Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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Dedication TO REVEREND L. AUGUSTUS REUDTER. L. L. D. IN APPRECIATION OF HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS ANI) PATERNAL GUIDANCE ALONG THE RUGGED PATH OF DUTY WE THE CLASS OF 1929 RESPECTFULLY AND LOVINGLY DEDICATE OUR FIRST YEAR HOOK “THE OAK” -4 7

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 “The Oak” I think I shall never see A poem lovely as a treef • •••••• A tree that looks to Qod all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray. Joyce Kilmer rees have been the companions of men since the creation of the world. ♦T Yes, we might even write the entire history of the world around a tree, ! for, from the very moment Eve plucked the forbidden fruit from its branches, down to the present day, prophets have based their sermons on them, poets have chanted their praises, and many nations have lived and died under their spreading branches; hence the title “Oak” has l een selected as a fitting name for the first edition of the Year Book published by the Seniors of St. Mary's High School. From what has the “Monarch of all Trees’ really developed? As one beholds the massive, wide spreading branches which withstand the storms and blasts of time, or seeks grateful shelter under its protecting limbs, one rarely considers that this same tree, representative of strength and endurance, has developed from a small insignificant acorn. May we, the little acorn of “nineteen hundred twenty-nine,” hope in time to develop into men and women, mighty in word and deed, and thus realize the significance of the title of our Year Ilook, “The Oak.” Rita Lawrence -4 !