Columbia School - Hourglass Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Insrde a Inre IhaI brrghIIy glows Children warming frozen Ioes Laughfer song and lolly murfh All are ceIebraInng Ihe Chr1sIChld s bnrI Many sporIs Ihrough wunIer days Skahng sknng and even sleughs As you can see and I m sure you w WnnIer conIams many a Ihrrll Jane Hansford Grade 7 ALONE ONCE MORE II was one of Ihose very busy and rndusIr:ous days aI Ihe farm We all had 'obs Io do wrIh dlfeCl'0n5 on how Io do Ihem qu ckly I Inked Invmg on Ihe Iarm II was moIher accudenI I aI when I was aI Ihe or and wash IhaI I Irve when I wenI Ihere nme years home I remembered My knlled un an auIomobnIe Ihe only one alnve aIIer Io Ihe ac all my Iruends and all Ihe babres people companron for wanI Io go exacIly because I IhoughI aI would be dull BuI when I Iound ouI Ihey had a farm locaIed In a qureI IrIIIe valley I wanIed Io go Jerry was Ihenr son I-le seemed very nrce aI IursI noI aI all Ihe way I had expecIed he mrghI be BuI aIIer a Iew weeks we became very much aware of each oIher He IhoughI I was sIeaIrng has parenfs love and I Ihoughr he was acIvng Ioo proIecIed I one day some Io a broIher and a was crippled I dvdnI dndnI realuze :I aI IvrsI buI aIIer a whale I knew +ha+ he was sIeaInng Ihungs and saymg I sIoIe Ihem and he also broke and upseI Ihlngs I drdnI say anyIhung abouI II because I IhoughI he would geI over :I soon One day Jerry wenI Ioo Iar when he IeI Ihree o sand I drd :I wenI up and Iold Mr Barnsby lusI whaI had been gorng on For some reason or oIher he drdnI be lreve me and pumshed me by makung me sleep an Ihe barn for a week So IhaI nrghI I wenI over Io Ihe barn II was one of Ihose cold OcIober days and Ihe mghI was Iwuce as cold and I had only one bIankeI Sleepnng an Ihe barn was Ierrrble because Jake Ihe hrred hand apparenIIy hadnI cleaned Ihe barn In Ihree weeks I drdn I geI Io sleep unIrI 4 30 and I awoke aI 6 OO ThaI morning I was lnsIrucIed Io Iake Jerry a hike II was my Iurn Io choose where we were supposed Io go so I sand up Io an old mvne shaII near Ihe Iop of Ihe valley We made IasI Irme IhaI day and were Ihere In Iwo hours We drdnI eaI lunch when we goI Ihere because Jerry wanIed Io explore Ihe old mane shaII rrghI away We couldn I go rn II because II was aboul' Io Iall down so I suggesIed we go Io Ihe Iop ol Ihe hrll and look down on Ihe Iarm hrs IaIhers besI sIaIIrons loose We soon made :I Io Ihe Iop Jerry bemg very fussy abouI Ihnngs wanIed Io go ouI on Ihe ledge I slowly wheeled hum ouI on Ihe ledge berng very relucIanI Io go There were abouI Ihree yards Io go on Ihe ledge Jerry msasfed we go ouI aI leasI Iwo ards so we could see everyIhmg As I was wheelvng sm ouI Ihe wheelchaur musI have her a sIone and Iupped over sendrng Jerry flymg Ihrough Ihe arr The nexI mmuIe I saw hum sprawled down on Ihe valley below a srxIy Ioof Iall I ran as IasI as I could Io see II he was ahve Luckily he Iell an a clump of bushes and was lnvnng An ambulance rushed hum Io Ihe hosprIaI AbouI Iwo weeks passed and Jerry was Ieelrng much beIIer The doclor had called specnalrsIs In and Ihey all agreed IhaI Jerry would be able I walk agarn In a lew more days I am Io be senI back Io Ihe orphanage I am Io go back because nerIher Jerry nor has parenIs know and somehmes I wonder wheIher I pushed hrm off rn my conscious or sub conscuous mmd RoberIa Deverran Grade 8 WHISP RING FIRS The moon shone down On Ihe snow covered ground Whrch glssIened as dramonds an lrghI Then I cocked my head As Ihe snow To Irr Iree All seemed All was shll nd yeI I To break I II was far Grade