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134 THE OCCIDENT WILL IT EVER BE THUS? The quiet, after dinner hour had come. We had gathered around the fireplace for a cozy chat about the affairs of the day: but our hearty meal, together with the inviting warmth, made us drowsy and silent. Suddenly an excited figure rushed in, bringing, in its rapid advance, a cool fresh draught of the keen, outer air. After the first moment of dazed surprise. I recognized, in the bunch of excitement, the person of my best friend, Sue. “Excelsior!” she cried, waving aloft something which might have been the banner of old, so overwrought was she. “What’s up?” I cried, with a start. “Has the war ended?” “Better than that—guess what!” “I give it up. Don’t keep me in sus- pense.” “I can’t, or we won't get there in time.” “Get where? You needn’t think I’d venture out on a night as cold as this.” Nevertheless, Sue’s persuasive way was too much for me to withstand, so I started to get on my wraps. “Do tell me what this is all about, will you ? I asked as I fumbled with the un- ruly coat buttons and strove to adjust my hat at the proper angle. “Hurry, and I'll tell you on the way. No time now.” So we rushed from the house, even forgetting to close the door. I. in my attempt to keep up with Sue, tried to put on my new kid gloves while running. We were nearly to the corner when we heard a car approaching. With an extra spurt, we tried to catch it and would have succeeded if I had not fallen head- long into a snow drift. The car passed on. “We should have taken that car.” Sue exclaimed as she energetically pulled me out of the snow. But never mind. I see another one coming.” We boarded this one without incident and sat down, entirely out of breath. As soon as I could speak, I asked again, “Well, why all this rush?”. “See here—two tickets—for the ex- hibit to-night—at the Art Gallery. Think of it!—Complimentaries!—Aren’t we lucky?—It’s wonderful,—it’s too good-----” ' But the car was stopping with many jerks and jolts and we alighted at the entrance of a long archway. Maiiy people hurried to and fro and thru a maze of colored lights, we approached the door of the gallery. Here many men in gaudy uniforms were stationed to guard the precious treasures within. We entered and, as patiently as possi- ble, awaited our turn in the line of on- lookers. It seemed as if hours passed and we could get no nearer. Our feet were trodden-on and aching; our heads dizzy from the stifling atmosphere. Still, we did not give up. We had come to see the world’s eighth wonder and see it we would. All in a moment the crowd scattered. “At last! Come on, here’s a place,” said Sue, and she darted forward. And there before our wondering eyes lay the treasures for which J. Morgan Vanderrock had given not only his price- less paintings but also a large sum of money. A wroughb-iron rail prevented the crowd from getting too near the table of pure gold upon which rested— think of it—a real egg and also a real potato. The wonder of it almost overcame us. We had read much about, seen pictures of, but never expected actually to behold these treasures. We sighed contentedly and the hum of whispering voices seemed to swell and die out fitfully. Some words of mother’s came back to me. Yes, I could hear them very dis- {Continued on page 60)
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THE OCCIDENT 135 Treasurer Floyd Owen President, Carl Chamberlain Vice-President Secretary, William Taft May Schenck CLASS HISTORY One wintry day four years ago some one opened the gates to higher knowl- edge and the class of January 1917, made its debut in West High School. While the girls did not actually appear in socks, still, many wore white stock- ings and the boys—Carl- Chamberlain, Vincent Weiser, Floyd Owen, William Taft, Forrest Dewey, Harvey Hunt and all the others—were still shivering in short trousers. Our freshmenn year was the last of the old study-room regime in which the teacher conducted a class in the front of the room and the supposedly studying youths and maidens conducted a circus in the back. Next come the big general study halls. We have survived that experiment and now we are about to be introduced to supervised study. Thus, you see, we have passed through the three great changes in West High School. But more! We were the last class to get in under the six months' freshman biology requirement. To us, too, was given the first fresh- man reception. (Know ye, oh Freshmen, that we established this noble custom!) It was our ever original class that con- ceived and carried out with glorious suc- cess the unique idea of a poverty party in our sophomore year. We flatter our- selves that the clothing on that occasion has never been rivaled before or since. Yet one thing more in that second year a sleigh ride! The big features of that were our hands and feet. It was
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