Springfield High School - Resume Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Glnmmimrrmeni VVe stand upon the threshold of Life's realm, With scarce a backward glance on treasures such As those which careless youth quick flings aside When in the distance shines a greater prize. Our steps are yet uncertain, and our minds Would fain take in the meaning of it ally We hesitate, and peer with wondering gaze Into the dim mysterious Unknown. 'Tis all so new, this sudden heritage Of work, responsibility, and power, A half-regret is smothered in our hearts By pride and confidence,-youthls splendid dower. For each of us have dreams and visions bright, The world may call them wild-extravagant, Mere fancies springing from youth's glowing brai But in our hearts, these self-same fantasies Have power enough to shape our livesg they mean A hopeful courage and a faith in man, The love of right and goodness,-high. ideals. With such to guide us, we can scarcely fail To bring fair laurels to that place which now Awaits us somewhere in this busy world. Full soon we shall be parts of the great scheme Of things, and soon we learn that usefulness And earnestness alone accepted are By useful, earnest worlds. So may we all With understanding vision view the life That is to follow our Commencement Day. Commencement! Could we 'realize the full And serious meaning of that oft-heard term! It stands for the beginning of our work, The dawning of that knowledge we shall gain As with our untried thoughts and hands we strive To know and do all things, and those things well. The morning of our lives, now fresh and fair, We face today, but soon the early glow Will merge into the stronger mid-day light. This brightness will too often be obscured, Oyer-hanging clouds will hide from us the sung And in some lives the raging storms of doubt Wreak havoc for a time, but in the end, A noble strength of heart and mind and soul Will triumph over all, and win the goal. 14 ng

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