Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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In paths untrodden. In the growth by margins of pond-waters, Escaped from the life that exhibits itself. From all the standards hitherto publish'd—from the pleasures, profits, eruditions, conformities . Which too long I was offering to feed my soul: Clear to me. now. standards not yet publish'd—clear to me that my Soul, That the Soul of the man I speak for. feeds, rejoices most in comrades: Here, by myself, away from the clank of the world. Tallying and talk'd to here by tongues aromatic. No longer abash'd—for in this secluded spot I can respond as I would not dare elsewhere . . . Whitman 25

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Features Yellow dust on a bumblebee’s wing. Grey lights in a woman's asking eyes, Red ruins in the changing sunset embers: I take you and pile high the memories. Death will break her claws on some I keep. . . . Sandburg To be a student is to accept the responsibilities of the world's most difficult and rewarding occupations. All that man has accomplished in thousands of years lies waiting to be discovered in a book. Rut books often leave the reader slightly removed from reality. There are things which must be experienced to be understood. To be deeply involved in life is often an inspiration to study, and to study is likewise often an inspira- tion to become deeply involved in life. Through the year the opportunity to share new found knowledge w ith the world and the opportunity for the world to reciprocate are mixed into a great chowder found in essence on the follow ing pages.