West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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All Lies! Lies — Aspirations — Lies. After being with this grand body of students for four years, and after studying their inclinations and wishes to an extent which this writing will show, we will endeavor to portray the desires and hopes of each one ' s heart. Roscoe Hefron has long wished to become a missionary to China and will, at last, after tireless efforts, persuade Irene Gelinas to become his wife and co-worker in this office. W. Ocksenkehl l ooks forward to the time when he will be a minister in some little church, where all his parishoners will revere his teachings. It is the earnest wish of Ann Powell and Harry Gnatkowski to become basketball coaches in our new school. The one desire of Lauretta Bluem is to be a celebrated artist. Her studio is to situated at St. Charles. Ila Marble, her old school mate, never will be happy until her editorials for the Literary Digest are accepted and published regularly. There are a fev of our girls who desire to be a little different than the rest of us. Elizabeth Alderton, Irene Gross, Otillia Zorn, and Irma Grumwell have chosen the political field and will one day, no doubt, be very popular as suffragettes. Some classes ha e champions in one line, some in another; in ours, however, we have Harry Burrows and Junior Rockwood who have one heartfelt desire. It is to become expert boxers. You will gasp for breath, it is certain, when you hear that our schoolmates, Ruth Appleby, Elma Bradford, and Dorothy Schendel intend to join Ringling Bros, circus as tight-rope walkers. Neverthe- less, it is a fact, and we wish them success. Karl Compton and Ella Haines married and leaders of society in New York? It can ' t be possible! Oh yes it can, for such is their aspiration. We understand that Ella does not mean to take as active a part in society as Karl, her nature being of the quiet sort, but she intends to assist him in all his efforts. There is one girl in our class who wishes for one thing, more than anything else in the world. She desires to become an instructor for the deaf and dumb in the city of Lawndale. Of course, by this time you all know who she is, don ' t you? For fear there is any one who is in doubt, I will tell you her name, Ida Osterbeck. Yes, she did have a literary turn of mind, but that is not her only ambition. You will see Catherine Rice as a waitness in the Fordney Hotel immediately after graduation. All that is improbable is not impossible. Do you know that Lydia Christ, Lillian Reisner, Mildred Heidger, and Helen Claflin are pursuing a similar course? They will, one after another, take the places of the movie stars who will be compelled to give up their reign of popu- larity on account of age or some other infirmity. We wish them all the success, which we know they will deserve. Ethel Curran has decided to sing in Grand Opera and hopes some day to marry a duke from Paris. Bishop Davis ' one aspiration is to become a celebrated physician in St. Louis, Mich. He means to preside over a large hospital in that city, and earnestly desires that Margaret Pitts and Francis Duff shall be nurses under his direction. Will strange things never cease happening? Maurice Brown, it

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The Senior Play We had a hard time deciding, but finally presented, as the Senior Play, The Man On the Box a three-act comedy by Grace Livingston Furniss, (adopted from the novel of Harold McGrath). According to the precedent set by the Class of ' 20, the play was given at the Auditorium on Thursday evening. May 19. The play made a tremendous hit with the audience, due to its many laughter provoking scenes. The plot, in brief, deals with the love affair between Lieutenant Robert Worburton, disguised as a groom, and Miss Betty Annesley, daughter of Colonel George Annesley. There is a rather important sub-plot, however, which has to do with the intriguing schemes of one, Count Karloff , a Russian diplomat, to secure from Col. Annesley, the fortification plans of America. Col. Annesley, aided by Lt. Worburton alias James Osborne, the groom, finally defeats the scheming Karloff. The audience was stirred keenly by the scene between Col. Annes- ley and Count Karloff. Although Col. Annesley tried with all his will power to keep from becoming a traitor to his country by selling the fortification plans, he believed he was forced to do so by grinding necessity as Count Karloff put it. He was finally relieved from be- coming a traitor by the final defeat of Karloff. Much humor was introduced throughout the play after some of these intensive scenes. The cast was as follows: Lieutenant Robert Worburton Mr. Charles Henderson Col. George Annesley Count Karloff Col. Frank Raleigh Monsieur Pierre Magistrate Watts Clerk of the Court Officer O ' Brien Officer Cassidy William— The Stable Boy Miss Betty Annesley Miss Nancy Worburton Cora, the maid Mrs. Conway Wolferd Ochsenkehl Duane Chamberlain Herbert Wettlaufer Robert Allardyce Maurice Brown Leslie Eynon Margaret Curtis 01ive Hymans -Ida Osterbeck Leota Goodrow .Henry Kehren Morgan Gile Roscoe Hefron -Milton Wager Roscoe Hefron

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is rumored, can dream of but one thing, sleeping or walking, and that is that he might some day become the Mayor of Bridgeport. We can only solve the mystery in this way. Hazel Beach and Olive Hymans intend to make that city their future home. Of all the things in heaven and earth, a man is of the smallest worth. Such is the way Ruth Schoeneberg and Sylvia Kaiser feel; for the former has decided that she will hold the position of dean at Vassar during her lifetime, and the latter means to spend her life in the same school. They have always been so studious, that we feel confident that they will make a success of their life work. The class of ' 21 will soon be able to boast of three very successful detectives. Rudolph Krause, Harlem Volker, and Russell Swarthout. They will work under a powerful detective bureau in Chicago. Rumors say that Leota Goodrow and Bob Allardyce are engaged, and are to be married very soon. Orville Gile says that if he could have two wishes granted to him, the first would be to have Evelyn Richter for his wife, and the second would be to have a quiet little farm in the southern part of Michigan. We hope the Fairy Godmother will appear very soon, Orville. We all are very anxious to come to the wedding. Claude Clark and Dick Rankin are striving towards the same goal. They earnestly wish to be champion football players at Yale. We wish them good luck. Leslie Eynon and Enoch Yates intend to follow the same line. They wish to become dancing school masters in Paris. No doubt they will soon be able to start a school of their own. We strongly suspect that Ethel Curran ' s presence in Paris is the magnet which draws Leslie ' s aspirations in that direction. Don ' t judge a person by his quiet sober manner. Russell Shepard will soon be leading comedian in one of the best musical comedies of the day. Ruth Avery expects to be a dancer in the same company. Can you imagine Art Curran and Edward Peters as policemen? If you have been dreaming of this turn of affairs, your dreams will soon be realized. It is rather dangerous, if you are not careful, to wear the invisible blue. You say he sells carpet beaters? No, no, he is a temperance leader. Who? Elmo Wilkinson. Go to it, Elmo, we ' re with you. Carrie Purchase and Hazel Baskins have a mutual train of thought in one respect. They wish to travel abroad and they want, especially, to visit Africa. We wish them a pleasant trip. Dorothy Doerfner did intend to accompany them, but lately she has decided that she would rather remain at home and sell tickets in the dance hall at Riverside Park. Margaret Curtis has been dreaming of a chic millinery shop on Fifth Ave. After graduation she intends to realize her dreams. Lena Pankonin expects to become her assistant. We are rather surprised, Margaret, but you have our best wishes. Lloyd Wiltse will also take up athletics in college where he is to finish his education. He intends to turn out for basketball and secure the place of jumping center. Walter Roeser expects to take up his work in an entirely diff ' erent field. In a few years he expects to be a country school master, feared and looked up to by the small boys under his rule. Did you know that it is soon to be a very popular thing for a woman to hold the position of a minister? Pauline Smith is consider- ing a position of this kind. Warren Thompson intends to take up this same line of work. We sincerely hope they will prosper and