Berkeley Institute - Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Nobodys lfrom the fields of the dead where the gray ants were crawling, Bringing the wounded to shelter and rest, Fields riddled and torn by the guns' devastation, That God once had nourished as fair as the bestg From No-Man's Land deep in the vapors of darkness V Deep in the silence of agonized pain, He was dragged with the others, his comrades of suffering, Back to the trench hole in which he had lain. All little nobodies, some from New England- A world where they lived by the rise of the sun, Caught in the wave that had crushed them, then broke them,- He had gone with the first at the boom of the gun. Continued Over the top with the boom in his eardrums, Over and on with the glare in his eyesg When he lay like an infant the swallows were cooing, And the sunlight was glinting the reapers and scythes. He lay in the debris, his manhood departed, His mind and his soul slipping softly to sea, And he dreamed of New England, the meadows of mush- rooms, The twittering birds' outpoured melody, Back to the life he had left in the springtime Before there was terror, carnage and bloodg One of the Nobodys rising by thousands To stop by their manhood the Teutonic flood. v Page Sixty-six

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The annual Hallowe'en party took place on October thirty-first. This year the girls undertook a more difficult form of entertainment than has heretofore been attempted. The Assembly Hall was converted into a miniature New York City. In the doorway stood the Statue of Liberty in all her majesty ready to greet the guests. Directly in the center of the hall was a tiny Central Park with a lake and boats, bridle paths, shrubs and a zoo containing every kind of animal. The construction of this park was undertaken by the Senior Class and Upper Four. In one corner of the hall Upper Three very artistically reproduced Chinatown, where tea and wafers were offered to the sightseers. Upper Three also had charge of the Bowery, where organ grinders, fruit vendors and dirty little newsboys were to be found. Upper Two were in charge of the Fifth Avenue Canteen. This was the attraction of the evening. Refreshments, con- sisting of lemonade, Lorna Doones and lollypops, were served from this canteen, and the sailor lads and canteen workers added greatly to the spirit of the evening. Upper One gave us a glimpse of an attractive artist studio in Green- wich Village. The artist, with his pupils, was hard at work and the entire scene was charmingly portrayed. After the guests had made a thorough tour of the city the sights were cleared away and a vaudeville entertainment foi- lowed. The attraction of the evening was an intrepretive dance by Elma Bayer entitled On to Victory. Following the vaudeville came a general dance. Every- body voted that this Hallowe'en party was the best ever given in the history of the school. The Spring Dance The Spring Dance was held on Friday evening, April the twenty-fifth. The committee follows: GENEVIEVE DUSENBERRY ........ .... C hairman CHRISTINE LAWRENCE .... .... A ssistanz The Senior Prom The Senior Prom took place on Friday evening, May the ninth. The committee was as follows: CONSTANCE SAUER .............. . . .... Chairman EDITH SMITH ..... . ANNA LOHMAN. . . . . . Assistants VIRGINIA HANAN ....................... Mrs. Atwood, Miss Atwood and Miss Pierce acted as hostesses. I The Berkeley Assembly Dances On the third Friday evening in every month a Berkeley Assembly dance was held in the hall of the institute. These dances were open to all members of the Upper School and proved to be an excellent means for bringing the girls together and providing many enjoyable evenings. Page Sixty-eight