The Bush School - Tykoe Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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black spider ready to pounce upon some unsuspecting victim standing in the way. As the ships come in alongside the docks, the men on deck look like scurrying ants, Sometimes a ship is barely able to make it because of the great jagged holes, like open wounds, in her smooth gray sides. Music is continually playing over loudspeakers, and during the night shifts, the huge, glowing lights and music blaring forth make the whole thing seem like a garish sideshow. When the whistle blows at the end of the shift, the people emerge from the buildings like a flood of water into the streets of the town, but others come in to take their places and the work never stops through day or night. Pat Scherrer, Sophomore TREES Trees, Sharply outlined On the cold clear pink of the early morning sky, Present A silhouette, Black and precise. Caught by their crisp oilcloth beauty And the clear, crystal pink of the skies, I gaze, And think Of the trim Christmas cards With their pink China sky And the cold And the glow of the winter I know, And the trim smooth line Of the trees. Barbara Peyser, S-enior u'0. Salwar ! A A NATIVE RITUAL The sun has melted out of sight And frogs begin to croak. The hush of twilight marks the scene. Where dance the native folk. A blazing fire provides the light And in its rudy glow The whirling, laughing natives Dance, ecstatic, to and fro, The chime and tinkle of tambourine, Drums' syncopated beat, The brassy clang of symbols- To the rhythm of shuffling feet. Dark bodies twisting, turning, Panting, rise and fall, Sleek and glistening with beads of sweat Swaying to the drums' call. The gathered tribesmen, squatting, Chant a weird and dissonant song, Rock to the lethargic music And clap to the primitive gong. Faster, faster, and faster The glistening natives go. Louder, louder, and louder And wilder the songs will grow. For this is a night of feasting The fete of a new-coming moon, So dance to the gutteral music! Chant to the wild drummer's tune! 'Til all on the ground lie prostrate Awaiting the new moon's grace Sleek, wet bodies kneeling Arms skyward with uplifted face. As the new moon slowly drifts forward, They bow in its mystic light. Then black natives march together Into the blacker night. Now she has risen in glory, Gone are the dancing men. The fete of the new moon is over, The forest is quiet again. Janet Lister, Freshman -g6...

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I strove to find musicians, But no one could I see Who might with human hands Produce the etheral melody. Then for some hidden reason The keys would play no more, And the bow of the ghostly cello Lay inanimate on the floor. The reason for the sudden end Was not hard to understand, For the words of a worldly skeptic Had the mysterious music banned. The person who entered the room Could not but perceive That the music was dev'lish trickery Meant only to deceive. He started at the apparitions And calmly, without leave Of the spirits who produced it, Said, I do not believe. ldalice Squire, Senior A QUESTION What does it mean When a sky serene Reigns like a queen O'er the earth below? Why, it's a sign That this heart of mine With joy benign Is aglow. Barbara Peyser, Senior WHAT IS VICTORY? I saw bright colors in the sky Andbwatched the white clouds drifting y. A robin from a dogwood tree Chirped to his mate so tenderly. In peaceful meadows just beyond Two ducks swam on the pond, And while I sat as in a dream My sad thoughts wandered from scene. this I saw a soldier lying dead, A bloody battlefield his bed. If he will not return to me How can there be a victory? Marion PeIIy, Eighth Grade TRIAL BY FIRE The man lay motionless, sweat run- ning off his body and a tense, tight- lipped eager look on his young face. He appeared to be straining to hear something, and occasionally a distant scream of excitement or pain reached his ears, then a still more distant rat- agtat-tat broke the stillness. Sounds like a rivet machine repairing a city street, he thought. He always jumped at these sounds but settled back with a sheepish look on his face. The minutes ticked by unbearably slowly, and his thoughts wandered back -85 to his girl and white-haired mother, who, he knew, were waiting at home. A wave of emotion hit him, which he fought to conceal from his companions. Suddenly he heard a