Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

Page 33 text:

ought always to serve Him and help to draw people to better life it can he perVel'tetl to the lim'est uses, The fallen angelsae well as the nnl'all- en make :t to ser nrposes. It t'llzll'lllS inunyzttmiilish youth into plan ve tll'lll mule. illltl it sets its lure in the house of her Y'ht t tops takel NeVeI'theless. t se of it do not tllHt'l'Btllt its mei'etlness or its value. lts ttlulh'e i hat it has more nohle uses. And what hasheensztitl eoneernha makes room for the proposition that it is the otlitre of nnlsit'. or liten. , to arouse onr higher wnsiluilitiem to assist in the t'tnllllllllllt'tttlttll o the higher form of ti'ntln to he the meth- 11111 through which spiritual ideas and impressions are vonwyed to our nli1nls.for nnisie antl literature go hantl in haml-that is, literatureprop- er. not tlitlat'tie tllStJtJlll'He, hut literature that has thatinspiration uhont it that arouses one to higher possibilities. No one l'llti has a shallow oi' tlimiant nature can he a lllllSlt'lttll or a, poet. Mnsiv has to do with inta 'ile. invisible 'it w thing '11 that plays upon lnnnan souls ant makes the '21' is bright. happy, noble-resolx'etl or joyous, innsie exp eat power. hnt evil lies outside its domain. It is lllllltlSSlbl ml sing or play at the same time. A happy chiltl sings as it l +nt- edly. hut the song ceases when tlisvontent takes 1th. 3. So t is in t wry- onek lite. songr illltl sunshineq evil and tliseontent. Now a few words about the nature of singing. then we sing we must sing with the spirit that will move the world alongfi XVe must try to make the sentiment of the words our own. antl utter it, not only With intelligence. but with fervor. lVe must put our souls into our songs. If we sing in the gallery, in the t'hoir-hox, in the street. anywhere, we must feel that 0111' great business is to make those who are 0111' auditors feel the truth and beauty of the WOI'tlS we are uttering. A leading singer in one of our metropolitan elnn'ehes, Whose name is well known in America and Europe, said once with great seriousness: I always had twolessons to teach my people on Sundays. and l always taught them as well as l eonltlf' No one who ever heard hersing could doubt what she said. She tlltl make the words she sang her own and they went right home to the hearts of all who heard her. Once in Eng- 30

Page 32 text:

some happy home not far away there comes through the soft shutth to your eur the note of :11iiuuo, intertwined hy the silver 1elody 0t 21 wiolir or some other iustrluueut. The dissouauees ure dri 1 Aled and the hur 111ouy is syreeteued het'ore it, reaches your ear. for itisi-ord: will no travel fur. and distuuee lends ellt'lltllltlllcllt not only to sight, hut sound. You listen 211111 the rey'erie hegius. The tune is not rt familiar one, but it is :1 meet one and charms you hy its hezruty. The music, goes on. but your thoughts fro fuster. Bareluvurtt they go, over h11'ied years. over graves of dear companions, over the ashes of many 21 desire that hy its own energy t,tousuiumt itself; over 1 eeks ot' xife-pluus and the dust of withered hopes-oyer till the v rrows the joys. 2111 the mis- ehauiees and the happy fortunes your .it'ee-hzuzkwirrd, huekymrd, to the hright 4 of your 1 tihooil. when the heart knew no trouhle; to th . : when 1' mother held you in her ztrlus iuut sungr some soo .iiie' t i :1 aseil the lips that had not yet parted to utter falsehood or loiihigss. U th teuother! The strains of music whieh you :1re listening wiuil themselves through :111 your thoughts of her. and you 112111 iezrr that song of songs you heard her sing uhoy'e your eru- dle. 211111 then it seems to he the plaintive iuiuor they ehzuited at her tu- neml. You have eezised to think other tuuerzil now; you hare resigned yourself to the spell that it is wearing:1rouuil you. 'lthrough :111 thethiu Vistas of that springtime of your life it lezutsyou: it hriugs you hetore the 112111111'21iiiti of your t'lliltlllontl sports thzit haye pussetl away like the dew of morning; it hriugs huek the seasons when your eouseieuve was so teu- der and your yezrruiue's utter :1 hotter lite was strong. Uh. why do the tears rt111,111'opl1y' drop. upon the window sill? chy does your spirit heut its wings against its prison wulls :llltl long to My huek to that vhihhsh paradise? Augelsi xy'iug's huy'e heeu hoveringurouutl you zuid the slieeeh of angels has been sounding in your euirs. A1111 so it is through lite. You will lilltt musie taking you hy the hand 211111 lending you through liehts ol' Illetliffttittll, eluding you for your faults and follies zuid pointing; you to ;1 hetter future. It is 11111 iutlueuee whose potency for good or ey'il We are not likely to oV'er-raite. For good or evil, I say, for While, like :111 good things that Hod has given us, it, OP, .4.

