Adams Center High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Adams Center, NY)

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SENIOR -XXXL -XL especlalls the Deul s Co1ksc1ew Th1s sectlon of the t1a1l 1 slx hundred foot d1op down a t9l'I'IfW mg Z1gZ3g of t1a1l IQ not lecommended to people who dont hke mountaln chmbmg The path IS so steep that r1dmg IS unsafe and the descent and ascent must be made on foot qunset IS a Wldely adx ertlsed feature of the G1 and Can xon Exery promontorx that 1uts out OX91 the chasm has 1ts gloup of sun worshlpper A man from Ind1ana w ho gazed at the scene 1n sllent adnnratlon for a half hour shook h1s head and slowls 1em'nked VK ell S11 lt does seem as though the Cre1to1 d1d It 1ust to show what he could do when he tr1ed G M D 2 A DRAMA As the drama gnes to the Ameucan people one of the most UDIXQTQHI and popular folms of enterta1nment let us as Ameucans consldel br1eflK the construct1on and form of 1 well known dmma We w1ll take a work of Shakespeale whose dlamas are unlwersally known and emox ed at home at school and on the stage A drama llke a house IS bullded The laws that gox e1n the constluctxon of a drama ale not the dlctum of man same laws that govern the materlal world the Growth of flowers and hfe of the buds The artlst does not c1eate the materml for h1s maste1p1ece he goes to natule s store hou e for xt In 1ust the same waxs the mus1c1an who creates beautx lmltates f1om n'1tu1e the wmd the watel the s1ng1ng of blrds and the obs of '1 ch1ld To fxpplx thls theorx to the dlama and to Shakespeale as a dramat1st we nfel that Sh-lkespeale d1d not c1eate the storles that he dlamatlzed Howexer w1th the axd of nature and hls wonderful genlus Shakespeare has gnen to us max wolks that seem a reahts The exents chfuactexs and sltu 1t1ons of the Qhakespearmn drama are 111 taken from some IIOIIH ot oldlnarx human llfe Hls creatne gemus md hxs powel of ntxstlc select1on 'ue un excelled and make hls wolk Orlfllll 11 -X ballad a poem a IIISIOIX 01 SIOIX to be dlamfxtmecl hould po sess a theme lt must be such as can be 1m1t3tCCI -18 . . , . . V 7. , 4 Q V . . 1 . ' . 's ' ' v I M 1, . . J . V . 1 v , . . L. s. 7 L. . ' v v Y v ' v 1 L . . , .e c ' . ' 5- ' v O. c.. u , ' V , . . - . ff 7 ' . ' , - L 1 . , , . n 1 . I , w V V . . c ' . . c. , ' H y . . . ., 2 . , . v L 1 I . V v K . K v 1 , , .K . ' , 5 5 , v 7 - ' v I v .e , , . ' 7 1 L ! K 7 ' ' . ' . v v 4 . , . . . K -u . 1 4 . ' are not caprlclous or lmperlal. In fact, they ave the 1 V V . 7 I, K 9 C v ' is ' 4 . . . . , , C n 1 -, I S l l . . ' ', .. D ' Y ' ' 4 n v. v 1 , . L ., c , , c ,S . A s . . . C Lv -Y . , . .Q t , ' 1 ' . 1 I ' ' K . . v v , . L v , k ag uw . 1 ' ' C L A C A k n, I C 2 I . ' h Q l c I' ' A . l. A I n, C n s C ' -1 v 1' ' . I . , K 1 . l nv o 1 nv Q lr A , , . b ., L c s ss 3' 3 : , '

