Bromfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (Harvard, MA)

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E UBY-omS'iel.d Beaconlj Z THE GOLDEN MARE Each evening as the blazing sun sank behind the face of the earth and the searching wind hushed to a gentle breeze, the thundering of hoof beats came across the wooded hillside and onto the field. ln the light of the moon, a golden mane blew against a shimmering arched neck of deeper gold. Two fiashing eyes shone from a proud fore- head. A flowing tail was carried by the wind. As the hoofbeats grew louder and nearer, Robin dashed out of the house and onto the cool grassy field. Her heart beat faster and faster as she waited for the palomino to draw closer. Then the beautiful mare stood in front of the trembling young girl. Robin stroked the long nose and arched neck as she and the horse softly conversed. Suddenly the magnifi- cent horse wheeled and, with a significant whinny, broke into a gallop. When Robin reached home, she was almost crying. She wanted so much to own this beautiful palomino, but instead the wilderness claimed it. Every day Robin worked hard on the farm preparing for the rest of the winter. She worked much of the time but after all her work was done she would hurry to the field now covered with snow. As the winter grew bitter with sleet and wind, the mare came more often. Robin always had some oats and a few sections of sweet-smelling hay for the horse. Soon spring had come and the two friends spent much time in the grass-covered field. Robin knew deep down in her heart that she was the only human that the mare would venture near. She knew, too, that the mare because of her wild nature would never let Robin or anyone else put a saddle on her. V One evening as the horse disappeared again into the distant hills, the girl realized that this mare could never be owned by anyone. As she lay in her bed that night, she could hear the gentle neigh of the beloved horse and then the pounding hoofbeats as Mother Wilderness claimed her un- tamed child. Barbara Benjamin '50 Page Thirty-six

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BromQl:el.d. Beacon WE WONDER Why Barbara enjoys 4-H meetings. Why Wayne is going to Manchester this summer. To whom Lois writes all those letters. How Robert manages always to have someone extra to take home from the dances. What Frank does with his spare time Why Marie buys Air Mail stamps. Why Paul isn't interested in girls. Why Albert would like to grow at least an inch. Where Jane is planning to spend the summer. Sli 21 Pls SENIOR LOCALS Mr. Driscoll in chemistry class: What is the heavier form of hydrogen called? Miss Waters: Duridium ? Miss Blackwell: No, that is the new razor blade - you mean deuteriumf' Mr. Driscoll, talking of man-made and natural law: When the crow protects its fellows, is it man-made law? F. Lennihan: No, Crow-made. ' THAT PROBLEM OF GROWING UP Don't do that, Sarah, you're too old, cries Mother. - Don't wear that, Sarah, you're'too young. That's all one hears from the time she is thirteen until after graduation from high school. That in-between age is the worst age of all. If you do one thing, every- one calls you a child, so you decide to grow up. Then they tell you to act your age. Actually the uncertainty of this period is enough to put anyone in a mild dilemma. You get a beautiful new formal all picked out for your first high school dance. But Mother says, No, its too old-looking for you. S-o you bring home the dress she chooses. The night of the dance comes and your escort arrives for you. Just as you're leaving Dad says, Doesn't my baby look cute tonight? Be sure to come home early, Little Girl. Of course this remark nearly spoils the evening for you because you're wondering if your escort now thinks of you as Daddy's Little Girl . Then you decide t-o act the way that you think your mother expects you to. When you're reading J unior's new copy of Hop Hazard and he starts yelling, Mother says, You're getting rather old for comic books, aren't you ? lt's really a terribly unfortunate spot to be in. You're too young for high heels, too old for bubble gum, too young for make-up, and too old to wear ankle socks to church. And people wonder at teen-agers! Don't they remember when they were too old and too young at the same time? Marie St. John '50 Porcre Thirty-five

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5:33-gnmgg GLA Beacoi-. J UN l0BS Paul L. Anderson ...... Rebecca N. Anderson Carole A. Bigelow ........ Doris G. Bigelow ....... Mary Belle Blackwell Ernest A. Cregar ...... Harry C. Creswell .... Donald R. Crowther . Paul R. Curley .......... M. Jean Ford ............. John Hendrickson .... Robert T. Hynes ........ Philip E. Messersmith John J. Murphy ............. Mary Ann Poitras ........ Maude W. Stephens ..... R. Jane Turini ........... Kenneth A. West ...... Paul L. Anderson ..... Rebecca N. Anderson Carole A. Bigelow ......... Doris G. Bigelow ............. Mary Belle Blackwell Ernest A. Cregar .... Harry C. Creswell ..... ' Donald R. Crowther JUNIOR ROLL CALL .......................................Positively Lax Attendance ..........Rebecca's Never Angry ...........Carole Admires Bert .........Doris Gaily Banters .........Mary Bewilders Boys .........Energetic And Carefree Can Croon .................Donald's Really Cute .......Paul Relaxes Continuously ........Makes Jokes Frequently ..................John's Hilarious ........Really Tender-Hearted ...........Phil Enjoys Mischief .....................John Just Moons .........Mighty Ambitious Person .......Many Wonderful Summers .........Roberta's fab Jaunty Type . .......................................... Kenneth Avoids Work THEME SONGS Your Little Whosie? Enchanted Evening .......There's a Man Who Comes to My House Letters ..........................Who'll Be The Next One? .................................Stumbling ...........Hunting We Will Go Buddy Price Thirty-seven