South Bend Catholic High School - Victorian Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Class Prophecy This article is not the product of any wit. Thoughts were strained to the very last idea to make the predictions herein as positive as the weather report, to satisfy the curiosity cf our friends and classmates, and it should be judged wholly as a by-product of abnormal progress of my classmates. The following predictions are not merely my own opinions, but are based upon a sound formula developed through knowledge and re- search of the intricate perplexities of forecast- ing, and were arrived at as follows: your golf score and geography grade, minus your tele- phone number over four, squared, times tem- perature of the day, divided by the house num- ber, times auto license number, plus radius, divided by 13-1313 all of which was so confus- ing that I had to ask my mother. The answer then, I used as the key to an index of famous autobiographies, whose life the corresponding number is destined to slave through. The expected contributions from Eddie Cantor and Jack Benny were disappointing, so the inserted gags had to be thought up by myself. Now, for the march of time, the laugh of today, the truth of tomorrow, old man fu- ture, and lady luck hold in store for . . . Ed Dulcet . . . I-Iere's. a problem full of doubts. Let us say he will drench America with the world's most delicious coffee . . . it will be quite a grind! Virginia Rozewicz . . . A woman doctor that'll put you in stitches. Her financial suc- cess will depend on her patience ! Al Ciesielski . . . A barber with a new type of clipper which will cut barber expenses in half. A thrifty fellow, he'll make sound in- vestments of his savings! Cecile Rozploch . . . An atmosphere which will reverberate with music of her own com- positionf The key to her success will be on the organ. I Pa gc Twenty-Two Kenneth Oshinski . . . His High-Strung Ha- waiian Guitar Band will swing in every town! Joseph YVisniewski . . . Owner of a soap factory. XVhether he climbs the heights to success will largely depend on the Lather. If his business is a washout, his next start should be a cleadi one! Jean Szuba, and Geraldine Rybicki . . . After great pains they will pull through as dentists . . . a position they should fill for a long time. They'll prepare a special artificial tooth paste for false teeth! John Torzewski and Ed. Kush . . . Both can succeed as electricians, if they will make the proper connections. John especially loves light work . . . if one should fail, the other will be shocked! Genevieve Strozewski will supervise the experimental department of a blotter factory, which work should be quite absorbing. Wanda Liwosz will inherit her great grand- father's chicken farm, which will include some pretty . . . tough birds. At least she won't have to start from scratch. I hope this isn't a foul tip! Esther Pajakowski and Sylvia Sosinski . . . With an eye to the future, will develop a de- pendable bristle-less brush to compete against the toothless combs which might be quite popu- lar during the next era, an age of worry! Loretta Lewinski and Gertrude Hazinski will buy considerable stock in a packing con- cern, whose future is at steak. Let's hope it isn't a bum steer! Leo Wallish will operate a meat market. Any idea that he will give meat away free of charge on Saturdays, to stimulate business . . . is a lot of baloney. Henry Gudynowski . . . will begin as a The Vic'torian

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Class 1 x of1939 John Torzewski Roman Kowalski Leo Wallish Edward Kush Modest Wendowski Kenneth Oshinski Joseph Wisniewski Edward Szaulewicz

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Class Prophecy qContinued from Page Twenty-Twoj tomb digger at a cemetery. It will be a grave matter - his customers will wind up in a hole! Loretta Ruszkowski and Jean Gaszewski . . . whether it should be banking or school teaching will depend on the principle of the thing. If they should lose interest in one they can study the other. L. Nowakowski . . . A lady Senator from Missouri. Passing bills should be her liking, since in school she was an expert at passing the buck! Joe Hartwick . . . An heir to extensive timber lands in Western Canada. He will ship lumber to the principal parts of the world-a wood-pecker. Modest Wendowski . . . Upon leaving school he'll bounce into a rubber factory, where he is apt to gum things up. This may be a wee bit stretched. Gertrude Nowakowski . . . Vice-President of' a concern manufacturing pins and needles. If her product won't sell she will be stuck with them. Roman Kowalski . . . He will be in the glass business where he should get his share of breaks. Though in school he was a first- Glass-student he'll find the job isn't what it cracked up to be--this is a hard one to see through. Ed Szaulewicz . . . A railroad engineer that will be easy to keep track of as his work will keep him tied up. In good shape from the constant training, Ed had better follow a clear track, as he usually doesn't give a hoot! The Victorian Lucille Maternowski and Jane Kujawa . . . will be associated with a cannery. The great responsibilities will keep them bottled up. If either should get canned, it would be quite a jar! Gertrude Chelminiak and Gladys Ncwal: . . . will operate a natatorium which will be fiooded with swimmers, who should have a whale of a time. If they're not careful of deep water, they will be sunk! And I do mean Gertrude and Gladys. Zenobia Orszulak and Yolanda Kielton . . . Will be intrusted with the care of a bee cul- ture. The output cf honey will be rather low since these bees are pretty STINGY. But it will be class A honey . . . out of a HB culture? Mary Jane Poore and Loretta Starczewski . . . will operate a factory manufacturing artificial flowers. If business blooms, visitors will be welcomed at the plant. Offices will be centered in the main stem! Irene Lepkowski . . . After several attempts with the same formula, produced either an un- satisfactory fortune or none at all, and at times a good past rather than the future was exposed, and rather than I should tax myself to the limit, let us relax and before we near the end of our journey, recall the pleasant memories of four years of true fellowship, the last of which will soon fade away into the great past, where the future of our forefathers is already delving in deeper and deeper and is as historical as this prophecy will be to our descendants. TIME MARCHES ON! IRENE LEPKOWSKI Page Twenty-Th ree