Park Ridge High School - Hoot Yearbook (Park Ridge, NJ)

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THE Hoor FOR 1924 with such species of dainty flowers as Alice had never before seen. The path Alice followed was paved with the same velvety material that the handsome butterflies were made of, flying overhead. Alice had not walked far before she spied a bottle on the side of the little path bearing the inscription Drink Me. With little thought of good or evil, Alice drank the sweet contents. No sooner had the last drop been swallowed than Alice felt herself diminishing in size, until she was no bigger than those about her. The little people were no longer afraid of her, but regarded her as one of them. Alice talked with her new friends for some time, and discovered that their chief was a powerful magician who could grant anything he desired. Alice was taken to him immediately as she had thought of something which she'd have given the world to know. The little man greeted Alice cordially, and asked her what she desired. I want to see my friends of the Class of 1924 of Park Ridge High, answered Alice. Of course the little man looked at Alice as though she were ridiculous. He had never heard of the Class of 1924, nor of Park Ridge High. However, after reflecting for a moment, he said he could help Alice anyhow. He communicated with some magician of the other worlds, and before long he returned to Alice with a beaming face. Follow me to the Regina Garden, said he. Sounds like the Queen's Garden said Alice, but what can be more of a garden than where we are now? However, she obediently and silently followed him. As they approach- ed the garden, the air was filled with a thousand scents. The Magician opened the gate, and told Alice to enter. He told her to follow the little path until she came to a fountain. Near the fountain there was a chair, in which, she was to sit and wait for further action, and when her desire was fulfilled, to turn back where he would be awaiting her at the gate. Alice followed the flowerfstrewn path until she came to the appointed place. She sat in the inviting chair and waited as she had been asked. Presently a huge curtain hung a few yards away from her. Undoubtedly this was the curtain which was to reveal to her what she desired. Upor. it were magically cast scenes that delighted her heart. Ah, just then, such strains as would won the ear of Pluto were heard, and the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House theatre presented itself. In the middle of the stage, a beautiful figure in a handsome spangled gown was singing in birdflike notes, Loves Old Sweet Song. In the features, Page Twenty-.tix

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THE HOOT iFOR'21'924 Class Prophecy QALICE IN WONDERLANDQ Go to bed at eight o'clock! I think that's outrageous. As if I were still a baby! I promised the girls I'd go to see that picture tonight, and it will be very disappointing if I don't! Through the balmy spring air, these words of a fretty school girl float' ed out. Almost instantly the words of a provoked mother were heard. I realized that it is disappointing, but if you want to go to the prom tomorrow night, you must go to bed now. If not, go to the movies tonight, and stay home from the Prom tomorrow night. However, if you want to take mother's advice, go to bed and have pleasant dreams, which make you happier than a movie show ever could. A dissatisfied mumble was heard from Alice, and a sharp slam of a door. Almost instantly her room was flooded with soft golden light. It wasn't long before the light went out, and the angry girl was in the land of Nod. At the early age of twenty, Alice found herself President of Mt. Hol' yoke College. That had been her ambition from childhood, and her wish had been early fulfilled. This position proved quite strenuous. In order to re' lieve her nerves, every afternoon after classes, she would take a walk down a beautiful wooded slope. One afternoon, she came into a cave-like opening, and proceeded to walk into it and explore. Soon it seemed as if she were flying downward, into GoodnessfKnowsfWl1ere. Maybe she'd land in China, but wherever the place she could not get back into the open, for the slope had turned out to go perpendicularly downward. Down, down, and still down, miles it seemed, through darkness, when Lo! she landed on firm ground. How strange everything was! Surely, thought Alice, I'm in another world! Everything there was minute. Little people who hardly came to her knees looked at her in surprise and fear, but did not speak. Alice walked on greatly fearing that she would trample some of them. She was quite puzzled as to the nature of these odd people. She tried to recall her Geog- raphy, but all she could remember were the pygmies of Africa. Surely I'm not in pygmy Land, said Alice to herself, for pygmies are dark and live in a savage part of the world, while these people are fair and fairylike, and live in a regular fairylandf' The whole place was like a garden, Page Twenty-five

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THE HOOT FOR 1924 Alice recognized her old school friend Mildred Forbes. How happy Alice was that her friend had become a world'known opera singer, and Americas Prima Donna. The scene changed to that of the English Channel. Alice saw two very familiar faces, those of William Dunn and Jesse Saunders. They were swimming for dear life. She managed to hear some of their conversation and learned that they had become musketeers in the service of the Queen of England. They were now on a secret mission to recover the Queen's pendants from the English Count of Muskarat. After this deed was ac' complished, they were to return to the United States and live on their fortune of a million. A factory appeared. In the office sat Walter Holgerson, at his desk. Evidently he was a private secretary. A grouchy personage apparently the owner of the place, was forced to say, Who are you, anyway? Now you know who I amg I'm a hatter and a mad one at that. You do what I tell you, and mind your own business. Alice was horrified to recognize in the stern hatter her old school friend, Louis Bartalot. Louis used to be wild, but never showed signs of madness. Signs in the factory revealed that Louis and Walter had become the most prosperous hat manufacturers in the coun' try. So Alice reconciled herself with the fact. ' Next the wilds of Asia were seen. There, before a multitude of perhaps a thousand savages, were Eleanor Pause and Mildred Dixon, preaching the gospel. The conversation of the savages seemed an arduous task, but the preachers showed an unfailing patience. Eleanor had-manifested wonderful missionary Zeal in High School, but Alice was quite surprised at Mildred. Alice admired her friends to the utmost for devoting their lives to 'such a noble purpose. The next scene was one in Switzerland, on the top of the Alps. There stood a most imposing structure, a sanitarium for shellfshocked soldiers. What a wonderful idea, thought Alice. A room of the sanitarium was soon made visible. Seated at a desk and engaged in discourse with several nurses was Alice's old friend, Marion Hansen.. Alice thought of her High School days, when Marion would talk to the girls by hours of her ambition in medical science. True to her word she had made for herself a name throughout the world. Then came a laboratory in Switzerland. It belonged to Steinmetz the Second. Sure enough, there was Edward Tieman and his colleague, Clarence Page Twenty-seven