The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-21
HISTORY CLASS 1912
ANNIE LAURIE PERRY.

There arose a glorious class,
Whose events through many years
Are here written down for you.
Many fortunes and misfortunes.
Have beset everywhere.
Many winters have We labored,
Many summers have We rested.
And through much trial and effort.
We have reached our goal a last.
Ye who love the haunts of Learning.
Love the sunshine of the campus.
Love the shadow of the school room,
Love the wind among the branches,
And the anger and displeasure,
And the wrath of great teachers,
An the murmuring of the pupils
Whose innumerable echoes.
Buzz like bees about the hive
Listen to these wild traditions,
To the song of this noted class.
Ye who love a class legends,
Love the ballads of its members,
That. like voices from afar off
Call TO US TO pause and listen,
Speak il tones so plain and childlike {.
Scarcely can the ear distinguish
Whether they are sung spoken
Listen to the glorious legend.
To the song of this noted class,
IL still further you should ask me,
Saying. whence arose this Glass;
/ should answer your inquiries
Straightway and in such words as fol-
low.
I'm the High School of Ocala.
In 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 Unknown Wiley,
Find his wondrous birth and being
How he prayed. and how he tasted,
How he lived. and toiled. and suffered
That he might extend his Influence.
That he might advance his learning
In his youth. this wOndrous person
Formed a most pernicious habit;
\ habit which has ever grown.
Even the muscles of his cheek bones
Have enlarge 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.
Here 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 year she studied. studied,
But as clouds are skept from heaven.
Straightway from her brain departed
All this vast and hard earned nowledge
In the fourth grade of this history.
Came the lordly Leslie Anderson.
He. the great. the mighty buffer,
He. 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
1t 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
Which he has made,
The noble way ne gained the end.
: After twelve long. strenuous. years.
But these three were not destined
To a journey by themselves,
For this same year came a maid.
Irma Blake, who is well known.
AS child this maiden lovely.
For her voice, was quite distinguished
All the many sounds Of music
Borrowed sweetness from her singing
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 teacher
With her pointIess observations,
Mounted ever higher, higher.
Until now she stands before you.
One who has acquired great knowledg
Under domineering sway.
OF a teacher named Miss Penick.
There joined the ranks of this grea
class.
\ 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 drear.
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 a man.
Year by year. thus rowing onward
This 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 reye
Their passage to the High School
Phus, after many years of hardships,
Many years of strife and study,
There began the toilsome journey
That would prove their strength ar
purpose.
Here they found that Mr.. Workman
Not harsh and cruel master,
But one whose skill and patience
Has won respect from every pupil
Each effort that was put forth
BY the brave and studious pupils
Was made lighter and more easy
BY the strong and guiding hand
OF one known as Miss McCreery,
In the year Of 1911.
Then our ranks were greatly increas
BY one 1istless, dull and dreamy.
She never played with other children.
Always studied by herself;
Meier exerting herself in talking
Always very calm and quiet,
But they saw that much she learned
For Irma Seckinger
Zen though with us these two years,
Has reached the end with added glory
Here we found with great delight