Santa Ana High School - Ariel Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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SENIOR PROPHECY 15 them being, Was Shakespeare or Was He Not, by Ethel Wright, and The Control of the Emotions, by Florence Doig. Head of Missionary Society-Miss Virginia Burns, for several years taking charge of the Head of the National Missionary So- ciety in Greece, has returned to America. Call to theWild-eSti11 urged by the' old time spirit of her youth of never having enough to do, Miss Larter has been inspired to make an extended trip into Iceland to hunt for the lost races. Startling Death-One of the strangest deaths occured recently when the former Miss Elva Uttley was killed by having a cake that she had just baked, thrown at her by her enraged husband. It is thought that she died without suffering. At the Auditorium-The Auditorium was crowded last even- ing to hear Rev. Jim Smart lecture on, How I Made the Can- nibals Tremblef' Judging from the volume of his voice and the depths from whence it came, we do not wonder that they trembled. Nurses for the Orient-Last Week the Hasty Sisters boarded an airship bound for the Chinese Republic. They are going by special request of the Chinese President to establish a Red Cross nursing system in the Chinese army. ' Dr. Schroeder Advises Against Classics- High School gradu- ates are not gifted with sufficient art to enable them to play the classics well. This was one of the statements of Dr. Lillie Schroeder, the distinguished professor of dramatic literature at the Wellesly College, in a lecture on The H. S. and the Drama. 'Way Down West,' 'Barbara Fetchit' or 'The County Boss,' would be far more suitable, declared this estiniable Professor. Art Colony-Miss Wells left today to join the Art Colony in the South Sea. This unique colony was founded by this talented lady and is the absolute art center of the world. ' Noted Woman Suffrage Leader-Miss Edna Foote 'stopped here a few hours on her way to South America where she is to open her next campaign. W0rld's Fair at Tokio in 1930-One of the most pleasing features on the Midway is to be in charge of Mr. Saito who

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SENIOR PROPHECY Items Taken From the Daily Prevaricator -News of the Week For the Busy Man ONDERFUL INVENTIONS-It has been many years it since a certain Luther Burbank made daisies intocrysanthemums, but Louis Robinson has U E Q1 since then accomplished a wonder which will soon make him world renowned: A turkey all AX made of second joints. ' , Bachelor Tax Bill-The bill to tax unmarried males of twenty-five years and over is trembling in the balance in the Senate. Miss Beulah Matthews is hurrying post haste to Washington to use her influence for its passage. It is said she wields a decided iniluence over certain Senators whose votes are needed. It is also rumored that she is personally interested in its passage. - Famous Authoress in Poverty-Harriet Barclay, a well-known American authoress, has been taken to the home for indigent authors, poets, etc., prematurely broken in health. For several years she is said to have lived on seven and one-half cents a day. Her best known books are, The Seamy Side of Life, Cram- ming, Woman's Rights and How to Get Them and She Stoops to Bow. Railroad to be Organized-Mr. Eugene Robinson, for years chief auditor of the Huntington system, has been engaged by the government at a princely salary, to provide a practicalsystem for running the railroads under government ownership. Although all passenger service is now handled by the Air Lines, yet an im- mense amount of freight is carried by railroads. School Teachers Meet-This past week, in Corona Del Mar, the National School Teachers' Association met in their annual convention. Many interesting papers were read, chief among

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I6 THE ARIEL speaks sixteen languages. The greatest wonder of all is that he retains some little knowledge of the Japanese tongue. Local Politics-The field is full of candidates for, The County Chairman. It not yet known who is Dill's candidate. Developments are awaited with interest, for whoever Mr. Bruce Dill, the boss of the party in power COSBD supports, is sure of the oflice. e T0 Winter In America-A large crowd was at the depot to see the former Miss Yoch, author of To Flunk or Not To Flunk, as she and her husband, the Earl of Borneo, passed through on their way to their home in Watts. Painless Pat-ton-Madame Editha Pat-ton will tour this part of the state soon, advertising her wonderful hair restorer, which is guaranteed to grow without pain, 150 hairs aminute. Demon- stration will be given by the Madame herself. She has with her a large troop and will give free shows every night. The famous Madame Geneva Hossler has at last accomplished her heart's de- sire and is with Painless Pat-ton, giving readings from her collec- tion of touching incidents related in verse. Important Women's Meeting-An important meeting of the entire Women's League will be held at Rumble Hall next Thurs- day evening. Miss Grace Talcot, dean of the Brine More College, will address the meeting and special music will be rendered. Symphony Concert in Auditorium Building, Chicago-The orches- tra of thirty soloists will be assisted by Miss Emiline Yaw Butter- iield, contralto, and Mr. Hardy Caruso Daniels, concert master and violin soloist. Tickets at 35.00, 33.00 and 32.00 according to space occupied. , Scandal in High Society-New York is intensely interested in the trial now being carried on, wherein Miss Nell Wait is bring- ing suit .against the new Senator from California for breach of promise. This Miss Wait, a noted vaudeville specialist and the Senator met some months ago in the select society of New York, and attracted by her extreme beauty as well as large fortune, he began paying his attentions, with tl1e upshot that they became engaged. But after the recent failure of the company in which Miss Wait's money was invested, the Senator attempted to break