Cranston High School - Cranstonian Yearbook (Cranston, RI)

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t . Milmmliilitifillllllililtmi s XX T xjtllllllllllNIVWIUNNNIUQr By creatzng beauty rn our surroundzngs we follow the gleam Here ln school tt rs bezng done rn several ways Pzckzng up paper rs a lzttle way each mdzvzdual can take to add towards beauty rn hzs surroundzngs tn school If we obey the laws of the school cheer fully we are creatmg school spzrzt an abstract form of beauty Different organzzatzons of the school are thus followzng the gteam too The Student Councrl as dozng zt by trymg to make regulatzons that wzll help the school The Thyrsus Club ts dorng zt by pro duczng only good and artzstzc plays The Englzsh classes are domg lt by havzng Amerzcan Speech Week In some way they are all followzng the gleam These thzngs seem trzvzal however as compared wzth the creat :ng of beauty tn character We read that as the knzghts rode through the world tn search of the Grazl they dzd all the good deeds they could hopmg that thezr reward would be the attaznment of thezr :deal because they would be worthy rn character If we do as the knzghts used to do we are creatzng beauty rn small ways and the end cannot but mean some beauty ln character even rf tt does not mean perfectzon Let us just remember for our encouragement that even rf a good many of the knzghts never found the Grazl just because they had followed tts gleam all thezr lzves they left the world more beautiful because they had lived in it. FN G7 QQQGQDQQJ A-EQ,-y

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FCDLLOVV THE GLEAMI Long ago the knights of the Round Table made it their aim to seek the Holy Grail Those who were worthy sometimes saw it gleaming from afar and all their lives they followed the gleam T them it was the only thing worth living for As they went on their search they made the world a better place in which to live Even if they never found the Grail people remembered the knights because of their goodness We have all read these stories of the Round Table and have looked upon them as myths The Holy Grail has been used as a symbol for many things but it has always implied beauty The knights regarded the Grail as being the embodiment of all that was good And such goodness is beauty So may we make it our aim to follow the gleam of the Grail of beauty in all things We all love beauty when we recognize it no matter in what form There can be no one who has not dimly felt it in some great piece of literature or music or picture just as the knights dimly saw the gleam of the Grail Even if we cannot fully understand a poem like I l Penseroso we can feel the charm of the words and the music of the lines. Some of us may have read other things in the hope of understanding more clearly the beauty of words. The gleam leads on and on, and in its path we End something we can never lose. Though everyone loves beauty, there are only a few who are gifted with power to create it on a large scale. These favored ones follow the gleam until one day they create some picture or poem or piece of music so inspired that the rest of us know that they have found the Grail. All that we less favored ones and less worthy ones can do is to spend our lives in seeking beauty. Even if we cannot do something wonderful, there are little ways in which we can create it in our friendships, in our surroundings, and in our character. That there is such a thing as a beautiful friendship is shown by the Bible story of the friendship of David and Jonathan. In the Bible, too, we can find a description of charity. We have read it in morning assemblies in the hall many times. We might well take out the word charity and for it substitute friendship A friend- ship that suffereth long and is kind-that vaunteth not itself-that endureth all things-cannot help but bring one a little nearer to the Grail of beauty. Yllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllml glllllllllllllrlllllllllllIIIIIIUK

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