Woodstock School - WHS Annual Yearbook (Mussoorie, India)

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THE W. H. S. ANNUAL, I928 I5 CLASS POEM THE. CALL lONE.E.RS, pioneers, marching ever on- ' Pioneers, pioneers, look forward past the fight! You will have to battle-battle for the right- You will have to pray-then pray for the light! You will be discouraged, yet rise up and win! Worthy harbingers of life, you must never fall, You are pioneers, you know, awake and conquer all! Pioneers, pioneers, you will have to work. i Pioneers, pioneers, cut on with your keen knife! Perhaps you'll have no honour, perhaps you'll have just strife, But ever through the ages, be sure your words have life- They live, and grow, and blossom in the hearts of men Till all your gifts be paid a million times again. So must you rise up now and tread the road of Hope Till all your task is finished and the Judgment Book doth ope. Pioneers, pioneers, this was the cry they heard! And then to answer with their strength the younger world did rise To answer with their lifeand faith, to brighten weary eyes 2 They looked ahead with steadfast gaze and cared not for the prize, They did care tho' for high ideals and for a fight hard fought, They looked ahead to future years and loved each plan well thought 3 They worked and laughed and watched with joy as each new step did form- And from their hope and laughter a tradition has been born! FRANCES lVlATTlSON. F. 5

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I4 THE W. I-I. S. ANNUAL, I928 Hugh, as Count de Woroffski, created a reputation for himself, and Kitty, as Baroness Vladimir, his sister, acted her part to perfection. Frances seemed to be in her natural element as the little spit-fire, Poleska. Didn't Florence turn into the most lovable old Ivan? The rustic amours of Nlicheline- Madge-and her jealous swain Osip-Paul Stewart-added a humorous touch to the play, while Francis Kribs, as Kouli- koff, played his part of villain quite naturally! The production was a credit to the Senior Class as a whole, and especially to the patient and untiring efforts of lVliss Woodward, the Director.

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r' I6 THE W. H. 5. ANNUAL, 1928 CLASS :HISTORY HE. Class of ,ZS is one of the largest graduating classes we have had in .Woodstock for several years. Our history is the history of ten individuals who have wandered over the Eastern and Western hemispheres, until, drawn by some strange power of Fate, we have met here for a longer or briefer time, and grown to know and appreciate one another, and to go forth with a common feeling of love and- loyalty for the place where we have met and worked together. Anne Fitzpatrick and Beryl Coombe first entered the portals of Woodstock three years ago, when Anne came from St. Mary's Convent, Naini Tal, and Beryl from Queens- hill in Darjeeling. Sandy Rollo, Paul Stewart and Francis Kribs have alsogbeen here for the last three years-Paul and Francis are old Woodstock pupils. , Madge Durham, who was here in the days of her very great youth, returned in '27 to do her last two years' work. Frances Mattison came to us last year, brand new from Middle- town High School, Middletown, N.Y. This year we have had three newcomers to enter our class -Florence Alexander, who returned to Woodstock after two years in Libbey High School, Toledo, Ohio 3 Kathleen Barnett, who came to us from Ayrecliff, Simla g and Hugh Conley, who returned from Garfield High School, Terre Haute, Incl., to do a year's post-graduate work in P. S. C., Naini Tal. Hugh made a chance visit to Lanclour this summer-and liked us so well that he stayed! It is with regret that we think of leaving so soon the scene of happy comracleships, but yet we know that, however far apart our paths may lie in the coming years, our loyalty to the Class ol '28 will never be forgotten.