Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Hivunnvi-E num vi- thi- wi-sta-rn hills, tho glowing sun, NM-:1l'y nl' his gre-all lll2ll'l'll zwrnss fha- sky, lmlwul in thi- NlPl1'llll0l' of flu' WEIVUS' l'llll!I'ill'l'Q Sinks iluwn, 'Fon glzul that night is nigh. l unilly llw fIl'l'ill 2ll'lllN 1-lamp hini lu thi-il' uwn, Sli-ailing l'HS.V lill--llloml frmn his lwzn-lg 'l'h4- nu-llinff lhutsti-ps of his ln'ig hl l'UlllIM'l'l'S Q! Q 'l'1-ip ont, Anil sliiinnwr as flu-ly part. X Ilillll0ffl2lllll'lllI0llfll1'I'lllllllllgflbillll, X flush ol' K'l'llllS0ll llilllllg into whilv, 1- l'ill'l'W0ll glllllllll'l' un lhv lvvm-l plain, Anil lu, Ili-lmlil thi- sanulaillm-il night! ll iv vvvl-x' snnsi-I 4-ruwn thi- sill-nl walls Ul sunn- n'1-ll-n'illn-rm-il hill,:1n4l allways iinml X llIll'l'Ul' ol pnrc- 1'l'YNlill. to 1-4-lla-vl 'l'hi Il.nl Ul' glory l1'l'1 lwliinml. ' wln-n lln- twilight j,Iilllll'l'S into night, Xn lu llll'llllll'2llll'l' of thv lallvst snnsa-I wzikm-s al gusty slnnluws lluwi- nn llw lzlwn. Uni' soul l 4n' thv illllll'U2ll'lllllQ llilWll. ll. S. ll ll

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Ill En Elnhn KPHT5 Diana rose above the tcnnpled place, Sliadowvcl in siloncc and tho S1,'01'll of FYQ '2ll'S, lVith all hor sister' orbs, like brilliant 11-zu-s, f'lllSt01'0ll about on Hl12lX'L'11,S kindly facv. Tho otor-nal city slept and not one trace Of Nvro's rvvvlg the awaiting vars f lll 'llt only the st1 1110'o 1'llSil0 NVlll'1'l' thi- spm-ai-s f m ., 1 as 1 Of wown knot-grass nwt i11 fond 1-inbl-avv. The SOVUII Roman hills watc-lwd ow-1' him, Anil M1111 his lowd daisy flowm-rs hail wvptg Diana cast asialv hm' silvor 1'llllQ Stolo flown froin Ili-avr-n and kisswl hiin as hi- sh-pt. Tinufs 0ff0l'l1lg.f 1-anno latv-tlw 1'2ll'P was run. E112 human gratituclo 1'1':lvlw1l lli'l' dr-ai' Still. li.xY11oxn SVMN141: l!.x1:'1'1.1:'1 1'. In 1 Elgar A111111 Hur oak ravos tho blast about that t-ottagv 4loo1', NVil4l swoc-piiig U'0l' tho 1-avos to its 1lHlllZllllQ The lll0l2llll ll0lj' piuos with sail l'0f1'illIl, ,l'l'ilillU iilllillxl' syinphonios of thy llonoro. o solitary footstops 1-roali tho fioor, No lllllllllgilf Vigil's slooph-ss hours of pain- Xonv but tho slwctral lll0lll01'l0S 1'l'llliliIlQ lho sail 2li'f'llSi0llll'1l tasks aro thino no 1Il0l'0. Alono, aniiclst a world of tloubt thou sti-ow, Assailml by shadowy forms and 1'-ringing foarsg AA spln-1-11 of palv-vyval phantonns lllf0l'WOYl' About thy soul, through all tho lllll'l'l'l'1llll yvars. What might haw- lwvllf' 'Pho ll0il1't Wann-ml dm Thy songs 115-0i'l10,illllf thy voim-me is still. 'athly chill R. S. ll. 13

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THE FOLLY OF READY-MADE WISDOM iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii P1'0V0l'llS have boon a sort of standing adyico, as far haok as tho inomory of man goos. All tonguos and all timos havo had an Zlljlllltlillllftl of this l'02lllj'-Illiltll' wisdom. Pl'0Vl1l'lDS dosoond from the filflllll' to tho son, unto all postority. You Uilllllllt oss-apo thomg thoy gram-o our gay and our sorious moods, and may do duty as woll at a funoral as at a wedding. A provorh is supposod to so aptly ox IDPUSS a gonoral truth in a prom-iso way, that it is a gom of spoooh. Quito truo, hut -just as family jowols displayod not wisoly, hut too woll, givo an improssion of vulgal-ity, so thoso flll't'QlfllD2ll'0 roliosof am-ostral porspiouity lWfl'Zl4Y oithor a sup-orlioial oduoatod ignorauoo or a wooful laok of individuality. Ilowovor, thoro is ono point i11 favor of provorhs-that thoy soryo tho praisowortlly purposo of provonting any nood of thinking up a sontimout suitahlo to an om-oasion and ox- prossing it woll. Tho inapplioahility of popular provoi-hs to llltNlPl'Il conditions, and ospooial- ly to -Xlllf'1'lf'ill1 lifo, is yory ovidontg for instant-o, t'IIasto makos wasto. 'l'his is apparoutly unsuitahlo for any hut trivial matters. And also, lil'fft'l' lato than llf'Vl'l'.v llo who talcos this as a littlo Ql'2llll of truth is Vf'l'vV liahlo to miss a for- tuno somo day. -lust imagino a sorious young nian's starting out in lifo with this for his motto. lf anything is worth doing at all, it is worth doing wollf' l'nloss his oarnostnoss is tomporod with a groat doal of sou11d judgmont, tho standard hy whioh ho llll'ilSlll'l'S his work is likoly to dofoat his aims. lloing oat-h thing in daily lifo woll moans, in this ago of pi-ogrossiyonoss, doing hut a yory fow things at all. lndood, tho usoloss oxpondituro of timo and onorgy on trivial nlattors, in a painstaking ottort to ho thorough, invariably prooludos tho 2lt'l'llIlllDllSllllll'Ilf of all that our 4-horishod plans and tho insistont donlands of tho passing days ro- quiro. flrantod that tho ahility to do work thoroughly and intolligontly is osson- tial to sux-oss in any lino of au-tivity, yot what dogl-oo of sum-1-oss would aoorln- to tho young man who niado alrsoluto thoroughnoss tho koy-noto of his lifo? If ho startod at tho hottom. ho would stay th-oro. for his sum-oss in filling his position would so om-oupy his timo that ho oould givo no attontion to his own iltlVillll't'llll'lll. and it might also l'0llVllll'0 his omployors that at last thoy had found tho round pog for tho round holo. and dotormino thom to lcoop him filf'l'l'. Tho zu-gumont horo is against oxtromo fllUl'UllQlllll'NN. It is a moi-o unfor- iunato hahit to an-quiro than oarolossnoss, for it oonstantly opprossos with tho sonsoofrosponsihility, takos up time that oan ill ho atifordod, and koops tho in- dividual oontinually unproparod to moot unoxpootod doniands upo11 timo and sorvioosg whilo niodorato oarolossnoss at loast has tho advantago of giving oooa- sional intorvals to thought. t'ontinuod oontomplation of tho dotails of daily lifo, and applic-ation to thoni, hayo a vory injurious offoot upon tho montal outlook, and lalor, upon tho l5