Hoopeston High School - Picayune Yearbook (Hoopeston, IL)

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THE PICAYUNE Page5

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A ll Pagels THE PICAYUNE -:- PICAYUNE STAFF -:- EMELI N E LAHMAN Literary Editor RICHARD WELTY JAMES CLEVELAND Editor-in-Chief Business Manager LOUISE SHEPPARD Faculty Adviser OMER McBRlDE DALE SHEETS Art Editor Snapshots MARGARET JCI-I NSON Assistant

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' v I . I It l in . Pages THE PICAYUNE , lllllllllllllllllllllIIIIllllllIIIllllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllIIllIIIIlllllllllllIIIllIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllll To You of 'Thirty-One I come, a joyous figure from the realms of light, To bring my message here. Nay, have np'-fear. 'Tis I, the muse of poetry. What then, thou bold intruder? Tell whence comes thy right To enter thus, unknown, in dear John Greer. Begone, or to thy message be In haste. Oh, class of 'thirty-one, Do hear me now, I pray, ' Ere starting on your Way In life, now just begun. When you, twelve years ago, did start your journey here, All knowledge was to you a land unknown. And now though each has learned, he locks In wisdom. For, think you to iind the skies all clear In life, and reap reward from seeds well sown? A harvest without toil or tax Or pain. When you are far away, Your high school days will seem if A peaceful happy dream- ' A time of love and play. To you, who now will go, in life, both far and wide, I give a final word of time advice When days seem dark and drear, and you Are sad, and cannot bear the thought of living side By side with wrongg why you'll look back, if wise, On your dear high school days, too few, For cheer. To you of 'thirty-one, Go bravely! Have no fear! Let knowledge help you steer Till your long race is run. HAROLD MILBURN, '31.