Central Commercial High School - Hour Glass Yearbook (New York, NY)

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To Fazl or ot to Fazl To fa1l or not to fa1l that IQ the qt1est1or' Whether t1s better for the m1nd to suffer The D s and erots of outriged teachers O1 to take arms Hg 11nst 1mHss of fmlures And bx st11dx1nq end them7 To s1qh t v n No more 1nd bv 1 sleep to put H1 end To boredom and the nex er end1ng drone Of pedants XOICQS TIS 1 relax1t1on Exeeedmglx enloved To xaxx I1 to sleep To sleep perehwnce to drean1 Av theres e ru For xx h1le xxe re deep 1n slumber xx ork goes on Th1s mikes us peruse there s the m1stalxe Thit b 1nqs e1l1m1tx 1n h1qh sehool l1fe For xx ho could bear the qL1lpS and xx h1ms of profs The students xx ronged the 1ns11lts to our pr1de But th it the dread of fa1l1nq all our tests An 11ndes1red fate xx h1eh C xuses those promot1on aches ind puns Ll les the xx1ll 111d m1lxes L1S1lfl'1QI' be 11 tho e 1 s xxe hax e Than HV to others that xxe lxnoxx not of Thus eonse1enee does mike eoxx ards of us all And the plin th1t xx ould r1d us all ol x orlx ls SlClxl1Ld o L1 xx 1th the pale east of thought Griduauon s xx orth the studx md the str11n VV1th th1s lll 1111nd our x e llx sthenu loses fue An xx IIISISI on DISSHIQ TheC,1s o a ', e : X: Q ' 4 X 3 Q I a' 5 Q C , A X: . j S K. X . , o laxx' If 1 c f 3 2 E w ' 5 N. .x' v A 1. . A C .'C 4 -- L 2 X, th b: 'X 1 X. ' 1 5 1 X X' ' 1 r' gg e z ' j ' 'x ' . v - V s 7 ' The pangs of ignored hunger, the bells delay Q c ' - - k L -, Q C ' ' a .X Q ' X5 e 5' J P :Z X: ' t 5' . 3 'Q X 2' sX 'llp ' 3 ' ' 5 C ' ' , ' X C C ' ' Q ' x' C Q ' 'Q ' X 3 ja X 3 Q . ' ' 'x'4':' X X :XJ MX. d 'e ' fs xl - llesf

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l took a xx alk doxx n by the sea And l xx as all alone l 5tood there xxatching ae the xxaves Broke into gleaminq foam The screechinq of the hunqrx gulls The tossinq of the Qea Were more inelodious than chimes Or xo it eeemed to me There xx ere no armies no combat boots On puny half groxxn men And as l pondered there a xx hile A thought came to me then Whv C1n t all leaderS of todav Forqettinq vxar and hate Take 1 xxalk doxxn by the sea Where they can meditate And feel the sun upon their facts The xx ork of God s oxx n hand The calm Serenity of life ln n iture Q xx onderl ind lm sure xx hen shoxxn the beauties Life holds for thtin in store. Thexdd be much better, wiser men, Of one thinq thex'd he sure. That nun in this modern world tod'lx'. Still meds tht knowledge of hoxx' to prix lfle still needs time to meditite, With Cod, the grewt Crt '1tor. If he would he 'i Stronger min, Thin 'mx' xxouldelve dictator. O Heaven! Powers Restore Them -lris Cfiinphtll

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To Thme Own Self Be True rm was feehng partlcularlv happy today He was enter1ng 1nto hls senlor year at Rrverdale College and he also had developed 1nto the star center of the basketball team He knew that there were go1ng to be some blg games th1s year and he was qorng to play h1s heart out 1n every one Thls year the team was scheduled to play 1n the c1tys brg new arena and that added to the thrrll of the game As he walked through the school qate he savu Tom and Blll the star forwards of the team and before they knew rt the tOp1C of drscusslon vtas basketball because they preferred that to math or b1ology After a fexx mlnutes they went 1nto the bulldmg to start the1r last year of school A couple of weeks had gone by and 1m had been domg hrs usual flne class work and the flrst brg game was tvxo days off On h1s vxay home a flashxly dressed man about 35 years old stopped hrm You re 1m Sanders arent you? 1m answ ered Sure thats me The man smlled You ve got a brg game Fr1dav nlght hoxx do vou thlnk rt mlll turn out7 IIU replled proudly We re a clnch ls that r1qht7 Say k1d hovt would you l1ke to make a llttle easy money just by not SCOFIHQ over SIX or eight pomts? Play xt smart and no one wlll knovx the dlflerence You just had a poor n1ght rm was too shocked to say anythlng and the man shoved a telephone number rn h1s pocket and sald Thmk 1t over k1d and call me up tomorrovt n1ght and the money vull start rolhnq vour may 1m had trouble sleeplng that n1ght and by mornlnq he had decxded not to say a word to anyone and to lgnore the whole thrng Perhaps the guy was a practlcal joker There vtas a capacrty crovxd at the clty arena and the fans were excltecl and no1sy Rlverdale and Scranton were ready to qo Rlverdale took the yump ball and scored a qulck basket A few mlnutes later Scranton had a SIX polnt lead as Rlverdale s team vxasnt cl1ck1ng At the half they traxled 45 35 and they had been erqht polnt favorrtes at the start of the game The second half was a carbon copy of the first Scranton outplayed Rlverdale and the game wound up vxxth them on the tall end of a 81 75 score 1m couldnt understand 1t he had scored 24 pomts but Tom and B111 had collected onlv IO betxxeen them W1thor1t those tvto hrttlng for pomts they were not a sound team The coach Mr ohnson patted them on the shoulder and Sald You lust dxdn t have lt tonlqht fellovus The team had to lmprowe for the game vuth Slarfield but lt dldnt They lost another one after bemg heaxy favorltes and the team s morale vt as shot About a vxeek later 1m was avx akened rn the mxddle of the n1ght by none other than a polxceman vxho very calmly Sald Get dressed and come along vuth me son Thls scared 1m half to death but he obeyed orders 12 0 I. . . V . . . I . . v r ' ' . 7 . . V 4 . e Y . . . Y r r ' , V V . . . . 7 V V . 7 . - y , y I . . Y . V . . , . . tt - . V VV , lr - VV . U v I V - V V V V . , V I rr V , .- .. . . . V 1 ' , . A . V . . - . . VV . V . I , . , . . 7 . - V V V. , V l K Y 1 V . V . AY . . K . V V . . V V . . . . V V 1 . , 7 . . Y. . - V . Y . . . 1 ' ' V V I . , . , - V . ., . . , . . V V V . v . V r V 1 7 c V I YV 7 I . V . .. gy , . . VV . . , . . ' l