William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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THE GLEAM But yet, in silence dignified, They gravely set to Work, For members of that grand old C1355 VVere never known to shirk. VVith Water, soap, and scrubbing brush They made the chimney shine, Until, at length, no one could find A trace of that 'O9. But yet the memory of that deed 'Will live through years to come. No other class can hope to gain Such prestige as they won. Here Venus ended, with a sigh Because that tale was done, And said, If I had time, Ild tell, More honors that they've won. Then Mars with deep drawn sighs, th The very castle Walls, Said, I would give my kingdom, to Transport them to these halls. If we could have such folks as they Upon this mountain tall, VVell might we then deserve the praise That We, all, know it all. at shook . l For, just to judge from this brave act, This class of 1909 Is just composed of members, who Should really be divine. If you could just think of some way To make them all come here, ' To me, -oh Goddess Beautiful, You would be then most dear. I left them plotting in this way, And came back here to you, That you might know how Mars Will praise All great things that youdo. So study hard, you Seniors dear That you may earn the praise Of gods, and on Olympus, high, May spend your future days. L. E. H., '09

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TI-IE GLEAM But, somehow, it was taken down, And so they thought, and thought, To find some other way, by which A vict'ry might be wrought. But yet their thinking was no use 'Til I went down one day, And whispered in a Iunior's ear, I know a dandy way. It never has been done before, And so, of course it's new, just climb upon the roof and write, In figures all may view, The year in which the greatest class W'ill from this school depart, '09, the greatest of the great, Enshrined in every heart. A This Junior boy at once went back And summ-oned all his mates, And said to them, all summoned ther VVe're sure helped by the fates. A goddess just now told to me How we a name rnight leave Down here at dear old I. I-I. S. And honors, too, receive. I-Ierewith, hevtold the junior class The plan that I had made. And so they put the hgures up In paint that would not fade. Behold, ,next morning, down at school The admiring glances cast Because the class of 1909, A vict-ory'd won at last. V But ah, alas, that self-same Week, Their pride, it had a fall, Because Professor Bryant, he A classmeeting did call, And told that saddened Junior class That ' 'O9' must come down, If not, the juniors would be fined, Dismissed them with a frown. And so those poor, sad, junior boys Once more that tile roof scaled, And, by the scoffing Sophomers, VVith shouts of joy were hailed. C

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22 THE GLEAM 4 A REVIEW OF PROGRAMS. One of the most enjoyable, if not the most beneficial portions of the course in English this year, has been the series of programs given-one each week, for six weeks,4on the lives and works of the six most prominent poets, who formed the links in the literary chain from .Shakespeare to Tennyson.1 The first ro 'ram, directed by Miss Lillian Haupt, dealt with MiT011,S works, and, ai tliiis was the first of the series, it could not be expected to equal in quality the later pr-ogrammes, the supervisors of which had the advantage of the criticisms made on previous entertainments. However, this programme had the advantage in originality and selection of material. The programme on Coleridge, given by Miss Louise Pritchett, contained two distinctive features -one, a talk on the Causes of Coleridgeis Small Output,', by Mr. I-Ieman Swift, the other, the reading from the Ancient Mariner, by Miss Nell Galla- gher. Thiswhole programme was indeed different from the preceding one. Then, Miss Adelaide Casper's programme on lfVordsworth, carried -out still further the idea of the reading of famous lines from the poet in question, by including a recitation of the Ode to Duty, by Miss Ruth Wfilliamson. The essays which were read were also especially line In the programme on Burns, under the supervision of Miss Marjorie Tate, a new idea was introduced in the giving of estimates by each participant. The very subject itself, lent a varied atmosphere to these numbers, and the reading of f'Cotter's' Saturday Night, by Miss Nell Fisher, was exceedingly' different, and, indeed, very interesting, in that Miss Fisher interpreted the dialect so c-reditably. The fifth programme, led by Miss Marjorie Crichton, and devoted to Keats, contained a variation in having thepaper on the Personal Appearance of Keats, read by Miss Ruth Davis. It also carried out the idea of memorized work in the 'fOde to a Night ingale, recited by Miss Mattie Stewart: Probably themost novel feature of thispprogramme was the dainty little programmes made by the leader and her helpers. The last programme-the one on Shelley, conducted by Miss Made- line Bostian, was especially notable for its originality. Two essays, which gave us an adequate idea of his life and art, were supplemented by a recitation of -one of Shelley's most beautiful poems, the Cloud. Miss Johnston's reading of several Sketches from Shelley's Love Affairs, was also an entirely new and interesting feature. Altogether the whole series of programs has rreached a very high -standard : and the knowledge which each pupil has acquired in this delightful' manner, is very likely to remain ever with him,