Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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resemblance to their mother, but, have an Irish eye like mine. As I left old Pekin, I saw Louisa Heisel returning from her honeymoon. She had chosen the country for her home and now in happy surroundings she resides in California on a lemon ranch. Nelson Weyrich had turned tramp. The “wander lust” had seized him and he walked, rode, flew and swam in his efforts to see territory. I asked him what had become of the three girls in our class who received such good deportment at the end of the third quarter. He answered: “They (Anna Morgenstem, Lila Zoellers and Elsie Weaver), in their efforts to be good formed a trio for doing missionary work or a kind of a Salvation Army business until Lila commenced grafting and robbed the collection box and was expelled from the trio. They say Lila is in the west now repenting and regaining her health. Fanny Green did the best of all; in her tours through Africa, a rich young Abyssinian Prince captured her heart and hand and now she resides in New York City and entertains by giving big receptions every afternoon at her mansion. Ezra Meeker, the meek boy of 1908, did wonderfully. He graduated from a college in Missouri, and now, as far as I know, is surveying the regions about the North Pole, which were made accessable by Daniel Wood’s discovery. The latter young man first completed his plans by the use of geometry and algebra, laid the keel of his ship on the principles of physics, and solved the problem of the cold by the laws of chemistry; he was very proficient in each of these branches during our High School life. Lois Johns had undertaken the serious and expensive study of insectology and was on the path to success in the way of exterminating flies; her plan was to catch the fiies, then tickle them so they would laugh and then pour down their throats some of her own make of insect powder, which, when thus used, never was known to fail. Edna Albertsen became a shoe maker, and as she took to shoe making by instinct when she was in High School, she did excellently after she graduated. Any one who wore the “Albertsen” make of shoes had to have big feet. Florence Wild did very well. She made a fortune, exhibiting herself as “Florence, the wild girl,” which was a graft, but we all know Florence and do not think her very wild. I have transmitted my thoughts to paper as Mr. Hollywood stirred them up. Anyone who has an account to settle on account of this, please see Murphy. ROY J. BEARDEN, ’08.

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Prophecy for the !08s NE spring evening as I sat pensively surveying the wide expanse of buildings from the top room in the---, a fine building which I had erected and which was one hundred and eighty stories high; far off in the distance I could see an occasional airship; now and then a bird-like aeroplane glided past the window. In my office were long rows of machines which recorded into script, my words as quickly and as well as tho it had been done by hand. I could not work; the figures on the sheets appeared as dancing demons. Thus I sat in a reverie watching the deep gray shadows of evening slowly steal over the scene where my mind was resting. Soon my office boy brought me a card—‘‘Mr. Thomas Hollywood” was the only inscription. Show him in immediately,” I said, for it had been fifteen years since I had seen the worthy gentleman and that was a few years after our graduation. As he was brought in I noticed a lagging step and afterward learned he had a wooden leg. His face was covered with a sandy beard, the color of which, I had noted during our Senior year and owing to the fact that he could not raise a very heavy one then, I wondered as to its marvelous growth now. Our greetings were exchanged; his was “How are you Scrimmager?” and mine was “Fine. How are you Murph?” Well, how are all our old friends, that is the members of ’08?” I asked. Thereupon he began to relate incidents and gave me a history of our class from graduation: T'he last member of our class I saw was our worthy president. He was the living wonder and had grown a foot and a half of additional height; he is now touring the world with Beatrice Berr alias “Madame LeTrix” who is the champion strong woman, she performs such small feats of strength as whirling a hogshead of water on her index finger. Truly her strength is marvelous. Hilda Oltman had turned chemist and had discovered an element in chemistry and had called it Oltium.” The properties of this element were great and it was faintly hinted that she had shared the honors with a worthy gentleman who possibly was suitor for her heart and—pocket book, for Hilda was wealthy as a princess. I did not leam whether she married after that or not. The marriages in our class were many, I myself played the man and took a wife and never saw the equal. The two little boys Thomas Jr. and Pat bear a close

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Juniors Colors Purple and Roman Gold Flower Pansy Motto Gradatum [Step by Step] Yell Rickety, Rackety, Clickety, Clackety, Sis! Boom ! Bah 1 Nineteen - Nine Rah ! Rah ! Rah !