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

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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

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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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never falter from their purpose. Laura Schwahn will soon be studying hard in college. She intends to be a physical culture teacher. Gretchen Roethke seems in- clined in the same direction. They both wish to teach gymnasium in the Y. W. C. A. In the fall of 1922, if you should visit the Western Union Tele- graph office in Chicago, you would see there, among the little blue uniformed boys, Arthur Witham, faithfully performing his duty as a messenger boy. Ringling Bros, circus seems to have a great attraction for the girls and boys of our class. Milton Wager hopes to be an animal trainer in said circus. Herbert Wettlaufer has a small general store in view, in the vicinity of Zilwaukee. If he carries out his inclination, he will be sole proprietor of this little store for the greater part of his life. I suppose you have been thinking we are not patriotic, but we are not slackers by any means. Edward Ure and Clarence Wilkinson hope, by hard work and patient endurance, to secure prominent places in the U. S. Army. We have several classmates who seem to have talent in the direction of the theater. Leona Dollhoph, Fyliss Ostrander, Erma Wiltse, and Ruth Zander may be seen many times each day, when- ever they have a little spare time, practicing fancy dances and drills, so that they may be fitted to enter the Jeffers next fall as chorus girls. Henry Kehren will be a very prominent figure at Palm Beach next season, if his present desires are fulfilled. His dear friend, Russell Brandt, will accompany him and assist him in his work. As life savers, boys, we are sure that you will fit the bill. Etta Stielow and Caroline Meyer seem to think that there is one thing, and one thing only, that would afford a pleasing occupation for young ladies. They, no doubt, in the near future, will be traveling saleswomen. They wish to specialize in the selling of Mazola Oil as a substitute for all other fats used in cooking. Almost anytime of the day, you can see a certain young lady in high school studying hard in order that she might excell in public speaking. This industrious young miss is Alma Weichmann. She tells us that it is her greatest desire to become an orator. Ella Turnbull is another very studious person when public speaking is being considered. However, we learn that written dis- course is more to her liking than oratory. Gladys and Grace Harper expect to have the entire management of a large ranch in the West. They have been considering a proposi- tion of this kind for a long time, and have finally decided to purchase the ranch known as Circle O. John Herzog will be engaged as overseer and expert cow- puncher, if the plans of all concerned work out as they are expected. I see a bachelor, middle-aged, living the life of a hermit on a farm in the southern part of the state. He is Jim Hay. Such is the picture as portrayed to me through the actions and words of this young man. Nellie Blackstone and Ellen Morgan, who have always been such close companions, are now planning a task which will still enable them to be together. The goal for which they are striving is to give swimming lessons at Wenona Beach. Parlez-vous, Francais? Qui! Says Ed. Cherry, That is what I will soon be teaching, if I have my way about it. I hope to be a French professor some day. Best wishes, Ed.