Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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20 THE WEATHER VANE A maiden sweet next comes to view. Corinne Goodman, a famous actress. Next shall I tell of one John Russell. A quiet lad. but a Wall Street magnate. Justina Taylor's forte is plain— A mother of a dozen shall she be. Gordon Hahn, a silent boy in school 'twas said, Will invent an unusual talking machine. More quiet folks- one Helen Van Doren. Will marry a parson in Hindustan. Dow Mills, a second Edmund Burke, Will shake the world with declamations. Ruth Ludy and Helen Martin, partners. Will corner the market for sewing machines. Willie Taylor, patient worker. Soon will find her forte in teaching. Dolores Thornton, political boss. Will do away with all bootlegging. Good James Lent and Frederick Fritts Are destined for New York's police force. One young poetess will follow Amy Lowell- Audrey Block, Randolph Baker will be agent For a standard radio corporation. Mary Douglas will lead a kindergarten. For whose children is not told. Now can be seen Stan Hendrickson. Head cashier of a national bank. One diplomat to foreign countries. Nesbitt Powell, is revealed. Conde Nast. the great Vogue printer. Will hire Frank Jennings as chief designer. From the Senate, Robert Darby Will be president of our country. Upon all future theatre programs Philip Aks will write of fashions— What the well dressed man will wear.” Fredrick Braun is seen as Captain Of a champion big league team. The Amalgamated Electric Company Will have as founder Arthur Bunnell. Elsie Kent will sway the millions With her art as concert singer. Painless Dentistry's L-t-d- Is writ on Frederick Casey’s shingle. Edward White will be the manager Of a famous concert singer. Two dignified and bachelor brokers Are Horace Baker and Daniel Cluff. Years hence Charles Wilson will become A famous osteopathic doctor.

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THE WEATHER VANE in young liltIr specks upon the atmosphere, appellated Freshmen. Thin!. We dir- ct our attorneys to enter into bankruptcy proceedings on our behalf, on and for the purpose and consideration of evading and avoiding our excessive debts. Fourth, and fourthly. We hereby bequeath, give, sell and pres nt. and hand over the spacious High School Campus to the Juniors to frolic upon, with the two and double codicils that they romp not after eating soup sandwiches, and confine tlumselves. as is right and proper to their adolescence, to tin roof of our factory of knowledge. Fifthly, and quinteseently. We present and dedicate to the Juniors the sole and exclusive right and privilege of listening to tin ventilator elegies and band-saw Wrecking March, and of co-utilizing the front porch with the members of the faculty. Sixthly, and next to last. To the Juniors we bequeath the right to act as if grown up. For the guardianship of said Juniors while practicing such right, we appoint the individual and collective members of the Faculty. Seventh, and lastly. We bequeath to the entire student hotly. West-field High School spirit, our most cherished possession, and one which we hope and expect the school will keep untarnished in the future. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal at our residence on the trolley tracks in this village of Westenburg, this 32nd day of June, in the anno domini, one thousand. !l hundred, and 90 nine. THE SENIOR CLASS. Alias Orange and Black. Executors: Hank and Ben. Alias 1923. PROPHECY The scene is laid in Sherwood Forest, in Merry England. Shadow-of-a-Leaf, a Jester, half man and half fairy, enters. Shadow-of-a-Leaf: — The gates to Fairyland are open wide. And 1 may enter in. Great power of prophecy is mine When I commune with Fairy folk. Come, scraps of rainbow, floweret fairies. Tell me what may come to pass; Come, tell me of the Twentieth century Of future folk in other lands. Ah, vision of visions can I see Behold a man. one Robert Sinclair; A great physician shall he he. Discovering how to banish measles, A deadly, deadly malady.

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THE WEATHER VANE 21 Vernon Littlefield to far-off Iceland Will 110 as helpful missionary. Lessons in the art of dancing Will he taught by Stewart Morton. Paul Riedel and Lawrence Nelson Will start a traveling ten-ring circus. An interior decorator comes to view. Alice Eskesen. to beautify the world. Evelyn Anderson, quiet, but of steadfast mind. Will be a great physician, healing all. Now Oil more Spencer next is seen. The greatest satirist of all the age. Jack Stulls, the coach of Lafayette College. Will startle the world with his tactics in football. Inventor of breakfast foods Dorothy Dushanek now I see In wig and gown, William Spencer Presides as chief justice of the land. Charles Weller will construct cathedrals. While Stanley Carlson rings church chimes. William Darrock will become A famous member of Scotland Yard. Eleanor Wood will tour the world. Edwin Ganzel to the world’s surprise Will teach in Harvard —economics. William Price and Horace Hatfield As shrewd business men are seen. Two preachers from the class discovered. Elmer Chattin. Fighting Parson, Second, a woman—Helvn Gray. William Fredrick will devise A lightning rod for submarines. Ernie Bunnell and .Marge Harnish Besides all housewifely cares. Will be patrons of a home for orphans. One author of a world-wide fame. Edward Hubert, will write novels. Halsey Cook, a great sport editor, Will write of red-hot. sizzling prize-fights. Olive Clark and Lucille Burke Will be Russian ballet dancers. In many Olympics with women entries. Marion Mills will win the high jump. Walter MacCowaft will fall heir To a Monte Carlo palace. Edwin Edwards will he singer In the Metropolitan Opera. Marion Braillard will teach school. Dean of Languages in Wellesley. Lawrence Arguimbau in future Will be champion checker-player.