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Class Prophecy, 1905 ■r HE oak tree was an object of great love and reverence to the ancient Greeks. lt They thought it had the mystic power of foretelling future events, by the ■ sounds among the rustling leaves, or the secrets of the future were laid up in their dainty little acorn cups. The Druids, later, gained their knowledge largely from oaks. Some vears after the disbanding of our Class of 1905, I was in New York strolling through the cosv nooks of Central Park, standing idly under the shade of a sheltering oak. I seemed to hear sweet music among its leaves, and as I looked up some acorn cups fell around nie ; on taking them up, to my great surprise I saw nivstic characters inscribed therein. When 1 had examined them a little closer I could easily decipher them. Strange to say my surroundings brought back to my mind the sweet and happy days I had spent in dear old Salem. Almost uncon- sciously I called the names of several of my classmates, still I held the acorn cup fast as if impelled by some magic power and dreamily read the names I found there. x gain and again 1 repeated them before I could read any more, and this is what the beautiful little nut told me of a few of my chums and classmates who had lived with me within the walls of the Academy. Cam, soon after leaving school, traveled a great deal in North and South America : during this time she developed a great desire to see all there is to be seen Nothing would do but that she must go across the seas. She has visited every feature of interest both in the New and Old World. Just at this time we find her in London, the belle of the season, with lords, dukes, and ministers at her feet; quite a striking contrast between the quiet retiring Senior of 1905, but then one nex ' er knows. My next friend I find at a place far removed from the first. . s we enter the Exposition Grounds at Jamestown, ' irginia, amid all its beauty and grandeur, in one of the most picturesque and striking buildings we find a person with, The One Talent that of incessant talking. On entering this place your first impres- sion is that vou are all alone, but only for a few minutes, when a beautiful woman comes out, tall and stately. Immediately she begins to speak of some wonderful machine. Only ten dollars and you can become a perfect beauty. The speaker ' s face seems strangelv familiar, and all at once it dawns upon me that it is no other than Estherw. She tells me about the wonderful improvement in herself, and says 25
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her one object in life is to give others a chance to become beautiful, and thus she talks and talks until I am almost overpowered by her flow of words. She tells me of Jenkie, who lives in the neighboring countv and has become known for miles around as a great trucker. In the Agricultural Department we see why Jenkie should thus be renowned, for her name is on all the largest and finest fruits and vegetables. Next a little woman comes to view, with soft brown hair of darkest hue ; she IS very frisky, and goes tripping along, and after trying to guess who this bright butterfly is. we follow her and see her walk into a large stone mansion which is stately and grand. She is married, and we ' re glad we know her a little, I ' m sure. Again I took a peep into my acorn cup to see if it had anvthing further to • reveal of my classmates. Florence I saw out in far-away China. If we pass a certam missionary ' s home we will see a little woman very busy mixing some- thmg. This is a wonderful patent medicine Florence has made; it er|uab Dr. King ' s New Discovery, and is working miracles. Where, oh. where can Margery be? While at school she declared she would live m the South. Sure enough, there we find her. as happv and as gay as of old so loyal to her Southland that she has incorporated it with her name. ' Louise took a long journey and became a lady of high degree. I say oh can It be our Louise? But where are the smiles so bright and so gay? They have all fled becau.se of the gay life she has led. At last one day she said. I am tired of all tins societ)- and show ; I am lestined to impart great knowledge I know So to school once more she wended her way and is giving out wi ' sdom galore till this day. One on his way through our sunny Southland chanced to stray and found a Pearl. She shines in the autumn and in the soft summer air. He says by .rood chance that way I strayed, for there our Pearl caroled forth. Behold ' the sweet maid ! Mamie, a woman of the world, now a,,pears, and though when in i„str,n she was a retiring maid with no desire for dancing and dining, now she takes by storm this big world of ours, and sits in the moonlight by the hour In a far-ofif Western city there stands a college of renown, and the teachers all are witty from the Greek professor down. All the professors are completeK- under tlie influence and control of one, and who can that be? Are vou surprised to know tis our Myrtle you see? Many people have been very anxious to know whether Mars was really in- habited or not. Ethel while at school was one of our most brilliant scholars where electricity was concerned. At one time, when we went up to the electric station . VV mston. Ethel darted from place to place asking every possible question. Thus 26
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