Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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THK SKA IN POETRY Poets have written about the sea in many different ways. Holmes, in The Chambered Nautilus, compares life to the sea because of its unrest. “Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!” In The Building of the Ship, Longfellow shows that life is like the sea. He compares the waves to the adversities one meets in life. Poe thought the sea lonely and dark. In The Haven, he speaks of “the nights’ Plutonian shore!” Holmes, too, looked upon the dark side of the sea. He speaks oi the “waste of ocean” and the “stormy sea.” Some writers have portrayed the darker side of the sea because they wished to compare it to the darker side of life. Alfred Noyes looked upon the sea as a mystery. In Forty Singing Seamen, he says: “There’s a magic in the distance, Where the sealine meets the sky.” In another place he compares the sea to Wonderland. Longfellow associates terror with mystery: “And the trembling maiden held her breath At the tales of that awful pitiless sea, With all its terror and mystery!” It is probably because no one can think of any greater means of separation, that the sea has been chosen by many writers to express separation and change. Emerson shows that one is not able to reach what he aspires to without first traversing an unnavigable sea: “An unnavigable sea washes with Silent waves between us and things We aim at and converse with.” In Meeting at Night and Parting at Morning. Browning uses the sea to express separation. Whittier, in the The Playmate, says: “And still the pines of Ramoth wood Are moaning like the sea— The moaning of a sea of change Between myself and thee!” Longfellow loooked upon the sea as both dividing and uniting mankind: “The dim, dark sea, so like unto death! That divides yet unites mankind!” Whitman emphasizes distance by the sea: “Blown from the eastern sea and blown from the western sea.” The sea has made beautiful settings for many of our best known narrative poems. Longfellow used it in Evangeline and The Courtship of Miles Standish. Coleridge, in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, gives a fine portrayal of sea life. Whittier believed that the sea. like the rest of nature, was a background or setting of a picture in which human beings were the principal actors. There are comparatively few writers who write of the sea for itself. Emerson and Byron are among these, but there is a great difference in the interpretation of the two poets. Emerson treats the sea for its beauty, freshness, purity and what it gives to humanity, both in worldly wealth and spiritual gifts. He shows the same regard for the healing and soothing quality of the sea as Bryant shows of nature in Thanatopsis: 31

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Her name is Alice Lillian Phelps, ’an she’s quiet, by the way. But ye can’t say that fer most of this here lively Senior bunch Per instance, I never seen Tab Brown set still even once. Course ye’ve heard of Sherm (she kin swim, but she can’t float) She’s hed ter worry quite a lot. cuz Caesar got her goat. George Barton, too’s. hed some trouble (though Georgie’s sure courageous). I b’lieve ef Caesar’d stopped ter think, he’d tried ter be less famous. Ter my mind naow comes Hallock Kaup. a very busy feller. An’ Esther C. the English shark, thet’s hard to beat, I tell yer. I’ve most fergot ter tell ye 'bout the Griffith lad, He come up here from Ulster (b’lieve me he’s no cad); He’s alius up an’ ready when there’s sumpthin to be done. Besides he’s smart an’ clever, an’ jest chuch full of fun. An’ Wes Mills is another who’s admired by this bunch; When it comes ter big ideas, like Tonk. she has a hunch. Last of all these worthies is Marvin an’ Hinton Cook; I cud tell ye ’nufT about ’em ter fill a hull big book. But whut’s the use o’ botherin’, cuz someday you’ll know ’em well; They’ll prob’ly both be famous—let’s wait, cuz time will tell. An’ naow let’s leave this nifty bunch ez they depart today; We hope they’l shine like lightnin bugs ez they go on their way. THELMA BROWN, ’19. THE SENIOR CLASS MOTTO “Perserverance and Energy Conquer All Things.” This motto expresses the thought that has been before us throughout our high school career and it certainly has been a great help to us all along the way. When we have been discouraged and faint-hearted, it has been an inspiration leading us on to higher and better things. We are now leaving high school life forever. We are going out into the world to fight our battles alone. Naturally some things which we have learned in school will not remain in our memory, but undoubtedly the words of our class motto will always live in the heart of each of us. Would it not be a grand thing if each would take this motto to be his own personal foreword? ROBERT HORTON, 19. ENTERING A NEW SCHOOL Entering a new school is. in a way, the hardest part of a person’s education, especially for one who is inclined to be timid. There are larger classes and a greater number of students and teachers, all of which will be new to students entering. and it is always more or less hard to become accustomed to so many new conditions. They teach different subjects and teach them in a different way. The first question which arises in the mind of the new student is Where shall I go; and what shall I do?” If the student has a friend who can answer these questions, things will be much easier. But they soon become accustomed to the teachers and the students and the rules regulating the school. Then things will be easier and they will always be glad that they did not stop with the education afforded them by a shorter course. FREIDA SMITH. ’19. 30

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• • • and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.” Emerson’s words are: • • • and a medicine of men; Creating a vast sweet climate of my breath. Washing out harms and griefs from memory.” Byron shows the recklessness and power of the sea. He shows how everything else seems powerless and frail before the ruthlessness of the mighty waves. “Roll on. thou deep and dark blue ocean. - roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin, - his control Stops with theshore.” He shows how all else which surrounds or is near the sea will always remain the same; that no earthly power can change it. The sea has become an emblem of eternity. Tennyson writes: “Sunsea and evening star. And one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.” ESTHER CROMPTON. ’19. HONOR ROLL The following students have obtained passing grades in all subjects each month throughout the year: Senior: Genevieve Brown. Muriel Camer. Hinton Cook. Carlyle Griffith. William Gerould. Robert Horton. Walter Lunger. Frances Mills. Hilda Morey. Stanley Payne. Hallock Raup. Grace Smith. Margaret Smith. Marie Salsman. Harold Tonkin. Junior: Kathryn Birnev. Harold Catlin. Dorotha Dettra. Kathryn McCIarty. Mary Moore. Arleigh Wiggins. Second Year: Beryl Bradshaw. Mary Curtiss. Keith Grenell. Sarah Grimley. Leslie Johnston. Joseph Weil, Doris Williams. First Year: Girton Carle. Le Roy Cook. Marion Corneby. Catherine Enberg. Rita Frisbie. Vivian Gay. Harley Henning. Robert Marshall. Lu Ella Merrill. Ina Merithew. Alice Miller. Geraldine Miller. Anna Stevens. Stanley White. TOTAL EARNINGS OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRINS' AI XILIARY Group 1 Group S 11 ss Group 2 Group 9 Group 3 Group 10 29 6' Group 4 Group 11 - 110 Group f» 5 00 Group 6 Group 7 Total 32