Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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MR. WOOD MISS GLADYS E. MANKIN MR. S. A. PARK Mathematic Clerk Custodian SERGEANT E. R. WEEKS. U. S. A. Director of Military Training Page Twenty-six The Centralian

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(Eeutral’s Jfiftirth SUrthfray Central old. they say. Fifty years to-day. Records opened, children here Birthday candles burning clear. Mother, grandmother is she? Look on her and sec. What a blunder word is this Of an eager maid. I wis. Look on her and tell me whether Fifty years of wind and weather Beaten have that brow, or lamed That full forward step, or tamed That high heart’s exultant rise. Or set meekness in those eyes. Ah. a blunder word is this Of an eager maid. I wis. Pioneers, far village folk Built her house, the old have spoke On a hill, ’ncath forest trees. Brought farm children round her knees Sat she there, straight-laced and neat. Heard upon her plank-edged street Tread of settlers, and below On the untamed Missouri’s flow Saw piled frontier steamers go But a blunder tale is this City-dweller she. 1 wis. Magic-masoned halls has she. Ligntning-nerved. flame-served, and sec Radiatc-steclcd the stretching street Thronging with her children’s feet. Commerce-compassed, lo, she stands Mercury’s sandals in her hands, Ready with the pen and scrip. Market-phrases at her lip. That her children may have part In the crowded citys mart. Simple village maiden this? Strangely is she changed, 1 wis. P.iqc Twenty-eiqht The Centralian