William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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,. 10 THE GLEAVI. Gllaaa nf IHH-fl. NOTHER milestone is passed, and the journey is hardly begun. A summit is reached, but it discovers peaks immensely higher and -W 4-H more ditlicult of attainment. However long the way may have I seemed, that which is ahead stretches out to infinity, and there is ' lll llilllillFl'la:. 3. a voice whicn does not heed our weariness, but says 'EGO on! Go - on P' Life means movement, and not only movement, but that in is g ' a forward and upward direction. Culmination is a sure predeces- ' sor of retrogressiong and retrogression is the beginning of death. Life moves from the organization of the cell to that of the body, from that of the body to the building-of thought, from thought to systems, and does not stop until it reposes at the feet of Him who made it and who crowns it. If one is living, he forms part of this grand life-procession, and not . 1 X ' N, Y l , GEORGE S. BRYANT. PRINCIPAL on HIGH SCHOOL. only does he know no rest, but the iiavor of living is so sweet, that he becomes jealous of each moment which does not bring a new revelation. When he sees men who have attained the hundredth degree of genius, who have been caught up into the seventh heaven of earth's glories and have reported glimpses

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E GLIEAM i MAY, 1901. Not of the sun light, Not of the moon light, Not of the star light! O Young Mariner, Down tothe haven, Call your companions, Launch your vessel, And crowd your canvas, And, ere it vanishes O'er the margin After it, follow it, Follow The Gleam. -Tennyson.

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I ll THE GLEAVI. ll of things ineffable, he does not ask for rest, but supplicates for a longer life in which to work and grow. In whatever realms one moves, he sees names ahead beckoning him forward. 'The enthusiasm of work is intensified by the he1'oes that have lifted history out of the valley of the Nile and the plains of Babylon and replanted it on the mountains and rivers of America. lt is stim- ulated by those artists that have transiigured mounds and massive temples into Parthenon and cathedral. The names of Angelo, Raphael, Beethoven, Fry and Nightingale admit of no repose to a living soul. For, what a man has been, a man can be, yea, moregwhat all men have been, one man can bc. The living, burning desire of the soul to be all comprehensive, keeps the world's brain in everlasting motion. Living and working were wedded in the Garden of Eden. They cannot be divorced. If one must work in order to live, then what is one's best equipment? Into whatever kind of world your lot may fall, if it is in any sense God's world, there are some things that should not fail to count in favor of their possessors. If the heart is welded to truth, justice, right and duty, these rich properties should be the means of high living and sweet enjoy- ments. Some things are necessary to manhood and Womanhood. Loyalty to God, loyalty to man, loyalty to self, receive their inspiration from on high. These are essentials. A human character built on less cannot stand, and will fall beneath the measure of its own true greatness. These are coins which have the stamp of heaven on them and will pass current in any world, just so it is God's world. The key-words to success are honesty, bravery, simplicity, truthfulness and patience. Let these be in you and abound, and the class of 1904 will have something which the world needs, and which it cannot afford to do without, and may it at last receive the crown that belong to faithful souls. GEO. S. BRYANT. p Quin In he Itraniiful in C9121 Agn. HERE a1'e two kinds of beauty, both beginning in youth. The first and I highest beauty is that of characterg when young, if one is kind and dutiful, that beauty will stay with him always, and if practiced it will bring the soft and beautiful expression, which will stay with one not only unto death. but be remembered ever afterward. The second, or lower beauty is the beauty of form, as in the first part of Sellas' lifeg though beautiful in form, she was selfish and did not have the expression that a noble character produces. If you wish to keep the beauty of youth in old age. you must do things for others. This is also illustrated in Sellas, character. She spent her youth in selfishness, but after the loss of her magic slippers and her mother, she spent one night in solemn prayer, after which she awakened to a new life of generosity and love. By doing things for others she kept her beauty in old age. BABY OWL. 3 . 1 4 1 r 1 4 4 5 .' i i v 1 t -L..w.v,. . .grass-.r fa 'Z --ra. lm...1., ll 2' 5 1 .