Waterville High School - Tetonka Yearbook (Waterville, MN)

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J. F. SLICCHTA L. J. ICBLING - IL C. GRAFF - W. J. CHRISTJAENER WATERVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL J Board Of Education G. C. KANNH ---- - - W. B. SHERRATT President Secretary Treasurer Director Director Director

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LEGEND OF THE LAKES Once I wandered in the twilight When the evening star was shining By the waters of Tetonka That fair lake we call Tetonka, There the spirit of the Indian Seemed to hover o'er the evening. Lo, I seemed to hear him speaking, This the tale he seemed to tell: By his Wigwam in the moonlight Sat the warrior Sakatah, As he listened to the spring time, As he smoked his pipe of red stone, Came his neighbor old Tetonka, Came as silent as the night owl, In his bark canoe he came, Down the lake's silvery ripples, Caught the moonbeams gentle shining Fanned by spring time's gentlest breezes To Sakatah's lonely Wigwam. Spoke they little to each other In the shadow of the woodland, In the shadow of the burr oaks, Of the elms and ivy vinesg Listened to the frogs' harsh croaking, To the distant night bird calling, To the voices of the evening, To the whisper of the lakes. Nature Of the coming of the white man, Of the going of the red man, Of the changing of his nation. telling in her glory, Lower still the young moon sinking. Sadder still the old men growing, their gnarled old hands to- Joined gether In a sad and last farewell, For they knew their days' were ended. Ended in the land of plenty. They must seek the far-flung regions Fishing waters, games to hunt. There they parted, great Sakatah And his friend the old Tetonka. Parted they from one another, From the well beloved Waters. Twilight shadows gathered thicken- ing, Softer grew the evening breezes, Hushed the Spirit of the Indian To the Happy Land returning. They will never be forgotten, For the lakes that lie before us Carry on their names now given To the Waters that they fished in, By the Woodland that they dwelt in. And where Waterville now stands. A Dreamer, Emily McShane, '29. E

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Foreword For three years the Senior Class of Waterville High School has published the Tetonka, a book in which the achievements of the class are chronicled. The Tetonka will soon become a cherished tradition. The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-nine has added another milestone to the journey of the Tetonka and in so doing has made this publication a further step in its development as a tradition of Waterville High School. We hope that our Tetonka will prove to be a source of pleasure and an inspiration to the student, alumni, faculty and friends of our school.