East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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nf has Ai 6 l . 9l as . ..-.. I z I :fit 1 I ,dfifi 1 r' ' ' 1 G. BALDO L. BREDLOW M. DORSETT M. ILARWOOII M. GUNDERSUN L. .IENKS ENGLISH lt came to pass in days of old That writers rose on England's sl1ore, And wrote the tales of knights of old, Of Arthur and of Alfred told, That all the world might read again The greatness of these noble men. They wrote in essay, poem, and prose, These stories which each student knows, Of wars and'loves and troubled times, Adventures bold in stranger elimes, And wrote in rhyme the songs they sang, The echoes that in England rang. Philosophy, and thought and reason, And poetry about each season, Narratives, lyrics, novels, and plays, And merry songs and rhythmic lays, Tell of the life of king and peasant And England's merry life so pleasant. This to America they willed - Nor are our own in verse unskilled, Weive added masters in each grace Till now we've won respect and place, And the East lligh lad and the East lligh lass, Learn all about this in the English class. But business is important too, And in it we use English new. This type would never, never do To write from a poetic view. It gives us business terms concise To make our meaning clear, precise. ,Newspapers give the folk the news, And we a different style must use To make them plain and quickly read. One must know how to write a head, Feature, editorial, and news Without expressing biased views. Speech, most ancient art e'er used, ls, perhaps, the most abused. We use slanguage and contractions But fail to see our friends' reactions. Good speech means good pronunciation, Vocabulary, and enuneiation. Of course not all our work is pleasure, We have of themes a generous measure, We learn that grammar rules run true, Write many a paper eier weire through, Then when the eighth semester arrives Our English is ready for use all our lives. A. KLEBE E. LAMHERT I.. RICHARDS E. THOMAS G. TURNER ll. UNUICRVIOOD 12

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ltatzlimu STUDENT Col1Ncn. NIEETINGS ARE HELD IN 'rule l.nm.un'. STUDENT lTOU N TIL The Student Council is the representative government ofthe student body. a real proof of democracy in East lligh. All representatives are chosen directly by the students, who are in turn informed as to its activities by the reports made to the sections by their representatives. lix-ollicio members represent the various or- ganizations throughout the school. Under the direction of Miss Veronica O'Neil the Council enacted much wise legislation during the year. One of the most beneficial things whicll Student Council has done this year has been to bring outside personalities to the school for convocations. Among those brought this year were the Master Singers: Robert M. Zimmer- man, deep-sea diver: llelen lleitt, student of the youth movement in l'lurope: Arthur l'ons- J. nUN'rr:n -fm is-sf .g Student Council. Dean of lloys. ,M Courteous. clever. kind - a capable director. a trusted adviser - Veronica ' 0'Neil, Dean ol' Cirls and Adviser of Genial. generous. genuine - a forceful leader and a loyal friend-,lay L. llunter, ford, waterfront reporter: Max Cilstrap. camp- fire director in the National Parks: and llerbcrt T. Strong, scientific lecturer on color. The Student Council sponsored a series of assembly programs in which extra-curricular activities were featured and encouraged. Open llouses and the regular Student Day program were backed by the Council. The annual clean-up campaign and the trallic situation were managed by the Council and the landscaping of the lawn was supervised by this group. Periodi- cally money is being appropriated to a fund for the purchase of a moving picture machine to be presented to the school. The Council officers for the year were Wayne Warren. president: Donald lluhrmann and llarry Nlcliinney. vice-presidents: and Dor- othy Cast. secretary-treasurer. V. 0'Nl'IIl. ww W ! ll

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E L. GARMS I'. GLEASON L. HUTCHINS M. SMITH I-I. TWITCI-IELL FIIIIEIGN LANGUAGES LATIN Mercury, on wing'ed feet, A letter in your charge I give. Bear it with haste, be quick and fleet, And carry it to Caesaris grave. Yea - Caesar long is dead, I know, But Home lives on eternal, And through the world there still is known The l'Imperor's tongue maternal. So haste. fleet Mercury, To Caesar these glad tidings give. Bid him rejoice, bid him be glad. For lol The Roman language lives! FRENCH Oui, madame - this is Paris! You seek someone. perchance? No? You look around? See - there is The Eiffel Tower, tall and stark. It looms against the blue sky, dark And grim. And there the Louvre - While o'er it wand'ring pigeons move. And there Napoleon lies - Yes - even so a great one dies. Ilow dark it is growing! Ah madamelf-you don't know what that glareis? That, madame.-that is night in Paris. I . WOOLLEY GERMAN Food of fables and fairy tales And anecdotes and stories, The merry German band regales And smacks of foreign glories. Fortunatus and his wishing hat And the Baron von Munchhausen Tell of adventure strong and brave And feats of strength a thousand. And grammar, too, is fed along As painlessly as candy. So sped along by merry song This course is simply dandy. SPANISH Francisco and his Spanish dame In serape and mantilla Sit shaded from the burning sun And eat the good tortilla. They dance on gay fiesta days The rhumba and the tango, With twinkling toes and flashing sm They trip the gay fandango. iles And when the moonlight softly plays, Dolores harkens to his lays. Romantic Spain will never die, It lingers on here in East lligh. G. WIKILLIIY