Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1047 l1ke they found the ducks swlmmlng peacefully rlght IH the mxddle Wxth 1I'11'iZ1I'lg speed they jumped 1nto a canoe and paddled as qulckly and quretly as posslble tow 1rd Pun Howex er as I rennrked before our ducks 'are extremely lntelllgent 1nd were 1ble to he 1r even the very slrght whlr made by the moxe ment of the cmoe Al1rmed by this nolse they agam took fllght By th1s lI1lHt, If WIS 1lmost completely dark The pollce had thelr he1dl1ghts fl1Sl1lI1g 1nd Se 1rehl1ghts turned skyward try1ng to spy E1ter Sweeter and P1111 but the people could never lllliglllfl two ducks flymg 1w1y wlth 1 lrttle gzrl and thought tl11t the polxee were probxbly se lI'Cl11llg for some 1p1nese or Germrn Bombers hlgh oxer the elty IIDIIECCIIIRIY the srrens begm to wul 1ll f1ctor1es ce1sed work 1nd the Clty w1s engulfed rn 1 blackout In the me rntune some very d xrlng young men peered from 1 wmdovx 1nd saw that the pollce llghts remained on Tllllllilllg th1t thes polxce must he f-OI'61gl1 sp1es they rush d to the phones to report thelr dlseovery The telephone wlres bec1111e so ox erlo1ded th1t soon of fl une l1t the sky md exeryone recen ed 1 great shock 1t the s1ght of two ducks flymg nonch1l1ntly tow 1rd the Clty Hall wxth a small blonde grrl Sltflllg pl1c1dly on one of thelr backs sucklng her thumb rax enously Ex eryone except th1s Ulhlffllll chlld IS xery much worried Low MARc ua Well wh1t do you thmk of th1t7 Mxke interpolated It seems to me th1t those ducks 1re xery busy for 1 psnr so young It s kmel of strrnge Dlckle replled vustfully M 1rg1e s nexer vxrxtten u1y thmg llke th1t lWel OI'e wonder why she dld It Mlylne she ll sry rn the next letter The followmg week the m1p1t1ently awalted correspondence 1rr1ved Mrl-ce lgllll settled hlmself for 111 oral tr1nsm1ss1on of th1s IHIFTCLIIOLIS t1le Dlckxe Dexr As I told you 111 my l1st letter the ducks were on thexr way to the C1ty H111 The hundreds of spectators were aghast when they saw Eater and Sweeter ahght on the very top of that bljlldlllg Everyone was motlonless for fear that the slrghtest 110156 would cause the ducks to drop Pam Everythmg was so srlent th It very soon your pets fell asleep The police w1sted no tlme but 1mmed1ately trled to dec1de the best thlng to do One SUgg6StlOIl was that an Indlan from the Letchworth Park Indlan Reserva IIOU would cllmb to the now fnghtened chlld for you know how qulet an Indlan can be when he s wearlng h1s moccaslns However there was no vmy for hrm to get up there heemuse the Frre Depirtment s longest hdder w1s not QUICC long 26 1 1 1 , 1 1 , 1 ' 1 ' , 'z 1 . '1 , L 1, r . 1 1 Y 2 1 1 2 1 13 1 4 , , X 5 I x I . . , . . . 1 , 1 . . 1 1. z 1 1 ' . 1 ' 1 z 1 1 31 1 1 , 1 1 ,. . , X N 5 I I - f I 1 A 4 - w '-s X -. . f ' x 1 5 s 1 X I VN x A -f fs I 3 s 1 f ' - 1 f ' 5 f S I 1 - 3 5 I ' 3 5' I 3 R l 'n 33 1 2 4 Y K K Y K D I I 1 4 . ' ' 1 1 e ' 1 1 1 ' '1 , 1 e 1 1 x 'ut I W N 1- 3 S I 5 ' S V ' W ' they began ll hre. In no tune the Cl'lt1I'C Telephone Bunldxng was ablaze. The mass 1 1 1 5 2 1,1 1 1 1 L L 1 I 1 I . V yr - I - I l I s ' ' ' 1 I 1 z ' '1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 '1 . . . I 1 r 5, T 1 I . 1 I I 1 ' I I W v N W . . ' 'S 'il ' I 5 W .1 1 1 1 , 1 z . , .5 I ' 1 I ' 5 1 S 3 4 5 f ' I1 v I . 1 1 . Y H . 3 . .I .5 . 3 3 . . 7 1 . . . V . ,K ' 5 C 1 111 1 1 1 A 1 L

