Marietta High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Marietta, MN)

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HJMOR M. H. S. STUOENT8 QUOTE: BOOKS I THINK THftt I SHALL NEVER LOOK At sruff as lovely as a book, A book vamose pages now are torn, UPON WHOSE COVERS NOTES ARE BORN. A BOCK, WHO AT A FOOTBALL OWE Passeo as a ball, can reach great fame. A BOOK, A WEAPON STRONG ANO BOLD TO THROW AT PEOPLE YOUNG OR OLD A BOOK, A PLACE TO STORE MY SCRAPS, TO FILE MY NOTES, TO ORAW MY MAPS. 0 LOVELY VISION TALL ANO STRONG, TO HIDE MY BLUSH WHEN 1 'VE OONE WRONG. A BOOK 8ETWEEN WHOSE PAGES STRAIGHT Are pressed the flowers from my last date. A SEAT OF WISDOM UfEEGUILEO, A BOOK, A SEAT FOR A TOO-SHORT CHILD. A BOOK WHOSE LOVING PAGES SPREAD TO GET SOME KNOWLEDGE IN MY HEAD. A BOOK, WHEN OPENED DEATH TO JOY, A BOOK, WHEN CLOSED A PRETTY TOY. A BOOK, WHO SITS WITH ME IN CLASS, A BOOK, WHOSE ANSWERS HELP ME PASS, A BOOK, A SHIELD 'GAINST APRIL RA|N, A BOOK, THE ASPIRIN FOR MY BRAIN. A BOOK, A SHOVEL FOR THE SNOW, A paperweight when March wires blow, A BOOK, TO 8HOVE IN BABY'S MOUTH WHEN LITTLE BROTHER STARTS TO SHOUT. A BOCK TO HOLD AGAINST MY HEART, A BOOK, TO MAKE FOLKS THINK {'M SMART, A BOOK, TO OROP WHEN FELLOWS PASS, A BOOK, TO LUG TO EVERY CLASS. WITH ALL THESE U8E8, ALL SO DEAR, 1 LOVE TO KEEP MY BOOKS RIGHT NEAR. OH, POEM8 ARE MACE BY FOOLS LIKE ME, WHY BOOKS ARE READ IS A MYSTERYT