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A PETITION “1 speak, O Readers, of those seniors sage, Who now for many weary years have hastened Up and down the many flights of stairs Of Pekin High School, bearing in their arms Note hooks, heavy with their learned lore. They met in council, and when all were come, Their noble leader thus addressed them all: ‘Attend, my comrades, suff’rers as ye are— We have toiled up the lofty, time worn stairs Of this most noble and renowned pile. And though often footsore, weary, could not rest, For only three short minutes did we have To go from lowest depths to loftiest heights,— And what a cruel fate awaited us Were we one minute late. We are pressed down With toil and sorrow, much have we endured, But now, in wrath we rise against the fates That force this cruel task. Let us petition Jove For speedy succor.’ Then the seniors rose And thus, with winged words, addressed the gods: ‘O Father Jove, and all ye blessed gods Who dwell on Mount Olympus, hear our prayer. Was ever school thus visited by thee With such affliction, or were made to suffer so? Give us, we pray, a building planned to suit our needs, That thus hereafter we may work with joy. We ask it for the Juniors and all those Who in the future years will follow them. Now be at least one wish of ours fulfilled.’ They spake and wept. And Jove in pity then Answered their prayer and gave them what they sought.”
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