Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1948 Unl1ke the adult the small boy does not merely teach Wlfh words he shows us 1 good de 1l more hy h1s 1 tlons Even the 1dolescent on whose shoulders say the commencement or 1tors rests the future of the vxorld has become so nnhued wlth enxy 1nd h1te neuroses llld complexes th1t he 1ppe1rs to he lost B1lly IS too o cup1ed w1th other m1tters to l1lXe eomplexes he 19 too busy to he self COUSCIOUS and worry about h1s personahty He seems to haxe 1 natural glft for m1k1ng fr1ends too often on our frequent YlS1f9 to the zoo we must needs speak to every pop orn xendor h1lloon seller 1nd fellow chlmpantee 1d1n1rer we meet 1nd we 1n1ke our w 1y through the 1n1m 1l house followed to my LIUIWIITISS ment hy -lllllei lllel frequent exel 1n111t1ons of Isn t he eute' To the xery young rice md I'CI1g1OIl 1ne1n nothmg Bllly ehooses h1 fflLl'lClS on III 1dult shalnmg hasls he merely p1cks out the people he l1kes He plays very happ1ly w1th the younJ son of our eolored laundress, and he qu1te gleefully calls L1ly the lady who do sn t wash her f1ce strangely enough to Llly s ohx 1OLlb del1ght Generous to 1 f1ult he welcomes 1ne If my tlllle to pl ty wlth IU electr1c tram or construct ill E1tf I Tower wlth 111 Erector Set 111 f1et often I 1111 urged to do so when I feel no IIIIICI' urge to englneer Adults would do well to emulate h1s buoy1ney of splrlts d1sappo1ntments mean l1ttle to h1m and no repr1mand can long dampen h1s good humor a c1reumstance dnscouragmg to the well meanmg d1sc1pl1nar1an Too often th1s s1me cheerfulness bursts IIT upon us at five th1rty 111 the mornmg lli hour when I am not pI'OI'lL,1Cl1t 111 WIIIY conx ers1t1on hut I would not check h1s exuhermee for 1ll the sleep I need I hue COI11e to the L,Ol1elLlblOIX, howex er, that whatever B1lly does wrong IS not h1s fault hut ours We reprlmand hun for tou h1ng Grandmother s candle st1 ks wh1le It 15 n1tur11l to want to feel the Splfkllllg pr1sms and only SOC16fy alhe1t IH the mterests of1nt 1 t candlest1 ks that decrees he may not put h1s flngers on them Too often for our self respect It appe 1rs that B1lly 15 the only real adult He h IS an xpparently unerrmg sense of the rlght 1nd htt1ng 1t the recent funeral of 1ny grandfather It w1s Bllly s awed, He looks n1ce that d1d more for gr lfld mother s self control than all of our awkward sympathy It IS we who should adapt ourselves to the laws of the very young rather than they who should l1ve by our rules Desp1te the m1ny hours of d1S omfort they may g1V6 our smug adult world I th1nk they have mueh to tea h us 1f we w1ll only learn B 'KRBARA H ARPER, 48 1 1 1 1 11- 1. 1 , . ,1 - , 3 y 1 , I 1 1, 11 1 1 I 1 - 1 s s s 1 1 ,. . 1 11 s 1 ' ' 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 . - ' ' . . ,, - .1 ' V - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 I I s. 5 I I y . L , I L s 1 1- 1 1 5 1 s I 1 ,1 ' s. e , 1 1 , 1 1. 1 ss -- s 1 s 1 11 ' 1 s s , 1 1 -1, ,1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 111 . . 11 1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. . 1 . 1 s 1 1 1, , 1 11 1 1 1 . , , , ' 1, ' ' 1 1,1 '. ', 1 . . K. . ' 11, 1 1 , 1 1 b 1 1 1 1 1.. . . 3 V . . 11. . 1 1 , - , , ' , ' , D ' K e 1 .1 . 1 . . K, , , . . , 1 , e 1 .1 , 1 1 , ' 'C ,R 1 x 2 1 ' . I , , I 1 .I .- , , , 1 e 1 3 , 1 , 1 1 3 . x . 3 X . 1 Q . 1 1 1 1 , 1 . . I 1 . N, 3, . . , 1 1 , . 1 1 . s' ' ' ,, 1. ' . 1 11 1 I' J ' 'B - x 1 s s 1 1 1 1 . . - - .I y . 7 1 3 I ' L I 3 s . . . 1 1 II. I ea ' 1 1, 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1. 1, , - f . R 1 . . ' 2 ' 1 ' ' 1 Z I1 ' . . 1 1, . 1, . . , . . f s 1 , 1 1 K 1 . I 1 If- ' . 1 1, , 11. . 1

