Chester High School - Blue Print Yearbook (Chester, MA)

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,s11..,.,f 5 ,., Dear old Chester Hlgh, we love you, To you we'll be true, There's no other school above you Neath the skies of blue And when school days have departed, M8mOPl6S shall cling, Though they leave us quite downhearted At the thoughts they brlng Thou hts of friendship, thoughts of teachers, Memories of old tlmes, Gather round our Alma Mater Wlth our thoughts sublime Though we wander far, VBMOPIGS that never perlsh, Thou art our Star 6156 Hem THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT For a long time, together, we have climbed This path, steep as McKinley's slopes, Curved as the rambling Wabash River One moment we had pebbles 'Neath our weary feet, the next The sun was shining on the countryside, Filled with florid honeysuckle, devil's paintbrush, And dalnty dalsies, so demure and quaint Another moment, 'round the bend, we saw the glossy Tri leaves of the poison 1vy, thriving among Stones, obstructing our way We hesitated, But the whistllng, whisperlng wind urged us forward And now, our destination still unattained, We are compelled to choose which way we take Complacency, the road to the left, looks easy And well-trodden. Challenge, the road to The right, looks hard and not well-used. May past experiences strengthen us in Our choice of the road to the right. Judith Oppenheimer 0 D Chester High, we'll always cherish,