Birmingham High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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l' 41 l W U Verse MY SECRET LOVE I have a little garden Within a high brick wall. In summer sunshine gathers And dead leaves in the fall. The daffodils first gather To greet the coming Spring, And later sweet June roses Cling fast to everything. Sweet pinks with ragged edges And sunny marigold Are still steadfastly with me when summer has grown old. ----Faye Elizabeth Smith HIM His hair is gold and shining, And should he chance to smile, My heart skips in its beating I'm prisoner to his guile He does not dance divinely, He's very poor in purse, Yet I simply can't resist him When he walks out with his nurse. ----Faye Elizabeth Smith SOLILOQUY Oftimes Life seems a dreary thinggand to myself I sigh, WDeath has no fears for me---I'm not a- fraid to die . Little realizing the empty bravery of my words, The false courage. And sighing again, I gaze enviously at birds And butterflies and flowers, with their brief, rapturous span Of life--so fleeting and sc full.Why may not man Live less long---for a few golden hours work and laugh and weep, And, presently, lay him down to a sweet, everlasting sleep? nDeath has no fears for me.u Ah,but inr finitely worse, You are afraid to LIVE, and that is a greater curse By far. Life is a bloody battle,in which to win We must conquer ourselves as well as the fceg And fearless of Death, by the same phil- osophy know We shall as dauntless be 'mid the Life- battle's din. ----Mary E. Staley hw- -+- f , 4 s .1-...T 9 ' ' ! , 1 7- Z x? C - .F 15

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The talk slowly turns to times of old,and names of long dead relatives, and rusty dates creep into the conversation. All the sins and shortcomings of these deceased ones are taken out, dusted, and stored away again. The timely entrance of the village president spares those who have passed on many an embarrassing situation. The gossipers give quarter to none. The barber adds the final touches to my hair while the president expounds the mysteries of politics to his awed and silent audience. As I pay the barber and stagger toward the door, the illustrious president is airing his opinions of the present administration in no uncertain terms. As the assembled group bids me farewell, I stumble over the door-step and blurt out, Wwell, it sure looks like she's goin't to rain!N 'Ciba .manufacture o 'Headers Bill Cole '55 All of us are stockholders in this businessg all of us play a part in the manufacturing of leaders,and all humanity receives dividends from their presence in the world. As the industry is a vital one and concerns everybody, it deserves much more of our time than is devoted to it. Let us, therefore, make a study of this highly important business. In the last few years nearly all industries have suffered a great deal be- cause their markets have decreased. Even in boom times industries must watch their markets closely. Through all the cycles of prosperity and depression the market for leaders has remained good. This market shows no signs of relaxing its incessant demands for more leaders. There is such a shor+age that very inferior substitutes are often used. So we have a better outlook in that direction than has any other industry. The leader industry is also in a superlative position in regard to raw ma- terials. Every person with average intelligence is a potential leader. There need be no time nor energy spent in selling the finished product be- cause one of the most'noticeable attributes of the product is its ability tosell itself. There is no problem of transportation, as the industry is carried on in all civilized parts of the world. No advertising need be developed. There is plenty without asking. - It would seem that with all these advantages the leader industry would be run in such a way that it would give us an ample and superior product. But this is'not the case. Our present leaders run this world rather inefficiently. There are still prominent such things as war, unemployment, and crime. Of course there are also smaller, lesser evils which are not as wide in scope. Our leaders are not as plentiful or as useful as they should be. Let us consider the qualities a leader should have. There is quite a number of them. A leader must be able to think intelligently and make decisions. He should be original both in thought and actions. He should show initiative and a will- ingness to be the first to do and dare. He must have courage to rule himself and to fight for an objective. He must have an unwavering confidence in himself, and should inspire confidence in others. C continued on page 63 Q 14

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'libs Staff Published by the Publications Club of Birmingham High School Volume I Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Literary Department.. Art Editrorsueee eve Snapshots...... ... Typists fCopyl ....... Advertising Manager.. Assistants........... Circulation Managers. Assistants........... Irrol Conley, Leonard Business Manager..... Advisers.... ... May 1935 Number l L ibitorial Staff .......................................Charles Fletcher . ........... . .................. Jane Long and Mary E. Staley Anabel Dahlquist, Victoria Gellatley, Mary Jane Tippett, Elizabeth Wh1te,Ann Keller,Bill Gail,Vincent Holbel, Clyde Bennett, Franklyn Phillips, Muriel Dalley, Betty Atkins. Jane Long, Jack Reynolds, Mary E. Staley, Jack Birthrong, Bill Gail. Bob McCutoheon, Charles Somers. Sherwin Davidson, Pat Ead. '1axQ5 To Q . vcr. ssmg Betty Jane McCormick. Mildred White, ,Mary Quinn, Bob Vinton, Bob Bender, Clyde Bennett, Louis Randall, Mary Jane Tippett, Ann Keller, Bob Jones. Q Girsulation Clyde Bennett and Bernice Sweet. Tim Walton, Neville Ross, George Frye, Franklyn Phill'ps, Howard Blake. I Emecbaazisal Upward, Ernest Winborn, Jim Cummings. Bettie Smith. Editorial and Advertising, Vida B. Mc Giffing Circulation, Dorothy Allen, Mechanical, Miles W. Robinson. The photograph of Yvonne Gay was made by Chilson Studio. All other photo- graphs in this book are the work of Arnold Studios. The Publications IN ACKNOWLEDGEMEHT Club wishes to express its sincere appreciation for the flawless ee-operation of the faculty,the administration,and the numerous student organizations in the composition of this magazineg especially we wish to acknow- ledge the assistance of Esther Rainey, the Birmingham ECCENTRIC, and the Arnold Studios,yithout whose 16 co-operation this publication would not have been possibfa