Oberlin Academy - Etean Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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ffl Footpunts of Preh1stor1c Buds Ruth Cllfton was at the head of the Dlsh Washmg Depaltment of Domestlc Sclence m Pratt Instltute and Ozzy was presldent of the Osborn School of Penmanshlp 1n P1ttsburgh News flom abroad told us of Falth Nelson Amerlcan M1U1St6F to Ch1na of Dorothy Lee who had lecently had an eXh1b1t1on of drawmgs ln a corner of the Louvre of Jack WH1HW11ght now known as Sousa the Second of Margaret Haskell whose llfe was ded1 cated to the great work of paddllllg small heathens and last but not least of Nelle Eoft successor to Emmel1ne Pankhurst who was collectmg dues for the purchase of a Eecently perfected bomb to be used 111 elevatmg B111 Hutchms the Presldent of uatema a From the West came accounts of Long and Strander proprletors of a thr1v1ng shop calrymg a complete l1ne of Gents Furmshmgs and of Rummy now w1th the Good 11ch Rubbe1 Company spec1al1z1ng 1n ramcoats ln all popular colors Also beyond the ROCk1GS were Lulu Chambers a tramed nurse on the Texas MEXICO border MIHHIB Per kms fm French dress maker ln San Franclsco Eugene Wrlght agent for Indlan motor cy cles D1ddy Galland who had recelved the degree of M D and speclallzed 1n chll dlen s dlseases such as Cl'11Ck61'1pOX etc etc and Mac McDonald who had marued an almy officer and had gone to l1ve m the Pl'lll1pp1116S St1ll more of ou1 numbel were m the East Al1ce Andrews had charge of a large olphau asylum m the suburbs of Ph1ladelph1a Clarence Hawk was lace buyer for Wanamaker s Lucllle Ehman and Ferne Atwood had Rosebury Court a very fashmnable and equally expenslve g1rls school m M-mrvland Gene B1SCl'10E was the mvaluable demonstlator of mechanlcal toys 1n Marshall Fleld s toy department Pud Lewls had marrled a m1ll1ona11e and now pursued Soclal settlement work w1th mlght and mam and Ed Knauss whose Chlef 1nte1 est 1n hfe was the m1ghty event of wa1t1ng patlently outs1de the stage door of the Llberty Theatle unt1l su h t1me as h1s partlcular Stal hould put m appearance U 4 - 1. A . . . . ,, . 1 . - . . 1 . . 1 . . ' H ,, . 1 cc - 11 - - - R - . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . . . ' H ,, 1 . 1 1 . 1. . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 I A 1 1 1 1 H 1 . . U . ,, . . ' 1 c . 4 , . . . u ,, - - 1 4 - - 11 az 11 -' 1 1 1 ' . . , . 1 . - . . . . - 1 1 . Y - . . . . . - 1 C 1 1 7 . H . ,, N . . . . . . 1 1 ' '1 ' , 1 -, ' . , , u 17 ,- 1 1 -1 -1 1 ,I U . R 1 . C . 6 . . . . - 1 1 . ' ' . 1 - 1 ' - 1 - . sr 97 ' ' . C . 1 , - . - I . ' 1 , as 77 ' 1 . C Z 4, .,, . . I . . . . . . C 1 . . - . A . 0 . . . N J, , N S . 'i 3'-sever: .

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walkerg and once the Great Show even advertised a contest between K'Samson Penn and Tiger Wilson, competing for the light-weight championship of America. Several of our class had achieved national or even international fame. One of these was Jimmy Freer, now Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, who spent every spare moment in his own little back yard, experimenting on a new variety of cauliflower he had discovered. Another was Frank Farley, President of the Great Northern, who sat in his mahogany revolving chair and dictated to three private secretaries, between puffs on fifty cent cigars. Then came the famous inventor and manufacturer of Long- ren's Everlasting Chewing Gum, that Boon to Mankind. Nelle Balsiger had become an actress of world-wide reputation and was at her best in the role of Juliette,,' her favorite part. Of course a few fourteeners had specialized in Physical Training, with the result that their names were often seen on the Pink Red Hudson was football coach at Harvard, and it caused him no little consternation that he was unable to wear the crimson sweater of his school. Tucky, who had starred on the Cad eleven, now cap- tained the Invincible Soccer Team of Australia, and Bob Gray taught P. T. at Alle- ghany. Helen Cowles had given up her literary career, and was the favorite pupil of Annette Kellermann, while Mary Alexander conducted a very select and highly exclusive dancing academy on Long Island. Some of the more literary among us had won laurels in circles of Higher Education. Chet Van Allen, Editor of The Ladies' Worldji has made a brilliant success of that noted piece of literature, assisted by Norman Wright, who had charge of those parts of the magazine devoted to Gir1s' Affairs and Pretty Girl Questions. Besides these, there were two others, Dorothy Nichols andBessie Barnard. The former was star re- porter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, while the latter held the important position of Head Librarian in the Boston Carnegie Library. Then Estella Creditt, the Ornithol- ogy shark, had become absorbed in Natural Science, and was writing a volume on Fiflj'-.vz.r 1' A

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Other and varied occupations were told of. First was Mary Tomer, Tennis Cham- pion of Illinois, next, Bryn Guernsey, giving a series of U. L. A. lectures on Matri- mony, then Edith Andrews, a trained nurse in the Oberlin Hospital, and Andrew Rybar a minister in Milwaukee. Katherine Haston was an oratorio star, and Irene Dana a teacher of voice in the Conservatory, while Carolyn Klinefelter had continued to run a girls' dormitory. Marie Groves had attained the enviable position of Registrar of Ober- lin College, Libby Gilkeson was president of the Oberlin Imperial Club, and Joseph Morsell was pastor of Rust M. E. Church. A Raymond Sperr had gone on the Lakes as second mate on a freighter, and Bob Robertson was pilot of the City of St. Ignacef' which makes two trips daily around Mackinac Island. Bastel had been seen in Omaha with a suit case, in which, he confided to us, were the makings of a flourishing business-that of perfume, soaps and toilet ar- ticles. , The remaining members of our class, Ruth Howe, Marion Petty, Alta Solether and Jetty Jarrell were all too busy attending to household affairs to. come to the reunion, but sent their best wishes to all their former classmates. Having heard all there was to hear from each other, the sole survivors started in a body for the first exercises of the Ninety-Seventh Commencement of the Academy, stopping first to shed a few briny drops over a small green mound 'neath the willows, at the head of which was an inconspicuous white slab bearing these sad but significant words: Here lies Antwa, 'neath this stun,-it Was the Annual that done it. ANTOINETTE GUERNSEY. Fifly-ciglz