Oakhurst Collegiate School - Acorn Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The Last Class Supper THE hotel throbbed with life. It was the hour of dining. People passed to and fro. The gaze of the guests turned to the hotel desk. Over this a huge banner of gold and white proclaimed to the guests that Oakhurst Collegiate School was in posses- sion that night. Below 3 white placard read: Class of 19 Room A 19. And this wasi88. A class sixty-nine years grad- uated and gone. Was this a mistake or a. farce? Was it some prank that even a dignified Senior might play? Some people stared and some glanced into Room A. They saw a table laid for twelve, each plate bearing an individual card. People gathered around to await the coming of the class of '19. At eight, Ernest, the head waiter, threw open the doors and took his stand in the corridor. ttExcuse mef murmured the polite clerk. you please make way for the class of ,19. The curious people moved to right and left until a narrow path was formed between them. Following the clerk, a bell boy walked, carrying upon a velvet salver a huge silver cup. The names of the class of 19 were engraved on this cup. Slowly, with dignity, there came a woman. A sweet-looking woman, small and slender, with beauti- ttWill 25 She passed into the corridor, paused She saluted it ml White hair. for a moment beneath the banner. gravely and then moved on. Ernest preceded her to the head of the table, while the clerk closed the door. The eyes of her who sat at the head of that empty table were blurred. Before her the class cup swam as if it floated in a silver mist. Ah! that she of all that noble group should be left to represent her loyal class. Ernest served the dinner and the orchestra played the class song. This song had been sung by girls many years before, Who in youth had defied eternity. The music rang and ceased. Awe-struck, the waiters passed from chair to chair. Before each plate had been placed an elaborate menu embossed with the Oakhurst seal and colors. Anxious to sustain her part in this strange cere- mony, she had tried to partake of her food, but she sat gazing at her plate, or playing with her silver- ware. After each course the orchestra had played the familiar Oakhurst airs, almost forgotten during the strenuous days of life. At a sign from Ernest, the waiters tiptoed from the room. The steam from the solitary dinefs coffee curled more and more feebly. The banquet had come to an end.

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Senior Popularity Contest 1-Best dancer, Ruth Kelly. 2-Smallest eater, Alice Bray. 3-Liveliest, Ruth Kelly, Elvina. Sprague. 4-Best giggler, Mary Dalton. 5 M0st dignified, Alice Bray. 6-Most easily embarrassed, Virginia Kittredge. 7 Best singer Ruby Roegge, Gillian Brammer. 8--Vainest, Alice West, Joanne Boyle. 9 Prettiest, Alice West, Gillian Brammer. IOLNeatest, Annis Richardson, Katharine Lynd. 11wWittiest, Virginia Kittredge. 12-Most romantic, Alice West. 13--Most practical, Annis Richardson. 14 Most athletic, Annis Richardson. 15- Greatest bluffer, Ruth Kelly. 16-Most attractive, Alice West, Ruth Kelly. 17 -Most stylish, Ruth Kelly. 18-Most courteous, Alice Bray. 19-Most popularwRuth Kelly. 20-Most studious, Alice Bray, Katharine Lynd. 21-Jolliest, Elvina Sprague.

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I hope you have been pleased, ventured Ernest. Yes, I am pleased. Fill the cup, then 'you may g0.,l Ernest left. The woman stood up, sighed and took the cup. She held it up high. A smile of won- derful tenderness and sweetness transformed her features. Classmates, I have kept the faith, I have shown my love. I drink to you, the best class of the best school in the land. I drink to the next reunion, to the class of 19. With a sigh of content she sank into her chair and closed her eyes. For a long time she sat alone. Then Ernest came in and laid a gentle hand on the shoulder of the dreamer. She rose and passed slowly out. At the door she turned, took one long look at the room and went out to the waiting machine. The last banquet of the class of 19 had passed into the broad history of its Alma Mater. RUBY ROEGGE, '19. .g. .g. .;. THE IDEAL OAKHURST GIRL Hair-Mary Beecher Complexion-Jeanie Galt Eyes-Marjorie Harris Feet-Margaret Kelly Mouth-Alice West Voice-Gillian Brammer NoseeEmily Richardson Hands-Martha Brown Figuneg-Ruth Ahlers Smilem-Annis Richardson Teeth-Marian Daniel VIRGINIA KITTREDGE. 26