Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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added John Simmons. He is the bald gentleman who sometimes writes love lyrics. ‘'Secondly I have placed the engineers. Xo doubt you have heard of the engineering firm of Carr.duff Scofield. After breaking all track records they couldn't leave it so they took to laying the railroad from Colon to Ticrra del Fuago. For seeing to the complicated machinery I have chosen Hal Brokaw. In spite of his ever present dress suit and monocle he is by far the most competent leader in his work. Another engineer that is to he considered is Ben Howard. His selection is very doubtful, however, as his third wife has him tied up in a divorce case. For overseeing the computations that will he necessary in such work 1 suggest Kathryn Burrow!-. “Now in order to get public sentiment and on your request 1 have looked ii]) ad the leading newspaper men and journalists. X’orris James, at the head of the International Press Syndicate, is able to give us an un- limited amount of publicity. Blit besides him it will be necessary to have well known journalists who already have a wide following of readers. Eric Jordan—” “Eh—isn't he the one who writes these poems like ‘Lassoing Hearts with Spagett and ‘I Love N on. Dear Bonchcad?’ Now how in the world is he going to help this along? ' Exactly because he does write these things. Get him busy writing poems on the reclamation and be will reach a great many people who would never have thought of the desert reclamation. “t ’h-huh, well let him stay there then. “Besides Jordan there is the writer for the women's magazines, Car- olyn Peirce. It is said that Miss Peirce has more influence over the women of America than any other person. “Must he the one that gives mv wife all these fool ideas. ’ Hender- son glowered and parted his beard in the middle. “Go on. “I have also taken the liberty to add another writer—John Buck- waiter. Perhaps you remember him as the lawyer who lost twelve cases in a row and then began to study mental telepathy. Since then lie has become the leading exponent for that science and has become wideiv known. IIis writing in favor of the project would have wide influence. “Though we can more or less count on the politicians falling into line under the pressure of public opinion, wc must reckon with them. Louis Bucklin heads these. He is the person who caused the uproar by declining to run for the Senate when he heard that his opponent wasn't going to be Thomas Hardeman. Said he could beat Hardeman any day [24]