Katherine Delmar Burke School - Works and Days Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Worfks 69' Days i' THE UNKNOWN WATERS T ALL TOOK PLACE in one of those little brown houses along that winding road up Telegraph Hill, which look right out on San Francisco Bay. There were two children, Manuel, about nineteen years old, and Maria, a young girl about seventeen, in the. Parietta family. Oh yes, and I forgot to mention that Mr. Parietta was doing moderately well in a macaroni factory on the waterfront, while good natured Mrs. Parietta kept the home fires burning. The Parietta family did not possess any too much money, but they managed to get along quite comfortably, with Manuel working in the winery and Mr. Parietta in the. factory. Then too, Maria, who had only about three more months ahead of her before she would be out of high school, was expecting to set up a business of her own as a seamstress, having already gained local fame in the art. As a seamstress, Maria could easily provide for her own needs, although she lived at home. The day finally arrived when Maria decided to hang the sign on the front door of the Parietta home reading in large black letters, Maria Parietta--Expert Se.amstress.', Her business was very successful and she made many new acquaintances, among whom was a Mrs. Fiaschi. Mrs. Fiaschi had a son, Ramon, a young art student, who grew to be very fond of Maria. After their Hrst meeting, Ramon and Maria found themselves spending a good deal of their time together. As time passed Ramon and Maria were often seen walking along the waterfront. As they watched the. big liners and other ocean vessels coming in and out of the Golden Gate, they would try to imagine what lay beyond the long horizon line and picture themselves sailing out on those unknown waters. Ramon however, knew that his future should lie beyond this horizon and he had secret hopes of some day seeing them fulfilled. On the other hand, Maria knew that her life would always be centered around the hill where she had grown up. Frequently, Ramon would speak of his aspirations to Maria. All they could ever hope to do would be to dream about a wonderful career for Ramon, for there was no possible prospect for its realization. Ramon, however, was making a good deal of progress in his art studies, in which he was rapidly becoming an outstanding student. 4 Q N. EJ? QQX4

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Works 49- Days i' EDITCRIAL , THIS CLASS of '3 5, are about to sail out onto the sea of life. We will feel strange waters lapping at the sides of our craft, and often we will be in doubt and will not know which way to steer our vessel. We will meet storms as well as fair weather on our journey. But, as we stand here on shore and gaze out on the waters, we are not afraid, for we know that we have been in a safe harbor, we have learned the ways of navigating, our craft has been made watertight. We will not sink as we sail out and on. HERMINE KING, '35 -fs? -At'

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W 0 r la 5 da D a y s H .... qt -..ri .... e ev.. -..cn Some people believe in miracles, but this one was certainly a hard one for Ramon and Maria to believe. Ramon had received an offer from an art critic to serve as an apprentice to a prominent artist in Rome for a year. The art critic had visited the school which Ramon was attending, and had been very much impressed with Ramon's work. This news was rather hard on Maria for she had never dreamed of such a thing, but she managed to show enough enthusiasm for Ramon, and besides, one year wasn't so very long, at least it didn't seem so, then. Well, preparations were started, for Ramon was to sail out on those unknown waters for Rome and the beginning of his career, in two weeks. During those last two weeks, Ramon and Maria began to realize how much they meant to each other, Maria felt this especially. What a faithful friend, and pleasant diversion from her rather monotonous sewing, Ramon had been, and yet if she hadn't set up the business, maybe they wouldn't have met. And so the day arrived for Ramon's departure. It was with a sad and longing gaze that Maria watched Ramon's ship sail out through che Golden Gate! When Ramon arrived at his destination, he took up his position right away and soon gained esteem. He wrote frequently and regularly to Maria who received his letters with eagerness. As time passed, however, Ramon's letters grew farther and farther apart for he had wrapped himself up in his work and he could think of nothing else, not even Maria. Meanwhile, Maria had made enough money to finance the building of a nice comfortable home, which was soon nearing completion. Her brother had married a young girl, who had become heiress to a large fortune in the oil industry, so he was taken care of g but her father had grown too old for workg therefore., she was the sole support of her father and mother. It was with great excitement that the three of them had planned the new home on a beautiful site on the same Telegraph Hill. In spite of all this cause for happiness, Maria knew that something was lacking. No matter how hard she tried, she could not keep the thought of Ramon out of her mind. He was famous now, a great painter with a large studio of his own, with crowds of distinguished people thronging his home and demanding his services, receiving medals from the nobility of all parts of Europe. He lived in a world entirely different from hers-across those waters, no longer unknown to him but which would be forever unknown to Maria Parietta. LUCY E. BALLENTINE, Ac. IV. -XX '-12 -Qt' iS