McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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104 THE ARTISAN A Composite Poem Sometime ago an American was traveling in Australia, when he came to a sheep-herder's deserted shanty. ln some old papers i11 the shanty he found a poem which proved to be a literary curiosity. The poem is composed of 52 lines and each line is from a different author. Here is the poem and the author from whose work each line was taken : Wlizii' strange infatuation rules mankind. CCh,utim't0nj Wliait different spheres to human bliss assigned Cliogmsj To loftier things your finer pulses burn, CO. Spmguej If man would but his finer nature learn. CR. H. Dafmtl VVhat several ways men to their calling have, CB. JOII-11.90115 And. grasp at life though sinking to, the grave. CFalc0'u0rj Ask what is human life? The sage replies, fC0'I.l7IJC7'D Wealtli, pomp and honour but empty toys, CFcrgns0nj lVe trudge, we travel but from pain to pain, CQ4uafrZesj 'Weak, timid landsmen on life 's stormy main. CB1m'nsj We only toil who are the first oi' things, CTci1-nysonj From labour health, from health contentment springs. C Henlfiej Fame runs before ns like the morning star: Cllryclcnj How little do we know that which we are! CByr0nj Let none then here his certain knowledge boast, CPOmj'refj Of 'fleeting joys too certain to be lost, ClVcdle-rj For ever all things hangs a cloud of fear- Clloodj All us but change and separation here. CSicelej To smooth life's passage o'er its stormy way, Cfflllligflfj Sum up at night what thou hast done by dayg CHOP'I2K?7'll Be rich in patience if thou in goods be poor, CD-'uiibrrrj So many men do stoope to sight unsure. CC, ilVh1'fll'f'Qljil Choose out the man to virtue most inclined, Chfowcj Throw envy, folly, prejudice behind. CLCPIIQIIOIHGD Defer not till tomorrow to be wise- CUOng-retvej ' Vtfealth, heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys. CDT. JOIHISOIIJ Rcineinbrance worketh with her busy brain, CGOZcZsfin.i'tIij Care draws on care, woe comforts woe againg fD7'CL'U1'01ID On high estates huge heaps of care attend, CW ebstm-J No joy so great but runneth to an endg CS0'ittlLiveltj No hand applaud what honour shuns to hear, CT7z.0nz.s0n.j NVho cast oif shame should likewise cast otf fear. CK-nowlcsj Grief haunts us down the precipice of years, C TV. S. Lft'1l.Cl0l'D Virtue alone no dissolution fearsg CE. Moorej , Time loosely spent will not again be won, CR. Green-cj Wliat shall I do to be forever known? CCr0wZeyj But now the wane of life comes darkly on, CJ0f1f111m, Bfufllirzj After a thousand mazes overgoneg Clfcatsj ln this brief state of trouble and unrest. CB. Bm't0'nj Man never is but always to be blest. CPOpeJ Time is the present hour, the past is fled, CM r1r.wZ011,j O! thou futurity, our hope and dread, CEll'i0ttj How fading are the joys we dote upon l CBlrti1'j Oh ! while 1 speak the present 11101llG1.1t7S gone. Cflkeizs-iclej Lo, thou eternal arbiter of things, C 0flN11fL'Hl.j How awful is the hour when conscience stings, CJ. Per'ci?vaZj Conscience, stern arbiter in every breast- CJ. A. I11.ZUz.0'usej The fluttering wish on wing that will not rest. CMa,lLetj This above all, to thine own self be true, CS11.uiccsprza.raj Learn to live well, that thou may ist die so, too CSi0' J. Denhnnij To those that list, the world's gay scenes 'I leave, CSpe'ncm'j Some ills we wish for when we wish to live. QYOII-Gligj

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THE A RTISAN 103 The McKinley Alumni Association HS. A. M. O. O. S. McKinley Vocational School found it necessary to organize an Alumni Association to keep in touch with all its graduates. The Alumni Association was organized three years ago. lt was organized on a. plan that differs from any other alumni in the United States. This method, which originated at the school, shows its merits in that it eliminates all dead wood, keeps the organization in high spirits, and has a done lmndred per cent. membership. lt also keeps the boys on a high social and moral standing. The President of the Senior Class automatically becomes the President of the alumni. He cannot hold oitiee for more than one year. This enables him, with the help of the school faculty, to become familiar with all the necessary details, social events and business of t.he alunmi. He must keep a record of all the alumni members, notify them of all events taking place, appoint all committees to take charge of entertainment, also notify these committees of special meetings so that