Trenton Central High School - Bobashela Yearbook (Trenton, NJ)

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Class Prophecy SETTING-Lohhy of Hotel, dtlantie City, N. TIME-Summer, 1932 CHARACTERS-Four Girls: onefrom North, South, East, and West Clerk - Bell-hop CLERK husy at deskg GIRL FROM EAST sits knitting, evidently waitingfor someone, looks impa- tiently at entraneeg glances at wateh. EAST Umpatientlyl-Eleven O'clock and she's not here yet. Oh, well, one couldn't possibly expect her to be early, she's just like she used to be in dear old Trenton High. CContinuing knitting. Baek to desk. GIRL FROM SOUTH enters and registers with CLERK. During this, GIRL FROM WEST enters and approaches CLERKJ VVEST-Mail in yet, Clerk? CLERK-Sorry, Madam, not yet arrived. WEST CExasperatedj-I did think the service would be improved when Harold Rue became Postmaster General-CSOUTH looks up at this point. VVEST stops ahruptly and the two gaze at eaeh other in astonishment. Reeognize eaeh other, usual greetings of friends meeting after long lapse of time. EAST turns upon hearing exelamations, rises andjoins SOUTH and WEST. More greetings, exelamations, ete. All sit down.D WEST Cto EASTD-WhCH did you arrive? EAST-Just last night. NORTH, who has just returned from an extensive Northern trip, and I are staying here together for a short time. I'm waiting for her now. She ought to be here any minute. SOUTH-Really? Dear old NORTH! I'm so anxious to see her. We'll have so much to talk about. Just think-ten years since we went to Trenton High School together! EAST-Lots to talk about! I should say so! I, who have stayed here at home, want to hear all the news from the South Csmiles and nods at SOUTHD, and all that's happened to you during your long stay out West. Clndieates WEST with nod Q' head.J WEST-Did you know that Elizabeth Heck was appearing in the divorce court? SOUTH-No! Again? And she was so shy and modest in high school! WEST-Uh-huh! And William Kafes is the lawyer in the defense, I believe. I met them both in Nevada. QEnter NORTH at this point. Stops in surprise upon seeing group. Greetings, exelamations, ete.j NORTH+WhOm do you think I just saw on the boardwalk? Henry Neubeck, of all persons! He's become a minister since he left Trenton High School and begins an extensive anti-jazz campaign next Sunday. He'd just been interviewing the prominent Morrisville financier, Charles Cox, who has promised to back his campaign. Oh, and, while we were talking, Louis Gordon marched by leading the Tall Cedars or some such lodge in a parade! EAST-But here's something more surprising. CTakes newspaper from tahle. Reads headlines aloudj Watson Perrot, head of National Ushers' Union, leads thousands of oppressed ushers in Nation-wide strike. VVEST-eYe Gods! And he was such a quiet, orderly boy in high school. Even belonged to the Safety Patrol. EAST-And what have we here- George McLaughlin sails for Ireland on the 'Shamrock' on self-imposed mission of bringing about reconciliation between the Sinn Feiners and Ulsterites ! 8

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THE CLASS or 1922

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Class Prophecy, cCOhflhUCdj CDrops paper, holds head in hands ana' walks away. SOUTH picks ap paper and reaa's.j SOUTH-Oh, just listen to this- Robert Applestein, well-known scientist at last establishes wire- less connections with Mars. And, my goodness! Joseph Bogdan arrested for boot-leggingl He always pretended to be so quiet but you never can tell. NORTH QLooking over SOUTH,S shoulderj-And look! James Hipple now President of the Sons of Rest.', I suppose his experience in T. H. S. enabled him to rise to such heights. QCoughz'ng viofentlyj Oh, dear! I've tried everything but I can't seem to get rid of this cough. VVEST-VVhy, B. B. Cough Drops will surely help you. Ralph and Edwin Bloor have been per- fecting this compound ever since they left high school. Our Sunday School Superintendent, Robert Moore, declares them to be a success. SOUTH-Oh, they must be very good. Percy Davenport tells me in a letter that he hnds them very useful. EAST-And where is he now? NORTH-Haven't you heard? I-Ie's in Iceland coaching the natives in the art of basketball. However, he states that without basketball his undertaking business would be a total failure. SoUTH+Speaking of basketball, do you remember Carroll Wetzel who managed the 1922 quintet? He's been touring the South, giving his world-famous lecture: The Value of Cigarettes to the Individual. EAST+Th6fC seems tolbe quite a few of our classmates of T. H. S. lecturing. Rhea Freeman, the Evangelist worker, has converted many to the straight and narrow path by her silver- 'tongued oratory. NORTH-And there is Hiram Madden trying to prove that the human race is descending to the level of prehistoric man! VVEST-I really believe it is so. Why even Edward Reilly was arrested last week for beating his wife. I donlt know what this old world is coming to. e SOUTH-I'd believe almost anything after hearing that Anna Cramer intends to run for the Presidency on the Republican ticket in the next election. EAST-And to think of Ruth Holcombe actually settling down at lastl WEST-Oh, you can't mean that! EAST+YCS. It is said though, that she was largely influenced by Frances Hertell who is con- ducting a bureau of advice for the lovelorn in the evening papers. She showed Ruth the error of her ways and Ruth very wisely took her advice. I QBELL-HOP rushes in one enlranee, erosses slage ana' disappears out other aloor. Re-enlers, stil! running. CLERK looks up.D CLERKQSHY there, boy, what's all this hurry? You look like a candidate for the Trenton High Track team! r , BELL-HOP-Ol'1,Ih3.VCI1,f worked so hard since I left the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington, D. C., the last time the Senior Class from Trenton High School was there. It seems a Miss Christie in Room 202 has just signed a five-years' contract with the Victor Talking Machine Co. She insists on practising in her room and a Mr. Thomas Robinson in the suite below complains that he is losing his beauty sleep. CRashes of 'CLERK shakes head and hends over hooks. Girls exelaim on hearingfamiliar names ana' rash up lo a'esk.j ALL Cnearly togelherj-Do you suppose they're the same ones? What a coincidence! Let's see the register! QCLERK ohligingly opens register and girfs hena' over 2121 Yes, it's Miss Frances Christie of Trenton and-Uooking down pagesj Mr. Thomas Robinson. CI.ERK-MT. Robinson is a traveling salesman, I believe. Specializes in hair-nets and perfumery. 1 9