Tecumseh High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Tecumseh, NE)

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1 no The Tecumseh. TotnAawK ful n Mervin Deck’s thread comes to my view. He will make a study of Practical Engineering. This work will be very enjoyable. Max Heskett will be a U. S. Senator at which time he will find good use for the splendid practice in debating which he acquired in high school. It is strange but Gertrude Ray has had very serious “heart” trouble. She will teach school near the sea-shore in the hope that she may recover. Wayne McCoy will become a surveyor and will be very successful. Mildred Worthman’s poems will make her famous. She will write poems for all the very best magazineg. Now for a brief span, the rug portrays the Old Tecumseh High School where, if you go into the Chemistry Lab., you will find Joe Jones, in his apron, doing his best to blow up the school-house. In the Domestic Science Lab. Helen Cummings will reign supreme. In the Agr. room you will find that famous Smith-Hughes man, Ernest Goeman. In the History Department, Darleen Little will be chief executive; while Emma D. helps struggling Juniors and Seniors master Typewriting and Shorthand. You will be surprised to see that in Room 1, George Nestor glibly conjugates Latin verbs for the benefit of his mystified students. Verna Jewell, much to our surprise, is presiding in the Principal’s office, and teaching Mathematics. Then, last but not least, Odus Bates, in Room 2, teaches Normal Training. Blanche Barnes will sing nightly ever the radio. Nora Ward, after her adequate instructions from Miss Russell, will be a very famous hypnotist. Howard Westwood, of course, will be President of the United States and manage the affairs of the nation quite successfully. Lucy Anderson will enjoy her work as a teacher of Latin at Vassal-. Milton Roberts and Lloyd Walters will go into partnership and will have a large Cheese Factory at Omaha. Helen Morrissey, I perceive, will be very successful as a nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Kenneth Malone’s future points toward the captaincy of the Nebr. Varsity team, and later to Head Coach. Lucy Jobst will take a long commercial course and will succeed remarkably well as a private secretary. Elva Epley will be employed by the L. C. Smith Bros, to clean the typewriters in their stock room. Irene Meyers, you will find sailing to China for a long journey. She will be a missionary. Gertrude Murphy I see in the future as a famous beauty specialist. Frank Kernel- will carry off the world’s Championship as heavy-weight boxer. Alvin Morris and Arthur Stephens are very interested in electricity since a certain lecture at T. H. S. They are performing many experiments. Charles Halsted will become quite noted as the Conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra. Herbert Perl we will see as a famous historian. (Chiefly American). Ruth Kuhlman will later teach Kindergarten. The little folks all like her. Ah—Frank Fuller! His thread is a tangled one. Many romances will be his after his debut as Broadway’s favorite actor. His actions as the high school “cut-up” will be especially helpful. For Nellie Hadley I see a varied life, ending her career as an author. Lois Pilmore will eventually be in charge of the children’s story hour at WOAW. That is the end. As I have spoken, so it will be. Tecumseh High School Seniors know now what has been woven into the Rug of Life for them. Charles V.—Yes, Osao, you have spoken and we thank you for what you have told us. We are content. Osao—Yes, you will know now when you return to your homes what is to come, so you need not fear. Farewell! Class In Unison—Farewell Osao. (Class file from room as curtain falls.) THE END. E. E.—B. M. B.

