St Louis Academy - Academic Log Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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QF' Y OU T H some for ni their For youth is life insistent, life strained for' Conquest bound With eyes upon the hills afar and feet that Span the ground. To youth no word impossible no task beyond Her skill. Success may cheat, or failure mock resistance Tones her will. When earnest years have Bed and time has Broadened heart and thoughts And roseate dreams of youth's bright years Untiringly are sought. Though some air castles have fallen, and others Crumbled to dust, She looks with generous eye and heart, ' For conquer it she must. And who of you would give, your heart joys Or your tears For one all glowing vision of Youth's S Most buoyant years? EUGENIA L1 A-SPRING The blizzards are all satiate Winter's icy blasts have goneg Plans begin to vegetate And the seeming fickle sun Remembers to stay a little late. April showers too have done, And the raindrops have abated Reminding us that spring has come , And all Nature seems elated. - HELEN Smmoun, '27. i ,Q X ,xv .. vw Q lpiiiff ffl, ,,., .. .1 rf. IJ'-H-1' nazi .3 . SM. .lj fy T 'Y - 1 , , :gil ,V . ' sf S Fl U S 4 f - 73 l lin' ' l 1 l

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5 X, 4'-'X'JIfiH2111lil'mmlmIIIIIIIINEIEQGQ-1-iii G L E A N I N G S 959- 9lPllhlllllllllIllIlIllllllllllllllliiiibyf'W'PH 1 A QUESTION OF HONOR What is it that aids the progress of a school, advances its interest, raises its standard, and implants in the hearts of its pupils noble sentiments of ideal woman- hood? Can we not answer the question by a single word, Honor , the keynote of character? The responsibility of sustaining the honor of a school rests upon the pupils themselves, and severest censure is due the betrayer of such a trust. But before the honor of the school can be upheld, there must be a preparatory step that relates individually to every girl--the honor owed to onels self, the pupil should be governed by certain principles of straight forwardness, truthfulness and an innate sense of refinement Which refuses to stoop to anything which savors in the slightest of the coarse. Attachment to these principles should be such that not even the ties of friendship could cause them to be forsaken. A woman thus honorable in herself must, as a consequence preserve this same attitude in her relations with her classmates. I Important as is the idea of honor to the pupil of High School days, there is even a greater responsibility resting on her after she has left school. It is the men and women who go forth from a school that make it growg it is their record in the world, their example that reflects honor or dishonor on their Alma Mater. Therefore it is a sacred duty of every student to cultivate the highest and best of mind and heart, while at school, and to go forth with a hrm determination never to do anything that could bring dishonor upon that school. HELEN Pocewrcz, '26. We, the clan of 1926, do herfby plfdge to our Alma Mater our ajectiomzta loyalty, rapport and apprrciation. v 'us C 48 G1 'I 2, 4-'liflx ? 'IIIIlillllilllIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIllllllllIllIIIIIlllIIIIIIllllllIllIllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIEJIIIEIIIIII +:'6li-q .f V D ,. ml. . N4 4 l yy' W

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IlllxlllllllllIlllllillllll IIEQQESISHGW G L 'E A N I N G S Q :-.giwggyl IIllllllllllllllllllllllllll e A lSiENIOR'S ,PRAYER Sometimes I sit and wonder In just the same old way, What each girl will be doing A year marked from that day. When each one will be stationed At a-task unseemingly fair, When each will be undergoing Her joys or perhaps a care. It is then that I start wishing That each will be well prepared, When they leave the dear old portals That they so lovingly shared. May their joys be outnumbered And their sorrows hidden from view, So that all- their undertakings WiIl'be sprinkled with honored dew. And even though the dangers Into which everyone will stray, Will probably be outweighted With the thoughts of S. L. A. But then there is a lull in-my dreamings Which prompts from my heart a prayer, Mary our Queen, our Mother, Guide us, keep us, 'neath thy care. BERNICE MCCORMICK, 26 WINTER He comes, He comes! Winter comes, then frost spirit comes! Let us meet him as we may And sit by the fireplace and with its light Turn his evil power away, And gather joser the circle around When 'ti as firelight dances high X And laugh at the shreik of the Ba ed fiend As his sounding wing goes by. ' ELEANOR LEWANDOWSKI, 27 A i H l! 'rl i S 3 K so 1 U : J L-. 'I llllll llll llllIIIlllllllIIIIllIlllllllllllllIIllllllIllIllIllllllllIllllllllllIIIIIIIllIIIIIIlllllIlllli!llIllIllllllllllllllilllllllilll!lIllIllllllllllrllllllllll Ill Illlll I Niki -y . , .h , ,, -. , .T 4 4 i - 1 I V, iii 'OX I :