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

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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

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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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,,. e 555 A w., l U U' ' ' ' 5 Q 9 ' 'U 9 5 6'I '5'i1I lrE'f'l-Q63 2 It .2 . SW 9 r . . , Ll , 5 EL' ry . V' ' 41 ' U: I ,kg 1 S' E SWEETEST OF THE FRIENDSHIP 54: v ' YEAR FRIENDQ the sweetness of thy words - 0 2 u MAY-TIME is play-time Form of Friendship's cup a part, ' 9 5 And Hehe bears the cup And you'll find the nectar drops- l f 'C of nectar cool, and Joy is fun In the Chalice of my heart. I xx . To those who care to sup. , I It Blossoms fair are in the air Honey GYODS 01' Cheer and love, I Flowerfsweet the zephyrs play, Words Of 00Yl1f0l'f ere we Dari. ' Showers Qft of petals Soft Poured in generous measure forth 9 Are drifting down t0-day. Fill this chalice of my heart, .b o June-time is tune-time, When I faint along the way, ' Music everywhere, And unbidden tear-drops start, 0 i Birds and bees and whispering trees Find I then your cheering Words' 0 In tunefulness have share, In the chalice of my heart' 1 Aeollan sweets the breeze repeats , XL The rythm we may hearg ' 2 For May-time and June-time 'g' E Are sweetest of the year. 'wr-W' Q 'j E I E 5,5 -1 : L3 2 3 1 f g I WM ARTISTS g s , WITH palette and brush the artist ' g 5 stands 5 SORCERY Before his canvassed frame, 5 E Mixing and blending his colors there, E E STAR LIGHT, star bright To bring him an artist's fame. 3 3 First star I've Seen tomighty-,, A landscape grows beneath his brush, ' 5 5 Youth in the future peers, 01' R D0I'il'ait'S Smiling face, Q Q Eager for the coming years, A Holy Child, 9' Madonna mild E .- .t '. E Mysteries deep upon us Wait With henignant and saintly grace. E E Tempting us to try our fate. E ,tj 3 I wish I may, I wish I might A teacher stands beside her desk E k- ' 2 Of my true love dream this night.g No canvas coarse is there, g 3 We the incantation sing, No pigments crude to mix or blend, E E Hoping the desire will bring Yet she paints a picture fair. E 4 E Vision of the one we love The open page of a young child's mind E 2 And in dreams our love to prove. Is the canvas before her spaced, 5 y E Etched upon each faithful heart, And the colors are chosen with tender E I 2 With the point of Cupid's dart, care g 5 Is a portrait from whose eyes And carefully. prayerfully placed. E 35 3 Beams a look of glad surprise, She dips her brush in the pot of love, E ' - And so real the vision seems, Hidden within her heart, 5 f 5 Tho' lt come to us in dreams, And mixes it up with kindly thought E N T So we gaze into the blue To form of this life a part. E' ' 9 Wishing that our dream come true. Truth, Justice and love of right- 0 6 fi o Star light, star bright 'She limns in the colors fast Q First star I've seen to-night, For the picture she paints will ever cn- :tv A O I wish I may, I wish I might dure, Q t GX Ot my true love dream this night. As long as life shall last. P Q., Y ' Y etp, ,F 1 ' -1 A 0 15? 9 05' A ,Iv W -7 K ,ay 9 rm. sh . I ss. 2 24 19 Jax- sa. Q ' e A 4 sa I y gg ig S . fffg 'Tai