Greenwood School - Tree Yearbook (Ruxton, MD)

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lllfli fllllll and pleasant Ethan Was changed by the tragedies of life into an ambitionless, em- bittered and broken man, I look into the future with some trepidation and Wonder exactly What fate may have in store for me.-M. Yearley, '37 Bird Alone by Sean O'Failain. The story is musical, falling into print as a song from an Irish harp. There is strife and hate, but above all rises a love of the soil and of God .... 0'Failain tells us that what one is going to find in life one must eventually find alone. Through love We gain strength-not peace of heart.-M. E. Campbell, '38 The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset. Glimpses of northern lights and wild countries .... the land in Winter with its ice and snow, bitter blasts and biting cold ,... then spring rolling down the hillsides .... Summer and autumn done with such free- ness in pastel shades that you again find yourself dreaming about a land holding thousands of daughters like and unlike Kristin.--B. Requardt, '38 Cecil Lewis. For readers who have never flown, this Sagittarius Rising by autobiographical narrative may be enjoyed for its incidents, its style, and its contri- bution to the history of our times. For those who look back to the hangars looming darkly in the early morning light, to dawn patrols, and sudden dog fights , it is a story that must quicken pulses and kindle memories.--P. Bayne, '38 Shadows on the Roch by Willa Cather. This book is one that should be read by everyone Who has been to Quebec or has any idea of ever going there .... Not for one minute does Willa Cather lose the atmosphere of the story, the feeling of fighting for a living, of finding pleasure in small things, and of clinging to a deep religious faith.-N. Bickelhaupt, 739 X J wif' , K f' . X X' A is? if 6.544- L Page F ifty

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THEE U Till INTO THE WORLD OF BOOKS DEFINITION .4 poem a fragile vessel is, But carries as o'er land and time To days long fled, and men long dead. A poem a fragile vessel is, By gossamer sails of fancies blown, The young man's dreams of days to come, The old man s dream of days far gone. M. G. MACHEN, ,37 Emma by Jane Austen. This book is a perfection of the Drawing Room novel. Jane Austen has succeeded in making a thoroughly engaging story out of almost nothing: a few conversations and a simple love affair against the background of a middle class country estate.-B. Gillespie, ,37 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Elizabeth is real and attractive, and Bingley catches our hearts witbi his frank friendliness. Silly Mrs. Bennett so amuses and provokes us with her tactless remarks and schemes for her daughters' progress that we sympathize with the long-suffering Mr. Bennett. And how we laugh at iidiculous Mr. Collins!-A. Benedict, '38 Silas Marizer by George Eliot. Although Silas Marner is the possessor of some extraordinary traits, such as the loss of faith in God and man, he is not inhuman. When you realize the circumstances which he has gone through, and the conditions under which he has lived, it is only natural for him to form those peculiar habits of hoarding gold and living apart from the rest of the world. The change that comes over him later can be accounted for by the arrival of the small golden-haired child, and if he had not changed, he would not have been so life-like nor so real. C. Streuber, 737 The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell. It is largely told through Charlotte's letters to her few close friends, but in the part written by Mrs. Gaskell you feel the author's strong desire to portray the life of a woman whom she con- sidered much greater than herself.-l. Patterson, '38 Ethan Frome by Edith Wha1'ton. How easy it is, I reflect, for one, just one occurrence to change the life, and character of a person, and how very .clearly this thought is brought out in Ethan Frome. When I think how the ambitious, simple Page Forty-nine

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