Page 34 text:

1111111 she sang; 111 11 1111111111 111 the 111-es11111'11 1111111111115 Kingsley. 111s 11111111- tit111 1111111111 111' The Three Fishers. 111111 1111111111 she was th1'1111g'h King's- 1ey1s11e1111 w11s1111we11 11111111 his h111111s 111111 hei 11g. 11' 1111111111111 33'1111111t113' she 111111 inte1-111-ete11 t11111111 his 111 A1111 111111'111111rti1111 11s 111111111'11s 11111 11 111111 111ws, t will 11tte1't1111n1selves 111 the s11111e 11111;:1111 111. .1 11x111'11ssi1111 111 1111 highesten111ti11n 1s13i1'111111111-11111s11-211. 1 11: 11111111111 t1-11111g'11l's1111111 great 11137 th11t 1111s t1'1111s11g111'1111 his 1111 1111111311 1111 1111111 11111 111311 11111- si1ti11n 11t 1111111111 wills1111t1111t there is ething'1'111'11111111'111 111 his 1'1111- t111'e. It is more lik1111 14111111t them 11 1111111 11. '111111 t111111s 111111 1'111111111'es11t' 11 1111111113'1-111111 1111'11 11111s11t111, 11111111 11'11111111eis1111t trying; t11 sing. 1111111111111 t11e11e1111t11'11n11 the 3111111 111111111 111' this 1slik111lx' 111 1111 t11k1111 1111 111111 1'11- 11eate11 1111'11t11e1'liv11s; s11 th11tthe tirst 1111111 11111111111. 11111111111 '1'1'1111s 111111 11 sxx'elling 11111-1111 11' l111s11g111111111ss 11'1'111111 11y sh1111 till the 11111'th. 1st111111111 inthetwiligl't11111111th111111ttl111111l11 111At11111t11. 1111111 111111 111' hells 1111' :11 s11111l 1111-111 thz1t s111111l11 1111t 111111 11V1111111'1111'11111'efi lt 11'11s11111111 s111111l11. 1111111- 011' 111s111111ei'h1111 the 111111s111111 1111111111111 th1111 the 1111111111s t01 dean 1111113'111g11'1th it. 1111.111111'1'1111'11' they t11ss11111t11111'k 11111 ,. 11101112111111111tz1111 t11 th1111th111-,111'111' 11111;; 1'111'11s 111' the 1111111 111111 1111e 54171:: 111111: A11'yi11g111111 1'1111111111111gth11s11 s1111l1l11 t111111s till 11111.11 1'11ent like 11 gre11t111'g1111. 11111111 111111111. 111 1111 exquisite 1111111111111. 1 shall never he111' anything sweeter t1111nt1111t till 1 1111111'tl11111111s11' 11l't11111111g111s. But, something quite like this is the 1111t1'1111111 1111111111111 111' 11111111111111. for the sweetness 111111 11111111ty 111' his 11111 1'11111111ts itsell' 111111 t111111s 11tl111r lives to its me11111y. 111111 1111s 111st1111t s11111'11s with its 11111'11111115'111111 111en11s with 1111 the j11y11t the 111111111. until the wilderness 111111 the s1111t111'lx' 111111 are 1111111 1111' 111111. 111111 1111'1111'111'111111111g the eternal hills the 11111si1' he 1111s begun goes 1111 forever. 8113' 1111t th11t the 11111 that 1111111 1111 lives after them. the 11111111 is 11t'te11 interred with their 11111111s... It never is, 1111' the good 111 1111111111Vs lite is part 111 the 1111111 111' 111111 ' that goeth 1111-th out 111' 111s 1111111th1 111111 it s111111 not return 11nt11 H1111 void, but it sh1111111'11s11e1' 111 the thing whe1'111111t11 110 1111th sent it. And overy 1111e that lives 111 this 11111111 1111- 111111 j11111s when 1111 passes 31