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

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C5lae PROPHECY OF THE CLASS of 28 -+-I0llC',238ZL',9ll6I+- HO would have thought that out of our m1dst an mventor would make his appear anee' XVhen I fII11Sl'1Cd sehool I seeured 1 13051121011 111 the Ed1son Eleetrical Researeh and devoted my t1me to the study of rad1o frequency waves After eonstruetmg a tube which stepped down the enaanatxons of the beta rays to an aud1o frequeney I was able to lntercept from the a1r both hght and sound waves 1n sueh a way that they eould be reprodueed lonw after they had been or1g 111 1ted By a meehameal proeess 1nvolv1ng the use of this new type of tube a vitaphone and tele v1s1on all of wh1eh were operated by a keyboard sueh lS 1 typewr1ter It was poss1ble for me to re 1d the past as well IS the present aetlons and vxords of 111y of the many ID1ll1OI1 mhabxtants of the e 1rth While adjustnaq the maehlnery and 1'l1I'lI'l1l'l0' 1eross the keys at random I typed my sister s name Sun enough' The tElLV1SlOl'1 gave a elear plcture Miry was just stoppmg her Stutz roadster 1I'l front of a large jewelry store A young man came out of the budding sm1l1nff ev1dently he knew her I IISIILIILCI to the xitaphone and what do you know? He was the owner of the establ1shment and their fr1endsh1p was strong What fine 1dea that QIVCS me' Now I can see the pletures of all my old sehool fr1ends and find out just how the world has used them since fave years 190111 '78 Anna Canheld IS f1rst on the program She had been our seeretary and treasurer 111 our SCIIIOI' year 111d she surely guarded our finances well Now she IS the governors prxvate seeretary No not boxerno1 Sm1ths he 18 pres1de11t now Never theless We are 1llfCI'CStCd 1n her employer because he 15 R1el1ard Frame a former graduate of our sehool Stunford 15 eert11nly well represented 111 affairs of the state That remmds me of Anna s s1ster Mar1a11 She l11d 1lw1ys been fond of sports and sportsmen Something 111 New York had drawn her attentxon I v1onde1 what lt was? I can find out by typlng her IIIIUL 111 that 1DySt6I'10L1S maclame Ah' IIOW I knoxx I hlVt seen hun before HIS name is Tom He must be the attraetlon of the metropolls What about Bee Cronk7 She was a worker Nou 1f I remember rxght she planned to enter Trammg Class and then to go to Normal I ean soon find out The keys are pressed 3.23111 Bea tr1ee Cronk that s right there 15 her p1eture who wouldn t I'?LOgl1lZC her smile? She IS now a busy teaeher and IS Wflflllg a letter to eancel a11 engage ment Ill favor of a more agreeable one The so11nd of a 13121110 draws my 8.ftC1lt10l'l That remlnds me of Naoma Effner who used to play the P13110 III sehool Her des1re had bee11 to be a eomposer and she generally earr1ed out her plans Naoma must be quite far away her vo1ee IS se 1ree ly aud1ble Right again' She IS 1n Hollywood Her musieal eomedy Better Late Than Never has m1de her famous V1ola Eklund was another member of our class She had a l1k1ng for young sehool teaehers It my mlstake a young sehool teaeher Now IS my el1 1nee to find out how the rornanee has progressed Well she hasn t ehanged a b1t but the V1t1pl10I1L has It that she doesnt know whether she will marry a m1n1ster or a lawyer In elther else It w1ll be the same man' Now there IS Bud Govern He must have made a sueeess of whatever he undertook Bud knew hlstory but he found It hard to tell others what he knew However he had no dlflieulty Ill argu 111g p0l1t1CS Ill see how he progressed 111 eollege There he IS lS happy as ever He w1s a star on the Syracase football team as well as the baseball 111111 Now after teaeh1n1f history for a few years lt Columbla he IS running for President of the United States Let me see' Vvfhy there s Peg Hamllton One wouldn t be likely to forget her She made a ree ord 111 seholarsh1p for our elass of 28 a11d entered Mount Holyoke the follow1ng year The f1ets ea11 soon be learned Yes Holyoke was proud to ela1111 her There she 1S just Elllghfllllg w1th a good look mfr chap dec1dedly blonde from a br1ght red roadster bearmg the golden 1llS1gll1'1 Where Eeon omy Rules The 5 and 10 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 f 1 1 , , 1 A 1, . 