Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Manuals First Principal Mr. VV. N. Brown CDeceasedl The Silver Crown tThe History of Max-iual's Twenty-Five Yeursl Through a silver mist of happy years, As in a crystal sphere we gaze And turn it five and twenty times, The joys and triumphs, sorrow, lossy The well-earned victories, outstanding, fineg The daily common tasks well done, The coming and the going of the youth Whose lives write historyy The changes and the passing of the faithful Crowned only with their hard-won laurelsg These, and a thousand other visions Pass in majestic silence, Meaningful, potential, grand. ln the silver dawn-light of her early days, A beginning with no background kind, No traditionsg all new, with all to win, Manual, with name and history to make, Came into existence crude and formless, To build her way to public recognition. A firm but loving hand upon the helm Steered wisely, and yet learlesslyg And when his hand grew weary, His fellow-workers stood all ready to uphold it. Good will was born, and joy of work, Cooperation true, companionship, The spirit of high loyalty and faith, Of accomplishment for one and all, Of generous sharing in both sun and storm, Of love for school, for home and country, The spirit forged from the pure silver Of never-failing courage and the will to do This, incarnate, has filled her halls oerflowing. Not money, nor preferrnent, nor worldly standards Have built this school, but worth and work, True brotherhood, and ideals high Have been her inspiration, and never Have they failed to take material new And mold it into form and shape Both fair and useful. And when the helrnsman took his hand From off the wheel, another ready stood , 'With strong grasp to steer a broader course Out into wider paths, and new-charted seas. From out her walls a modest stream of silver Has flowed forth to mingle with the stream of life, And, by its purity and strength, Has formed an alloy with the world, So durable that neither wear nor time Can destroy, nor move it from its place. Her silver cords bind interests, friendships, Purposes, into one, and that alone for good. Some hair has silvered in her service Given with the joy of giving all, And now the silver mist grows clearer Revealing the five and twenty circles Bound together in a perfect whole, Such perfection as only love and service mold. Manual, with a silver crown of years, Grows brighter with the golden promise Of the years to come. ---EDNA L. EARNEST. i934 THE MIRROR Pagell