Context:  Eliot Middle School history teacher Bryant Duffy was honored by the local Pasadena Lions Club recently, moving Gloriana Casey to verse:

“You’re HISTORY, Bryant Duffy”

from gloriana casey

Now ELIOT, our charming school,
you’ve HISTORY maker there.
An honor from the Lion’s Club,
in Bryant Duffy share!

For service to our youth we see
is what great teachers do!
As— Fred W. Smith Fellow,
we give applause to you!

So Bryant Duffy, HISTORY man,
you bring the past to light.
The Lion’s motto is “We Serve,”
and you sure do it right!

Around the world, LIONS work
in each community.
For Bryant Duffy, give a ROAR,
plus extra purr from me!

For HISTORY teachers know the truth
of human nature true.
there is the good, there is the bad:
the BEST is up to you!

What fun it is to say to out loud
you’re part of HISTORY now!
The Pride of LIONS roars out loud,
Bryant Duffy—- well, just WOW!