Stockbridge High School - Panther Yearbook (Stockbridge, MI)

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Glass llbrophecy. fflfv gIFTEEN years have passedrsince the'Class of 1908 Ei graduated frombthel Stockbridge .High School. 'Al- aclillxffb' though it has been fifteen-years, -it seems scalely half - that time since my class spent' those golden liurs together. ' ' - - - . Shortly after graduation, 'I Went West and taught district school forawhile, after Wl1ich'.I ,worked -in ca store. In 1915, I got a position as traveling salesman for a Chicago Hrm,1and.itlhas been my good Qluck, in my trips, to run across nearly all my-old class mates, and now, friends, it is my pleasant dutyto tell you of their varied successes. One day While strollingalongcthe streets of Chicago, I met'one'of,1ny:old classmateS, Grace Cooper. Grace said she and her old chum, Ruth May,- shortly -after graduation, had taken a literary courserat the: University of Michigan, and: she had since been teaching in Chicago, While Ruth was a missionary .in India, where she is having .pgreat suc- cess and is doing-much good teachingethe.nativ.es.. A , From Chicago It Went to Milwaukee, and While -'-pas sing the First .M. ' E. church of that city, one Sunday night, I was startled by the eloquence ofthe preacher, and upon en- tering, Whom, should I find in .the pulpit but Charles .Stock- ing.. Atter S graduating Charlie - studied for the ministry, and since has had charge of some of the largest churches in this country. He has also written Wsomeyery inspiring poems. The principle poem Was Lucille, a poem -which never fails to touch hisheart, andone in which he acts a

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n generoussupport and assistance, to the school We leave our very best Wishes for its Welfare and maintenance. T Signed, THE CLASS -OF 1903. THE FRESHIES. A Witnesses THE SOPHS. THE JUN1oRs. Stockbridge, Michigan, June 17, 1903. . 1 Ron C. BROWN. a FF ff' -xi, X oUR HVVILLH f

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very prominant part. All of his literary work is noted for its beautiful diction. My travels next brought me to New York, aud while there I visited Rob Brown who resides in one of the large mansions of that city. Rob is one of the greatest elec- tricians and 'inventors of the day. His-greatest achieve- ment was the inventing of a way to comvrniinicate with the man in the moon. 1 I As my cash was running low, on arriving at Cincinnati, I visited a 'bank and there behind the casl:-ier's desk I found Grace Hallztf Sooniafterfwgradauation she took a course in elocftion, a studyiivvhiulznrshe, taught for some time in Cin- cinajti, . sheftheiftsenteredfa life-'partnership with a banker of that city. QI cannot remember his name.D t 'One day, shortly afterthis, while riding- on the train, I was surprised to meet Nat. 'Hynes, accompanied by a beautiful woman. Nat taught schools a few years, after inishing school, after: which he went to Milwaukee and secured a positionmvith a -large lumber firm. While there he became acquainted with a rich heiress, who changed her name sto Mrs.Q Hynes. After marriage they .took a -wedding trip through. the United States and Europe, from which they were? just returning. n I - S it , A g I ' A qWhile in a hardware store, somewhere in Michigan, last week a familiar voice attracted my attention and I was sur- prised when my old friend, Elnathan Skidmore, grasped me by the handg tHe, too, had take-n a college course, and while at college I most of his -leisure hours were spent- singing love songs of his own composition for his own' amusement. Elnathan wrote 'several good. poems. but not until he wrote, Between the Hours of 9 and 11, P. M., did he attract much attention. The inspiration for this poem, he told me, was gained from personal experience while attending high- school at Stockbridge. . Thus have been the .destinies of the Class of 1903, who surpassed all previous classes, and which have been .the