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KENIOP XXXL AL descent 1 along a snoxx cox ered 1cx tra1l that 71gzag doxxn at a d177Y angle Nerx ous pas engers close then' ex es and trust to the mule xxh1ch thex hope 19 as 'IYIXIOLI to get horre as safelx as the rlder Of cou1se xxhen the mule shp the1e are HHXIOLIS moments 1n xxh1ch the 11der xxon ders hoxx recentlx the mule xxas shod but the latter does not eem to be at all uneasx about the matter He plcks h s xx IN doxxnxx 11d mth dehberate bu mess hke CC1tllI'1tX Of course there 19 a ce1ta1n tmount of danger IH gomg doxxn Pught -Xngel T1a1l In places thls path cl1n fs to the ftce of some d1f1x p1ec1p1ce and xxlnds doxxn Z1g7ag ledge that make the l1ClLI' sh11nl1 ID t1nct1x elx axx IX flom the oute1 edge lf the mule should sl1p 1ll xxould be ox er But the mule doesnt sllp conscqucntlx thelc ls no 1eal danger One has manx thmgs to th1nk of on the r1de doxxn In That lg a thought much pttromzed bx the r1ders Then there lk a chance of a hundred ton rock be1ng d1slodged some place tboxe and bouncmv on your head as It passes sk1pp1nglx to po1nts beloxx Then there IS the thought of fa1nt1ng or of XG1tlgO and other pleasant th1ngs to occupy the t1me and last but not least the glad thought that no one has ex er been k1lled or '49l'lOLlSlX hu1t on the tra1l In the meant1me the gulde IS ansxxermg t1me honored clues t1ons such as Was anx one ex er k1lled on th1s tl all Hoxx often do you shoe your mules? Where do xxe have lunch? W'hat makes the stone so red? Hoxx old IS the Canyon Who dlscox ered 1t and Isn t It lemark able hoxx much those mountalns look l1ke rums of old ca tleso The Qftllfle chee1fullx glxes the requlred 1nfo1ma t1on xxhethe1 he knows lt or not It doesn t much matter for the quest1oner has asked another before gettmg the last one ansxxered Th1rtx four hundred feet laeloxx the r1m ls a beaut1fuI bro ld pl tteau on xxh1ch IQ s1tuated the l1ttle group of tent cottages that Ire called the lnd1an C' lrden -X good sprmg a l1ttle patch of cult1x ated garden land and a sort of half xt av house where cool dunks max be purchased const1tuteS the settlement A long r1de across the plate mu leads one to the br1nk of the grlmte gorge xx1th1n xxhlch floxxs fifteen hundred feet beloxx the sullen ang1x xx aters of the Colorado R1x 91 The r1de dovxn the r1xer from the lndlan Garden lb thr1ll1ng .I -' r 1 . -'-' 1 17 fx . 'S S. 1 v ' - r ' A' C S v - v D v . , ' j Q ' 1 .' s 1 I ' I 4 v 1 c 1 1, U 1 . 1 , L S . A, h v .' v - 1 t 1 , c 1 S . C . ' 'Q' L, .EJ , ,Z . , V L 7 Q 354- . .2 4 ' v 1 . I . . 1 , 1 4 c c V ' 2 ' 1 ' . c ' Q' 1' KL, I A 1 .rr v 1 I. . . vi 1 v . f f C 1 44. 1 , s 4C T K 4. J bv 1. r I g ' l Q v v2 v 1 1 Q w ' 1 v v 'v , Q l 1 v 1 . 1 u 1 1 . , ' 1 ' 3 -V . c c 1 ' I 1 . - Y . the first place, there 15 the DOSSlb1llty of the mule sl1pp1ng. C u 1 1 V n . nl C C C' . ' 1' x C 2 7 C - -, Y Cv C - l 1 1 , 7 . y a 5' ' . - C . C L 11' ' 1, 1 c1v H ,V 7 ' -1' 1 D .H U V U CK , I! GK 77 KK , ' Y !7 U ' , ' YY GC Y ' , a 1 C x ' 1 ' . , ' ' 1 ' ' 1' s- ' ,, . Q Y . . . n 1 - y x Q C ' l v 1 Y . , . 1 4 1 K , 1' c 1 1 ' c , , L , C A n . V , . .w . , ' . c c f . 1 ' ' ' ' 4 C C C 1 1 C c 1' 2 c 12 . 1 1 , vc c 1' ' yc td v 1. B1 .v , L - V 1 1. K C C c 1 , v s ' v 1 I v 4 , 1 , . c 1 c . 1 ,

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SENIOR -XNNLAL ly actxon It mu t be probable and coherent and aboye all 1ts characters should be ty plcal Next the dramat1st begms to outhne h1s plot Th d mands that he d1y1de h1s drama 1nto fiye acts to mclude 1nt1oduct1on growth cllmax fall and catastrophe You may ask whv fiye acts? Why not more or less Because an uneyen number IS essent1al and fundamental Slnce the t1me of the Greeks balance and sy mrnetry are secured by uney en factors ln art productlon The number should be fiye to correspond to the hfe of plants ammals and man whose l1fe resolyes lnto blrth T159 culm1nat1on de cl1ne and fall understand clearly how Shakespeare has applxed the laws of nature and constructlon to h1s works of art let us take Macbeth one of Shakespeare s best works as an example The lntroductlon to a drama must appeal to the QITOLIOHS All necessary 1nc1dents whlch Wlll glV6 the au dlence requlred 1nformat1on should be told here In the mtroductlon to Macbeth the aud1ence IS 9XClll8fl by the appearance of three wltches We learn that the play takes place 1n Scotland that Duncan IS the klng of that country but by the yyltches prophecy that Macbeth IS to be klng hereafter Thxs prophecy makes Macbeth cur1ous and arouses h1s ambltlon for the crown At th1s po1nt the growth of the play begms The ex cltement produced IH the audlence by the mtrodu t1on g1y es way to expectancy ln the groy th 'lhls stage begms when Lady Macbeth Macbeths wus IS mformed that Duncan the kmg and cousln to Macbeth would vxslt the1r castle Then Lady Macbeth who knew her husband had been called by the wltches the klng hereafter set o t to help fulfill the prophecy She at once beglns to plar hoyy Duncan mav be murdered ln the castle for she kney t th1s happened Macbeth would haye the opportunlty to be crowned kmg At first Macbeth opposes her plan but he IS deeply lnfluenced when she says Look hke the mnocent flower But be the serpent under lt he that s comlng Must be proylded for and you shall put Thls n1ght s great buslness 1nto my dlspatch yy hlch shall to all our nlghts and days to come Glye solely soverelgn sway and masterdom After these words Macbeth consents to have Duncan murdered and when the klng comes to the castle he IS ' -' . .'.' l 19 ec 1 3 a . v , . . . . . A . 115 C- f' ' ' , . H . v . 1 1 1 - v u KJ D v v . . . v I ' 1 7 7 ' ' ' 9 1 9 ' To Q V' ' . V., A v , 7 1 x ls . 1 Y . . Y . . . - L . . A v 9 v V. , Y . . . Y . . . . Y v l 4' . . . . R F . , c . . - . . . . . y , . f ' ' . Y , v...x . . 1 , . . , . r x ' 1 l . , l : v . W . I1 N . L , . 1. cl Y. S cl ' . xv .- c cv cl . . 1 ' V Y v ' L x f. -Y ' . 'c .T N S '1 ' v y.- . . . . H . . v v . U , . , . . , c . . . , . . . 1 , . . . . . V . , ,7 ' ' vw ., 4 . c V. ' v v . ' v . n . V Y l cu . K . . c ' K .