Rosenwald High School - Torch Yearbook (Harlan, KY)

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CLASS PROPHECY By RUTH DAVIS and LESS1E AMOS I shall steal into the mysteries of the unknown and tell each member of this graduating class where he or she shall be twenty years from now. Who is this I see coming up the street? He is riding in a great big magnicifent automobile. Now he stops at the bank. He gets out and goes in, he must be someone of vast importance. Who can it be? At last he is turning around where I can see his face. Why, it is Vernon Langford. By hard work and honesty he has become President of a bank. Now I see someone at sea. It is a woman. She is standing on the deck of a great ocean steamer looking across the waves. A veil partly hides her face, but there is something familiar about her. Ah, now I see who it is. Opal Creech — her fame as a singer has spread from one end of the world to another. The ocean changes: We are carried swiftly to the cold snows of Alaska. What is this going ahead of us? An airplane, and the pilot, yes, we see. It is our old friend Dallas Blue. He is filling the important work of an air mailman be- tween New York and Alaska. Everyday he makes his perilous and brave trip through clouds and storm, bearing the mail that Uncle Sam has entrusted in his care. Again a new land is presented to our eyes. Tall palm trees, a hot beating sun, a sea blue and sparkling. We are in Florida. This seems to be an orange grove. Rows and rows of the brightly colored fruit are piled up every where we look. But who is this supervising the business of packing them into crates? She is a woman, tall and dark, and we think we have seen her before. Yes, we have. It is Bertha Williams. She has become owner of a large fruit farm in the south and spends all of her time raising oranges and bananas. Now what can this be. A great crowd of people. All shouting and waving their hands. They are waiting for someone. He is coming up the street, bowing to right and left. Booker Kennedy, he has just been elected the Governor and is on his way to the inaugural ceremonies. Who is this I see standing On deck of a large ship, named for one of our heroes, Lawrence McKinley? She wears a white nurses uniform, now I see it is our friend, Helen Cloud. She is assisting Dr. Broadus Jackson in his large hospital. Now as I venture on down the road I glance up at the neon signs, I see Miss Gladys Lockett. Owner of the largest night club in New York City. I walk on down the street to get I ' efreshed and as I look up I see a great orchestra, then when I look up at the leader, he looks very familiar at least he has turned so that I can see him. Ah, the pianist also looks familiar. It is none other than Eddie Sandford taking Harry James place with his trumpet and Leslie Amos is taking Hazel Scott ' s place at the piano. (next page)