San Jose High School - Bell Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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18 THE' BELL mnununmnnlnnnxuuununnunannunnnnunannunnunnunnunnunnnunuunnuuuannlnunnlnuununnunnuanannnuunnnunnnnnnn have struggled in vain, but that they have set an example which We should strive to follow. And we agree with John Oxenhani in his answer to the question, 'To Whom shall the World henceforth belong, when he replies, point- ing out the work to be done by the youth of today, TO WHOM SHALL THE XVORLD HENCEFORTH BELONG? To whom shall the world henceforth belong, And who shall go up and possess it? To the Great-Hearts-the Strong lVho will sutiier no wrong, And where they find evil redress it. To the men of Bold Light ' Wliose souls seized of Light, Found a work to be done and have done it. To the Valiant who fought For a soul-lifting thought, Saw the iight to be won and have won it. To the Men of Great Mind Set on lifting their kind, NVho, regardless of danger, will do it. To the Men of Good-will, lVho would cure all Life's ills, And whose passion for peace will ensue it. To the men of Good Fame VVho everything claim- This world and the ncxtAin their Masterts great name,- To these shall the world henceforth belong, And they shall go up and possess itg Overniuch, o'erlong, has the World suffered Wrong, YVC are here by God's help to redress it. By SEWELL HATCI-11511, President of Jazuzury GI'fldllllfl.I1g Class of 1926.

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THE BELL ' 1nuAnnnnnmmmnuunnum n I nunnnunmnmumnnnumnununnunmnuuuun nun umuun nmunuu try the right to be an independent state and to be governed by their own laws. , Years later in America another great heart was found in the person of Paul Revere, whose name has been among those connected with the American ideal ol' patriotism, and with whose story we are all familiar. Longfellow tells us: He said to his friend, 'If the British march By land or sea from the 'town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the helfry areh Of the North Church tower as a signal light! One, if by land, and two, if by sea, And I on the opposite shore will be Ready to ride and spread the alarm y, Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up tlllfl to arm! HA hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light The fate of a nation was 1'idi11g that nightg And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 9 in So through the night rode Paul Revere, And so through night went his ery of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm,- A ery of deiianee and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door And a word that shall echo forevermore. For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, I11 the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying l100l.-l3G2llS ot' that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere. 9 That midnight message, a call to arms, is, as Longfellow says, as necessary forevermore as in 1775. The eall to arms today is as strong, or perhaps even stronger, than it was then, because today one ot' the biggest eonquests is that which has to be won over the ease offered by our inod- ern civilization, and that eonquest is not an easy one. The young gen- eration does not believe that these great hearts and strong of the past

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THE BELL 19 The The The The emolfies LQ And now in lighter strain, to entertain, A few occasions are recorded here, That in some distant year may bring back memories dear. Thus cheating fate of memories late, This page we dedicate. freshman year these platitudes made clear,- That That That the faculty was not concerned over the the death of Cock Robin, Little .lack Horner's remarkable stroke the text books, marbles was not a fashionable gamcg circumstances accompanying of fortune was not recorded in And that. Mr. Shreve had been to Harvard. sophomore next with lordly mien annexed, adds this to knowledge's text,- That That That Th at j u n i or Th at That That That seniors That That , That Th at the activities of the lunch hour had a great deal to do with the price ol' eggsg these missiles had an unpleasant way of adhering to one's clothingg the Aristocracy met in the grocery store at registrationg Mr, Gleason's appearance sometimes dismissed this gathering rather unceremoniously. year with findings more and slightly grander than before, lays these disclosures at the door,- a library was a place in which to throw bolts and washersg vacations were few and far hetweeng the book deposit of three dollars did not go very far in settling up accountsg San .lose High School was not a summer resort. in perfection found, in gaudy raiment strutting coveries profound- a charitable impulse was the only incentive to attendance the last week of schoolg the only way to fool Mrs. Center or her successor was to be on timeg civics was not a course for the feeble-niindedg it is easier to make friends than leave themg And now that we've recorded The pranks and lore afforded, We close this book and pensively depart To seek the worldly mart And shall not come to write again. Our lagging footsteps pass the door And never know it more. And as their lingering echoes die, Others 'to our places Ily And we are soon forgotten. Cast far by life's tempcstuous sea, Schooldays are but a memory That come again in reverieg And schoolmates now are scattered And nevermore are at our side. -RICHARD P. COULTER. 'round, add these dis- wide,