Portsmouth High School - Clipper Yearbook (Portsmouth, NH)

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10 THE CLARION Viola Crompton her happy faculty of being able to keep still at the right moments, and to do her talking when it is quite unnoticed. A very useful gift indeed Viola, and after a little prac- tice you should be able to manage it almost as well as Mary does. To Pauline Halprin, Florence Howell sadly bequeaths her much treasured privilege of never studying at all. To Ruth Dunton, Margaret Ryan submits all her bookkeeping ledgers. These are beautifully kept, and will help you many times next year, re- member to keep them always with you lest some unhappy accident befall them. If any Junior is ever in doubt as to the exact Word he wished to forcibly express his meaning, he may safely consult John Wever, for Don Richard- son has provided for all such emer- gencies by endowing John with one large and useful vocabulary. Finally, we, the class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty, having so gen- erously remembered the Juniors, both individually and collectively, do- sol- emnly extend to them our very best wishes for their future happiness and prosperity. In witness .whereof we have here- unto subscribed our signature and af- lixed our seal this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thou- sand nine hundred and twenty. CSignedJ The Class of Ninteen Hundred and Twenty. A ELEANOR BATCHELDER. LUCILE CURTIS. ,,,....,.....-.-.-i- CLASS PROPHECY fMis,s Eileene Woods.J . Curled in a blanket, Indian fashion, I watc'h-ed tihe laslt rays of the June sun slip. It maide me think of my P. H. S. days, so rapidly going and I begun to wonder what would be the destinies of my classmates. A brigvhit little star poked its head out and twinkle-d salucily. I felt ,gulre by its manner that it had some superior knowiledlge so I solemnly chanted: Star bright, star light, First star that I see tonight, I :wish I may and I wish I might, I wish my wish may come true to- night. I wish I may see what every on-e of my classmates is going to do. It was only a very few minutes Ialter -when 11 saw a long, low ranch house in the mlidist of a plain. Vkfhooaps, shouts, the tramip of horses' feet were heard and a dozen men rode into the yard. Directing 'the unsaddling of the lrorses and giving orders was Uhve ranch owner, Pau' Badger, the first of our classmates. An office, that of banlk president, businesls-like amid alwe-invsfpiritng, with its mahogany fulrnishings and shiny desk fittings. There was an air of ef- ficiency about that otlfice, mingled with quiet and diignity. The reason was sirmple enough, the private secre- tary was Muriel Lance. On her desk were letters signed R. J. Kinkpatrick, President. The next scene War. in nhe cofuntry. It was fall, the vivid, mystical farl. Dowvn a dusty road bordered with state-ly goldenrod and asters came two young ladies. They were seeking something evidently, for they glanced from side to side. As I looked closer I perceived they carried palette and brushes, another look and I recog- nized Florexnlce Howell and Edith Pear- son, two eminent alrtlists. An exclusive restaurant and roof garden, 3, plalyfground for the wealthy. The proprietor, George Flanigan, stout and prosperous looking, mo- tioned the orchestra to begin. John Regan 'Was playing his favorite in- strument here. At one of the taibles. I noticed two charming women en- joying SIJIDODSI' with two extremely good looking young men. l recrgnized these two women an Alice Donovan

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THE CLARION 9 behavior in class. Too bad yofu cou'l'dn't have had thiis useful gift to use in lf'hysi'c,s Lab this year, Arthur. Teresa Cinowlley conlfers upon Pearl Berry and Muriel Belichier hier ever ready .smiles and gigigrles. If your teachers dionlit appreciate your use of these gifts, your claslslmates will, so do'n t feel bandlly. Marion Thormgplsofn leaves to Annie Craig her constant good nature and unrulffled disposition. Donft let triflles like unprepared lessons worry you Annie-take it from Marion--it doesn t Day- Alice McWilliams submits to Reg- inald Trafton her American History note-book along with the brilliant re- citations that accompany it. Next year you will appreciate this gift a great deal more, for while your class-mates are feverishly making out notes, you will be at liberty to enjoy yourself. Alice leaves her remarkable ability to make good recitations and to receive reports consistently decorated with whole rows of A's to Inez McNabb, Margaret Leary, and Madeline Wes- selhoeft. You girls will be establish- ing scholarship records, but remember to be grateful to Alice for her thought fulness. Marjorie Dockharn confers upon Eu- nice James her numerous navy blouses on the one condition that Eunice will wear them with the hem turned up to show the inscriptions to good ad- vantage. Earl MacDonald sadly surrenders to Benton Hoyt his popularity with the feminine members of P. H. S. We should advise you to learn to dance, Benton, as Earl has been very success ful in this line. Burnham Averill bestows upon Fannie Halprin his efficiency as a basket ball player, and to May Hart- well he reluctantly leaves his recently discovered dramatic abilities. Wyatt Wendell, with a great deal of regret, leaves to Vincent Amazeen his fondness for walking-especially with an agreeable companion of the oppos- ite sex. Vincent certainly is a favored person if he uses Wyatt's kind remem- brance well. John Power will have many spare minutes to amuse himself and his class-mates during chem lab next year, for Joseph Constantino has un- selfishly consented to bequeath to him fifty chemical experiments-each and every one corrected, and stamped with the coveted O. K. Maurice Kuchinsky bestows upon George Benjamin his incomparable French accent. Your teachers will doubtless regard you with wonder George, but we daresay you'll become used to it in time. Martha Fraser gives up all claim to her admirers in Rye in favor of Ruth Sides and Gertrude Weeks. It is a dis- advantage to have them live at such a distance, but then there are times when time and space make very little difference. Alice Goodwin confers upon Flossie Moore and Philena Morton the happy privilege of talking to their hearts' content during study-periods. But be careful, girls, or you will suffer the attendant punishment-that of lonely and sorrowful isolation from your class mates. Rose Sable and Fannie Sharansky have agreed to give to Emily Dame their combined sets of English notes. If you have little to do in class period next year, you may attempt some poetry, as Rose has also entrusted to you her ambitions in regard to that pursuit. Bernice Brown and Cecilia Murphy will their boisterous ways and dis- orderly conduct to Marjorie Evering- ham and Julia Cohen. John Fullam, leaves to James Sacco his infallible knowledge of correct so- cial prncedure. on any occasion re-Q quiring an intimate acquaintance with the rules and regulations of formal etiquette. ,May Walsh has decided to leave to

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and Eleanor I saw the crowds, and picture. As THE CLARION 11 Haskell. tenzts of a circvus, the stan-ds in the following it -became lmiore pro- nounced, I could see a man standiwnzg before the side show, making an- nouncements. Nefver was a si-de .show pictured in such glowing colors as that one. The ,brilliant flow of oraitiory never ceased, and iwhetn I bent forward to see who this modern Defmosthenes mighm ble, I was confnonted with the earnest face of Charlie Norton. Strains of sweet music came to my ear and before -my eyes was a large dance hall. Suddenly the mlusic stopped and Geraldine Davis, the di- rector, announced that Fannie Shar- ansky would do her famous exhilbiltlion danloe. Vifhen the music started again, I noticed that Idla Rosa was playing thfe piano, as exipert at classiical, as popular music. A massive b-uilding ,was tihe prinlci- pall feeitune of the neudt view. A ta'bllet n-ear the door informed me lthat it was the Community Bluillfdlinlg and tfhle ar- chitect Melvin Chandler. It has ibeen erected durinzg tlhie term off 'May-or Richman Margesonl. Within, ithere was a conlvenftion of hospital srufperin- tenidents. Dr. Morris Stewart was preparing to address them. In the audience was Marion Williams, Rhoda Farrar and Mary Cronin. The topic of discussion was to be a. discovery made by Clarence Re-dden, the -chem- ist. A splendid represenation of P. H. S. studenlts, indeed. The interior of a fashionable mo- dis-te's shrop. Ve'llve't canpeits, soft hagnigvings of harmonizing tints, with gleaming mimrors, lent a toulcxh osf dis- tinctiont A chic lady, who talked with her eyes, was exhibiting igioewns to a. -matron, wiith fhuer daulgfhter. By h-er ostentatious manner I knew that that proprietr-ess was Cecelia Miunphy. Her model came f-onward 'in a dainty dress of 'rosebud pink. T-he big picture hat framed an adoralble face, that of J eanl- ette Quinn. There wene ltxwo other models, Rita Mortlon and Sylvia Ster- ling, equally as attractive. I saw a magnificent forest surround- ed ,-by towering mountains. Wyatt VVe1ud'el'l was surveyinlg this beautiful tract. A man WELS pokiing with a stick at the neanby ston-es. It was Herbert Jackson, now a gie-ollfogist. He looked very natural always poking. A Business Girls' Home came. The gentle peace and homelike aitmlosphere was easily undenstood. The matron was Frances Howard, who welcomed the girls with words of motherly ad- vice. In the otlfi-ce, Batherine Lyons, with 'her assistant, Claire Flanigan, was finishing the dlay's 'correspond- ence. From the books I learned that Sarah Thomas and Alice McWilliams two prominenft business wolmen were instrumental in the founding of this splendid institution. The brilliant .gleam of a light flalshed across the sea. A shigp, 'driving throulgh the dark waters, nurned its course at the warning Signal. Eugene Sealwalrd, the captain, mentally thanked thle lighthouse tender, little knowing he was his classmate, Douglas Richard.- son. A gorgeous limousine rolled into a large garage. A lady allighted. She looked familiar, yes, juslt as I ghouzght, it was Helen Call. Helen had invested her money well and was now a lady of leisure. She apyproached the head mechanic who was John Fullam. Sure- ly he must fbe a. good one or sulch a car would never have been intnrusted to him. A dozen girls lisl-ned with marked interest to a dignified .professor as she pointed out the position-s off the vari- ous constellaltions. Shle wvais Eleanor Batchielder, disoolursinlg just as bril- liantly als she uls-ed to in Latin class. The 'girls lerft .to altltend a dlass in Economics colndulcted lbiy Laura Mar- shall. In a Well Strreet office, David Hart- well, a lbroker was giving dilcltaltion to Rose Sabela This plarticfular letter, .xl