William Allen High School - Comus Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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ln.: Clituturlal '2-lf' Snr Launfal turned from hls own hard gate For another helr ln h1S earldom sate ITH thls ISSUC the present staff sheds the harness whlch has encompassed It for a twelve month At such a tlme there must needs be mlngled feel lngs of rellef and regret A harness IS a symbol of work Well Htted It eases the pull lt does not lessen lt Gllded trapplngs Improve ltS appearance but do not change ltS slgnlflcance O11 preserves It and thereby adds to 1tS endurance To put on the harness lndlcates toll or battle To put It off slgnlfles that the work has been done or the battle won ln elther case lt means rellef Regrets are valn Nor do we lntend to lndulge IH them Yet when a group of people work together an entlre year wlth one common purpose ID VICW tles are formed whlch one IS loathe to sever But the tlme of partlng has come and each member of the staff proceeds agaln ln hlS own appolnted way The Canary and Blue IS the orlflamme of the entlre school RIVHI clubs march under dlfferent banners classes adhere to the colors of thelr own selec tlon and fraternltles and ororltles wear emblems of ldentlflcatlon of thelr own The Canary and Blue stands for all that IS good and wholesome ln fleld and gym ln club and class ln chorus and orchestra ln band and play It IS the barometer of school Splflt When thls banner IS held aloft by the school the Splflt IS noteworthy When lt IS lowered school Splflt has passed out In passlng the mantle to our successors lt would be presumptuous IH us to tell them how to conduct thlS lmportant factor IH school llfe We have at all tlmes trled to llVC up to the best tradltlons of the magazlne s checkered career We belleve we have succeeded ln maklng It a superlor perlodl cal ln ltS class Wlth fewer dlfflcultles to encounter at the outset we feel con fldent that our successors wlll scale helghts before unattalned We are qulte sure that no one Wlll TCJOICC more ID the unbounded prosperlty of the Canary and Blue than the present edltor ln chlef For not unacqualnted wlth the dlfflcultles of the posltlon he can appreclate lts success or fallure more sympathetlcally than the rest ,- ,, , ,Q s J . T . x 5 I, Q l X ,T 1' . fkg! 'J ., - , , - , , V - K , c . . , , - . . . .. . , - - . Y ,