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Graduation Poem

  Submitted by Dewey W. Smith    

This poem was written be Phyllis Karr at graduation time. It is in our Mononitor (Monon, Indiana). She was a member of my class and I dated her a couple times and then she married my best friend.

In looking at the present

I cannot help but see

A telescopic vision

Of things that used to be

This scene contains no seniors

In flamboyant array

Its just a view of boys and girls

At school their first day

The scene so often changes

I needs must watch my step

To keep in sight those growing kids

Who are so full of pep.

I see a Junior glee club

before assembly hall.

They sing with force and gusto

Tho' they themselves are small

A group of boys in shirts and shorts

Gallop across the floor

They're just scrubs now, as we all know

But they will be a team in a few years more

In a kitchen large I see young girls

Whose faces glow with intense looks

As over daily tasks they bend

In order to become good cooks

Now arm in arm down a shady street

A boy and girl find puppy love

To them it seems the real McCoy

As real as the night and the stars above

Moving among this class display

Are janitors and teachers, to

They've had some time with this whole bunch

To get them to act as they ought to do

Now some of the class know what they want

And some can't even guess

But there's one thing sure -- regardless of sex

We all want what we call success

Some of the class will find marriage and homes

And some will find wealth and fame

And all the class may have both to spare

If they follow the rules of the game

In looking at the present

 I cannot help but see

A telescopic vision

Of things we hope will be.

Submitted by . . .

Dewey W. Smith '39