Notre Dame Preparatory School - Towers Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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f as fm ra mm 'sf 1 S EXCELSIOR' R throbblng head seemed so dull and tired That rlngxng crash m her ears she guessed lf was just her hopes and a1r castles fallen with a leaden thud And through the maze of twlsted thoughts and xmagmary sounds 1n her achxng head Pat heard Gmny Lou s low qulet VOICG and felt a comfortmg hand on her tremblmg shoulder It s terr1ble Pat somethmg s got to be done It means your rep and the schools champlonshlp lf Mlss Bentley were only one m1ll1onth as sure as I am that you d1dn t do lt She IS Gmny Lou Tommy mterrupted Benny doesn t thmk for a moment down deep ln her heart that Pat s gullty but what can she dol Cir cumstantlal evldence holds the wmmng hand thls txme What ll we do Tommy? Gmny Lou was at her Wlt s end What ll u,e do? Pats the one to do lt the only thmg she can do Tell Benny the whole story Go on Pat don t throw up the cup and your letters for ' Tommy checked herself 1n tlme Ray s tall muscular Hgure ln the doorway and the sound of her voice made Pat look up wxth flushed angry eyes She saw the 1ns1gn1a of captain on the sleeve of Ray s jersey Her teeth dug lnto her firm shapely lxps and proved an effectxve barrler to the angry words that rushed to them Then Ray s clear barltone wxth that taunt 1ng 1ns1nuat1on All out team l-lalderman wants the squad for ten mmutes before the meet Get together 1n the athletlc room 1n suits and sweat shlrts she paused to lend her next speech the proper effect There are to be some changes xn the l1ne up I belleve and she was gone Tommy was on her feet lists clenched How dare that cheat flaunt her undeserved honor 1n Pat s very face She has robbed her of the trophy Pat s hand restralned her What s the use Tommy hon 1ts too late now Don t get ln Mr I-lalderman s bad graces by bemg late and remember steady and her VOICE broke flght Pat burled her head rn shaklng shoulders and reluctantly her dlsconsolate comrades left Punlshed told to remaln untll five-chxldlsh wasn t xt? If they d only let her go home away from lf all where she couldnt hear the cheermg and the send off and yet Pat knew physlcal force couldn t have dragged her away unt1l the final score e1ther tr1umph or defeat had been vs rltten lfldellbly across her memory She took a book of poems from the shelf and leafed the pages lrstlessly We who have falled remember this tears blurred out the letters She hadn t falled no She trxed to read on but those plercmg llttle thoughts why dld they come to open the vsound afresh and lncrease that unbearable heartache? Only yesterday after final Varslty practlce for the lnterscholastlcs the -:gf 70 I-2+ al A .fn ff 4 2 A - mllllf f 1 V N eg .ka J, x 52 ,l'lll u uf Jr Bu -VS- 'fen 4 Z' 'IM' F E s T f 'fa23 e1 ,,,.-PY . R N : 1.1 ' Tlx A N L 'ln' I -59 X E 5 A ' l 4 g . J . 1 w. , 2 mf V- -1- l,f - 53' S? , e O . . . , . . y - ' 4 u 1 ' ' r . Y Y A , , . . . ' . . - , f ,. I 4 1 - v 1 - r r r , , - Y . ' , . ' . V 1 ' - . , . . . . , , 4. , ff - - , v - - 4 A - Y y 1 ' ' f - V H . . . 1 1 y . . . . , . y , . . . . . . , , V ' . ' f . . . . ,, . . r. . . . , , A - V V ' . r r ' 7 V . ' I 1 V ' A A .V ' Y y I . , Y 4 V ' . if ' . 6 4 Y 1 ' ' ' . 0 . . . . , . , ' , , . , 7 Y - 1 ' v V V V - .1 . . ,, , . K v . . . . . , , , V

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'Sw K Q iiexqk xfiyax Aw 61 di' ROMANCE IS IT DEAD? OSF people exen those xx ho are only sllghtly sentlmental are wont to regard the glorxous past w1th regretful eyes and a deep conylctlon that romance IS dead XVhere are the sllxery knlghts on mllk white chargers loves Where are the gallant sxx ash bucklxng caxalrers the noble lords and ladles Where are the lmmense rollmg coaches wlth s1lk and velvet caparr sons wrth thelr quaxnt coachmen and stolld footmen' Where oh where IS that gorgeous panorama of colorful gayety? It IS gone XVhen Benjamrn Franklm flew hrs k1te he drd not know that the key xxlth whlch he dlscoxered the prlnclple that electrlclty and lrghtnrng are ldentxcal was the key wlth vxhlch 1 da17l1ng house of mlracles was to be opened to the eyes of the xvorld The French possessed many beauty secrets but vxhat haughty lady of the Elghteenth Century could have boasted a perma nent wave The old t1me menu was one grand ser1es of elaborate courses but xx hat of the long suffermg cooks xvho torled behind the scenes, Would a medlexal chef haxe spurned a flreless cooker or an electrlc range? Perhaps Superstltlon mlght haxe made h1m fear the 1nterpos1t1on of the devll for any thmg out of the ordmary xx as then eyed askance It IS an amuslng thought tryrng to rmaglne the effect on Samuel Pepys rf as he sat rn the dmgy l1ttle theatr