Steamboat Springs High School - Galleon / Sailors Log Yearbook (Steamboat Springs, CO)

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Class iPiopfjccp IVE years had elapsed since the graduation of the illustrious class of ’17. I was spending the winter traveling through sunny Spain. In Feb- ruary a friend invited me to visit her in Granada. I took up my res- idence in the old, ruined castle of the Alhambra. There I enjoyed myself rambling spell-bound in the enchanted ruins, dreaming about the stories of The Alhambra is an ancient fortress or palace of Moorish kings. On wandering through the many corridors it seems as if we are transported into ancient times and we are treading the scenes of Arabian stories. 1 he mystery and superstitions connected with the place seem real. It is impos- sible to contemplate this once favorite abode of Oriental manners without feeling the early associatons of Arabian romance and one almost expects to see some mysterious princess beckoning from the balcony or some dark eyes sparkling through the lattice. One beautiful moonlight night, when the spell of the place had taken an unusual hold on me, I was standing in the tower gazing out over the quiet valley and up into the glorious pile of mountains that gives to Granada that combination of delights so rare in a southern city. Suddenly I was startled by a sound behind me. I turned and saw an old. old woman. She was stooped and eerie. She had with her a beautiful globe which glistened like an opal, reflecting bright-colored gleams of light. The old lady recounted many legends about the inhabitants of the Alham- bra. Then, noticing that I was curious about the globe, she told me that by looking into its depths she could foresee the future. I wished to know about my classmates, so 1 inquired about the class of ’17. With incredible swiftness her thought flashed across the years and she saw the events of 1927. Placing the globe upon a balustrade she looked into its clear depths and uttered an exclamation of surprise. She told me that Maurice Leckenby had become editor-in-chief of the New York Tribune. He wrote many brilliant editorials. He had first been employed as office boy on the Denver Post. Next he became a reporter, and finally he rose to be assistant editor. I’wo years later he had gone to New York. For several months he had sought in vain for employment, wandering from office to office. One day he stepped into the office of the New York Tribune, fully expecting no better success than formerly. He found that they were greatly in need of an office boy, so he started to work immediately. Two years afterward he was promoted to his present position. She turned the globe slightly and said that Burton Allin had gone to Chicago the summer after his graduation. Through the influence of a friend he received a position with the United States Steel corporation, which is one of the largest in America. Russell Ohman’s great career began with our Senior class play in which he played the part of Leviticus. The fact that the play was a great success was due to his unexcelled command of the negro dialect. He went to Cali- fornia and went into the “movies.” He had remained there only a year when he received an urgent request from the McIntyre Heath Company to join the company. Tie is now end-man in this famous minstrel show and his future is assured. the past.

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Class miU IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: We the Senior class of the Steamboat Springs High school, being in sound health and wonderfully brilliant ability on this twenty-fourth day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, do hereby legally draw this document and bequeath to our natural descendants and mortal enemies, “The Juniors:” 1. Our places in the assembly room. 2. The many advantages and disadvantages of the Steamboat Springs High School. 3. The faculty, consisting of two able and competent young men and five brilliant and reasonable young women. 4. The privilege of bestowing aggravation upon the faculty, i. e. in the form of speaking in unsubdued whispers, chewing gum, eating candy (pro- viding only that it is two pounds for 2o cents) and courting in the assembly room as well as in the class rooms. 5. The happiness found in giving a class play and the writing of an Annual. fi. The supreme guardianship of the underclassmen. 7. The privilege to fuss any and all of the underclass girls (providing- only that they are good looking and in sound mind) also those of the Senior girls who are at that time not' wearing diamond rings upon the third finger of the left hand. 8. Two vacancies must at once be filled in the basket ball team, and in the foot ball team, we give four vacancies to be refilled within six months after this document lias been drawn. 9. Our- former mental ability, which was shown to be great during the school years of ’]( -’17. 10. The use of the laboratory during the years T7-’18 and as much longer as they deem necessary for the completion of their High School edu- cation. We earnestly hope and trust that the present Junior class will be appre- ciative of the many privileges and generous legacies bequeathed to them by us. May they labor long and earnestly in their vain attempt to reach our standard of perfection. We do hereby declare the above bequests to be the sum total of our last will and testament. And in witness whereof we the undersigned hereby set our hand and seal. BURTON ALLIN, President. MAURICE W. LECKENBY, Vice-President. MARION M. LECKENBY, Treasurer. CLARENCE W. PIASTY, Class Attorney. LETI-IA COLEMAN. CHARLES BIRKETT. RUSSELL OILMAN. MARGUERITE CRANE. IRENE DISMUKES.

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Marion Leckenby stHdied music in Liepzic for two years: During her sojourn in Europe the war broke out. She made several attempts to return to America and finally resigned herself to her fate and remained. One after- noon she was industriously applied at her music when she heard a great commotion near her studio. She went out to find the cause of the disturbance and was seized and dragged to prison. Two days later, without learning the cause of her ill treatment, she was taken before the court, was tried as a spy and found guilty. She was bound and led away from the town to the soldiers’ quarters. The gups were leveled at her and the man was waiting for the signal to shoot, when the emperor rode up. He ordered the men to unbind her and took her into his coach and took her safely back to her own home, and surrounded her with guards. The Emperor had been charmed by Marion’s music and said that the world could not afford to lose such a tal- ented person. The Emperor tried in vain to have her remain in Germany, making dazzling offers of money and fame. However she could not be pur- suaded to give up her own country. She returned and played with several great lyceum courses. She was now accompanist for Kreisler. rendering Gounod’s “Faust.” and “Romeo and Juliet” more easily and beautifully than it had ever been done before. She was also employed as a teacher in the New England Conservatory. Marguerite Crane, who often charmed us with her melodious voice in school had become a great prima donna. After her last rendition of “Aida. she received compliments and honors from many illustrious members of our aristocracy. She now sings in the Metropolitan Grand Opera and thou- sands of people flocked to the theater every evening to hear her. She had made a deep impression upon Caruso. They had met several times at social gatherings and lie had secured an introduction to her. She rejected his suit and because of his great sorrow he had quit singing and now we will hear no more of his wonderful records. Marguerite had changed from the once happy, care-free girl to a steady, staid young woman who hated all the friv- olities of life. Clarence Hasty had studied for three years in Drake University. He was now a famous evangelist and already had converted more persons than Hilly” Sunday. lie had visited Steamboat and had a very great influence upon the lives of the people, bringing unregenerated sinners back into the straight and narrow path of righteousness. At the present time he was in Oak Creek converting many people. Charles Birkett had gone to Columbia University, where he specialized in science. Upon receiving his degree he remained at the college as a teacher. Now he was a great professor of science and gave lectures to hundreds of students upon the Universality of the Malleability of the Atomic Theory of Aureolation of the Whichness of the What.” He also had invented many electrical appliances which Edison had never dreamed of. Irene Dismukes entered college at Greeley and for two years had dili- gently pursued her work. She taught school in Denver for one year, then accepted a position in the Steamboat High school, teaching domestic science and music. She is now living happily in a cozy little cottage and is very adept at making biscuits. In my eagerness to learn my own future I leaned over to peep into the globe. I struck the globe and it fell into the valley below. I looked over the balustrade into, the depths of the valley. Only a few bright gleams of light were reflected up to me. The globe had broken into myriads of tiny glass particles. My future is still to be revealed. LETHA COLEMAN.