Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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and remembering Curly’s pleasant ways, I did not wonder at so many beautiful gilds being anxious to meet him. Again I was in San Francisco. In one of its largest theatres I saw a most familiar face upon the screen. It was Edith Parker and she was fast becoming popular in the movies. From outsiders I learned that she was soon to return to her home to be married. In the center of Los Angeles I beheld a large store. My eyes kept gazing and gazing in search of some familiar face. Yes, there it was. The floor-walker was fast approaching. It was Urith Quick. After talking for awhile she directed me towards the back of the room for another surprise. Following her, I soon found Thelma Lane, who was becoming quite an expert in running elevators. She could go from first floor to seventh in three seconds easily. The next person I met in this large department store was Ross Cox, who had just been elected president of the firm. In his private office I found Clar Ellen Hume who had become his private secretary. She was doing this between her spare moments as society editor for the evening paper. In far away Colorado I saw Clara Mildred Green as a French teacher. After securing various degrees from her colleges she had settled in Colorado to teach the westerners that long longed-for subject. In one of Denver’s largest electrical factories I discovered Cleo Plotner. He had now become an expert in electrical engineering and seemed to be very happy in his new home. I was again back nearer home. The class of 1934 of Northwestern University was graduating. On the stage I saw Bob Michael delivering their address and I learned that he was running a close second in oratory with Eva Youmans, who had just entered the faculty of Northwestern as an English teacher. The dancing teacher here was naturally Genevieve Wilson who had now become famous at home and abroad. My visions were coming to an end just as I was passing through one of this college’s laboratory rooms. Here I found Bill Meade and Tom Snyder working diligently on the science of Egyptian bugs. All my dreams faded as I was awakened from my reverie by one of the shrieking coyotes. I came to, dazed and puzzled over my many sights and experiences of the night before. —Thelma Lane, ’24. ¥ Page Twenty-one

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Class Prophecy Ten years after my graduation from 0. T. H. S. I decided to go on a vacation and thus we started out. By some unknown misfortune our tourist party was delayed, so farther travel was impossible for the evening. We were compelled to spend our time in a very obscure place, a small town in the midst of the Rockies. After many hours of hearing only the shrieks of coyotes and the silent rushing of a nearby river, sleep came to me. In my dreams I plunged on into the night, hearing and seeing many unexpected things of my schoolmates of ten years ago. Before my eyes stood a large impressive building in France bearing the sign “Expression Club.” Upon investigating I learned that it was under the control of its capable leader, no other than Esther Endicott, who had now become one of the best and most noted speakers in the world. Next door stood the office of the world’s most famous lawyer, George M. Dysert. He had followed Esther to France and I spent several minutes pondering over this unusual happening. My dreams shifted to a place in southern France and imagine my surprise when I discovered that Glen Myers was representing the United States in the Olympic games. From him I learned that Ethel Cromwell was expected to be in Paris the next day to take charge of the Religious Training of the American students in France. She was to be accompanied by Edna Michael who had now become a great pianist and was now planning to study in the Paris Conservatory of Music. However, Edna was to return to New York in three months in order that she might accompany Frances Oakwood, who was making her debut in the Grand Opera. Frances was now in Oakwood resting from the strains caused by so much singing. The scene again shifted. In a tiny village of India I saw Marcella Ludwig administering to the needs of the Hindus and still by her side was Ruth Trimmell, who had just taken over her new post as missionary. Another scene was before me. In the metropolis of Chicago I beheld Zoma Goff and Mary Blackburn conducting one of the most successful beauty pai’lors in the state. Zoma was performing the duties of a mar-eeller while Mary was explaining the causes and remedies of dandruff. Directly above them was the art studio of Lillian Lomax, who had now become a famous cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune. My dreams were now down south. Martin Green had just been called down to the northern border of Texas since he was a captain of the U. S. Army. Inga Udstuen had married a wealthy plantation owner and was at this time entertaining the social belles of Houston at a formal dinner-party in honor of Gerald Dalbey, Basketball Coach of the University of Wisconsin. His team was the only undefeated one in the U. S. Page Twenty

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