McKinley Middle School - Mirror Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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If A 6 M MQKINLEY MIRROR Books have been called the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom ' TODAY Prize Editorial - Today does not mean, merely at date on at calendar, or a time between sun- rise zind sunset. It means more! It means at highly developed generation, and is the result of the labors of our forcfathersg it is a time of pence and plenty. lt is u century of inventiong it is the golden age of seienee. I Our wonderful country of today has been in the making for generations upon generations. Our prosperity of today is due to the fact that our uneestors hnve eased the path of life by braving the terrors lurking in a new and une civilized continent, clearing the land, breaking the sod, and pressing continue nlly Westward. Many of us are not thinking of the future generations. We should be building for tomorrow, not just for today. Scientists and inventors should be working with the view of bettering for the future generations the prosperity we know today, so that we may pass, undimnied to others, the light which has been given to us. This is my interpretation of the frieze culled Today, which is on the wall in the library. -Dorothy Howe, 8-BE, Meliinley. Miss Dorothy Kurtznmn of the nrt depzutxnent, painted the landscapes in the frieze of Today that is in the library over the bookeuses. The present 9-B girls did the lettering. TODAY Here hath been dawning Another blue dayg Think will thou let it Slip useless away. Out of eternity This new duy is born: Into eternity At night will return, Behold it nforetime, No eye ever didg So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. -Thomas Carlyle.

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McKlNLEY MlRROR 5 XVl1o is it that the office guarils'l .M Miss Marsh! iNVl1o is -it that the grades recorcl? Miss Marsh! NVho lightly trips to stncly hall, With bulletins that interest all, Or brings the slips for a phone call? Miss Marsh! Who sells the tickets for the g2l1l1GS'i! Miss Marsh! Who 's always pleasant, sun or rain? Miss Marsh! NVl1o oils thc wheels, makes all parts smootlill Sells pictures, mirrors-even food, And classifies our every IIIOVG? Miss Marsh! Who's always busy, always gay? Miss Marsh! Who helps us in a tliousancl ways? Miss Marsh! Alike to student, teachers, all, In all the tasks that to her fall, Our kindly thoughts will her recall, Miss Marsh! We'1l miss her in so many ways, Miss Marsh! V 511875 helped us through so many days, Miss Marsh! We c:,111't replace her, is our fear, Let's join our voices, loud and clear, Meliinleyltes all hold her dear: Miss Marsh!

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McKINLEY MIRROR 7 EXTRA 7 LAST EXPEDITION RETURNS INTREPID EXPLORERS RETURN AFTER f LONG PERIOD IN THE WILDS Those intrepid explorers who have recently returned from the wilds of the manual training 1'oom, report strange things. They have found evidences of a high civilization-tables, footstools, even model yachts. The explorers were loath to return without specimens, but the natives would allow nothing to leave the country. They made these things, and they were going to keep them, they said. What of it? -Phil Sargent, 9-A. Q A WEE BIT O' SCOTLAND The 8-A's are studying The Lady of the Lake, and we find it most inter- esting, since Miss Moorhead is of Scotch ancestry, and knows the history of Scotland and old Scotch traits. v We have a large map of Scotland, and an enlarged map of the territory our story covers, where we trace the journeys, in colored chalk. Above the black-board, we have a collection of Scotch plaids, furnished by the children. Blue prints and colored postal cards of the dilferent places spoken of in the story, a bit of real heather and two books showing the plaids with the name, war cry, and a short history of each clan and Scotch songs, help to make the story real. In 'A Scotch scene made by the children, is arranged on two shelves. Three girls in the art department-Alma Rowley, Delta Kersten and Naomi Biskup-, painted two backgrounds of heather-clad hills. The grass is saw-dust dyed green, and the trees are green sponges with sticks for trunks. Here and there are Scotch figures, and sticking up in the grass, are two white fiags with a green pinetree-Clan Alpin's flag. The boys made log cabins and our teacher made thatched roofs for them. A mirror is our lake and a lovely clear lake it is, too. These, with two fiery crosses just like Roderick Dl1u's, and little dolls dressed in Highland costumes, complete our picture of The Lady Of the Lake. -Mary Jane Martin, 8-A. T0 A ROBIN Hello, Mr. Springtime, Up in the tree, The name is deserving- It just came to mc. You always remind me That springtime is here, And that reminds me That summer is near. So, Mr. Springtime, Up in the tree, You 'll always be springtime, Especially to me. A -Dick Westerfield, 7-BZ.