Calhoun School - Ink Pot Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ink pot his head fo one side and liffed himself fo his haunches for a momenf. His brighf eyes narrowed and his chops fighfened againsf sharp, whife feefh in a slow and sinisfer sneer. The cries of fhe child grew louder and louder-fhen wifh one piercing shriek fhey ceased. The young mofher was abouf fo order several pounds of pofafoes when she felf a sudden fighfening in fhe region of her hearf. Wifh a deep sense of apprehension she Ieff wifhouf complefing her purchases and hurried homewards fo her child. The walk seemed much longer now, fhe air colder and less friendly. As she walked along her sfeps became shorfer and quicker and finally she became panicky and broke info a run. The house was ferribly quief as she enfered, and somehow she could nof find fhe key fo fhe Iafch-and when she did her frembling fingers could nof summon fhe sfrengfh fo furn fhe lock. Buf somehow she found herself wifhin her own home and, hurrying fhrough fhe rooms she came fo The fhreshold of fhe nursery. She fhrew open fhe door and, glancing inside, uffered an almosf inaudible gasp of horror, drew her hand fo her fhroaf and slumped info an unconscious mass .... RUTH HORWITZ, '37. the art of eating spaghetti ONE of fhe fhings which worry people is fheir fable manners. There are many fancy. dainfy dishes wifh which one comes in confacf, buf perhaps fhe mosf horrible fo masfer, as an arf, is spagheffi. Spagheffi, when cooked, mainfains fhe appearance of ifs uncooked sfafe, buf is more flexible and, fherefore, does nof sfay on fhe fork. Any- body will admif fhaf if is sudden and shocking, when fhe food is pracfically in fhe moufh, fo bife down, only +o find buf a fork befween fhe feefh. The only fhing fo do is fo look on fhe plafe and acl' surprised fo find fhe same spagheffi, waifing noncha- Ianfly for anofher chance. In fhe firsf place. spagheffi should never be served on any fesfive occasion. If if is served when one is being enferfained af fhe home of a friend. The only fhing fo do is fo fail fo lower one's vocabulary fo profanify. Perhaps I would never make a feacher. buf I should advise anybody. who wishes fo eaf spagheffi successfully, fo pur- chase a funnel af fhe nearesf hardware sfore. The funnel should be selecfed so fhaf if fifs fhe size of fhe moufh. The spagheffi is fhen under fhe besf confrol fhaf can be ex- pecfed, and can be poured genfly info fhe moufh wifh fhe ufmosf success. JEAN S. CASSRIEL, '37 longing N LONG fo walk a barren field or lie face upward on a hill and wafch fhe sky sparkle wifh silver. I wish I were a shepherd of whife sheep ouf on fhe hills, and for fheir sake musf keep awake. I would see fhe radiance of fhe sky and fhe rapfure of fhe slow sfars marching by, 'rhe near ones brighf, fhe far ones very dim. I long for magnificenf beaufy, black glossy hair, black sparkling eyes, brighf wifh infelligence-so lovely fhaf people would call me divine-so fair fhaf I would fake fhe breafh ouf of fhe very souls of gods and morfals. Beaufy-fhe supreme giff of God! Buf all we can do is long for if. FANNIE MILLER, '39, . fhirfy-one

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ink pot some day THIN sfreams of sunlighf invaded fhe warm, somnolenf afmosphere of fhe nursery. Soff blue drapes flapped occasionally againsf fhe window panes. Af fhe foof of fhe blue enamel crib a huge police dog reclined, his powerful body sfrefched full lengfh, recumbenf buf alerf. As fhe young woman came info fhe room, his ears rose sfiffiy and a long grey fail fhumped slowly, ioyfully under lhe crib. Bul' when she passed him wifh a careless caress. he reclined info a wafchful and pensive affifude. His greaf. soulful eyes absorbed fhe overwhelming love she felf for fhe finy creafure in 'rhe crib. lf was such a peculiar creafure: Czar had never seen anofher like if. lf had soff. yellow hair. and greaf big blue eyes, and affer she fed if milk from a boffle if would gurgle and wave ifs finy arms abouf in circular mofion. Rafher fufile acfions, Czar fhoughf, anyway quife be- yond fhe comprehension of a canine mind. Whaf annoyed Czar mosf was fhe facf fhal' fhaf liffle creafure demanded so much affenfion. Up unfil The pasf year he was accusfomed fo being pampered and peffed and made rafher imporfanfg when com- pany came, he was allowed fo display his reperfoire of fricks-and fhen was praised for is cleverness. Buf fhe infrusion of fhis obnoxious liflle creafure reduced him fo fhe lowly posifion of a mere wafchdog-which was far below his dignify. lf was springfime, and fhe budding crocuses on fhe lawn reminded her of her new- born child. As she 'rhoughf of him. bubbles of ecsfasy rose and fell wifhin her breasf, and her lips curved in a smile. She realized fhaf all mofhers musf feel as she did, fhe beaufy of her new possession. lf was marvelous and a liffle frighfening fo have fhe opporfunify of shaping a life fo her own will. She had read somewhere fhaf every child was born wifh almosf similar endowmenfs, and lhaf environmenf and fraining formed fhe real basis for characfer. ' She had such plans for her darling's fufure. Firsf she would make him aware of all fhe beaufy accessible fo man: of 'rhe pure beaufy of nafure, of 'rhe s mbolic beaufy of music, arf. and liferarure, of The philosophical