Ann Arbor High School - Omega Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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She pictures in the clouds above Her school years one by one- A symbol of her gloomy thoughts,- For darkened is the sun. ' Her heart is weary noivland sad, Sees not the sun still shining, Forgets that clouds, howeyer dark, Must have a silver lining. She watches, and her mournful eyes Read all as her life story. Ah me ! And will it always be, Like this, devoid of glory? The clouds are drifting slowly past, Each one is edged with gold, A smile of hope creeps to her eyes, New promises unfold. The clouds have nearly disappeared, Forth breaks the glorioususung The maiden cries with raptu-rous eyes, Finished? I've just begun. I4

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Four Weary years, she softly sighs Of struggle, toil, and fears 5' 'Tis finished now, and is this all I've gathered from these years? 'Tis finished? But is this the goal Iive tried for long and hard? Diploma! ,,Can,it..be that.this Is nowmy sole reward? '5' ' Is this to be the glorious end I dreamed of long ago, And can it be that 1ny high. aims Have ended all in show? I I Wanted honor, that I might, To all the world be known, Fame 'seemed to be the only thing I longed to call my ownf' Is it? Oh no, it cannot be The fondvhopes I have cherished lVere naught but idle fantasies And in this manner perished. The fire is burning low and lower, The dreary rain is dripping, And through the wistful downcast lids The shining tears are slipping. She lets them fall unheedingly In glit'ring, gleaming drops, The world for her is desolate, There areno brightened spots. She rises from her lowly seat, And, going to the door, A dismal landscape shows itself Although the storm is o'er. I3 I

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. CLASS ESSAY. UPVVARD CLIMBING, BROADER GROWING. 'P XVINIFRED ORR Look about us Where We Will, nowhere will We iind a more interesting problem or one which will afford an opportunity for deeper study than human nature. It is almost the only existing subject which is Within the reach of every one. Small indeed, is the number of people who can live so secluded that they will not learn something about it. e Of those Who attempt to fathom it, the more they study, the more perplexed they become, and finally arrive at the conclusion that human beings were predestined to be incomprehensible to human minds. A IVhen We take a brief survey of those around us, we are able to find almost all kinds I of people. There are generous people, people who 'keep pace with the times, and do everything in their power to help advance the interests of the World, and people Who, by constant lagging, miss the one grand opportunity of their lives because of their lack of preparation. They have Waited so long for something to turn up that they do not know their chance when it does come. A There are many Who, led by an overweening pride and desire for power, Will hesitate at nothing which will force events to yield to their will and further their ambitious designs. In direct contrast to these are those fine- 'souled beings Who seem to impart a peculiar music to the tones which touch their lives. But by far the largest class, and one Which, perhaps, -overlaps and includes some from all the others, is made up of those narrow people Who seem to have but a single aim in life: yet when We pause to 15