Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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Senior Class Prophecy o ONF. beautiful day in August, I was strolling along the sea-shore. at a fine summer resort, somewhere along the Atlantic coast. I was all alone. I was growing tired of watching the waves come rushing in, and was about to go to my room in the hotel, when ! saw a large boat at the pier. It was a fishing schooner and was about to start on a trip. I quickly ran out to the pier and asked the captain if I might go along. He gave me permission, so I jumped on the boat. There were several large nets lying on the deck. The captain said I had to help to cast and draw in the nets. 1 was glad to do this, for I was tired of being idle for such a long time. It was about ten A. M. when the ship was stopped. All the sailors came to one side of the ship and got one of the nets and cast it into the ocean, with one end tied to the side of the ship. The same thing was done on the other side of the ship. There was not much to do aft r that. We ate a small lunch and then sat on the deck and told stories. At five P. M. we pulled in the nets. They were filled with fishes. In the second net there were so many, that it took a short time until we had them on the deck. As we slowly pulled it in. my eyes fell upon a small vase in the net. I carefully got it out of the net without being seen and hid it under my coat. I was very anxious to look at it. but I did not dare to. for there were sailors all around me. At six P. M. we landed at the pier, and after thanking the captain for taking me along. I jumped off the boat and ran up the beach. I was burning with anxiety to look at my treasure. At last I came to a spot where nobody could see me. I carefully took the vase from my coat and saw that it had a small lid which was sealed with lead. I thought at once that there was something precious in it. With shaking fingers I broke the seal and removed the lid. Immediately clouds of mist ap peared all around me. and I became afraid. Soon I saw a huge genie standing before me. He was very angry about something. I was very much afraid and 1 wished I had not found the vase. He said he wante 1 to kill me and that I should quickly choose the way in which I wanted to die. He said he was in the vase eight hundred years: and after being rtv for six hundred years he vowed that he would kill the person who '5VqC?Tc1 let him out of the vase. That is why he wanted to kill me. —26—

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MARIE R. ERSCHEN (REI) HEAD) She’s sweet of disposition. She’s loving, wise and kind. She’s full of true affection. She cannot be defined. This blue-eyed lass hails from Cemen on. and is a member of the Great F. X.’s. Marie has greatly enjoyed her work at the N. H. S. and we are proud to own her as classmate. She was one of the Oratorical Contest speakers and a devoted member of the Literary Society. Marie is a jolly blonde and is found. “Giggling when she comes and when she goes. But what she is giggling for nobody knows.” Whatever her choice may be. we are sure that she will prove a success in her career. We wish that Bright may her future be; And every dawning day Bring joy and peace alway. LEWIS EDWARD MEIXLER “LIEBER LOUIE” “Present in body, but absent in spirit” Louie constitutes an important, tho often troublesome, acquisition to the N. H. S. side show. The young man’s desire seemed to have been mainly to get into trouble. Louie played the Cello in his Junior Year, but decided that he made too much noise, so he left the orchestra. He was also interested very much in the Literary Society meetings, never being absent at such a meeting. Louie belonged to the F. N’s, which was a club composed of very bashful and innocent students. Louie’s greatest desire is to become leader of some large Symphony Orchestra some day.

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Imagine yourself in my condition. 1 became terrified and could not speak. He shook me and said I should hurry, for he had not much time to lose. Necessity is the mother of invention. I knew that nothing but stratagem would save my life, and a means of gaining my liberty came into my mind. I told him that before he would kill me he should truly tell me if he was actually in such a small vase. He said he was, and I answered that I did not believe it and that I would not unless he would prove it to me. He said he would and immediately clouds of mist gathered around me. Soon it solidified and slowly entered the vase. Now was my chance. 1 siezed the lid and quickly put it on the lid of the vase, and I held it on tight. He was now in my power and he knew it. I told him that I would throw him back into the ocean again. He quickly told me not to do so, and he said he would grant me anything in the world if I would let him out again. I made him promise that he would not kill me and then let him out. After the mist had cleared away 1 saw the genie kneeling before me. He said anything I wished to have or know he would grant me. I had everything to make me satisfied, so I did not know what to ask for. Presently my mind drifted back to my comrades and classmates at Northampton. While 1 was with them in high school, very few of them knew at what future position they were aiming. so I was anxious to know what would become of them after they left school. I asked the genie if he could tell me. He bowed and smiled, for he said it was an easy task. It was about nine P. M. and the lights could be seen in the distant city. Everything about me was dark. The genie led me to a large cave a short distance away. Slowly we entered it. After we walked inward for about five minutes, the genie pronounced some words which I could not understand. Suddenly the earth shook, and many openings were formed all along the walls of the cave. The genie told me to look into the opening nearest to me. I obeyed his command, and to my surprise I found that I was looking into a class-room of some large college. Pile opening thru which 1 was looking was a window in this room. 1 he room was filled with students. The instructor of this class was Luther Kline, the president of the class of 1917. The college was a beautiful building and immense in size. It was built by Mr. Rockerfeller in 1928. It was supposed to have the best instructors in the country. Luther had charge of the chemical department of the college. Nothing but hard study at high school, and then at the University of Penn gave him this -27-