Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-10
LYRICS OF TODAY
BY CLASS 1918.
Annapolis High School Graduates
Compile Handsome Book,
Assisted BY Principal.
APPROPRIATE DRAWINGS.
A Work Of Art Done BY Hand.
Credit To Members Of The
Class And To The School.

For the first time in the history of
the Annapolis High School the grad
uating class this year attempted TO get
out book. The idea was conceived
by the Principal, Miss Louise Linthi-
cum, and with the hearty cooperation
of the class has proved to be a great
success. Miss Linthicum asked the
class along the line of their English
course to bring her a number of pop
ular poems, lyrics from the news
papers, magazines, or their favorite
authors She had these censored, and
appointed a committee composed of
the class officers as board of censors.
The committee consisted of Mr.. Allen
Stein, Miss Audrey Shipley, Mr.. w.
Lee Kalmey and Miss Jeanette Ster-
ling They read the lyrics aloud and
chose what they considered the best
These were again read to the class,
and what met with their approval
were selected for the Glass Book of
Lyrics.
AS there were thirty-seven members
of the class it was too expensive a
proposition to consider a book for
each, and the efforts finally centered in
one volume.
This is a highly creditable edition,
all done by hand, and bound in soft
brown Russian leather, bearing the
title Lyrics of Today, 1915 done in
handwork on the leather cover.
The frontispiece contains the book
plate, a pen and ink sketch done by
w. Lee Kalmey. The book is dedicat-
ed ITO the Men and Women Who Have
Been Students at the Annapolis High
School and are now Following the
Flag" A handsome design of the title
is a combination pen and ink letter
ing with the coat of arms of Maryland
in colors above, the Z. s, English and
French flags, also done in colors, be-
low. the work of Mr.. Allen Stein.
A conventional design characterizes
each page throughout the work. 1t
is a row of five army tents at the top
of the page done in water colors.
These were done by several members
of the class and show uniform ar
rangement and design.
Selections, which are typewriter,
rare from various authors, popular in
today's lyrics, and there are several
by Robert Service. One by Thomas l..
Mason. THE Red Cross Nurse" is
Illustrated by a pen and ink sketch of
Red Cross nurse, the ambulance, a
sick soldier being attended by a
nurse. The lyric, I'D Like to be a
Boy Again." by Mrs. Wadleigh, is IL
Illustrated with pen and ink sketch
cleverly executed by Miss Nyce Field
meyer, which depicts the farmer
boy driving the cows home and the
| bees swarming to the hive.
One of the best pieces of work in the
way of illustrations is that done in pen
and ink by Miss Marjorie Brewer, IL
| Illustrating the poem by the BentztoWn
Bard (Folger McKinsey), of the Balti-
more Sun, "A Road to Berlin" II
represents the soldier, the sailor, the
bugler, the cannon, the motor, the
Iaeroplane, the Food Conservation
and the y. NJ. c. A. insignia, al
Of which are beautifully drawn
81 Have a Rendezvous With Death, by
Alan Seegar, is illustrated by Miss Eu'
genie Renouf, and "The Red Gross
Bloke," by M. Sacrey, who also illus
trated The Soldier" by Andrew Ed
wards.
Another clever sketch is that in per
and ink by Miss Irene Gesner, illus
trating THE Kaiser Talks to He'll" A
sketch done in colors, illustrative o.
What Counts" has no name of the IL
illustrator, but is nicely executed and is
a work of art.
The books fitting close is the lyric
"L'envoi' by Kipling. The sketch pre-
ceding this is one of the soldiers
marching home after the war is end
| ed, and is illustrative of the lyric
when the Boys Come Home" by
/ John Hay
The book is credit to the Class OF
| 1918 of the Annapolis High School, tc
| its Principal, Miss Louise Linthicum
and TO the school, and should be pre-
| served to posterity.