Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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CLASS OF 1929

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WL THE SENIOR YEAR BOOIC E Q, I F C1 a ' ff' HSS I P O li TOD ESV e Hog-O 3 CEnter Rip Van Winkle, in costume, leading his faith- ful dog, Wolf.J Rip: Ah, twenty years have passed, twenty years- and now I return to this familiar place. It was two long decades ago, when I graduated from Westerly High School with the Class of 1929. What a class it was and how we celebrated that graduation, the gayety of which was bright- ened by my marriage! I shall never forget that last great event, the hunting trip, that fateful trip when I strayed away from my classmates in search of game,-or something to eat. Even now I can taste in my memory those delicious goozleberries, those mystic goozleberries, those sleep-pro- ducing goozleberries, that I ate and that caused me to fall immediately into a dream-disturbed slumber from which I have only awakened. In those weird dreams, I clearly saw my old classmates who, it seems have scattered far over the face of the globe. It all comes back to me now. I remem- ber them all,-their whereabouts and occupations, and I feel called upon to reveal what has become of them as I saw them in my sleeping visions. The first scene that comes to my mind is one of a Holly- wood studio where Rupert Coleman has supplanted John Barrymore as screen star. Rupert first demonstrated his dramatic abilitiy while attending W. H. S. He has playing opposite him Dolores Costello, his childhood affinity, Letitia. DeRocco. Mary Brown, too, has gained fame in dramatics, her latest success as a movie star being, A Rae of Light, which ran for four years on Broadway, a truly phenomenal oc-- currence. Q h The vision changes. I see again, as I did in my dreams, an Old Maids' Home, superintended by Betty Steadman-

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THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK 17 we v ,W This is indeed a new venture for her. Among the inmates are Alice Miner and Katherine Estabrook, former members of the Class of 1929. This picture fades and my imagination carries me to the North Pole where Joseph Itchkawich is making his for- tune selling Frigidaires to the Eskimos. Joe must have ac- quired his salesmanship ability while employed at the West- erly Fashion Store. I am again brought back to Westerly where Bertha Beaudreau is supervisor of nurses at the hospital, a position which was gained after a long period of faithful service. A great improvement has been noticed in the condition of the patients since the advent of Miss Beaudreau. Among other nurses enrolled at the Hospital are Marion Crandall and Alice Ledwidge. I have learned during my fitful slumbers that Douglas Rae is a professor of English at Harvard University where he is giving a course in Browning',. Doug first became interested in the subject while a pupil of Miss Hanson dur- ing our old schooldays. How proud she would be of him! Nothing could be stranger than this vision of Westerly High School which comes back to me. Let me bring you to the typewriting room where Marcia Tutsch is conducting a beginners' class. She has succeeded Miss Endicott, her former teacher. Revenge is sweetf' according to Marcia. But what is this sad sight? My dreams show me that Bill Crandall is in the Bellevue Hospital in New York, suffering from a critical case of brain fever. Evidently this disease is the result of Bill's deep research into the study of Commercial Law. Dr. Tony Leonetti, the dread physician of the hospital is caring for Bill. I certainly hope and be- lieve that Dr. Leonetti will soon get his patient well started on the road to recovery. We should feel very proud that a member of our class has been accorded the most exalted position in our country, that of president of the United States. This important per- sonage is none other than Ralph Briggs, who conducts the affairs of our nation as calmly and unconcernedly as he formerly conducted the fortunes of our class. Now to my sub-conscious mind comes the vision of Val- entine Rodgers. She is being presented with a silver loving cup, having won a non-stop talking contest held in Madison Square Garden. Bobby, as I remember it, proved an adept in this art while attending school. This noisy demonstration gives way to a scene in the Paramount Theatre on Broadway where a musical extrava- ganza has opened, starring Marjorie Peterson as comedy queen. In the chorus, I find Ruth Williams and Elan Fain who have been added to Albertina Rasch's group of dancers.