Central High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Evolution of the Mirror LONG, long time ago, the river god Cephisius, ami the nymph Lciriope, had a beautiful son, whom they called Narcissus. 'I he fair youth suffered a tragic death, for having gained the disfavor of the gods by rejecting the love of the nymph. Echo. He gazed upon his own image in a spring, fell in love with it. and paid his penalty,—pined away and died. And there sprang up by that mythical spring, the flower that bears his name and that now is the symbol of death, lint all mirrors do not reflect death. Psyche saw in her spring the story of life and love and happiness, expressed in her own beauty. The nymphs were reflected on the surface of Grecian streams as playful figures, whose graceful forms flitted gaily through woodland glades. Or perhaps there were scenes of lovers, warriors or Olympic heroes. Arc not these stories prophecies of the future' Yes for 4hey too, were icfiections of the intellectual mirror, the one reflector that endures and improves with age. Literature reflects the thoughts of an author and of an age. Each hook has its own individuality and charm, for each must hear the stamp of the mind of the thinker. It is an old superstition that to break a mirror means seven years’ bad luck. The Lady of Shalott watched the shadows of the world too long as she spun, the mirror cracked, and her seven years' had luck came concentrated To break an intellectual mirror is a greater misfortune than a mere seven year hoodoo, for a mirror of the mind is of intrinsic value, even greater than the prized magic mirrors of Japan, whose special function is that they can reflect on a white screen the decorative figures on their backs. The High School Mirror is a part of the great magic mirror of the mind. It is but a small piece of literature but its High School reflections are true. II

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Abdication -Ns mi r.cprrssion of our respect attd high esteem, lur dedicate this uolnmr to our lu-Ioued friend and tuufirr, I,« Alilie (Thamliirss, uiliasr sincere interest nmi rarnrst work has dune much for the TOinor, and whose abiding demotion we shall remember always.

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We have tried very hard t make it better ami brighter -i- it- rcllcctions may be higher and more woi-h ilc. I'hat the figures behind it mav he reflected beautifully on the white mn oi its pages, the students themselves, must be figures of beautiful character. And, indeed, they will be. The pictures on the pages n ill always reflect loyalty, heroism, anil lo c. It is our sincere parting wish, that the Mirror will continue to grow; tha .it will become bigger, brighter, belter as the ve r$ pass tf r of hobl • minds. OR LINE B ARNETT. HARRY J. WHITE.