North Carolina State School for the Blind - Astron Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

Page 9 text:

'PHE ASTRON CLASS POEM Ili' Siox M. LYNAM Wo lluvv mmm to tht- ond of mu' sulxuol days ln-ro, Alul tlu- pnst is ull vltut'lcet'04l with snnshinn und Slllltllh 'Yhoru nrt- iuoinurlus: ghxd, then' into uwlunrivs sud. 'l'lu-ro ls love in Hill' hunrts fm' tht' frluxnls we lnlvn lnndvg lint th1'uup:h r6lll1Sll'lll0 null sluulmv. through uusy und hurd, Wm- hun- mum- to tho plume win-ro our putinvnys must putt Wu will wlilslior gmnlflryv with n tour in the nyr. And wt-'ll hold tu thu lm-nmrit-s wo luwn- ln thn hcalrt. 'Plwrv is 1't-url, thu uno jvwol wo lnnvm- in our I-hiss: Sin-'rx the rust' minutg' thorns. I mn sorry fm- hor, For hm' Clntnuos fur joys lnwt- lwvn t-nst uniting luuys. And we-'rv dull 4-im-rtuiiiui-S, I mu sure shcfll 1-uxwiir. Thi-rv is Sinn, and I think I'd he right if I 1-hynmd, But tlwy say Illnl I ought not to do in zl hook. Yi-t I think that his irk-nds, who know all of his trends, Will nlisvovvr my moaning if thoy will hut look. And uh! Mnsvs. who stnxnls ut his glass like xl girl. Emu- twisting' und turning ln this way und thut: And I thlul: l'd he 1-ight if I said. as I mtg-ht. Thai it takes hhu nu hour just tu put on his hnt, Therv is Buford. u'ho's wrnplied up in Lntin und Math, And anluviug old thusui' und ull nf his kind, Aigclwnirnl signs und gvouictriunl liuos On his hmln, if vxmninvd, I think you wunld find. And nun' we- have OOIIIG to tho Svniul' thnti holds All thc- dignity the rlelss is so proud to possess, And his ammo is quivt Coy-such it gontlcumnly boy- Yuu'd he lumpy tu know hiui. I'll vvnturu to :in-ss. And thu lust, und I think I might ndd, und the lvnst, Cmnt-s thu punt, ll Sort of Bohemian guy, And of wlnun to spa-uk truth. you would say. Hi-'s nnmuth, Ru! in-'d lu- quite xx trout if he w:1sn't so dry. And now. uftor taking 4-in-h iuotnln-r in iurn. 1 will t-lose up this pmun with it ft-W i'vmul'l:s nuu't'. I would say, 011' 1 gn. that I'd hnvc- you to knnu' Thur we down on the juniurs our lu-sr wishes pnur. Su shun n'v'll lu- lt-nving the svluml of our youth, We nrt- glud, hut wo fm-l. tim, u punt: of l'L1LEl'e't. And we uliixpvr :und-hyu with n ti-nu in the 4-ye-, As wc gn fmiu tho frionds that u'o'l1 in-vcr fm-gm-t.

Page 8 text:

6 THE ASTRON quired yours of study :md of mczlreful testing of the writings ol' Tin- clull, Helmholtz, and others, thvvc- being cvc-11 now nn book in Eug- lish that upproachcs il in ulusuns-ss of K'2lll'lllilflOl1 or in pruvliral value of results. Dr. Simpson added also to our musiv 1-um-so n systvm of scivntilic voice cullurv foundml on the ll'ilL'lllllgS of l L-ulinullil Siebel-, Sluvk- hauseu, I-I'ucrlingcr, and many English writers. This bmnvll he taught himsvlf for yours with murkvd sucm-ss. llc has hoc-n tozwlming now stouclily sim-0 F0lJl'll1ll'j', ISGG, :xml prialns himself on thc fact' That he tuugrht for tluirty-tlircc ycurs and mu- month without losing an hom' on account of illuoss. llis hvalili is still rc-imxx-kahly good. und he sm-ins murv vigorous than lllilllj' men of half his ago.

Page 10 text:

MRS. EDNA R. HARRIS, A. B. Lady Principal G. E. LINEBERRY. B. A. Sukrinlcndcxll L, L, SANDY Hrad Industrial Deparmxcnlfor Boys