Sargent School of Boston University - Sargenta Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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14'- sr Q29 5 l Q 4 l E Alina illllilhreh Svheparh BURN 1897, NOVEMBER zo DIED 1918, DICCIEMBIQR 16 N Shepls death, came the first sharp word of sorrow into our little world, the first sudden realization that the class would not always he together, for although others had left us, we had kept in touch with them, but she was the first to go for always. Shep was always so sweet and patient, so infinitely so, cheerfully and continually striving against the unequal odds of a lack of physical strength, but never quitting. Always ready to help in work, or add her enthusiasm in play, and because of her lovahleness. her thoughtfulness and her friend- liness, Shep won her place in the heart of her class, and 1920 will not forget. 7l

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QOLFO Q0l.l 0 Ls: if 'A 9 15' iv 1 ' L: xl! yi E U . E 5 if w- E . 1-H 0 A- 0 L9 41 S fb 1 'S' 759s-N069 7699-RSV' THE STRIETCHER BEARER I see him plodding the Flanders mud, A field of carnage, a Held of blood, VVhere the maxims whine, and the big guns roar, In man's improvement on hell, called war. Not much of a hero to look at. Yes, Nluddy and bloody and weaponless, But where shots Hy thick, he unllinchingly goes, Exposed to the Hre of friends and foes, For he scans the fields where the windrows lie, By Death, the reaper, piled high, piled high: And he plucks from the outstretched hand of Death Some stricken mortal who still holds breath. Sing ye of heroes whose brave deeds shine On many il crimson battle lineg But give me the bearer of stretcher cot, lVho is always a hero, and knows it not. Es'r111aR O'CoNNon, lzo. .73