Anna Head School - Nods and Becks Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Where you look on zu clad in motley and timel, aczrtes: outh and Man .' Arr HE Huctuatin intensi of Laertes' character is one of the - v ... . 8. . . ' ,f if ' most fascinating things in Hamlet. Of the same general x., 'Q . . . class, although a little different in rank, Hamlet and - 1 Laertes can be compared throughout the play, Hamlet, E bitter, subtly and cynically humorous, not quite willing , 1- to act drasticall until he is sure of his round, Laertes, , .s i Y 1 . - gay, courtly, not too serious,.but 'capable of good reason- ' f ing, and wild and heedless in his fury. In my mind, Laertes is a character which can never grow out of date. Shakespeares fame has grown on painting such people. Laertes is hardly dif- ferent from a young man of the twentieth century. Well-bred, gay, a sports- man . . . if he were to be transplanted to this day, even with its different customs, he would soon be able to fit in. He is dutiful to his country, king, and father, but once his duty is done it does not hamper him, and he is off to gayer life than the court of Denmark can give. Like many a youth of today, any objections his father may have are tactfully overruled, and the asking of permission is little more than formality. The paternal attitude with which he gives his sister advice is decidedly typical of an older brother, but he shows quick perception and foresight when he warns her not to lose her heart to Hamlet: his greatness weighed, his will is not his own. W'hen Ophelia shows her spirit and questions his own behavior . . . well, his boat is waiting, and he must hurry! And yet, peculiar to that time, he respects and listens to his father's long and preaching sermon on manners, morals, and philosophy. Beside that courtly youth, whom we know as Laertes, stands the man Laertes. The man who sways the people, that Antiquity forgot, custom not known , they call him lord. He is not reasonable, he does not weigh his actions and their consequences as would Hamlet. I dare damnation! cried Laertes, which is what Hamlet is trying to avoid. Laertes knows that his father was murdered. Without reasoning he turns on the one in whose care his father rested, as the murderer. But his actions here show the impulsive youth even in the man. A little persuasive argument from the king, the realization that Ophelia's madness is due in Part to her love for the prince, and he is ready to believe the king holy, and Hamlet fit to have his throat cut i' the church. He forgets that he and Hamlet were once almost brothers, and Polonius and Ophelia were the last persons Hamlet 19

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He wrote it. S 0 you ffm!! 566 ur here growth, great waves breaking up on the sands from which much too often huge sharks' fins cut the white foam. On the island of Suva, among the Fijis is a large field across from the only hotel in Suva, on which landed the remarkable plane . . . Southern Cross. Here also are magnificent orchids that grow wild and profusely. Tulage is the government seat of the Solomon Isles. It is only seven miles around but a very beautiful seven miles! Here Toria played tennis with the governor. 'l'oria's navigator's rating was awarded her at the conclusion of a four months' cruise in the South Seas, last October. She left on this trip last June rated only as supercargo. On the ship's return on her record appeared the entry, Toria Pinkney-Fourth Officer! And so we salute you, Fourth Officer Pinckney, one of the world's youngest girl navigators! BETTY HOLLEY. '5O. To A Collection Poems that lie here before me, Among which I pick and choose, Do you hope you'll come up to the standard? Or do you pray that youlll lose? Do you wish me to quickly reject you, And pass you by with a look? Do you think youzll be free forever If you're not enclosed in a book? Or do you hope that Illl keep you, Until during some dreary night I pick up my book and run through it And come upon you in delight? And find in you all that I hoped for, And learn what I knew from the start, That some clay your beauty must move you From your place in the book to my heart. V VADNA RICH, '30. 18

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Think, then, our! are hzmmn laearts had cause to turn against, So violent is his desire for vengeance that he sinks to the lowest depths and slays Hamlet through deceitg a poisoned rapier in an apparently harmless bout. Not until he is dying through his own machinations, does he realize what he has done to avenge his father and sisterg how insane he has been, and how villainous has been the king's management. Witli his dying breath he begs Hamlets forgiveness. A truly noble youth! SALLY T.AXY'RENCIZ JAGGER, '3O. f f Twilight Qrchestra Twilight is an orchestra Her symphony is clear But only they who listen close Her fairy minstrels hear. The ear attuned to music And the music of the spheres And something that's immortal Is gained by him who hears. So silently and softly Tread on the grass at eve, And hark to slender melodies The twilight shadows weave. BETTY GERWICIK, '30, 20