Central Junior High School - Reflector Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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THE ANNUAL REFLECTOR The Odyssey for Boys and Girls Retolcl from Homer by A. J. Church CHARACTERS ULYSSES-King of Ithaca. TELEMACHUS--His son. LAERTES -His father. PENELOPE-His wife. CIRCE-An enchantress who turned men into beasts. NAUSICAA-Daughter of the king of Phaeacia. ATHENE-Goddess who guided Ulysses. MENTOR-One of the disguises of Athene. CALYPSO-Who held Ulysses prisoner for seven AN'l?ltl3gUS-On: of the suitors for the hand of Penelope. Ti-is STORY The story begins at the close of the Tro- jan War. Ulysses, King of Ithaca, with twelve ships, each carrying fifty men, set sail for home. The journey lasted twenty years and during that time he had many strange adventures. The first place they reached was the city of Ismarus which they plundered, but in the ensuing battle they lost six men from each ship. A storm then drove them to the island of the Cyclops or the round eyed people, as they were called because of their having only one round eye in the middle of their forehead. Imprisoned in there cave, Ulysses escaped by blinding his captor but only after the Cyclops had eat- en several of his men. Next they visited the Cave ofthe Winds and were given a bag Containing all the adverse winds so that the fair wind would carry them home. But the men became curious when they were nearly home and opened the bag. The winds escaped and carried them back to the island of Circe. Circe was an enchantress who changed peo- ple into swine. Ulysses was able to resist her charms and forced her to free her en- chanted captives. By stopping the men's ears with wax and having his men to bind him to the mast, Ulysses was able to pass the Island ofthe Sirens. The ships had to pass be- tween the cave of many-headed Scylla and the whirlpool, Charybdis. If he ventured too near to Scylla, she would devour six of hismeng whileif he went too near Chary- bdis, his ships would be swallowed up bythe whirlpool. He chose the cave of Scylla and sacrificed six of his strongest men. They landed on a beautiful island where the Sun God kept his cattle. Circe had warned them not to kill any of the bea ts but while Ulysses slept, his men killed one and angered the Sun God. As a result the last ship was destroyed and everyone on board except Ulysses was drowned. A - He clung to a mast and drifted to the Island of Calypso. Here he stayed for seven yearsg then he escaped on a raft and reached Phaeacia, where he met Nausicaa, daughter of the King of the island. Hnally the Phaeacians furnished him a ship to take him to Ithaca. When he arrived in Ithaca. Athene dis- guised him as a beggar and he went to the palace where only his old nurse recognized him. During his absence princes from his own and other lands had wasted his money and destroyed his flocks and were even try- ing to force Penelope to choose one of them to marry. His son, Telemachus, had spent many years searching for Ulysses but could find no trace of him and everyone believed Ulysses dead. Penelope had agreed to accept whichever one of the suitors could bend Ulysses's bow. Athene then changed him to his own form and helped him to kill all the suitors. Ulysses then went to see his father, Laertes, who was overjoyed to see his son again. The people whose princes had been killed, rose against Ulysses who met their attack aided by Telemachus, Laertes and a few old servants. Athens ask- ed Zeus to aid Ulysses, which he did by hurling a thunder bolt into the enemy's forces. After that Ulysses and the people of Ithaca were at peace. CRITICISM I like this book because it has many stories of adventure in it. Although we know these adventures could not be true, they are told in such a realistic way that you almost believe them while you are reading them. James A. Oswald PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN

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T1-is ANNUAL REFLECTOR The Opal Braclet By Laura Zeman and Betty Boergert LISON DOANE and Patricia Marks were two pretty girls of Mayville, So. Carolina. It was in the spring of 1794. The two girls were great chums and were never seen apart. They were in the back yard of the Doane home. The well-kept trees were already budding. Swinging on an old branch of the pear tree the two girls were merrily singing an ancient ballad of Spring- time. This is the verse they sang: Springtime is here, so the robins sing. the trees are already budding, so that is why we know 'tis spring. Alison jumped down. Come, she said to Patricia, we will go into the house now and have some muffins and tea. Patricia jumped down also and the two went into the house together. Maria had been the faithful servant of the Doane mansion since Alison was three years old. The fam- ily had just come from England three years ago, but dear old Maria had always traveled and went where the family went. Patricia Marks had been living in America two years before the Doane family came over from England. Patricia had formerly also lived in England. She knew what a dear coun- try it was. Maria had tea already for the two girls that were so dear to her. The tea table was set very neatly. In the center of the table there was a pretty bouquet of marigolds and sweet Williams. The tea was hot and the muffins were very delicious, with butter and honey. All at once it began to rain, pitter-patter, pitter-patter. Oh dear! it would have to rain. And it was such a lovely, sunny day. Patricia sighed. All at once Alison jumped up, very excited. 0h! she exclaimed. 'I have a fine idea. Let's go upstairs in the attic. You can wear mother-'s ancient Spainish costume, and I will wear my grandmother's beautiful Puritan costume. Maria won't care. Patricia was all a glow. The girls Hew to the kitchen and told Maria that they were going upstairs to dress up in the attic. Of course dear old Maria said it was all right. The chums skipped gaily upstairs. Patricia put on the beautiful gold spangled Spanish cos- tume and danced a Spanish jig. Alison donned her grandmother's lovely, fine Puritan costume. She was very proud to wear it. It was of the very finest linen. Patricia decided to try to find a fan to go with her Spanish senorita costume. Patricia found a large black fan with gorgeous roses that were hand painted on it. As she picked up the fan something fell out. It made a tinkling sound. She found it behind a black, dusty trunk. To her sur- prise and amazement it was a beautiful opalbracelet. She gave a startled cry of amazement. Whom could it belong to? She picked it up and ran down stairs without showing it to Alison. Of course Alison followed. Patrica took the bracelet to Maria. She hoped that Maria might know something about it. Maria took the bracelet. Why, she exclaimed, this was your great grand- mother's wedding bracelet. She could hardly believe her eyes. Just then Mrs. Doane entered. She had been over to Mrs. Mark's house, sewing on a patch-work quilt. Come here, quick! called Maria. Mrs. Doane immediately recognized the bracelet. Why, she exclaimed, this is my grand- mother's missing braceletf' My grandfather gave this to my grand- mother as a token of his love for her. It is large enough for two bracelets, so two brace- lets shall be made out of it, one for Alison, and one for Patricia. The two girls jumped for joy. Oh, you're a dear, Mother, exclaimed Alison. and she kissed her mother with inexpressible delight. Patricia and Alison went over to Mrs. Mark's to tell the good news. The missing bracelet had been found. Since Patricia found it, it was only right that she should have the right of sharing it. l J i The Girli I should think you'd feel happy-as akmg when you're up in the air. Aviator: Happier. I'm an acef' PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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THE ANNUAL R1-:FLEc'roR Lxomwnlom aAsKE1'aAu. TEAM Basket Ball The Central Junior heavyweights played a long, hard schedule this past sea- son taking on some of the bestjunior high teams in the state and winning the ma- jority of their games. In the city they easily won the championship by winning all of their games. At Bay City they lost two hard-fought games but traveled to Port Huron and won a tight game from Garfield Junior. At the first of the season Central won its games by reason of an exceptionally strong defense. However a late season shift that changed Speer from guard to forward uncovered a strong offensive combination without weakening the defense and the team then ran away from its opponents. Potts, Spence and Speer divided the scor- ing honors. Armstrong proved to be a driving type of guard who improved every game. Others who played strong games were Wrege, Thompson, Brown, and Loney. HEAVYWEIGH1' BAsKa1'aAu. 'rnml ' PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT