Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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r2.. -.I.-:------------- jj TME.- wacLC «HI -ygSWBgy -flii Proem The sweet cold air invigorates; the breath of a north wind whispers, As it whips the stars into place. I walk and I watch them sparking, silent sparks in still, remote skies. Now thunder lightens the heavens, and lightning thunders response. Stars in the windy night and the great black clouds careening, While I wander upward, upward into the storm! Behind me the Quaker City, the flaming, many-mirrored city, flares to the stars their image. Below, to the south, the playground, the festival ground of nations, rests from a burden of years, While the shrouded old years are mocking, mocking ignorant mortals. Behold then a thin shaft of white light, cleaving the void and widening. Tinting, circling, careening, lighting the few dim stars. See! It is pointing the highway! I ike a broadening path it is leading up to the Milky Way. The hurrying hosts of the earth-clouds, the low-lying clouds in an army, trample its beam underfoot. They are pierced through to the marrow; they become translucent. They grow pale, affrighted, routed! They stumble backward and forward. The circling light disappearing, rounds its arc, to appear again. Resplendent, it searches the heavens; it encounters the army, prevails! Then points to the Milky Way, to the great, white throne of the Infinite . . . The breath of a summer wind’s sighing as it soothes the stars into place. I inspire deeply and fully; I breathe in the fragrance of living, I breathe out the soul of my being; I lose my sold in the universe. Stars in the summer night and the white cloud-foam billowing, While I wander upward, upward into the day. ■416 f- Wallace Goldsmith, ’26.

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r; (THE ORACLE) N lv -;-A 'AA: a “NOW THE DAY IS OYER” fTTOIH years ago, a band of people threw off the ties that bound them and made their Declaration of Independence. They changed their form of government from the subjection of Grammar School to the comparative freedom of High School. Now their troubles began. They were a weak, struggling band, hardly knowing where to start in their new self-government. They passed through a critical period which reached its worst stages at mid-years and finals. Herbert Sibley, made president in the second year, was their Franklin. With his aid they safely passed the second stage in their development as a mighty nation. But lie was not so much the soldier as the brilliant statesman, and they needed a strong leader. They chose as their Washington — Stuart Dinwoodie. T nder his leadership, the nation grew stronger in its third year. The citizens began to get a better hold on their affairs—lessons—and soon were on their way to complete independence. Some fell in battle for their rights; most of them went on gallantly. From time to time, they received Foreign Aid—tutoring—and with this ally, came through all wars successfully. By the time the fourth and final year of striving had come, still under the able leadership of Stuart Dinwoodie, they were accustomed to the management of their affairs. Only a few lost out. Their last crisis came—the Final Examinations. After safely passing through the period, they won their symbols of independence—their diplomas. It was a happy time, indeed, and there was much rejoicing by those who had survived. Then they decided to list their achievements. Here in this Year Book, you may read of them—of the battles they fought and won, of their joys and tribulations. -4 15 p-

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ANNA VIRGINIA AIREY Well—this is the first of the Seniors—and a very nice one, too. Virginia’s been a devoted member of the Spanish Commercial, and Tennis Clubs. Moreover, when the Commercials want candy sold, they go straight to Virginia and she’s always “ready and willing.” Maybe Fort Washington air has a peculiar effect. At any rate, Virginia writes poetry. “ Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind!” Ginny BERTHA HUNTER AMBLER “Bertie” to her friends, Bertha Hunte Ambler, also to her friends because she has no foes. Poor Bertie has listened to tales of woe from nearly every girl in the Senior Class at one time or another. That’s the penalty for having an “unruffablc” disposition and a sympathetic nature. Her graceful dancing has more than once entertained the Dramatic Club of which she is a member. And when the Choir is practising, we can always hear Bertie leading all the rest. Bertha is quiet but mischief lives in her blue eyes. ” All that is good, all that is fair!” Bert JAMES EDWARD ASHWORTH “The boy with the smile” came to us from Pott stow n High. He brought with him some delightful talks about the country, to use in Oral English. He immediately entered what he thought the best club in Abington, the Commercial C'lub, and later the Glee Club, and took quite a part in the opera. For sports, Jimmie decided to put more competition on the track. Now he is a fast miler. Then when soccer came along, it also took his attention as did a number of girls and his Ford. Jimmie may be called on to lend a helping hand. “One that lores his felloic-men!” Jimmy 4 17