Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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Middlesboro, Kentucky, june 20, 1946. Dear Sister: I'll admit that since I have been here I haven't written very often to tell you how I am getting along. No, I hardly ever hear from the rest of the girls. I am glad you are going to take your vacation and I certainly shall tell you what I have been doing. I am still helping the mountain people to get a broader view of life. My chief duty is teaching the children, and through them I reach the mothers and fathers. It is terrible to see the pitiable conditions in some of the mountaineer homes. I enjoy this work much better than the business career that I started when I left high school. Your loving sister, Carolyn Fuller. New York City, N. Y., June Zl, 1946. Dear Friend: Your letter came as a very pleasant surprise to me. I am hoping to see you here before you sail, and hear more about your very successful career. You know of course, that I took a business course in Rochester and held several different positions but I didnlt like that life. I like something more lively. You know, I always did like dancing, so I tried that. I was trained in Rochester, under a well known teacher and, although my parents don't like it very well, I am now on the stage. I have heard it said that I am a rival of M'me Pavlowa, the famous Russian dancer. Of course I know that I am a great success and I enjoy my work very much. I am considering whether to sign up for a year in Paris. Perhaps I shall see you there. Your friend, Dorothea McCarty. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 22, 1946. My Dear Friend and Classmate: I was very much surprised and pleased to get your letter and I will gladly tell you what I have been doing for the last twenty years. As you know, I went to the University of Rochester, graduating as valedictorian in 1930. I taught Latin in several of the small town high schools for a few years. I then occupied a position as teacher in Central High in New York City. I made good there and, at present, I am Latin professor at Vassar College. I have recently written a new edition of Virgil's Aeneid, which the publishers have accepted. You know I always did like Latin and especially Virgil. What foolish translations we used to give, didn't we? Your friend, Beatrice Palmer. Kildrummie, Scotland, June 10, 1946. Dearest Classmate: How did you ever find time to write to me? I am so glad to hear that you are coming over and I hope I shall see you here. Do you really want to hear about me? My college career ended rather suddenly because my health broke down. I traveled a bit in the states and then came abroad. No, I am not married yet, but I have been engaged twice. The first engagement was to a French count and the last to a Spanish gentleman. At present, I am enjoying fine health in the Scottish Highlands. The other day I took a sail on Lock Lomond. The scenery is wonderful around here 18

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CLASS PROPHECY By Ernertine Fuller Q Washington, D. C., 1946 fSaid as if in deep thoughtl It doesn't seem possible that I graduated from high school twenty years ago to- morrow. I wonder what the other girls are doing? I haven't heard from any of them for several years. I suppose they are having great success in life. As for me, I spent three successful years in the Rochester General Hospital, graduating in 1930. ' I took up nursing in Rochester for ten years and then wishing for a change, I came here to Washington with my aunt who lives alone. After about a year of nursing here, I was offered the position of superintendent in the children's ward of the Sibley Hospital. I have retained this very enjoyable position until a few months back, when my health broke down. I wonder if the girls will answer the letters which I wrote them recently. I am sailing for Europe tomorrow for a much needed rest and if I could have their letters with me, I should be so happy. Oh, here they are now. I just can't wait until I start on my journey so I'll have to read them now. Sodus, N. Y., June 19, 1946. Dear Ernestine: I didn't have the least idea who could be writing me from Washington. My course of life 'hasn't been as broad as yours. I went to business school in Rochester and, after graduating, was private secretary to the Commissioner of Parks of Rochester for about five years. In my work I met a very fine young gentleman and married him in 1935. I now have a boy and girl who go to school, and in my estimation, they are very bright children, but of course that is only natural for me to think so. Occasionally, if a teacher around here is sick, I sub- stitute, but I don't care for teaching very much. Your friend, , Doris Bel. O! dear, she didn't tell me her husband's name. I should like very much to know who the fine young man is. I C Ranch, Bear River, Montana, June 18, 1946. Dear Ernestine: I have often wondered what you have been doing during the past years. I am glad you are getting along so well. And now you want to know what I am, and have been doing. Well, in the first place, I went to Normal School and taught for a few years after graduating. Then, at the death of my great uncle, I came into possession of a cattle ranch here in Montana. I immediately came West and started ranching. It is a hard life but I enjoy it. I wish you could see me bossing a round-up. I have a fine foreman, whom, if you will think back to our school days, you may remember. I'm not mentioning any names but I may change my name soon. You must come and see me and I'll teach you how to be a cow-puncher. Your classmate, Oleta Conrow. 17

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and you must be sure to see it. By the way, I am being escorted around by a wonder- ful Scottish laddie. We announced our engagement last night. His title is Baron, so you see where I'Il end. Well, wish me luck. Your loving friend, Arline Risley. Tokio, Japan, June 5, 1946. Dearest Ernestine: I have not even yet recovered from the shock of your letter which I received re- cently. I never expected to hear from you after the first few years. You are having wonderful success in life, aren't you? Probably you know that I went to Keuka College and graduated with high honors in 1930. I then taught in the mission schools of New York City for several years. I liked this work very much so I prepared myself to be a foreign missionary. You can see by the postmark that I am now in Japan. It is very interesting to work with the Japanese children. They are so bright and quick to learn. The Japanese people of my acquaintance are very nice to me and I think I shall stay here and teach for a few years yet. Come and visit me in your travels if you are able. Your friend and classmate, Doris Thompson. From these I am convinced that our class of girls of '26 have turned out wonder- fully well. I always did think we had an extraordinary brilliant class and I certainly shall visit Arline if I go to Scotland. I hadn't planned to go to Japan but that would make a fine addition to my trip, so I think I shall consider it. This experiment of mine has proven to be such a pleasing success that I think I'll suggest to the girls that we keep in touch with each other by writing at certain intervals. ffwwfb EPIGRAMS Two heads are better than one when they're on the same shoulder. Contempt is a feeling you have for people who are not like you. What an awful holler there would be if short skirts were caused by poverty. The only way to keep a circle of friends is to act on the square. Scientists say that we retain the same brain cells we had in infancy. That ex- plains a good deal. The clothes of the London girl will weigh less than thirty ounces it has been estimated. However, the cost will be estimated in pounds. Professors are denouncing football, and we suppose the only thing to do with this terrible menace is to pass laws that will takesthe kick out of it. 19