beauly in man himself! and his world of science. ln a year or fwo. perhaps. she would play fo him: fhus he would recognize fhe classics al' a very early age and derive a complefe safisfacfion from fhem when he be- came mafure enough fo undersfand music. As soon as he could concenfrafe she musf read fo him, and some day. when he had developed an insafiable curiosify for knowl- edge. she would ply him wifh all sorfs of books. When he would be abouf six, she could inifiafe him info fhe fascinafing world of creafive expression. Perhaps he would learn fo appreciafe arf: he mighf even culfivafe fhe desire fo spread if more widely so fhaf ofhers mighf benefif from whal he had learned. Thar is where his academic educafion would be imporfanf. His general knowledge would give him culfural foundafion, a fruer perspecfive, a balanced sfandard of value. Buf she would never force her own prejudices and opinions on him: she would place a wealfh of maferial before him and he would make his own choice. Perhaps from fhe complex order of all fhis he mighf discern fhe difference befween really living and merel exisfing. She knew fhaf fhe child mighf nor be able fo fuhfill any of her ambifions because fhere would be legion exfernal forces which musf influence his developmenf: and she knew fhaf even if he did nof comply wifh her ideals she would confinue fo love him iusf as fiercely as before. She would live again in her child: she would share his ioys and his hearfaches-fhaf was fhe greaf giff of mofherhood-anofher life. From among fhe safin coverlefs an infanf's profesfing voice arose. A+ firsf if whined: fhen cried, and as ifs cries were unaswered, if lapsed info a series of sfaccafo bellows which became more and more annoying fo Czar's peace of mind. He cocked fhirly

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ink pot la vie clans un pensionnat Suisse ES deux ans que i'ai passes dans un pensionna+ suisse son+ les plus amusan+s que ie me rappelle. Mais ie me demande si +ou+es les 'eunes filles americaines y seraien+ heureuses, car il y a une chose qui man ue: c'es+ la liber+e. Moi. ie n'ai iamais e+e si libre e+ des le premier iour ie me sen+ais eureuse. Je veux premieremen+ vous racon+err commen+ les iournnees se son+ passees. Nous nous sommes levees a sep+ heures, puis il y avai+ +ous les iours ving+ minu+es de gymnas+ique pour nous reveiller. Apres cela on avai+ le +emps de s'habiller e+ a l'1ui+ heures la cloche sonnai+ pour le deieuner. Le res+e du ma+in es+ rempli par des lecons qui se passen+ en e+e au iardin. L'apres-midi on +ravaiIIe, on +ai+ du s or+ suivan+ les saisons e+ une +ois par semaine nous pouvions aller en ville. Le soir, cenies qui veulen+. +ravaillen+ ou ecriven+ des le++res, on ecou+e la radio e+ quelquefois on danse. A neu+ lweures on va ge-neralemen+ se couclwer e+ a dix lweures la lumiere es+ e+ein+e. E+ puis commence le +emps ou on s'amuse le plus. J'avais la chance d'e+re dans une clique de cinq ieunes filles e+ nos chambres e+aien+ voisines. Presque aucune soiree ne passai+ ou nous ne faisons quelque be+ise. Quand i'y pense main+enan+ ie me demande commen+ nous pouvions e+re +ellemen+ niaises mais apres +ou+ on s'es+ si bien amusee. Les pauvres ins+i+u+rices devaieni' venir clwaque soir au moins +rois fois avan+ que nous fussions +ranquilles. Nous somme allees dans les chambres des au+res ieunes filles, nous avons cl1an+e e+ ri e+ quelquefois ioue aux phan+omes. Je me rappelle une rencon+re avec une ins+i+u+rice, a onze heures du soir quand i'avais ma couver+ure cle li+ fixee au+our cle ma +e+e ei' quelques lampes de poche avec des lumieres rouges e+ ver+es dessous. Je croyais que c'-e+ai+ une ieune +ille e+ ie commencais a danser au+our d'elle. Ne me demandez pas ce qui s'es+ passe le lendemain. Les iours que nous +ou+es aimions le plus e+aien+ ceux ou on +aisai+ des excursions de slci. Deja les prepara+ions nous remplissaien+ de ioie. La veille il fallai+ +ou+ preparer, puis on se coucl1ai+ a l1ui+ lweures. E+ ces soirs-la nous e+ions +ou+es sages. Le ma+in 5 cinqu heures le reveil sonne. On se di+ cle mauvaise humeur: quelle horreur. il fau+ de nouveau se lever. Mais en regarclan+ la mon+re on se rappelle: on va skier auiourd 'l'1iu. e+ on sau+e hors du li+. A six lweures un bus loue du pensionna+ nous a++end. Nous nous y ins+aIIons e+ on par+. Generalemen+ nous allions deux lneures en bus e+ puis on se +rouvai+ en face des plus belles pen+es de neige. Les deux lweures se passaien+ en cl'1an+an+ e+ en blaguan+. Nous arrivions fraiches e+ heureuses, ce qui e+ai+ necessaire pour la mon+ee ui e+ai+ souven+ +a+iguan+e. Mais apres on n'y pensai+ plus quand on pra+iquai+ ce pluscbeau de +ous les spor+s, avec un soleil d'e+e. E+ le soir on ren+rai+. +a+iguees, mais brunies e+ con+en+es. Je ne sais pas si ie serais encore une fois si heureuse pour deux ans dans ce++e a+mosphere, mais ie sais que le jour ou ie devais qui++er Lausanne me parai+ le plus noir dans le passe. HELGA BODENHEIMER, '38. S YSCYB PETS ALL young gian+s +owering in +l'1e air, breaking +l'1e slcyline in+o brigl'i+ blue, iagged Flashes. Here is a baby one, s+ill mos+ly a pile 0+ rocks. We see E+ grow, shape. +orm. Soon i+ s+ands +l'1e +alles+ of all, peeking mischievously +l1roug+i +l'1e clouds a+ +l'1e +iny an+s +l'ia+ buil+ i+. ELISE ELISBERG, '41, +h i r+y-+wo