Pennsylvania Avenue High School - Quill Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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The Quill, 11936 Foreword it In this volume of the Quill We, the staff, have en- deavored to record and illustrate the events of the year I935-,36 of Pennsylvania Avenue High School. In order to make this book more interesting to you we have tried to present vivid accounts of all the activities that have interested you. In years to come We hope that the narration of these events will revive in your minds the happy realities. We now present this book with the hope that it meets all the requirements for a good one, and we trust that you will not value it by the mere sum for which you purchase it. THE STAFF Page Four QAfI ?175

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The Quill, 1936 In School-Days IOHN GREENLEAF Wm'rT1F.lz Still sits the school-house by the road. Within, the rnaster's desk is seen, A ragged beggar sleepingg Deep scarred by raps oflicialg Around it still the sumachs grow, The warping floor, the battered seats, And blackberry-vines are creeping. The jack-knife's carved initialg The charcoal frescoes on its wallsg Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to play! Long years ago a winter sun It touched the tangled golden curls, Shone over it at setting, And brown eyes full of grieving, Lit up its western window-panes, Of one who still her steps delayed And low eaves' icy fretting. When all the school were leaving. For near her stood the little boy Her childish favor singled: His cap pulled low upon Il face Where pride and shame were mingled. Pushing with restless feet the snow He saw her lift her eyesg he felt To right and left, he lingeredg- The soft hand's light caressing, As restlessly her tiny hands And heard the tremble of her voice, The blue-checked apron fingered. As if a fault confessing. 'Tm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because, -the brown eyes lower fell,- Because, you see, I love you! Still memory to a gray-haired man He lives to learn, in life's hard school, That sweet child-face is showing. How few who pass above him Dear girl! the grasses on her grave Lament their triumph and his loss, Have forty years been growing! Like her,-because they love him. Tags 'Three

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The Quill, 1936 E , N .X I V Dedication Education, the all-essential requirement for success in life, inevitably stamps the individual with its mark of distinction. It is the accessible factor that contributes much to Il personls character. Clean-thinking, broad-minded men and women issue from the portals of educational institutions every day to take their places as better citizens of the world. Therefore we, the Qui Staff, in our modest way of paying tribute, dedicate this last volume of the Quill to that unit in the massive structure of education- Pennsylvania Avenue High School The associations, the ideals, the development of mind and body are experiences represented by this building. They will always be felt in our progress, revered in our hearts, and cherished in our memories. No honor is too great for the beloved school that is now about to pass into history. Page Five Q