The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
May "a, 1882

And long to be like them, if just
for an hour,
But why did We envy the great
class's place
AS Justice Incarnate was typified
there?
And now here they lie, in shame and
disgrace,
Dishonored and hated-although
you did spare
Us the tribute of funeral rites to-
day,
For the class from it's classmates
is passing away.
The word of a Senior short day
ago
AS symbol of power had stood
'gainst the school
Like a stag on the ledge Of lofty
plateau
Gazes down on the world from the
heights rare and cool.
But now lies their ashes in grand
eur sublime
To be scattered and lost by the
ravage of Time.
The Seniors have passed from your
midst here today
Their glory and splendor gone up
with the f1ames
Of funeral pyre, leaving its ashes
Of gray:
! AS poor hooking symbol of on;e'
current fame.
The class hopes that you viii their
prestige preserve
The honored remembrance they tru.
/ ~ deserve.-E. L.
The noble Senator again rises be.
! fore the throng, and as the students
watch in wonder, the master applies
the sacred torch which envelops the
urn with smoke, reducing the Senior
Class to ashes. Then at the summons
of a strange request, wierd figure
steps on the platform. Edward Beck
strand, in the role of a Roman sooth-
sayer, assumes the stage and as the
fumes rise from the burial urn, Ell
veloping around crystal ball which
is rolled over and over above them.
cryptic phrases fall from his lips.
Suddenly the ball is withdrawn from
the flames, and his word coherent:
GAS I peer into the mystic globe
of the Future, l first get a glimpse
of New York. Here see Bob Goudy,
the able successor of Stanley Limburg
as the head of dance orchestra, with
Floyd Bliss as his tenor soloist, James
Baikie, who has made his fortune in
the oil fields, now resides in his man.
sion in New York and amazes the
people by the magnitude of the sums
of money which he so generously en-
dows each year for the improvement
and furtherance of the Baikie libra
ries.
"At the head of a kindergarten
school in the negro slums, see Doris
Streeter presiding with Margaret
Smith as her assistant; but as one
might expect, Margaret spends her
time dashing around in big car full
of pickaninnies gorging themselves on
sweets. In one Of the wealthy sub
urban homes is Dorothy Ewart as
governess for the children of the
famous poera singer, Nine. Luella
Maasch. John Finn is the capable
head gardener of the Vanderbilt
estate. AS manager of the exclu-
sive Fifth Avenue Beauty Parlor,
Dorothy Phinney superintendent her
prospecting business with a diligence
that only our worthy salutatorian is
able to portray.
"Ah, the next view presents those
of this memorable Senior class who
have been fortunate enough to pro-
cure positions in the national capitol.
In the Congressional Hall is Margaret
Amt, the famed woman legislator
from Minnesota. Elvira Steinhaus is
the first woman secretary Of the
United States Supreme Court. I can
see that this career was started by
her ceaseless and untiring shorthand
practice while in school. Iris Rob-
bins is the impressive Supreme Court
Judge who astonishes the world by
her brilliant decisions.
"The next view presents those who
are located in Chicago. Edward Beck
strand, as super-salesman for the
Rest Easy Casket Company, finds a
prosperous business in this city. ELL
sworth Jorgensen is the president of
the Advisory Board for Students at
Chicago University. Joe Pistulka,
whose home is now in Chicago, is the
author of the greatest Social Science
Textbook that the Twentieth Century