Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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 THE EKIN IAN alir HfrBt i 7 ) V yoM fail in the race? Did you faint in the spurt ID here the hot dust choked and burned? Did yon breast the tape ’midst the flying dirt That the leader’s spikes had spurned? Did you do your best— Oh. I know you lost. I knozc that your time was bad. The best of it since the beginning, lad. Is in faking your licking and grinning, lad. If you gave them the best you had. Did your tackle fall short? Did the runner flash by If 1th the score that won the game? Did if break your heart when you missed the try? Did you choke with the hurt and shame? If you did your best Oh, I knozc the score; I followed you all the way through. And that is why I am saying, lad, That the best of the fight is the staying, lad. And the best of all games is the playing, lad, If you give them the best in you. —Robins. aC------ EIGHT IQ