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Senior Class History
A Oxe-Act Play
T i m e : The year 5027.
P e a c e : Scene of the Fxca\'ation of the Ancient City of Plainfield, in North
America.
CH.YRACTERS:A Prominent Archaeologist, His .Assistants, and a Professor of Ancient Civilizations anci Languages.
Scene I
.Archaeologist: Look here! This explains the mystery about all the T empor.v et M ores \-olumes. (Holds up a battered brass plate, green with age, where through the dirt and corrosion of centuries may be seen the
inscription. The Harlridge School. Men with picks and shovels come running from all directions.) Professor, you were right about the books. Professor: (Turning plate over in his hand.) ATs, the word “ Hart-
ridge” appeared so many times in every volume that I thought it must be some sort of institution whose records were kept under the symbol T e m - pora et M ores.
Arch.: ATu know it might be interesting, now that we have the four volumes from 1922 through 1926, to follow up one group or class through the four years. Perhaps it would explain their system.
Prof.: All right, Pll work on that, and have it ready in a few days.
Scene II.—T hree Days L.veer I'he Professor’s Study
Enter archaeologist with professor, who carries an armful of books and papers and whose face is alight with the discoverer’s eagerness.
Prof.: Well, sir, it’s all worked out. It seems that The Hartridge School consisted of a class of younger girls called the Elementary and a
group of older ones divided into five classes called the Academic. I’ve