Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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3 Dedication To our forefathers, the covered-wagon pioneers, who, overcoming almost insurmountable hardships, fought their way to Oregon and carried civilization across the continent, we reverently dedicate our 193 1 Arena.

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Pioneers cl£ Our Forefathers Brave men of old who sought the far frontiers! Covenanters, canny, gallant cavaliers, Whose Prairie Schooners plied the trackless plain; No caravel that sailed the Spanish Main E’er owned a crew so valorous and bold! Not Argonauts were they; no Fleece of Gold Allured, their eager fancies to engage— No Fount of Youth, but premature old age And hardships, all untold, awaited whence Their voyage ended and they pitched their tents. To us have come, through the enriching years. The harvests planted by those pioneers; The visions they beheld, but ne’er attained, The Promised Land they sought but never gained May we, their children’s children, too, inherit Some portion of their patient, dauntless spirit; Some remnant of the fervor and the faith That girded and sufficed in life and death;