St Henry High School - Trojan Yearbook (Charleston, MO)

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CLASS IRUPHECY Tired from the prolonged hours of lntense study and palnstaklng experlmenting ln the physics lab, lark Rolwing thounht rlmself entltled to a nice long po t gratuite rc t So on a balmy day 10 Iay l947 park, ex senlor of ft Ienr1's Sgught out a cave 1D some eluded spot crawlec ln, sealed the entrance, ant promptly fell asleep TE YhAiS LAlER An earthouale, 1n luS oath of destructlon, wreck I rl s hermitage and ln 1ts ake the brlght rays of SUHSVlDG fall on his heavlly bearded face Slow ly lark returns to COHSClOUq ness Pe attempts to walk but recovers sufficient balance to walk about lark wanders from hls hermltage wken surcenly ter ror holds him to the slot Com ing towards tlm lS an 6lOImOuS machine P13 flrst impulse 1 to flee but curiosity compels him to stay At tke approach of the monstrous machlne he sees painted on the S166 o lt ln large bold letters the name of his classmate, JOE TEICER Iark waves frantlcally but I Telker, unable to dlStlHLUlSh what sort of prlmltlve man thls mlght be, puts the m3CYlU8 in rleh gear and disappears in a flash NARK, RIP VAN wl1ILE' DObBLn Lucklly, Park has now reached the much traversed lnter contl nental highway and another car approac es This car stops The woman ln the car Lives a startlec cry at tke unkempt, ragged creature before her Mark sees ris reflectlon ln the car h1Dd0A and reallzes that only an archeoloflst with a keen lmaglnatlon coulo recognize a member of the human species in this tangled ma s of hair and cllmbs lnto the ln urprised to man and woman former clas and his assist ant Jane lldrleton, tie county nurse Ire 6WSUlHL conversatlon prove very informative to Mark for he learns that both doctor an nurse are ow thelr way to glve the weekly meclcal exanlna tlon requlrec by the school autlorltles Antlcipatlng lark'S characterlstlc pattern of rea sonlng that such a frequent ex amlnatlon vould be rather costly vines As H rk machlne he is ag learn that ttis e two of mates, Joe rown once 6Xpla1HS that St henry' lS now one of the be t and most efflclently equl pee schools ln nlSSOUTl le also explalns that the frlgrtened lr Telker, who has gust passed hlm, is the pro fessor of agriculture at St Pe rx's and manager of e schoolfs BOO acre farm Doctor Browr invltes ark to vislt the school lark hesltates, because of ki appearance But the Doc tor expl lns that they can stop at his cllnlc for the necessary ablutions and a nev sult f clothing In a short tlme Mark once more looks respectable agerly he walts the vlsit t YlS Alma Vater ST HnNRl'S 11 1957 Jhile stlll some distance from tle clty they can see the school towering above the sur roundlng bulldings Nark is lm med1 tcly alert for le has al ways been remarkable for his ,J .xx 4 , X fl Y I u V- - . . 1 V . ' 4 . f 1' xv A f . , . . . . . A AY' tn 7 I I 1 I NJ 1 .A . ' ' ' A . L . . I . .g A ' 1 ,' , M , - l S 1 2 'AS ' L 0 . K- J u n x L . ' 1' r. ' ' C Ao.CA V . , - r - . - 7 - . x gi g, Q , p - O :J ' f L1 S i A S e ' di '5 2' 1 . , A Y I , : 1 a C BI' 11 1 5 y 3 -1 . f L L 3 , M .. ' ' .f 7 1 f . V' v' . ' fa ' 1 rv 'N Y FN 1 A 4 . jx. I X ' r' v f- .2 l .J l . . 'f Q ' L - ' d , Y ' v ' , ,. , ' E- fy 3 A ' 0 Y ' I ' ' L. Q i ' ' V. . . 7 . ' A-' ' Q ,I Q 3 N 0 1 F - JL, O 1 ' ' - Q Q .. 5 ' ' - L . - - , A .. v -1- Y . 1' ' . .V ' ,. r. 4, V - - StassS1S forward- GTdCUd113 he and unnecessary--Dr. Brown at - a Y- 7 W ' ' cw . D ' ' 4 ' Y '1 v - ,- o u ,N 1 4 1 + - ' l . LJ X l ,a , . . v . J ' - .1 u 1 1 ' ' I 1 . ' . -7 4- 1 U v 1 0 N 4 u 1 W ' ' . . an x. . I I ' . n 7. C ,.,. u . ' A U U o . f. . . , W t L L. H, ' s I ' T F Ji I x- J, S 3' 1 . n ' 21 . 4 '- . . Ay, . lr, , w - L ' -A . . . . . . A A A . 0 . . , 1 .L .L C, V L ., . A ' -I U '. . 7' or 1- ' ' 0 ' .L L1 ff 1 N' .' C ' ' N . f ' X X' K 'V 1 .L ,ll l ' V r 1 . Y1 r' ' . . l L - . - -- zany 4 ' . l T F X . v - P J- Y R 0 0 1 L, - ' 4 4 u a ' 0 ' A - U 1 ' 1 ' 3 g ' - . . 4 0