Cranford High School - Golden C Yearbook (Cranford, NJ)

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The ,Spotlight l'nC1' Tl1l1't5'-Five m m Obnlg A 5711112111111 By THOMAS LINNENBRINK, '31 I am a shadow. A long shadow that sprawls over a new-decked earth. A shadow that has no orrgrn no pattern and I am the endrn rn myself I push eagerly through lazzrng clouds of Korean scent that flow from mottled banks of blossoms All rs quret here The sun peers back at hrs glrtterlnff tram as a grass carpet beneath the trees settles to outwatch some restln bees I am trred so trred of fallrnff across meadows rnto the gaspm brook and on to deepen forest dark I wrll res and be strll on the ffrass carpet under the May blossoms But I cannot for Sun sees and glowers' Gay trees are startled Blushrng petals fall shatterrngs of a Chlnese vase Therr pungencw IS so heaxy It chokes me' I am forced to go on I must on and on for I am a shadow A lon shadow that sprawls over fr n w decked earth A shadow that has no O11 rn no pattern and I am the eudmg rn myself -Mant 'KHBPE iliarnhrnpa 1Heard From Mx Bedl By HUGO DI Ff1B1o 31 By THoM1xs LINNENBRIINK patter patter The falntrng scent of dylng roses drrfts And falters drrp patter drrp Rarndrops fall on the flat roofs slantln roofs flat earth In the softened arr wh1ch has taken on a glow Of colors And the w anlng fragrance softly srnks and fades In the shadows heaped earth plowed earth upturned leaxes folded leaxes gr err d SXKZLQIYI leaxes How I would lrke to be a leaf sl epy wrth ramdrops talkrn therr tmx talk upon me drlpprnq so sleepX drrpprn so sleepx so leepx sleepr drrpprnff Leaxlng rn ms lonels heart rnftrtlculare Sorrows 11119 .mll llhlll I1 .U. , D . D 'U D . .1 D . h .U . f, 1 v' 4- ' t D ' ... -1 , . . H' ' , . . Q, . r c , , 3 - 1 1 ' 1 v Y 1 . - ,31 . ,4 .- 4 .U ., , D V , . I ,' Av 6 4 L Y V, 'Z 'e e 'Q.f ' D V 1' -' - .U . ., , s , Q. .U ,... l v rl r 'D T l I' a 1- lrl . ll

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Ill Ill Il 'Glyn Spotlight Iago Thlrts Pour El Bram a Lllmr By CHRTS Som-:NsEN 31 CAwarded thlrd prlze 1n Natlonal Poetry Contest of the Scholastlc Magazmel I draw a tangent on the moon But 1t fades away too soon I draw an angle to a star But the dlstance IS too far Then I draw a llne rl ht through The mxddle of the mght to you Now It stays there very brlght Outshlnlng any starry lxght Suddenly I ind Im thrown Upon the ground all alone I DICK myself up from the ground And bl1nk1ng hard I look around tVery queer I thought to sa Belng here 1n th1S way! I gaze around w1th tlmld eyes From earth to trees and then to skles I find that I am standxng where Rows of corn stalks stlck the a1r All IS sxlent very st1ll Except my heartbeats thunder thrlll And then I see a star fall down Another leaves ltS mghtly crown Unt1l three fall to where I stav fAnd I had thought to get away? Then I hear pecullar sound H gh above the turrowed ground I look lnto the nolsy sky And thls the sxght that meets my eye The moon I se spI1t ln half I thlnk lt queer I try to lau h One half falls 1nto the fleld Very sllver Ilke a shleld The stars above thxs half move round Blazlng sky blazing ground They speed clrcles round the moon CIFCICS endmg all too soon Above my head I hear a hum The other half a pendulum Swmgs across the sky and back On a curvmg sllver track The mghts a clock to me T1ck1ng t1me etermty Stals are seconds burmng brlght In the txcklng of the nxght Then I chance to look around And see more stars upon the g ound Arranged 1n geometrlc plan FIQUTES never made by man Clrcles squares and dlflerent angles Structural shapes ln ha y tangles Then a searchlxght cut the mght W1th the sharpness of 1tS llght And 1n the space between the two I saw a vlslon all ln blue And I cr1 d aloud to see God standlng there ln front of me I-Ie stood there hke a flower sweet Nlght changed to a heavenly street And all around Hlm shone H1s Elory Just as you read ln Blble story Seven angels round Hlm stood Slngmg aloud of brotherhood Each one bore a shlnmg lxght Mak1ng gloom clear to my s1ght And there I saw ln front of me The fable of etern1ty All the pam and sorrow felt Touched my heart and left a welt All the Joy and gladness known Came to me wh1le all alone I bowed IH prayer to H1m above Asklng for H1s tender love I felt a glory enter m The llght that shmes eternally Somewhere a freight tra1n rattled past I knew the swht would end at last A cloud came down from up above Hlclvng the one who taught me love Llghtnmg sewed the sky to ether All the nlght was element weather The moon went up to where IC should And all the stars Alone I stood Beneath the sky and breathed a prayer To Hlm who thmketh everywhere God I thought IS xery good I would Jom I-hs brotherhood I would know the frlendless breed Help them serve them ln thelr need I would be a part of God Instead of human earthly sod I draw a tangent on the moon From October to next June I draw an angl from a star Wlshmg to be vthere you are And then I dravx a llne r1ght through The mlddle of the nlght to you Nou It stays there vers bl'lC'ht OUtSh1H1f1g any starry llght an 'f V U' 1 9 0 1 ' 1 Y . . . . . . I. III. 3 . . . y n ' , A 1 . . . i 1 ' 'gf . . . ' S J . . . . . . O . A. I II. . . , Y I n , . . , - . , Y, , , ' 2 . 3 . , . ' 7 J 1 . . . . ' . . v ' M L v 1 ,,. . . 9, Q . 1 . I , J , l Y . ' O .J 1 . . Y B . . U . . . .. , . O . . . U , J - - ' ,J 3 - .1 Y ' 1 1 . l , . 7 D 'T , . ' V - y , . Y - v K , I . J , - Y , , , - ' -- IV. ' V 5, ' . x 1 . A V Y M 1' ' , ' I . . Y . . . . 1 I . 1 . 4 ' , , ' ' ' J ', ul . ' 3, U ' - - , , - ' ' - L I J .. I LJ K' T .- dal null If

