Raleigh High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Raleigh, IN)

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fThe Old School House Tower-Continuedl In the old school house tower Alas, must we leave it once more! Hangs the Bell: - What? Why the old school house doorg A quaint friend that seems to know Just as Freshmen through it we passed, All our joys and all our woeg Now as Juniors we fondly askg ,V It is merry when we are glad, Are we notproud its great steps to pass oe'r, It is solemn when we are sad And the long stairs we adore. . And so long it's there 'All is well l -BILL THOMAS I When Daddy Sings . When Daddy sings he keeps his chin When Daddy sings it makes him frown Black Joe and Cradle of the Deep Pressed tight against his chest, Or wrinkle up his noseg He growls them extra strong, And just before the folks begin, He waves one finger up and down I don't see why he cares a heap He gives his voice a test, The way the music goes, What ever words belong: He growls Do, do, first high, then low, And when the song lasts very long, You just hear Tum ti iddy um To see which way sounds best. He rises on his toes. When daddy sings a song.

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Literary Department I The Red und White Oh we have always favored our beloved Red and White, As grand and great and glorious as thy sons can make for And we have always labored to do for thee the right, thee? , l Then three times three for Raleigh and the dear old Red So then we will always guard thee from any deed of shame, 1 and White, , Wggilfiigvrggan Sfilldefend thee' naught Shall Stain thY honor' Yngwie prepared us, dear old Raleigh, to win life's earnest 1 tg As beneath our honored colors, our knowledge we attain Thgn to thee give homage, for teaching us the right, Or gain athletic honors, to place beside thy nameg And ne'r shall fade the prestige of the dear old Red and So despite our many failings, thy honor shall be White. - MARK BILLS Spring P - .- ' There are very few of us who know what the coming of Spring means to man as well as the school children, and in order to get a closer view of the term spring we must look at it from the school children's point of view. Spring to the one who attends school, or in fact any- one who is kept indoors the largest per cent of the day, means a time of increased joy and happiness, not only because the coming of birds and flowers, puts new life and vim into their bodies fatigued by-the long winter work, but also because we are unable to travel about more freely and inhale into your lungs the pure spring air, made sweet by spring rains which invigorate and encourage the growth of plants. Spring is also the,time 0' a great event which we look forward to, during those long winter days spent in pouring over the books of various sorts, and that is the close of school. As school closes in the spring we leave it with our hearts full of hope and joy and eager to enter into our work, on the farm, traveling or whateverit may be. The Old School House -Tower -A . In the old school house tower, In the old school house tower In the old school house tower Hangs the Bellg Hangs the Bell, Hangs the Bellg And above it on the vane. You can hear its great heart beat, Deep and solemn. Hark again! In the snnshine and the rain, Ah, so measured, mild and sweet, Ah, what passion and what pain! Stands the wooden steeple ball And the janitorfthe floor so patiently sweeps, When we hear from our exam With the flag above us all, While below, marbles we plays for keeps Finding that we were but a sham, And all is well! So all is well! Yet all is well !

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Picture of the Grammar Department CLASS ROLL GRADE 7-Vesta Divelbiss, Ennis Bridgman, Bessie Freer, Myrl Gordon, Mary Kehl, Della Rogers, Eugene Martin, Floyd Kirkham, Frona Clifton, Florence Cole, Lavanne Nelson, Ova Plummer, Joseph Laughlin, Belva Carson, Anthony Hood, George Rogers, Levi Ivins, Jennie Cloud. GRADE 8-' Opal Foust, Harold Rider, Mary Rider, Myrtle Jones, Mildred Banks, Scott Poer, Ruby Ertel, Margret Seegers Milo Aiken, Myron Hood, Pauline Mattix, Harold Cloud, Blanche Allison,