Columbia School - Hourglass Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART The most loyous tume ot the year as Chrustmas It ns a time when the souls ot men are at peace and people all over the world are an some way sharmg wnth each other the happnness ot openung thenr hearts with kindness and love toward all men Our tamuly celebrates Chrastmas an a specual way Our home Secol near the small town ot Pultneyvalle on Lake Ontarso ns my wnnter paradnse The ever greens which surround our property wnth each lamb wearrng a coverlet ot snow sway gracefully back and torth In the sharp blanket ot whute green lawn puttmg each trny rose ot The old elms leaves and blue sky The placldly ott our shore wnth down between ducks tloatmg an almost a sense ot complete peace as burymg each tlake The strungs ot bread and popcorn tor the snow brrds are lyung In the small evergreen bushes by the mann entrance and the wrought :ron stand ns tulled wrth wood My tathers ten pounter has been hung an :ts place nn the hall and decorated wrth a red nose and a strand ot red beads The wreath wlth a red bow hangs on the door and Mother has put her Christmas scroll up m the entry hall She ns dessed un her brrght Chrlstmas sknrt and blouse and all around the house have been placed Chrrstmas decorations breeze A magnntncent to sleep ot thelr green Into the bright up and a ew scene comes sottly unto nts place nt falls bookshelves an the library are covered wlth cards that have gnven us extra joy In the Irvmg room the ture ns sparklung as nts yellow red and blue tlames wave upward from the logs Mnckey has taken her tavornte spot nn tront ot the hearth upon which she has put her two tront paws and glances up at the brass star wnth nts Iuttle candle shrnnng and sendung ott nts golden rays The blue spruce sending a pungent fragrance through the room glustens as nt stands erect and proud The lights some ot whnch Mother and Daddy had on their turst Chrnst mas together are all burnmg and the balls and tunsel ncucles hang gently around the tree The tmsel star brnght In nts correct place as turned towards the angels on the pnano and provsdes the trmshung touch to a beaututul decoratuon whnch takes my breath away when I gaze at nt It ns Chrlstmas Eve and everyone has hung thelr stockmgs by the chumney wuth care an hopes that Samt Nrcholas soon wall be there Together we Iusten to The Bard s Chrrstmas Carol sung Christmas hymns and set a lunch out tor Santa betore the chuldren are tucked unto theur beds We stall have lots to do As we play Santa Claus we return to chuldhood We set the toys nn the chairs by the tnreplace and put the last gutts under the tree Then Daddy and I take our Chrnstmas Eve round ot delnvermg gntts to our truends Atter stoppung at each house to talk and have some Chrustmas tun we usually get home lust In tnme to leave tor the beaututul candlelnght servnce at St Pauls Church As Dr Cadugan conducts the service and the choruses smg the tamulnar Chrsstmas carols an the candle Ilght and the evergreen arrangements simple but ettectuve I am able to understand more clearly why the Savuor Christ was sent to thus earth I become more thanktul each Chrnstmas season tor the radnant beauty ot the world tor the peace In men s souls and tor the loy and happiness wuthun my own heart Carol Lockley Grade IO H M I watched hlm as he went up over around under and wondered How can he know where to go next'7 It was obvious that he did know though and has work was nature pertect When he was tnnnshed however I knew that hus hours ot nntrlcate deslgnmg would be ruthlessly torn to the ground and the mumature artnst s lute carelessly ended Stull he seemed not to be wor ned about that as he worked In the corner ot the ancient porch He had started many mnnutes betore I had become curuous and commenced corner he went up pullun as he went As he worked thread ot has desagn gleam and threw trom I-Ie rested then over mornnng 5 work lm or a whnle and go to It was evening the porch and Begunnmg un one cord taght circle each mormng worker donng betallen looked but not seen had spued natures small artnsan and had brutally and unmercutully ended has tlme ot belng Fragments ot has lute s labor now dnrty and unsughtly Irttle resemblmg the beautntul art ut once was were strewn helter skelter across the porch The yellow spuder and has web were but snmple memoraes Anne Coker Grade I I When I arrnved I hum Durmg the day MY HAPPINESS It was a rather gloomy day and I suppose I telt tnred and cross My homework seemed endless and I lust dudnt see any pomt nn workmg I guess ut was lust one ot those days that you can t see much pomt to anythnng Suddenly I closed my books and started thunknng ot the more pleasant sade ot lute and the happiness ot Invnng I had so much to be thanktul tor' The tamuly atmos phere In whnch I luved was enlightening ruch and happy It was here that I tound the depth ot under standmg the love and the wnllungness to help-all those thmgs that make a tamuly so needed I sud denly remembered a cold winter day when I had gone skatmg with a trnend As I returned home at dusk thoroughly trozen I saw the trlendly twnnkle ot the Inghts and I telt protected When I walked In shakmg ott the cold snow I saw a cheertul ture crack ' I I f . . . . u .' . ' . I . . . ' I I ' g . ' . . ' . . his ' ' ,I h' . . . ' t ' each one adding to the luster ot the season. The on . I ' 49

