North High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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IDA MAE IMBRIE What suwct delights a quiet life affords.” — Anon. Ida’s the peaceful, quiet, kind, “Whose natures never vary.” She’ll finish school, and work a while, And then she’ll up and marry. Glee Club 2, Vice President Censowe 3, Commercial Course. JOHN A. LO CASCIO Deep thought seemed toiling in his head. Johnnie’s last name has a foreign-like sound. But he has the spirit which not many have found, In four years of football he gained little renown, But by throwing a javelin a letter he’s found. Glee Club 1-3-4, Track 3, Track Letter 4, Scientific Course. LAURA E. BLAKE How far that little candle throws its beams, So shines a good deed in a naughty zoo rid.”- — Shakspcre. Laura is thoughtful of others we’ll say, She works hard but finds time to do everyday Something for others, less happy, less gay, We know her unselfishness really does pay. Censowe 1-2 3-4, Basketball 2, Glee Club 1, Drawing Assistant, Classical Course. FERN DIESTA McGUIRE ‘‘For if she will, she will, And you may depend on’t; And if she wont, she wont, And there’s an end on’t.” — Shakspcre. I know a young lady by name of McGuire, Her mother’s a countess; her father’s a squire; For a position of bookkeeper did she inquire, And got the position by dint of threats dire (When she reads of these lines she says I’m a-) Glee Club 1-2-3, Censowe, Commercial Course. Page 10

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MARIE ORENA BEACHLER “Diligence is the mother of good fortune.’ 1 — Cervantes. You recall Marie B and her flaxen-like hair, That she always was tryin’ a new way to wear? Well,you just can’t imagine what she’s gone and done, She’s had cut off, every bit just for fun. (The above is not true but in rhyme it doth run.) Poster Contest 4, History Course. GEORGE C. BOLTON “Whom doth Ambition shun?” — Shakspere. . Little George Bolton with his caterpillar crawl Arouses a heap of envy ’mong his classmates all He often wanders off in the spring and in the fall; He claims he can’t resist allurin’ Nature’s call. Technical Course. DOROTHE E. BAKER “Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit. — Fielding. Now Dot’s not a cook, Nor is she a crook, But something much greater than each. For in seven classes, She not only passes, But D’s and F’s have been out of her reach. Censowe 1-2-3-4, Commercial Course. WILLIAM EDWARD BELLAMY “Life is short and so am I.” — Anon. William’s hard to get in rhyme; He never gets to school on time; Quick to join in any fun Before he has his lessons done. Commercial Course. Page 9

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THELMA B. CROOK “Let others dispose of questions. I dispose of noth¬ ing. I arouse unanswerable questions.” — Whitman. Thelma Crook has her head in the book From sunrise to evening setting. But I can’t criticise, For I’m not so wise, Now a lesson I ought to be getting. Glee Club 1-3, Literary Staff 4, Censowe 1-4, Class His¬ torian 4, History Course. MEYER J. GOLDENBERG “For even though vanquished, he could argue still.” — Goldsmith. He has a great big voice with a great big boom, And he will argue ’til the crack ofdoom, Nine times out of ten he has something to say; So we quietly listen, while he has his own way. Immigration Debate 1-3, Declamation Contest 1, Hi-Y 4, Scientific Course. GRETCHEN CHRISTINE BECK “Let the world slide, let the world go, A fig for care and a fig for woe.” — Heywood. Nobody knows what our Gretchen will do, When to North High School she bids sad adieu; But of one thing we’re certain her whole life through— That to all of her sorrows and fears she’ll say, “Shoo!” Censowe 2-3-4, Glee Club 3, Classical Course. BYRON G. QUERRY “A good name is better than r iches.” — Cervantes. Byron Querry is a husky little chap; He never says much and doesn’t give a rap; But let me tell where he’s right in his prime— On a football field in oodles of grime. Football 4, All City Guard 4, Track 4, Commercial Course. Page 11