Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

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THE RED BRICE “Single blessedness, and then in a brighter tone, “yet not unhappy.” Grasping the next leaf, her face resumed its original blank expression and her tone as she read was once more a deep monotone. “Arthur Rabuck will follow in the path of LaFollette and will become Senator from Wisconsin in 1925. She took up page after page and without pausing read the inscription on each one. “Tillie Schlumberger will graduate with high honors from the Northwestern University. She will then begin her literary career by writing a comedy entitled ‘Pantaloon Gowns’. ‘ Where is Jimmie Clark?’ will be the question asked by every body ten years hence. For when last seen the noted aviator was on his way in search of the South Pole in his giant biplane, run by electricity. “Katherine Kleb being gifted with great artistic talent, will go to France to study painting. She will win great renown in painting a life like portrait of James Clark from memory.” “In three years from now, Iva Neville will receive a position as a schoolma’am in South Dakota. One day while interested in the recitations, she is startled by a knock at the d xtr and upon opening it she is accosted by a well dressed gentleman who informs her that he is making annual trips around the world, selling complexion lotions, toilet soap, etc., which he guarantees by the appearance of his own complexion. Upon closer observation, she recognizes in him no other than her old friend and classmate—Ernest Black.” “In a light house far out on the Pacific Coast, Leslie Jones will keep watch over the brave sailors and will guide them safely to harbor by his beacon light which is forever shining. “Ten years from now finds Floyd Smith a lion in the whirl of the society of Limeridge, for he has recently received a legacy from the Old Country. He is continually surrounded by mothers with marriageable daughters, but he finally becomes entangled in the beautiful meshes of the auburn curls of Ouanita Geflfert.” “Helen Goodearle, an ideal girl, who talks little and does much, will soon forsake the Isles of Single Blessedness and sail for Bridal Veil Falls.” “Arthur Hulburt has a famous career ahead of him. He will graduate from Rush Medical College and will then have a position as head of a ward in Wesley Hospital. He will make advances along the lines of science and his love affairs with a certain young violinist from his home town will grow with his fame. “Elda Riggert will become pre-eminent in the world of music. After graduating from the Conservatory of Music in Chicago, she goes abroad and lands at St. Petersburg where she meets her fate in the person of Count Victor Rosciuskos Rozmarynowski.” “Laurel Sweet will become a famous poetess. The talent which she displayed during school hours, when she wrote soliloquies on different persons in the room, will grow and she will soon become able to write on all subjects. One of her most famous productions will be a sonnet on “Fourth of July in Ironton. “Albert Miller is going WEST to teach mathematics.” “Melissa Wilson will soon take a trip to Paris to secure the latest changes in

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THE RED BRSGK. toward the future. These have been bright days, days never to be forgotten, growing in luster with the years. As we catch glimpses of the future it beckons us on to broader fields of learning and higher planes of action. Thus ends the history of four short years. May the years to come prove as happy and successful, and last of all, may we hold the thoughts of these years ever tender in our memories. — E. R. Juture itf thr Seniors as thr Juniors Ser ilt. Pondering deeply over the future of the worthiest Senior Class that the Reedsburg High School has ever sent into the world, and wondering what such brilliant young people would be doing in after years, my footsteps led me involuntarily into a magnificent grove. As I walked along I suddenly realized that I was in a strange place, and was astonished to behold just a few feet in front of me, a cloud of smoke rising from among the bushes that were packed quite closely together. I seemed powerless to retrace my steps and before I could regain even a little of my wonted self-possession, to my dismay found myself in the midst of the smoke. I then discovered that it was different from any smoke I had ever seen or smelled. It was very fragrant and gave me a delicious feeling of expectancy. Suddenly a hand reached forth and drew me into a dimly lighted circle, where in the semi-darkness, my eyes could barely distinguish a figure in semblance a woman, yet shorn of all physical beauty. When I could discover a little more clearly what was around me, I saw that the smoke that had made the cloud outside, issued from a cleft in some rocks at the side of the circle. This frightened me still more than I had been at first. Seeing my terror, a not unkindly, though sepulchral voice said: “Fear not, I am one of the twenty-two divinely appointed by Apollo. My power lies in the interpretation of thought and the gift of prophecy. I divined your desire as you entered the grove some miles back. You would know the future of the class of 1911. Without waiting for me to reply, she turned and quickly scanning crevice after crevice in the stone wall about her, pointed to the highest shelf of all and suddenly above it glowed in flaming letters of Black and Gold, “R. H. S. 1911. Fumbling a moment she carefully drew forth twenty-eight leaves of heavy parchment upon which were written inscriptions in Greek Breathlessly I waited not daring to utter a word for fear I should lose something from those pages that would mean so much to the members of this class. She began: On the first of March, 1920, Violet Beushausen Duddleson will appear as prima donna at the Alhambra Theater in Milwaukee. As she continued reading, was it compassion that seemed to soften the dry and shrivelled features as she came to the name of Jane Loughney and read—

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THE RED BRICK. fashion. Soon after her return she surprises all the inhabitants of La Valle by becoming the better half of a certain young druggist in that city. They will make their home in New York where the fortunate gentleman secures the head position in the greatest pharmacy in the city.” “After having been rejected by Tillie, Charles Finnegan will return to fronton and become boss of the circle there, and will manage it in the same way that he used to manage the affairs of the Senior Class.” Even after three years have passed, Icel Crall still retains her fondness for ice cream, as she is found eating more of it now than ever, for it is now a duty instead of a pleasure to feed on it, and she must encourage others to do likewise to help the good cause along.” Ten years will find Clarence Bohn no longer playing second to Russell Kellogg, but after having lost faith in womankind on account of a certain banker’s daughter, he will sadly take up the office of mayor of Limeridge.” “Paul Schewe has contributed to the High School that quality which at times has been noticeably lacking—the quality of dignity. Perhaps he feels that he must set a good example to Edna who holds him as her ideal. However “still waters run deep” and after five years we find him in his workshop in the Philippine Islands diligently endeavoring to invent a machine for perpetual motion.” “Edna Randall will become a great missionary in Africa. Here is a picture of her in her surroundings ten years from now. She is seated in a tiny room, with nothing to make it appear homelike, in a log cabin. She wears the same patient expression on her face that she did during her High School days. But what is she doing? On her lap lies a Bible, opened to a chapter of Paul. There is a far away look in her eyes and a smile draws over her face as she thinks of another Paul who is in the Philippine Islands working so hard for her.” “The year 1920 will still find Ben Paddock living in Single Blessedness but fortune seems to have favored him for he has not changed in the least. We learn that the Park—Davis Co., Detroit, Mich., has changed hands and it now reads 'Benjamin Paddock, Chemist and Druggist’.” “On the 6th of January, 1918, Miss Elsie Luedtke and Mr. George Hass will appear at the Opera House in Berlin, with the Burlesque Troupe, in the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow,’ Mr. Hass impersonating Ichabod Crane while Miss Luedtke will act the part of the blooming Katrina Van Tassel.” And now I noticed that the smoke was growing more dense and the figure gradually becoming more indistinct. I feared that this might be all 1 was to hear, but the voice went on in a far-away tone. “In 1933, Justin Davis will have his reputation as an orator firmly established and his love of justice will be as great an example to the United States as Burke’s was to England.” The smoke rolled so thick that I could no longer see and suddenly I found myself once more in the bushes, so amazed and excited I could scarcely move. My head swam, I knew no more until I awoke to consciousness in my own home, when I hastened to write an exact account of the prophecy it had been my favored lot to hear. —E. K.