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

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converted the Kaiser, the sdii of tlie faniuiis Wilhehii, as well as many of his subjects. David Smiley was the editor of the New York Sun. and under his man- agement the circulation of the paper increased wonderfully. He made Donald Jerome sporting editor. Lillian Martin, Alyrtle Law, and Laura Sevaly became world renowned movie stars. Their histrionic talent has delighted all civilized peoples. Alildred Severance and irgil Deaver, working together, discovered a fluid, which, if apjilied copion.sly to the head every night for a period of seven years, is guaranteed to luake curly hair permanently straight. Orlyn Robertson had a durian ranch in Southern C ' alifurnia, which brought him in a goodly fortune. Ivalph Chappell was an instructor in Latin in ' era IIendrickson s Select School for Young Ladies in Idaho. Phyllis Steidinger, Anita Preble, and Marie Martin were floor walkers in Woolworth ' s Los Angeles Department Stores. They were all renowned for their extreme courtesy to gentlemen. Albert Thorman left a Bolivian wife to mourn him. Their domestic life had been especially enjoyable. He used to plow the ground and sow the wheat, while she washed the tlishes and milked the cows. Marian Buckley, a ])romiiient Colonel ' s wife, toured the United States, lec- turing on Why Soldiers Need Knee Caps. Taylor X ' anderlip invented the lloating summer residences which are now so popular. The favorite amusement is to go flying in a cloud, supported by the vacuum made by a fly wheel in an airship above. Ruth Ilicko.x was a rich did maid, who left tured away in the beehives countless millions in one dollar bills. After her disaiijjearance, a fourth ddulile cousin claimed them. Catherine Beswick wrote a com])letc History of the I ' jnployed in one- half volume. Alonzo Lopez explored the United States and discovered the city of Chicago, which had been lost for several years, so he asserted. Vera Joplin and Lena Jones w ' ere political bosses of the Fresh .Air party. Their slogan was Back to Nature. ' Harley Marshall made the world ' s record by circling the glo be in a canoe in four years and ten seconds, not counting the portages across continents. Lois Tavlor was a Sunday School teacher of such great earnestness, that all her pupils died at a very tender age. She taught the Primany department. Atleta Merigold and R.-dph Cole were married two years after their gradna- Page Twenty- two

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Dorotliy Whipple was a society queen in (ireenville, until her recent ele- vation. Rohert ( ierwing demonstrated en his bike ' ' the way to overcome friction, by going so fast that he left it behind him in the dust. Dee Chase, a prominent farmer, was the first to make the discovery that music aids plants to grow. Me did this by going to the band concerts every ' ed.nesday night, and measuring the leaves of the plants before and after each ninnber. He found that the growth varies as the square of the distance and the rapidity of the music. Luelnia Neff was the editor of X ' anity Fair. Dorothy Jones, under the Frenchy name Arabella Simpkins, designed all the dresses for its pages. Harold Spaulding was the President of (Jxford University, where he did a splendid work in discovering the origin of fleas. ■ Cassius I ' aul insured his tongue for five million dollars. His favorite oration was on this subject : Queening, Its Use and . buse. Helen Kemmer, with ' alesca Rost and Fern Schlink, established a home in the South Sea Islands for destitute poets wounded in conflict with cruel editors. Mildred I ' ennet worked sixteen hours a day in the slums of Tustin, until her health failed. Then she went to Tahiti to study sociological conditions and to recuperate. Arden Ta Ior Ixiught out the t ' asino at Monte Carlo, where he made an immense fortune. Blossom Ward was an aviatrix of great note. She made the tri|i across the continent in ten minutes. Jennie Pollard was the chanfifeur of the President of Mexico. I ler onl - complamt about her job was that her employer changed |)ersonalities too fre- (lucntly. Mavme Armstrong and .Aida May .Sharpless wrote all the |)ojiular nnisic hits in 1928, 1929, and 1930. Ralpii La Rue and Carl Winans had tried for ten years to find the highest point in South Africa by using the North Star as a benchmark. They did not succeed ! However, their industry deserves recognition. Christine Watson, Mary Jo Grubb, and Margaret Lyon joined the Merry Bachelors ' P.urlesque Co. They did their stunts three times dailv on Broad- wav. Each one of them paid $100,000 per year as an income tax. Stillman Jenks, who used to be well known for his abilit ' to ask questions, was employed by the Govenmient to make a new Questionnaire each year for all the men between the ages of twelve and sixty. Millicent Long and Kathleen Owens went as missionaries to ( iennany. They Twent ' -

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tion, Ijy Rev. Lcruy W ' ai ' illnw. They li cil in great haiipiness and tranqnililv on Bill ' s five-acre sheep ranch. Howard Marple, detective, was instrnmental in capturing the notorious crooks, OHve Brown and Dorothy Clem, whose favorite ruse was to rush into a stiire, hypnotize all the clerks, and carr ' awa ' hutton hooks and hairpins. Virginia Aletzgar and Roberta Dawes lived in Bohemia, where they enjoyed the company of all the rising poets, authors, and musicians. Ethelind Lin len was a judge in the Juvenile Court in Santa . na. She proved herself to be a near rival to Solonmn. Shorty JohiLson was a very interesting scientitic specimen, as it was found that the pressure of his hat on his head was every year decreasing his statui-c .000013 of a centimeter. .- t this rate of reduction, it was calcidated that in the year (;,28o A. D. he would completely disappear, if still alive. Esther Osborne and ' ivian Co.x were traveling on the Lyceum Circuit as a cellist and flutist. The seats were always completely filled wherever thcv per- formed. Evelyn Tolland won great applause as a tight-rope dancer on a wireless tel- egraph wire. Hazel I ' oote glided through life, giving Pollyanna ' s message to evcrybodv, Just be glad, glad, glad. This ends the list of the acliievements of the dii¥erent members of this class. In no case have they failed to give something to the world, whether in things actually accomplished, or in the determination and work in trying to do some- thing. The world will nnw realize the importance of the new constellation in the heavens, ' 18 B. Mary Blake, ' iS B. Page Twcnty-tlux-e