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

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the umx knexx hoxx to handle obstlnacv and lts drsclpllne ex entuallx subdued lm And noxx a small group of scouts ambushed IH th1s of a forest He xx as suddenly roused out of h1s rex er1e The lullabv of bullets had ceased There xx as an omlnous sllence surroundlng hrm H15 eyes darted to the left and rlqht There xx ere h1s compamons lylng around some dead most of them xx ounded He groped for hrs rlflc and the oppressnve sxlence abruptly came to an end He ll'1SI1I'1CflXCly knexx that they xx ouldn t adxance xx h1le one rrfle xx as strll spoutmg fxre 1mmv rubbed one coarse sleexe agarnst h1s runnmg nose thought better of It and reached for h1s handkerchlef What a heck of a flx he thought There must be some xx ay out lcould make a dash for It through these vxoods BV the tlme thev reallze the shootxnq has stopped for good and creep up on us Id be safe but these guys most of them xre stlll al1ve He stared thought fully at h1s hand Cr l could A fexx seconds later a yaunty xx hxte handkerchref at a r1fle s end dancmg crazrly m the lcy xxmd moved sloxxly forxx ard Fervently praymg that h1s buddxes xx ould soon be found an Amerlcan sold1er sm1l1ng a tlght b1tter httle smrle xx alked rlght 1nto the mldst of the enemv ranks So Shmes A Good Deed 1n a Naughty World' Ruth Bogner CRY OF TODAY S YOUTH Most confused drstorted xxorld You haxe once more donned vour dark red garb of xxar To reek destructlon before xxe ve hardly l1x ed For xxe are l1ke the grovxrng grapes that have not reached the1r peak But stxll are xery green the1r deeper hue to seek OF THE INFANTS We are but tmx ones for xx horn tomorroxx xxmll nex er come We haxe not lox ed seen the daxxn or v1exx ed the settmg sun Therefore xxe crv because xxe knoxx Our daxs xx 1ll nex er come -lean W1ll1ngham 29 c i 1 , - - - K s ' c lv ' k ' ' -x v lv gf x . K . . - . , . . g . . ' c . . . ' . Q c . 1 . . Y 1 Y V V . . Y I 1 ' ' . 'r. -' ' ,, ' ' . c , .V c . , 1 K ' fc '- , . E S 1 , S 1 - . .4 H . . . . v . v v . , Y. Y Y , ,, 4 v Y - V 'L . . .. . , ,1 . c Q . ,... r . Y . v r v , Y. V g . - 1 c 3 ' I - ' 1 ' 1 9 v 1 , . , . ,

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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

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