JOHNNY Hr my name IS Johnny Johnny BaxIer I am Ien years old I have been a crupple srnce I was Inve years old I have been rn a wheelchanr as a resulI of a car crash nn whnch my IaIher losI has Infe I Iave on Clark SIreeI In Albany New York wrIh my moIher and Ihree srsfers Mom works every day whale Mary Kris and Cheryl are rn school A nnce old lady named Mrs Regan sIays wrIh me all day A so called Ieacher comes every day for four hours and Ieaches me schoolwork Mr Brown as nrce buI he gefs mad aI me once rn a whale AImosI every day aIIer Ihe publrc school rs recessed my Irrends come Io see me There are Mrke Tommy Jimmy Fred and all Ihe gang They Iell lokes and play wzIh me In Ihe sprung I go Io Ihe ballfreld rn my wheelchaur and keep score Ior Ihe gang I go Io Ihenr baskeIbalI games Ioo and help Io keep score On Sundays I am unable Io go Io church buI I lrsIen Io a servnce on Ihe radro Our mmrsIer comes Io see me once a week I always look Iorward Io hrs vrsrIs for we are good Irrends We Ialk over all our ' '- ' -'II ' h. yn ' U ' . t ' ' ', ' ' an, , ' - , I . . . . , E h ' u D I I r I ' ' , A ,'n' ' ' ' ' ' I ' Therewas . . . I i . ' ' . - 9 I ' ' ' and ' ' '. I . .. . .On . i i . 47

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soff colors We dnscovered a very peaceful looknng place under some pnne frees Here we resfed our weary feef Back of fhe frees I spoffed a very nnvnf nng green fhnckef I wenf back fhere fhnnknng how nnce nf would be nf I found a rare moss We had been falknng abouf rare mosses on fhns frnp I foughf fhrough some brush and fhere I was' My eyes nnsfnnclnvely fell +o fhe ground Suddenly I WI-nal was +ha+7 I couldnf belneve my eyes I hasfnly gafhered fhe specnmen and hurrned back fo my frnends who sand nf was a coral mushroom I-low happy I was' I dashed back hopnng fo fnnd some more In my eagerness I wenf furfher back nn fhe fhnclcef On fhe ground was a curnous knnd of moss whnch I had never seen before I 'nook some of nf fo my frnend She sand nf was qunfe a rare moss lfs name was webera snssnlns We decnded fo explore fhe fhnckef very carefully We found more webera snssnlns and also one lone Indnan pnpe grownng rnghf nn fhe mnddle of a decay nn sfump Regrelfully we sfarfed back our baskefs full of specnmens Buf anofher surprnse was nn sfore for us We fool: a dnfferenf roufe from our fnrsf and all 'Ihe way back huckleberry bushes wnlh huge berrnes doffed fhe franl Ouf of a pnece of paper from my frnend s skefch pad we made a crude baskef and pncked some of fhe luscnous frunf fo fake home The Infe of a na furalnsf ns a full and lovely one nn Mannes wnlderness Carol Doyle Grade 7 TRAVELS OF A NICKEL Affer I was made I was puf nn a cash regnsfer Thafs where I mef my fnrsf frnends mosfly dnmes and an older lady She sand fnf y seven penny a I donf qunfe buf snnce I don I couldn f do a Soon I was regnsfer Thaf nnghl' W IG I WGS fhe day was o er I broke In penny nn fhe ex ra a was or buf Englnsh I guess somebody crowd sand Wouldn I' 'rhnng as cheap as nafure We heard a door rushed fo a very dark room maybe Ihe cellar Thaf s where I fell ouf fhe only one lusf my luck I was down fhere for a whnle and somebody came down fhe sfanrs I was pncked up and carrned upsfanrs by a lnffle gnrl fhaf I found ouf affer fhe lnghfs were on Lafer fhaf evennng a polnce car came and 'rhe offncer asked nf she or any one else nn fhe house had found any clues fhaf somebody mnghf have been fhere She fold hnm fhaf she had been nn fhe cellar and swepf and a Inffle lafer when she wenf down she found a nnckel on Ihe floor I was soon nn fhe polnce