Central High School - Cog N Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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ALMA MATER High above the busy city, Far beyond all touch of ill, Sits enthroned our Alma Mater— Our dear Lady on the Hill. CHORUS: Lift the chorus, send it swelling, With a peal and Joyal will! And our bounty be the beauty Of our Lady on the Hill. In the glory of the morning, Burns in line of liquid gold Every upward-pointing tower, Like some battlement of old. CHORUS: Face we boldly every crisis, Love the mood of duty done; As ou pillared Alma Mater Boldly fronts the rising sun. CHORUS: Hope of youth and pride of manhood, Standing steadfast, strong and sure, Guide us onward, ever upward— Heritage of rich and poor. CHORUS: And thy colors—Blue in heaven, White upon the crisping sea, We will ever love and cherish— Central High, All hail to thee! THE BLUEBIRD—MAURICE MAETERLINCK By Epna CANN Led by the fairy Berylune At the time of night when reigns King Moon Two little children, so I have heard, Set out in search of a happy bluebird. With them they took, I've heard said, Fire and water, sugar and bread, Dog and cat as well as light. It must have been a pleasant sight. They roamed through kingdoms far and wide, But in one of them did the bird abide. At times they found birds, it is true, But the blue in the bird soon faded from view. To the Land of Memory and the Palace of Night, And through the forest where they did fight, And last to the Land of the Future they came Where little children work for fame. Then back to their home the party did wind Where the children bade “Good-bye”” to their friend 6 And all through the night, in bed they lay Until the sun declared it was day. When they awoke 'twas Christmas day And a nearby neighbor stepped in to say, “A Merry Christmas to everyone, And may you all have loads of fun. These two children remembered then That his little crippled daughter of ten Longed for a bird exactly like theirs, Which soon would make her forget her cares. Generous children, they would be So they gave to this girl, the golden key That opened a door to joy and health Which to her meant more than wealth. If you possess some great big treasure Which you know would give someone else pleasure, Like the two children, give it away And in the end you'll find ‘twill pay.