The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-12

=, been doing since he left H. ii. >.
Many of the boys had joined TIN
army, but Paul Megchelsen and Elme
Haisch were the only ones who re
manned in the service after the war
They had been captains in the saIu
brigade, but Elmer had dropped on
about a year before our reunion to &C
cept his appointment as Secretary o
the Treasury"
Edward Wilsey had also gained ex
perience from his Comment work, ant
was then editor of The Joke, a riva
of Life. Ed. was also much interested
in the project of building a private
railway to the moon.
The number of dancers in the claSi
Twas surprising. After the Senior Hal
lowe'en party Max Evans took up aes
thetic dancing and he and Edith Far
ris are joint teachers in large dane
ing academy Really, their grace wa:
marvellous to behold
Margaret Meyers said she had &
dancing school, too. The men flock
ed there, and she usually had as man,
of them around her as used to BE-
around her locker in the old Higl
School days, I heard that Edwart
Wilsey was especially regular in at
tendance
Oh, almost forgot Margaret Blink
She and that man with whom she usee
Ito attend the Summitville dances haf
| become at least as famous as thu
Vernon Castles once were. But thel
refused to live any place except il
Summitville.
/ Chester Cruze didn't surprise me II
the least He was always so sedatt
and dignitied that it was only natura
he should become a judge. Helen die
whisper, though. and tell me he Ghost
that profession because he admired
himself in a cap and gown, but, o.
course, wouldn't believe that.
Speaking Of Helen Wyllie-it was Sc
queer, Both she and Alma kirchnel'
married soldiers, captains, believe;
and were as happy as could be.
Helen had to tell us about Alta
Ribyn. 1t was really too bad! She
had been stump speaker for womnr
suffrage in Mars, but had talked sc
much that she lost her voice, and tbs
doctors forbade her saying even 4
word for year Poor Alta! 1t seem
ed doubtful at first whether she coule
bear this great affliction, but she was
finally pulling through.
Joseph Arnold had gone to Ames
and was then teaching agriculture ir
even teach Miss Troutner something
Speaking Of teachers, Mabel Loew
enstein became one She was known
as being especially good in dealing
with obstreperous boys, and she tolc
us she attributed ii all to the practice
/. she had flirting with the boys sent tc
Docs" office.
Helen Sitter was teacher, too, IN
) one of the keokuk high schools. Have
you heard of Reuben Pearson's dis
covery? You remember that law in
physics we always thought so queer
that If tree should fall and no one
were near. there would be no sound:
Well working on that theory, Reuben
had discovered that If a teacher asked
a pupil a question and the pupil were
mot paving attention-in other words.
were not there-the teacher had made
mo sound and therefore could REQUIRE
Inc answer. This discovery was regard
ed as marvellous, and has been accept.
ed by all the leading scientists, bnf
Margaret was the only Keokuk IN,
structor who dared teach 1t. The 9th
; ers all said the effect on their pupils
was. to say the least. demoralizing.ss.
That reminds me of French Bland.
French remembered his own High
|
matte walker When a teacher wishes
to call on a pupil who is asleep, all
she has to do is press little button
and an electrical appliance flies out
and hits him. oh, you know, the
teachers have reformed since our day:
;they don't in the least object to the
pupils taking maps, provided they don't
Leila Hummer, Daniel bishop and
Martha Shinn had formed a company
and were connected with Lyceum
circuit. At q meeting of the class that
evening they gave us their $3.50 pro-
gram. free of charge. 80
May Haggerty came in late. There
was a new movie" on at the Grand
and she just had to go. May inherited
money two years ago. you know, and
since then has spent practically all
her time at the movies
We had some movie stars in our
class. too. Mary Schlotter and Cora
Fisher had become the modern Mutt
-, ess and Jeff-ess,' and each received
S229G3.25 per month
Mary Louise Hueston had gone on
the stage. One day she happenedFto
mass a. former manager of Billie
Burke's and he was so struck by her
resemblance to that actress that he
eaged her. Of course, Mary Louise
had made good.
Helen Fleming was there, too. Do
Won remember her frankly expressed
preference for st. Louis men. she
had moved to St Louis soon after she
graduated and for the last three years
it was said that not a day had passed
that she had not received either oo1
of candy or some flowers.
Kenneth jMcBain was there. MY,
YOU should have seen Kenneth. he
had gradually worked up from his
standard oil position High School days
till he was then known as second
Rockefeller. Kenneth had Travelled
in Europe lately, and now wore a
monocle dropped his his" and acted
as superior as any duke.
Sneaking of dukes, One of those
fussy little French ones came over
here after the war and fell so in love
with Clara Mullihn's languid ways
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