Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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dguf- -sV- - we- fl- f 2 'rv . 1 f '- l- Sr 'fl 1 af? 2. 4. if Lv M 13-ll MFE' LU Pg? an is 'Lt il'-51. -1' ', ' '7 2 .ai-N ' I' ' , 2, 'f 'V it 1 'V VN-1. if i v T 9 fro f f ' T 5 5- . 1 -.. f, 1 , 4 ' ' 'Q M' I '--,Kihei , S- V V,n,lfg,lg,tiM,jQy 4 af' In , M fx'-.S.,Wa,:':N. 4!ffll'02il.lfG..fA-S. PM Malia2e2ilfllWl4..,l.H,.l MP There is an old adage which says, All things come to those who wait, Qif they but wait long enoughj and so it was with the Peru High School. We looked forward to the building of it for years, and our new High School was ready for dedication The day set aside for this great event dawned clear and bright, not a cloud was in the sky to mar its perfect beauty. But how could the sun refuse to shine when it was to be such a gala day in the city of Peru, and one to which we had looked forward so many years? ' By noon the streets were thronged with people, mostly Alumni, who were impatiently waiting to see the interior of the beautiful structure, which was to replace the High School of former years. Our minds had often pictured what this structure would be like, but our most ardent imagination had not prepared us for the magnificent edifice which was now completed. The exterior of the building was of the World- reputed Bedford stone. At the entrance was a Gothic arch, whose archi- tecture had been sculptured by the most renowned men. The floors and pillars on the interior were made of marble, while the desks and other wood- work was of solid mahogany. The finest pictures which could be purchased adorned the wallsg rare masterpieces of early artists. Seated upon the platform in the upper assembly, where the exercises were to be held, the honorary School Board, grown a little older perhaps with the cares and responsibilities of building the new High School, the pla-cid smiling of the teachers and professors, looking not one day older CPD than when, in the old building, they used to wrestle with the different classes. Behind these were the schoolmates and friends whose faces had grown more serious as each had taken up the battles of life for himself. The speaker of the day was our worthy Superintendent, whose address of eloquence was heartily encored. I was just enjoying the encore when a tap on my shoulder awakened me. I looked up to hear the pleasant voice CPD of a professor admonishing me to get to work. Upon looking around I found myself in the upper assembly, with the cedar desks and bare walls. The new High School was only a dream. -21 ,..,..- A- .1,,--A ...A A - m-' ' '-'hL 1'