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

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THIRD AVE UE EL Th1s IS m trlbute to the Th1rd Avenue El whlch has every school day for three years served me falthfully Every mornmq br1qht and early I qet up vtalk a few blocks and there I stand IH front of a small prlwate ra1lroad I cllmb the steps worn th1n and smooth vtxth the constant cl1mb1ng of feet up the stalrs The feet belong to all kxnds of people the rel1g1ous the small the old the derellcts that seem to l1ve 1n the doorvt ays along Thlrd Avenue and the bankers and Wall Street brokers vxho have walked up these steps to catch a tra1n I get to the top pay mv fare and 1f xt s vunter I stand ln front of a l1ttle pot bell1ecl stove vxhere every one huddles to thaw out h1s frost bltten fingers In the summer I stand out on the platform and look doxxn the tracks and walt for the tra1n to come The tram announces lts arrxval vxlth thunderous applause and the platform trembles as 1f afraxd of the tram When I get 1n I look out the vtmdovx at the people golnq by or read the sxqns Sometxmes I can look drrectly acloss 1nto the homes of people l1ke people qettmg on and off as vxe come to the1r statlon Sometnmes I 1m so lnterested ln them that I almost go past my statmon Well vxe re comlng to the end of our r1de Thr, IS the 42nd Street Statlon and It s t1me to go Eleanor Hennessey Lord' vx hat can I say to you7 You gave us so much yet vx e have tvx lstecl and d1storted almost every good th1ng gxven unto us You gave us love You vs anted to share your love you xx anted us to love our frlends and nelghbors to love peace beauty and to love llfe You gave us peace You vt anted us to llve m peace and yet our greedy selhsh selves hax e not alloxx ed lt You gave us beauty You gax e us many beautlful thmqs yet seldom do vt e flxckex a eyelash at the many natural vt onders of lnfe Lord' vx hat fools xx e mortals be' Olga Anne Pxfko ' ' 1 , . . . V . . V . V, . . . V . V . . r Y ' l . . Y y. . . - . V L V . 1 . . . Y . . V. 7 4 . watching a scene in a play: but most interesting of all, is to watch the different V , f . , D A , 3 ,. , v V Q .-. 1 1' ' ' ' .-A ,C 5. . Y . K y 1 C , K F, 7 ' I ' 7 U Q .. 7 ' A I I A I I L v 36

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A HAND TO BEAUTY Shoxx tncm 1 brush some punt 'md psunter s palette And soon 1 bl mlx unfeelxnq sheet of p lper pulses h 1rd xx 1th llfe A qtuck declslxe dab 1 splatterxng there 1 soft sensuous sxx eep And color bursts 'ind trlnkles ln betxx een each t1nx crex1ce The product of a thought made precious bx a slxllled sure hand A x 1x1d m1nd that boasts the cunnmg Wlth xx hlch to lure a treacherous fragment of IHIEIQIHHFIOII 1nto the open To nurse and clothe 1ts nakedness I cst lf become feeble md uncertaxn And coxxer ln tts nexx enxlronment Shoxx them 1 plece of skx a plot of earth A blade of grass in open field a sparklmg brook a playful sun And they ll create from these most s1mple gxfts of nature A spectacle xx hose brlllxant lnght xx ould fuse And blaze ln earth s dlm halls Arlene Gwns MY WORLD ALONE If I could pa1nt the beauty that surrounds me Id frame and keep lt hldden out of slght To gaze on only ln those darkest moments When uqllness xx ould shut my eyes to llqht When clrcumstance has cut me off from re ison When staunchest fr1ends proxe xx orthless enemxes Ill let my sorroxxs float onto the canx as And lose them IH the lullabymg breeze When lonellness engulfs the xx orlcl around me When loxe has gone and left that famous Iche My tears xx1ll fmd the1r xx av lnto my portraxt And fIlCIxIQ llghtlx 1n mx pamted lake When goals pers1st1n sllpplng from my grasp VVhen t1me has sneakxnglx changed daxs to vears Ill lxe beneath those loxmq outstretched branches Whxle tenderlv thex cradle all mx fears V When xouth unqrwtefullx seeks greener pastures When hre burns the oxygen I breathe Ill step msnde that color studded refuge And be forex er happx 1n mx sheath -Arlene Gans .4 ' I A 4 . . . c I c c I I. v. . 2 2 ', ' Q. 2 ' Q ' ' .4 . . I ' C 'TC L 1 'TC , : V -I -1 Y 'W C . V K . Y r . V 4 w. fx c A . ' Sf -if I 2 c I ' c A A , c x. C ' . 4 , I - And xvaken each somnambulist to beauty. C . I A C . II I L- C B- ixs III IV I 'I f c . ,I . C 1, 'ix I X C A

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