Oakland Technical High School - Talisman Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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CLASS PROPHECY WO old graduates of Tech, members of the Class of June 716, met quite by accident on the main thoroughfare of Oakland SY CR) in the fall of 1925. Not having met since graduation, they ray | decided to spend the evening together and discuss their old seer After dining, they visited the apartments of a well-known q Y) seer who made his headquarters in Oakland, in order to find out what had become of their old classmates. The seer had a large crystal into which he looked intently while he spoke as follows: “The vision clears and I see a woman—it is Myrtle Marshall—she is studying the violin in Berlin. Louise Jorgensen is also in Berlin where she is conducting a ballet school. I see in New York Gladys Barnum, who is the leading lady in Zieg- field Follies, and El izabeth Cooper who is a star in the Famous Players. Edith Case and Grace Wilson are conducting a bookstore in Brazil, and Edith Sterne is in the Philippines lecturing to the Igorrote women on the political and social emancipation of women. 1 see now the busy streets of Oakland. A large store bearing the name of Mlle. Silverman’s Select Shop of Parisian gowns and novelties attracts my eye. The Vercelli Dramatic School occupies the top floor of the Trust Building, and Allison Parry, the national secretary for the W. C. T. U., has her offices in the building. I see the department store of H. C. Capwell Co. where Frieda Weber is employed as head buyer and has just returned from a trip to Paris. Also, Irene Pollok, who is designing some of the gowns. I see the University of California—there are Macie Kenney and Anita Coffey helping Mr. Ayres in his chemical research work, and Ruth Gleason, an instructor in girls’ athletics. I see now—Muir Glacier in Alaska where Helen Egan is leading a hiking expedition and Augusta Davie is managing it. Amy Gordon is teaching in Nome. I see—I see a large pig ranch and its owner, Lucy Bradley is known as the woman hog producer of California. Her ranch is called “Hog Wallow.” Blanch Meyers and Armida Bignami, the famous women detectives, have succeeded in finding her lost hogs that were stolen last summer. . I see in the South—Marguerite Dwyer as a social secretary for a multi-millionaire, and Cora Peterson, private secretary of a prominent

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society woman. In the column of a daily paper is the wedding announce- ment of Alice Buteau, written by Rosalie Cogorno, society editor. I see again in Oakland—Katherin Mills and Ethel Pryor in their remarkable ballet offering at the Macdonough, and Hazel Nisbet and her family in the audience. Now I see Oakland Technical High School where three of your class are teaching—they are Bernice Arnold. Ruth Morton, and Adelaide Harlow who is the head of the domestic arts. He gazes thoughtfully into his crystal, then continues: Now appear before me the former boy graduates.” “I see a great institution of learning. It is Harvard University. I see two learned professors engaged in deep consultation. One is Prof. Skinner, the other, Prof. Connitt. The scene shifts. It is the stage of a high class vaudeville theater. I see a young man named Nelson, billed as the greatest since Paderewski, giving a piano recital. The cur- tain falls. It rises again and I see the great Shakespearian actor Walde- mar Neilsen, next on the program. He presents a few scenes from his most famous successes. Again the curtain falls and an entirely different setting takes form. It is the political world, and immediately the name of Herbert Garcia comes before me. He is one of the most powerful men in the country, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. I move across the Atlantic and I find the name of Russell Lindgren, American ambassador to Sweden. I come back to our own State and I see the name of Mayor Sam Phillips of Sacramento. Now I seem to be wandering among athletic luminaries. I see “Bob” Hutchison making a reputation for himself and club as athletic director of the Oakland Y. M. C. A. I find the name of Milton Earley prominent among the sporting writers of the land. He writes for the Hearst papers and seems to be busily engaged in giving publicity and attention to “Knockout” Jessen, the young lightweight champion. And now I see other well known names in the journalistic field. I see James Cleary as editor of the Kansas City Star, which is owned and managed by Milton Bulkley. Going farther east I find Charles Horton as the cartoonist of the New York American. And serving not only these, but all of the im- portant newspapers in the United States is a great firm, the International Film Service, of which Samuel Herman is the head. Once more the scene changes and I am in the business section of this city. I pass by a huge department store which bears the name of Louis Lesser and Company. Next door is an immense grocery store, the largest and finest in the West, and only one of the many stores of R. S. McDon- ald and Company. Next to this is a smaller, but very well equipped