Bill Emery was a star...
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Bill Emery was a star athlete in our little high school, and he was also the star debater. He was tall and trim, friendly and helpful, fast of foot and quick of mind. He was also the elected president of the student body. Obviously his fellow students admired him. So we weren't surprised when Bill was given the special honors as "All Around Student" of the year.
We knew we must celebrate Bill's victory over many odds: this high school senior had been abandoned as a child. From the moment Bill had come to our town, he blossomed and helped the rest of us to blossom. Now we needed an evening of triumph.
Miss McAllister, the music teacher, had several good violin players. Charlie Miller, the bandmaster for the city marching band, had good wind instruments. The school's gym was changed into an auditorium.
The school's superintendent spoke of academic matters, and the violins moved their warm sounds out over the gathered crowd. The coach talked about Bill as the all-around student and immediately the city marching band brought forth the crash and blare, the whumppp and poww of those brass and woodwind instruments proclaiming that triumph should reign. And triumph reigned indeed. Not an option, this festivity was a necessity setting forth, as it did, the reality of great victory.
-- Hoornstra
We knew we must celebrate Bill's victory over many odds: this high school senior had been abandoned as a child. From the moment Bill had come to our town, he blossomed and helped the rest of us to blossom. Now we needed an evening of triumph.
Miss McAllister, the music teacher, had several good violin players. Charlie Miller, the bandmaster for the city marching band, had good wind instruments. The school's gym was changed into an auditorium.
The school's superintendent spoke of academic matters, and the violins moved their warm sounds out over the gathered crowd. The coach talked about Bill as the all-around student and immediately the city marching band brought forth the crash and blare, the whumppp and poww of those brass and woodwind instruments proclaiming that triumph should reign. And triumph reigned indeed. Not an option, this festivity was a necessity setting forth, as it did, the reality of great victory.
-- Hoornstra
