University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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i « imm Roll with a B average or above for the entire year. Acme, a girls’ honorary organization, claimed two from the class.” The lawyer stopped him with, “That will he all,” and the third witness was called to the stand. The jurymen looked at one another. Surely, during its first two years the class had been guilty of the accusation. 1926, a dapper youth with a collegiate air. began, “What a fine bunch of Juniors this class made! Not a better group of officers could be found. They were: President, A1 Tucker; Vice President, Everett Drake; Secretary, Ted Ras- mussen; Treasurer, Mar Giesekc. The class originated tin- Junior News a tier and edited it very successfully. At the beginning of the year they had very little money, but at the end there was enough to give a .1. S. that was the real thing! Almost everyone said that the poster decorations were the most unique that had ever been used at a dance of that sort. “Did they do anything in dramatics? asked the lawyer. 1926 beamed. “Yes, several members of the class produced and took part in an amateur movie performance. In assembly they put on an amusing skit to advertise the Senior Vaudeville, and several one-act comedies.” “That will do. The jurymen exchanged wise looks and nods. Rut still there was a chance that during their Senior year this class might have spoiled their record.' 1927, a jolly little boy with freckles and a pug nose, came to the stand. “Gee! he burst out, “This class is keen! They’re winners in athletics. You ought to see'em grab a ball and pile up scores. That feller, Al, was a swell football cap- tain and Ev Drake could sure shoot baskets. And the girls too! I always thought girls athletics would be dumb till 1 seen them Seniors win the Championship at the Gym Exhibit. You’ll have to hand it to the Seniors in them things they called 'Footlight Fancies.’ 1 pretty near bust laughin’ at Bob De Vinnv and liar Giesekc and them Chinamen in the last act. And say, they can dance, too! Oh, hoy! That Mardi Gras was a funny party—all in such queer rigs you couldn’t tell’em apart; and at the J. S., they sure did—” but the lawyer interrupted this eulogy, for the jury had heard all they needed. “Gentlemen of the jury, he began, but before he could proceed they all arose and with one accord shouted “GUILTY! FUTURE As Alice sat in the court room, she gazed so steadily at the King of Hearts that she finally fell into a doze and dreamed that she was hack in old U. High. A smile played over her face as she thought of the good old days and especially of the Senior Class of 1927. “Wake up! said the Gryphon. “They’re going to start. Alice looked again at the jury box where the Dormouse, Bill the Lizard, and all the rest had been, but to her surprise the present occupants of the box were none other than mortals whom she recognized as Seniors she had known at U. High. How greatly changed they were! Behold Alva Swain, now the kitchen or errand boy in the best Hotel in Belgrade; Doris Rockwell. 1917’s own Dorothy Dix; Margaret Payne, hair dresser in “gav Parce; Jack Barwise, salesman for indi- Ticnihj-Ttro

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ALICE IN SENIORLAND PAST ALICE was seated in the courtroom. The Judge was talking. The class of ’27 is formally and with all due process of law accused of being the best class that ever graduated from University High School. The prosecution has summoned four witnesses. The first. The Year 1924. will please come forward, take the oath, and tell all he knows about the aforesaid class.” Old 1924. grav-haired and tottering, began: I remember that as Freshmen the members of this class were successful in almost everything they attempted. After a 'Get-Acquainted Party' they elected these all-wise officers: President, Jack Bar-wise; Vice President, Stanley Todd; Secretary, Bruce De Long; Treasurer, Richard O’Brien. Lurcc Cheyncy and Khoda Pierce were representatives in Self-Government.” The Mock Turtle interrupted, “What did they do in publications and in dramatics?” Tears came to the eyes of the venerable 1924. although there was a smile on his lips “How well 1 remember their first attempts which prophesied their future fame. Talent was shown in the class almost immediately. In the very first Breeze there was a poem by Ruth Thorshov, and the class reporter, Madrienne Strickler, showed promise of being, some day, a famous journalist. The members of the class published four different successful papers: 'I'he Freshman B’hiff, and The Spasmodical, consolidated from The Freshet