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Page 8 text:
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ur School We, the P. C. H. S. students, sing, School of the Celestial City on the shores of Illinois.” Pekin is a peaceful and prosperous little city. But well might we add celestial” to the school and sing with true conviction and firmness, celestial school.” We love its exterior, its interior. All of it is a part of us! How many of us have ever stopped and looked at our school—actually looked? If this were done, we would find a stately building, standing stal-wartly before us, a structure of grandeur and beauty. Many times we have unconsciously enjoyed the touches of Mother Nature surrounding it—the spreading lawns and beautiful shade trees, especially when spring fever was prevalent. To some passer-by, it may mean only a mass of mortar, beautifully designed, with Fergie’s” ever-shining windows peering out upon him. As students of P. C. H. S., we, too, appreciate this beauty, but we may also fittingly connect something to it. To us, those bricks may be golden bricks. They may represent our ideals of loyalty, of a spirit of united action and earnest service”, of elevated standards, and the mortar binds us and our ideals in a true fraternity” and a harmonious spirit. With such an exterior, who could hesitate to enter the building? As we pass over the threshold, we enter a little world in itself, where all, step by step, are gradually working toward their goal. Let us visit some of the prominent places in the interior of the school. As we wind our way through the corridors, we cannot help but be impressed by their cleanliness and orderliness, a fact which in itself makes our school excel many others. All about us lie many of our dreams, some completed, some unfinished. Our beautiful auditorium has provided splendid
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Page 9 text:
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surroundings for dramatics. Here many of the students have found their dreams of acting to come true. Here all of us have been seated and probably have been influenced by words of counsel received from our elders. We may not appreciate our school now as much as we should, but, when we must leave it, we will want to return. We’ll miss the library, modernly equipped for us. Many times over those tables we’ve conversed with our friends and sometimes studied, too. And the gym! Tha' alone contains a heap of memories. With continued advancement comes our Little Theatre where we forget our troubles and misfortunes and revel in the gaiety of some student entertainment. All of these are parts of the interior which have become a part of us, and we love them. Now we must leave this building, wherein lies many a task completed—and many left undone. The end of the year secs students again descending the steps, seme with thoughts of returning. For others, perhaps, it is their last time. To these, every step down is a step farther away from a store of beautiful memories. Just as the pathways from the steps lead in different directions, so shall we start out in different directions toward our life’s occupations. But we take with us, no matter in which direction, memories of a beautiful building, with pleasing surroundings and packed with pleasant memories—Our School! And let it evermore be sung: School of the Celestial City, On the shores of Illinois— Red and White forever waving, Pekin High, sing out with joy. Spirit harmonious, true fraternity. Torch of knowledge ever held agleam, And the seniors add: Keep her standards high throughout the ages, Long live the colors we esteem.”
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