Bethlehem Catholic High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Rai, 5.556 ?gm gf E- X. f T12 W QW eifu Gxgzxi-iegggyjl rovlqaqdcircl THOMAS HARDY W ITTLE dld the lx 01 ld sulmlse that dullng the lllncteenth centuly A l ln a llttle backwoods xlllage of England xl ould bc boln an eccen trlc man chlld Thls chlld xl ho ll ould not astound the wolld vslth 4 erlatlc wrltlngs but lathel C0l1t11bLltL an OHQIIIIQ., of fatallstlc ph1l0SOph1Cal yet exaggelated wolks on the altar of Llterature Such was Thomas Hardy who entered thls xx O1 ld at Dorsetshlle England 1840 He took archltectul al studles ln the local schools and later studled the Greek and Roman Cl3881Cb vlhlch bole a gleat lnfluence on hls llterary wrltlngs As an 3I'Ch1IQCtLl13l student he WIOIL a few poems but hls first worthy attempt was a rex olutlonaly antl soclal nox el sl hlch was suppress ed because of 1tS scathlnl, caustlc tone In 1871 he mote hls first essay anonymously vvhlch ws as then follow ed by a wolk of flctlon called UI1d61 the Greenwood Tree a beautlful ldvll deplctlng., hls 01111 natlve lustlcs wlth a qualnt compelllng hUm0l At the age of thlrty four Thomas Hardy wrote Far from the Maddenlng C10Wd a phllosophlcal work showlng the struggle of the lnhabltants of the mool agalnst bllnd natural forces of the world and by whom thev find themselves crushed and broken down ln Splrlt In Tess of D U1b91X1llQS a latel nox el Vtlth a stroke of hls bltter fatallstlc pen he deplcts the conx entlons of the world rulnlng the llfe of one who natulally should haxe been happy A worthy author never completes hls llfe work wlthout xx rltlng a book on dual personallty Thomas Hardy does thls ln Jude the Obscule vshereln the lower anlmal drags down the ratlonal belng to lts on ll bl utal dO1II'12.I1t lnstlncts Thomas Hardy knows Engllsh peasants under mlsfortune relolclng., and undel hls malleable hands thelr dlalect becomes lacy pregnant wlth suggestlve and engaglng humor He knows nature ln all her aspects, and treats of her ln plaln, slmple language In 1873 he publlshed A Palr of Blue Eyes, treatlng of the whlmsl calltles and resultant tragedlcal 81d9 of woman Flxe yeals later hls mas ter plece, Return of the N3t1V6,,, was perfected Other books were Wrlt ten stlll later, but they seemed to have lost Thomas Hardy's whlmslcal straln and became lmbued wlth a pesslmlstlc melancholy tone Thomas Hardy, whlle clearly phllosophlcal, lepels ww hen he shovss hls lronlc, mallgnant mood The malol lty of hls works accent anlmal lnstlncts perpetuated by an absolute denlal of the Provldence of God In some he IS splrltual, ln others he lb bltl181', lronlcal, passlonate and stolcal ln turn Hls earller works shove dellcacy, lestlalnt and modesty these qualltles Illllfj mu f - --..1' -,,..:-.1-YH ,.,-1-' Wfgff ' 1 1 f 'AX, ' -3 1.- ', ,-5,-.,. f f Q 5,112-r aft 4 1- - -f ,af f J Xsx -fn-1 --V' ' ff!! H . 1 ,.,-1,,,-,,-,-',- - 5 ' 1- - sl .- X ,- -gf-9 W ff 5 Xglxx ff X X 1 it 12-?ffs,?K rzf,'ff'K5' 7 J-1 44 -Q-Xiijxi 'i -f ,W ' '.- +1 - , - ff X. .1-'E-If , , ,. ff- -' X Y- Pff Q df X s X -'F'-xo ' 1:3 L , 11 X--4,? 4, 1, as ,V X Rat ve X 55.1- - a 1.V,.fT2f1 . ' .1 ssR,g el 2 1. 0 - -I 'X , ef A 6 egg 4 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1' ' 1 1 lk ' ' l 0135- 1' ' - 1 1 1' , 1 . - . 