Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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. . . to the Top IT was a mysterious thing — no one seemed to know whence it led or what purpose it had in the mad merry-go-round of Manual life. As freshmen we often gazed at IT in unmasked wonder — at the curious winding stairway reaching to we knew not what heights! Unlike the other all too common stairs, this puzzle had no Up with the sun, down with the moon. It seemed to lead but one way — -UP! But we had little time to spend on an odd circular staircase — there was so much to bewilder and amaze us in our first flight. The second phase in our guest for what lay beyond IT found us wearing faint treads on the stairs of our chosen vocation. A slight suspicion arose in our minds as to what significance IT had in our climb up the four flights of our high school career, but not until we had struggled — (yes, struggled, although some would have made it a fanciful, easy climb by escalator!) to the third landing did we get our first real glimpse of IT. Here, our minds and hearts set en an immediate goal, we ventured to place a foot on the first step of the circular stairs. An indescribable feeling swept over us; we were confident, assured — but still awed and a bit baffled by the thought of what lay ahead. The fourth and final period in our search was climaxed when, having attained the magical heights of SENIOR, we found we had reached the top of the winding stairs. No longer were they curious, for now we could pierce the veil of mystery. Behind us, each step in the stairs marked a triumph. Before us . . . the world and Lifel D.N.D.

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Step by step

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-MISS KELIENBACH -MISS BRADY • MK. WILLIAMS