Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Ol)e Victor? 2 .rgus Annual Of NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETEEN C. B. Kreiner, - Editor-in-chief D. W. Killinger. Business Manager Published by the Students of the Ottumwa High School Under Supervision of the Senior Class

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Preface IT is with a twofold ambition that we present this iqiq Victory Argus Annual, the twentieth volume pub- lished by the students of Ottumwa High School. First, we trust that this book may bring to memory in future years, the glorious victory of Democracy and Liberty over Autocracy. May this small representation sepve to impress the deep significance of Democracy which has made America the land of the free and the home of the brave. In the second place, we trust that in this book, may be found an accurate chronicle of the events and happenings of our high school life. We shall long cherish graduation from this institution as the achievement of a task which Democracy places before its youth. It is our desire that this book may serve as a memorial of this achieve- ment by the Class of Nineteen Hundred Nineteen.

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IN FLANDERS FIELDS In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, 'That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly. Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe1. To you from falling hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders’ fields. —John McCrae