mans hand I was falcen fo a large offnce bunldnng where I was examnned and rexamnned I was Icepf nn a dark box fhaf nnghf The nexf day a man came by and pncked me up wnfh several others Thaf affer noon I was placed nn a glass case af a museum wnfh from some w nfs lusf henr and we were qunckly some quarfers Our plaque sand Sfolen by an oul law I forgef fhe name of fhe ouflaw because I only had one chance fo read nf before I was puf nn here Soon all fhe quarfers began lo falk aboul me benng so cheap Then I remembered how unknnd I had been fo 'rhe penny and I promnsed myself I would never do fhal agann I hope Ive learned my lesson and fhaf you have learned yours foo Hendn I-lollenbach Grade 7 WINTER FUN If s lofs of fun nn wnnfer Inme When snow ns on The ground Wnfh skns and sleds up hnlls we clnmb Then fumble down wnfh a bound We bundle up from head fo foe To keep fhe cold wnnd ouf We lump and frolnc nn fhe snow And run around and shouf On fhe Some If s fu e sma sporf 'foo An s fo do ns done Wells Grade 7 THE OLD SPIRE In a woods behnnd a Inffle vnllage Ihere ns an old church Thns church had many servnces held nn nl fully you can see a Inghf nn fhe church spnre Many people nn fhe vnllage say nf ns fhe Lnghf of 'rhe Dead u Ihen agann fhe nonsupersfnfnous ones say nf ns us a reflechon of Ihe moon Long ago a legend was fold abouf fhe old church If goes somefhnng Inke ns Long ago an old man Inved nn fhe old church spnre If was sand 'Ihaf 'rhe old man would lnghf a candle when fhe sun sef and he would blow nf ouf af day break As fhe old man wenf up one sformy nnghf 'ro Inghf fhe candle fhe wnnd blew hnm off fhe church spnre Before he fell fhe mafch fouched Ihe candle and fhe candle Inghfed From fhen on fhe candle has been Inghfed Thaf ns why so many people fhoughf nf was fhe Lnghf of fhe Dead Molly Adams Grade 7 WINTER I see a dazzlnng coaf of whnfe Glnsfennng brnghfly nn fhe Inghf Everywhere fhaf I can see Covernng every house and free Icncles hangnng long and round Snowmen Iynng on fhe ground Frosfy wnndows bnffer wnnds Blownng snow fha? round me spnns . Q . . g ' ' w ' II. '. . , - d ' . . . ' . . . I+' ' f ' . Pennles- Then One df?Y Ilfifaf +CI'l05e l for CIIWIQQ for buf now if. is abandoned. Af nighf, if you look care: . I ' I I + ll II . f I I 1 A p n ll s T 'll ' 7 b +I Q u s Q n - - I I ' - . . Ill nh' . ' V I ' I . . g a ' ' ' T ' o . 7 I . n 46 '

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problems wifh each ofher. He has given me fhe spirif and courage by which fo live. My name is Johnny Johnny Baxfer. I am a boy who does nof have fime fo feel sorry for himself. I face every new day with a smile and fhank The Lord l am alive This is my way of life and I love every minufe of if Cafherine Cobb Grade 9 A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Dear Lord I 'rhank Thee for each cool breeze For each ray of sunlighf Each flower each free or each bursf of spring or each new day or Ihe righf fo worship in my own way or love of friends and family or life ifself and for liberfy Dear Lord I fhank fhee in every way For fhe happiness granfed me each day Rufh Levy Grade 9 FRUSTRATION Elusive answer feasing me Why do you haunf my bra1n7ln glee You flurf wifh nod and wink lnsfrucfing me I don f fhnn The hour res losf +heir zes I wrife a I now OU Since Fisher Grade IO THE PROPHET As fhe Assyrian charuofs claffered away info fhe dnsfance hungray flames licked up fhe walls of fhe dried brick houses and buildings They poked quiver ing Tongues infowindows and open doorways charring everfhung in fheur wake Forfified walls now