noise like a foot- step on wood or hard-packed dirt. A powerfully built man trotted up, mut- tered a tense Follow me, Jenkins, and went on. The young'man-jumpedrup, muscles tense, waved a quick good-bye to his companions, and was swallowed from sight. The powerfully built man wearily wiped the sweat off his own brow and watched the figure of jenkins disap- pear. That Jenkins is a funny guy, he muttered to his companion. He comes in here every week to lose weight, but when I go get him in the steam room, he decides he's going right home to his girl and mother. Nancy Lee Hanson, Senior A THOUGHT The foundation of a thought is not in the mind But in the heart. Through each ember of emotion It arises. Over the nerves to the brain It travels. In each dark channel of the mind It grows. Through the genius of the human brain It materializes. Beyond materialization of its motive It vanishes. And only as a memory It returns. Mary Ellen Greenfield, Freshman THE BREMERTON NAVY YARD The Bremerton Navy Yard is like a great cauldron always seething and boiling with activity. Crowds stream in the gate, each person a small ingredi- ent working to make the whole con- coction a success. Inside the Yard, the noise is over- whelming. There is the sharp, searing whine of welding that cuts into your nerves like a dentist's drill. There is the deep, muffled beat of the pile- driver thudding like a native drum in the distance, and bells, whistles and sirens sound like a perpetual New Year's celebration. Various types of vehicles are con- tinually rushing everywhere, making the pedestrian's life a nightmareg jeeps bouncing and skidding along like small, playful puppies and large snorting trucks lumbering along like awkward St. Bernards. A giant crane comes creeping along the tracks like a huge

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THE SCHOOL YEAR HATH Vivat academia, Vivant professores, Vivat membrum quodlibet, Vivant membra quaelibet, Semper sint in flare! 1 TEN MONTHS Mourx-I DAY Asvncrs, Hounns, Wxxruan, Erc. Scuoor. GmL's CALENDAR September 10 Jason Fairbanks hung, Tides 8.9 Feared of dying? Were you Dedham, Mass., 1801. 10.8 feared of being born? February. 14 . , Keep up your courage, Boston Elly 5. EI. ZEFI. St. Valentine was built in 1630 but did March. .. 31 U. S.-japanese Treaty Windy HOF become 3 City Until 1854. u 1822. October- V 3Q A11 Ha110W's Eve. Tides 10,1 Marriage is like the eating 'Old Time Ball. Reading, Vt. 7.3 of an oyster. You can D::ember. 7 Pearl Harbor Disaster, Snows now. HCVCF tell Whether it was 1941. bad until ir's too late. May ..... 27 Dionne quints born, Excellent weather It'S all right to think about 1934 CZ8r'1D, Tides: 5.4-7.2. the world after a war but April .... 2 Flour S900 the Showery. when you're attacked by barrel. 3865. bandits you usually do not january. . 30 Charles I beheaded, Tides 9.6 think of much else than 1649. 6.9 beating their heads off. November 26 Sl t 1- The planetary system will go 2551 S' af' U oppy rave mg go on as usual this month, june. . . 5 Battle of Midway, Thunder is diStl'l1St anybody who tells 1942 Cro 10thD. seasonable. you to the contrary. April .... 15 Swallow Day- Geese winging N. It'S Safe t0 bathe this month. Sardines running. Tides: 9.7-8.5 Disbelieve two-thirds of the january . 15 Unconditional Surrender gossip you hear and say Conference at Casablanca. nothing about the rest. December. 29 10th Collin Kelly. Things to avoid this month: d. 1941. rheumatism, colds. school, May ..... 11 Man without a May be frost on apoplexy, typhus, creditors, Country d. 1863. full moon. rusty nails, and the devil. October. . 7 Chicago Fire, Definitely don D0 allyourhome work prompt- - 1871 C8thD. flannels! ly. It's easier to settle March, . , 22 Ens. Warmerdam pole Tides 10.8 with ORC teacher than ten. vaults 15-SM, 1943. 10.3 To break the kite flying record Sgprgmbgf 3 you'll have to get yours up 13th 5' a' m Pleasant spell' over 23,110 feet-which'll june ...,. 2 P. T: Barnum's Electrical take at least 37,300 feet or lst tour, 1835. disturbances some seven miles of wire. March... 15 Income Taxes Payable. Tides 9.3 A wise man hath more bal- Sloppy travelling. 8.6 last than sail. February. 10 Normandie capsized, Whcfl WOYUCH Speak ill of YOU, 1942. live so nobody will believe November 21 Damp as usual Seen any crows yet? thrm- Telephone receivers are made of Oxybenzelmethyleneglycolanhydridel Goodbye for now. See you next September. -37.-