Covert High School - In Flight Yearbook (Covert, MI)

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DEDICATION OF EXAIVIINATIONS About a week ago, our teachers brought forth upon each classroom black- board, an examination, conceived in difficulty and dedicated to the proposition that all students could work it. Then we were engaged in great mental agony, testing whether that student or any student, so engaged and so occupied, could long endure. . But in a larger sense, we could not begin, we could not work, .we could not complete that examination. The brave students, living and dead, who struggled here before us, have solved it far above our poor power to add or subtract. The faculty will little note nor long remember what we say here! It is for the on- coming generation, rather, to be dedicated here to the unlinished work which they who struggled before us, have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for the on-coming generation to be here dedicated to the great ta'sk remaining before us, so that the school, of the teachers, for the teachers, and by the teachers, shall not perish from the earth! , i I Blessed is the student that walketh in the counsel iof the faculty, and be- cometh a pet of his teachers, and sitteth in the good graces of his classmates. But his delight is in his books, and in his books doth he meditate, day and night. I And he shall be like a tree, planted by the pond in 'back of the school, that bringeth forth its fruit in each century, his memory also shall not wither, and whatsoever he do-eth shall prosper. 1 The unstudious are not so, but are like the ones expelled from school. Therefore the unstudious shall stand before the student council and before the congregation in the assembly. ' For the faculty liketh the way of the studiousg but' the way of the unstud- ious shall perish. 4Margaret Sebestyen. OUR SCHOOL Our school is the school I shall look to. It teacheth me to study with long patience, it gaineth me knowledge of much benefit. It restoreth my mind with things that are useful to me. Yes, while I study I think of the days of fun, but ,never regret the days of school that I have spent, toiling to prepare for the happy days to come. It prepareth a path for me, it teacheth me to followt in the right way. I shall always love and cherish this school for the rest of my life, and I will speak for Covert High forever. . I -Kathryn Karr. 41

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1 -il MR. NOBODY I know a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse, Xlfho does the mischief that is done ln everyone's school house. There's no one ever sees his face, And yet we all agree, That every piece of paper on the floor Has put there by Mr. Nobody. 'Tis he who always tears our books, VYho bangs the door aloud: He who whispers in an undertone And scatters notes afar. That squeaking pencil sharpener will always squeak For prithee, don't you see? XYe leave the oiling to be done Hy Mr. Nobody. The knife marks on the wall, lly none of us are made. We never leave the windows 'jar, To disturb the ventilation. The i11k we never spill, the papers That lie around, you see Are not our papers: they all belong To Mr. Nobody. -Margaret J. Varga. THE SESSION ROOM The prison windows were open, The warm spring air floated through. And the laughter of the children below us Made us yearn for freedom too. The guard at the front was scolding, As she watched o'er the restless throng. Oh, why! when the outdoors is calling, Must school hours be so long? The guard at the front is leaving, A sigh of relief goes 'round. But alas! we hear her returning, So we must toil steadily on. But these prison walls have sheltered us Through laughter and through tears. And with sorrow we think of leaving For the freedom of future years. -Ruth McCarty. , 40

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COVERT HIGH SCHOOL -is for the candy the juniors sell How old it is, is hard to tell. -is for the order there must be, If I didn't keep it you'd pity me. -is for the victory we must get. XVe'll light for it you bet. -is for the eleventh class, Who'lI be Seniors if they pass. -is for the golden rule, That we must learn and keep. -is for the teachers everyone, If you start sassing them back, you won't think it's fun -is for the hundreds of pupils here, They're all like angels when Miss Morford's near. -is for the idiots we have some, VVe'll get rid of them one by one. -is for the gym, the room for us all. VVhere the boys win the game of basketball. -is for history, tales of old, Telling about men, brave and bold. is for the hot soups we have each day, Served by the members of the P.-T. A. -is for the clubs. VVe have a few, The Glee Clubs are the best I think. Don't you? -is for Home Economics, which Mrs. Andrews teaches, XYouldn't she look funny if she wore breeches? -is for the odds and ends of our school life, Mixed with a little worry and strife. -is for obscurity, what our minds always are, Dumber than the dumbest, by far. , -is for the beautiful lawn you've seen, If it wasn't for the Freshmen it wouldn't be so green --Harriet XNagner. 42