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

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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

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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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Class Prophecy fcontinueclj GIRLS-Well! VVell! CS!roZl about or stand in various positions near deskj NORTH-I wonder what ever became of his little pal, Elmer Elias, you know, who was so very sad and solemn all the time. Did he ever succeed in finding the headache cure he was always looking for? SOUTH-Oh, yes, I just read the other day that Elmer had perfected his cure after several years of experimenting. His discovery will bring happiness to many people, I imagine. WEST-HHVC you read Professor Wayman's enlightening books of travel? He hasjust completed a five-years' expedition into the wilds of Groveville and possesses a fund of information on the habits and CuStOmS of the natives who infested the High School in our day. NORTH-wSounds interesting. Have you heard of Samachson's latest masterpiece to which he has devoted his entire life. He proves conclusively in six volumes that a straight line is the slpgtf est distance between two points. EAST-Yes, my niece heard him speak at Leonard Seminary last week. She is studying an advanced course in Civics there, and who do you think is her teacher? Pauline Lewis!! SOUTH-My, that certainly does surprise me. But really I do not know why I am so astonished when I remember that Ida Perlstein has recently signed a five-year contract in Judson Briggs' VVorld-Famous Circus as a trapeze performer and- WEST-A trapeze performer! EAST-Why, yes. Christobel Sigler, who is so prominent in Trenton,s Social Circles, was quite shocked when she heard it. NORTH-I don't doubt it. But think of Edward Clarke having so quickly risen to the heights of fame. His popularity as a movie actor has been so great that he's actually supplanted VVallace Reid in the hearts of American Flappers. VVEST-Isn't it simply wonderful! I saw him in Hollywood. He was having quite a bit of trouble. It seems Marshall Harrington had eloped with his leading lady. CBHIZ-hop saiinters in singingj CLERK-Fine song, my boy, but your voice testifies that you were never trained in the Trenton High Senior Chorus. BOY-Some song, eh? That's from Ted Wellerls latest musical comedy success. You know, the one that's just been introduced by the comedians, Wolberg and Fishberg? VVell-Cyowns and looks critically of jfnger noilsj, guess I'll toddle over to the Beauty Emporium. Got a new manicurist now, Miss Essie Bond. CStrolls oul.j - CLERK Cwalching him outj-Poor boy! His nerves were simply shattered when that Miss Winder was here last week. - GIRLS-What? A Miss VVinder here last week? CLERK-Why, yes. A Miss Alice Winder from Trenton. She was taken seriously ill while here and even became delirious. The doctors say the cause was overwork. She imagined herself back in High School and raved continually. Her favorite expression at such times seemed to be not prepared. EAST-Oh, doesn't that expression bring back pleasant memories of T. H. S.? I was visiting the old high school building several months ago. They have almost completed plans for the new one, I believe. Whom do you think I saw there? ALL-Who? I SOUTH-I can't imagine! EAsTe-Blanche Zimmerman, designing new mural decorations for the auditorium. The others have crumbled to pieces. I also had a long talk with Dr. VVetzel. He told me how proud he 10 ! l l l M