Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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I next see myself in Milan, Italy, where the carpet deposits me near a soccer game. After fighting my way through thousands of people, I am in tiie midst of a closely contested soccer game. Koddy is in charge of a picked aggregation of players from the United States who are playing for the championship of llie orl(l. He is a very successful coach, and 1 hope, the same kind of a luisliand. The magic carpet has returned me again to the suburbs of Paris. Walking through the spacious lawns of the Ecole de la Jouer , I come across Erne Demon- treux. In this private school one cannot tell whether he is the owner or the janitor. Still it may be that he is an instructor in French or fencing. He is also happily married to the pride of Palerson. Zam ... I am now in a little country town in the L ' niled Slates. It is the town of Ellenville, where I see Whitey Davis and a young lady from Elizabeth. He is still a sportsman. (At least I he doesn ' t appear to be doing anything in the line of work. He is soniethoing of a crackshot with a shotgun, but still is unable to oiitfish the coach. Whiz . . . The capitoi of Virginia, Richmond, is our next stop. Here we find that Dora Falivene and Anne Gorniley are directors of the largest playground in Richmond. Dora is evidently in charge of the girls, while Anne Gormley is taking care of . . . yes, the boys. In this respect, their status has not changed since graduation. And now, down at the Madison Square Garden in Florida, we hear someone crooning. Whoever it is appears to be a professional wrestling champ and also a radio crooner. Oh sure. It ' s Fili. He is no bigger, but he claims the bigger they are the harder they fall. In the same town is Bob Grindlinger, who is a baker of no mean dimension. He is a living example of what his pastry can do to overcome that tall, narrow silhouette. Bob figures the baker good because people hav to eat. The weather is too warm down in Florida, so I drop off in good old New York. Bucky Harris is a business man with a corporation. It seems that his father had a business there, and the rest was easy. His jokes are still the laughing stock of the office. Across the river in Jersey City I dropped in and saw Gene Helfrich and Madeline Jackson busy and keeping order in their modern folk dancing class. The going has been difficult and their faces show signs of struggle. 1 raveling over Newark I see a fight, so the magic carpet and I decided to drop in and see what it is about. It is none other than Anne Irwin, who still fights with her brother. To all others, she is amiable and good-natured. She is now head of the physical education department of South Side High School and is turning out very good basketball teams. And we now drop off at the West Orange Boys Club, where we find Frank Krysiak. From a small club this has developed to a nationally well-known iiislitu- tion. Krissy is the Kingfisli with his name known throughout the couiUrv. While thinking of Frank, the carpet deposited me over in Bavonne. where Jimmy McGeehan has risen to the exalted position of Mayor of Ba onne. He is rather large about the middle and carried a pocketful of EL ROPOS cigars. Mac spends his spare time at the political club playing Chiimee Ball. And down in Railway we find the other uicml)er of the Three Musketeers who is runnina a rliain

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Class Prophecy haven ' t the power That gypsies possess Of foretelling failure Or future success. I ' m not up on pa I mi si ry Crystals or stars: And I can ' t tell a thing By the iirinkles on Mars. I cant tell the future By handwriting style Or the number of teeth You show when you smile. But I will endeavor To outline for you The things ivhich the Seniors Are likely to do. EN long years have passed since I received the old parch- ment from good old Panzer College. In my travels around the country writing poetry and teaching physical education, I have often wondered what has become of my former colleagues. The spring time has always been my weakness, so I decided to hop on my magic carpet and visit my former schoolmates. Swish ... I am now in the heart of the tenderloin district of Chicago. There I see Dotty Almond teaching the children games and handicraft. These reformed gangster children are certainly numerous and troublesome. In spite of this, she is smiling and as friendly as ever. Presto . . . And here we are now in Paris where Kay Baldwin is the editor of the PARISIAN GAZETTE , a newspaper of international renown. From all appearances it seems bigger and better than was the SPRINGBOARD. Living with our famous editor is Flo Dutcher, who has become the art editor of the Gazette. Florence is married to the supervisor of playgrounds in Paris and in her spare time is running her own playground for her two little youngsters. My magic carpet takes me back across the Atlantic Ocean and deposits me on the deck of the steamship BREMEN. Promenading the deck is none other than the former Irene Schefel with three cute youngsters, Hans, Gretzel und Fritz. Sniffs ' is returning back to the States to visit her home after being in Germany for the past four years. Her husband, Fred F. T., is still in Germany taking care of his pros- perous business.

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of shoe stores and as a side is in the toupee business. Les Miller is now fat and bald but is still as good-natured as ever in spite of the high price of shoes. One need only look at his feet to realize the possibilities in footwear. Flying over East Orange we see our old Alma Mater where Anne Losowich is teaching rhythmics. She is now an accomplished teacher and is an authority on how, when and where to teach rhythmics. Elsie OttmuUer is also coaching the girls ' basketball team at Panzer. Her laugh which we all knew so well is not heard so often. A basketball team is no laughing matter. In Newark, I see Tommie ' Quattrone as a director of a playground and some- one ' s wife. The man in question is small, dark, and well dressed, with a very super- stitious view about shoes. Swish . . . We are now back in the Madison Square Garden, where Bob Minto is delivering an address before a tremendous crowd. He is now the campaign manager of Norman Thomas, who is still the Socialistic candidate for president. Near the Garden we find Lou Malakoff coming out of a huge office building. It is the headquarters of the New York Yankees. Lou is now the business manager of the Ruppert chain system and is preparing to go to Florida to look over the pros- pects for the coming baseball season. Eddie Ryan ' s experience reading newspapers in Panzer ' s locker room and the classrooms has served him well. He is the chief proofreader of the NEW YORK TIMES. His hobbies are reading and collecting articles from newspapers when not bumming passes for the ball games in New York. And now out at Jones Beach we find Pearl Sussman, who is still the breast- stroke champion of the East. She is teaching swimming and (between time) dancing. Incidentally she is the wife of a Panzer lad who is recognized by his chin, his pinky , and his sense of humor. Our trip is nearly complete except for two of my cronies. Prof. ' ' Thomson is a gym instructor in New Paltz High School and is the champion of the cause of heavy apparatus and tumbling. In spite of the inability of his pupils to execute a one-hand stand, he still retains the old sense of humor. Don Wyre is the chief stockholder and director in one of those exclusive summer camps. Because he still insists on buying Fords, he is often, of necessity, a mechanic. And now I must put my carpet away for another period of time. Quickly, oh quickly Lei ' s turn back the clock. I fear thai these pictures Have given a shock. Bui lime will make real All ihe things that I say. And now with your pardon ril leave while I may. George Goodman.