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

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L. LAMOREAUX .IS G J. sn1RLEY D. ALLEN C. WARNER M. WIEDMAN ABT In brilliant color the poster spells The virtues of the thing it sells - A bouquet of zinnias in a vase Stands in a sunlit window space. A portrait of a high school lad - A still-life bright, with color mad- Attracts the eyes of all who pass To the rampant art of the artists' class Cartoons, masks, and sets for stages Provide diversions for all ages. A picture hangs upon the wall In warm and vibrant colorg One can almost hear the call Of burning Indian summer. And there in yonder shadowed nook There stands a little statuette. Next to a shelf of heavy books A madonna whispers a prayerette. Ah! would I had the hand to bring Beauty from an inanimate thing. LIBRARY If I were just a book today I wonder what Iid be. A bit of art? An ancient myth? A span of history? Perhaps of science I would tell, Or travel in strange places, Perhaps I'd be a fashion sheet With satins and rich laces, Again my pages might be verse Or story's deep intrigues, I might be stuffed with polygons, Or recipes, or Whigs. I might be high adventure Thumb-marked by fingers' hold, I might be stiff and clean and white Because my heart was cold. I glance about our library, Its friendly shelves I see, If I were just a book today, I wonder what Iid be.

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A. Al.l'lRIGll'l' R. DAVIS C. GUNDERSON G. MAASKE R. McAFO0S R. STUTI Environment makes us what we are And what we are to be, The things that grow around us The things we hear and see. lt treats of many a well-known art The things that are of life a part. So we our lives might better live Freshman time to science give. The study of environment ls broad and far from new, And in our General Science We get a bird's-eye view. Biology is the study of life, Of animals and plants, Witll many mysteries is it rife Your interest to enhance. So through the year we gaily go And watch amoeba quickly grow, And talk of moths and dogs and fleas, The flowers and the parts of trees, Of bones and skin, of hands and hair, Of food to eat and clothes to wear, Until the entire year is gone And a store of knowledge we have won. SCIENCE lf a student would a chemist be He must have curiosity. To him a strange adventure calls Within the test tube's glassy walls, For him there is a fascination In scientific contemplation Of strange names and stranger sounding phrases, Chemicals, acids, salts, and bases. The structure of our modern arts ls studied in its tiniest parts. Chemistry - the science fascinating - ls worth a thorough cultivating. Mechanics, heat, and energy, Sound, light, and electricity, Experiments and laws profound Make physics students' heads go 'round. When we with worry ill are made Our teacher hurries to our aid And straightens all our problems out So we know what it's all about. No one can grow very weary Of such an interesting theory. Physics is practical knowledge applied Its daily use cannot be denied.

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IN DUSTB IAI. ARTS PRINTING Gutenberg, in fifteen forty-four, Made a contraption that the sages swore Would spread more harm than good. Improvements have been made since then And long past is the era when One gave one hundred dollars for a book. Our printers who are scholars here Print the Auroran through the year, And it rates with the best ones in the land. Though this unusual may seem It makes the ehief', with pleasure beam For every letter is set by hand. MECHANICAL DRAWING If a student draftmanship would learn, A number of eredits he must earn By use of pencil and of rule In the industrial department of the school. Lines, views, and circles and dimension Are added to his comprehension. Machinery then is drawn by hand, With intricate lines and signs is planned. At first they're drawn in black and white And changed to blue prints by the light Reaeting with the chemicals used Until they are together fused. MANUAL TRAINING In Manual Training in our school Boys learn to use 'most every tool That's used in handling and carving wood, And how to use them for greatest good. They make tables and chairs and racks., And work with hammers, nails, and tacks. With varnish, polish, plane and stapleg They study oak and pine and maple. This is a regular handymalfs trade Whose work will ever be an aid In the mending and repair Of things that make housewives despair. A. BLOODGOOD R. BURGETT C. CARLSON II. MATTHEWS D. REID 6