Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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THE CADUCEUS 25 The subject under discussion is How to Overcome Shynessf' Harry is giving an example of how he did it in Norway High School. What a dear little shop! The sign reads, Everything Here Handmade. H There are beautiful dresses, hats, and novelties of all kinds. Mildred Huff and Phoebe Al- lard are conducting tl1e shop and I under- stand they furnish most of the ideas for the novelties. Just like them, isn't it? Here before me is a bright, glossy car. There are two 111en within it, one is Gleason Billings, an auto-salesman, the other a pros- pective customer. The car is a Buick. Deany looks fine and has got RICH , probably by selling so many cars. And now a large, glass front building is right here before me. I see that it is a restaurant. It is noon and the place is thronged with people, the owner must be doing a thriving business. Finally the own- er appears, who should it be but Edith Mc- Allister! Another car, ol1, no, it is a truck, a new ,Chevrolet. On the side reads LOVELL- NORWAY STAGE. But a girl is driving it, can it be that she is Hester McKeen! Yes, it is, and she is driving up the stage before Ashton's Drug Store. I wonder why! . What is this book lying on this table I The name of the author is Thurley L. J. Tucker and the title is MEN , Of course, this is interesting. Th-e book consists of three separate divisions. 1. How to Attract Them. 2. How to Get Them. 3. IIow to Keep Them. NVell, I can 't understand, after looking the book through, why the author 's name should be Thurley Tucker. Now here before me is a newspaper. lVhose future is contained in its news? Why, Eldora Holman! She has been chosen as 4-H Club Leader for the entire Eastern States. What's this article? A Great Mystery Play is to be put on at Keith 's Theatre for a continuous week. How it praises the di- rectors! Their names are Lawrence Moore and Maurice Flint, who are world-wide known because of their great ability in this line. But of equal interest is tl1e fact that the play itself was written by Evelyn Brown. Since high school days she has travelled extensively in foreign countries where she obtained several plots and set- tings for plays, especially mystery plots. And here are the School Advertisements. They must concern some one of the Class of '29. One reads, 1 JUST THE SCHOOL FOR! YOUR GIRL IIOUSEKEEPING, COOKING, HOME-MAKING A school that makes the modern daughter the kind of a girl grandmother used to be. Write for particulars. Miss Virginia Allen, Hillsborough, N. J. As the newspaper fades, I see a flashy poster. Has someone joined a circus? No, it says that Professor Aldrich, Norway High Graduate, is to give a lecture on HGood English and Its Abuse. This will occur in Boston while Dr. Aldrich is taking a New England tour previous to leaving for Oxford University. He has been secured as English Professor there. Another office appears before me. It is a VVall Street office, in which some member of the class must be employed. Yes, there is Nellie Gurney, and although there are hundreds of girls here, Nellie is the out- standing one. She has made good use of her high school comm-ercial course. This is much different than anything I have seen tonight. Everything seems to be mixed up. 'Tis an automobile accident. Cars are parked all about and people are gathering. There is a group of bystanders, and in their midst I recognize Caroline Downing. She is taking notes, for she is reporter for the New York Times. High in the air I see two large, silver

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X 24 THE CADUCEUS ham, yet she is very tall and looks as though she weighed about 160. Here is a wide stretch of road, on the left an open iield where several large cars are parked and many tents are pitched. It is a gypsy colony. People are walking about, how hideously they are dressed in all kinds of gaudy colors! That fellow looks natural, he is Aldro Flint, but dressed differently from the rest. Of course, he is their Gypsy Prince! I Behind the Professor's desk in one of New York 's largest high schools stands Freddie Paul. He is one of the most famous history professors known and is making a remarkable success. He is 11ot teaching this subject for a living, but because of his great love for it. The students are very much interested, and he has perfect order in his class. The school room has faded and now ap- pears in its place a brilliantly lighted home in Chicago. It is a wonderful home and the rooms within give all the appearances of a jolly time. There are men and women beautifully dressed in evening clothes. And now I see the hostess receiving her guests. She is no other than Dolly Saunders. Oh! How sweet and happy she looks! She must have not only her money, but her man too. Again the scene changes to dear old Nor- way High, to the New High School build- ing. In the Aggie room the class is being conducted by Alpheus Jackson. Just now he is putting some eggs into the incubator and giving the boys instructions. And now I see coming up the walk Har- la11 Whitman. Well, well, Harlan has a kit in his hand. So he is a traveling sales- man? Why, no, he is coming back to Nor- way High School to