Arkansas City High School - River Rat Yearbook (Arkansas City, AR)

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Y, F 'C IN MEMORIUM f' ?ZC52i?,fii. li ' 'a '2 B +: il It is hard to write of Katherine P. Seyfer. Her life has left an impression upon our hearts that will never be eradicated. Those students who have always attended school here hold a feeling that cannot be expressed in words. A mem- ory is stirred of a time, back in the second grade, when they so proudly exhibited the writing on their slates to a visitor who kindly praised them. Or perhaps, it is the memory of the sympathetic smile which made them feel that comradeship was offered them when t'hey were call- ed upon to speak or read. On up through the years, they remember the linking of her name with so many school projects. Perhaps they knew her personally-perhaps t.hey did not. The feeling was the same. They knew she was active in civic af- fairsg they knew she was interested in school problems' they knew she was interested in them. 3 . 00 For many years she was a faithful member of our Board of Education. To this often times thankless task she brought a big heart a trained mind and an under- standing of the problems of teachers and pupils. Not un- til the demands of these duties became greater than her physical strength could endure did she give them over to another. But such a spirit of hers demanded that she carry on the work which she loved. She became inter- ested in the work of the Parent-Teachers Association. Throughout the remainder of her life she gave a great portion of her time energy and enthusiasm to this or- ganization. For here was a work of the sort dear to 'her heart. The one -big intere-st of her life was boys and girls-how to make them better citizens. The ideal which she has set before us remains undim- med by her passing. Here is a challenge to the best in each of us. 5 I .i F 0 N S' 1 3 Q :K 'Xi-9, ' 0 ,J '3 If Q , Q - ,N . m ' . 4 ' . I , L E gt M0 f!'5-'74'a' ,

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1 Q N 3 il, 1 c if 4 . 1. ff DEDICATION I J . l 5 V ' Q To The Memory of Katherine P. Sejfer ! 5 Q f ', HOSE active interest in the advancement of edu- j . Q cation has aided many of our understandingsg Whose 3 1 ir spirit of service has symbolized co-operationg and i l ' whose friendship and counsel have ever been extended to -K i students and teachers, we dedicate this book. ll X Q' r lit - ' i I i 1. W i i in 1 i 5 t ' L E it f ii 4:4 Q- o 0 J W o 1 X' i Qx ,1G5X'fQfE ...aid iw'w AEi L . za To

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ll I Q 1 5? 1 V lf f. T ar Mrs Seyfer had a wonderful gift in her ability to write poetry. Her last poem Nocturne appeared ln the December lssue of the Kansas Authors Club Magazine Mrs Seyfer had felt that this poem would be her last one and lt is a farewell to her beloved life companion. Following are a number of her best known poems- ' ' I g3I62Efii! 7 eoMi r0 4' 'r -- 1' - 1 4' 4: . . ' . 'Oo 9 O .lg Q I. ' P I , ' ll NOCTURNE I GOOD NIGHT. my love, good night, With silken sails and sllvered oars, 0-0 h The barge of sleep awaitsg 2 3 'Twill bear thee on . E E Upon the bosom or that flood, 5 E That flows between the shadowy banks, E 5 And lands thee in the harbor E 2 Q Of sweet and happy dreams. E 5 Light as the settling butterfly 5 S Shall be the touch of my fond lips: E g ' So may thy dreaming thought E E Weave memories of the early morn, 3 3 q When the cup of life was pressed E ' I Against our eager waiting llpsg E E So' in the lap of night I leave thee E E Good night, and yet again, good night. E 5 e E 5 z 5 5 2 2 2 2 ' 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 EE E 3 3 - 1 5 5 E E 0,9 O 0 9 . ' 0 GN. 'rv ' -' or 0 w r IIEL-I 1-:eff Q ff 0 fm- 5! 5 nt. Q'-il, ' .fl N-'D' ner. 4 fi f