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

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CTX E5 WD X ACTIVITIES

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CONCENTRATION BY THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW One word IS foo offen profaned And speaklng of fhaf my swearlng musf sfop One feeling foo falsely dlsdauned I wonder whaf hme I can rlghfeously sfop Was I learnnng from Byron or Keafs7 as uf nn Pnsa o C I on or Rome 7 Those boys are so nonsy when fhey play ball IO fhe sfreef I wonder whaf frme my mofher wall be home7 Lalce Leman Ines by now whaf were Those waIls7 Anyway round abouf fhe wave enfhralls Myl If s so clear ouf I can see Alcafrazl Whaf a funny wallc fhaf woman has' The grass IS all yellow and blaclc and pale Was fhaf fhe poem I sfarfed on7 Now fhaf s odd my handlcerchmef s gone' Buf I fed her manna as she made sweef moan If was new and scenfed wufh my carnafaon cologne Maybe I should learn fhls when I m falcnng my bafh Or when I m lusfenlng fo fhe radio Iafer fonughf Maybe a blg pxece of chocolafe would help me fo fhnnlc If s a shame fhese men ever bofhered fo wrnfe Buf uh maybe I could femporarnly of course lef fhem alone I m slcli of Venice and Afhens I m fhrough Beffy and I are goung bowlung foday I won f sfay home for fhls would you7 Jeanne Cox Ac IV FEAR I-le felf rf agaun fhaf cold snnlcung feelung as he headed for fhe fog shrouded coasf of France One fhuclcly gloved hand wiped fhe persplrafuon from has upper lap Dnd fhe pulofs of has squadron experlence fhrs same nxghfmarush horror and nauseaflng fear each fume fhey angled up fo lculI7 I-Ie guessed nof as fhey all seemed as calm as he oufwardly appeared Yef he was nof fhe only one who couldn f down has fea before fhe falce off each nughf And fhe fear was fhere every momenf gnawnng af hrs sfomach coldly frlclclrng down has baclc leaving hum fense and urrlfable fhroughouf 'lhe whole sorfue of slaughfer unful he had af Iasf flown home over fhe whlfe challc cllffs The gleamnng face of his Indispensable wafch glowed nronucally af ham Ten mmufes and fhen he could Ihrow forward fhe lever and release merciless deafh on human benngs below To Rob erfson who had framed hum flying was an advenfure and Iczlllng I-luns a greafer one I-I wished he could feel fhaf way Buf here he was an a flimsy crafe roclced by a sformy slcy A rasung cold and numbness would possess hum unhl fhe Inghfs of Lambefh were welcoming hum baclc And If would be so fhe nexf fume and fhe nexf unfll somehow fhere was an end He molsfened his laps and grlpped fhe wheel more hghlly Kafharune Shaw Ac IV EPILOGUE And so we wrnfe because we have soughf To capfure each dream fo hold each fhoughf To sfa loved vorces from Tnme s muffled roar And a ways remember whaf wenf before Each passung scene fadnng from sughf Words have mprusoned and fhus held +lgh+ Eleanor I-IIII Ac IV w h'Il ff . I I' I -

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Student Body President's Messoge The school year of I943 and I944 has seen lhe sfarf of new proiecrs concerned wi'rh 'rhe war eflorl' as well as wirh school acrivilies. As irs confribulion ro our Government 'rhe Sfudenr Body has purchased approxi- ma+ely S9000 in bonds and sramps. To furlher rhis purpose War Bonds have been raf- fled a+ school rallies. The chairman of +he War Bond sales, Sally Shaw, has done a splen- did iob. The Red Cross received aid in lhe form of poslers and needle worlc from our sewing and arf sludenfs. Two new acrivilies have been inlroduced info 'fhe Sfudenl Body lo promole class cornpelilion and school spirir. A+ rhe monlhly rneerings of 'rhe organizarion, nol only is The usual business lransacled, bur enrerrainmenf has been provided in Turn by each of 'rhe four high school classes. As a more irnporranf venrure, a srudenl courr has been ins+i+u+ed and sludenf proclors have been elecled fo check lhe girls on appearance and conducr. I+ is my sincere hope rhar wilh lhe assisrance of Peggy Abborl as Vice-President I have in some way conrribured +o lhe promofion of school spirif-'rhe goal of our Slu- denl Governmeni. Sincerely, Jean Elsa Ganz '44.