Maitland High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Maitland, MO)

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FNIOR CLASS POEM SONG OF THE SENIOHS Cwlth 3DOl1E19S to H1awathia and Longfellow! On the h1ll but by the rlver Near the banks of Nodaway, Stands the school house, old and anclent Crumbling nearly to decay Many vears 1ts offered shelter To the score of many youth Tramnlng up 1ts squeaky stalrwa Bent on learning strlfe and truth From their shouts there rlngs the echo From their throats the sound of vlee Never SUOODIHE to look backward Onward' 1U thls land of free Manv moons have come and zone Many nlzhts and many days, Twelve lore years the rlghtful number Since the arting of the ways of these from thelr oarents, Left the1r homes to enter school First to learn the t1me old lesson Livlng by the Golden Rule Swlft as arrows, as they soed on To the way to enter learnlng, Huntlng always for the knowledge Seeking, erasoing, ever yearning On they traveled thru' the school days Making sten stones of the years Graduatlon t1me an ears Nho are theyo these gay and youthful Han y, laughing, much al1ve9 Llsten' Tis' the Maitland Senlors of the class of 55 E1 ht young maldens 1D th1s class vroun Falr and bright as flowers of Boring, Some with hair l1ke volden sunshine, Others, dark as the ravens wing Hark' I hear the blrds sweet calling, Naming all the maldens falr Jo Ann, Maxlne Pattv, Ann Lea, Such sweet music fills the air Other sonvsters JOIH 1n Slnglng Anlta, Dlxie and Vona Mae Ida Lyn the notes are trllling Never such a haooy day Now the notes are gettlng deeoer There s another burst of song That's because here march the warriers, S1x younv men, all brave and strong YOURS' 01185 . 1 ' 7 . A 1 . , n Q , 1 . yr . ' 7 . ' 9 . u , . . . f 7 As. l Y , U 1 --- . . ' 7 J I . ! . - , . 1 , - I 9 Til' the hanpy hunt1ng's over, Y . Q , - W , l a A , ' 0 .7 . . . . rv A 9 . . ' ' ' 5 3 A ., . . . ! ' 1 . l . 7 V --- I -, u