Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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' S' TTS 'S I I ' 1' Uffrffdfzfk., I Contents GRADUATES JUNIOR SECTION SOPHOMORE SECTION FRESHMAN SECTION - ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS AUTOGRAPHS

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Theme MUSIC- that which inspires us to great cour- age and greater deeds . . . that sublime harmony which goads usupandon... that which we carry ever in our hearts . . . On the highways and by-ways of life shall it sound, and the commercial cities and the wide plains shall hear it, and hearken to its beauty . . . - '+..:e,,,L,gag.4,,, V 1,

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