Riverview Military Academy - Orbit Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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THE 1916 RIVERVIEW ORBIT I'll go, said Smith, eagerly, reaching for his hat. You must speak first, then, you dcserterf' Smith began in a torrent of words. After I graduated, I went to sea- Who? yelpcd DeKlyn. -But changed my mind and went to Ber- muda instead. On the street there I saw Francis X. Bushman, and followed him on his trip around the world. After I got back, I was engaged to be married, but she died, again, but she threw me down-- How many flights? DeKlyn again. --For another, and in despair I remembered my histrionic talent and secured a position with thc Famous Players Film Company. I love my work-- Squelch him ! -A chorus. We did. I don't know how I got on the stage , drawled Mark Sullivan, who was next in 'turn, but I think it was by playing the French maid in some show or other. Soon, due to my influence at Vassar, I was able to obtain the lead in Rip Van Winkle. When this play finished its run, which was phenomenally long due to my superb por- trayal of the title role, I made up my present act, in which I have been appearing ever since. Some say I am a little slow in making my light- ning changes, but as long as the stuff gets across, why-I speak no language but my own-jer mawn jishf' Harry spoke last. After I had graduated from Amherst with you guys, and had built about sixty or seventy thousand Overlands, I decided to go overland myself. I obtained a position as cornetist in Sousa's band and traveled to many different parts of the country with him. Finally my comet broke, but I managed to horn in on a new line of work-huhuhuh! I got a job as barker in a circus, but was soon advanced to advertising agent on account of my vocal power. Tiring of this sort of work, I at last decided to go on the stage. The only position for which I was at all fitted was that of monologist, and that has been my business ever since. You see, 'I stick to my last', as the shoemakcr says. A word of apology and epilog. As Harry would probably say, this has been rather a stagy production. There is only one excuse to be offered, that is written at the begin- ning of this extravaganza. Doubtless none of these Seniors will ever appear on any stageg they will never take up any of the lines of work herein assigned: these things are not even to be wished for. Only, may they all, like the narrator, come again to the city where they have lived and ad- ventured-whcre the half of their golden days has been spent-to renew once more the old scenes, the old deeds, and the old friendships which center about Riverview, their prep. school.

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