Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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+ • • •• • ••• ♦ ' ••• ♦ •••«••• ♦ •• • • . • THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS OF 1917 Staff Poem i 1 1 • We were not made for pomp and fame; ! • W'e were not meant to carve our name • In letters that would always live. | W’e have no magic power to give j To ease the world of strife and pain, | To turn its mind from sordid gain. I But in compiling this, otir hook, I We've tried to please where’er you look; j Hut if we’ve failed in this, one aim, f Be not harsh, but try to gain J From W hat we've written, howe’er small • And insignificant has been our toil. i So now we give this book to you, • W ith every hope for praise, so true; j And when you’ve read it through someday, • I! by any chance, we’d hear you sav, , This book has made my life more blest, j W’e shall be satisfied to rest. t BEULAH 0. EM RICK. 1 J; 14

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I STAFF j WALTER ARNOLD ROBERT ANDERSON OZRA BRACKXEY { Joke Editor Business Manager Poet FRED SHEARER RAYMOND .I NT EDGAR BEELER i Literary Editor Artist Editor-in-Chief I MARC.UERITE KREIN EVOK MIIXER BEULAH KM RICK t Joke Editor Asst. Editor Poet • t { ♦ ♦ GLEE CLUB ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ f ♦ f ♦ ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ . ♦ ♦ I ; ♦ ft ♦ ft ! ♦ 13

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—♦ THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS OF 1917 I • ••• • ••• • ••• • ••• • ••• • • ••• • •••♦ •••♦ •••♦• • Class Poem Four years ago, if I remember, ! think 'twill be in next September, We started in as Freshmen gay, And idled lots of time away. We prattled and we played, And sometimes after school we stayed, To recite some lesson which we slighted, ()r some poem we should have recited, And at the end of nine long months, We had done a million stunts. Three years ago, if I remember, I think 'twill be in next September, A hardy crowd of Sophomores we, Returned to Bluinc High School you see. In those days we writhed and wriggled, Sometimes we worked and sometimes we giggled; Through nine months more of labor, We proved to be each others neighbor. Thus we passed from Sophomore-hood, Then to stand as Juniors stood. Two years ago, if I remember. 1 think 'twill be in next September, We Juniors worked with might and main To hold whatever be obtained; Fought with all our might to be llappy, jolly, and care-free, 'Till at last we’d won the day lly honesty and true fair play. That we might be able then to stand And rush on into Senior land. One year ago, if I remember, I think 'twill be in next September, Seniors we at last became, Our hearts with joy and mirth aflame. We've paddled through schools rapid stream. So busy, oh how could we dream? We fought, we conquered, yea, we won, 'Till at last, school's years are done. And this is why we've kept the rule: Because we came to Blunte High School. O. B. ♦ f ♦ f t t ; ♦ ♦ ! I I ♦ I } : ♦ i ? ♦ ♦ ♦ ? ♦ ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ; 15