Williamstown Community School - Hornet Yearbook (Williamstown, MO)

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Up rugged paths and steep we’ve climbed To reach the mountain smiling, Nor turned aside for pleasure's call. So honeyed and beguiling. Each heart was bound by purpose deep, Like bands of steel entwining, To reach the prize on heights above, A prize in radiance shining. The heights are reached toward which we toiled In dark and sunny weather. Then must we part forgetting all The days thus passed together? O, say not so, as in the past Class spirit we kept burning, Let now a purpose quite as strong Mark every year’s returning. A purpose deep and well-defined Within each heart’s recesses To help the world along, nor pause For pleasure's false caresses. To freely give the world our best, To this our word is plighted, In this, as in all other things We stand a class united. OUR CLASS FLOWER W - is for worthwhile work; H - is for higher standards of living; I - is for intelligent thinking; T - is for training well; E - is for everlasting hope; R - is for responsibility; O - is for organization; S - is for standing up for one’s rights; E - is for education. —Oneida Mae Walker 17