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

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' x , Y' W SPRING Soft xx 1nds are bloxxlng through the trees All green and nexxlv budded lhe ram has fallen to the ground The road looks d1amond studded All at once Sprxng 19 here Old ack Frost ts xaxx nlng Blrds smgmg 1n the morn Greet the nexx day s daxx mnq Young and old are all al1lxe Ar th1s gax voung season Dan Cupld xx1th hls mlghtv oxx Gwes them all the reason ButSpr1ng must go and Summer Comes She s left to xx alt once more The xx orld goes on not carlng HSI at lt dld before Sllflllghf streamed 1n through my xx mdoxx Un1nv1ted to my room Mwrched upon my fresh pressed cox er Maklng faces ln the gloom Exhallng a sxxeet aroma Reachlnq out xnxlth smold rlng poxx er Unlnsprrmg at that hour Rob1nstxx1ttered on the OL1fS1d6 Slttlng boldly on the slll Tauntmg me and shrleklng gally Saunt rlng up and doxxn at xx 111 Fed up xx1th thls bllthe 1!'lU'Llb1OI1 Off the bed I falrly sprang Ran and grtmlv broached the xxlndoxx Thlnklng thoughts 1n modern slang Heavv clouds xx ere ebbmg sloxxly As I squrnted at the day Languxd xx mds xx ere xxarmly bloxxmg All mv 'anger xx ent astray Summer meant to haxe her say ean Oster Arlene Gans J 1 fy! - , 1 A Qu' K ix A ff x l 1 l - N ,A l 4' f I I f ' 1- ' 3116?-ff ' M09 C 'V ' Bent on nothing more than something . I dv. - 4 . 'I b v I I ' I . 7- v I I I I V. 1 Y 1 ' X -1 -

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THAT TIME OF YEAR lt s Autumn The ltftx es fall sloxx lv to the qround Trampltd on and towed around AIHICISI the xxmd the dnt the Nod Thus mortals treat the qlfts ol Tod IXI'1l'3ElZ1IIIIIICI'IIllY1 WINTER Idlx xou buds xx.1x doxxn South And qroundhoqs huutd dup Beals and Idl1l1lfS LlllDIIILlIIlxN too IILIIIX qet to slctp Old man xxtnttr s tommnq round xxtth hrs fro LU hnqcrk T ey IQ not lun to mxont xptu illx ont xxho lxnqtrx Soon .1 flullx bl mlxct ol snoxx T tt xxry old mlm xx1ll brmq IOIQLIIIIQ xll xx ho do t htloxx FI rll Vk?ilxlIIQ ln tht Sprlnq He hrmqx hc tutx ln hu xx tlxt IX xstlt xx httf. and stlll P attelns III the xxmdoxx pant Are ipIQ3SclHIIl'1Illl IClLlCS1D rndnx forms Hmq from txtrxxxhere The shmmq surface on t 1 L 'Nlo mirror Q in pomp ut But thouqh xour brtdth IS to u d L u L S t ll ht orxx tt 1 -. Q x mwxx L tmp wt 6 S 2 ' . . . ' , I I I L . 1 , ...f 'K I 7 ' : E , , '. . ,. , , ' . ,' ,.'. . ' H '. -, ' .. hz ' A. P' 1 L ' 1' 3 ' ,E Q If 'Q 'f 4 Y . X , S. Z - B ' X 1' -, E '2- Q ' ' t 5 ' he lt lv I A' ' 'Q ' Q A I' A 3 ' ld, xo ntl-if s FITIYXI' go. VV5 t s xx'hf1 xot lczixw us. Klan who lWI'lIIQS the S . -lrts la l' 2

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In Th1S aughty World Fenton declded to allox h1mself the luxury of a few moments rest He squatted and alter an mstant sat on the cold damp ground tosslng hls r1lle carelessly at h1s feet He was completely obl1v1ous to all sound about hlm The Hrlnq and shelhng falled to penetrate the recesses of h1s m1nd He could only feel the bltxng cold tearlng through h1s body He puffed at h1s chapped hands and lelth1mselfbe1nq drawn 1HtO the haze that h1s breath created He fought agalnst 1t for he knovt the pool of memorles was bltter but then relaxed and succumbed to lts hypnotlc xnfluence H1s m1nd dr1fted laz1ly backvt ards and he savt the New York of h1s youth Not that It had changed much vxlth the vears The slums nex er do It IS th young faces constantly turnmg old only too soon the clear mnocent features of ch1ldren becomlng d1sf1gured mth lost dreams and dlsappolntments as txme Sklpb by that deludes you 1IlfO thlnklng the ne1ghborhood IS altered He recalled a boyhood filled w1th pranks and m1sdeeds HIS h1gh school days were for the most part spent mx ay from that fine bu1ld1ng of knowledge After graduatlon he spent h1s days vt 1th the other boys on the block yust taklng It easy H15 mother ID hopeless dejectlon pleaded vxlth l'11I'I1 Ge a lob lmmy You went to a flne school You learned a good trade Why must you hang around Wlth those other boys and do what they do? along all r1ght But the slght of h1s mother ln tears was enough to send hlm on hrs may What can you say to a woman who has had so much to cry about? And 0 he got a 1ob unt1l hls vxell learned shxftlessness lost It for h1m and after much proddxng another 'md another all commg to the same abrupt conclus1on As for g1rls there were many They came and went ln a steady stream Form splte of all 1I1d1C3t101'lS the cramped llvlng quarters the bad food that may have led one to belnexe the contrary lmmy grexx tall and broad shouldered Hrs features mere good too alert blue eyes 1 good nose and chm and sandy ever tousled ha1r No there had never been a lack of qmrls m h1s hfe lmmy mlght have contlnued l1Vlflq llke this mdefinxtely for the thought of no respons1b1l1ty tow ard anvth1ng or anybody pleased hlm Hls phllosophy of ask no quarter and gxve none vxorked xx ell Then hls country lnterceded The Army xxasnt easy for lmmy Its perpetual Yes Srrs md No Slr S mfurxated hlm He regularly flared up xx hen flced xuth authorlty but 28 C I IVV I L ay T. A , , C A l LL ,. 4 .V l I V . . . C Y' . y n , ' e ' tp' ' ' , , ' V v V C 1 . . . Y t . . . . K . . 7. . V .. t . , Aw, Ma, he retorted, Hwh do ou alwa s have to ick on me? We et Y Y Y Q 7 7 c . S . . . Y - . 1 . . . C V . L. . . I , ' , . . . , 1 . I , ' ' . , c c ' K l l I