West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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lass iBnem The Pilgrim wap When Springtime comes to the hearts of Youth, And calls with her songs and her dawning truth Like the light in the East at the break of day, Then young hearts yearn for the high hill,s crest And young feet turn to the pilgrim way That leads to the sun-streaked West. Out from the long, still, slumhering past Echoes the sound of marching feet, O, the far hills ring, and the valleys sing ln time with the great heart-beat. Marching forth first on the lone byway, Alma Materls Hag was blue, Now her ensign flies in the gold-streaked skies, And it,s touched with the sunset hue. We hear Springtime and the great world call , To walk in the broad highways, So we join the throng with a pilgrim song That will live through the glorious days. When the road winds down into cold, dank mist That creeps o'er the evening vales, The high hillis crest in the ruddy West Will glow till the darkness pales. When the thin, dry dust of the drifting years ls blown in our clear, young eyes Alma Mater's light in the darkening night Will shine in the starry skies. LILLIAN INKE.

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- Zi iBilgrimmZ!ais Qtnrp R pilgrims are with glad hearts nearing ye Shrine- their journies end. To help while away ye time, one of ye pilgrims a nobleman in disguise, yclept U XY Mem O. Rie suggests that he recount for his com- rades delectation all that has occurred since they 'Wal began their pilgrimage together: After eight years spent in preparation to begin this journie, ye Class of June, '27, came together. We Our many and devious ways merged, and together, L. . . ' one September day, we arrived at ye Annex, began Mem O. Rie as they steadily moved onward. Here at ye Annex we remained for a while, living and learning happily together. Those pilgrims who had travelled ye road before us, came to visit us when we were all assembled together. They offered us their scrolls and writings, inscribed in a book called ye RECORD. Later we engaged in a soccer tournament with some of the more travelled pilgrims and were victorious. Then, when came ye joyful Christmas time, a few of our members banded together and presented a masque entitled, In Ye Toy- shop. It was a merrie occasion, especially when some of us and a few of our leaderes received gifts from ye hands of Father Christmas himself, impersonated by Pilgrim I-Itur Ecirp. For a month after ye Christmas season we were very busy with many tasks. Then we were given a week's rest, and after this refreshment, we were ready to resume ye pilgrimage. By this time we had accomplished l just an eighth of our entire journie. Some of those older pilgrims who had nearly reached ye Shrine, sent to us and enlightened us about ye future,-told us of some of ye joys We should encounter, and also ye pitfalls. We had another merrie time at ye Circus in which some of us took part. We were illustrious wooden soldiers, and led by Pilgrim Eeram Doog, drilled to ye squeaky musik, 'Parade of ye Wooden Soldiers! After a few more weeks of toil, we had accomplished a quarter of our journie, and had reached ye Tenth Milestone. F u gre- ' ' 1'?'.- Q- 'X 'A'- Q , r , , . : oy. , 2' ' xp, Q flhgvr frgbyf 2 A K Q Q, .Q , , ma , :rg . . of. .f J wt f , ' if 'iii fb: , 595. ct Y lg 1 ' 1 f - Y I ' n 'Q 'W hi ' F.-2 dmv: 3. 5 5 ' ' ,N 'el 9 0 Qld fl :. . i V Q 4: sa .i V. i Q. 'Q I I rl-I I 1 , A . . , . Q Q S