Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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T1-IE' CAPITOLINE Page 13 Now even these sinners are back in their places, They've studied like-mad to keep up their paces, Now they keep step with all their classmates, Though filled to bursting seem their poor pates. Past is the grind, past are the hard places, Past our school day joys, too, and our faces Are grave. Grave as we realize how fast February, '09, will be a thing of the past. ' Nineteen happy Seniors, sitting in a row, Reach for their diplomas, their faces all laglow. Looking toward the future, the past left behind, May it prove to February, '09, very, very kind. MINNIE NELSON, February, '09. Hatchet 0f3ti0Ii June, '09, since your advent into these spacious halls of culture you have perserved a humility which betokens well of our great su- periority. Never once have you in the four years' journey across the plains ofalearning intercepted us. We will lay it to your desire for peaceful tranquility rather than your lack of nerve for the sad happy past has shown us that you are not altogether deficient there. June, '09, there has been little rivalry between us, your feelings to- wardus have always been friendly. Of course we may have had to reprove you for some thoughtless frolic or misdemeanor, but it was because we took s11ch an interest in your welfare that we did this. It is with the greatest pleasure that we recall the docility with which you listened to our teachings and the wonderful powers of adaptability you displayed in adopting the methods which our superior knowledge enabled us to suggest for your progress. How delightful it will be in the future years when you have reached to seemingly impregnable heights to remember that ours was the helping hand that reached out to guide you in laying the foundations of your destiny. Classmates of February, 1909, are you not overjoyed to behold the work of your handj Our dearest hopes have been realized. Wasl' it not with despair that we beheld the material wafted in with the breezes of February, '05. Yet just let your gaze wander over them assembled here in one vast throng and ask yourself if your work has been in vain. I need not pause for your answer for I know that you agree with me that our labors have been rewarded. ' Members of the classes of this most noted year, '09, we con- sign to its final resting place the little gleaming hatchet, diminutive