Stamford Union Free School - Camera Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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the kettle a vigorous stir with the handle of my hair brush. As I stared fixedly at it a picture was formed in the midst of the froth. I seemed to be looking from tl1e back of a large class room, before me at the front of the room a professor was giv- ing a lecture on History. Despite the addition of a pair of scholarly looking glasses I readily recognized our class presi- dent, Kenneth Doonan. Tl1e scene shifted and I beheld a large white house which I recognized as the Governor's Mansion at Albany. Natalie 1 Robbe?J walked down the steps with a very conventional look- ing man. They entered a large car waiting at the curb and slowly drove away. At this point the froth darkened and I seemed to be e11ter- ing a dark cave. Suddenly it began to grow lighter again and at last I saw a large room. - At one side was a dazzling throne. A Lyon wearing a jeweled crown was sitting 011 the throne. Harriet fBuck?j was seated beside him pouring tea for the King of the Beasts. The witch gave another stir to the froth and it all turned a mellow gold. The picture formed showed a music room done in gold. A gold shaded lamp was lighted near the grand piano where May Willistl sat practicing an Opera for the following evening. In an adjoining room her husband sat at his desk busily preparing a History Lecture. The next scene was from Switzerland. High up in the Alps two women were hiking. Dorothea Bartholomew and her illlllil seemed to be enjoying the mountain air immensely. Dorothea looked much stronger than when I last saw her. They rounded a large rock and suddenly came out on the most beautiful pla- teau. Before and above them were the snow capped mountains and all around them the beautiful rivers, rocks and valleys. over them the clear, blue sky. The froth turned a deep green, I saw mile after mile of ocean waves and cutting through them an ocean liner bound for Europe. My attention was immediately attracted to a tall, young man standing near the rail. Dark, good looking and well dressed he was giving his entire attention to the person at his side. As they turned to glance out over the water I looked in- 1

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Biggest Bluffers-Floyd Cuyle, Kathleen Beggs. Biggest Flirts-Harlan Lewis, Dorothea Bartholomew. Greatest Talkers-Arthur Bush, Helen Dent. Vainest-Floyd Cuyle, Natalie Robbe. Most Conceited-Kenneth Doonan, Gladys Brown. Biggest Spooners-Kenneth Doonan, Mae IVillis. Most Attractive-Floyd Cuyle, Gladys Brown. Fondest of Opposite Sex-Kenneth Doonan, Ruth Buck. Tallest-Floyd Cuyle, Cleta Baird. Most Musical-Ray Govern, Mae VVillis. Quickest Temper-Floyd Cuyle, Gladys Brown. Jolliest-George Lewis, Helen Dent. Seen Most-George Lewis, Gladys Brown. Our Speeders-Melrose Harper, Aurilla Hastings. Meekest-Melrose Harper, Ada Mabey. Wildest-Floyd Cuyle, Gladys Brown. Teachers Trials-George Lewis, Kathleen Beggs. Sleepiest-James Moore, Harriet Buck. PROPHECY OF1926 The clock down-stairs struck twelve slow strokes. The next moment I heard a tapping on my window. I pulled the blankets over my head and tried to drown the sound, but it con- tinued with increased noise and force until the window flew open. I pulled myself together enough to unearth my head and Iook around. An old witch stepped stiffly into the room. She was dressed all in grey and ca1'ried a frothing kettle, 'tThe Present was blazed. in brilliant letters across the top of the kettle. After pausing a. moment near tl1e window she clattered stiffly toward my bed. My limbs seemed frozen in place for I could neither crawl from my bed or raise my arms to cover my head with blankets. There I sat grasping blankets in both hands while she halted before my bed and began speaking. She spoke slowly in a dry lifeless Voice the following words: I am the Past. At Present in this kettle I hold the froth of the Future. As she finished talking she gave the froth in

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to the smiling eyes of Cleta CBaird?J She had changed very little and looked exceedingly happy. As tl1e ship slid by many people were strolling on the deck. Raymond Govern and his brother walked. slowly, stopping of- ten to watch tl1e fast disappearing shore or the miles of ocean ahead. The scene sl1ifted, the sun poured down on an open theatre where thousands of people were watching a. bull tight. Among tl1e spectators were Harlan Lewis and Ada fMabey?J Their attentions seemed somewhat divided. The bull was victorious and Arthur Bush was quite seriously injured. An announcer proclaimed tl1e fact that this was tl1e great fighter's first down- fall. A large school building arose in tl1e froth. Children were sliding down the walk when two troopers drove up and stopped. As they bowed at the door of the empty class room one's hair was notably red while the other was black. Ruth Buck and her assistant were arranging books for tl1e night. The black haired fellow iinmediately hurried the assistant to tl1e waiting car. The taller trooper waited patiently for Ruth to finish up then they too entered the car and drove away. They drove off into the dimness of tl1e horizon and disappeared in the froth. At this point tl1e witch emptied the contents of a paper envelope into the kettle. A Packard roadster slowly d1'ove up before a. large oflice building and stopped. Elizabeth fEffner?l took a basket of lunch from the back and entered an elevator. She entered a lawyer's olfice on the third floor and passed through the door marked private. A young man was sitting at the desk and as Betty entered he arose his black eyes snap- ping and a very boyish grin lit up his handsome face and show-- ed two rows of pearly teeth. Betty cleared his desk and spread the lunch upon it. They sat down companionably and began eating. Until the very last two heads showed very close to- gether, one blonde haired, the other black and wavy. The froth next held a picture from the South. A large truck drove up to a storehouse and loaded with tobacco and