Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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€nbless Cftain The teacher is solemnly Calling the roll. As the nine o’clock bell Is beginning to toll. Lessons are completed; Hooks are closed for the day; And the hand has ope’d them, Now lays them away. Hooks are uncovered. Brought to the light; Toil is unbroken From morning till night. No voice in the schoolroom No sound in the hall. Each one is studying; Silence reigns over all. Deserted the schoolroom; Silence is complete; No voices are ringing; No patter of feet. Dim grow the shadows. And soon fade away; Darkness comes slowly To cover the day. All have good lessons Each day of the week; For knowledge and wisdom Is the goal which all seek. Thus pass the hours. Day after day; Now darkness; now daylight; Now work and now play. Raymond L. Williamson. T2

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gogue and “Ross” in order to obtain legistation, local and national, for his own. benefit is natural. It is a fact. Hut why is this corruption possible in a democracy like our own. is a question which might be asked of any of us. Xo person could buy a vote if somebody else were not willing to sell one. A legislature could not be run by some boss sitting in his office if there were not a lobby at the capital. This rule perhaps would not be so bad if it was an in- telligent. benevolent and public spirited despotism. Hut in most eases this kind of rule is the rule of shrewd ignorance selfishness of the worst type, and bold dishonesty. As it has been proven by History this rule is the worst rule obtainable. It is a dire necessity to do away with it entirely or our country will ride to the same destiny that The Grand Republic of An- cient Rome did. Education is the best possible safe guard against this tyranny. It is in harmony with our principles, and has the power of defending our glorious institutions without easlaving them. The greatest need of our country is men. Men of the first class, if possible, if not. as near first class as possible. Hut the only means yet discovered for producing first class men, that is men of good morals, good judgment, and a high sense of the difference between right and wrong, just and unjust, is education. Though education is but a slow remedy for this evil it is thorough going. May we hope that all will aid in the great work education is sure to accomplish. Then we may march shoulder to shoulder to the task of driving out all political corruption which tends to weaken our government, our personal rights, as well as our neighbors, and our personal morals, and substitute for this entirely a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” Paul R. Dye, ’12.

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iafe’S Sunset A S THE sun is slowly sinking To it’s rest beyond the day. In my solitude I’m thinking Of the sunlight’s lingering ray. How when you and I are traveling In our path toward the west, May we ever be unraveling Golden cords to guide the rest. Cords of truth, and cords of kindness Leading on to webs of love. Which unite at last to bind us To the throne of God above. To some wayward soul despairing Of his hopes of long ago May our kindness have a sharing Of his path of hidden woe. What if we neglect this duty Which our Father’s given ust Shall we ever see the beauty Of that home in which we trust? Toward each other let us ever Manifest our love for Him, Whose great love for us can never In its tenderness grow dim. As the sunbeam in the twilight So our life each day may be If we but reflect the sunlight Of the life that is to be. Ethel C., ’12.