Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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slie was jirepared as an electrician to run a twentieth centnr - railway from the earth to Alars. The fare there anil hack for one person is only six niillions of ilollars. Rockefeller, (umlil. N ' anilerhilt and several other nnilti-niillionaires have been over, bnt as yet I ilo not think any of our girls have ventured. Mittie we find in this city keeping a restaurant; all the fashionaljle iieoide in the place go there to (hue with their friends. Now, little acorn cup, have you anytliing further to sa. ? I )n looking into it 1 dti not see the characters that were there when I first took it up. Tired and hungry, I dropped it to the ground and a squirrel quickly snatched it up and carried it to his nest. Just at this time I became conscious of the hour and hastily wended my way homeward to think over what had been revealed to me concerning these members of the Class of 11J05. R. L. S., ' 05. 27

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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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Class Prophecy, 1905 TjT ' ' E, years had flown swiftly by since our daisy festoon fell apart at Salem T|] on Commencement Day and we. the members of the Class of 1905 were scattered m every direction. Santos Dumont had. after various experiments, succeeded in fitting out an air- ship that was no failure and was a grand sight as it floated above the tree-tops and then like a bird went swiftly out of sight. I had heard so little of my old classmates in these five years that uhen he sug- gested to our party a voyage in his airship, with all the luxuries of modern travel- ing, with the permission to go where I chose. I gladly accepted his ofTer As I was near our national capital. I concluded I would look ui. Mai.lai who 1 had heard was there. The alighting from this somewhat unusual equipage caused no little stir in the street ,n front of the New Willard. As I was turning into fhe hotel a handsome automobile whirled past and in its beautifully dressed occupant I recognized the girl for whom I was looking. She knew me too, for in a short time her card was brought to me. I descended to the parlors where I spent a pleasant half hour with She had married a young politician who had afterwards risen to a prominent place, which was remarkable considering his youth, but after hearing how popular his dreamy-eyed companion was I could not help wondering if his political suc- cesses were not partly due to the influence this trick of the eves had gained for this gentleman. As we were so near New York I decided to look up Mary, as Maidai told me she was there and interested in the Red Cross Society. We expected great things of Mary when we left Salem but had no idea that she would attain to such an eminence: for upon visiting the headquarters of this useful organization and in- quiring for the president, in order to obtain permission to see Mary, imagine my surprise when m this im,:,ortant personage. I recognized the very girl for whom I was looking. ' After talking to Mary a while she began laughing, and asked me if I had heard of Ora. L pon telling her I had not, she gave me the latest news concerning that member of our Class. Soon after leaving school. Ora had married a very pld millionaire, who was