Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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THE AEGIS OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, ON WITH THE NEW By CHARLOTTE BURTON There once was built a 11ew high school 5 'Twas made so fine and fair With turrets and with windowed towers And one big winding stair. The rooms then seemed so numerous, The halls led to and fro, And yet there were not many there That each one did not know. And one big room was filled with desksg It seemed enormous then. But now in view of what we have It might be called a pen. And many were the joys and cares Hemmed in by its four wallsg It was the scene of romps and cheers, That old Assembly Hall. And then again there was a place, It was--shall I tell where? ,lf teachers promise not to read- It was beneath the stair. That was the place-how dim it was !- For dates and dates galore, And some were sweet, they say, to eat, And some were something more. But gradu'ly the rooms filled up, They filled to overflowing, And where to go for each hour 's class There simply was no knowing. A new high school! A new high school! We cried from day to day, Until at last we got our wish And then with hearts so gay, We left the place-the old high school- 'Twas left alone and weary, A friend to us most tried and true, Now cold and sad and dreary.

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12 THE AEGIS New B. H. S! Great B. H-. S! The cry that one heard now. All eager joy for what had come, To it we made our bow. With ceilings high, and rooms, oh my! Who can their number count? And all so spacious, bright and clean, And stairs? A great amount! We entered thru, the lofty doors And marvelled at their grandeur. Then to the auditorium We went amid much splendor. And there in that most wondrous place We did allegiance swear, To all the school and all the rules To be enacted there. A GLIMPSE OVER THE WALL COLEITA AITKIN ln a far away country where the people were either very rich or very poor, a high stone wall separated two fields. The wall had been built by the king of the land. No one but the king knew why, though a great many people had their own theories on the subject. Some guessed that it was to shut in the royal household, while others were sure it was to shut out the common people. Probably both were right. The two people most annoyed by the wall were a little princess and a little girl. The little princess would have liked to be a little girl too, but she couldn't very often, for princesses had to begin, when very young, to learn to be queens. She disliked the stone wall for it was forever in the way, right between her and everything she wanted most to see. Sometimes she was allowed to gather daisies and buttercups in the field on her side of the wallg but she was getting awfully tired of daisies and butter- cups. They couldn't speak and she wanted someone to talk with. Of course her governess was thereg that was another trouble-her governess was always there, and she was tired of her governess too. Oh, if she could only climb over that horrid wall and find out what was beyond. One day the King was very ill, and everyone so worried about him that the little princess was forgotten. Even the governess stood around looking white and scared instead of attending to her regular business and she did not notice