Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1950 Curfaln Gomg Up PRIZE ESSAY The the 1tre was old and n1a1nt'11ned 1-1 qu1et Cllglllty vuhlch see111ed 1lmost .1l1en 111 the busthng world wh1ch had groven up iround If In th lobby plllltlngs of for111er gre It 1ctors 111d 1ctresses were hung who st1red dully lt the people flllllg IH The 1nter1or w1s p11nted 1 deep sh 1de of ros 111d on the Celllllg the hghts for111ed 1 umque flower pattern Strange dron1ngs th111 squ1wks 1nd 111 occas1on1l Illlltfbfed CjlCllllt1OI1 lSSLlt.Cl from the orchestr1 p1t where the 111us1c11ns were flllllllg the1r 111stru111e11ts Ne 1rby 1 s111 Ill boy s1t e11tr1nced by everyth111g he s1w FIFSI he would gaze 111 r 1pt11re It the l1ghts next turn to stare 1t the people Bllteflllg then s1t down and e1refully ex11n1ne h1s 1lre1dy well thumbed progr 1111 lSlC1llg h1s mother QLILSUODR 1ll the wh1l How gre 1tly h1s re 1ct1o11s d1ffered from those of Ill elderly wom1n who o cup1ed her t1111e by COUUDLI 1lly re1d1ust1ng her h1t' To exh1b1t her 11ew outht w1s Ol3V1OL1Sly her only purpose IU commg She shr1lled ID gre1t det 111 to s111t 1I'lLl of her 1111ny 1nd x1ry1ng l1lIl16l1t9 One of the cr1t1cs Ill the front row h1d CL1I'l1eCl to see who w1s glvlllg such 111 1mus1ng monologue but belng re pulsed by 1 ch1lly gllllC6 turned 1ga1n 1nd drun1111ed h1s pe11c1l 1g'llllSI1 h1s pad IS he sh 1red pred1ct1ons w1th one of h1s colle1gues B1ck st1ge w1s hot 1nd reeked of gre1se pllllf l3Llt exeryone w1s 111 such 1 flurry of exc1te111ent th It these factors were oxerlooked The m1ke up 1rt1st c0111 pleted h1s work on the le1d1ng l1dy 1nd prepared h1s utens1ls for the p1use before the se Olld 1Ct whe11 some touch ups would undoubtedly be necessary After h IX lllg f1n1shed h1s prep1r1t1o11s he rushed from h1s roo111 to the s1de l1nes 111 order to be III 1 good pOSlIlOI'1 to see the play ex1sper11ted If the leadmg lady whose nervous hdgetmg had del1yed h1111 A woman w1th her exper1ence should cer t11nly hue more po1se OI1 1n openmg n1ght he felt Me 1nwh1le she was bus1ly . . 1 S' 1 ' ' W 3 3 Y 3 ' 'n ' S 1 3 - A A . 1 A A 11 1 A 1 1 e, 1 1 1A A 1 A 1 A ' . A , A 1 1 1 A 1 3 3 A2 2 A A 5 Z A V 'Q 3 1 A Al 3 5 . 5. . x 11 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 A 1 1 . A 1 ' 1 1 1 , 1 , 11 1 1 A 1 A 1 1 f 1 1 , 1 A A1 1 1 A 1 1 1 A e. 11 A 1 A A 1 1 1 1 1 1 c A A A 1 1 .A A 1 . A A 1 1 A A . A A 1 1 A the little audience of friends she had collected 2ll3OLlt the style 1111d 111ater111l of her 1 A 1 1 1 1 '1 A 1A 1. 1 1 A A 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 A A 1 1 A , A 1' . A . 1 1 A 1 3 A s A r A A I 1 3 - A A A A 3 1 , I s 1 - 1 w, 1 A -1 vs 3 . ' . s A 1 s s 1 vs 1 . 1, , ' r . Q . K 1 1 .4 . 2 3 1 A 3 L , 1 - 1 1 1 , .1 . 1 1' A A 1 A s ' 1 A -1 A- - A s A a A . I . . , I 1 4 X I I . 1 ' A ' YN A 3 ' A A 3 3 ' A 'L ' A

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SEMINARIA 1950 23 stantly domg everythlng we could to make h1s last days more comfortable and also hopmg that Mother see1ng our dex ot1on to h1m would change her mmd But Mother wasn t gomg to pass up her opportun1ty over such rubbish I guess she just didn t reallze how deep our love for Eggbert really was Poor Eggbert' He d1dn t understand h1s sudden popularxty Never had he re cexved such great amounts of attentlon as he recexved those days He d1dn t realxze he couldn t have realmed that they were to be h1s last On the last day Tad and I even wanted to sleep w1th hmm but Mother wouldn t allow lt Tad and I d1dn t sleep well that nxght I don t th1nk Father d1d e1ther unless he had had 1t all Hgured out before and just hadn t told us Anyway the next morn1ng Mother gave Father the ax and two hours to do away w1th Eggbert As he went out the back door he mot1oned for us to follow It was 1n the garage wlth Eggbert that he told us h1S plan Th If evening for the first t1me ln three years we ill sat down to a turkey dinner w1th ill the trxmnungs Mother wasn t looklng qu1te so smug md sitxsfied IS she h1d when Flther first brought her the dead turkey Father Tad and I on the other h md dlspliyed much merrlment 1nd plunged 1nto the turkey w1th great gusto Mother couldn t understand the sudden change IH our attltudes and xt made her feel worse This we had all counted upon Father hld sud th It he thought she never really d1sl1ked Eggbert th it she only