Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Senior Class Officers Raymond Acton Roy Ward Dorothy Barnes Frances Blain........ Faye Craig Marvin Miller Miss Clack Richard Hollingsworth Class Prophet Flashlight Representative President Vice Presidenl Sponser Class Poet Secretary Treasurer Motto: We strive for character, not for fame. Color: Gray and Old Rose. Flower: Rose. It’s great to be a Senior And feel important like, you know, But when it comes to say good-bye, We hate to leave you so; For we have had some good times here Along with a few hard tasks, But just to be remembered Is all that a Senior asks. I said as a poet I was punk, And the class thought my modesty was bunk; But after reading this mess, they freely confess, (And that without staint) That whatever I are, a poet I ain’t. —THELMA BOLES. The Class Poet’s Poem —By Richard H (reincarnation of Edgar Poe and probable successor to Longfellow.)

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Seniors

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Hile Senior Back in the shadow of the darkness he stood, A weary traveler beside the way; He had traversed the path through the dim, dark wood, He had come to the end to-day. Recalling his struggle with sorrow, he thought, As he turned to the east and the light, That with heart pains the treasures of knowledge are bought And that sacrifice only brings might. But now he could rest from his long weariness, And his heart filled with joy undefiled; He had made the long journey with great diligence. And by idleness now was beguiled. Shall we leave him there on the smooth, easy plain He has gained at so great a cost, Reclining in luxury, free from all pain, And unconscious of anything lost ? Oh, no. On yon distant hilltop I see, As he tirelessly plods on and on, The same worthy scholar, whom we know to be The Senior, who onward has gone. For a while he stifled the hungering cry. Which his soul made for knowledge and light, And he tarried in ease, till the Power on high Sent him on to win honor and might. —ANNO BROWN. 21