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

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THE ORACLE loHN hlEIIC'HANT IMI Y ,,. , ,. , . W Img,.eIIIIIIId.,I,,,II Duck .Iohnny likes to raise Chickens, To pass away his time, And since he's so industrious, This duek may give him a new line. ltluni-:ur A1,i:XANni:1: iii,i IWIIIII, -nam ,Ida eI,,-,.IIilrz1X'el This little boy is president, Of our present Senior Class, So I give him this little gavel, That in the future he may remember the past. U1:v1i,i,14: t'l:ixNm1,L i..r eIIe.IIe,,,e eih, ,IIIIIII rrrrr I ,IIPaek ot t'ardS I do not know, nor never have been told, If cards you ever use, But I'm certain that if with this paek you play, The right bower tBauerj you'll always choose. A Y 1 ' ' Ilx ' im-.l, lizrifi' ii,i IWWII iiiiiii,i I. ii,i II., me ,rem ,Hillf Pins l'lazel's hair has a habit, Of always falling down, VVith these hair pins I give to her, It won't bother her from now on. EPOLOGUE And now, I think I've finished, The work I've set out to do, I hope your happiness has not been diminished, By these presents I have given to you. 'But down in your heart remember, That they were only given in fun: To put the inishing touehes, On the tllass ot '31. Ii. VV. '31, t30l

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CLASS DAY SOUVENIRS ELEANOR EARINC? ,..,7.,..v,. -, .. .. , .- .,......Wv I .... Little Gull Why We give Eleanor this little gun, ' Is a problem that may confront her, The very simple reason is, Someday she may be a Hunter. LELAND STRAUCH ...Yrr......,r........ ,rr...rr.. - . .,.. Megaphone We 've often heard the teachers complain, About this felloW's rakish laughter, But with this little megaphone, It may be softened if he uses it backwards. SILAS BAILEY i...r,.AA.......,,..rA,....,... A --- Donkey Si depends on his little car, To bring him to and from school, But if one day it should break down, This donkey will have to be the fool. RUTH SCHAEFER ..AAAA,ll..,.....w.rr,A...... A Kiss In the Dark I can remember one night 011 the Washington bus, When our own little Ruth was caused to blush, So I give her this music, A Kiss In the Dark, To help her remember that little lark. ANNIS IJORN I,I..........,II,,,I I ,,..., Ilv. A eroplane Anna has a prejudice, About going up in planes, But I'm sure that with this little one, She 'll soon be traveling all the air lanes. GEORGE BAUSH IlI.l........ll-.IYIII,.III...l... ---- M- Glasses A little birdie has told me, That in English, George sure likes to crib, So I give him these dark glasses, To keep him from telling a fib. l29l

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T H E o R A c L E I CHART CF DESTINIES, CLASS OF '31 VVhile I was working in the office of the Rensselaer Independent two days before Easter, my telephone rang: Hello, Ruth, the editor wants to see you right away. It was Vietta Houghton, the petite blond girl, who went to school with me and always did like to be secretary to an editor. Well, Don, what will you have? for of course it was Donald Stever, who used to edit Oracle in Rensselaer High School. He has recently given up his position as editor of the New York Times to be editor of the leading newspaper of the country. n I have a most important assignment for you. See this chart-it shows the route we followed as Seniors, ten years ago when we we11t to VVashington. Take this chart, follow it and report the activities of our former classmates. For this purpose you may use the baby blimp. Overjoyed at the thought of receiving such an interesting and important assignment, I rushed into the oiiice to tell the news to my companions-Betty Branion, Sport Editor, Mary Dinstal, Editor of the column of Advice to the Love-lorn, and La Verne Cook, editor of House Hold Hints. I rushed about my preparations and was ready in an hour. Wheli I arrived at the Independent's flying field, I found the blimp being prepared by the chief mechanic, Roscoe Duesenbury. Near the blimp, I found Frank Bauer, bidding farewell to a young lady, who proved to be Edna Lasher. She must have taken time off, because she is one of the executives of the United Transportation Company. We took our places and were soon soaring over the Hudson. The trip down the river was quite uneventful, except that while I was passing over East Greenbush, by tl1e use of my Bausch-oscope, an instrument invented by my ingenious class-mate George Bausch, I saw Ethyl Snook a11d Tommy 011 the porch of their new home. Our trip to New York e11ded at the mooring mast of the highest building in the world, at present- The Poskanzer Building, although I understand that the Crandall build- ing will soon surpass it in height. One of the passengers in the elevator was all dressed in beautiful spring furs, wearing orchids. After a moment I recognized her as Violet Filkins. Vi always did like to ride in elevators, you will recall. l31l