it. I-Iave a screen ready. Hopefully, Don Rodeen. P. S.-It's a movie-machine, old top, in case you don't knoxlg. D. . Iust like old Don to invent something, Tony thought. And he was off in a reverie about his schoolmates of years back. He was rudely awakened by a pat that made his brains rattle. My wife! was his first agonizing thought. But he soon was re- assured as he gazed into the brown-visaged face of Don Rodeen. XfVell, I'll be, said Tony weakly, as he stared at the now older, taller and thinner Don Rodeen. After a few hours of talk-exceeding the previous record held by women--Tony expressed his wild desire to see Don's machine, and Don had a Wilder desire to show it. QlVIaybe that accounts for the pi-cture that came out of the machine.l He may have got the dials-wheels-something mixed. Anyway, as Don ground away 20 nineteen thirty-three BLUE AND GRAY

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shouldered from stooping so much. Ah, there goes the whistle. The man is getting up-and-it's Chester Eschenln how fitting! There's a billboard advertising 'I-Iow to Re- duce,' by Thelma Noah, one of America's health authors! Back in the old U, S. A. again: but what's this? A house! Wonder what it's like inside? What colors! It must be the home of an artist. Who's sitting there painting? I-Ier profile looks fa- miliar. Why-yes-it's Eva Viscovichf' What next? asked Tony, delightedly. Doesn't Little Old New York look great? Oh! Its newest night club. What peppy music they have. Well, how on earth, Iohn Cutler-the leader. Say, that smiling face at the piano looks very, very familiar, Sure enough, it's Gladys Knudsenf' A big house flashed into view, Cn the lawn a little curly-headed boy was playing. His nurse is speaking to him, 'iCome, Carl, like a good boy. Wh-wh- Tony expostulated, Hits Lucilie Reynolds' The wide open spaces flashed into view. Look at that rider coming, said Tony admiringlyg he sure knows how to ride. H---Q why+er-a-hum, it's a she! And it's Ann Tepsich at that. Enough said. Look at that tiny shack out there all alone. Must be empty. No, there's some smoke coming from that chimney. Scene shifts to the inside. Look at the maps on the table. There's a man and woman. They're turning around nowg why, it's Ioel DuBose and Alma Rose, together as usual. 'iDear, dear, murmured Tony. 'iThat girl does--why-she's- say! Well, I'll be dinged. It's Ann Popovich! A botanist. How tenderly she touches those flowers! And that's all, eh? said Tony. That's wonderful, Don. You'll certainly get a patent for that, And once again Tony fell to musing. But he sook awoke. Say, Don, was that all there were?-students, I mean, that graduated when we did? Yes, smiled Don, that was all. That was quite a few, I think. Isn't it funny how far each has gone?-and there are no two careers alike! There is a small world after all when it 'comes to a machine like this. And Don caressed it lovingly. And the two sat there for-shall we leave them there with their fond memories and withdraw. quietly to the unknown? It's best because they'll soon be saying that life is a stage -etc. 22 nineteen thirty-three BLUE AND GRAY