Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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THE ±9 27 i,lu' ciparlirr A knowledge of mere books does not suffice; He needs a knowledge too of human nature; And sympathy to make his teaching welcome; And fire, to make it felt; and tact and skill, To aim and temper it for others’ needs; And modesty to keep liis own acquirements In strict-hold servitude to their commands; And dignity that comes from honoring youth To crown its bondman as the students’ master. Cecil The Seer, I. SEVENTEEN

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THE TSr- IBS- 192 7 E. Lucile Shipley Illinois State Normal University, B. E. University of Michigan English Librarian Frank B. Stowe York College, A. B. University of Nebraska Geometry Esther L. Mace Carleton College, B. A. University of Wisconsin Physical Train in g I) ramatics Margaret B. Schurman Hock ford College Northwestern University Bradley Institute Music Henry C. Salveter Park College, A. B. University of Michigan I aw School Pub lie S pea k i ng Social Studies Lida Wells Johnson Pekin Community High School Secretary SIXTEEN

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THE ga— ISr- !E i 9 2 7 IGeabrr The wind swept toward him, and the sunlight glanced From his bright armor, but the smoke and dust Hid all his comrades, a train august Trailed from him, as in splendor he advanced. We deemed him leader, vet he merely chanced To be where all things round him could adjust To his position wind and sun. and thrust On him a prominence naught else enhanced. Oh blame not wind or sun, nor envy him! hat though the worlds too highly rate his worth ? Who. who, for this, would choose a role so mean, So distant from the clouds that always dim The central fight? It is one law of earth That godlike leaders work, like God. unseen. The Leader. EIGHTEEN