German Township High School - Laureola Yearbook (McClellandtown, PA)

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3're$hmmi Souq ------o------- (Tune: Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching.) In the County of Fayette, There’s a town we’ll ne’er forget; For its talent and its knowledge so profound; And we need not tell Its name For you’ll know it by its fame When the year of 1918 comes around. CHORUS. Forward, then is our endeavor. Backward, never steps to turn. With our colors Gold and White, We are bound to win the fight. When the year of 1918 comes around. McCiellandtown, as you may guess, Is the name we can’t suppress; With its teachers and its High School of renown. And our Class in time to come, In the school will make things hum, When the year of 1918 comes around. We the class of M. H. S. Striving hard to win success; Depths of Wisdom, and of Mysteries to sound, But to us it seems so clear, We shall nothing have to fear, When the year of 1918 comes around. Sophs, and Juniors, Seniors, too, Kiind regards from us to you, And by all of us may Wisdom’s way be found; And though we are Freshmen yet, Our Diplomas we shall get VV’hen the year of 1918 comes around. 25 —Helen G. Roycroft.

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By ANNABELL M COLLINS )JT[ ISTEN, dear reader, and you shall hear, not of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, but a short history of a lively class of students. August 31. 1914, seemed to be rather a gloomy day for the fifty-seven Freshmen who rolled into the McClel’andtown High School, because it was the beginning of a long educational journey. But we were bright and studious lads and lassies and took up our task with zeal and earnestness. We were in High School but a few weeks until the Sophomores demonstrated their high esteem for us by tendering us a reception, in which the professors joined, a’so expressing reverence for us. I might say that the class has never lost sight of its original motive in coming to H’gh School, namely to seek an education; for we chose for our motto “Nulla vestigia retrorsum,” meaning “No footsteps backward,” a motto which we have always tried to live up to. We also selected for our colors Gold and White. The class of 1918 has been very active in literary work. In both societies our members have worked zealously and have done credit to the class. While our class has been actively engaged in study and literary work, we have also tried to play pranks upon the professors, hut were greeted each time in return with the usual number of “Demerits” which we soon learned to escape by behaving ourselves. Now, as our first year’s labor is about to close, many interesting tales might be told if space would permit. However, we are very young in our High School course, and wh'le ours has been crowned with unusual success so far, we see still brighter things in the future. As we are about to part for a few months’ vacation, we hope that we shall all meet again for another round of life’s work, and may the lemaining years be as pleasant and cheerful as the first, and many thanks be to the professors and students for their many acts of kindness towards us; such are the wishes of the Class of 1918. 24

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