Morristown High School - Cobbonian Yearbook (Morristown, NJ)

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U a CLASS POEM Wise Mother Earth to her children spake thus, Ye sweet wild, ope thee thine eyesg Gaze 'round about on the great wide world And list to yon songsters' cries. Her commands were obeyed by great and small Ay--every living thingi- 'Nemonies, violets, saplings-all Joined natures' family ring. 'Tis of two of these heralds to you I'll relate- They, yon saplings in sweet tender bloom- A pine, and a maple one ne'er could forsake- They, too, waken'd from bleak winters gloom. One day o'er the glen came tramping That thund'ring and trampling of feet And down through yon valley and up the steep hill Came woodsmen our stalwarts to greet. And later, deep down in that valley Re-echo'd, and echo'd the ring Of the mighty axe and buzz of the saw, Then-the groan of a dying thing! For, that gallant pine lay stretch'd full length, A bruised and quiv'ring sight, When maple, next, her groan belch'd forth And then she fell from light. That eve, a weary Woodman chief Heard knocking at his door, Then with trembling hands his lantern sway'd ' fFor he was full forescorej And when the stiff lock he had loosid, There stood before him tall and strange One, unknown, of fair white face With snow-white hair and kindly grace. And, last from them that kindly stranger made fWith workmanship of wondrous tastej, Cremonas two, strung with a care And tun'd to please but master taste. All tones which blend to make up life, Can We from them a lesson learn With his sure bow he dreW- To that cause-Humanity? The harmonies of plains and mounts, Shall each one of us leave our song Of tempests great and pearly dew. To be temper'd as were they?

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had telegraphed to have Emily Eager, the world's champion auto- mobile racer, meet me at the landing field. I looked at the paper on my way to my office and saw that the Carnegie Reading Prize had been awarded to Miss Bessie Erwin. Among the books that she had read were How to Study, by Maude Byram, Century Dictionary, revised by Dolly Pierson, Perfect French Pro- nunciation,', by Howard Black, and Complete Poems of Gertrude Hoffman. Of more interest to me was the trial of R. J. Parker, who was tried for attempting to bribe Congressmen in 01 der to run things as he wished This great political boss was convicted, notwithstanding the efforts of his lawyer, Frances McConnell. When I arrived at my office, I was informed that Mr John Gan- non, the President of the International Ice Dealers Association, had called to see me I was no sooner seated at my desk than Frank San- som, the Editor of Life, called me up and invited m to go with him to see the revue which Courtlandt Parker, the renowned comedian, w as ploducing The perfolmance would hawe been veiv flat had it not been foi the antics of the clown, Harold Ly on, and the romantic glances and gentle voice of the ingenue, Mildled Watkins In the audience I saw Logan Grupelh, who had just made a fortune fl om his chemical experiments, Albert Mlchelfelder, the captain of the All American Basketball Team, Edward Marmsio, the world s champion walker, and James VVh1tehead, the cashler of the American Trust Com- pany On the back of the program was an advertisement of Aunt Iemlmals pancake flour, and you can imagine my surprise when I lecog- n17ed the beaming features of my classmate, Evelyn Lewis The next day I had an appointment at a beauty parloi on Fifth Aw enue, which I found to be conducted by Mme Pearl Conners, the famous hair bleachel, and Mlle Kathryn Duffv, who c n do wonders with the rouge pot Mlle Duffy informed me that she had Just seen a performance before the National Education Association which was holding a convention in New X ork and in the audience she had 1ECOgl'llZ9d Marv LOHEI gan, a kindergarten teacher, Victoria Schw artz, an English teacher, Alice Rennick, the authority on school libraries, Ruth Peer, the domestic science teacher, and Marguerite Taylol, a physical training teacher, and Mildred Sheerm, head of the State Board of Health As we were walking up the aw enue, an aeroplane overhead caught fire and fell to the street Reginald Robinson, the famous surgeon, came with the ambulance accompanied by nurse Lillian McHarr1e . . ' h . . . 3 v . . . . sa 0 . -, . - v - . y . . .4 - 1 . . . . c U ' I . . . . . . 7 4 . . l g , V . . I I c U U . f- . 1 . . . v v . . - I . . . I r r r . , . V Y - v . . . r . . - Q u I A I 0 . . . 1 . f . . I . . . - . . 1 - v .. . . . . . . . . . - . . 1 1 I 0 l ' . , Y . , , ' . . r . . . . v S y . . i ,Til , ,: . h,,, ,L .... .. .-w,,,.,,,,wm,,, A-, , ,...,, .. ml... .,, Hs, ,, Y ,

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TO 1919 Other classes may win favor, And iight when on the scene, But the class that is the leader Is the class of old nineteen. We shall fight as long as ever There stand the true and bold, And no power can us sever From the old maroon and gold. We know no other emblem That can bind us all so fastg And our hearts will e'er be loyal As long as life shall last. VVe shall always cherish fondly The pleasures of school days, But the maroon and the gold shall Always win our warmest praise. And when school days shall be' over And the things that we hold dear Shall fade upon our vision, Like an echo on the ear, We shall still sing fervent praises From hearts that neler grow cold, To the dearest colors waving- The old maroon and gold. Rifle-Owl