Hickman High School - Cresset Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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The Cresset, 1915 23 town there was a fair kept, which was called Vanity Fair. This fair was no new-erected business, but a thing of long standing. And I dreamed that the original of it was this: Some hundreds of years ago, some pilgrims were walking toward the City Beautiful, and being in truth idlers, they set up a fair. And at this fair there were automobiles, games, plays, fair maidens, movies, and what not. Here, as at any fair, there were several rows, or streets which were, Athletics Street, Music Street, Entertainment Street and the like. Through these streets the honest pilgrims must go, looking neither to the right or left. But Christian, curiosity getting the better of him, roameth through every street, only to lose his way and wander into the Valley of Humiliation. The path here was exceedingly narrow, and onthe left a very deep ditch, which was no other than the office of Edward Buford. I If a pilgrim fell into this gorge he was hopelessly lost. With great caution, however, Christian picked his way among the brambles and reached the plain again, ready for the fourth and final lap toward the Celestial City. And I saw in my dream, that Christian journeyed on and met with Apoll- yon the Giant. Now -this giant was frightful to behold. He was clothed with scales as of a fish, he had wings like a dragon and feet like a bear. At this monster Christian trembled and shook, for he was no other than fourth year English. And Christian had a great struggle with Apollyon and they did wrestle and Christian did much groaning, but with a great howl he cast Apollyon from him and hurried on, only- to rush into the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Through this valley Christian needs must go, because the way to the Celestial City lay through the midst of it. And I saw in my dream that Christian stumbled in this valley, a wilderness, a land of pits, a land of drought, and of the shadow of death where no man dwelt. Through this valley of final examina- tions Christian plodded in terror and agony, but Christian found it not so bad as he had thought, because there were certain good and substantial steps placed in the valley. It was Christian's hap to safely and laboriously ascend these steps, and reach the Delectable Mountains, which were, in truth, the receipt of all his creditsy At last the journey was at an end. The Celestial City was at hand. The gate was opened and Christian entered. Two Shining Ones came forth to meet him with a great white roll. And these two were Edward Buford and Frederick W. and Christian grabbed at the roll and was delighted and his heart was filled with great rejoicing. The long and treacher- ous journey was over and Christian was got at last to the City Celestial. SONNET TO OUR SCHOOL DAYS sweetest mem'ries that are wont to rise, And color all our lives with golden dreams, Fade not away, 0, thou which we most prize, For empty would our lives without thee seem. But let each fairy tint a symbol be , Of something which is pleasing to recall, So at the end we may look back and see The things we thought most pleasing of them all. Dear school days, since you cannot always last, Your mem'ry will, and cherished ever dwell Until the waves of coming years sweep past, i And thus will mem'ry in her robe of truth Live on forever, and retain her youth. 1 PAULINE BANDY, 15.

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22 The Cresset, 1915 Senior Class History A MODERN VERSION OF THE PILGRIMIS PROGRESS S I plodded through a wilderness of Latin riddles, I lighted on a certain difficult sentence, and over that sentence I dozedg and, as I dozed, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold I saw an urchin standing in a certain place, and a lady named Instructoress point with her finger over a broad plain and ask, Do you see yonder wicket gate and yonder shining light? Christian, Qfor such was the urchin's namej answered that he didg whereupon the Instructoress said, Keep that light in your eye and go directly thereto, so shalt thou see the gateg at which, when thou knockest, it shall be told thee what thou shalt do. And I saw in my dream that Christian began to run. Many pilgrims of the Seventh Grade came out to see him run, and, as he ran, some mocked, others threatened, and some cried after him to return. He looked not behind him, but fled toward the shining light. When Christian told them he sought a land incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, Sloth, a fellow schoolmate said, My heart inclineth me to go with- my school fellow. So the two journeyed on together, while many others remained behind in the land of the Seventh Grade. And Christian spoke and said, We shall go to a land which shall have creatures who will 'dazzle your eyes to look upon. There, also, shall you meet with thousands and tens of thousands that have gone before us to that place. There will be the Freshmen pilgrims, who will be our companions. There will be Sophomore pilgrims, junior pilgrims and Senior pilgrims, none of them hurtful, but loving and gentle. There shall we see beautiful maidens with shining eyes. And Sloth was much pleased and they hastened on through the wicket gate. Now, I saw in my dream, that in their progress onward, they drew near a very miry bog which was in the middle of the plain. And, being heedless, fell suddenly into this slough, which was no other than the Slough of Despondency, otherwise known as the first mid-year examination. Here they wallowed for a time, being grievously bedaubed with dirt. At this, Sloth was greatly offended, and angrily said to his fellow, Is this the happiness of which you have told me all this while? In thisslough poor Sloth was lost, sinking lower and lower till he was finally engulfed and never heard of more. Christian, however, with a few desperate struggles, succeeded in wading out of the mire, a pitiable spectacle indeed. Here I was awakened for one brief instant, but soon I dozed. And as I dozed, again I saw Christian start on the second lap toward the City Celestial. Now as Christian was plodding along by himself one day, he espied one far off, come crossing over the plain to meet him. And it was their hap to meet just as they were crossing the way of each other. The name of the pilgrim who met Christian was Mr. junior Worldly Wiseman. This pilgrim beholding Christian's laborious going, by observing his sighs and groans and the like, guessed where he was going and said, Hear meg I am older and wiser than thou, thou art like to meet, on the way which thou goest, Darkness, Painfulness, Wearisomeness, Hunger, Perils, and, in a word, Death and what not. These things are true, having been confirmed by many testimonies, so turn your steps backward. But Christian paid no heed. He toiled yet onward, and cometh to the third lap of the journey to the Celestial City. And I saw in my dream, as he wended his way through the wilderness that Christian saw a town before him, and its name was Vanity. And at this

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The Cresset, 1915 liz 00 S '... lluninre OVERTON ROBNETT, President FRANK TURNER, Vice-Presrderrt RUSSELL WAYLAND, S ergearzt-at-A rms VIRGIL SPURLING, Secretary and Treasurer HERBERT DANIELS, Class Representative