Pershing Middle School - Reflections Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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2M Xxx W a? INEZ BROWN President of Student Body, 1920-1921 Art Editor of The Tule Captain of Girls1 Basketball Team Learned and fair and good is she FAYE MILLER Editor-in-Chief of The Tule 2And her modest answer and graceful air Show her Wise and good as she is fair? MATTIE FRANCHINI Treasurer of Student Body, 1920-1921 Literary Editor of The Tule I am so happy, so happy, My heart is as glad as a bird? ELSIE STRICKLIN Joke Editor of The Tule As merry as the day is long

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WALTER COVINGTON President Senior Class President Fresno County High School League Captain Boys Basketball Team Business Manager The Tule uIt is a serious thing to be a funny man x FAY JESSEE ORLETTA BROWN Vice-President of Senior Class Secretary-Treasurer of Senior Class Athletic Editor of The Tule Society Editor of The Tule My heart is true as steelii As full of spirit as the month of Mayh

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Senior Class Prophecy How strange it is that social evolution should bring about such sudden and mysterious reunions. The power seems beyond the realm of man that could bring seven old classmates to the same spot at the same time without anyone expecting to meet anyone he knew. On the first warm day in the Spring when I was enjoying a walk in the park of a middle-western City, I met a slim, active old lady, who was dodging here and there to find a clear passage through the throngs of people that crowded the walk. The smile on her face was so natural and unchanged that without a thought of a possible mistake I said, mello, Mattie? My words seemed to throw a spell of confusion over the whole crowd, but an instant told me that Mattie Franchini stood before me with her greeting smile, and that five other elderly ladies were attracted to the meeting, while the rest of the crowd stirred on. Only a moment passed with seven people held bound With astonishment, then I grasped a hand of each in turn, speak- ing wild thoughtless words of greeting and feeling too deeply for expression. We all knew each other as though it were only yesterday instead of 1921, we had graduated from T. U. H. S. together and no one dreamed for the moment that it had been some forty years since any two of us had met. The women rushed into each others arms by turns, like school girls. Tears, which seem to be the feminine sign for affection, sorrow, and joy, alike, were in abundance, and when we were somewhat relieved from the emotion of first meeting, every eye which met my view was red and tearvstained while each one glowed with joy. When thoughtful conversation arose every one desired a longer Visit than such a meeting as had taken place. Orletta Brown, whom we found to be Mrs. Knox, the wife of a prominent citizen and resident of the city, asked us to go to her home to spend the afternoon. It seemed that everyone was at leisure and we all went together, talking and laughing like children. The afternoon was spent in talking over old times and in getting ac- quainted with our new relations. We were all pleased to know that everyone had really accomplished something in life; yet no one had made any appalling gains. Fay Jessee, who is now Mrs. Rexford, it appears, became a writer of prose and had furnished several splendid volumes, Which I have read and enjoyed, but never knew the author was my classmate of ,21. She is very much attached to her husband and I immediately recognized him tI met him afeW days agoi to be tIChubf, the leading character of one of her lighter works; for I should judge Him to weigh about three hundred pounds and to be about five feet in height. In the course of the pleasant evening I found that all except Orletta and Fay had remained single. It seems that we all had definite aims in life and had decided that it would be better to remain unmarried and spend our whole time and effort to reach our goals. One of the personal histories which was of extreme interest to us all was that of Faye Miller. When she had gone to College for two years she was persuaded by politicians to take the stumpll in the next years election. This was the beginning of an extensive campaign which reached its height when she was elected governor of New York State in-the same year that the Socialist party received the first majority in the U. S. Senate. She has now retired from public work, but still supports the Socialist party with sincere wishes for its success. Elsie Stricklin and Inez Brown both became teachers in their young days alga