Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1917 •...•... • •...•... •... ♦— ••• .«• ♦ I : : f ♦ . 4 ♦ I ♦ ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ 4 4 • ♦ J ♦ 4 ♦ I ♦ . ♦ ♦ 4 I f ♦ t Advice to Juniors Oh, reckless Juniors do take heed, Do not travel with such speed, For the Senior road is rough— Scores of problems very tough. So go slow and take advice, Do not try to look too nice, And he sure and do not try, To carry all your deeds too high, That they will stand out in the way, And haunt you on some future day. Twill bring you grief aikI discontent, For it, no doubt, you will lament; Now take a little slower gait. Or you’d not stop until too late. Take just these few words as a guide. They may help you stem some tide. When you’re burdened down with care. When you journey out in life, Never harbor war nor strife. Always wear a pleasant smile. Though you’re laboring all the while; Always think before you speak. Always look before you leap. Juniors, if your heart is sad, Cheer will always make it glad. Never pout or whine, because Your job doesn’t make the laws; lie contented all the time, Let your thoughts just be sublime; Willing every day you live. Any other to forgive. 'I'his is all we recommend, llut to you, this we gladly lend. That you might not fail to be. Somewhat better yet than we— IN BEHALF OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1917. O. W. BRACKNEY. . « i . t I : : ! ; ♦ : i ♦ 4 ♦ ) f ♦ | ; I ; ♦ 4 ♦ 4 ♦ f ♦ ♦ : : : : 31

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THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1917 r i : : t t t : : Senior Philosophy We are often capal)le of greater charges than we perform. W e are sent into the world with hills of credit, and will never draw to their full extent. We are often able beause we think we are. Short absence (piickens love; long absence kills it. The absent pupils are never without fault nor are they ever present with excuses. The joy of meeting the Senior girls pays for the scoldings of the teachers; else who could bear it ? Nothing is. or can be accidental with the teachers. That which we acquire the easiest we get the most credit for. The actions of the Seniors are like the index: They point out what is most remarkable in them. Doing is a great thing: For if the pupils do what is right by the time they are Seniors they come to like doing it. When another Senior seeks your advice he generally wants your praise. A thousand times listen to the counsel of your teachers but seek it only once. The High Cost of Living is still advancing; the instructors demand a higher price for their advice: draft. We get advice bv the carload and give it bv the handful. ( Hir affections are like lightning: they come quickly and go quicker. Tears are often the telescopes by which pupils see far into Algebra and Geometry. Years do not make sages: they only make old men. ( ur golden age is before us, not behind us. ()ur ambition is like our love: Impatient both of delays and rivals. Next to the Seniors' excellence is the teachers' appreciation of it. Bashfulness is an ornament to the Freshmen but a reproach to the Seniors. When Juniors cease boasting you may know they are at last Seniors. Never enter the class room without, knowing something and you will never leave knowing nothing. 30

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