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SEMINARIA 1948 LEVIIIIIIIS Deuteronomy UPPERCLASS PRIZE STORY My Aunt Sarah my godmother as the tall than member ofthe Ladaes Aad Chacago Unaon Church who always manages to wear her hat on the exact mathematacal maddle of her head so that she looks all strength of character and no faddle faddle She as an excellent woman Aunt Sarah staff as starch but devoted to the church For her entry anto heaven there wall he speca al harp arrangements decor ataons on the pearly gates and aflurry ofexcatement among the angels as her square set hat and resolute brow rase anto new It should appear understandable at hrst glan e therefore that ek en a letter from my admarable aunt gaves me a chall and that I haxe to shut my eyes untal the spots go away As a god hald I had turned out to be 1 rather batter loss When as a chald I vasated her she had to es ort me raght up to the door of Sunday School every Sunday mornang her hand taght around my elbow to make sure I went an I dadn t lake Sunday School Instead of tellang the teacher good mornang you were requared to draw a deep breath and run rapadly through the books of the Bable There are saxty sax books an the Bable and I faaled to get on Lemtacus whach comes ex en before that Regularly every Sunday on eather Levatacus or Deuteronomy my mouth got full of shredded wheat my braan daed and went anto ragor mortas and my back bone went mto accordaon pleats I hoped that some day I would get beyond Deuteronomy everyone at Sunday School hoped I would but I never dad Instead I got worse I knew God was lookang at me just the way Aunt Sarah dad has mouth taght and the corners drawn down And to thas very day every tame I get 'a letter from Aunt Sarah I remember she thanks badly of me My mouth falls up wath shredded wheat I can even feel my backbone pleatang It as not comfortable to know someone thanks badly of you My aunt s feelang for me was my own fault of course I had grown up and I knew there was a wase and lovang God and yet somehow you never wrote an letters about your sparatual feelangs No lattle chald Aunt Sarah went on to say when I opened my eyes to the letter agaan as too young for Sunday S hool I consadered that last remark My lattle chald was too young Josae was too young for Sunday School My lattle chald was actave and noasy and dad not take to beang taught You could tell josae any ancontrox ertable truth at all and she would gave you ahaghly unbelaevang look out ofwade blue eyes and say anelegantly Aw She was perverse She was 1 born skeptac She was sexen years old wath 20 I I 1 s 9 I 1 v A A A 1 , . , r I . l 3 , K Q . 1 , 2 ' I 2 . , f Q i I f . , . A L ' S A Az ' 2 ' , 2 A AA . 2 S A',z 2 a ' ' 2 . 2 f 1 1 e A A 'Aa . ' e 2 ' ' Q c , a, 2 a f z A ' I A ' A , . . z ' A ' . ' : A ' 1 . A . , 2 ' . , 1 . , , beyond Deuteronomy, which is only number hve, and sometimes was stopped .. , . V E l 2 . . . , , 1 . . 2 , 1 1 f a z . . Q 5 1 , 5 ' I . . , . I 2 1 . , . . 1 . A 4 I V , . ' , . S 7 l . . , . F .. , e . A I n A L I Y - l I 5 ' 2 ' 1 F ' A e z L A ' , 'A 2 . e 1 2 A . 1 H 1 , '