Villa Madonna Academy - Ros Maris Yearbook (Villa Hills, KY)

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,F .L 4, Ja T9 9EEf':,.czf J sf CLASS PROPHECY Take thls rose and gently press Neath the leax es of some old book When the petals flnally w1ther Open then and take a look Thxs was told me long ago Weary months had slnce passed by Yet I scarce had dared to ope them Though I knew the leaves were dry But at last a curlous feellng Overcame my t1m1d self So I took that dusty volume Took It from 1ts dusty shelf Then I opened w1de the pages Took the rose from out 1tS place And behold' each w1thered petal Had the form of some fa1r face Thxs surprlsed and somewhat cheered me But I scarce could th1nk twas true For those Sl I'11lll lg beammg faces Were the ones of grrls I knew Neath each face was just a sentence ust a llttle word or two But thls Wfltlflg, partly hldden, Set me guessmg what to do Then I not1ced three red petals, Three, besldes the other elght. I-Ixdxng from me all I sought for These were Memory, Years, and Fate So I tore them from the sepals Seeklng those that lay beneath, And began to read the wrltmg There before me on the leaf S ,,.4 V, 4-if - - 1 -f .4 v R if a 77335 e To - I - he Xe- xvf QQ' gf, 1-'J-fAA'T -img sie of it . O 1 J u I Q - . I J I '.'f5'll

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4 if 'T i ,.,-C A SHQFIS -JL and poetry are essentlal to human hap plness It IS true that we could 6X1St wlthout them just as we could exxst wlthout trees wlthout flowers wlthout plctures wlthout good books and wxth out any of the beautlful thmgs we prlze so much But would t be a world worth hvmg m9 Poets have always attrlbuted to mu slc a power over even the 1nan1mate 'H--rv I -o' forces of nature The power of muslc to sway the feelmgs of man has never been more cleverly portrayed than by Dryden m Alexander s Feast Poetry m effect lengthens lrfe It creates for us tlme It IS the breath and finer Splflt of all knowledge It IS bound nelther by tlme nor space but llves ln he heart and Splflt of man What greater pralse can be gxven to It than to say that hfe should be poetry ln actxon9 DOROTHEA HUYCK 45- if mLl7l-lui' '51 'iriai-AL . .,,,lll.-f M f IPage Tuenty I nel Y -, JI - itwlilf ,- '- nl 7--K Y Y-I V - ' -f .- fiog --' Q L+--s a ,Je ,, f ug. . ., so - 4 c so Q- so af-t a - Y . l ' If I V! Y 9 . ' , . , - n . I , . . . . , . i v 1 u 1 V t '25 : sig 3215 'L-7.3: H Eli.. L, if F A 'r' 9 'A A 'i'--' V the o gmc we -rin ,-,a, fglfll - ' rn, 1 -,l x , ' ' ' 2 : 7 -,, 'J x p- 'AE'-1 ' Q y'f'- I, s me ,- I-FF 'll ' 'F 'r l V 'l.,1f ' V1-1-Lf, ' 4' I 9 S l U 'l-' Jr? 23 ,f 'fri F ff- AHA ' ' e?zH-H l l L a - rig,-f 1 ,' , rl... F E755 . saga: H ..--' 'Q l 1 : Y V -- 4 - ' Q, ' ' E l 'N ' f' - '- 'P , ' 'Z 1 1 ' - - .--- 7 AU. , 1 1 fs: '- ' L, -. J',' fy v ' ' '.:.....2.n..4.n.4, -- ,Q 5 , l 'g-L., fa A f .5 nv , ' --Q .e gl- ,Y - - ' . A ' may e- t . 'Y , ' I , Nu-SQ,,.v

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J .J- 4L l I 43, 9Il9rE1f-' it Graceful after years of toll Dancing there among her puplls Lrke a fa1ry on the so1l Next came Hock no longer Peter But a sweet and slmple Nun Teachmg others on the fiddle Changmg labor xnto fun Then came Mog who marrled happy And at last has won her way Smce her husband IS a baker And she cooks all through the day Scxence had led Aldlne to explore And speclmens rare she found She treasures them all but the rarest s Strongly t1ed w1th the nuptlal bond Far away ln sunny Italy In a falr and fertlle Vale Was our Dot st1ll tr1m and damty W1th her Farmer 1n the Dale Rose wearmg a cap and apron Measured potlons wlth great sklll For true to her tender nature She would allevlate human 1lls Julxtta was found on an Enghsh estate Where kennels were most renowned And rn season was seen upon her loved mount In a cross country dash wlth the hounds In the mldst of a faculty meetlng Was our versatrle Irene, Who, for more than a decade, Had been Vassar's honored Dean So I close the rose, and kxss each leaf, Breathmg a slgh of content holds I thank Old Fate from the depths of my heart, For I feel thelr days are well spent RUTH LAUGHLIN, ' lPaye I ,f ff Joris 'g f- fc Y a4 - 0 u' I 4 - -WY IX, S 61 3 . .--' ...u.. I ,V 1 i'fA rg.. ,.- - - First was Lily, tall, and slender, he