Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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HU Etrbarit li ICiuitsry Impartial and fair to all, lie inspires in pupils and teachers a desire to follow his leadership. Friendly in manner, he laughs with us commanding at the same time both our friendship and respect. Interested in school activities, he is a constant help in his capacity as adviser. Progressive in his plans, he is ever ready to retain what has proved of permanent worth, but is wise enough to investigate what is new and beneficial. Interested in the welfare of every student, our principal is diligently and sincerely working for the success and best interests of the school.

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19261 FI9Z61 fHurp JJn'iaymjif (lljmi $aetni Teaching, the stupid work of a drudge? You don’t know. I enter the class room babel, and quietly go Close the door, return to the desk, and silently st.ind Awaiting attention, until with no spoken command They grow still, their uplifted faces responsive and fine, And now for an hour they are nobody’s else but mine. You say that my living is lost in their lives. It is true, But mine is the spirit that moves them to what they shall do, My comrades and friends—to do with almost as I please. My heart is the organist, theirs are the stops and the keys. They are the orchestra, I am director, and they Are eloquent strings whereon my mute baton may play. Wide realms are ours to venture in. Thither we fare Gallant explorers together, to seek and to dare And to conquer. I may be the leader; they frequently lead. With mine but tbe mind to direct their force and their deed. No drudgery this, an exulting and God-given power That bumbles the soul before God at the start of each hour. A fire that burns one out by the close of the day But respirits itself along a miraculous way. Item Evelyn Henderson. TEN