repair the old type- writers. He 's a wonder at that line. Well, what can this mean, a group of at- tractive college girls assembled on the cam- pus. Thcre is a fellow talking to them. He looks very embarrassed and uncomfortable. Would you ever dream it? It is Lewis Knightly! He is trying to persuade the girls to buy some of his super quality silk stockings and underwear. Before me now appears a little home-- stead in Graustark. Everything around looks odd until I see the interior of the house. Oh how American it looks! There is she, that was Betty Sanborn, preparing a dinner in a cozy little kitchen. I hear a Chevrolet approaching and who should en- ter the house, but Harold Millett. He is in the strange land to teach the natives our modern game of baseball. What can this mean? An operating room in a11 enormous hospital. Has someone of the class been injured? No, it tells me that Helena Wentworth is a noted nurse, for she is here assisting one of America's lead- ing surgeons. And in this same hospital is so1neo11e else very famous in this work. Mae McAllister, the head nurse of the en- tire hospital. They are surely a successful pair. Why this is in Washington, D. C. and the scene is the White House. I now see within this attractive abode a tall, fine-looking man writing at his library desk. And on the paper I see written President 's Inaugural Address. Yes, the President of the United States is Clarence Tucker. In another room is a tall stately lady reading to two small children. Wilma looks proud, happy and eve11 more superb than ever. She is having a wonderful career as first lady of the lalld. What a lot of apparitions I've seen to- night. Now it is an office in London. On the door in large gilt letters is printed, P. L. Brown Sa Co., Shipbuilders. Paul is seated at his desk. The door opens and Mike Cummings comes tripping in. He hands Paul a paper. I can see that it is a con- tract to build the largest ship in the world. Without a moment 's hesitation, Paul signs it. He is a real wonder. There is where practice did make perfect. Now the scene is a class, in a private school, being conducted by Harry Smith.

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26 THE CA DUCEUS plan-es, ,the same size, the same color, and flying side by side. Ah! They are coming 'nearer and on one in large, black letters, I can make out STUBBY and on the other is printed IIOPPER. They must be pilot- ed by Eileen Dullea and Sarah Thurston. Eileen and Sarah are doing everything just alike, as in the old days at N. H. S. But now the planes have faded away and no other apparition appears. Members of the Class of 1929 I thank you for asking me to prophesy your fate tonight and I hope your futures will equal if not excel your prophecies. -Margaret Cummings, '29, Class Gifts g Sarah Thurston Harry Smith Thurston: IIave you got it with you? Smith : What, that peculiar code? Yes, of course, I wouldnit forget that. Thurston: It is strange that that queer old fashioned lady, who called herself Dame Fortune, should tell us to bring that code to our graduation isn't it? Smith: Yes, let 's look at it again. Thurston: CLooking at paper.j I guess there is no use trying to read it. Smith: I suppose she will translate it for us when she comes. She ought to bc here soon. Thurston: I wish she would come. I'1n anxious to see what it's all about. Pause :-- 'Thurstonz That must be she I hear coming. Smith: It is. CEnter very old lady.j Old Lady: Good evening, boys and girls. fTo Smithj Did you bring that paper? Smith: Yes, here it is, but we haven't been able to read it. Old Lady: I will read it for you. The first line says, The class of 1929 of Nor- way are now having their graduation ex- ercises. If someone looks in the places di- rected below he will find a gift for each member. First: Take two steps to the North, one step to the east, one half step to the South, then go straight ahead. CSmith goes off stage alld gets giftsj Second: Look in the northeast corner of the southwest side of some room one meter from where you now stand. QThurston goes and gets giftsj Old Lady: Now that you have your gifts I must leave. Good-bye. QExit Old Lady.j Thurston: Now lct's see what we have here. This if for Gleason Billings: Deany you have always looked very business-like and prosperous during your Iligh School days. You must have great ambitions. Accept this booklet telling you How to get CRich.j Smith: Margaret Cummings: Maggie: At farming you-'re O. K., but in business you 're an amateur, so please accept this check for 516100.00 in payment for eats we enjoyed at '6The Little White House. ' Thurston: Lawrence Moore : Pop : You were always fond of whitt- ling away your pencils in school. Since whittling is one of your favorite pass- times I'll give you this bunch of pencils in case you should ever want to join the 'tWearies. ' Smith: Mildred Huff: Mildred: All through school you've been very.quiet, so this box of Pep is for you. I'm sure you will like it. Thurston: Kenneth Aldrich: Kao you were one of our best athletes. Especially you shone in football. Accept this medal as a token of our apprecia- tion. Smith: Mabel Saunders: Dolly z They say you have always been afraid of being fat, this little booklet on How to Reduce will probably help