Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1950 free fun for my life of responsibility You have your life ahead of you mme is almost over Youth IS 1 t1me of loxc and laughter 1nd of innocence When you have reached my age you will see how pleasant youth w1s and long for it to re turn Wisdom 1nd knowledge are yet virgin books to you trial md 1njust1ce un known Yours If seventeen is the worli to conquer Do not rush your llfe iw 1y my son but like the fr1g1le rosebnd lbsorb the sunshine 1nd look forw 1rd to 1 rich full l1fe Is not the tender rosebud lovely is If slumbers 1I'l the sheltered h 1ven of its own world7 Ay flther but how much more be IUIII-LII is the full blown rose blooming IU 111 its glory is it not loveller th III the bud7 Perh1ps child but It must soon wither md d1e is must we all But come' Why must we trouble ourselx es? Certunly I shall become no younger md you shall grow older only as the IDIHLICES pass and no faster It wis at this point that I re1l11ed that I had drained my cup of wine nearly dry and that only the last few sips remained I fingered the glass gently admirmg wine 1g11111st the cle 1r crystil To me these l1st sips left in the goblet hld m ecstasy 1ll their own thelr tiste enh mced by the ple 1sure of the foregoing SlpS With 1 sigh of blissful content I rused the gl 1ss to my lips md emptied it From the very Hrst to the very llst it h 1d been full of ple1sure For sense of taste when mdulgmg in such lL1XL1I'16S IS red wine relishes each sip no more or no less thm its companions but each s1p is an experience to be tre1sured complete in itself Hax mg no more business I then pnd my b1ll th 1nked the wa1ter as 15 ilwlys my custom l ft the cafe llld started my journey homeward JOAN MKISEL 51 Hangman s Mormng All is quiet on the f1ce ofthe eirth The hum1d nr 1s still Slve the cry of 1 lone hxwk ox erhe 1d Sh 1rp in the stillness then mournfully fiding Away like th hope of the doomed SARA SPELLPR 51 29 .5 . .. 1 .5 Z , . ' . ' 1 ' ' ' ,1 ' . 1 1 ' 11 1 ' ' f t .K L x xi x , . Y .l L . , .E 1 . .1 11 1 11 1 f 1. '11 1 , , ' 1 1 1 '1 1 1 1 1 ' 11 1 1 ... 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 N e, 1 1 , 1 11 ' 1 1 f ' ' 'I 1 , A , ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . 1. , 1 . .A 1 ,1 2 L . , Q .h H . . the delicate craftsmanship and thinking what ll striking sight was the bloodfred 4 11 il 1 1 11 1. 1 1 1 1 'A 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1' 1' 1 11 1 111 1 A ' . . 1 . , x Q. 3 3 2 . 1 .3 .. 1 1 1 ' 1 11 1 1. ' . L Y , . C X .5 K 1 , . . 5 D K ' 1 , 1 1' ', 1 ' 1 1 1 , 2 1 ,1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . - 1 , . , , l . 1 ,i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '1 11 1 ' 1 ' 111, 1 ' X 1 , c 1 1 . ' s

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SEMINARIA 1050 Red Wlne HONORABLE MENTION ESSAY The f1ntast1c shadows caused by the flxckermg Cllldlcllght d1nced 1long the walls of the tlny dark cafe The a1r was close and Hlled with smoke 1nd my eyes found IC dlfllcult to adjust themsel1 es to the dlmness of the room The walter deposxted my un rouge fred wlne seems too ln 1dequ 1te 1 term for thls LXQLIISIUZ hrewl upon the candlellt t1hle 1nd then retlred to h1s chur hy the kltchen door to aw ut my s1gn1l for removal He could well afford thxs hre 1th of le1sure for the restaurant had only 1 few customers these havlng come there IS I had for the quxet atmosphere and for Jacques famous red wlne I settled h1ck ll'l my chalr 1nd brought the gl1ss slowly to my llps prep 1r1ng to s1p the nect1reous mixture I alve 1ys relish my hrst slp of 1cques wine Its t1ste IS 1hove comparlson the superl 1t1xe of wme 1tself It IS lxke one s hrst taste of joy that IS tunted hy a touch of sorrow mhmtely sweet hut wlth 1 tlnge of hltterness I closed my eyes and tasted the dellclous sensuous llqllld As I flmshed my hrst slp I put my glass dovxn for 1 moment CI helxeve 1 tre at I noticed 1n elderly g6I1fl6IT11ll and 1 young mm perh1ps rn h1s l1te teens Cby h1s appear mcel deeply engrossed Ill 11 conversmon I could not help ox erhe1r1ng and I must confess th It I dxd not mmd do1ng so for wh1t IS more pleasant after 1 day of work 1nd trouhle th 1n to relax md l1sten wlth 1 gl1ss of red wme to fill the pauses? Nay father the youth was s11y1ng land It thxs term of 1ddress I was quxte shocked for the xhundmce of gr IV and the wrmkled hrove had suggested to me the relatlonshlp of grandflther to grandson rather than th 1t of s1re to offsprmgj Thlnk now how much more prec1ous llfe h1s hecome to you Your sense of appreclatlon 1nd your code of 1 1lues must he much gre 1ter th H1 mme for you loxe and enjoy what I xery often find tr1v1al Your future IS SeCLlfe whlle mme IS yet as prec 1r1ous IS th1t of 1 babe untxmely torn from 1tS mother s 1rms I wlsh often that I was through th1s perxod ofgrowmg up that I could be a mature adult and would not constantly be rebuked because of my youth and lack of experrence You hwe your memorxes to bask lI'l I haxe but the prospect of gllfllflg that very experlence I l1ck by punful trlal and error You know so much of lxfe 1nd xts secrets At thxs moment I too would be fifty and on the threshold of the pr1me of l1fe My son a quxet volce admon1shed gently you wrsh your l1fe away too quxckly and too carelessly You ln 1 minute s span would trade your l1fe of care . L I . I I , . L x . L Z 1 - ' ' 1 i . . 