Paris District High School - Yearbook (Paris, Ontario Canada)

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' 1 PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Poets' Corner Music First Prize, Poetry Contest. 'Tis the voice of God's love, this endless melody, That rings from age to age unceasingly, And making bright the darkest, dullest day, With notes of ecstasy, along the way. With joy, our little feathered friends we hear Unite in praise to One, their Maker, dearg To every breath the forest bends in time, And to the whistling wind the boughs incline. Music, we see in the river's bright How, And the brooks ripple a tune as they onward go, The trickling rain-drops do sing as they fall, And earth re-echoes the chorus of all. Who does not hear it in the ocean wave, When mighty its roar resounds from cave to Cave, When tossed and rolled by a Wild, fierce storm, Or lulled to rest on a warm summer's morn? The strains of music greet the blushing bride, And call the handsome bridegroom to her side. The song of war delights the savage ear, And stirs the heart to kill, and not to fear. Upon the grassy hill the shepherd sings A song that moves the hearts of slaves or kings. With notes more divine the harper of old, In the maiden's ear whispered dreams of gold. Can't you hear it in the air? just everywhere, In every act, in every scene we fare, Sweet tunes, gay trills to soften and unchain Our souls from evil and dishonest gain. Ruth Gilbert. 0 Sprung Second Prize, Poetry Contest When spring comes tripping over the hills, Bringing the lilting birds to the swaying trees And sweet soft winds from the rippling rills, Then an intlnite glamour the whole world fills. And the morning comes wrapped in silvery mist, Hiding the Helds in a robe of dew, Draping the trees, and the grasses, dew-kissed, Peep out at the sunbeams dancing through. Pale hepaticas push through the earth, Willow buds open in green lacy plumes, . The streamlets prattle aloud in their mirth, Telling the world that the spring has come. Mary Britton

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 19 prominent in the organization of rural youth movements throughout the Province. Harland Kempthorne and Dick Murray became boat-builders, and in due time, their enterprise reached great proportions. They had the honour of winning the Harmsworth trophy by piloting their own boat Richard V to victory over Gar Wood's Miss America XV . Adam Miller and Leslie Cohn practised law together for many years in Brantford. Adam became well-known, not only as a clever lawyer, but also as the owner of a kennel of English racing dogs. Both Adam and Leslie have retired from the practice of law, and devote all their time to their dogs. They are familiar Hgures on every prominent dog track in America. The story is not complete. Here and there parts have been left out. In other places I have wilfully erred from the true course. It is beyond my province to disclose everything. Something must remain to hold your interest, so that even when the passing years verify these prophecies, you, looking back, will smile and say, Pshaw, it is only a coincidence. Robert Cowan, Prophet. My Desire I want to be the kind of kid Teacher wants me to be, A kid with lots of work to do, And be a pet oh gee . I do not want a real high markg I do not look for praise, I do not covet school-wide fame Nor real long holidays. I want to be a little help And show some grit in meg I want to be the kind of kid That teacher wants me to be. Carrie Steinhoff.

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'Wi Q 4 M A22 V2 .jg ,,W'l' life W rl Ili . lllli Literary Society Executive of Spring Term President ...,... ,, ...,,.....,,.,.....,.,, ...,,.. ..... ....,..,...,,.A . , L aura Wilkin First Vice-President .,...,. Keith Brown Second Vice-President .,.., Lucile Kitchen Secretary ..,,...,,.,. ii..i .. . ,. Douglas Moss Treasurer ., ...... Elleene Munroe Critic ..... . ,,.., Vera Bradley Prophet . ,,.., Robert Cowan Poetess .,......,.. Ruth Gilbert Marshall ...,..,...,..........,,,,..,...,.............,,,r William McCrow Executive of Fall Term President ...,,..,...,.....,.........,,,.,,,..,.....,....,..... , Elleene Munroe First Vice-President ...,... ,.., K eith Brown Second Vice-President .... . ...... Jean Taylor Third Vice-President ...,. .... D oris Tucker Secretary . .......,...,......,. .....,.. E lsie Black Treasurer . . , ., Douglas Moss Critic .,,.., .. .... Norman Seip Prophet .. .. .,.. Glenn Taylor Poetess ,...,. ...,,.., .,.., R u th Gilbert Marshall .,..,,.,.................,..,...,.,.,,,,..,..............,,.,. William McCroW The Literary Society of the Paris High School is an organization of which we are all justly proud. Attended and directed by the student body alone, this society sponsors all the various social events of the school. The Field Day Dance, Commencement, the At Home, and the famed Senior Prom are all under their management. The executive is elected twice yearly by the pupils, and the meetings are held in school hours. The programs, presented by each form in turn, offer varied and diverse entertainment. Radio sketches, dramas, musical numbers, and dances, exhibit the versatile genius of P. H. S. The Quill, our school paper, is the funny bone of P. H. S., and during its reading, great is the apprehension of each member, lest his name should be mentioned in connection with some misdeed. This, then, is the P.H.S. Literary Society, the centre of wit and Wis- dom, the axis on which the school revolves as a social institution. Elsie J. Black.