Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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BERNEY R. STEWART f Principal of Shields High School

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iMii DEDICATION ERNEY R. STEWART ' S hfth year of service as principal of Shields High School has drawn to a close — Bve years of devotion and untiring efforts in the furtherance of the aims and ideals of the school. These five years have marked a great ex- pansion in Seymour academically, because of the establishment of higher scholastic stand- ards. Students have learned to admire and re- spect him as a person of strong convictions, open-mindedness, and far-sightedness. We, the Class of 1931, with four busy, suc- cessful years upon which to reflect, do re- spectfully dedicate the 1931 Patriot to Principal Berney R. Stewart who has so ably helped us through our high school career.

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Lin coln, The Man of the People % vj Up from log cabin to the Capitol, yy One fire was on his spirit, one resolve — W To send the keen ax to the root of wrong, n Clearing a free way for the feet of God, M The eyes of conscience testing every stroke. To make his deed the measure of a man. He built the rail-pile as he built the State, Pouring his splendid strength through every blow: The grip that swung the ax in Illinois Was on the pen that set a people free. So came the Captain with the mighty heart; And when the judgment thunders split the house, Wrenching the rafters from their ancient rest. He held the ridgepole up, and spiked again The rafters of the Home. He held his place — Held the long purpose like a growing tree — Held on through blame and faltered not at praise. And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down As when a lordly cedar, green with boughs. Goes down with a great shout upon the hills. And leaves a lonesome place against the sky. — Edwin Markham