Elmira District Secondary School - Oracle Yearbook (Elmira, Ontario Canada)

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THE ORACLE Miss Elma Brent's poe1n, uSnowdrops was accepted for inclusion in the World's Fair Exposi- tion Press, New York City. SNOWDROPS fWinner of First Prize, Senior Poetryj P Soft green shoots pierce dark, brown earth To peer about ami then give birth To pure white blossoms, so wa-xy, and pale, Which brighten the soil of hill, valley and dale. The bright, spring sun shines smilingly down, To help the snowdrop brighten the brown, W The balmy March breezes sway the bright bell, Whose tinkle resounds thro' a fairy dell. At break of day, the feathery folk sing To the melodious music of the snowdrop's ring. But alas! the white bell slowly fades and then sinks To be buried 'mongst tulips, daffodils, pinks. Farewell, frail snowdrops, so beautifully sweet, We hope that next spring again we may meet. -ELMA R. BRENT A MOTHER'S PRAYER fWinner Second Prize, Senior Poetryf lt's not for mel pray-itis forlmy son g You see, there're just we two down here alone. His daddy? . . . well, you know his daddy's gone, He left us, long ago, to carry on. My son? Why, dearest God, he's just a boy Playing with all his little friends, it seems, He hasn't even conquered all his teens, Oh, please don't take away his boyhood joy. Dear God, it isn't he who's meant to die, He never had the heart to hurt a thing, He was so free, just like a bird on wing, And now he, too, is flying in the sky. lust see' the curls that o'er his forehead fall, He might be contemplating something bad The way his eyes are twinkling - just a lad, For all that he's so big, and strong and tall. His is a world that's torn with bloody strife, Because of greed and selfishness and pride, It was because of these his father died. And now he, too, will gladly give his life. And so I come before You, kindest Lord, To ask protection for him, day by day, That he'll be guarded on his dangerous wayg May You be pleased that this, my prayer, be heard. -V. O.

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THE ORACLE STAFF TOP fAdvertising Staff?-Seated: Stanley Foell, Verdun Lavery, Stanley Beisel, Bruce Ruppel, Louis Klinck, Lorne Bolger, John McCormick. Standing: Stewart Huehn, Fred Weismiller, Murray Pommer, Norman Hathaway, Laveme Watson, William Arnold, Walter Henrich, John Morris. BOTTUM Clilditorial Stafll-Seated: Ross Mulholland, Elma Brent, Orma Stevens, Lorine Weber, Wilma Klinck, Dorothy Hill, Beverley Shurly, Helen Arndt, John Rowland. Standing: Mr. Currie, La Verne Wittich, James Vice, Louis Klinck, Bruce Ruppel, Norman Hathaway, Kenneth Adams, Stanley Beisel, Willard Miller, Miss MacVicar, Mr. ' McIntyre. 1