there no interruption in the order of procedure. The alumni meets twice a year during the months of Julie and December. ln the June meeting all the graduates are voted upon, and after being accepted into the alumni, an initiation immediately takes place. Then all members of the alumni are invited to a big dinner at which several notable speakers are heard. At our December meeting Dr. Ernest Hartwell, Superin- tendent of Buffalo Schools, and Mr. Francis Viling, Superintendent of Vocational Schools, were the speakers. At the December meeting the open discussion takes place at which time the various members are questioned at random as to their progress in the trade they are following, their working conditions, also their view on life at school and while at work. During the year at various times it is interesting to note several familiar faces, other than our regular student body, among the boys in the morning exer- cises. These usually turn out to be alumni members who, being at leisure, visit their old school and the faculty. After graduation it is found that they enjoy coming back to sing a few old songs, visit the shops and note the changes in the course of study and the method of teaching. They are quick to note any change taking place and do not hesitate t.o inform the facility of what they had observed. XVe can always count on a. large percentage of the alumni members at all athletic events which take place when McKinley school is involved. At the various dramatic and musical events they are always at hand. Their final request is 'tl'Jon't forget to notify me when you have another good time in store for us, and Ohl, by the way, when do we go to Fort Erie? UI must let my boss know in time so that I can get away on that date.

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4 l THE flRT1Srl.N 105 The Hammer A hammer is a most useful and necessary tool in the hands of a carpenter or anyone who has a legitimate use of it. NVitl1 it you may drive a nail or bruise a. finger. When one needs a ,hammer 'he needs it badly. It is really a house- hold necessity. To bring to the hammer is a term often used when one is com- pelled to sell at auction his personal property. The carpenter then and the auctioneer as well use the hammer. The miner uses a hammer to drive his drill. The circus man uses a hannner to drive the stakes for the tent ropes. The stonecutter uses it to guide his chisel.. There is the riveting hammer, the tack hammer, blocking hammer, lnficklayer's hammer, steam hammer and trip ham- mer. Hammers of stone are still found in the relies of antiquity and are still in use among barbarous races. There is the piano hammer, the gun hammer, the dental hannner, the horseman's hammer, the blacksmith 's hammer, and the forgerls hammer. There are more kinds of hammers than anything else in the world. In mythology there is Thor hannner by the throwing of which thunder and lightning was caused. Everyone of these hammers, even the mythological one, has some good and legitimate purpose but there is just one hammer in the world that is the opposite of all these others and that is the hammer which the professional knocker wields with such malicious and fatal results. That is one hammer which should forever be east out from the line of ancestral hammers of 'fame and dignity. lf you are toting a hammer like this throw it away. Bury it. so deep that you will have to go around on the other side of the globe to resurrect it. This kind of a. hammer should never be used. The man who wickedly and wantonly wields the knoeker's hammer should be forever silenced by a well directed blow on the head with a sledge hannner. Boost-don't knock. The Letter EH Someone has expressed the opinion that the letter E is the most unfor- tunate letter in tl1e alphabet because it is always out of cash, forever in debt, never out of danger, and in hell all of the time. Our editorial sanctum adds that for some reason the writer of the above overlooked the good qualities of the letter E and calls attention to the fact that it is never in war, always in peace, and never in prison. It is the beginning of existence, the commencement of ease, and the end of trouble. Vfithout it there would he no life in Heaven, no sleep and no eats. flt is the center of honesty, makes love perfect, and without it there would be no carpenters in America. The poorest religion is the kind tl1at is used for a cloak. Many a ll1El11,S idea of popularity is to have a great big funeral. The most valuable education comes from making blunders.