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The Spotlight Page Thirty Slx Salramm By SARA ALLEN 31 Awarded Honorable Mention ln Natlonal Essay Cont st of The Scholastic N THE 11st of Trlals of Llfe From A to Z nght Ibefore Snumy Colds and Spinach come I Salesmen A Salesman IS a walking encyclopedla who IS antlclpated wlthl dread endured wxth 1mpat1ence and dxsposed of wlth all posslble haste He lS a person who ls bent on convmcmg you hls helpless VlCt1!I'l that hls are the only posslble wares on the market X, and that you are the most obtuse and xgnorant of men not to seize the golden oppor tunxty you are lettmg shp through your fingers when you stubbornly refuse to purchase Salesmen are utterly devold of any personal feeling and cannot be reached by curt refusals Jeers or 1cy polltenesses They contxnue to bestow pxtylng smlles on obstinate rebuffs and speak ln the coaxmff tones one uses to a temperamental chlld They even resort on occasxon to cajolery and flattery One day last summer havmg nothmg to do and all the time in the world to do it ln I was ensconsed on the front steps entertamxng a nelghbors small daughter with the remarkable tale of The Three Pigs I was up to the part where the wolf demanded entrance to the three DIQS domaln I growled ferocxously Let me 1n or Ill huff and Ill puff and Ill blow your house down' Marjle shlvered ln dellghted terror and I paused for dramatlc effect when a shadow fell across the lower porch step Looklng up I saw to my consternatlon a man who was all too evldently a salesman He had all the earmarks of one In hxs hand he carrled a black satchel and on hls face a fatuous smlle rounded syllables poured forth nearly drownmg me ln a sea of words He sald ln swlftly undulatmg tones I am Mr Potts from the Slnger Sewmg Machine Company of Elizabeth New Jersey I have here a booklet whxch I am sure would mterest you lmmensely It will tell you all the pomts of our famous machines whlch are used all over the world Here the steady flow stopped whlle the salesman paused for breath and I closed my mouth which I dlscovered had been standmg open durlng this bewlldering flood Suddenly I was flxed wxth a plerclng gaze whxch demanded the truth the whole truth and nothmg but the truth and the questxon What kind of sewmg machme do you use? was shot at me Taken unawares I gulped and stammered N none' The salesman bent a pltylng glance on one so benlghted m thxs mechanlcal age as to be without such a smmple necesslty as a sewlng machme But ln hxs eye was the look of a hunter who sees hxs prey and IS sure of makmg a klllmg Wxth feverlsh haste he drew forth a sheaf of papers from h1s sultcase and poked them at me Here glance at these he commanded I started to protest but with my first word he gestlcu lated wildly and shouted Look at them' Just look' There was such a llght of enthuslasm on his face that I hadnt the heart to dim it If l0Ok1Xlg at h1s papers gave hlm such pleasure I was not the one to deny hlm that joy I obedxently looked They were partlcularly unmterestneg plctures of sewmg machmes dlalgrams and charts Th1S odd man wlth a passlon for sewmg machlnes had gone on excltedly talkmg and explainlng but I only half compre hendmg had let hlm go on t1ll a questxon brought me to attentlon He had asked Now whlch type do you prefer? You re g1v1ng your order today so lt wxll reach you next week My order'J What order I thought It high time I intervened but before I could begm seeing the look of denlal on my face and evldently thmklng I had not been tempted qulte far enough Mr Potts bestowed a dazzlmg smlle on httle Marne who had been starmg all eyes at thls strange person and sald brlghtly Then thls lxttle M1ss can have lots of new dresses' Mamie and I both looked startled Marne at bemg thus unexpectedly addressed and I at the strange thmg he had sald I began to feel a httle nxght mare ish Could thls be an escaped Inmate from some 1nst1tut1on Then llght began to gllmmer famtly through my bewxldered braln I sald at last what I should have sald at the very begmmng But I don t want a sewing machine I wouldn t take It as a glft' I detest sewmg and Mother can t get me to touch her machme' The look of urprlse on my salesman s face would have been laughable lf It had not been so pltlful He grew redder and redder tlll I was alarmed lest apoplexy 1'6Sl11t He opened his mouth and C10Sed It su '- , , U , ' ' Q u rr ' as ' , . yn ' , l sa 3 dia, - ' ' ' ' ' , , , , . . D . I Y ., ' , Y ! Q 0 9 ' - ' v u 1 ' n ' I ' ' U ' V 7 1 H ' 9 ! ' . . . , . y y ' i Y X v ' ' He advanced with purposeful strides to my side and opened his mouth. A swift torrent of well- , . , - . . ,, y . . . ,, . . ,, , , . . t U - U Y 7 7 ' .. ,, - y 1 ' J 1 K ' I ' , , ' ' V ' ' an v