Susquehanna University - Lanthorn Yearbook (Selinsgrove, PA)

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However, in a moment ' s time another scene appeared before me. It was a magnificent home in a splendid city. Automobile after automobile rolled up in front of the house and deposited its occupants. They hastened into the lighted and decorated house. Within they were received by a charming and beautiful hostess whom I recognized as our little Maria. Beside her stood her husband, a tall, dark-haired man with a frank countenance. I was so overcome at seeing our dear little Maria again that the tears filled my eyes and when I had brushed them away there was nothing to see but darkness. Soon, however, there stretched before me ward after ward of a great hos- pital. Then came the operating room. I soon discovered that a renowned sur- geon was to be there that day to perform several critical operations. When he appeared, to my great surprise, I beheld my classmate. Jake Rayman. The scene faded quickly and I beheld darkness once more. Then the campus of a great girls ' college came into view. The girls, decked in gay costumes, were rapidly assembling from all directions. It was May-day and exercises were to be held on the campus. In the midst of the gay throng stood a tall, imposing woman who seemed to be the center of attrac- tion. It was my dear old classmate, Helen Fisher, now the extremelv popular president of this great girls ' college. There next appeared something very familiar. It was the campus of S. U. All the old buildings were there but there were manv, many others. Evidentlv S. L . had grown to immense proportions. There soon appeared a great pro- cession in caps and gowns and I knew that it must be commencement day. They entered the great hall where the commencement exercises were to be held. The president arose and I recognized in him my classmate, J. B. Kniseley. He in- troduced as the speaker of the occasion a professor from one of the great west- ern universities, who proved to be my classmate. Newton Kerstetter. There appeared vet one more scene. Within a little red school-house sit- uated on a hill. I saw a bunch of boisterous children and seated upon the plat- form was the irate school-marm with an unruly urchin turned over her knee and a paddle raised high in the air. The face of the school-marm bore a strik- ing resemblance to one that I have often seen in the mirror. I had now had a glimpse of my classmates but I longed to see more of them and to talk with them. Suddenly I felt chilly and stirred in my chair. I arose and looked around me. 1 could not realize at first, where I was or what had happened to me. Then I remembered what I had seen and hurriedly went back to the telescope and peered through. But I saw nothing this time but the vast dome of the skies. Whether I had been dozing or not when I saw those ■grange sights I do not know. Hut this I know that although 1 have visited that observatorv again and again I have never seen anything similar to the sights that I saw that night. 29

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Senior 0ropl)ecp ON E evening I was sitting ' in my den feeling sad and lonely and wonder- ing what to do. Suddenly a bright idea struck me. I had always been very fond of astronomy and frequently visited the observatory of an old friend. To-night I would go there and beg permission to gaze through the great telescope and perhaps I would discover something new in the vast field of the heavens. 1 was in a mood for adventure and set out at once. The walk proved a long and drearv one. and when I arrived at the observatorv 1 felt both tired and sleepy. I accordingly sat down in a great chair before the telescope and made myself comfortable. Just what happened next I do not know. I remem- ber that I was thinking of my classmates and wondering where we would be ten years hence. 1 must have been sleepy for my mind began to wander ami went back to astronomy. I thought of the planets, eight in number. Then I thought of my class again. Yes, there were eight of us. Once more the planets came uppermost in my mind and 1 determined to have a look at them so I adjusted the telescope and peered through. 1 saw nothing at first save blackness. Then suddenly 1 saw a number of lights and soon great buildings began to appear. What I saw was an immense city. The most prominent thing in this great city seemed to be an enormous church which covered nearly a block. I saw people crowding in at the doors. Then a corner of the roof was lifted so that 1 could see inside. The audience was eagerly awaiting the appearance of the pastor. When the pastor appeared I saw that he was none other than my classmate. K. L. Lubold. 1 was so mys- tified by all this that 1 turned away and when 1 looked hack again there was nothing left save blackness. 1 looked a long time in silence then there appeared a glimmer of light in the distance. An immense desert stretched before me. Then a dense forest strangely resembling an African jungle. Next there appeared a large group of buildings which I discovered to belong to a very prosperous mission. Soon 1 saw a group oi several hundred native Africans seated on the ground. They were being addressed by the head missionary. To my great surprise 1 discoi ered him to be my classmate, J. B. Rupley. The light of the sun upon the deserl sand was so bright that 1 was dazzled and when 1 was able to see again the w in ile scene w as gi »ne. -

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JUNIOR