Bristol High School - Green and White Yearbook (Bristol, RI)

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JUNIOR CLASS—CLASSICAL AND GENERAL DIVISION

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leader in liis chosen field. It is while I am so distracted, so engaged — seeming to be a part of some future era —that I can see the massive Supreme Court building, the main court room with its long bench and huge Roman and Greek columns, blending in harmony with other evidences of classical in- fluence upon modern architecture. Then suddenly men attired in long, flowing rabes, of dignified poise and that look of wisdom and intellect which years and experience bring, appear in the scene. There I stand between eight justices — the Chief Justice of the United States — an ambition realized. As this scene quickly vanishes with the silence of a bursting bubble another takes its place Now I see myself on a yacht in which 1 sail the seven seas and visit the countries ol the world, learning the languages and customs of many peoples, seeing all the worldly beauty created by God and man. However, like all dreams, which necessarily find their source in thought, this, too. was blotted out by the force of its own life. Yet. that dream, which finds its source in the heart, is as eternal as the soul of man. Such is that in which I see a large white house with a garden and surrounded by rich, green grass. At the door stands .... But need I go further? Too. there is the bell and this English period is over. R. T. “WHO PAYS?’ One day in “Chem.’’ when all was fine The teacher did desire To show the girls in class that day How to quench a fire. Some sodium bicarbonate And H(2) S0(4)— He mixed the two together— It spread across the floor. The acid flew both far and wide And spattered all around. A pair of stockings without a run Hardly could be found. The girls all had a conference And tried to make him pay ; But he sent back a little note :— “Not responsible today.” NORMAN HIBBERT. 37. WATERMAIDENS Down by the narrow passage Where the tides swirl to and fro. Where the great black rock uprises So that ships in care must go, Where a bell is ringing ever. A mournful song, and slow,— Down by the narrow passage. Beneath the dark green waves. By the base of the cliff o’er hanging, Which the dancing harbor laves. Sing the bright-haired water-maidens As they play in the shadowed caves. Light as the foam—they float on. Bright in the sombre deeps They laugh, and the sound of their voices Mocks the sobs of the widow who weeps. Comes to the ear of the weary fishers. Faintly troubles him as he sleeps. They have no past, no future. The present is all they know. As the tides wash out and in again, So they come and go, As the slow bell rings forever, So they sing in the caves below. Ruth Sanford, 37. GREEN dMfudl WttiDUE- 8

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IF If I could look clown the ages past And see in splendor arrayed. The greenness of God’s acreage vast— His wondrous art displayed— I’d think of Thee and marvel not At Thy power to allay The fears and doubts that 1 have got From this cruel world today. If I had but an ounce. Thy charm, Thy power to overcome, Thy precious, soothing, healing balm. Thy gentleness to be sung. This world I would attempt to change To one where all good deeds Would be but a fair exchange For a deserving meed. If I could only understand All things which come from Thee, Or the unknown future scan For what is ahead for me. I’m sure I’d attempt to follow On Thy closely trodden path By despising all things shallow Gain a happy eternity at last. CLINTON PENDLETON, ’37. BOOKS “All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been, is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.” In this one small sentence Carlyle has summed up ably and concisely the duty of books. The reading of books makes for a broader and more diversified outlook on life. It is a mind-builder as well as a builder of vocabulary In much the same fashion everyone ascends the book ladder. First come the nursery rhymes, then the fairy tales, buiiding up an imagination and an inner world around such books as ‘‘Aesop’s Fables” and Grimm’s Fairy Tales. As we grow older, we yearn for such books as will appease our natural ardor for hero-worship. In this category are included such juvenile masterpieces as the “Tom Swift” Series, the “Alger” series, “The Rover Boys” and a host of other heroic works dedicated to the pluck and bravery of American youth. At about this time, through contact with numerous history and geography books, we realize the immensity of the world outside our own little sphere. As a result books on history and travel hold our interest. “The Young Pioneers,” “Adrift on an Ice Pan,” “The Lion f St. Mark. “The White Company,” “Captains Courageous,” and “Treasure Island” are good examples of this type. Upon entering High School such entertaining novels as those of Zane Grey, Booth Tarking-ton, James Fenimore Cooper, and Mark Twam hold the limelight, marking the beginning of better future attainment. Books on travel, of which those by Richard Halliburton have in their pages all that is desired by apupil in adolescence, are eagerly sought for in these pages the pupil finds adventure, history, romance, and humor, related in the inimitable Halliburton style and making the most unimaginative person think he is wasting valuable time while there are still “New Worlds to Conquer,” and new and interesting sights to be seen and enjoyed. On foreign tales also, there are such brilliant authors as Pearl Buck. Albert Bigelow Paine, Charles Dana. Theodore Roosevelt, and Lowell Thomas who are perhaps the best in their line. We then turn to the more modern type of book, still climbing upward slowly but surely, one rung at a time. Good examples ot this type are those by Sinclair Lewis, H. G. Wells. John Galsworthy, Mary Roberts Rhinehart, and latterly Margaret Mitchell. In later years the reader will turn more to one type of book usually conservative, or will find more interest in magazines—“The American Magazine.” “National Geographic,” “Time,’ or “The Reader’s Digest.” There is nothing better than a good book with which to pass away one’s leisure time,and GREEN (amdL W[MD¥[ - 10