Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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CLASS PROPHECY. C. A. WELLER. WAS sitting,r in a. large, easy chair in the lounging room of a club in Gotham in the year of 1920. The rain beat against the win- dow as I gazed into the brightly lighted, but almost deserted streets. Presently, however, I was roused from my reverie by some one, who coming up slapped me on the back and said: tiIIello, Charles, I thought I should find you herefl I turned quickly and extended my hand, saying, HHello, Jim, it is quite a surprise to meet you here.H This was our great and most renowned scientist, Prof. Sommer, who after much deep study had devised a plan by which he thought the attention of the inhabitants of Mars could be attracted, whom by his powerful tele- scope, he could distinctly see. Prof. Sommer offered me a good position assisting him in assembling his apparatus. I said: ttNo, it is no use, I wouldnlt keep it, I made a home once and thought it was to be my home for the rest of my daysft It didntt happen that way, for she married another fellow. Yet after much consideration his offer was accepted. By agree- ment, a few days later, I appeared at his observatory for the initial trial and was not at all surprised to see that our esteemed friend had been adding to his store of knowledge Obtained from Prof. Cloud in the Sound and Light Class. After arranging the apparatus we began to make signals and to observe whether the attention of the inhabitants of our sister planet was attracted. Our first trial, however, was a failure, but we had learned while at Valpae raise University that success often comes from failure especially when all the work must be done again. In our second attempt we were more successful, for this time in an observatory on a very high mountain we saw a number of Marites diligently at work. It was plainly to be seen that they too were making remarkable progress along scientific lines, for they had an arrange- ment similar to ours. To help us in this great undertaking we sent for tiMothert, De Witt, who was teaching Latin in our Alma Mater7 having succeeded Miss Carver, who had resigned her position to establish a cooking school and to give lessons in Campustry. itMotherll De Witt was as anxious as we to learn something about our classmates and willingly gave her assistance. We proceeded to signal and at the same time our neighbors were also sending signals, which evidently were intended for us. In a short time our codes became intelligible to each other. We now had no difficulty in com- municating with them and they, seemed to be very much interested in what was taking place on Earth. I11 the course of our communication the inhabi- tants of Mars said they had photographed at great many mundane scenes

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24 Vates oaucula pmnuntians CHARLES A. WELLER Classic Sit vita ut women, sempea aestas RILLA B. SUMMERS Classic and Profession a1

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26 Qm'dam ex ipsis legis interpres CHARLES E. BALDWIN Classic Pem'tus acida et medicamenm miscendi HER BERT C. BOLSTAD Classic