Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Page 6 THE CAPITOLINE hammer has fallen repeatedly Qfor I have received knocks in plentyj in the main I have been successful. If I have offended any, I am sin- cerely sorryg if I have been unfair in my judgments, it was not in- tentional, and if our class has not accomplished all some of you have been expecting perhaps I am not entirely to blame. Although our class is small, it should not daunt us that We shall not till the stage of the opera house. There is often more energy and power in the most infinitesimal atom, nitroglycerine for instance, than in a large mass of matter. As your president let me say that I am proud of you all, and I feel honored in holding the presidency of such a class. It will give me great pleasure to recall in later years the class over which I was called to preside and I trust that you will continue to remember me 'in after years when the class of 1909 is history and its members ab- sorbed into various callings of the practical world. When we leave the old school and go forth into the world, let us not be unmindful of the duty which we owe to ourselves, to our friends, to our school and to our country. Let us resolve to be citizens of the best type, striving for the perpetuation of those principles for which our forefathers fought and died, that we might have this fatherland, this city, and these educational facilities. May we show ourselves worthy of their sacrifices and maintain by our lives if ,necessary the principle of light. In closing let me say again that I feel gratified with our showing. What we have done, we have accomplished not by any favoritism or adventitious aid but by earnest steadfact endeavor. We trust that our friends who are with us this afternoon Will receive our efforts in good part. W. J. MILLAR, JR., President, February, 'OQ. Class Prophecy CHESTER SIKKING. I was resting on a boulder in the opening of a dark pit, in the Himalaya mountains, awaiting my guide who had gone back, quite a distance for a light. My attention was attracted to a small shiny object, somewhat back in the pit and, for I dont know how long, I sat contemplating on what the object might, be, when it suddenly grew brighter and drew nearer the opening. I perceived it was an odd looking little man carrying a lantern who approached and commanded me to follow him. I-Ie led me through this dark pit into a cave, strange and extremely weird in its appearance and after pointing a long bony finger to some apparatus, which was as strange looking as its sur- roundings, told me in a squeaky, ghostlike voice, that that was the work of a whole life. By this device, he explained, you can see any- body or any place you desire. Perhaps it was because this was the fourth of February, that the idea came to me to endeavor to find out what the members of my graduating class of February, '09, were doing. Look here, said I, if this apparatus is what you claim it to Q 4

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THE CAPITOLINE Page 5 News is just what Karl Stockdale filled his department with. The ' editor always has to hustle to keep his department alive NEWS and we are glad to say that this department has been very lively under Stockdale's management. I The art department of the school has been of c invaluable as- - sistance to the paper. They have never failed to ART DEPARTMENT respond to our wishes and we thank them sincerely for all favors. P ' This department is always the backbone of the paper. Although V handicapped by a scarcity of writers TYPEWRITING DEPARTMENT this semester they have worked 'over- time to have our stories andydepart- ments ready for the press. To the instructor, Mss Hale, we tender our heartiest thanks. Special mention should be given the cartoons that have appeared monthly in our paper. They show a great deal of OUR CARTOONIST thought and pains by their author, Raymond Knotts, and we thank him most heartily for these enlivening contributions. The time approaches for the February class of ,OQ to step out of these old halls forever. VVe are grieved to leave the old school with its toils and pleasures. VVVe shall become weaned away from the old spirit that bade us cheer at the athletic games and rejoice as a part of the school. The Capitoline now passes for the next five months into the hands of the june class. They have our sincere hopes for success and may they make the paper bigger and better and a credit to the school. f I VVith this we relinquish the editorial pen and vacate the editorial chair with a feeling of pride that the paper has not been below its high standard under our control and a feeling of regret that we could not make it better. A VVe now bid you a most fond farewell. - Presidenti's Address , In the name of the Senior Class of 1909 I welcome you to our class day exercises. I preside for the last time over the meetings of the Mid-Year Class of 1909. Today the minion's knock of my gavel is heard for the last time. e To my classmates I would say that I thank you for the honor you ,have conferred on me in electing me, as you did. without a single dis- senting vote as the president of your class. e I have endeavored to fulfill the obligation which I owe you to the best of my ability. I trust that you have not been disappointed nor felt that your confidence was misplaced. Even if my policy was at times mistaken and my perceptions some times blunt nevertheless my aim was to serve not myself but my class and my school. Pope has said :- 9 E To err is human, to forgive divine. So I feel that though the

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