http://knox.villagesoup.com/406402
Copy and paste the link above into your browser to see a video of the Memorial to the Rockland Tiger, held recently at the old high school on Lincoln Street. The story was in the Village Soup on line. See also more pictures, school songs, and a poem about the tiger.
My own tiger was just about hugged to death by the time it ended up in the flood. It was ragged and worn smooth from handling.
This is a poem written for the occasion by Ben Perry of the class of 1954:
The Tiger's Farewell
Farewell dear classmates, one and all
because I won't be here again next fall.
We've won, we've lost, and always played fair,
your tiger spirit always was there.
So many years you've heard me roar, but now
It's late, so there will be no more.
Our hearts are filled with memories past, so keep standards high, think of me, and roar to the last.
Ben Perry, Class of 1954
This is the school song we sang at the old Rockland High School on Lincoln Street: The only person in my class who still knows all the words after over 50 years is Violet Carr Karl. Hey Violet, aren't there more words to this song?
Through the four long years of high school
'mid the scenes we love so well,
And mystic charms of knowledge
that we vainly seek to spell,
Though we win athletic victories
on football field and track,
Still we cheer for good old Rockland
and the orange and the black.
RDHS School Song
Loyal and true we pledge allegiance to you
this is our motto, we are one for all and
all for dear old Rockland.
Here's to our school, long may she rule,
For ever more you will find us, always
loyal and true.I sure hope some members of the Class of '59 attended the doings for our old tiger. It will be on permanent display in the alumni room at the Lincoln Center. Good job, Gilly. Save me a decal. And yes, brother Ted, I saw you and Nat in the video. Save me some of those pictures you took.
In the 60's the line was "tho we sometimes don't when victories"
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