Catholic Central High School - Banner Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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ll if' 5 ' YQ 'V A fem v OPPORTUNITY 37 hgfzgi This I beheld, or dreamed it K ll' Rf 'Nm' 'K Q in a dream: I if we Qt gf? y f' ku There spread a cloud of dust VH N ' along a plain, ' And underneath the cloud, or J ' I' in it. raged X A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords H Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince's banner h VVavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by 'if I foes. f 'x,, .1 fi, :,,f , ' 'W Www I Thx ll M,f,4,f , ' , l a' l4'f ff ' Wy A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought: Had I a sword of keener steel- That blue blade that the king's son bears,-but this Blunt thing! He snapped and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king's son, wounded, sore bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle shout Lifted afresh, he hewed his enemy down, And saved a great cause on that heroic day. THIRTY-SEVEN ,Arn-0-,.,

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' TO THE CLASS OF '28 The world is moving, spinning, four times as fast as before, opportunity is changing its password every dayg time is closing its portals on our last year of C .CQ H. education. The outgoing tide places us shoulder to shoulder with the sons of privilegeg the barriers are down, we are entering a new era, which has cancelled the lie of vested rightsg and, given us the privilege to use our men- tal ability. Our predicament is akin to that of Lincoln: When will the op- portunity arrive to voice our inward power? Opportunity is not a fixed phenomenag-it exists wherever there is a trained mind to establish it. As knowledge unused passes from the mind, so opportuni- ty will also pass, if we do not use our initiative and apply every ounce of our learning to establish our independence. Each one of us at this time possesses the power to draw up our own dec- laration of independence, and whether in the future we shall be dependent or in- dependent, will depend upon the application of our four years of high-school education. The coming years Will mark great progress and growthg but this will be based solely upon intricate value and worth. The future will mark and demand leadership of a high order. It will demand men and women of vision and training to direct and adjust to new conditions and ideals,'the vast economic machinery of our country. What we have done during the past four years to build up brain-stuff and what we shall undertake in the future in order to use this God-sent privilege, is up to us. - Again a definite plan-possible of accomplishments, but not too easy, must be made and adhered to for the good of the mind and the will, and for the attainment of our ends. As graduates of C. C. H. S., we are prepared for leadershipg we have as- sumed a definite obligation both to ourselves and to the futureg to be ready and worthy of the opportunities and rewards that the world offers to its leaders. So at this mile-post of our career, we are urged to remember our obliga- tionsg to let no temporary or unprofitable distraction turn us aside from the real goal we have set for ourselves, and be that goal near or far, the application of our knowledge will be the impressions left on the sands of time. -N. J. ROSE. The grace of friendship, mind and heart Linked with their fellow, heart and mind, The grains of science, gifts of arts, The sense of oneness with our kind, A thirst to know and understand A large and liberal discontent, These are gifts in life's rich hand, The things that are more excellent. -N. J. Rose, '28 . ',,h,,v 7 THIRTY-SIX

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JU IOR Longfellow Literary Club , ' e ' OFFICERS President .................................... Beatrice Childres Secretary ------........-----... Lucille Rose Treasnrer .............. Ralph Tottenhoff Top Row: Esther Koellner, Edward Manka, Wm. Timmermeyer, Raymond Pohlmeyer, Clarence Auge, Raymond Helling, Irene Starr. Second Row: Evelyn Ashby, Marie Buechel, Robert Linsenmeyer, Henry Dan- ley, John Cullen, John Richey, Ralph Tottenhoff, Lucille Rose, Beatrice Phelan. Third Row: Catherine Mika, Marie,Gockel, Helen Mansheim, Josephine Phil- lips, Beatrice Childres, Mary Einspanjer, Adeline Biggs. Bottom Row: Lucille Spring, Johanna Vonderhaar. ' THIRTY-EIGHT