West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY fConcludecll The 11ext stopping point was Alaska. VVhd should be there but Mabel Slee and Leo Downer! Mabel was a fish inspector at a Cannery. Leo, with his charming Esquimo bride, ran an athletic school for the natives. His boys sent a gift to the present students of West. Mabel declared that nothing had made her so happy for a long time as this little journey into Memory Land. The famous woman president of Berkeley University they discovered was Kathryn VVernet. Kathryn jokingly said that as King of Wisdom in ttEager Heart' she had been started on the right road. Raising spineless cactus in the California desert was the occupation of some of our class. Clarke Williams, Mrs. Mary Rogers Smith, Miller Mussey, and Fern Spratlen were all there. Fern still wrote poetry. All four were glad to see the party. In a Mission convent in Southern California Helen and Lilly found Ruth Harvey, Garnett Buck, and Ruth Antles. Garnett was the Mother Superior, the others newcomers. They were pale, wan, and sad with their shaven heads and somber dress, but they enjoyed a brief respite in talking of gay high sc-hool days. Herbert Lomas was in Dallas, Texas. On seeing John he began an ex- cited account of the Minstrel Show and how he was preparing his darkies for the vaudeville. The two gave a performance on the spot, to the astonish- ment of those passing and the delight of some of Herbert's little negroes. At last they were ready to go to Denver where they found WVilbur in- stalled as Mayor. Such a time as Mr. Cheatem had trying to drag them away, so fast and furiously did they talk of old times! On leaving the office they met Hilma Stephenson who was a. stenographer. Hilma took them to see Margaret McKinley and Mary Maddox, both of whom were married. Mar- garet was wealthy and had built a handsome night school. Mary was a so- ciety nia,tron whose hobby was butterflies. Their memories of YVest were many and happy. Among the boys our party found in Denver were George Bieri who ran a grocery store at Fifth and Galapago, Ralph Hanson, the leading man at the Denham, and William Hamill, the rector of St. Barnabasl Among them it seemed that every event of the four years was recalled. Victoria Thorpe was librarian at the Public Library. She told Kenneth that she got her training at West. John found that Gertrude Lawson had added Davis to her name and had a vocal studio. Cf course, Gertrude vividly remembered the Chinese operetta. They found two more in Denver, Virginia Johnston and Edith ,Mc- Knight. Lilly saw Edith clerking at D and F's and Helen met Virginia going to her settlement work among the Poles. It is needless to say that they were still loyal. t'Look here, Mr. Cheatemf' said John, after the five were assembled, shall we go on? There are still more? t'How do you get that way, J ohn?,' retorted Mr. Cheatem, with a twinkle in his eye as he handed to Kenneth the completed plans for the million dollar high school. The movie ended. I turned and my guide was already leaving. There is one more, I cried. t'Yes, yourself! That you will not be permitted to know. But one thing I may tell you. Search never more in prophetic realms. Therein lies your doom I To this I solemnly agreed. MARJORIE COLLIER. Page Thirty

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