and Drippings From a Freshman Pen. At the Christmas party, two plays were given by the Freshmen. Another interruption was made. “Did they do anything at all in athletics?” Did they! I shall never forget when their basket ball team defeated the Sophomores and Seniors. Jack Barwise and MacGregor Beadie were on the Swimming Team.” The old man sank down in his chair, unable to say more. The stand was now taken by the second witness. The Year 1925, a middle-aged gentleman. What do you know about this class?” asked the Mock Turtle. I saw them in their Sophomore year, and what a lively class they were! Their officers were: President, Everett Lcshcr; Vice President, Madrienne Strickler; Secretary, Margaret Canfield; Treasurer, Stan Todd. There were three members on the Breeze staff and their dramatic ability was again shown when the class put on ‘Carmen,’ an original musical skit. Four boys were on the football squad, two made the track team, two were on the swimming team, and one on the basketball team, which show that they were up-and-coming athletes. A Freshman-Sophomore party was given at the beginning of the year on the ‘Sea shore’ where games were played and butter-scotch apples were served. This was their only party, for they were too busy with other things.” 1925 was questioned by the lawyer. Did any of the class have a high scholastic average?” A smile was seen on the lips of 1925. It pleased him that he could answer this question so satisfactorily. “Oh, yes! Five of the members were on the Honor Ticenli One

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K3I w vidual China drinking cups for cows; Emmet Field, straw-chewing farmer; Donna Kurtz, chief soloist for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; Russ Jurgenson, world-famous futuristic artist. The next one Alice was slightly puzzled over; finally she recognized Don Burch, dog catcher of London; the next. 1 loppy Canfield herself, ardent missionary in the deep wilds of Africa; Ellen Oren, America’s most gracious telephone operator; Henry Clark, husky All-American Fullback; Helen Wold, flipper of flap-jacks at Child's restaurant. But this time Alice was a very, very bewildered little girl. What could it all be about??? The White Rabbit then called fourth the defendant whom Alice recognized as her namesake, Alice Riley. “What has SHE done?” whispered Alice to the White Rabbit. The White Rabbit explained that Miss Riley, an energetic worker for the Protection of Blind Mice, had broken into the National Legislature and created a great disturbance in demanding the right to talk, causing her immediate arrest. “Call the first witness!” bellowed the King. The first witness, trembling with fear, turned out to be Rhoda Fierce, the Dean of the Latin Department at Columbia. Much frightened, she could only mumble, and was hurried off without delay. The next two main witnesses proved to be Winifred Washburn and Adolf Olson, successors to Vilma Banky and Rudolph Valentino, respectively, on the silver screen. The witnesses followed in quick succession: first. Theodora Sutton, famous tight-rope walker of Broadway; Nance Staples, business manager and athletic instructor of the Society for Brokendown Debutantes; Ruth Thorshov, author of the thrilling novel and best-seller of the day, “Only A Dried Rose;” Lyman Swendson, valet to the Russian Ambassador to Sweden; Mary Wildes, Leader of the 100 in New York; Theodore Rasmussen. Judge in the Divorce Court in Rome. By the time their testimony had been completed, Alice's rapt gaze was employed in staring at the audience, most of whom she recognized as those terrible Seniors.” Seated among them, she saw Madge Stricklcr, the quiet and efficient wife of a poor minister; John Shuman, the Burning Poet of the Age; Ruth Schultz, first women Governor of the Philippines; MacGregor Beadie, the instructor in the Boys’ Gym at U. High; Helen Wildes, a patient, plodding seamstress; Caroline Van Koughnet, a stern, unrelenting champion of the rights of the Guinea Hen; Har Gieseke, vermin exterminator; Marjorie Page, head waitress in the Greasy Spoon Restaurant; Roger Haynes, alternately White Wing and fencing master of Pctrograd. Next Alice’s regard drifted over to the Queen's party where, again she saw her old friends: Robert Dc Vinny, the genial Lloyd Hamilton of the Stock Exchange; Luree Chcyncy, America's greatest actress; Margaret Mull, wild-west cow girl in a traveling circus; Arthur Lampland. Professor of Anthropological Paleontology; Florence Lamberton. the premiere danseuse in Hapsburg; Bud Miller, editor of the American Girl; Wendell Johnson, manager of the Canary Islands; Tirrntij-Thrrt'