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

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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

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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 pol mrs. fenton comes to town ULADIES and genflernen. on fhe righf we have fhe Iargesf building in fhe world, fhe Empire Sfafe Building. Did you ever see a faller, more maiesfic building? Louisa, if Pa were only here! lsn'I if W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L? Such a big building! Why if musl' be al' leasf eighfy-five sfories-I'd really be afraid fo go up if! Ladies and genflemen, you are now approaching some of 'rhe popular deparf- menf sfores on Fif+h Avenue. Here we have Besf's, and furfher up we have Lord and Ta lor. Y Oh, Louisa, do you see fhose clofhes? My goodness lands, you'd have fo have a million dollars fo be able fo buy fhem! Oh, fhaf looks like fhe coaf I saw in fhe paper lasl' nighf: fhey wanf a fhousand dollars for if. Lands sake, I don'f fhink I ever saw fhaf much mone . Ladies and, genflemen, cas! your eyes on fhe one and only Rockefeller Cenfer, fhree blocks of 'rhe mosf modern buildings in fhe world. Here is Radio Cify Music Halll, fhe largesf fheafre fo dafe, and on fhe righf you see fhe Nafional Broadcasfing Buidin . Sock af Fred Allen, Louisa. Thaf's a good picfure of him broadcasfing. l'd like fo wafch him somefime, wouldn'+ you? Yes, Ma, I would. Oh, my goodness, Misfer, be careful! You nearly ran fhaf poor man down. Lisfen, Lady, I'm drivin' dis bus, and daf man was crossin' on de lighf anyhow, so mind yer own business! Louisa, did you hear fhe way fhaf man falked fo me? Jusf like I was nofhing. I had a mind fo fell him I was Sheriff Fen+on's wife of Newfon Town, Penn. Well, Louisa. glad fo be geffing back fo home affer fhaf big week in New York? Oh, l'll be iusf so glad fo see Pa. Oh, fhere he is now. Pa! Pa! I'm so glad fo be home. You're righf, fhere is no place like home affer all, and you're so righf abouf New York, foo. l'd hafe fo live fhere. Thaf's one of fhe firsf fimes you were righf: if's so big, Pa. Did you gef along nice wifhouf me? Was fhe house kepf clean? Did you always have enough fo eaf? Louisa, say hello fo Pa. Tell him how glad you are +o be MARJORIE VOLOSHEN, '40. a tale of woe MRS. VAN HORN had a liffle Pekingese which she called Scoofles. Now Scoofles, alfhough he made a fine appearance, had a very bad femper. One day, Mr. Van Horn decided, as do all hen-pecked husbands, fhal' he would like fo slip ouf fo a poker game. He waifed unfil Mrs. Van Horn was asleep, and fook special precaufions nof fo lose his key. Buf Scoofles, where was Scoofles? Oh, well, he did noi' have 'rime fo worry aboul' fhaf now. Closing fhe fronl' door quiefly, he sfarfed slowly down fhe sfeps fo fhe sfreef. As his foof reached fhe boffom sfep, he felf a sharp pain in his leg. If was Scoofles! Before he could confrol himself, he had lef ou! a shrill Ouch! Soon, Elijah, where are you? rang in his ears. Whaf could he do? He was caughi' befween fhe devil and fhe deep blue sea, as some people puf if, buf fo him if meanf one fhing, unless his wife had mislaid her rolling pin. HELENE SCHEUER, '4I. home. dear. I'm surprised af you. I f Ire A lash of fhe Devil's fongue. BETTY GERSTENZAN6, '4l. fhirfy-fhree