Cuyahoga Falls High School - Cuyahogan Yearbook (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

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10 THE EPOCHA 1 9 3 7 EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Edward Rowland Sill came, as a young man, to live with his uncle in Cuya- hoga Falls, Ohio. During his stay here he taught school and wrote many of his familiar poems. He spent his last days here and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Since that time Sill has become famous and has received honors from all parts of the world. His poems have won for him the admiration of thousands and have greatly inspired the editors of this yearbook. Because he was a native of Cuyahoga Falls, our own city, we hope to further honor him by including some of his poetry in our yearbook. OPPORTUNITY This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:— There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields A prince's banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle's edge, And thought. Had I a sword of keener steel— That blue blade that the king's son bears,—but this Blunt thing—1 he snapt and flung it from his hand, And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the king’s son, wounded, sore bestead, And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand, And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down. And saved a cause that heroic day.

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THE EPOCHA 3 7 9 1 9 Wade Moyer—Diploma, Kent U.; B. S., Akron U.—Woodwork. A noble man is he that worketh with his hands. Jack Palmer—A. B., Ohio Wesleyan; Grad- uate Work, Ohio Wesleyan—English. ’ How oft he shakes his curly locks as his body shakes with mirth. Winifred Pixler—A. B., Ohio U.—Latin. She is quiet, wise and good. Harold E. Polen—B. S. in Ed.. Kent U.—Me- chanical Drawing. Coach. Wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowl- edge is pleasant unto thy soul.” H. A. Preston—A. B., Western Reserve; M. A Harvard—Latin. Learned he was in classical lore. Lois Rook—B. S. in Ed., Kent U.—Home Eco- nomics. And quickly fly her nimble fingers As she plys her thread and needle. Howard D. Saurer—B. S., Wooster; Graduate Work, Akron U.—Physics. He knew what's what, and that's as high as metaphysic can fly. Nelle Schneider—B. S. in Ed., Ohio U.— Latin. Full of the milk of human kindness. Gladys E. Sechrist—A. B., Wooster; M. A Ohio State—French. So well to know her own. That what wills to do or say Seems wisest, discreetest, best. Margaret Searl—B. S. in Ed., Kent—Health Physical Education. For Nature made her what she is And never made anither. C. F. Smith—A. B., Hiram; Graduate Work Akron U.—Ass't Principal Vocational Guidance. He is a freeman, whom the truth makes free. Ruth A. Smith—Home Economics. Ohio Uni- versity—Cafeteria. She full well knew the pathway to a man's heart. H. A. Sprow—A. B., Heidelberg—Algebra. Your locks are like the raven And your bonnie brow is brent. Fern N. Swigart—B. A., Wittenberg; Grad- uate Work, U. of Wisconsin—Home Eco- nomics. A gracious woman, she retaineth honor. L. D. Watson—B. S., U. of Illinois; M. S. in Education, Akron U.—Biology. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. Roy E. Wenger—A. B., Bluffton—Economics, Sociology. Showed him the gentleman and the scholar. Grace F. Wilson—B. S., Miami U.; Graduate Work. Kent U. and Akron U.—Typing. “Is she not passing fair? Louise T. Winder—B. S., Denison U.—Eng- lish. Rich in saving common sense. Kathryn D. Wyre—B. A., Ohio Wesleyan; Graduate Work, Akron U.—Speech. Mother of arts and eloquence. G. S. Yingling—B. A., B. S. in Ed., Ohio State —English. A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancy. M. D. Preston—Attendance Officer. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute. A. B. Season—Clerk, Treasurer. The hoary head is a crown of glory. Ida M. Blankenship—Sec. to Board of Edu- cation. In her tongue is the law of kindness. Jennie McClintock—Sec. to Mr. Roberts. True as the needle to the pole. Or as the dial to the sun. Effie Thayer—Sec. to Mr. DeWitt. With patience and helpfulness endowed.

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 So when at the schoolhouse windows They stand, the guileless wise, I peer o'er the clustered shoulders, And see with their own bright eyes. —Sill