1 1 . 1, 1 1 . , 1 . , 1 .. . . 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Lawrence as v1ce presldent and Anna Ctnneld as seeretary and treasurer We at once welcomed the new members to hlgh school w1th a receptlon All took part 1n games and danc1ng and later refreshments were served Every one seemed to have a good t1me Upon gatherxng together our cast for A Buneh of Fun , we found that w1th httle praet1ee we eould present the play agaln Actlon was 1mme d1ately taken and early 1n the fall the pl ay was g1ven 1n Jefferson and W1ndham Now we htd presented our umor play 111 most of the ne1gh bormg towns and some new plan had to be de v1sed Th1S dlfflculty was solved by hold1ng a serres of bake sales In thrs way about one hun dred and fifty dollars was reahzed Because of the large number 1n the class It was necessary to earn a greater amount of money so that our tr1p could be taken Cmdy was sold and a card party was held but we dee1ded that xt would be necessary to fmd some greater source of meome so we gathered together the talent of our elass and on March 2? and 24 we presented After You I m Next rn the gymnaslum Mr Hanulton and Mlss Danlels were our dlrectors The play wts a great success and we were fortunate 111 havmg good weather so that our gate recerpts brought us about one hundred and nmety dollars Th1S put us at ease con ernrng our financral affa1rs and gave us t1me to prepare for our well earned hol1day m the cap1tol Clty On Frrday Aprxl 6, chaperoned by Mlss Dan lels and Mr Hamllton a jolly group of twenty started at SIX a m for Wash1ngton It was hardly posslble to have a better t1me than we had durmg IX our ten day sojourn Wlth all the attract1ons of the e1t1es and the h1stor1eal plaees sueh as the bat tlefield at Gettysburg to entxee us we could not allow ourselves even t1me to rest In Wlshmgton we v1s1ted nearly all our gov ernment bllllfllllgb and places of mterest The ex perlenee of course was of great value to us, not only because of the pleasure lf afforded but also beetuse of the knowledge wh1ch lt enabled us to Obtdlll easlly Alter return1ng home we were xsked to put on our play 111 Smalley s New Theatre We gladly aeeepted tlns 1l'1V1t3.t10l1 s1nce It gave us a chance to start ra1s1ng money for the pubhshlng of the Camera Slnee that t1me we have been taklng part lll the P1'Odl1Ct1OIl of a school book wh1ch we hope w1ll be a suceess Cornehus Brown was elected ed1tor 1n eh1ef Angelyn Lawrence assistant edltor 1n chlef Beatrlce Cronk and Anne Moore, adver ager Margaret Hamllton athlet1c editor and Wa1nwr1ght Potter, joke ed1tor The rest of the class as assoc1ate edltors are backlng the staff to the best of therr ab1l1t1es And now as the four years draw to a elose 1nd we look back over them we feel that they have bee11 the happlest days of our llves and wlsh rn some way to express our gratltude to dear old Stamford Sem1nary for her careful gu1dance We w1ll endeavor to show our worthmess of th1s con stant eare by belng a cred1t to our beloved Almt Mater MFB28 A J 1 g . 1 . , I Y I 2 x I . l . . E 1. . E 7. 3 E' ' E , E ' ' ' 5 9 E 1 ' , 1 s s s 2 ' I I ' I a . ,, A ' N , 4, V ' ,Q J V A . 3 ' bf S T D I Q . I - 2 f - . I ' ' ' ' . 2 5 ' 2 I ' , se nw K' V . I . r A ' ' 5 t A 2 g I I . f. is . 3 3 , . . , 1 E' l , I, . V I I . . , ' - , t1s1ng managersg Warren Shaver, busmess man' v ' ' l .K ' a . , 1 l as, - - ' . r V . , , . 'I I -' I , . ' , 2 A 3 ' 3 C D lv f' , t I v ' ' ' , Q 6 ' ' e z . , . . 1, . , ' Ee' fr S .' ifergtg .f f W4 l. I 1'7 THE 1928 CAMERA

