Southwest High School - Sachem Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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If we seek to climb, Obstacles may chance to be Stepping-stones for you and me To some height sublime. ' Isabel Graham. I J 10

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HE palms of tlic south tower tar into the slcy, and their branclles present a sootlling picture ol' graceful symmetry. Under the urge ol a gentle wind, tlle trunlcs sway rl1ytl1mically to the carefree rustling ol' tlme lJI'tlllCllCS overhead. But tlle gales soon rise ancl lasll in fury, and llic limbs, twistecl and torn from the palms ancl clasliecl wilclly upon the lueaclm, lie in a chaotic, tangled mass of green wllile lielpless trunlcs crasll violently clown upon the sands. The ceclars ancl pines of tlme west struggle valiantly for exist- ence on tlle pealcs and among tl1e roclcs of the mountains. Bent but never lnrolcen lay the bitter everlalowing gales of the high riclges, tlmey rise yet again to Continue their larave light slcyward. Scarrecl ancl twisted, they still possess a laeauty which is tlmeirs alone,-a laeauty not in symmetry but in rugged laravery, not in size laut in strength, not in incliviclualism but in llarmony witlx the scudcling clouds ancl tlle siglming grasses. Nlaturing as the ages roll slowly by, tliey assume a wisdom taught lay the elements. Sturdy ancl glorious, tllcse spirits climb ever sliywarcl and, never dauntecl, strive on and on. As tlie ceclars and the pines,- Oli, may we reach far nobler heights Of lmrmony and grace, Ancl may we, each and every one, carry on ln our lmmlole place. Page 9

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