Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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e m get l AMERICA SPEAKS TO THE WORLD fSr XfilI!lj At the crowding, hurrying thoroughfare, Amid the sweat and strife, A planetys feet are Walking there- And tramping out the march of lifeg And I in my castle of well-meant dreams Am plotting and planning my big-hearted schemes. Mighty and strong are my many schemes, IXIy steps are firm on the thoroughfareg KIine is the mind that forever dreams, lIaking plans to vanquish strife, lIusing over the toiler's life- INIad at the power that put him thereg Endless forms are moving there- Entering my plans and schemes, Enacting all the acts of life, Each in his place on the thoroughfareg Essence of sin is the essence of strifeg Everyman is in my dreams. Rest comes not for the man who a'reams- Restless nights walk with me there- Ringing bells ring out my strife, Repeating the faults of my fruitless schemes- Re-echoing my steps on the thoroughfare, Refusing me my view of life. In my 'visions of this perfect life, Inmates march in my house of dreamsg It is a crowded thoroughfareg I am the one who placed them thereg Planned the plot and formed the schemesg I must join in their woe and strifeg Can I, who sees and feels their strife Cancel forever the sorrow of life- Can I, who have so many schemes, Call to my aid my towering dreams, Call to the heavens for aid from there? Can I help my striving thoroughfare? AlllERICfff Yozfre a thoroughfare of dreams, All manner of cares are there-and endless strife- America-you're a struggling life-a land of schemes. iHEI,EN WAl,I.ACE

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Boots, boots, boots Ilfzlrfrlzing up . and Down again

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MR. J. F. ELTON, Our Principal Mas. NELLIE VVADE DEMME, Our Dean