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SEMINARIA 1047 beyond descraptaon scampered I3etWeeI1 Pam s leg-. flapp d thear wangs and rose hagh an the ur wath Pam sattang on Eater just as you would sat af you were radang a horse ackae now began to cry xery loudly so that an no tame all the neaghhors and ekeaa Pete the polaceman at Delaware and Forest rushed to comfort ham Pete re alaved that Eater and Sweeter had headed for the Iak at Delaware Park hopped on has motorcycle and rushed to the scene The chase as on nova and I aan goang outsade to see what anformataon I can dascoxer I wall t II you all about everythang an my next letter Love Mfxau aaa Well Dackae that s a strange thang to be happenang' concluded Make who was clumsaly tryang to replace paper and envelope an a way never antended by thear oraganators Wheaa d you get these ducks? The Easter Bunny gave em to aas last Easter Dackae replaed nonchalantly Everybody was fast asleep except me on aceounta Im never asleep wnen ex eryone else as and I was beang very quaet too why are you smalang Make? and I went downst urs because I was hungry whach I always am at eaght oclo k an the mornang to look and see af there vx as an or ange or an apple or somethang on .accounta that s whats usually there b cause that s what I lake best Make knowang that the story would emerge from Daekae s xoaeebox exen tua y lastened pataently to the anamat att e Hoy s eletaa s an then what do you thank I saw ' The tremendous blue eyes g astene at the recollectaon Two lattle wee ormue dueklangs qu ackang too' I rm up to Meargae s room fshe s my saster you know and she plays parcheesa wath me af I m goodj and dragged her downstaars She looked just lake the sleepy green puppy my mother gave me for Chrastmeas She loved the ducks too but Mommy saad she had to clean them Boy was I Iuckv' One ofthe ducks was gentle and the other always thought about has food flake me and Margael so I named them Eater and Sweeter because one really vu as Sweeter and Mommy and Daddv thought that w as aery cute I re ally h ad fun pl ayang wath em and I dadn t h ardly almost want to come to camp on accounta thev el be lonesome Dackae polately dad not acknowledge Makes wance at the grammar Anyway my sasters takang care of them I just love them' Havang concluded thas exuberant naarratave Dackae sauntered unwallangly toward has towel and vx ashcloth and wondered along wath how anyone could haxe anxente suc a xae thang as soap when the next letter would arraxe Thas musang was answered vvathan a vxeek De ar Dackae The excatement here has been tremendous' When the polace arraxed at the . , -. ee , .e , , . . a . e ,ea I . ., a e .,. X , . V. . I .. lx . I ., Us . . a , e ae e ' I V , . 4, -,f v, . ' I , 1 -u a .a e . . ,. si - sys I w - ' 3' s ' 5 1 1 ,a , a . . . . -, I 3 tv' 3 ' ' ' 5 x 1' . 1 ... c c 4 e c br 1 I , . ' a a a , e . a e Y' I , . 5 . I. r . Y . e a e . . e e . . . , , a e . L a 4 . , . , , . ea e . l I L L L V , a . . , .. , , . , e . , .. at . . . , .. . , . V 4 ,, a a , -- Y , a . ee .e . . . a a 73 33 3- ' f I I 1 1 In I 3 .,a . a , . . ,, . ,.,, , ,- . ea a a a . ea a e ' ' , ' ,, ,. . . , . ., ' . a . . a . . , , . , ,e ,. , . . , 1 e 1 e 1 La e 1 e 1 . . . 's ' 4 s -. Q s R '-1 v '-3 sv , , . e . V 5 5 , -1 ,. I 4 x I x - y. . .lI, . . . .eell I l . .l.. ,d , . ' -- Y' a , a . ,e e. lx, ,J .... , . .. . . e . . , , ,.,, . . . . ag . . . a , . , . ., . ,, , , ,. . e e 2 a . - , . , V. . . a . . . , ,,, ,, , , , ,, . , , . . , a . . ,a . a 1 a a . e a . e , . . . , , . . , e , , e . . . . ' , , . . , ' . . . e , 1 . . , , , , K X ' . ,, . , , ' . 1 . . . ,a . .,,',,,.d.h.,-1, -,. .a ,, e , ,e . . a . .e .. , . . . .... 7,, Y' I . yy, . . a e . . 4 1 I 3 'f my w s I H- -V 1 a , a .

