Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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fl:-tags-gfa eoozofiafcw The Capitoline erwewelloillemeowia 0 ofon-un-un Twel'lJ6 ----------------------+1926 +u--u-n------------- Springfield High School Lo! Upon September 6, 1916 an island slowly began to rise from the calm bosom of the Campus Sea. A remarkable isle Whose steep Walls were of brick and stone, whose caves were large and regular and sharp cornered. ,A magical isle Whose interior could be flooded at any time With golden light. A beautiful island Whose sloping beach was luxuriantly verdant with ancient trees. The island soon became populated with a noisy swarm of human beings- young and old. Nineteen hundred of them. Queer folks they are. During the day they slay at home in their eaves but at night they put out to sea and sail i11 their respective barks till Well after dawn the next morning.

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Q niu1nu -111--1111 - 1 -'Ill'-' ewoewaniamamwa The Capifolille ameomaiolamama Central High School Out of the sea some thirty years ago arose an island, the largest high school that Springfield had hitherto seen. lts halls were filled with the parents of many of the present dwellers. l-Sut the inhabitants increased so rapidly, even tho many put out on the mighty Sea of Life in which there can be no return, that a decade ago, many people moved to a 11ew island nearby. A younger generation sped through the halls of the older island. Then again and suddenly the order ehangeth and the dwellers thereof usually stayed one year. A home in the newer island is much desired and some meritorious islanders attain it. There is much interniingling between the inhabitants of the two islands as they have the same interests. -+ 1 9 2 6 +---- ------------ -------+ Eleven

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ewwewei iememen The Capifoline ieooweweamememem -gi ey ff. ff? 'W i-. .' We ' A , s X x g ,.i, , Queer fish abound the surrounding waters. There are huge fishes of the automobile genus and their speeie name runs from Cadillac to Hflswaldl' or L'Patsy. There are numerous small rocks nearby from which come the most alluring odors. As if they were Lorelei they lure the islanders irresistably at the time when the sun is at its zenith. Other odors lead many others to the lower floor of the cliff. Many mariners have charted this comparatively new island and have named it Springfield High School. The fame of its people has spread far and Wide. Not like those of Whose bones rest yet beneath its foundation this isle lives and lives in education and in youth. -+ 1 9 2 6 +---- ------------ -------+ Thirteen