Storm Lake High School - Breeze Yearbook (Storm Lake, IA)

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Item-Miss Franke to console Mr. Miller, in case the latter is compelled to go to War. Item-To Miss Goodman, our patroness, the good wishes of the Senior Class. Now and forever, we the Senior Class leave all our abilities stretching into every field, and do without tithe or diminution leave the knowledge of what a rare, rare world this is. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this, the 7th day of April, A. D., 1917. CSEALJ RUSSELL BATTERN, Class President. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the Senior Class of 1917, CNineteen Hun- dred and seventeen, as their last will and testament, in the presence of each other we have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses to said instrument. C. E. AKERS, Superintendent. NELLIE R. GOODMAN, Principal PERCY SMITH, junior President Prophecy of Class of 1.91 7 A Visit to the Lower Worldl' Unde ruunt voces, responsa Sibyllae. I could not translate that line and besides I was sleepy. Un-de-ru-unt-vo-ces. I was no longer sitting at my study table wondering over Aeneas' visit to the Lower World. Everything about me changed. A vast cave confronted me into which a hundred broad avenues and a hundred doors lead. And from these numerous openings rushed forth as many voices, which I saw came from a ferocious being before me. While I was standing before the door, she spoke, her looks changed, her color came and went, her hair was disheveledg and her lips foamed with rage. Cold horror ran 'thrilling through my bones and I prayed that I might be saved from the clutches of this monster. But the raving creature, as if subdued by some supernatural influence, came forth to meet me and poured forth such words. I am the prophetess, Sibyl. Oh, thou who beareth in thy countenance the perils of Latin, why hast thou come? That it may be lot to come into the sight and presence of my dear class of Storm Lake High, of the Year 1917, I answered. Then thou mays't view the Books of Wisdom within, which have always been held inaccessible to the living, she said, and closing her lips was silent.

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Senior Wi!! In the name of Wisdom, Amen. We, the Senior Class of 1917 of the Storm Lake High School do hereby, being of sound and disposing memory Qwe linger on the memory? make and publish this, our last will and testament in order, as justly as we may, to distribute our interests in High School. And first, that part of our business which is known in the law and recognized among all, our places which we have so diligently filled and o'er which desks we have so unceasingly toiled. Hltem.-And first we bequeath to our fellow Juniors all our intellectual ability for which we have so long been known. Item-And second, we do generously bequeath to our struggling followers, our books ffor a set pricej thereof. Item-To the Juniors, you who are no longer children, we leave also the volumes of advice on the annual to which you may turn, when publishing your own, that you may live the old days over again. Item-To the Sophomores, we leave, yea willingly, all our advice acquired by four years of actual hard earned relentless experience, namely, first, a trip to the r-fiice is purely one of delight and adventure, which everyone should try to take before leaving the Temple of Knowledge, second, that a pony for Caesar, though a nerve racking risk, is truly worth the price. , Item-And to our Freshman brothers, who are so close to our hearts, we leave all the meadows with clover blossoms and butterflies thereof and all the little birds, and the hills upon which they can coast in winter and down which they can roll in summer, and the lake where they may skate fslippere, falli, bumtusj Item-To the faculty we give all good little words of praise and all quaint pet names, and we charge said faculty to use them justly but generously as the needs of the children will require. Item-To Dorothy Smith and Russell we leave the Moon and the train of the Item Item Milky VVay to wonder at. Florence Thorp's intellectual ability to Clifford Stanton. -Don White's musical ability to Cecelia Howe. Item-Allen Higgen's popularity with the girls to Ross Parish. Item-Cedric Robert's Athletic ability to Dwight Espe. Item-Ralph Avenell's subdued nature to Grace LaRue. Item-Jean Woodruff's dramatic ability to Paul Foote. Item-Ted Bair's laugh to Caroline Foell. Item-Esther Zinn's hilarious spirit to Dorothy Gaflin. Item-Annie Robertson's happiness and fun to Hilda Doolittle. Item-'Gilly's' incessant talking to Mary Thomas. Item-'Pretty's' musical ability and beauty to Kendric Bell. Item-A few promising athletes to Mr. Anderson, such as Edgar Breecher, Rollin VVagner, and David Hughes.

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Immediately the huge doors swung on their hinges and I entered. Within every- thing was bathed in a peculiar yellowish, half dim light. I perceived nine immense leather-bound books. The spookiness about the huge vaulted rooms made me shudder, but determining to carry out my mission I advanced. As I opened the' first huge book on the very first page in bold, staring, type stood these words. On pages four, five, and six of the first of these nine Sibylline books is recorded the prophecy of the class of 1917, of Storm Lake High School. Seek and ye shall End! Much amazed to find the future of my classmates really written in History I stood speechless for a moment, and then proceeded to search the records. At the very top of the fourth page I read these words. Twenty years hence Merwyn Bleak- ly, A. B., Ph. D., D. D., will hold the chair of President of Buena Vista College, an institution of great renown, known as the Harvard of the West. My eyes wandered on and near the bottom of the page some poetry attracted my attention. It ran thus: Wouldst thou hear the great tenor, renowned far and near Out-riv'ling Caruso? He has not a peer. 'Tis our Cedric Roberts who'll thrill the great throng With rich, rare, melodious, rapturous song. Or if to more serious thought you incline And fain would hear Storm Lake's most famous divine Go early to church, get a seat while you may The Rev'rend Ralph Avenell preaches today. Elated over such lives for three of my classmates, I was not fearful for the fate of the others, consequently, I hurriedly turned the page and here I found some symbols and figures representing Grief, Care, Old Age, and Toil. What could these mean? Was I wrong? No, there they were. As I was pondering over the significance of these forms like a phantom they vanished and pictures of real women appeared in their places. Instead of the symbol, Grief, Opal Kramer stood before me on the page with a primer in her hand. Then Edith Newell's form Hashed over the figure representing Care, and Pauline Mark leading a small urchin appeared in the form of Old Age. Intent to see what form Toil would assume I watched this figure closely. Gradually the outline grew faint and then, as if by magic, the figure changed and the features of Clara Carlson were evident. I saw it all then. Teachers of course! No other paths of life represent Grief, Care, Old Age and Toil as quickly and profoundly as this profession. I had solved the Whole problem. As I mused these sad tidings in my mind that any of my classmates would ever be compelled to endure such fates, my spirits were suddenly revived, for what was this in the centerof the page? Mabel Nylander-aviator on passenger 275. Could it be that our Mabel would ever pursue this line of work and become an aviator on a passenger aeroplane? But these were the words stamped on the book of the priestessg consequently I knew that such a fate for Mabel had been ordained, I was not suprised