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That reminds meg George Harris was an honor pupil in our class. He was granted the rare privf ilege of entering Harvard. I feel sure that he will be successful, but we'll see if friend George has kept up the old fight. Whatever made me think he would falter? Why, he has graduated with great honorsg is now Dean of his Alma Mater and is publishing the new Harris Dictionary. Ang. Lawrence left Stamford to attend Skid' more College. After making a good record there she accepted a position in the High School at Strat' fordfonfAvon. There is Ang. now, speeding along the highway in a Buick roadster with a young man, formerly of Hobart but now an officer in the Cornwall Military Academy. The Vita' phone tells me that their destination is a popular tea room where I know they will enjoy the jazz dancing. Do you hear that noise? I'll bet it's an aero' plane. You know Rex Miller was going to conf struct a new and better plane. He went to an enf gineering schoolg maybe he designed that new plane which broke the world's record yesterday. Let's find out. There he is, the same old Rex, just alighting from a plane. Didift I tell you? Why he not only designed it but he is the aviator who made the record. It would be an honor to shake hands with the old boy now. I don't want to forget to find out about Anne Moore. She was going to be an actress. She sure' ly got a good start in the plays our class gave. I'll see what this little machine can do to enlighten me. Anne is laughing, that is second nature for her. So she has become Broadway's favorite! I knew she would be nothing but the best. Wainwright Potter was one of our most studif ous classmates. An engineering school had its at' tractions for him, but I don't know what he has done since we parted in '28, Surely I can find out in a second. Now isn't that a shame? Wainwright was expelled from college in his senior year for arguing with his science professor and winning his point. Nevertheless, he headed his class and is now about to publish a definition of electricity. Everytime I see an Atlantic and Pacific store 1 think of Bill Raynor. One could easily see that he had a genuine love for the A. and P. during his high school years. Probably he has become the head manager in this great chain of stores by now. It would seem good to see Bill again even if he couldn't see me. just as I thought, he is right on the job, reprimanding one of his men for not Hxing a show window properly. Well, Bill started from the bottom and knows what these talks were like. Louise Shaver was a busy person. She always said, oh, I have so much to do. Now Louise told me very confidentially that she was going to One' onta Normal. She was true to her word and after graduating taught in a kindergarten for a while. Then her desires for the more romantic led her to marry and settle in a town near Stamford. Louise had a brother, Warren, who graduated at the same time. We all expected him to become a physicist, because he liked science. Now I won' der if he really did. We'll see. No, Warren fooled us that time, but he used his extraordinary skill in science by aiding in the development of aeronautf ics. He constructed a plane and is now making regular transfAtlantic flights. There was a certain little girl in our class called Naoma Simonson. She had no definite plans as to what she would do after graduation. However, I see her now, playing the wonderful pipe organ in the St. Paul's Cathedral, which we visited on our Washington trip. Ruth Simonson always refjoycejd when she saw red hair. I'd like to know if her craving for that color has been satisfied. I shouldn't wonder if Ruth could be found in Roxbury. As true as you liveg she is mistress of a large house there, and apparently her desires have been fulfilled. Whatever made me leave Lyle Stevens until now? He surely was a teacher's trial, but as a baseball player he atoned for all his faults. His position at second base was always air tight. Spooks is probably playing with the Giants by now. No, I was wrong. He is out there on sec' ond base working hard to help the Yanks win a game from the Giants. That boy surely knows baseball. This completes our class roll. Now I shall abandon my amusing invention for a while to recall some of the good times we had back in our high school days. -QC. J. BROWN '28 956 I I THE 1928 CAMERA