Gloucester High School - Flicker Yearbook (Gloucester, MA)

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THE CLASS OF 1902

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they presented, and all the thanks for the magnificent gift which they presented to the school. Later in the- year, the Seniors in French, under the direction of Miss Me Allester, successfully presented two French plays, and the receipts are to be used in enlarging the French library of the school. The Battalion Officers have proved themselves fully as energetic and capable as those of previous years. The Officer’s Party fully equalled, and perhaps eclipsed, any of its predecessors, while the receipts of the Battalion Fair exceeded those of last year. W r e earnest- ly hope that future officers will continue these fairs, as it is a pleasant, and comparatively easy method of raising the money which the Batta- lion must have. May they earn more and more each year, and may the old G. H. S. B. never lose its place in the foremost rank of crack school battalions. And now our school life is almost over. Soon we must part ; some will enter college, while others will at once enter that highest school of learning, practical life. But whither the wind of Fate may waft us, wherever we may wander on the broad Sea of Life, let us always remember our dear Alma Mater, and keep forever green the memory of the class of naughty-two.

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ODE TO 1902. i. A door is barred ; we cannot find tbe key ; Yet some day we shall linger weary-eyed, And strive as other lingers fling it wide, To catch a glimpse of things that used to be. II. And as we gaze, let no one, losing trust Whisper, repining ; “ All my life is vain ; I worshipped glory and my mede is pain, My high ideal is fallen into dust.” III. Tbe goal we strive for, must eternal stand If it be worthy of onr toil and tears ; Tor it has been upheld these countless years By something higher than a human hand. IV. So let us lift our eyes and know His plan ; And calm among the ruder things of life Keep one ideal untainted by the strife, A pure-souled woman or a noble man.