Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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3 I I ' Ffh' 'lfF':'!II., WWW? --i A S. 'f'An old man going a lone highway A Came at evening cold and gray - I To a chasm vastand deep and wide. . 'Z -- V The old man crossed at the twilight dimg ' V The sullen stream had no fears for him. ' ' ' 1 But he turnediwhen safe on the other side, Q - V . . And built a bridge to span the tide. ' - A . ' ' V 'Old man,' said a fellow pilgrim near, I - K You are wasting your strength with building hereg . V A Your journey will end with the ending day, . ' ' You neveragain jwillpass this way: . K V , ' 'You've crossed-the chasm deep and wideg W ' . - - Why: build you this bridge at eventide.?' ,Q .. 1 'fThe builder lifted his old gray head. V Q ' I V 'Good friend, in the path I've come,' he said: , -- Q' ' -V - . - 'There followediafter me to-day ' ' . .U ' H, -'-A youth whose feet must pass this way, V 'V V ' K - ' This chasm that has been as naught to me A 1 gi at L' .-To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall beg - He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. V Good friend, I'm building this bridge for him. -Author Unknown. lisgfsgxgt ' Zig' Progress is the theme of the 1927 Sunflower, and the buildings pic- S tured throughout the book show the progress made by Topeka. As the old man built the brid e for the fair-haired outh, so our XXX . ' . y :SSS parents have built for us, who enjoy the comforts and advantages of this cit . VVe in turn led e ourselves to build a brid e for those who K follow us in preserving all that is good and promoting all that is fine in this, our beloved To eka Hi h School and the cit of To eka. g Y ,SSS iw , SF 5 ,. it ,,,,,. l il - . ' , .ip , 1, u or 2 Ln., Q '.i,p,:-.sl.:1gjI',fi.l..r-ow, '..,' ,, A 4,j,l,7, 4, V W ,W .,.,t. 2 i'i:fiif'i'gL,,l3li',fi it l.Z'i?i'LZ :mzigiiQi,1i Sgr, - ' A. 4 1 ill. ..ux..t.,, ll