thought she dld We were hop1ng th1t when she re 1l1zed that Eggbert was really dead at her orders md th it she w is now e itmg h1m her conscience m1ght begln to bother her That was chokxng on each pxece of turkey she ate but our happy nonch xlance and complete lack of sympathy finally wore her down She began to cry accuslng us of bemg heartless She wznted to know how w1th poor Eggbert dead only a few hours we could SIC there and p1ck h1s bones It was only the r1ng1ng of the doorbell that kept us from bursting 1nto laughter Mother w1ped her eyes and went to the door When she opened It she recexved quite a shock It was a frxend of Tad who lived on the next block and IU h1s arms very much ahve and k1ck1ng was Eggbert It was Father who explamed 1t to her Instead of k1ll1ng Eggbert he had gxven h1m to Tad to hlde unt1l the trouble passed wh1le he went down to the store and bought an ilreidy butchered turkey It was th1s turkey they had eaten Tad had txken Eggbert to his frlend s house and asked h1m to keep h1m At first the boy had refused but when Tad remlnded h1m of all the gupples and toads and turtles and other ltems we had kept for him on occasxon he had no choice It seemed however that h1s futher had objected to Eggbert s presence IH the bathtub when he wanted to tlke 1 shower and htd IIISISIICCI th it he be returned Though h1s return hid b en a little e lfllhf thln we had expected lt h 1d Worked out all rlght for Mother wls too relieved to be mgry Since then our funlly his nexer hxd turkey on Th llIkSg1VIIIg ind I thlnk Mother would be the list one to uggest lf LBORA ZANDER 53 1. , I i 1 i 4. L - l , I , , l v 1 . 9 1 ' 5 , . ' 1 ' x 1 I ' , . 1 1 . 1 ' , ' ' ' , 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 . 1 , 1 , ' 1 1 , A 1 ' 1 ' . 1 1 3 1 ' H 1 ' 1 . 1 1' 1 1 1 1 K ' ' , 2 ' D ' 1 f 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 3 1 1 1 1 ' ' , ' A ' . 1 exactly what began to happen. She bore the burden during most of the meal, . j . Q 2 j , ' y I . Z , . 1 , . . , . . . . ' 31 , 31 , . I I I 1 A ' , I Q 1 1 . . 1 ' . . L Q a ' , ' . , 5 , 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ,1 1 ' A 1 ' . 1 ef ' ' a -1 '- 1 1 a ' , ' 1 1 , 1 as 1 l S 12 . A ' ' , 1 ' 1' ' 1 ' 1 3 ' A 3 1 4 ' ' 1. t s 3 ' . 'WV' Y

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SEMINARIA 1950 thankmg peoplg who wlihtd h1r th1 hut of 111 lx 1tt1n1pt1ng to hp g1'lClOLlN to 111 but 1t the SIIHL t1n11. hghtlng h1c11 th1 urge to r1p11t thos1 most L1l111C1llf lme 1g11n Thu dlrgctor 1ppro1ch1d 1nd hurrndly cold h1r th1t It WIS tlmb to go on Qt1g1 Then hh loudly I'LIDlI1dt,C1 hu' of thi e1not1on to h-1 strgsspd lf 1 cbrtun poxnt Any sgnbe of 1nx11ty or fb 11' thit she mlght h1x1 h1d WIS krnsed hy the surge of mger 1nd hurt prxd Thn d1rLLtor chuckkd to hnnself IS 111 w1tch1d h r tlouncb IW 1y H1 kmw how to h1nd11 th1t wom 111' lllipltlnllf to lxgm h1 wpnt to Q11 lf Lmrythmg WIS 111 r1 1QlllkQN Sudd nlv 1 dup hueh f1l1 wrth th1 C111 Curtun Gomg Up' DIANA CHRISTY 52 The Broken Glass Th1 g11ss slxpp d from hm h1nd And thu sh1ttf.r1ng cr1Qh Lchoed Untll th1 11111151011 1111 11 111111 Wh1t 1r1 you? H11 h h 1rd rh wnll H1 Flllght h1xL sud 50111 thmg 1111 thl 1111 th1 Hut But h1 hf h1d hun 1ru11 1nd 5 115 L1ke 111 Lmpty glws w1th X1bI171L gr 111 md splmdor But no drlnk th1r11n to orhr to th1 thlrsty llps of llf Inste 1d th1 Qh1tt1r1d pncw 11V h11p11s5 on th1 floor Wh111 thg m11rd1r1r Nhpt un.1r1ng1y IW 1y Only son11d1y to 111 sh1tt1r11l hxmmlf And 11ft QL 1tt1r1d forgott n L1k1 1 hroknn 111 A1 lk 1 51 1 ax ' 1 Q 1 1 1 1: C31 1 1 1 I 1 , 1 R S X I Y x S BL x I I S 1 1 1'. 1 '1 1 1 1 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 3 5 3 I 5 5 H l 5 x w 1 1 3 '- 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' , 1 1 ', ,, - ' 1 H. . . 1, . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 c. 1 '11 1 1 1 1 1 1 c if 1 1 x 1 x 1 1 1 .5 x I N 'L 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 , x51 I 318 l - xi I xxx-A C I xx x 1 1 1- , .... 1 1 . V 1 . ,. 1 1 e 1 1 's 1 1 1' 1- 1 '. lt spread lnto every corner of every room 1 1 11 c K I N 1 11 c cz c 1 s, 1 ' 1 5 c 11: 5, 11 11111. s c 1 11 1 1 1 'cl 'h ' . 3 1 - Y v-1, 3 145. 1 N, 1 x M 1 1 - ' 1 1' 1 1 ': ': 'c. 1 7 ,x 1 . 1 1 11 I , ,- 1 b s i H 1- -1 I W- Q ' V' 1 1 K 1 1 , - x - 1- W 1 x x I 'X - 1 1 1 1 , ,' K, C ' 11 1 1155. 9: ' ',1,1v. 51