smashed fo crumbling ruin by heavy baffering rams reflecfed only fhe devasfafion inflicfed by hafeful hearfs Twisfed and crushed bodies lay in fhe roads where heedless chariof wheels had sfruck fhem only a few munufes ago Loved ones huddled over fhese dead as fhough frying fo wake fhem from fhe efernal sleep People frapped under sfone or by fire cried ouf for help Ihaf never came Wails of frighfened children separafed from fear crazed parenfs aug menfed fhe rising din in fhe fiery cify Many had raced fo fhe river when fhe invaders had been sighfed knowing full well fhe affermafh of an Assyrian vusif Those who hadnf quife reached if lay moribund wifh hands oufsrrefched foward fhe deep crimson wafers Sarnibal clucked fo The sweafing horses, urging fhem on fo a fasfer gaif. He couldn'f lag in fhe Assyr- ian army' no one could. Pairing up wifh an officers chariof he could nof help noficing fhe cruel smile fhaf cuf fhe soldiers face Following his gaze Sarni bal saw fhe fiery plume of fhe cify grow and fhen slowly diminish near nfs fop where fhe darkness of fhe nigh? fried fo soofhe fhe wound Shivers raced up and down his spine Back in fhe cify he had felf as fhough every flame every sfone and every spear had pierced his body as each man was cuf down by fhe Assyruans They hadn f a chance If was a slaughfer house where pigs and caffle were bufchered If was like fhis on every raid burning and pillaging Once again he looked over af fhe officer seeing only hafred and a yen fo desfroy He remanded Sarnibal of fhe ferocious lions affacking a bull in fhe carving on fhe fried fo hafeful Affer '7 Indeed he walls of fhe femple fell himself he all wasnf he o was in body buf He rem been faken info Sennacherib GS If had always been on sweef smelling The morn face fingle wifh fears of as he ad and hard ing had a fall and The waving dew I-Ins family had marched away They were an working These fhungs seemed all fhe dearer fo him now He hafed baffles for fhey had no sound reason for exnsfing Why did Sennacherib need more fer i+ory7 Couldnf he be confenfed wufh fhe kingdom he had7 Why was he power hungry7 Wasnf peace fhe mosf valuable assef To 'rhe counfry7 As fhese fhings raced fhrough his mind a plan slowly began fo how wrong Sennacherib was how wrong fhey were and how ferribly wrong fhese raids were Sarnibal had heard of fhe Hebrew prophefs who wandered from village fo village preaching fhenr beliefs He would preach his beliefs foo going from soldier fo soldier I-Ins mind was swiffly broughf back fo fhe horses when one of fhe chariof wheels hif a deep ruf The officer looked over sfaring af him for a momenf as fhough he had been reading Sarmbals fhoughfs all The fume Almosf involunfarily as if fo avoid fhe icy gaze Sarnibal pulled up on his horses dropping be hind For some fame he wafched fhe fuzzy clouds of fhe horses breafh swell and fhen melf info fhe nighf air as fhey galloped over fhe grasslands The dungeon was damp cold and filfhy The high dank ceiling and fhe slime covered walls en veloped him The small hole in one side of fhe cell was a poor excuse for a window and even less com forfing Everybody had laughed af his ideas He had fried and fried fo make fhem believe buf fhey had laughed Then fhey didn f laugh fhey grew concerned He had been faken fo Sennacherib himself Now he was here condemned fo die as a fraufor +o his counfry Carla Hyndman Grade IO F . . . I ' F . . l Q F ' . ' , ' , fo , . ' ' ' kl . d - fi . I My ' f. I ' I . u . 9 n - O . - . Y 7 . . . ' Ypur na.. keen fake form. He would speak 'fo fhe soldiers. fell fhem i ' . -r nf nr fu ' 48