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11 ® PTL Tecumseh. Toirt WawK IZbl Q) )t Qropbecp “The Magic Loom” A Plan in One Act CAST OF CHARACTERS Osao-------------------------------------------------------An Old Sorcerer. Zetcamma ’ce —.------------------------------------- His Son and Messenger Members of the Class of ’26 of Tecumseh High School. SCENE I. (The scene is laid in Southwestern Arizona, in the country inhabited by the Apaches, in a small rude hogan made of Pueblo adobe. Just outside the hogan are all the Trails of the World. Inside the hogan there is in the center of the room, a pot hanging from a tripod over a fire, which is blazing brightly. In one corner, there is a pile of costly furs, stretched out to make a rude bed. In the other corner stands a huge loom, which completely fills the end of the room. At this loom sits an old Indian, with wrinkled face and long, coarse, black hair and bright, beady, black eyes. His eyes move restlessly as he weaves different colored threads into the great rug upon which he is working. As the curtain rises, the old Indian is mumbling to himself and suddenly calls. A young man enters.) Osao—Zetcamma ’ce, is there any one near? Zetcamma ‘ce—No, father, no one is here now. Osao—-Then, my son, my rug shows a group of young people who are just now setting forth on their first years of unguided work. These people wonder what is to happen to them after each has gone his way, but they know not whereby they may find out. Go to them, my son, tell them that here, where all the Trails of the World meet, they may hear their future. Go to the High School at Tecumseh, Nebraska, my son, and bring me the Senior Class. Zetcamma ’ce—Yes, father, I will bring them that they may know what lies before them. (Zetcamma ’ce departs on his mission.) Curtain SCENE II. (Two months later) Enter Zetcamma ’ce followed by the Senior Class. Charles D.—We have come. Oh great Osao, because we wish to know what the future holds for us. Osao—I sent for you, my children, because I thought you wished to know what was in store for you. Here is the Rug of Life. Be seated, all of you, and its mystic threads will unfold what life holds for you. (Osao reads—Class seated in semicircle. Charles Davison who is the Senior President, I see will become a famous professor of Mathematics in Columbia University. I see—I see Leroy Betzelberger as the chief commissioner of roads in his own home county. It may be well to add that there is one road which is kept in excellent condition. Then comes Ellene McClanahan who, I think, will teach school but will soon tire of that and start keeping house on a farm. Herbert Casey is very funny, as every one knows. But when he takes Harold Lloyd’s place as a comedian, his humor will be even more pronounced. For Margaret Costello, I see the future of a very noted elocutionist with prolonged study in Paris. Katherine Buerstetta, the threads say, will paint some very famous pictures and will be an illustrator for a late fashion magazine. May Carman, I see, becomes proficient as a typist and will be a private secretary ‘o Katherine. Here are three boys whose future is the same. These are Wilbert Katz, Melvin Phillips and Olna Current. They will together own a large ranch in Wyoming on which they will make many improvements. f24]

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QUI 1 TheTecumseKTorn YiawK ® Jjnstorp of tl)e Class of ’2(3 In early September of 1913, Seven small sailors, Arthur, Joe And Mervin; Katherine, Lois, Mildred and Gertrude Kay, with Miss Wright as their captain Boarded the good ship Learning, Left the harbor of Ignorance And started across the Sea of Knowledge. The journey was to Be long and tedious, to last for Many years. Through the storms Of Life they must travel. They Must Leave I y meet all dangers And hasten ever onward, reaching For the goal of success. Fearing, Wondering, guessing, thus they Started on their journey. Having-Sailed for one year, they stopped In the lirst port only long Enough to change captains Here Captain Montfort taking Command, led the crew on. Through The good leadership of this Captain they sailed on, and at The close of the second year they Stopped at a small island where Camptain Campbell awaited them. After bidding- their former leader Good-bye, they continued their Journey. Although the way grew More difficult with each day’s Progress they successfully Reached the next goal. Here Once more they changed guides, And Miss Townsend took charge of The sailors for the next year. This was the last year that they Were to sail alone, for at the Next port Captain Bush and two New sailors, Melvin and Olna, Joined them to seek knowledge. Immediately they launched on the Next year’s trip, at the close Of which the sailors were Ship-Wrecked for a time because of The loss of Captain Bush. On a near-by island they found A new captain and also a new Sailor, Howard Westwood. Again Progress was started under the Guidance of Miss Chapman. 1 luring the following year Captain Johnston ruled at the Stern and two new mates, LeRoy And George now joined the Seafarers. The way was Growing more difficult, but Dauntlessly going onward, they Found themselves at the close of Another year. At this haven, they [26]