Pratt High School - Osage Yearbook (Essex, CT)

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S 'QQ x . XX Y VI -K. M vfglzz qi . 7, A '- -.Q Z1 I ,I H DEDICATION We, the Class of 1949, wish to dedicate our Year Book as a token of grati- tude to Mr. Arnold D. Oliver who has ably guided us through our last three years at Pratt. May we be better men and women for having known him. . 3

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V, 1' Mi' 7544-a 'lfilklli lvl!- V? 0-151 A 'Q' 'ii- - ' I,-nv 2 f' ? THE QLD WRECK QOSAGEJ A RELIC OF THE WAR OF 1812 Resting below the grist-mill old, Mid eddying foam Hakes from its wheel, It shows when drained the tide at ebb A few black ribs along a keel. There has it stood for eight years And marked the busy seasons go From the bloom of shad-bush on the shore To the hazel's pale and dying glow. But few remember when 'twas laid, Or heard the mallet's echoing rhymeg Or saw its rib uprise-a frame- As some monster of the olden time. Yet did it never part the tide, Its sail to bend 'neath favoring breeze And ride by Ceylon's perfumed isle Or harbor in far distant seas. Its hulk shall be a funeral pyre- The calm Connecticut be its graveg And the charred form of many a ship Shall thy gently rippling waters lave. Unknown the British sailed the stream When darkness brooded over allg Besieged the shores, the vessels burned And held the town in terrors thrall. Still 'mong the annals old and quaint The story is still handed down, And the old wreck is pointed proof Of when the British came to town. -S. M. CoMsTocK 418937

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'1 llvl Q f f , liv.-v 'll A spvahyz lf W,', 5 in . A APPRECIATION We would like to show our apprecia- tion to Mrs. Catherine C. Ford for her in- valuable aid as our class adviser and the organization of this, the 1949 Osage. MRS. C . ORD WELCCME GILBERT B. PEARSON We, the Senior Class, as representatives of the entire student body wish to take this opportunity to welcome our new principal into our ranks as a fellow citizen of Pratt High School. May his stay here be both enjoyable and successful.