Saginaw High School - Aurora Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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CLASS POEM. I XTR )I)l'CTl( N. I've tried to rhyme in eou])lels. and I've tried to write blank verse. The difference was that one was had. the other one was worse. I called the Muse unto me to help me with an ode The uselessness of that attempt the very first line showed. 1 tried a nature poem next, and though I'm no criterion I realized it was pretty bad. and tried the scheme Spenserian. You'd have thought I might be weary, but I stake my word upon it, I produced a new concoction, which I have called a s nnet. O ye thoughtless ones! who really think to rhyme is any fun. Let me tell you that the poet's lot is not a happy one! S X XET. () coming Years! It is to thee we frame Our prayer for friendly omens on that day ( )n which our playtime we must put away To enter life with higher, nobler aim. The past is gone. We cannot now reclaim I'he years that have flown o'er us. We but pray Thy yoke upon us thou wilt lightly lay. Our follies are of youth, and have but youth to blame. Then, kind+v“Future, give us of thy store -Such- n: .1 as seems best in thy good sight; But c-fit none off untimely, e'er he find The jrlaiV and task that is to him assigned. —‘ Grant. jf. ix seem in thy fair judgment right. Wbat ye strive after, that to gain, no more. Dorothea Prall. 2t) •»

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oughly appreciated by both girls and boys. The room is large and light. Some of the equipment is as follows: parallel and horizontal bars, flying and traveling rings, horse, punching bag. Indian clubs, dumbbells, etc. It is also arranged for games of basket ball. The swimming pool, which was also given by Mr. Burt, is a building set apart from the Training School. There is a passage way from the gymnasium to the balcony of the swimming pool. Below the balcony, on the side toward the gymnasium, there are sixty dressing rooms. On the opposite side there are tub and shower bath rooms. In the center of the building is the large tank for water. The water, which will be obtained from salt wells, will be from three to eight feet deep. On the second floor is a long hall for lockers. Since the Manual Training building is larger than necessary for the manual training work, it is also used for part of the academic work, such as Latin, some of the English, Stenography, and Bookkeeping. This makes a connecting link between the old High School and the new. Now that these magnificent structures are completed, and the work in them commenced, the students and citizens of Saginaw can more fully realize the kind thought that prompted such a noble gift. Mary DeLand. 19

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PRESIDENT’S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Throughout the four years spent by the Class of 1906 as students of the Saginaw High School, it has always been their custom, whether purposely or by chance to follow a course peculiar to themselves. Therefore I as their repre- sentative will not follow the example of some former class presidents, and dwell upon the sadness of the occasion, for we know well enough, that the ending of old associations and old duties, and the taking on of new responsiblities, brings the feeling of regret, and no doubt, some of the happiest days of our lives have been spent within these walls. These are days of great educational advantages, and throughout the entire country there are many excellent schools, but few have greater advantages, both mechanical and educational, than those afforded the pupils in our Saginaw High School. The Class of 1906 has the distinction of being the first class to be graduated since the opening of our fine Manual Training School, a school of which Saginaw is justly proud. Our only regret is that this school had not been founded three years sooner, so that we could have received its full benefits. It is interesting to compare this school as it now stands, with the first High School of Saginaw. The High School as a separate branch was first established in 1867. The first class to be graduated was in 1871, there being six in the class. In 1880 a new High School was built, on the same ground that this school now occupies,this location being chosen against the wish of a great number of citizens, who claimed that it was being built on the outskirts of the city, since at that time nearly all south of the school was woods. The faculty of the school at that time consisted of the principal 21