Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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26 Manor-as - moning the ,most skillful physician of Antioch to attend him. For-hours the child was as quiet as death. The stars waxedgand waned, the sun rose and set, but in the heart of Hermas there was no light. Athenais knelt beside him- Hermas, it is almost over. The child grows weaker hour by hour. Unless a change comes he cannot last beyond sung rise. Is there no one to pity us? Long ago I knew somethingg I think it would have helped us. But I have forgotten it. It is all gone. But I would give all that I have if I could bring it back again, now at this hour, in this time of our bitter troublep ' A slave entered while he was speaking. John of An- tioch has come, and will take no denial. Come, let me go to him. In the central hall John was -standing. ' My son, I have come to comfort you, for I have heard that you are in great trouble. ' It is trueg we are in trouble, our child is dying. I knew something long ago, when I was with you-a word, a name, in which we might have found hope. But I have lost it. My son, you have sinned deeper than you fknow. The word with which you parted so lightly is the key-word of all life. VVithout it the world has no meaning, existence no contentment, and death no refuge. The name of Him, who, though we may forget Him, never forgets usg the name of Him who pities us as you pity your suffering child, the name of Him, who, though we wander farvfrom Him, seeks ussin the wilderness and sends His son, even as His Son has sent me this night, to breathe again that forgotten name in the heart that is perishing without it. Listen, my son, to the name of God, our Father. The lost was found. Hermas stood upright, and liftedhis hands high toward Heaven. Oh, My God, spare the life of this, my child. My Father! My Father! Was it an echo? It would not be, for it came again, the voice of a child clear and low, waking from sleep, and call- ing: l My father! My father! Read by Emily Helen Roberts. 1...1 . , , CLASS WILL - . The following document having been ,duly -presented for probate in the Supreme Court of the County of Jokes, in the -State of Jest,-is herby announced-to the public. Besittknown, that we, the class of 31922, of -the-'Mansfield Hight.--School, being of sound and disposing mind andmemory,

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' 1 M,.llLlIRS N , o 25 .When he opened his eyes and saw thesetting sun, he rose and hurried back towards Antioch. As he drew near his iathefs house the old servant ran down to the gate to meet .xmr ff 'fl' - ' I . i r Lord, we have been-seeking you everywhere. The mas- ter is at the. point of death, and has 'sent for you.' I fear thevtime.is.short'. X ' ' ' 7 4 ..His,father.. lay .on..an ivory- couch in the inmost chamber. ' Hermas, my son! Take my hand, Hermas, life is pass- ing. My soul is empty, I am afraid. But you know some? thing better. Tell me what it is.' Your secret, your faith- give it to me before I go. ' ' Father-I will give you the secret of faith. You must believe withall your heart and soul and strength in- Where was the word? . Wait, Father, I shall find it. Yes there is hope. . Tell me, tell me quickly, for I must go. The light be- hind the eyes went out, and Hermas, the master of the House of the Golden Pillars, was keeping Watch of the dead. Ik sk Pk lk Ik ' . When Athenais entered the House of the Golden Pillars as the bride of Hermas, all the music of life came with her, and when a child came. to them, a strong, beautiful boy, Hermas said to Athenais, How deep is-our happiness? my beloved. But there is something that oppresses me like an invisible burden. - I, too, have felt it. I think I know what it means. It is gratitude, there is no perfect joy without gratitude. Come, let us take the boy and give thanks. Hermas lifted the child in his arms and turned with Athenais into the garden. The tones of Hermas were clear and low as he began. Fair is the world, the sea, the sky, in the glow of the morning, in the shadow of the evening, and under the drip- ping light of stars. Fairer, and still more dear is love, that draws us together. We praise, we bless, we thank-- At the end of his flight of gratitude there was nothing, a blank, a hollow space. Let us return, we are mistaken, the gratitude of life is only a dream. There is no one to thank. - A Sk if lk 4' if Whenthe boy -was nine years old, Hermas' black Numi- dian horses won the victory .over a score of rivals. rHermas received the prize carelessly from the judge's hands. He lifted fhis.,son into the chariot' fbeside' him, to 'share' his triump-hsn. As the horses Fpranced' around the ring, 'they dashed violently forward, swerved to the right, tossing the boy to the earth, and when Hermas turned to look for him he was lying like a broken flower on the sand. They car- ried him in a litter to the House of the Golden Pillars, sum-

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K MEMOIRS , 27 fdo make this our last will and testament, revoking all .wills made by us at any previous time. W ' ' 1' ' -Weeconstitute andappoint .Mr. ,Hadlock and his assistants: 'the exeenters of, and trustees under this, our'last,will'. ' ' . We give, divide, and bequeath all property, both real and unreal, personal and impersonal, wherever same may be lo- cated, to our hereinbefore named executors, to'be held and dis- Qposed of by them in accordance with the instructions herein- after set forthg namely, ' To the Class of 1923 we leave our cheery dispositions and -our willingness to work, hoping that they will use the same to .good advantage. X To the Class of 1924 we leave a large box of hair grower to 'be iised on the bobbed hair when short locks are no longer in gsty e. l To the Class of 1925 we leave our singing books in Room iliive. We are certain that they will use them more than we . ave. To the incoming Class of 1926 we leave our Worthwhile ad- vice, Don't act as We did. To Mr. Hadlock We leave a victrola with the record en- titled, Were you late ,for school this morning? This Will save him much extra talking. . To Doc Livermore We leave a dumb Waiter so that he will not wear out his shoes carrying pans to the lunch room. To Miss Hill we leave our fond memories of pleasant ,days spent in Room six and of her wonderful disposition. To Miss-Forsythe we leave a package of composition paper to be used for parking her pupils' gum. A To.Miss Wyman we leave a large order of straps to be used to fasten to their chairs the members of the class in Business English. To Mr. Robinson ,we leave a package of dyspepsia pills in case that he should need them in the future. To- Miss Eastman we leave a curtain for her laboratorydoor so that theclass in Room six will not attract her 'pupils' at- ttention. We leave Dink David the sum of 355.00 in pennies, to. be held in trust for f'Stitchie. ' 1 Roy. Morse leaves to f'Link Paine his habit of eating break- fast at'two.o'clock in the morning. ' p G I '