Washington High School - President Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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meckcafion We do noT die, we live in The hearTs of our friends. Mr. Billing lefT us many monThs ago, yeT he lives in The hearTs of all of us here aT Washing- Ton. Thus, do we walk wiTh himiand keep unbroken The bond which held us close Toqhim while he lived. RoberT Browning's poem, Pippa Passes, which he ofTen quoTed for sheer enioymenT exemplifies his life in all iTs fulness. The year's aT The Spring, And The day's aT The morn, lViorning's aT seven, The hillsides, dew-pearled, The Lark's on The wing, The snail's on The Thorn, God's in His heaven, All's righT wiTh The world. YeT, since his leave-Taking, we know ThaT noT all is well wiTh This world of ours. Each new day reveals some new problem To be solved. On The oTher hand, Mr. Billing's fine sense of humor, his ,7 rwoi When EarTh's lasT picTure is painTed and The Tubes are Twisfed and dried, When The oldesT colors have faded, and The youngesT criTic has died, We shall resT, and TaiTh, we shall need iT-lie down for an aeon or Two. Till The Masfer of All Good Workmen shall puT us To work anew. And Those ThaT were good shall be happy: They shall siT in a golden chair, They shall splash aT a Ten-league canvas wiTh brushes of ComeT's hair, They shall find real sainTs To draw from-Magdelene, PeTer, and Paul, They shall work for an age aT a siTTing and never be Tired aT all! And only The MasTer shall praise us, and only The iViasTer shall blame And no one shall work for money, and no one will work for Tame, l BUT each Tor The ioy of working, and each, in his separaTe sTar, Shall draw The Thing as he sees for The God of The Things as They are! Rudyard Kipling V love for The beauTiful and his genTle philosophy all combine To leave wiTh us a feeling of securiTy in The fufure. He lived his life, iT is True, and laid iT down when his call came. BuT, whaT is really signiHcanT is The facT ThaT his life as he lived iT wiTh his family, his friends, and associaTes has been proiecTed inTo The lives of all who knew him. There lingers in our minds Mr. Billing's greaT opTimism and faifh in The fuTure. The sTudenTs and faculTy of WashingTon were indeed forTunaTe To have had him here during all Those years. He had a way of causing cerTain seemingly impossible siTuaTions To melT away inTo rouTine acTion as he defTly guided us along. A sense of humor, a smile and unbounded courage even when he knew ThaT his physical condiTion warned him To be more careful made each day a real evenT. Hisichurch was enriched by his membership. His conTribuTion To his day is wiThouT bounds. We are proud, indeed, To perpeTuaTe his memory in The pages of our annual for all To cherish in The years To come. Page five

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