Published by The Dalles High School Students, June edition, page 51-52 SENIOR DEPARTMENT SALUTATORY There is the bell again. This surely is a busy day for me; and what a coincidence, that nearly all of my visitors have asked about my former classmates. Come in, please. (Enter old gentleman with cane - rather excited.) - Are you the lady who is famed for reading the pasts of people she has neither seen nor heard of before? (Madam) - Yes Sir, I can do all that you claim. (Gentleman takes seat, and begins to talk.) - Well, it is just this way. I am President of the Universal Copper Mines, in South America, and have millions of dollars to my credit. I have an only son, Alan, whom I have raised without a single wish ungratified. I had hoped he would some day step into my place and continue the work I have so well begun. Instead, he is breaking his mother's and my heart by showing an interest in theatricals. I think he is encouraged and urged on by a young actress, who is starring in special features at the Hippodrome and whom, he has informed me, he is to marry soon. I must admit, the young lady has unusual talent, and her acting has been of the highest and cleanest type. However, she has appeared quite mysteriously in New York, from no one knows where. It is rumored that her true name, off the stage, is Marion Elizabeth Boettcher, of The Dalles, Oregon. Can you tell me if this is true, and if she is a worthy young lady? (Madam reads globe.) - My dear sir, the globe gives a most satisfactory account of your young lady. Her name IS Marion Elizabeth Boettcher, and she is from The Dalles, Oregon. She entered the Court Street school in the third grade, coming from New York, in 1911. She has an excellent record in her school life, and was a great favorite among the students. She was graduated from the Dalles High with the class of '19, and began her stage career by appearing as leading lady in the Senior class play. She is an excellent housewife, and I'm sure your son could not find a better young lady in all New York. (Gentleman rising.) - Thank you Madam, I feel very much relieved by this interview and I shall act upon you advice. (Madam musing) - Well, so Marion has captured a millionaire's son. The old man was certainly aroused over the prospects of an actress as a daughter-in-law. Wait until he sees her. I'll bet he changes his mind in a hurry. If he doesn't, she will soon talk him out of it. (Unsigned) Submitted by Earline Wasser