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SEMINARIA 1047 enough md so th1s plm vu ls 1h mdoned The only other solutlon wrs to crll Supermwn uxekly Pete motorcycled to Lockport Cyou rememher thlt the telephone system un Buffalo h rd heen rumed hv hrej md sent rn urgent messlge to hun Rt ah me the gru lty of the srtu mon Superman sped flster thln mspeedlng, hull t to Buffllo He lllgilited grxcefully on the dome of the C1ty H111 md rescued Pun who ww now lonely trrcd md hungry At the compleuou of th1s rem 1rk xhle fe tt the crowd helow showed rts relref md loy hy thunderous clxppmg md derfenmg shouts The ducks wx 1kened hy the clwmor fLI1'1OUSly flrpped thelr yxrngs whlle qu xekmg IU m lllCl1gl1 mt mmner and hmdecl for New York I he 1rd xesterdry thlt they hid lmded on the Hudson Ruer md although to They 1re l3LlI'lH xery yxell tmken erre of hv Uncle Boh You vxlll prohlhly see them when you go to New York next ye xr Lou MARC IE Mike gllnced It Dlckle and w as srdd n el hx the lght of the hoy s eyes hlled wxth te ars He rose and wllked oxer to the pzthetre llttle hgure plleed hls rels surmg xrm on the unh lppy shoulder and thought DlClxlL s s1ster1s '1tt.I'I'1flC grrl' WIVII RED Wmrrws 1948 Shadows In thi, Snow At lrst th l'3lLlStLI'llTg vtlnter wind That hlows lu rmp1d Vkflflilllg gusts H is ce xsed And now the fllkv snovx h1gh pxled In softly twlsted gleumng mounds Is ere xsed And there vuthm tho gullles formed Th sh xdoxxs lr xn purple rohes Of stxte L1ke cares that Ke ich us to enjoy The hrlghtly shlnlng counten mce Of fzitz. SHIRRELL DE LEELVL 1947 ,Q ' Q 'Q. Q Q ' . . , . ' 1 I , K '- ' , N , , x x x I -n 's s in : H A 2 ww I 1 I ' ',Q S Q N '::Q N ' . 'Q 'Z' 1 ' Q X Q ' , 1fN,2eNi2Q 1 e, Q.eQ'r'fQ ' 1 -. e ' - Q N N. Q , .. . Q 3 X I A 'u Z 2 3 5: y N y 'u Vx w V A 3 'N Q J ' Q ' L 'Q X ' : e. ,Q 'Q 5 ' ' Q , ' Q ' ' W Q' ' ' Q ' ' Q Q e, Q Q 3 . I jifzr Q N . Q e r I ',Q ,Q they miss Berkley Place, they love the excitement of having other ducks to talk A N 2 w J K vs vs are -2 s I - e I ,' 2 S.. , , . , . , ,. ,, 7 'Q ez 'Q 'Qe.Q ee j 'sy t .fx ' -.f w N- - s vs w Q x '- ' s Q 5 Q -3 ' sf , Q ' Q N ,Q A , ' x . - N ,Q N . . I .,,. , ' 1 21 e : V W r' Q Q 4 , V ' ' : N Q Y. v w 2-I ra ' , Q .. I y 5, P e . , . e. , 3 x Y- x: x e. Q 'e ' , 2 L , I 3 2 5' I 'ng 5 V 7 T I A L 3 , Q . . ,Y ,