Humboldt High School - Nokomis Yearbook (Humboldt, IA)

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.mn .Akahi- fl ff-QC -1 QUIVERINGS OF THE ASPENS IN THE BREEZI2 With my usual fascination for it, I stood gazing at the slender, quaking aspen tree, each moment my wonder increasing. Innum- erable questions concerning it filled my mind. Listening intently, I almost hoped to have the mysterious whispering leaves respond in a lan- guage I could understand. There it stood, slender, straight, and graceful, reaching up- ward as if it were seeking the benediction of heaven. Apparently it was the very incarna- tion of purity with its gleaming white bark rivaling the snow in its beauty. Yet, some- how, it was the glossy heart-shaped leaves shaking tremulously, so responsive, so sensi- tive to a breath of air, that created the great- est element of mystery. Courageously facing every barrier to existence, it struggled up- ward, though the shivering leaves revealed its timidity and fear which were thwarted by a tenacious spirit. I thought of it-clinging on the slopes of southern mountains-springing to life in the settlers' first clearing-now in open glades of Labrador-now in the moun- tains of Mexico- There in the wondering air of the tropics still dreaming of the cold- shivers the aspen always striving to live-to grow. How like the quaking aspen is the fresh- man in our high school. Perhaps you have wondered why so courageous a tree has shak- ing leaves, and perhaps you have wondered why each freshman should possess a quaking heart. Yet, the mystery remains. The fresh- man, too, is reaching upward. With a cour- ageous hopeful spirit, he is seeking higher goals. No mark of attainment seems too high to expend every effort to realize it. No bar- rier is too great to break down, for we are looking at the world through rose-colored glasses. Our eyes are not on those apparently stumbling stones, but upon the goal. 11 As our dreams are, so are we, We shape in thought, what we soon shape in deed, And what we daily hold within, we grow to beg Our visions are ourselves. Ah, yes-for every freshman there is a shivering heart, quaking with timidity and fears, but like the aspen, a tenacious spirit, the self-same spirit which will carry us on through all the walks of life just as it means the survival of the aspens in various parts of the globe. Witliotlt it there would be no life -no growth. Some of the freshmen have already realized a few of their dreams. As our first year ex- pires We may feel a great joy in the knowledge that we have been represented in practically every field of high school activities. We have played a part in the athletic and declamatory work of the school, and we have had a repre- sentative on the debate squad. The music dc- partment has discovered talent among us which will doubtless prove of great value to our beloved school. Cf course we must not fail to say there are some of our number in the Loyalty Club, demonstrating our loyal school spirit. We have also aided in maintain- ing the scholastic standard of the school, for several of us have been on the roll of honor students. May every freshman retain that spirit which the aspen tree symbolizes. For then we will not fail at one of the stumbling blocks, but continue to grow upward. -Genevieve Berkhimer WINGS I live in a land of imagination And build my dreams quite high, For I long to be prominent in aviation And climb far into the sky. page twwzly-smfcn ---...-f il. C-P

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a 'll llx s4'?-A ' ' 'N' 'PT' 9523-. ,L.f- ,- To fly with the wings of a silver plane Through ethereal heavens of blue, To fly in the sunshine, to fly in the rain, Will make my dreams come true. I want to be an ace of fame And guide my airship through- So let me have a silver-winged plane, And I'll show what I can do. -Clmrlm Sbernmn A SONG FOR SUMMER I Sing a song of flowers On a sunny day, Blooming in the meadows Through the livelong day. II . Sing a song of butterflies, Flitting to and fro, In the merry woodland Or in the tulip row. III Sing a song of birds, Warbliiig in the trees, Or flying through the orchard, Doing as they please. xx X, X x an IV Sing a song of children, Gathering flowers gay, Scattering seeds of kindness All along their way. -E1 Horn Laurel THE HAPPY ROBIN The first gay robin of the spring As happy as could be Came flying in to make his nest In our old cherry tree. The best tree I could find, my dear, He said, to his happy mate. There are no cats nor boys around,- Let's hurry or we'll be late. They built a nest of mud and grass Wliere hatched their children four. They played and sang the whole day long Still happy as before. The autumn came. They still were here, A happy, happy few, When all the other birds were gone, They said, We're still with you. But when the cold north wind does blow They said, We'll leave you, too, But we will all return next spring, And make our nests near you. -Lauerlu Keller ew f,,2.sm 'W A l' X- QA' 'xlilfz gf:-. ll in Lx'-L. ll ei fp Al .-.7 . W, . I' yfcfh -,ev f 4 page tzuevzty-eight