Georgia Military College - Recall Yearbook (Milledgeville, GA)

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Class Poem 1921. Dear Classmates. we have climbed near the top of our hill. To a spot where we rest for a-bye- While we sort out our treasures and look far below- At the things that eluded our eye. Far in the sehool's recesses withdrawn, Old school hooks sit in sulleness and gloom, And most excellent lessons gone Lie deep within the shadows of the school-room. History. with all its charms-- Spanish. Latin. Trigonometry, that almost hows us to And last of all the Class Poem of 1921 Will glide to thy dim realms and will be hound. Thou hast several of my best years, Thou hast my earlier woes-fractions- And 'rithmetie sums yielded to thee with tears, Composition blots, and all sorts of school day distractions. ,Tis come at last. the time when we must part- An hour of sadness? Yes, perhaps 'tis so, For months and years- All hand in hand We've trod the path 'til now the parting of the ways Revels for us a distant, untried land. ,Tis our lot to tread its winding ways, To share its griefs, to taste its joys awaiting us in distant days. School days were our May-time, our youth-time, our best time Have we cherished this time on the way? While we whisper our thanks to our dear faithful guides, Have we followed their guidance each day? A the ground, for work

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t Ser-I r .. 1 5 i 4. A- :FU . 1 'I V I. 3.1 . X mL 'Huff' ggigtlinigmgfl mind. but also has such exquisite beauty that we are quite sure all the men will vote for her. C. F. STILES: Clifford has gone upon a large hunting expedition into Australia to capture a very ferocious animal commonly known to man as a squirrel. He has also threatened to bring back the hide of a wild Ukelele. We hope he will not become injured in this dangerous undertaking. S. L. STEMBRIDGE: Sidney Lee is now a thriving farmer and dairyman. He has bought a large number of green glasses for his cattle. He feeds them excelsior: so he must be contemplating going into the lumber business. J. B. TINGLE: I have now come to a weighty subject. Tingle having been appointed dog-catcher for the city of Milledgeville is now running a weiner stand which is netting him great profits. CLYDE VEAL: Clyde has married one of the richest men in the world, viz: Berner Tingle. They live a life of simplicity on Riverside Drive, New York. Any member of the class is always welcome to visit their happy home. F. WALKER: Flem is at Monte Carlo. He rakes in the cold cash as easy as he used to at G. IVI. C. Having learned the art well while he was in school. W. M. WARREN: Wilbur's dream has come true. I see the little log cabin in the woods near the shimmering lake! ,Tis a moonlight night, and there paddling a canoe I see his graceful form. She is sitting by him, and as he looks down into her eyes of blue, surely he must think, this is perfect bliss. A. D. WILLI.AMS2 Dick is in this very city on his honeymoon, having married late in life. and after a very interesting career in different parts of the world where he had won both fame and fortune. After achieving for him- self a place in the hall of fame, and winning enormous wealth through the publication of his twenty volumes on How to Overcome Your Bashfulnessf, he returned to Milledgeville and found his boyhood sweetheart still waiting for him with every confidence that he would some day muster up sufficient courage to pop the question. Just how so brilliant and handsome a man es- caped for all these years only to fall victim to the darts of Cupid at last, his- tory doth not record. All is well that ends well. fvrj .3-Q., 1 . ur , I .. sz Lx I tl I 5

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I 'a i a+...'j iflfl- at 1.35 1 ' ' H 'ff-ef nlstgmmvif lgll J, At the foot of a hill, wisdom's broad temple standsg . 5 As pilgrims from her, we were sent. Il, She gave us like baskets and bade us search well, x .. And to gather each step as we went. lk' . , . l' 'lc For mixt with the stones, that bestrew our steep path-- There are jewels, unseen at a glance, V , And strange these are fewer the higher we climb, And these few are gotten by chance- And strange too, whenever we stoop for a gem, We find a flower unseen before, And the gem is enlapped, in the roots it keeps moist. While the blooms we seek, blossom no more. Thus wisdom has given us baskets at first- Higher up. opportunities thing And she who stoops soonest, soonest gains her niind's store, And bedecks all with joys that are twin. While we who have dallied along our bright way, And gathered its poppies aloneg Who have waited to seek for the gems further on, Will find, to our grief, few or none, And our subtle mind baskets that spoil from misuse By play are both injured and torn While the petal lost Corymbs, and few gems we find Are lost through the rents that we've worn. Then let us take heed to this parable friends, While yet there are heights we may gaing With Timels golden thread, we may mend the sad rents And gather the gems that remain. We view the new charm of the down-sloping hill And think of the happy time sped Our Youth-time, our May-time, our best time-good-bye! We must on, With the past, thou hast fled. NEI. 1 'J ?':T?z.- 9 -1 .f7 1' e v-. , ju i 1 l . l in 'L l ll w fi? I l L SIMS. i .11- 7 H 4