Rensselaer High School - Crest and Shield Yearbook (Rensselaer, NY)

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THE ORACLE become an expert on the subject of fishing, a11d could tell some very unusual stories about his catches. Ruth Harter, the little blonde girl, had become part owner of a beautiful gown shop, and now she has at her disposal many charming frocks, from which to choose the most becoming, a situation most pleasing to her, I can imagine. Florence Dor11, her business partner, handles the financial part of the business in a very competent manner: proving that she can always apply her native cleverness. Mildred Van Alen had always liked athletics, and it was no surprise to find her a record holder on the Olympic swim- ming team. With the completion of our new high school, the library had become too large for Miss VVornham, and so she had hired the Lantz sisters as assistants. They have been very efficient in helping History students in reference work, having made a complete study of the subject when they were in school. The class comedian, Howard Wariier, after a few care-free years, finally answered to the call of the stage, and is said to be more popular in the shows tl1a11 the famous Eddie Cantor. If he acts as he did in school, this statement is no exaggeration. Ethel Fredenburg had continued l1er studies after high school and has pros- pects for the position of principal in the town where she is a teacher. Vera Merry, John Foyle, Lillian Eighmy and Art Buzzy had formed a quartette very prominent in musical circles, having as business man- ager efticient Norene Jordan. Bob Van Leuvan had become the chief mechanic for the trans-Atlantic aeroplane company. An intensive study on psychology had made Hayward Geddes a successful criminologist and a valuable asset to the United States in this line of work. I had expected something unusual from him because of his interest in abstract subjects. The Postal Department of the government had taken two of my former classmates as employees, Frank Kraus, the president of our class, had become an inspector of mails, while Bob Ohalker had become airmail pilot. They say he makes a handsome aviator. The responsibilities of marriage lay heavily on Ida Wixsom, who had found a husband capable of making her behave. Irma Wordeii, on tl1e contrary, had found one whom she could success- fully order about. Fred Hunter takes good care of his farm, although he is continually annoyed by the incessant chatter of his neighbor, Helen Snook. Lorna Claflin still lived in her home town and received for her birthday a LaSalle roadster which is her chief worry. Her husband, a prosperous contractor, showers her with costly gifts. She may often be seen in the tea shoppe owned by Edith Olson and Gwen- L22l

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CLASS PROPHECY dolyn Brown. Betty Biddle's clever hands have won her fame as an artist. I-Ier works form the covers of the most prominent magazines in the country. She spent two years studying in France with Anna Bleakley, whose ambition turned to sculpturing. The evening was coming on, and the light was becoming insufficient for the use of my telescope. The last one I recognized before leaving was Anna Gutkin, a reporter for the New York Times. She was al- ways very thorough in collecting gossip. I silently climbed into my ship and on my return trip to earth I flew over China, where Esther Ruhl, Dorothy Sullivan and Dorothy White were conducting a mission for Chinese children. I finally landed safely at the home field in time to enjoy afine birthday dinner and a good night's sleep. W. R., '29. , PHILANTHROPES OF 1929 Almost daily you read in the newspapers of large sums being given to charitable and educational institutions to carry on various lines of research and humanitarian work. In line with the trend of the times, the Class of 1929 has decided to establish' a vast trust fund to be used for a number of worthy purposes, dear to the hearts of its members, and it becomes my pleasant duty this morning to acquaint you with the nature and extent of the more important of these philanthropies. First: The interest of a designated fund is to be used to employ nurses whose duty it shall be to take the Freshmen, the innocent Fresh- men? by the hand and conduct them back and forth between home and school each day, lest the dear little tots be frightened by the ferocious appearance of the wild and woolly characters who so often roam the highways of our fair community. Second: The income from another fund is to be devoted solely to the medical care and convaleseence of those students who are overcome by the shock when told they have been promoted, after making all ar- rangements to be Hflunkedf' V , Third: A fund of 561,000 is to be set aside and offered as a reward to the first student of our school perfecting a practical invention for reading through the covers of a book that contains the answer to the question the teacher has just asked. This is a sorely needed invention, T231

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CLASS PRCPHECY Instead of each member of my family giving me an individual present on my birthday in 1939, at my suggestion they pooled their money and bought me a single seated biplane with which I could travel from planet to planet. I also was given a planetary telescope with which the smallest objects on Mars and other heavenly bodies could be distinctly seen. Needless to say, I was pleasedg more pleased perhaps than a young fellow back in 1929 would be pleased with a high-powered roadster. The day of my birthday I decided on a trip to Mars. I picked out a favorable spot with my telescope, set my directional indicators, and started. When I landed I made myself most comfortable under some trees of coral-like formation, and idly began to scan the earth with my telescope. I first looked toward the United States. On a sign outside a theatre in New York I saw two vaguely familiar names. The sign read, Sam Blakeman and Ray Greene in 'Songs of Broadway'. I placed them immediately as two former classmates who had made a hit in musical comedy on the Great White Way. My curiosity was aroused, and I decided to pick out others of the old crowd. I scanned cities, villages and countrysides, and my search turned out to be very successful. I found Ben Gauzch holding a high executive position in General Motors, a concern for which he was salesman during his high school days. Ken Moore and Bus Neville were still together. They had taken up polo after Ken had inherited a substantial for- tune from a rich uncle. They had become members of the United States polo team and had proved themselves invaluable in several in- ternational matches. Both of them had always been interestedlin sports when they were in school and college, and it seemed only natural that they should continue. In California, Frank Prior had become the owner of the finest orange grove in the country, which he had developed by scientific methods studied in school. Frank's two assistants, Fred Willis and Joe Bonafacio, had proved very instrumental in making the grove a success. Hollywood had claimed Franklin Sanderson. Al- though not an actor, he is famous for the construction of dialogue, especially in comedy scenes. Now he can spring his wisecracks and get paid for it. He is wealthy and popular, and his pink stucco villa is the pride of the movie colony. The first girls I encountered were Elizabeth Felt and Kathleen Millis. They had become co-authors and had written several success- ful novels and plays. Ray Moore, the fisherman of the class, had l21l