Waterloo West High School - Wahawk Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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THE AN UAL THE WAHAWK 1939 Annual Publication of the Wext Waterloo Higlo School Waterloo, Iowa eo PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS

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RALPH TESKE Editor-in-Chief MARILYN MILLER VIRGINIA SHANNON Associate Editors WILLIAM PAULSEN Business Manager , fx J -I--'7.ff'!J ---sl?-I

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FOREWORD Many moons have passed, O Reader, Moons of glory and of splendor, Moons of chaos and disaster, Unremembered by the living, Now forgotten, save in legend. Many months and many seasons Countless as the leaves of Autumn, Myriad, as the stars of midnight, Have made their way across the meadows, Lingered near the fertile corntields, Wandered through the virgin forests, Since Black Hawk, leader of his people, Mighty Chieftain of the Prairies, Rested from his day of hunting, Sat before his ornate Wigwam, Pondered while he puffed the peacepipe, Dreamed and drowsed and saw the smoke Curl and twist in slow gyrations Upward 'til the fires of sunset Seemed to smoulder in the heavens! Long he gazed in meditation At the gold and purple splendor, Thinking of the Past and Present, Wondering where the Red Man's Future, Musing on the Great Hereafter, When suddenly there rose before him, Vaguely veiled in dusk and twilight, The Vision of a vast Tomorrow- Marveling, Black Hawk saw the Cedar Spanned by stone and steel-made bridges, Saw the smoke of many chimneys Mar the beauty of the heavens, plumes