Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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Senior Class Poem In the galleries of memory there hang for me. Pictures more fair than Raphael or Glen; Por they carry me back to those golden days Of Oak wood Township, again! As the curtains of ages four years roll back, Glorify all to my wondering eyes, Prom the echoes of childhood there comes to me, The march of the forty and five. Ah. they move to that wonder on yonder hill, a Monument reared in the forests new slain; Not a gift of the State, but of Three I .oval Towns, Our school now honored in name. Through the halls loudly clatter material and men, Bending the stairway unfinished and plain; And the forty-five Freshmen 'midst toils increased, Keep on with mighteous main. But the passing of time saw the school stand still, Perfect with pillars on reddish brick walls; bile the rapturous gazes of passersby Were drawn from far cities' calls. And what wonder of wonders, at last they came Good girls and boys from the Past and the West; Some on horseback, in cars, or some walking there To claim this school as the best. So the new year has added the twenty now, Making us seniors quite joyful at last ; But of forty and five only fourteen remain. Oh, where are those of the past? To you who have nurtured this flower so bright. Watching this school in its struggling growth, As the seniors of '20 go marching by. They will cherish your interest bestowed. To the world we are going to take our place Saddened in heart that the farewell is here; But Oak wood Township, guard thou well Our Alma Mater dear! VlRtilB DALBF.Y, ’20