Bryan Adams High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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.A L an , q, N xx - 1:-N Q . 'x:1u11u1,eu1 wana.x'11nv1'1.mN'll.xxx':f ax I ' fel 2 fig , f' 9 Lf! , ' gl 1 7 l Sophomores Q ., Q ay HENRY smrm Z 2 l ' N Z Coagulatdd cockatrices!!! Whdt augurs this lordly mien and overbearing hauteurg? 'rv 2 What portends this kingly stride and elevated olfactory organ? What omens this Q , Q disdainful bearing and prolonged consideration of the over-arching beauties of the . ii Q vaulted ceili g, draped and festo ned as it is with cobwebs? What indeed!! His Q V Y Travesty, th princely Sophomor , now treads with mincing gait the lowly haunts Z 'V' Z of meng now soils his chalk-stained raiment, once a dappled white, by contact with - ' Q the lowly! Stand back, O ye Seniors! And ye Juniors, step lively! The freshly- 9 Q crowned slaughter of innocent and unsuspecting Freshmen now returns to recelve Q ,Ai Z the plaudits bf his minions! ' Q l 3 4 Swaddled in di it , he deems the teeming swarms that bar his royal way beneath ., - Q h' t' Nd y th t the bvere beneath his feet were it not that he treads I Qs ,is no ice an w1s es a y , i 3, 2 on nothing more sordid than clouds. His only difficulty is that he fears tripping V Q over the rain' owg but to avoid thib mischance, with arrogant scowl and an expression I -T ? such as befi one troubled with remendous problems of state-the state being his F 'N 4 state of mind-he ever bends his ugust glance to the skies over which he so wisely 9 ' I S rules, that hj may see the dange from afar and with his superb wisdom avoid it Q ,V 7 b liftin th re al edal extremit and stepping over it. N ' ' 1 Y g S P 7 I I , x .. g Meditating' thus, the munificen being wends his way about the hallowed halls of it his erstwhile and earthly habitati n and, with freezing stare, consigns all about him , 4. ' Q to the lower strata of his househ ld servants. He meets a fellow-despot and their Q greeting is l'ke unto the intercou se of rulers of meng he reeks with dignity and 2 I-1 4 self-assuranc , and conducts himsel as if the most splendid court of all times attended Q S his regal per onage. With an im ressive'sweep of royal raiment, he is gone! And 0 7 it seems as ' one golden opport nity has passed, an opportunity to do that which Q A- 4 might perhap change the course f nations, or at any rate alter the course of the 2 ' ' 1, S existence of ne Sophomoreg but on second thought, it is apparent that time alone 7 can undermin and degrade his regal state unto the worldly wisdom of the Junior. l Q Let not a t perspective mock his enlarged idea of his royal self, for we all have 'V y been in his el vated position once, but instead, let us hasten the metamorphosis, and Q ,e ' Q for our pains! we will receive the pleasure of producing that worthy product of our T 1 . V 1 v school, the S mor. Q QQ S S I Sophomores, here's to you!! It's a magnificent existence, if you don't fail to retain Q N your s ren . . f - 1 t gth Q ' No T - I ', X I K .. 9 Z s i 9 4 l 1 i 1 i ' K f - N . ' ll g,-J, ,c N Ny,-1, ni Aw f 'Q I I sw1va-:unv4exwan:.vnw4ew1:1.xxxxx'u.v1Asxwlrh, in B.:

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,f 41 Yi ' D A LH I A N N U A L N 'CIIIIICVIJIUIIJAVHAYIIIANIIZSVI A523 J UNIORS Do not laugh at the Juniors-learn to have sympathy for all unfortunates for next year they will be Seniors!! 1'We tried to think of some cutting remarks about Juniors, but words fail us Where there's life there's hope Again we say, don't laugh at the Juniors-use your self-control. Juniors never are but always to be blessed - :mzqxmr 1 NA QA- ww: , All ,Mn gal- Q , N 1f.xs.xxws0n.xv 1 1., K 1

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n , . ,M ,gt , flkenguu Annum. l l Freshmen, or How the Other Half Lives By WILLIAM NEARY One day, so an old legend tells us, Jove counseled with the gods on high Magnolia, to give to the world a creature devoid of guile, refreshingly ignorant, and deplorably stupid-so they created the high school Freshmen. And from that day to this, wherever you will find them you will be satisfied that they fill the above qualifications to the letter and in every way coincide with the original purposes of their creator. Freshmen, to us who are Seniors, staid in wisdom and perfect in self-confidence, thou art incomprehensible. To us your heavenly innocence, your angelic countenances, and your cherubic simplicity seem as a living delineation of a divine comedy. Your childish mistakes, your babyish pranks and capers seem as a vivid portrayal of a Comedy of Errors. But all this is to be expected. When age comes to smooth away your idiosyncrasies and foibles with its sandpaper of experience and tribulations, all will be well. When we, as spectators, note myriads of wild-eyed and disheveled pygmies veritably flooding the corridors of our intelligence-saturated school, and insolently stamping over our ever-green campus, we are dismayed and we realize with one awful burst of light that the Freshmen are with us, an ever-present evil. But let us pause in our enfeverished ravings and consider the cosmic truth so poetically expressed in Isaac Watt's composition on True Greatness: Were I so tall to reach the pole Or grasp the ocean with my span I must be measured by my soul, The mind's the standard of the man. is e rue, our genius te s us that it is reciprocally a reality that Though this corporeal vessel small may be The soul within may rule a dynasty, Although a mere Freshman in rank and station The mmd by brilliance may rule a nation. For this reason, so beautifully expressed in the above lines, we say in all true heartmess, Stay in there, children! Every canine and every Freshman has his day. But at this point in my ep1stle,vI call myself to an abrupt halt and prepare an able argument in defense of all Freshmen. A group of prominent Seniors, not long ago, actually had the ,temerity to insinuate that the Freshman was the 'mlssing link of the much-famed Darwinian theory. In Just wrath I rise up as an ardent exponent of truth and tell those embryo philosophers to Judge not from appearances, but, as sincere scientists, to search for bedrock funda- mentals 1n basic actuallties. With one glorious inspiration, I spread the gospel that even Freshmen-yea even Freshmen of Bryanhi-are, by the report of the Board of Education, after careful and thorough investigation, pronounced genuine members of the human family The defense rests its case. If th' b ' t ' ll ll ' . ,, . . , . 7 LllWlAQ'Jlll7liX0!ld'lNlDIVAXXV14911. vnnwuml ' m. ur s f 1. !l.kK .TllkKNJ!l 1. i 1 Fl '