Lewis and Clark High School - Tiger Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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THE Lewis AND CLARK JOURNAL THE LOVELINESS OF LIFE fClass Poem I Facrng the rrsmg sun the travelers pause On hard won helght behlnd them lles the pat Threaded by all ln sweet companlonshlp Thus height whereon they stand has wondrous power To draw the Future s curtaln and reveal Life s lovelmess to all who care to look And from this vantage pomt they see out spread The divers thoroughfares whlch call to work And Destiny ln the mommg s prrmal freshness o each his path seems rosy the aureole Of Hope enhanced by the golden pencllrngs Of Dawn athwart the eastern vault msplres Youth the prophet that one who more dis dams The Hood of years than drd Cumaean Slbyl Speaks age-old messages brddmg them strrve Wrth generous soul and eager hand wrth eyes Uptumed wrth buoyant step that knows halt But the sun mounts up the azure llverled s Wrth brave farewells the PllgfllT'S part but rs They note ln LlfCS broad panoramrc vlew What roads glve srgn of crossing what lh terlaclngs Greet thelr srght and offer meetmg place To talk ln remmlscent mood of bygone days Hrgh IS their uest and bolcl they are and strong That rrde thereon but blessed too for through Gardens richer than Edens the roadways ea Anon refreshing springs leap out from banks Fragrant spread wrth flowers and festal wreaths Which make for them perpetual holiday From doubt envy and narrowness of mmd So nde they forth over therr head the sun Golden appareled rn light majestlc At mght the even s calm breath the holy rest The soft radiance of Hesperus III the sky By day by mght enshrouded strll are they With Love and all redeemmg Sacrlfrce The treasures of Humanrty and wealth Of the lnflnrte Soul surge round and through thelr frame So rrde they on where duty calls the years Are speeded rn thelr fllght And not too as Do temporal chains enthrall and hlde t etemal So rrde they on trll Llfe become a perfect round Flawless rn Him who IS the lrfe of men Xvho crowneth all with Hrs own lovelmess Owen Krlgore LOVE I you know why the Seniors are anxlous to leave3 Why juniors are hurrymg through3 H Why tales come around that are hard to bel1eve3 Why some days seem terrrbly blue3 Do you know why your mmd wanders out of the room And dwells ln arr castles above And suddenly everything turns to gloom5 Do you know? Well Ill tell you xt love Do you know why a Freshman forgets all he knows3 Why has teacher falls off of the cha1r3 Do you know why Haeseler tums cr1mso.l and rose And rrses up yards ln the BIT3 Do you know vxhy another one catches the b ues And weeps o er a ribbon or glove3 Do you know why stlll others srnk into their shoes3 Do you know3 Well l ll tell you lt s ove Gertrude Kmppel I4 7 ll ' ' ' Q . l ' I . I d.. . T . : .1 . , 'l I I '. . ' D . . . f t 4 . ' - 1 ky. 4 u n . 1 . 1. H t. . A . . . . .fn . . . I , ' , ' 1 . I ' ' l 'W' 1 . ' ' -

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THE Lawns AND the bell which had celebrated many vrctorres on the athletic held and which had a hablt of tellmg the people of the nerghborhood when It was time to seek the land of dreams The next September our frrends across the rlver graciously permitted us to occupy therr bulldmg wlth them XVe shall always be thankful to them for the shelter which they gave us when we were wlthout a home and for the kind treatment accorded us whlle We gradually saw the magmhcent palace rlse whlch rs now called the Lewrs and Clark Hugh School At last after a year and a half ln the North Central I-llgh School under the Blue and White we returned to the Orange and Black and took up our resldence ln the new Lewis and Clark I-lrgh School the hnest rn the Northwest The hrst week of resrdence m our new home was extremely eventful The second day we placed a pennant on the roof whrch caused a scrap at noon but our colors were CLARK JOURNAL defended and were surrendered only to the faculty and that at the pomt of suspensron On another day of the same week all the boys of the class appeared at school with necktres of our colors and only a very small percentage of them was obtained by the under classmen although they worked ex tremely hard We can never express our thanks to Mr Lollar our Senxor Director for the ard which he has glven us this last year We also wlsh to thank Mr I-Iat for the help which he has grven us durrng our four years of hlgh school hfe In our last year we have elected to the ofhce of Presldent the best known and cer talnly the most famous boy ln the class n fact ln the whole school We have con ferred on hlm the highest honor whlch anv class can or has glven that of the President of the Class of June I9l2 the hrst to grad uate from the Lewrs and Clark High School TILL I GRADUATE Vacat1on5 What rs that to me Enrreshed ln work s dark seethlng sea3 You ask me why I work so late Three weeks trll I graduate' Porlng o er Vlfgll the whole night long Forever haunted by that dread song Wlth smklng heart I recall the date- Two weeks trll I graduate' One week to cram exams to take A grade of 76 to make Ar last ln despair I reswn to fate- One week trll I graduate' One meek of agony hope despair One week of study wrth worrred alr One dreary week to watch and walt And then will I graduate3 Margaret L Sanford , v ' . I - 1 , . Q 1 Z' , . , - ,I v ' ' ' u V - , . 1 ' D . , . A . ,. . , .. . a I ,. 7 D - ,. n 1 I ' o v

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