Arts High School - Vignette Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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In years gone by there dwelt in a kingdom of Arabia an unhappy Sultan. To him the beauteous Scheherazade told tales which are known to us as the Arabian Nights. Now by the good grace of Allah there has come to us a new tale of Scheherazade never before recorded by the scribes. This is the tale of the realm known as the School of Arts. o, to this realm, sweet Sire, Were come the young with mute hands Whose palms pleaded to be trained. Others came with eyes as cavernous As the well-pool of Cashmere That lies dormant for seven months and seven years. And there were some whose crescent ears Had till now responded to naught. Nay, even the tabor’s noise Did not arouse them from their night. As one flock they came looking for pasture Wherein they might find sustenance for their desires. 2