'll Pg L . . . . . X .pvfl - -1 1 , 1 1 . , lg ' ax: 1l - - his .H A n . . I W 1 u 1. N' ' . H ,l 1 1 1 1 .1 , ' ' I 4 1 v I . , , . . 1 ' 1 7 1 1 ' 1 ' 9 - 9 l In n Q A L' L' ' . N v . ' r . I . . . . . , ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 ' . . . , 1 , . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 'h 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1- . . t . 1 1 K1 ,-, A1 1 ' , 1 1 , L1 A1 l1k1 , 1 ' 1 K1 ' 1 3 7 1 1 ' U 1 ,, . . . . .N Y . 4 . 1 V Y N r L L a Q' ' ' 7 ' as - r , rr ' - f , 1 , . . . A . N . s a 9 l 1 ' ' ' ' H 7 1 1 1' 99 1 1 1' ' l l 1 a - ' 1 . . Y . Y . . . 1 . H A ,, Y 1 . 7 Y . ' . 1 v 1 1 . ' 1 , l . . . . . . r ' . 9 . v .Y , 1

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TD '35 1 Yam Seen W T TA? as A CT XQQXQXLJQMZQ if row rg ag !'5f,,f-fin-F tn es and lI1llllt,llL,LN XXl'l1Cl'1 gox e1n human llfe and the effects of pexsonal Cl'lOlCQ upon chal Latex and destmx Such 18 the tl ue nox el and as such It opens 1 xx 1de1 and IHOIL lHtC16NUIlg., held than anx othcl ty pe of l1te1atu1e THE LIBRARY SHELF I'he House ot Du ims tome Tluc C H Spuks of Iaughtel Innocence Alnoad II1SDl1El1.l0I'1 The Gleat Responslblhts Giggles The Call of the ll 1ld Indlffel ence A Gleat Soul 111 Conlhct The Red Closs Gnl The Nlghtlngale The JOS ous T1OL1lJl0 makel So Bn, A Han of Affans The Sn eet Gnl G1 aduate I hallenge Slow But Su1e lN1ck Nlckleby The Gnl oi the Lnnbulost The X o1ce of the Pubhc Classmates Fme Clay When Knlghthood Was In Flon 61 The Reckless Lady The Long Shadow Old CLl11Os1t5 Shop The Rox e1', Sol1tude The Leak 111 the Dx ken Julla Kelly Thomas Casey Cec1l1a BIHUCCI Ph1l1p By1 ne L01 etta Lucas Fled Tatalsky Esthe1 Dougherty T1hame1 'NIanaylox1ch Cathe11ne Hartlgan FIHHCIS O Donnell Ne1l McNamara Anna Byl ne James Dougherty 'XIa1y Byxne LOUIS Shamenek Joseph Gehungel Margalet Tumble Joseph1ne Schlelfer Edward MQFWHI th Rudy and Mackle Ellzabeth Keatlng Joseph Hlldenberger Genelosa Coyle LOUIS Schuster Maly Smlth Joseph Brogan John Solt1s Rudy's Fountam Pen The Valley oi the BIISSIHQU Comme1c1al Room at 2 30 To mo11ovUs Tangleu A Tug ,yASS1gHIY19I1t In the Fog Doing Tug ,-,I ..,. . , C---., cf .-, ,,. ,,-.L , L- L , - L - - , ,-,Q, , ..,. I , H L ,, ..,,,,, , - f-'L '-' T- -f 'Z f 'rf Vf '-- .' -:.. -- .Aff J X: - -,,,.,-,.-.,,, ,C 4 - f 7 . s .,-f,,-2 4 L ,of 1, - s -.:'- -'- v Q , Q fd' ,, ff' J G CX., ' , - -Q,-:Q --., fr , ff -. - --2 I - 2' 4', . '- 1 l - Z,-- ' . 1 ir tg- X s, :IQQ ,if fiaff' ,,f,,Q s- cfs . -1 A 1-S V.: ,, VJ' Mc Q .1 rs CJ I K to -5-gl -. P - ig ?7 :Fx-k.'s ' 24 1 ' 0 ' 's f - -A ,ff Y - -M .. -had - '.,n1-,ff 1 fy K f 471 --- 2 ' - , 1 f ' 3 1 1 1 . ' r . . . ' . s Qs ' J I 1: 2 1 4 1 l v x . 1 u v 1 1 1 l r c . K . . , . A-1 E v' . Q -A ' . A- ' ,- ' f . y J Q y ' 1 . . lzxtllfr C. l,I?II1flIt'VfX', 39. A .-- ' --2 - ' 1 - B s S 2 ' .' 1' f 'H , ., . ' 1 .A I .. . . U Y .I . ,, . . A . H 'J Y V. . . v,, . . . ' 7 SK T nw , , . . ., , . A X H . J' H . . as ' . H A 44 . ' ' 57 ' . lf y' , , . 1 ff A . ,. '. vv .- - In Y' ' H , - 9 I 7' T . I H v 1 1 1 J' ' at ' 'V , k r . , .4 , ' , ,H A 1 ' I . .. ,. ., . . x 7- H , ' . .. . 'Y V t A . . , . AL 'W 77 ' I T . . ,. , ,, ,.., .. . H - . 77 fs Q' 1 . . Ll Y' f' !! ' , , . I A , , ...., J , M .v . . A 1 ,, . . sc f ' 3 ' as , as , 97 ' K6 ' !7 ' ' ca ' , ,av ' T S ., . . . n 4' vw J, . U vm - , xx ,' ,,' , va 1 - zzrly-f '