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

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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

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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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27 which they proceeded to show us. Lo! and behold! to our great amazement the first thing to appear upon the screen was a magnificent palace in Berlin, in which a beautiful lady reigned. Looking more closely we could scarcely believe this to be our former classmate, Miss. Heck, who had so delighted her many admirers by bringing bonbons to class. She was no longer Miss Heck and by the insignia 0n the palace we learned that she had become Die Prinzessin V0n Sehwerin. The picture changed leaving no time for us to grieve over our commonplace existence. We next beheld a great tiying machine moving throughtthe air, whose speed was as swift as lightning, and we said to ourselves: nWho has devised such a thing as thatht Looking again we saw that it was the great work of McClure whose name is known throughout the land. In the ship we saw a number of the Classics of 1909, whose destiny easily could be determined by their decorous behavior. Morris, Bradford, Keppel and Cook were going forth to the heathen world to release from bondage the dark and benighted minds of their brethren. Among these we found Clarissa Smith, who was on her way to Jupiter where she intended to establish the first Red Cross Society and care for the soldiers wounded in the great battle between the Marites and the giants of Jupiter. Edward A. Anderson had launched his bark 0n the turbulent sea of polie tics. His voyage was rather tempestuous but he managed to keep ttStraitW He is a devoted and loyal prohibitionist. His eloquent speeches and logical, invincible arguments won for him the gubernatorial chair of his native state. C. C. Sherrod has acquired the highest office this country can bestow, president of the United States. He very early distinguished himself by his integrity, honesty and eloquence as a zealous advocate of woman suffrage. Oscar Kratky had become a very successful business man and accumulated much wealth. His success continued until he again became addicted to the habit of falling asleep at four oicloekr The beautiful city of Paris came upon the screen. In one of the finest theaters of that place was seen the prima donna. We could scarcely believe this, but were not surprised for we had expected something of this kind. The prima donna was our classmate, Ray Rosenblatt. By the expresiirm 0n the faces of the people in the theatre we couldsee what success she had attained. J. H. Southwick has realized his early ambition. His ability as an e10- eutionist and orator is not to be questioned. He is dean of the department of eloeution and oratory in his Alma Mater. Elmer Funkhouser is president of a womanis college which he practically built up himself and is doing good work in it. He is applying his theoretical methods with much success. Prof. Funkhouser has also been using his spare time in writing text books on Ethics for he has become quite an authority on this subject. IliIding Alfred. Swanson, after surviving the many perils of a course in law, has become manager of the Cubs. He is a star center fielder and is the