Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-09
And We hope none e'sr will


i their cheeks do not lie,
Who the onsets OF Time Il
They thus hide from the eye.
of athletes, they have numbers,
On many fields tried.
And where they've not won,
At least they have tied.
A soldiers among 'em,
He to the wars been,
And with him brot home
A young Philippine.
OF preachers, not one,
Do our Alumni boast,
For they're little inclined
Their fellows to roast.
BY good fellows, many,
By sweet maids, not few,
Are the ranks of the Alumni
Kept straight and true.
Alumni, Alumni, of Cresco HIS,
May God in His mercy
Your right efforts all bless.
Response by Miss Tate.
This year we add the names of an
other class to the long and honorable
list of alumni. The last they are by
no means the least among their fell
lows. 1t has been their desire as we'll
as their ambition to join the family
of which Cresco High School is the
Alma Mater.
When we have the opportunity to
choose name we consider well it's
qualities form our point of view. II
the practical is subordinate in our
nature, we choose for euphony's sake;
if the practical predominates, melody
of sound is despised-if good common
sense, prevails the practical and the
aesthetic are combined, and the re-
suit is pleasing. Good common sense
las lead many to choose the family
name "Cresco High School," The
name honors those who adopt it and
has been in turn honored by them.
AS our toast-master has said no
alumnus may be addressed by q num-
Der in one Of our well-kept stone man
sions where fare and fashions never
change. No one has yet found.esat
in the nations colncils, but some
have not lacked training in State
affairs which will tit them for honor.
| able service when Uncle Sam "holds
ope the golden door" of opportunity
and beckons the to enter.
Only one has leaped into nationa'
fame, but that leap was wired from
ocean to ocean, and Macbeth could moi
say of him ''He hath only vaalzting am
bltion which o'erleaps itself (he) anc
falls on the other side."
| Others have run good race on field
gridiron, or diamond, and have beer
crowned with the victors chaplet
| Others have labored we'll, but expert
ence has developed both ''brawn anc
BRAIN" both courage and determine
i ton. But athletics is not the onl,
, field In which the sons Of your Aim,
! Mater have done we'll their part. The.
are found in nearly all calltngs. The,
, are trusted and trustY employees ii
! store and bank office. They have bee,
elected to responsible positions in tn
gift Of the people. They are success
full as professional and business men
, They are public spirited DESTROYS o
' advancing the interests Of the com
! community al large. They are think
$ ing men and build and plan for tn,
n future. Their opinions are not ready
y made, but are the result Of their Wig
j orous reasoning. They help to mol
v public opinion. They attack the prot
? lens OF civic life with greater vigol
no doubt, than they ever attacked an
problem during their high high-schot
course. But where did they get til
strength to solve present day prol
lens? May they not look back to til
days they spent upon the hill and /
thankful for the hours they had
struggle with algebra or geometry {
n physics? At the time it may hav
seemed harsh treatment on the pal
of the teachers. A few years out
the world has set things straigh
, You see now that it was the touch {
:, the s'diyine fire" in her heart that lie
q the teacher to insist with seemin
= harShness upon honest, sustained el
fort; upon self reliance; upon mani
n ness In action; upon self-control; an
"a looking at your lives she has her r,
ward.
/. The daughters of your Alma Mate
is stand in an equal rank with her son
II Noble and pure womanhood is exalte
is in their lives. Earnest and true, wi
.u some and generous, they rule, each /
n. her own particular sphere. Those WI
are shielded In homes and protecte
N from rough winds, have golden o
m portunity to bring brightness an
= cheer into the life of her less fort
nate sister. Those whom circun
4 stance or inclination takes out into
~ public life have also golden oppo
a tunity to carry fresh breeze from Il
N world into the lives of those who mi
t. the pleasures as well as the troubl
., of the woman wage-earner.
~ Upon every alumnus--whether {
70 home or abroad, in humble or exaltt
N position, may the spirit Of the Divil
~ Teacher rest. Then no call fro
a church or state, home or school wi
~ be in vain.
nv The Class of 'O5.