Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Senior Class Prophecy It was on a beautiful April day of the year 1921 that I felt a longing to return to my old home in Peru and there visit as many of my old classmates as I could. A few hours after my plan was decided upon, I was on my way. In due time I arrived, and as I had not been in Peru since I left Qimmediately after graduationl, I ex- pected to find things somewhat changed. But when I saw the streets thronged with people, I was surprised. Upon inquiry, I discovered that it was the opening day of the VVallace-Hagenbeck shows. Of course, I was de- lighted, for I thought I would be unusually successful in seeing some of my old friends. Imagine, then, my disappointment when evening came and I had not yet seen one. I hoped against hope as I entered my box at the circus, which was fitted out like a theater. VVhile waiting for the show to start I heard a familiar voice call out Peanuts and crackerjack! Last time around ! I thought I knew that voice, and after looking around I finally saw Lee Hiner, dressed in a white canvas suit, disposing of his sweets. I called to him and asked for a sack of peanuts. Upon hearing my voice he came up and grabbed my hand and declared he was mighty pleased to see me. He also said that he and his wife would be glad to have me call at the hotel after the show. I asked him who his wife was, and he said she was the animal trainer' in the show. Cf course, I was anxious to see who she was, and I could hardly wait until the show opened. Finally I saw the animals come into the steel arena and with them a very young looking girl with short hair. Now, I always knew Bessie S. was a good boy tamer, but I never dreamed of her becoming an animal tamer. - After the show was all over I met Lee and Bessie at the hotel and began talking over the good times we used to have at school and the scattering of all the other class- mates whom I hadn't seen for so long. Lee said he and Bessie had had jobs as bookkeepers in the same office, but since both were crazy about each other and also about circus life, they had decided to get married and start out with the circus. They said they did not wish to forget all they had learned about bookkeeping, and so had decided to keep a record of the Senior class. ,I asked them to read what they had in it. It certainly contained some very funny remarks. From that and other sources I got the following: Mildred Ashton, after deciding to postpone her mar- riage a while, became a school teacher. She is now making the little things count by teaching arithmetic in the first grade. Joe Bradley and Wayne Ray, anxious to rise up in the world, went west and are now'located somewhere in Idaho on a horse radish ranch. They have met with great success and are becoming very wealthy. -27

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Lelia Vivian Will.-A patient, smiling girl, who helped the Annual by her good contribu- tion to the Literary Department. Edith Florence Wilson.-Edith's name adds one more to the remarkable list of seniors, cheery, sweet and always ready to join in with the fun. Mary Josephine Wilson.-Our well-liked senior who graduated at Christmas time. Her unstinted hospitality won the hearts of the class. Nellie May Wilson.-A modest, quiet maid, who does not make a great deal of noise, but works with a will and accomplishes well what she does. I Stella Mable Wolfe.-One of those mysterious people who get through school without making any apparent fuss, quite sociable among her classmates. -26

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY NVe have two more representatives out west, Verne Guinney and M. Hostetler. These girls, not being able to find a husband in Indiana, went out there in hope of linding one. They are traveling in Idaho now and if they come across the horse radish ranch they may be lucky enough to get good husbands, as joe and NVayne are lonesome. Helen Brenton is in charge of a girls' seminary in Massachusetts. Strange to say, Helen allows no male on the premisesg but she can't be blamed muchffor being disgusted with the men. C. Burnett went into training immediately after graduation, and is today the champion heavyweight fighter of the world. He has whipped ,lack Johnson twice, and, 'tis said, it is impossible to knock him out. E. Burnett, after graduating, attended a' musical academy and is now in Bunker Hill giving lessons on the French harp. It seems queer that none of our members tried to find the north pole, but yet we have a representative in the north, Helen Chute, who traveled in Nova Scotia, a year after graduating. She is now performing mis- sionary work among the Esquimaux in Greenland. Helen's warm heart is making a hit in Greenland. A. Goldsbarry went on the stage and he is exceedingly -28 glad that he is small, as he is playing the baby Napoleon in The Newlyweds and Their Baby. The future of Ethan Graves was certainly inliuenced by the environment of his school days. Ethan had so many admirers-Josephine, Edith and Nellie VVilson, Dora Metheny and Loretta Bauer-that he had to become a Mormon in order to marry all. They are now living in Salt Lake City and, strange to say, no jealousy arises between the wives, for each is satished with her generous share of his love. 'L. Haas and Pug Lawrence, who were always crazy about the ocean, are now deck hands on the submarine boat Mabel, named after Pug's wife. Mabel M. and Pug were married about tive years ago, but Booy has not yet been able to find a girl that he thought would be suitable for a wife. H. Hornbeckunoted as the swellest-looking kid in high school, is now in New York, posing for fashion plates. L. Kreutzer and E. Long both took up literary life. Lucile has just finished the greatest love story ever writ- ten, while Edith is contributing detective stories for that publication called Diamond Dick. Georgia Lavengood made fudge in a candy kitchen for a number of years after graduation. One day after turn- ing out a batch she conceived the idea of making bricks