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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

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lung In The flreplace and on The hearfh my dog peacefully IusTennng To The famnly conversafnon The smell of good food was floafmg from The kuTchen I felT happy and suddenly Thankful for The goodness of home wnTh :Ts forever warm welcome I Then recalled anoTher day when a Trnvnal argu menT had nrrnTaTed me IT was a hoT day nn The summer I felT cross and Tnred perhaps because of The Terrific humudafy AfTer dmner I walked ouT of The house slamming The door loudly behnnd me Thus unnecessary noise seemed To saflsfy me The heavy humndlTy how ever had dssappeared and a mnld breeze was blownng genfly Through The Trees As I climbed The hull behund The house I saw an unvnfnng paTch of grass under a spreadung cherry Tree IT appeared a perfecT place To sTop To Thrnk Thungs over The breeze blew refresh mgly Through my halr The birds were chlrpung gally and as I saT un The warm sunseT I suddenly feIT aT ease I shuT my eyes and saw The sun rnsmg nn The oTher hemusphere upon an unfamnlnar world I ThoughT of Those unknown people Dnd They have happy famnlues as I dnd7 or were They hungry sad and clusappounTed7 These quesTuons made me Thankful for The ruch and happy world surroundung and enrnchung my lufe uack ly I realuzed how snlly I had been and as The sunsef faded behind The surrounding woods I began my walk home wnTh a qulck and Invely sTep As I concluded The ThoughTs of my dlTTerenT experu I caughT sughT of The realuzed whaT an op Enfhuslasm ences and Theur books Iyung on porTunnTy lay flashed I was again Ieges which Affer I conTrubuTe To under Three phere The an an college and and prrvn Thmgs whuch I arranged Them The famlly aTmos and a happy I was angry or dusap pounfed I would remember These Thnngs engraved deeply nn my mend I was sure ThaT I would feel for TunaTe and happy As I lay nn bed ThaT nnghT sTalI Thnnkrng of Those unsplrang Ideas I suddenly saT up realuzlng ThaT I had forgoTTen The mosT umporTanT Thnng of all Smnlnng nn The dark I snuggled down un my covers and whus pered To my dog And :sn T :T wonderful To be able To say LeT Us Pray 7 Jane Swan Grade I I YOSEMITE To geT To YosemnTe we had To druve Through The mounfauns down Info The greaT valley As we drove along The wrndnng mounfann passes we began To glimpse The Type of scenery ThaT we would be seeing for The nexT few days huge mounfalns and very small people When we reached The valley we followed a ruver lnTo The hearT of Yosemufe NaTuonaI Park Each Turn of The road broughT new and excuhng scenes To our eyes Now and Then The raver besude us would crash and swell over The boulders or gracefully flow over a ledge The waTer crysTaI clear sparkled un The IaTe afTernoon sun IT seemed To be Talkung To us as we rolled on snde by sude The mounTauns rose all around us and The pane scenTed aur was clear and nnvngoraTrng ThaT evemng we wafched The fnre falls over Glacner PolnT Each nughf aT nine ThurTy There IS an Indian call To Camp Curry and Then glowung coals from a special kund of bark whuch has been burned for sev eral hours are pushed off The pomT The coals cas caded down The mounfazn slde luke a sTream of fnre nes The nexf mornsng we aTe breakfasT on The Terrace wnTh lovely pasfel wrld flowers Agaun The mnghfy Yosemufe Falls Thus Tnme rn The un The early mornung sun near a large clearmg Armed wnTh s IaTer we sTarTed off on a wenT by bus far up Info The Trees belneved To be many even when folnage almosT brughT copper redwood Trees looked almosT as Though someone wenT ouT every mornung lusf To polish Them Affer luncheon we headed Towards The oTher sude of The valley on my way sToppnng aT Inspurahon of Them bear The They Tall somehrnes a year They seem color even brughfer Than IengTh of The greaT valley and :T looks as Though The mounTauns parTed To Ie+ The raver Through Then as we clumbed hngher and hngher we goT a glimpse oT The Suerra Nevada Mounfalns whnch le beTween YosemuTe and The Pacufuc Ocean Fnnally when we reached Glacrer PounT Yosemnfe lay before us as we sTood hugh above The valley floor The Merced Rnver whnch flows Through The valley was merely a Tnny brnghf green ribbon carefully land down The cenTer There were Vernal and Nevada Falls flowmg peacefully El Caplfan a solud cubic mule of rock sfandnng malesfucally as If To guard nfs kingdom and To The rnghT Half Dome which people belreve was once a compIeTe dome We sTood and looked aT The wondrous scenery whsle some fleecy whuTe clouds came over The mounTams as nf To perform for The cameras Comnng back down The mounTann we sTopped To see Brldal Venl Falls There was a lovely rannbow on The falls and The wnnd senT The waTer rockeflng and cascadmg from one snde To The oTher The waTer made a deIncaTe lacy paTTern lusT luke a brndes venl When aT IasT we had To leave Yosemnfe decuded ThaT we had made only a denT un seemg all of :T Our bus drnver had Told us ThaT he and hs famuly had Ilved nn The park for Twenfy years and They hadnT yeT run ouT of new campung snTes We hoped ThaT someday we could reTurn perhaps In a dlTTerenT season and conTnnue our Tour of Yosemufe Suzanne Jones Grade II . 2 . I I I TI' . gngfgafgvel +I-,e words which PoinT, almosT on The valley floor. One can see down The of I I . F T 1 F 1 0 'I 1 i d ' I d. ' - - u - Q . Q 1 I I 1 . I I lf ' 50