on Drury Lane a movxng plcture show lnstead of the usual Kmg s Play ers were to greet hls mcredulous eyes Wlth xx hat eagerness he xvould have recorded the event rn that drary of hrs And yet any youngster of today lf he chances to possess a nlckel or a dlme can stroll IIIIO one of our countless theatres enjoy a caprtal entertalnment and see hmstory rn the makmg No part of the world 15 new to hrm from the fascmatrng Orlent to the bleak stretches of the North Pole The busmess man 1n New York talks wrth h1s agent 1n San Francisco We s1t ln a comfortable MOFIIS chalr at home and llsten to speeches uttered hundreds of mxles away The telephone and radlo have annlhxlated distance Llndbergh s sensatlonal fllght heralds the day when we wlll be flylng over to Parls to lunch Wlfh a frlend and flylng back on time to dress for dlnner We have become so surfelted with wonders that they are grown com monplace Anythmg that IS of everyday occurrence IS bound to become com monplace Moral Remember the magnlflcent tapestrles that decorated the walls of the mednex al castle deadened the scratch scratch of multrtudmous rats HFLFNI FFLTOVIC 28 +4 69 l- 3 ft. A ' 4? mllll .f - .x Ml -' , ' M I x QQ: f-fm at li illlf' Ulllll .,--lf ' Nr. MH V 1 ' K yu, 3 . 5 , I Y ' 7 V' . L L m ' q 1 1 a ' vs ' ' - ' u N' galloping, wrth plumes waving rn the wlnd. to see thelr golden-hatred lady ? . '.. - ' ' ' , . , . I x . . , , .- l 4 x C ' ' xv Y A I ' C Y as I Y I S L 4 ' 1 I 5 Y Y . ' 35 l ,. Y - 'l ' , 'A AA I 1 lv' ' 1 A Y I I 7 . Y . . V . t 7 V Y' I 'A 4 l y I Y D I I

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M as if owe fs Q dl Aki' df glrls had surrounded her ln the pool room Thexr words rang yet ln her ears It s a mllllon to one on you Pat' Gooy bye Colman sl Dld you see that stroke and fast' Whoopee and the confidence m therr eyes when she had talked to them after the practrce She d told them the banner was just wa1t1ng for them to grasp nt and they had lrfted her on the1r shoulders One long loud Yea Pat and the exultatnon of therr unswervmg trust rn her and now but rt wasn t too late yet She could find MISS Bentley and tell her that Ray had dropped the paper on the floor and asked her to push It up durlng the exam and then purposely attracted MISS Bentley s attention so as to throw susplcxon on Pat when she handed her the paper Ray was well aware that cheatmg was a caputal offense and that lf Pat were caught xt meant suspenslon from all soclal actxvltles Mlss Bentley knew as well as any one else that Ray was msanely Jealous of Pat s posltlon as captain of the Var slty Ray had always contended for the honor and havmg to take second place when her drvmg and speed were as good lf not better than Pat s was al most more than she could stand so she resorted to that mean trlckery Pat wondered how she could slt there and see a person lnke that sllp mto her shoes and lead her team to She went to the door but what of her bemg small enough to expose another gxrls gullt to exonerate herself? Was that the klnd of a glrl she had wanted to see at the head of her team? Nol Pat sat down agam and resumed her glanclng over the pages Be strong It matters not how deep the entrenched wrong how hard the battle goes the day how long Famt not fight on Tomorrow comes the song Excelslor A l1ttle smlle turned up the corners of her mouth Pecullarly appropriate wasnt lt? Excelslorl Forward' Courage If she could only be there to pat them on the back and say she looked across at the blg gym whence en thus1ast1c cheers were now ensulng Mental telepathy That was It She d just thmk Excelslor mto the mmds and hearts of her team Another cheer burst wxth renewed energy The team was filmg m Now rf Gxnny Lou would watch the slxght shoulder roll and Polly keep her smooth stroke well under water The yellmg had dxed out and there was only the hum of tense voxces Somethlng must hate happened Pat went to the window and thought Suddenly Gxnny s cxcltcd vonce nn the corrxdor Pat Pat Come on qulckl and she falrly burst through the door and dragged the astomshcd Pat behmd her to the elevator No take the El Pat they won t mmd this once Ray sllpped and spra1ned her foot and Halderman sent for you wlth Mxss Bentley s permlssron Dress qulckly Bentley s waxtmg to see you and the dash lS next ' Thls ammatcd dnscourse was brought to an end outslde of the non plussed Pats locker mto whxch G1nny's muscular strength lmpelled +471 +4- J fy ll. V, QL-.u A - I If N wus, ' mf' 'X 'YQ WU 1 QR' 1 qgg 'fi' A ':?Qf':- L::!,I-, X , as ws get nr ' - ,Q .A X , !1::::,- ijf- n r -gf' .. lynx- ,ny y T 'f I 1 , - - . , '- ,. . SWL? Q' 4 ,,' ' tl V . . vu lr. v n ll ' . l Y' .. 1 1 A v -. An tv ' ' ' . a 1 1 1 , - . .. , .A , ' 1 y - ,,, , . . Q , . . Y D . v . , ' H 1 v v - 'R . , . . . , Y . , ,