The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-05-31

IN still further you should ask me,
Saying, Whence arose this class?"
I should answer your inquiries
straightway and in such words as fol.
low:
In the High School of Ocala,
In a dark and silent room,
Lived a teacher, Nellie Stevens,
OF whose fame each one has heard.
Here. we find the song of Wiley,
Find the song of well-known Wiley /;
Find his wondrous birth and being,
How he prayed, and ho,y he tasted,
How he lived and toiled and suffered
That he might extend his inuence.
That he might advance his learning.
Ia his youth. this wondrous person
Formed a most pernicious haoit,
A habit which has ever grown.
Even the muscles of his cheek-boneS
Have enlarged from this awful fate
OF chewing. chewing. chewing gum.
For three years of toll and labor
Worked this sturdy child alone.
Then from out the kindergarten
Came a maiden, fair and slender,
In this third grade of the High School,
annie Laurie joined them there.
Hefe Miss Clark. the ruling mistress,
Held sway DER these small beings
In the dark and gloomy hours
Of the dark and gloomy way.
Annie Laurie, through toll and effort,
HAS helped TO make things brighter
BY answering many questions
Passed from other noble pupils.
Through long years she studied, stud
led.
hut as clouds are swept from heaven,
Straightway from her brain departed
All this vast and hard-earned knowl-
edge.
Ia the fourth grade of this history
Came the lordly Leslie Anderson
lie. the great, the mighty buffer,
lie, the wonderful translator
AS a boy. he was a terror
To the small lads all around,
And In the many fights and conflicts
Would all his foes disappear,
For his mighty height, this person
Has won himself renown.
And through his long career
II has been his one desire
That the desks be made much larger
And room enough acquired
In which TO place his mass in ease.
But cen his size does not hinder the
marked success
w nlGn ne mas luduc,
The noble way he gained the end
After twelve long, strenuous years.
But these three were not destined
To a journey by themselves,
For this same year came maid,
Irma Blake, who Is we'll known.
AS a child this maiden lovely
For her voice was quite distinguished
An the many sounds of muse
Borrowed sweetness from her sing
ing.
All the hearts OF men were softened
By the sweetness of her voice.
This fair child. through many winters
Ever studying, ever learning.
Ever worrying many a teacher
With her pointless observations,
Mounted ever higher, higher,
Until now she stands before you,
one who has acqUir d great know
edge
Under domineering sway
OF a teacher named Miss Penick.
There Joined the ranks of this grea
class
A lad whose name was Alfred Turner
Not the auto or the club house
Claimed the time of mighty Alfred;
But a nObler implement,
Which we all know as the ploW.
Through his efforts. slow and steady
The fields of winter, dark and dreary
Took new life and gave great crops.
From the open book of nature
Much he learned to his advantage.
After many years of toll,
Many years of endless study,
He has mounted to the top.
And We find him waxing stronger
In everything that makes man.
Year by year, thus rowing onward
his happy band of loyal children
Received their fate in other grades
Ruled BY Miss Turnkey and Miss Dye
In the eighth year of this history
This Young band from Miss Berger
Received the word which would re
veal
Their massage TO the High School.
sThus. after many years Of hardships
MANY wears of strife and study,
There began the toilsome journey
~rhat would prove their strength am
purpose.
Here they found that Mr.. workman
Held full sway and reigned supreme
Not a harsh and cruel master,
But one whose skill and patience
Hsa won respect from every pupls
zach effort that was put forth
AZ iht h,sve and studious pupils
Was made lighter and more easy
NV the strong and guiding hand
OF one known as Miss McCreeIy,
In the year OF 1911.