St Simon High School - Corolla Yearbook (Ludington, MI)

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CLASS PROCPHECY JVIARY JVIASSE Illustrated by 'Kay Slflaxfe One day about the middle of February I was assigned the difficult task of foretelling the future of 111y classmates. On returning home from school, I threw myself 011 the couch and after thinking deeply for a long time, I fell asleep Etllll lol there appeared before me a queer looki11g old llltlll with long locks Hllll clothed in flowing robes and I i11q11ired: Who are yo11 illld what do yo11 want?'l He replied: I am an old magician a11d l1ave come to assist you if you will have faith in me. After Clllltttlllllliltlllg' for a few lIl1IllllZOS I answered: lf you can help me in the task which I have to perform, l will place my faith i11 you. Then slowly drawing a small odd shaped mirror from a bag wl1icl1 he carried, he said: This is a magic mirror by which you can see the future by merely glancing into it and uttering your wish. Then before 1 had time to express to him my thanks a11d appreciation, he vanished. Wisliiiig that I might behold my classmates' future. I peeped i11to tl1e mirror Rllll yes, there was the dim outline of a picture forming itself as if drawn by an invisible hand. Presently I beheld a large concert hall alld at the pia11o I saw my old classmate, Margaret Koudelka Q15 who was gracefully rendering to so111e of the most I'91l0VVI19tl people in the world, a number of masterpieces of her own composition. , This scene changed Hllll. i11 its place appeared a battlefield and there among tl1e dead a11d wounded soldiers came a pleasant faced nurse, wearing the red cross uniform, dllll she seemed to be spreading sunshine a11d cheer wlierever she we11t. After carefully scrutinizing her face, for it bore a striking resemblance to Mildred Charette C25 of 1ny class of 1916, I realized it was really she. Again Illllt scene changed a11d this time I saw a street in a large city and 111arcl1i11g to their hall was a band of suffragettes, and at tl1e head, carrying the well kl10Wll suffragette banner was a person of small stature whom I knew i11 a second to be Margaret Dutch 133. This view faded away tlllll I next saw a newspaper and there i11 large letters, I read: President Gallic of the United States appoints his boyhood c-hum, the Honorable Raymond Massepas ambassador to France C41 Glancing CIOYVII the column, this item caught my wondering gaze: 'The state senator's wife. who was forpierly the beautiful and talented Miss Lilian Juneau C55 of Ludington, Michigan, will give a reception at her l1o1ne on Michigan avenue, to the lIl8Il1b6I'S of the Iliploinatic Corps and their wives. The newspaper disappeared and I saw revealed before me a pretty home and there on tl1e porch, reading the Ludington Daily News, sat Willia111 Albrecht C65 who, judging by his look of perfect contentinent, was happy in the pursuit of l1is occupation. This picture faded away and in its place I beheld a room filled with pupils and at the desk sat a Sister of Mercy, instructing her class i11 the rules of mathematics. I started. for beneath that veil sl1o11e two soft eyes that I knew belonged to llly former classmate, Antonia Yech C71

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CLASS CPR OPHECY fContinueaO Wllile l was gazing awestruck, this sight vanished and there appeared a library and at the exchange desk, filling out cards was the one literary member of my class, Elizabeth Nehs CSI who even in early childhood possessed a strong inclination for both fiction and deep reading. Woiieleriiig what I would next see and prepared for almost anything, I confess I was a little surprised when a court room arose before me and there with grave and piercing eyes sat the judge in cap and gown, listening to the lawyers discussing the case and then I noticed that gradually the features of the noble judge assumed those of my old classmate, Anthony Yech C91 while at a side table, industriously writing with an absorbed expression on her youthful countenance sat his cousin Blanche Kovar C102 now court stenog- rapher, but once a member of the renowned class of 1916. The court room became indistinct but as it gradually grew clear again. I saw the interior of an immense theatre and at first I was so dazzled by the brightness and splendor that I did not immediately distinguish Lucile liorgia Warden fllj as the prima donna, who was charming the large audience with her sweet voice. This picture grew dimmer and finally was obliterated by another, which was that of a massive brick building and the name inscribed on the door was: LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and looking in the window of the operating room I saw two or three nurses busily engaged in arranging the table for what I understood from the words that formed themselves on one of the nurse 's lips, was to be the most serious operation ever performed, and as 1 was trying to decide if any of them were old classmates of mine, the door opened and in walked the sur- was to perform the operation. I did not recognize him, however, 1u i,' ,fcame near the window and then much to my astonishment, I gazed 0 fe on my old classmate, Ernest Subora, f12j. 'I ELIC view faded away and in its place I beheld the auditorium in that famous resort, Epworth Heights, and on the platform stood Helen Bates U35 who by her rare elocutionary powers, one moment brought tears to her listeners' eyes, while the next moment, they were provoked to merry laughter. This picture disappeared and I saw a New York skyscraper and in a window on the forty-fifth Hoor, I read this sign: H45 MAnAMo1sELLE Mumaan de la Rocns If PARISIAN Momsfrs an ' Alas! this also vanished as all the others had and I was surprised to see a large oil painting, in what appeared an Italian art gallery, and under it I read the name, Georgiana Haughey 4155. Just at this time I was awakened by the ringing of the telephone and. jumping up from the couch, I answered it. Then realizing that I had been dreaming of my classmates' future, I hastened to the desk and quickly wrote down what tl1e old magician of my dream had informed me concerning the I'lltllI'f?'0f the illustrious class of 1916. .