1 . v . 1 5 1 I 1 4 Y- 5 3 A - 'u 2 5 1 lx 1 U I I ' 2 s 1 1 ' 'L I ' - ' s if ' 1 1 . 1 ' S1 'A , ' I 3 3 5 ' 1 1 s ' ' x I 3 Q 5 ' 1 3 1 ' 1 A 1 ' 1 1 ' 1, 1 1 ' ' 1 1 Q 2 1 '1 ' A ' Ja ' 2 1 ' 2 ' A Y 'u :A D y - 3 A 3 . I I 3 'u T C ' K ' i ' -1 K , ' ' 5 as ' 2 ' , A 1 L ' - - n, I I - I I L Y 'Q . 5 -B 5 Si is more enjoyable if you indulge in it little hy little.D At Rl t11hle quite ne11r to mine A 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 ' ' 1 ' . 5 2 . I 2 1 I 1 7 Z . , 1 1 ' ' A , 1 ' 8 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' .1 K Q X J K' . 1 i . 5 R x K . , 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 ' ' . C 1 . ' ' 1 '1 S1 3 1 ' e, V I . l V . .I . . , 5 . 5 . . 1 ' 1 1 1 A ' 1 . 4 I ' . , , Q K I K. K 4 4 1 ' ' 3 ' 3 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' . ' 1 A . . I , 1 1 5 1 1 . 1 1

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30 SEMINARIA 1950 The Pleasures of Monofony HONORABLE MENTION ESSAY In 1 world of changxng 1deas and s1tu1t1ons I st1ll l1ke my personal possessxons md lffurs the wxy they were yesterday and last week and last ye ar It IS not so mueh my xmportant belongmgs to wh1ch I refer as to those of seemlngly small S1gI11llCaI1C6 Lrkewrse lt rs not my prxmary act1ons whrch I prefer to remam mflexxble as these of necesslty must change wxth the tlmes but the uneventful hlppenlngs whlch when occurrmg IC therr usull time gne me I feelxng of con tentment md 1 sense of secunty Someone has sud A man s house IS h1s castle Perhaps my house cannot be consxdered my castle but at least my den 15 supposed to be It IS so annoy1ng to find the furmture suddenly rearranged to su1t someone else s fancy my arm chaxr moved from 1ts accustomed corner to a new prob lbly more flSl1lOll lble und un doubtedly draftxer locatxon the footstool nowhere to be seen md the lamp rn 1 place 111 whlch If could not possrbly be used for llght on my exenrng paper Whenever I new 1 new arrangement for the Hrst tlme the arranger bustles 111 to excl um, Isn t It just lovely dear? No' I thunder and proceed to restore my belongmgs to the1r ongmal posrtlons 1n sp1te of the arranger s protests House clewnxng IS probably the bme of my existence Those who p xrtlke of 1t Ire supposed to d1SllkE If badly enough but the shock of those who suddenly d1scover 1ts presence IS mdescrlbable The wlndows of my bedroom w1thout thexr curt uns are steely cold and wholly un1nv1t1ng It takes me an eternzty to get used to the charts when they put on therr lavender and yellow coats ID the sprmg And by the tlme I am accustomed to th1s renoxat1on they have returned to the orxglml plum colored md green I wrsh I could make my housekeeper underst md that I do not mund a httle d1rt lt gn es a room a ln ed rn atmosphere At my home we always eat fish on Frrdays, except on those xery few OCCASIONS when no one has t1me to go to the fish market It 1S xery d1S1llUS1OlllI1g havrng looked forward all day to th1s favonte meal, to Hnd baked beans or macaronz mockmg me from thelr d1shes I am defimtely 1n favor of the re1ncorporat1on of door to door fish salesmen I 1ntensely dxshke Cousm Rosamond w1th her fr1lly hats expenslve furs and ostentatlous jewelry I do not belrexe she l1kes me any better than I l1ke her but because of an age old fam11y custom every Sunday mornmg somewhere ID the v1c1n1ty of three mmutes to ten and three mmutes past ten the doorbell r1ngs and there she stands wlth a false Smlle on her falsely red hps holdrng some useless grft Wlth wh1ch she IS about to present me One Sunday morn1ng the clock saxd I I . .3 . . . .3 5 g . 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1, ' , 1 2. Q . . . 3 5. f 1 . . x . . .54 3 W 1 s 1 I , . . I . I .X .Vx 3' ,. l 1 , 1 1 , 1 I I . . 11 Q . . QQ 1 , . 1 , . . . Q . . 1 ' 1 ' 1 1- ' - sl , 1 , 1 1 1 ,1 , ', .' . , . . '. 1 rl 4 11' A ' A ' ave' f s I 1 . 11 Q ,. nes 1Q 1 , . . , 1 . ' 1 1 1 . 11 5 e ' I s - 1 . 1. S., . . , . . 2 1 . I Y .. 1 , 1 , f 1, ' -1 . , 1 . 1 1 . I. .Y I .V I. I . Y I. V . . . . ' 1 ' ' 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' , s 1 1