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T H E A U R O R A Thirty-nine DOROTHY STRAUB - PRESIDENT MARGARET HARRIS - - VICE PRESIDENT PAULINE MULLOOLY - SECRETARY HELEN FREIMAN - TREASURER CLASS MOTTO Efort is the beginning of success. CLASS FLOWER White Rose CLASS COLORS Lavender and Silver ROLL CALL MARY ACKENHAUSEN ELSIE HARRINGTON AMY BROWN MARGARET HARRIS ELSIE DOYLE EVELYN MECHTEL ERVILLA DUNHAM PAULINE MULLOOLY GRACE EATON ALICE ST. HILAIRE IRENE FEARON ' PATRICIA STEPHENS HELEN FREIMAN DOROTHY STRAUB IONA HANLON MARGARET WEBER
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Forty THE AURORA LIFE OF JOYCE KILIVIER Alfred Joyce Kilmer was born at New, Brunswick, New Jersey, December 6, 1886. People who knew him as a boy described him as one of the funniest small boys they had ever seen, basing their characterization on the fact that he wore rather odd-looking clothes. In one respect at least he was very much like the majority of boys-he never acquired a great liking for school. Between the ages of eight and twelve he contracted a violent passion for a lady of thirty-five, who was his school teacher. It is told that at a preparatory school he made up his mind to stand at the head of his class, and he accomplished his purpose although hitherto this goal had seemed un- likely of his attainment. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1904 and received his A. B. from Columbia two years later. j In 1908 Joyce Kilmer and Aline Murray were married. It was plainly seen that theirs was a love-match, for their married life was one of happiness, made so by trials and hardships mutually borne. For several years Joyce was not only a successful hus- band and father, but was also a clerk, reporter, lecturer, editor and Writer. When he told his fellow clerks that he was a married man they looked at his youthful, jolly face and refused to believe him. When he announced that he was not only a husband, but a father they were willing to accept any statement he made, and if he had said George Washington made the Statute of Liberty, they would probably have nodded and said, Yes, that is so. It was during the time when his little daughter Rose was suffering from infantile paralysis that he and Aline found a Love greater than that which they had previously known which magnified their devotion for one another. They were received into the Catholic Church. Kilmer declared that he had always been a Catholic at heart but Rose's illness had made him realize it. His life and poems after his conversion were so filled with God and Love that they were like psalms. Many life-long Catholics wondered and were put to shame by this young convert's extensive knowledge of Catholic practice. The legends and ancient customs of the Church always gave him pleasure because in them his aspiring and romantic mind found 'food for thought. When Kilmer learned that the United States had entered the war he did not wait to be drafted but joined the 69th and took all possible shortcuts to get to France. He was at that time the father of four children-Kenton Sinclair, Rose, Deborah Clanton and Michael Barry. A short time after the angels had carried Rose's soul to Heaven Christopher was born, and a few days later Kilmer's regiment sailed to France. In No Man's Land Kilmer was an excellent soldier and fighter, a true friend to his regiment, and his natural happy self. From France came his best writings. The letters between him and his wife were wonderful because of the common bond of love between them 5 but his other letters were scarcely less beautiful and charming. His war poems were marvelous. Rouge Bouquet the best-known was so well-liked that the com- mander had a dozen copies made to send to his friends, and his fellow soldiers sent copies to their sweethearts and mothers. The war brought him nearer to human beings 3 it brought him from his little castle of dreams but it could not, thank God, destroy those delicate and imaginary strains of thought that were his-it made him more trustful and humorous than before. His essay Holy Ireland shows best the effect the war had on him. Although his bodily fatigues were great, yet his mind rose above them and he found beauty in life's coarsest materials. After reading his war poems, essays and letters we see a different Joyce Kilmer. Before, the poet was first but now the man advances. Strengthened by trials and nearness to humanity, he appears a radiant being, glowing with love and faith in God. The poet falls back and we learn to love Kilmer, the man. When Kilmer's buddies saw him lying on the ground with his face toward the camps as if trying to find the enemy's position they walked over to speak to him and found him-dead. He was buried beside Lieutenant Oliver Ames and on the cross above his were inscribed the words, Sergeant Joyce Kilmer-Killed in actionf'
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