West High School - Senior Occident Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE SENIOR OCCTlXZffr IS (Cluse Imiuary 'IS A tall, dark complexioned gentleman was the first to alight from the? 20th Century Limited as it drew in at the LaSalle Street station, Chicago on the 5th of September, 1930. Crossing the platform, he purchased an extra from a newsboy and turned to scan the passengers descending from the train. LeKoy Miller, of the IJ. S. secret service, had been assigned to the protection of the American ambassador to the Confederate Republic of Germany, the Honorable Frank Carleton Leach, during his visit to the World exposition at Chicago, against the threats of the American Bol- sheviki headed by Miss Nellie Pulver. Almost at the same moment that he recognized the ambassador and his secretary, Mr. Schleuter, one of his men approached for instructions. Detailing him to follow the ambassador, he turned to his paper. In a rapid efficient manner he reviewed the news of the day. including the discovery of the South Pole by the noted explorer, Lewis Thayer Gifford ;—the marriage of Miss Florence Archer to Prince Havasli of Korea,—the founding of a religious colony by Leo Knight, based on a belief in death without future— a sensational breach of promise suit brought by the beautiful Rochester society belle, Miss Mabel Tarrant, against Charles G. Schaefer, the wealthy steel magnate,—and the announcement of the Paramount presentation of Elizabeth Dow, supported by Robert HefTron, in Franklyn Adams’ latest production, “The Frivolous Woman. As he folded his paper, a tall, melancholy gentleman accosted him by name. Immediate recognition followed. T’was indeed the Right Rev. Harold Strathman, who had deserted his flock for a short visit to the expo- sition. 4 16 «« ft was a gay party that thronged about the booth where Genevieve Mahoney and Carol Livingstone were serving ’em hot. There were Misses Helen Kies and Mildred Hall, society ladies. Mrs. Farlow, formerly Clara Osborne, and her husband the local district attorney, Dr. Henry Dean Shedd, Jr., the socialist party’s big boss, Mr. George Brayer and his wife, lately Miss Orinda Phelps, and bachelor Wilkes, busily engaged for the past three years in distributing the income derived from his inherited fortune of five million dollars. A steady, throbbing sound overhead startled Mr. Brayer from one of his habitual reveries, and peering upward, he dis- covered the source to be a Deming superhydroplane produced in the mam-

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THE SENIOR OCCIDENT ?5 gil, Aeneid, etcetera, the assembly liall with its grand rush for front sats, and the many times repeated words “Assembly is dismissed”; the corridors, where we have spent many enjoyable Friday afternoons dancing; and last, but not least, the clock in the office, under which countless times we have been asked to sit for punishment. Our training gained in West High will prove invaluable to us in the work we are about to take up. Nowhere else could we have received such instruction, gained such friends and such knowledge. So in parting we ask •our fellow students to keep up the glory of West High by retaining the fine school spirit they now possess. We wish you the greatest success, dear Alma Mater, and will endeavor to do our part to make your name famous. Farewell. West HighJ —Etiilynne Gillette. (Class $urm. Of classes east and classes west, •Of all the classes, this one's best; Our work we’ve done, no troubles brewed, And to West High our hearts are true. Mow, Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, all. As you our places in the hall Do take.—just think of us, And do your level best or bust. Just follow us in work and play And you will find that it will pay To show school spirit in every way And mind your teachers day by day. You’ve heard our history bright and fine Now watch us when in all due time Each of this class his brilliant future makes And of life’s blissful cup partakes. ' Oh Kids”—then you will say:— “Of classes east and classes west Of all the classes that’s the best. —D. f. Turner. A Freshman hesitates on the word ‘connoisseur.’ prof “What would you call a man that pretends to know every- thing?” Freshman’s Answer—“A professor.

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THE SENIOR OCCIDENT 27 moth plants of the Oliver Reynolds Co. The machine was being put thru a series of maneuvers by the clever aviatrix, Mildred Garrison. Near the entrance to Agricultural Hall, Miss Inez Hubbard was in charge of the display of Burdick Scentless onions, champion seedless squashes and the quart—a stalk—cobless corn, all perfected at the farms of Wm. Arthur Burdick. The seductive charms of Rosamonde Fahy were effective in gathering a large crowd about the snake charmer's kit. where Dorothy Schlegel lured at will, adders, rattlers, cobras and e’en the dread Boa-Constrictor. Senator Wm. Clark in open-eyed wonder gazed upon this spectacle, attracting the recognizing glances of Loraine Osborn, matron of the Chi- cago Orphan Asylum, Katherine Beard, private secretary to Bessie Milder, manager of the millinery department of Turner Lindenberg, and Emily Bennett, governess to a wealthy family on Lake Shore Drive. At Popp's Inn, all was well. The patrons of this establishment were •enjoying the mild beverages, therein dispensed, without exception. It was a most Democratic crowd. Miss Helen Belknap, candidate for Mayor of Rochester, N. Y., Miss Madeleine Housman, head of the department of foreign languages of the University of Chicago, Misses Esther Hall and Olive Wallace, teachers of Ancient History and Biology respectively, and Nevclle Jones, architect, whose latest achievement was the construc- tion of a cat palace for Miss Catherine Robbins, fancier. In the evening at the theater, from their boxes, Ethlvnne Gillette, short story writer, Earl Grover, illustrator, Bessie Armstrong, in charge of the Newbury library and Mildred Cornwall, director of the Chicago •College of dramatic art, witnessed the inimitable dancing and singing ol the Misses Dorothy Ren wick and Edith Milliman. In conclusion, it is gratifying to be able to announce the complete recovery of Congresswoman Mary Elizabeth Daggs, at Sulphur Springs, from a most persistent ailment of flat feet incurred while running for office. The cure was accomplished in spite of the frequent and costly treatments of Doctor Murphy. Cakdl R. Livingstone. .. Tune—PERFECT DAY When you come to the end of your high-school days: And you think “Will I graduate”; And your name goes down on the doubtful list, And you shake in your boots with fear; Do you wonder, what Mother and Dud will say, When they find that you may not pass? But your heart swells up on the final day, When you know you are safe at last. Genevieve Mahoney.