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Senior Class Prophecy by Anne Franklin of 1946
The piece imagines the 1946 graduates moving into varied futures across arts, media, military, and business. It catalogs ambitious youths like Iris Brooks and Naomi Cornelius as they pursue unique destinies in publishing, art, theater, and national service, ending with unfinished notes on several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris Brooks
Brooks
Whatsit
LaMarr Whitt
Naomi Cornelius
New York Times
Jim McCrary
Bobby Sockser
Frank Sinatra
Curtis Barron
Erie Alldredge
Margie Allison
Betty Hutton
Hollywood
Anne Franklin
Texas Tech
Eugene Gentry
Navy
Miss Gentry
Dorothy Harrel
Clay Dell Richards
University of Texas
Myra Kevil
New York
Myra
Meatball
Madison Square Gardens
Leona McQueen
Leona
Clarence Webb
West Texas
Katy Rinehart
Slim Rinehart
Billye Gunn