Wyoming High School - Roundup Yearbook (Wyoming, OH)

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XXX Wmumwwmkh -' PROPHECY OF 23 HE clock struck three. Half asleep, Luna Tick still sat by his brilliantly lighted wireless desk, cursing gently and in a refined manner at the long Trig. assignment. Before him in orderly confusion lay the instruments of his delight and also the cause of his violent thoughts. The room filled with a White mist, pictures and figures raced from a distant corner and spun about before Luna Tickts eyes. He slept. Suddenly there came from the phones on the desk a loud crash and then a violent burst of squealing. Luna Tick, not accustomed to such actions from his well behaved ncrystal set, brushed aside the troublesome Trig. book and deposited it gently but firmly in the bottom of a nearby waste basket. No doubt about it, something was decidedly out of order. The squealing hurt his ears a but not for long. ttCQ e CQ - CQ - Copythisquick, copythisquick! Donit miss itlll Luna Tick jumped from his chaii and nearly demolished the little set as a thunderous yet spook-like voice roared at him from the vibrating diaphragms. itCopy this quick and get it straight! My hour is almost come, when I to sulphurous and tormenting flames must render up myself. I am sure the devil Will be after me for permitting the fires of hell to grow so cold. Take heed, all ye that hear; let not the content of this message be kept idle by those who understand it not. ttln the ninth month of the year twenty and two there will come to the halls of tstudyi and to the rooms of tolassi a chosen people called Seniors. Mighty Will these peOple be and warlike, but in the sixth month of the year twenty and three will they be driven out into cruel mysterious lands. The oncoming hoards who take their place will laugh scornfully at the chosen people. The savages of far away lands will make war against them. Even those who give them shelter in times of trouble will be hostile to the noble people, but all these things cannot endure long. Success shall come their way and they will make the world brighter and better by their presence. HThe first of these people, one called Leola Shaw, will have, as you say it, a good handf When she has lived for twenty and three periods, one will find her on the platform of the house called Lyric. She will play there the part of heroine in a drama, The Second Hand Cousin to the Sun Spotf Her reward will consist of advance information about all French assignments and of the permission to correct everyone else in class. HA fair maid called Eliza Flummer will be tossed about by the waves of circumstance, but she will finally find her joy and place of refuge behind walls of glass. At twelve hours of the night one will find her dwelling in a house of refreshment called 'Childtsf If one asks for cakes 0f the griddle, this fair maid a257

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I, Virginia Hill, leave to Samuel Morrison my excess timidity. II; Werner Noonan, Will to Albert Ault all my unused privileges. I, Gladys Fetzer, give to J ohn Biere the privilege of neglecting his outside reading if he cares to. I, Clara Christophel, will to Randall Foulk my skill in science. I, Eliza Flummer, hand down to J ames Scobie my motto, ttSilence is golden? I, Alice Porter, Will to Maxine Brownfield my study hall Whispering permits. I, Gwyneth King, bequeath to Warren Vine the privilege of staying home from school every other day. 1, Nancy Cornell, leave to David Schuehler the playthings I have collected during the year. Article VI T0 the school in general we give: The pleasure CD of getting along without us. Our Vecord 0n the football and baseball teams. A new piano with a soft pedal. All the undesirable traits we do not care to take With us. The privilege of repeating the ttWonders 0f 23 year after year. Article VI I We hereby appoint Mr. Fetzer to be the executor of this, our last will and testament, in testimony whereof we have set our hands, at Wyoming High School, April fifteenth, in the year of our Lord, 1923. THE CLASS OF 1923. B. M., t23. Easy to find after you get him located e Bud.

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will rush to the windows near the door and scream to her colleague, HWhite flippers for one? ilAnother fair one among the chosen people will be named' Gwen King. Early in her life, after being driven from the halls of lschoolf she will make her home with a troop of wandering circus performers. By means of brain work and much hard labor she will become the leader of the little company. When she has lived thus for four periods she will iind her golden opportunity and will make her mark in the world as lTeller of Fortunesl at Coney Island in the province of New York. nThere Will be a tall, handsome youth called Wilbur F. Mackay, son of J ohn. He will be inclined to believe and practice the gentler arts of socialism, but will find the common masses still too wicked to share with him its vast benefits and delightful privileges. Many hardships will come his way, but none can discourage him. When he has lived for twenty and live periods one may find him punching tickets on one of the Glendale-Cincinnati chariots called lcaifls of the streetf To vex him greatly, one needs only to- pull the cord of the tro eV. Next will come the wonderful Virginia 0f the Hills. She will be mistress of all domestic problems, but in her art she Will be sadly misunderstood. T0 the wildly racing civilization of Fifth Avenue, in the village of New York, Will she be taken after twenty and six periods of life. There success will overtake her and she may be found posing beneath the dusty skylights of artistsl studios. Her pictures will appear on the coverings of lposts of the seventh evening, and in the advertisements of paste for the teeth. HThere will be among them a great teacher called Clara Christophel, but for many periods after she has been driven from her beloved studies of Lab. etiquette will she be forced to fight the devil 0f worldliness. She Will be asked many times to pose for artists and other persons of evil design and will be requested to figure out bets on the racing of horses. Over all these evils will she rise and take her place in the halls of fame. In the year of forty and nine, one may visit her shop of beauty and hair dressing in the city of New Orleans. Another feminine of great fame among the chosen people called lSeniorf will be named Mildred Albert. This fair one will be more highly favored by the goddess of fortune. Within two periods of her departure from the halls of lclassf and the halls of lstudyf one may find her an expert packer of shoes and glassware at the istore of ten centsf When sixteen periods have thus passed, she will blossom forth in all her glory as the chief assistant toe dancer at the parks of Chester. One called lCossackl by many members of the tribe will be most famed in the lands of Wyoming for his dislike of the feminine, and for his love of study. As if in contempt of his industry and perseverance, the fates will make of him a lily among thistles. At the age of thirty and five periods, he will be made knight of the striped pole, called lbarberf He must struggle painfully to make his living in the strange and wicked lands of Lockland, but shall gradually gain influence as a reform leader against capital punishment and other enjoy- ments of that day. HA very busy one of the chosen people will be named Bettie Miller. She, the lightest and most frivolous of all the tribe, will not suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, but take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by oppos- ing, end them. At first a mere peddler of shoestrings, she will struggle nobly to make her life better, and then finally appear in a little glass box selling tickets at the house of entertainment called tPalacef 726a