Seaside High School - Sea Breeze Yearbook (Seaside, OR)

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(Hlass JJniyhrry T was the year of invention, it was the year of strange hap- 41 ixsnings, this year of 2009. Before L go on with my story, 1 will tell you where I am, and how I came here. ’Way back in the year of— I think it was 1923, anyway, it was the same year that “tlawkin’s Shockless Aviation Suit was invented; and which you all know was clearly described by Francis DeWelt. Some years after, 1 decided to try out this sliockless avia¬ tion suit. I was flying in my airoplane one day at an altitude of about seven miles. I told my meclianican to drive v hilt I would jump off and fall to earth, testing the flexibility of this wonderful device. At first I was somewhat afraid to make the attempt, but my mechanic told me that the sliockless avia¬ tion suit was thoroughly reliable. Being thus reasurred, I jumped off. Down, down, down, 1 went gathering speed every second — when Crash! 1 came to earth, the springs of the suit expanded, and away I shot into the air again. I travelled in space for eighty-two years until one day I finally struck solid ground. 1 opened the door in my suit, crawled out, and to my surprise, I saw a sign reading, “This planet reserved for the members of the 1923 class of S. U. II. S. “ .Just then 1 heard the noise of a cart approaching. On looking around I beheld a little fellow coming up on a Kiddie- Ivar, Ids long hair and beard streaming in the wind. In his hand he held a long spear, which he jabbed at me, crying, “Get out o’ here! I’ll kill yuli!” To my surprise, I recog¬ nized him to be my old friend “Kelly” Blake. I had quite a time quieting down his warlike attitude, but finally did so by convincing him of my good intentions, and by telling him who I was. He was glad to see me again after a separation of so many years, and asked me how I had happened upon this strange land. He said Fanny DeWelt had come ten years be¬ fore, and was now a hermit, eating raw animals and living- in caves. I was the last of the ( lass of ’23 to arrive upon this planet, so lit said he would call the rest of the members to¬ gether. He then began beating on a tom-tom, which was made of a hollow rock with a skin tightly stretched across the top. Soon l heard a rustling noise in the trees above me, and to my astonishment, “Mugs” Beckman, “Winnie” Nimmo and Katie Colley dropped lightly to the ground from a tree close b . they told me that they had been made young again

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I, Ed Blake, earnestly will my “graceful” walk to Carl Hovgaard. I, Robert Wasclier, ag ;ree to depart with my shyness to Jack Webber. I, Anna Nordstrom, will my modesty to Charlotte Hoag. I, Margaret Tyberg, willingly share my ability for writ¬ ing clever themes to Tom Fulkerson. I, Agnes Koiulraski, hastily leave my giggles in the care of Esther Honkanen. I, Christine Lundgren, leave my dignity and self-posses¬ sion to Elinor Webber. I, Marguerite Beckman, lovingly part with my basketball faults to Helen Spear. 1, Kathryn Hoag, bequeath my flirtatious ability to Esther Palmrose. I, Francis DeWelt, would, if possible, loan my knowledge in general to Don Boss. (Hlass iFmtks Edwin Bl(ake) . ( Marguerite) Beckman Mar(garet) Taitt . Albert De(Welt) . Francis (Dew)elt . . Christine Lund(gren) (Kat)herine Hoag . . (Win)nifred Nimmo ... Anna Non! (strum) . . Jim Le(ster) . - Golda Graf (ton) . M a rga ret Ty ( 1 erg ) . Katie (Coffey) . . Agnes (And)er(son) ... Robert (Wasclier) . Agnes (Ivon)draski . Margaret (Cart) wriglit Lois St(eve)ens . . . Leonard ( lIut)cliinson . Class pain . Class dower . ('lass store room . . Class footwear . Class liquor . Class smiler . . Class pet . ('lass victory . .....Class orchestra . . Class mixer . Class weight Class cold storage plant . Class beverage . Class family . Class wage earner ... . Class memory . Class vehicle . . ('lass apple-eater . Class lodgings

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by partaking of a youth-reviving concoction prescribed by A1 DeWelt, and that they had learned the art of travelling from tree to tree like monkeys. Al, as a chemist, had won great fame on the earth. By this time the whole group had arrived, everyone talk¬ ing away at once, as in the old days. After telling them how 1 had come I insisted upon their telling me of their experiences, and how they had found this wonderful country. 1 heard the familiar voice of Len Hutchinson pipe up from the crowd: “I think Al Deceit and Bob Wascher know more about it than we do ourselves, so let them tell you.” Bob spoke up quickly, “Let Al do it.” “Ahem-um-um-ahem! Well,” said Al, “one day, as I was mixing up a chemical in my laboratory, a thick smoke arose from my cauldron, twisting and writhing until it took the ■shape of a man, who said, ‘I came here from an unknown source. My mission is to tell you to bring together the mem¬ bers of the Class of ’23, and to take them to a planet especial¬ ly reserved for them, where everlasting youth will be en¬ joyed. ’ “After this strange person had disappeared, 1 began searching for my classmates. I found Bob Wascher, who had become a great inventor, in New York. He told me he had a torpedo, which would shoot to Mars. This torpedo would con¬ tain people who would wish to live on that planet. 1 was de¬ lighted over his invention, and told him it was just what l needed to take the Class of ’23 to our planet. “Just then his pilot came up, a tall, lanky figure in an air¬ man’s suit. 1 was pleased to find that he was our old friend, Len Hutchinson. He was growing old and intended to aban¬ don aviation, so I easily induced him to go with us. He said that he had seen several of the grls, and that some were in Paris. “We started from New York, and twenty-four hours later we reached London, where we spent a few days in taking short trips about the city. On the outskirts, we stopped at a school- house, which looked a great deal like old Seaside High. A e went in and whom do you suppose we saw? Christine Lund- gren, “Mugs” Beckman' and “Winnie” Nimino, and all three of them were old-maid school teachers! lib would have thought that such should have been their fate? I told them of niv plan, to which they readily agreed, as they were getting well along in years, and wished to retire from teaching.