Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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 Wlfh Malice 'foward None HONORABLE MEYTION Now m1yhe they ll underst 1nd she muttered to herself Her voxce held 1 trlumphmt tone hut there was 11nm1stakably the trace of syrnp1thy III 1t IS well Perhaps p1ty and condescens1on were the roots of her fhellllg but she w1s trymg to help these mtruders who just could not understmd the mush 1nd 1ts xnfluences Trudgmg we 1r1ly 1nd Qe1I'Cl1ll1gly through the prurle of golden s1w gr1ss whlch she h1d grown to love so feryently Julxe could lllUOSlf feel lts ll'l1lTlOSlfy tow 1rd folk l1ke them jom Wlth her own B1ck h1ck 1 few short months 1go she thought the people of th1s part of the swamp had ln ed together contentedly IS frlends durmg cr1ses 1nd as casual lCqUl1I'1K'lllCES it other tlmes E1ch f1m1ly w IS 1 lxttle st 1nd ofllsh yet th1t m1de them 1ll 1k1n A ch mce to sh 1pe thelr lLlVt.l'lfLlI'LS wlth the1r own h 1nds 1nd the pe ICL they re 1ped from the1r ohjectlvlty were 111 they 1sked of l1fe Freedom from the crowdxng lnfluences of other mlnds llld th1t wonderf11l feellng of helng 'lCCOL1lII1l7lt, to none hut God 1nd h 1y1ng to struggle 1g11nst nothmg slye the elements g'lXe e1ch the power to be h1ppy 111 l'11ITlStlf Why couldn t people understand th It or le1xe them llOIlk, 1nyw1y7 It WIS funny the way the folks h1d stood together lwtely hut the C1rl1ngtons Under 1 coco1 plum she slumped down What IS the m lg1C of the EVergl1des7 she wondered The clear grey eyes closed perxodxcally to g1VC an upturned 1nd slxghtly freckled nose '1 moment of ecstasy A wh1sper1ng hreeze dehcately mmgled the hxtter smell of chocolate w1th the sweet essence of sugwr cane and splced xt w1th 1 pungent p1nyness An obnoxlous gmt lWdli6II6d her from rex er1e w1th sever1l11hs1nto her t1n fore 1rm 1nd she roused herself to the t 1sk of hndlng fo11r ye 1r old Andy C1rl1ngton As the sun re 1ehed 1ts hexght her cotton sh1rt begln to stlek 1nd the rubber soles of her sne1kers heclme 1lmost Ullb6lI'Z1ble A gl1lY1pS6 now and then of the cle 1r d1rk swamp waters was refreshmg but I6l'I'1fV1l1g What lf he h1d fallen m7 Wh it 1bout the cro od1les7 Surely he couldn t haxe gone that deeply 1nto the h1s1n Oh ple1se let somebody find hun soon' The thoughts r1ced through her hrun Wh1t w1s th If ITOIQL7 Gosh I 1m gettlng muddled from loss of sleep To think l dldn t recogmze 1t Somethlng IQ f1m1l1ar 19 1 heron s cro1k1ng She hegm t1lk1ng to keep herself from p1n1c lt vsould serxe them rxght lf they new er found llllll Why couldn t she con xlnce herself of thltv Julle was thllllilllg agun to some her hre 1th for the terram was growlng more 1IICl more tre1cherous The sw1mp folk h1d w1rned the Cirlmgtons ihout the dmgerousness of the plwee for youngsters But xgnormg . . J . 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , , , 1 1 ' . . 8 . I 1 1 1 ' sf ' - 5- ' 5 - ' 's 1 1 , 1 e1 . 3 ' V 3 V3 A5 - 33 l ' I 4 . ' , ' ' ' . . . , , 3 N I lv S 5 5 ' . I 4 V 1 1' A 5 . 1 I 1 . , , , 1 . 1 , , , , . , , ' 5 i - W. ' 3' 5 'L 5' 5 3. -S I I H 1' 3 ' 3 I 'h D3 3 4 I H 3 3 - 1 1 . 1 , I f s ws' ' 1 s 3 1 - ' 3' 'I ' ' 3 1 13 3' 3 1 3 ' ' 1 . , , , . , ,, , , ,. , . 1 3 3 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 -5 y. - V 1 were 11 CYISIS 11t that. I , , 2 , 1 . . . A I . ' C 5 , , , , DY! VW I S 5' - l 1 ' ' 5 3 8 3 3 ' V f 3' 1 ' ' s vs 5 ' -.' m ' s 1 - '- I s Q f 3 1 1 3 A f 5 . 1 1 1 . , , ,, , , 1 , , , 1 . , . 1 1 e . . , , , 1 . 1 . , 1 , . 1 ' V 55 i 4 . . 1, 1 ,e , , V. 5 1 . . 1 . Y 3 1 I. 1 . 1 1 1 , A 5 . 3 1 3 1 . . 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 . ,