Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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M2333 THE 1909 NORTHER Mem A FEW LINES BY WILLIAM HAWLEY SMITH WITH Apologies to the Shade of Robert Burns. John W., my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your black hair curled a' o,er your heid, Your mustache was na, kent! Now your gray locks are straight, John, Your mustache like the snow, But blessings on your whitenin' pow, John W., my jo! John W., my jo, John, We clamb the hill togither, An, many a canty day, John, Weive had wi' ane anither. An' still Weill clamber up, John, Wi' hand in hand we'll go, Gude luck, we'll some day win the top, john W., my jo! John W., my jo. John, When we the hill ha, won, We'll stop an' look about a bit, Our faces to the sun! An, so, mayhap, we'll rest a while, Before we further go, Then, on we'll gang, still higher yet, John W., my jo! John W., my io, John, No hill-top ends our way, Ayont the stars our journey runs, Forever, an' for aye! An, a' mankind mount wi' us, John, Hands gripped wi' ours they go, Thank God for Comrades on the road, ,Iohn W., my jo! ,lohn W., my jo, John. You've hit your sixty-five. You stan' there, ivery inch a mon, An' ivery inch alive! We love you, we, the friends you've made, We,re a' in that lang row. An' ilka prays. wi' a', God hless John W., our jo! Peoria, Ill., April 20, 1909. I9

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THE 1909 NORTHER APRIL THE TWENTIETH im V if U IPENESS, Reserved Alacrity, The Distilled Essence of Many Suns, The Range of Experience, A Sure Aim -1- a I-Iost of , Friends Growing with the Years 1 65. '93 7' . Ts hm m '. qv Y ix . P 1 DR. JAMES B. TAYLOR. I went to school to an idea and was enlightened. I went to school to an emotion and was inspired. I went to school to an energy and was spurred to action. I went to school to a man, and his thoughts and ideals and energy filled me with new light and new desires and new power. I went to school to a friend and he touched my life with the upward impulsef' I-Ie entered into my thought, into my dreams, into my career. The I is ten thousand young men and women, and the idea, the emotion, the energy, the man, the friend is John Williston Cook. FRANCIS G. BLAIR, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. We've been singing about you, Dr. Coolcfi 'I lr Q- Q 55241 I8

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