Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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TRUTHS AND FACTS It is a law of all mankind To manufacture trouble, This poem's a proof, on the sea of truth Is often found a bubble. Now in this school We love so much The ups and downs are many, To help us 'long and make us strong Are teachers, brave and plenty. There's one, you must have met I'm sure, VVho'll stop a recitation, To tell you plain, you are insane, A disgrace to the nation! Another, 'til exams. you'll like, In class, you'll be in glory,- But Lab. days spent on pleasure bent, Will tell an awful story. On Latin, you may think you've made A hundred!-no deduction, But not at all, on you they'll call For some minute construction. When English comes, which all should love No matter Who the teacher, You'll find it best, and you'll be blessed, To act just like a preacher. In French and German you must work Until your brain is whirling, For there Will be no sympathy, If failure comes from girling. L. B. H., '13. 52

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The fire had died down but 1ny ability for seeing pictures had not dimin- ished. Now I beheld the chapel at the Roanoke High School. It looked different, for the former teachers had all departed, yet their places were filled with familiar faces. At the desk in the middle of the platform sat Mr. Mc- Quilkin's successor, Maury lVebster. ln Miss Boards place was Anna Camp- bellg in Miss Lovelaces, Carrie Oakesg in Miss Mabry's, Ruby Keslerg in Phelpss, NVilliam Malcolm: in Mr. Layman's, Elbert Priceg in Miss Critzs, Amo Bloxton g in Miss London's, Edith Mooreg in Mr. TlU1'1lC1',S, Eliza- beth Sempleg in Mr. Eeale's, Roy Lindseyg in Mr. Eindlay's, Hallie Beardg in Mrs. Sinclair's, Bessie Callowayg in Mr. Parsonss, John Sherman. The prin- cipal announced to the school that the speaker this morning was one to Whom these walls were familiar, one who had received her share of fun from school life and who had tried the patience of the teachers more than once. Thus introduced, May Rowbotham, in her peculiarly funny manner, entertained rather than instructed the pupils by her reminiscences. But it was the Faculty who enjoyed the talk most, for as May spoke, back came the bygone days, the old faces, and the old ups and downs, With the Hupsl' most prominent. l!Vl16U she finished, Martha Kidd played on her violin, Auld Lang' Synef' She played softly, tenderly, not for the pupils but to the teachers, VVhen the violin had half whispered and half sobbed the last notes, the students applauded uproariously, but the teachers sat with bowed heads and the tears were very near their eyes, for auld lang synef' My thoughts were rudely interrupted by the noisy return of the guests from the dance. Thus it was that there was not time to include all my school- mates in my thoughts at that time. INCOGNITA, IV. l ll E' ll l 51

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