Auburn High School - Trojan / Oracle Yearbook (Auburn, IL)

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THOMAS IRWIN Success in life is a matter not so much of opportunity as of perse- verance. JOHN MURPHY Pew things are impossible to dili- gence and skill. MARIE COMERFORD Hang sorrow; care would kill a eat—and therefore let’s he merry. ANDREW FOSTER The deed I intend to do is great; but what, as yet I know not.

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Senior Alphabet—Con. Q—’s for the questions. U—is for all of us, On final exam., Seniors you see, That turn our hair gray, We’re thru’ with our finals, And make us say— And chuckling in glee. R—is for Russell, V—’s the Valedictorian, The runt of our class. Esther Morrison by name. Tho’ small in stature, In Chatham High School Not lacking in brass. She began her fame. S—is for Stout; W—is for Williams, May he never grow thin, And also for Bill, Or live to think One’s our joke editor, Of the “might have been.” The other keeps still. T—is for Thomas, X, Y, and Z— Who stands quite aloof: We can’t make them rhyme, Against Cupid’s wiles, So it’s our chance to tell you, lie surely is proof. Here’s the end of our line. 1 P 1 A

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ESTHER MORRISON And still we grazed, And still the wonder grew, That one small head Could hold all that she knew. WILLIAM MURPHY lie is so full of pleasant anecdote: so rich, so gay, so poignant is his wit. RUTH DUFF I meet the changes time and chance present, With modest dignity and calm content. HOWARD WILLIAMS Labor and intent study I take to be my portion. 14 .