Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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A graduate is Grace I hear From School of Industrial Art. Her name you’ll find on cover designs Of fame she’s received her part. Virginia Parsons is now at home And teaches Sunday school. She works in all the town affairs While leading is her rule. Mattson is a business man With an office in a scurry, His face is red with anxious zeal His clerks before him hurry. Quiet Rebecca you will find In a kindergarten small. She leads the little children up Into fame’s great hall. A Red Cross nurse is Helen McClure With calm and soothing manner. She makes a good example for The white and crimson banner. est Chester Normal Ruth entered soon And history was her feature. She came to Abington again And the children called her teacher. Mary Michener is studious still, A capable woman too, Her quiet grace has earned her a place Which no other woman could do. Frances found it interesting To study mathematics. And now she teaches little children The plus and minus tactics. 23

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CLASS PROPHECY PROLOGUE A wanderer, 1 journey on my way At eventime when all the country side Is glowing bright with many a rosy ray. The ton id sun who with his p.ercing darts Had reigned o’er heath and hill the whole day long, Now dips his fiery orb beneath yon hill Pursued by numberless clouds with gold-hemmed fringe. How glad was 1 when on the road beyond The waving forest with its unibrant shade Enfolds the scorching pathway in its arms. I pass between those phalanxed columns gray, And see above the restless leafy roof, While round me gleam the eyes of flowers bright. A calmness o’er me holds its quiet reign But longing fills my heart to hear again of those dear comrades who, since scattered had Composed the Class “18’’ of A. H. S. The forest bends apart on either side Like coast retreating from the angry sea, And now before me spreads a sylvan glen All shining, decked with evening’s pearly dew: So quiet is this peaceful Eden Spot No wind dare touch or vulgar hand destroy. A sparkling spring boiled o'er its grassy brim And sent its waters down the sloping green. Upon its bank I threw mv weary form And sipped the crystal liquid from my hands. I stared with thoughtful gaze upon the stream And saw with wonderment and pleasure mixed, Proceeding from beneath each shady leaf, A line of graceful figures brightly clad Tn silver shells and streaming wreaths of flowers. Nvmph and drvad joined in merry dance. When silenced bv the coming of their queen. Tin's fairv goddess wreathed with golden hair With nature grand uoheld her magic wand, A’id faring me she sang this chanting song Accomnanied bv her m-mph and drvad crew 22

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A stenographer with charming smile Was Mabel in a bank, The president looked into her eyes, Bold cupid played a prank. Joe” Kneedler went to college where French language was her specialty She won the hearts of all French men So great was her ability. Friend Scheetz is now in politics, He’s going pretty strong. He argues from the platform That dancing is all wrong. There’s Phipps he used to tinker round “Tin Lizzies” by the score, Then he built a car of his own And now he works no more. Marion was our Latin shark, She went to Maine to College. There she learned to like baked beans And increased her store of knowledge. Evelyn Schuguski you’d never know Was our quiet Eloise, She made her name by concert fame With her abilities. “Shorty” Mebus is married now And settled happily down, Her husband has grown large and fat On crispy cookies brown. It’s Mr. Mattress now instead Of just plain George you see. He worked a big invention out On wireless telegraphy. 24