Deep River High School - This Year Yearbook (Deep River, CT)

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Gradually this serious- ness were away and an age of varied cultural writing took its place. Oliver Wendell Holmes, a doctor by profession, became famous for his humorous writing and James Russell Lowell, if he had written nothing else, would still remain a great literary figure for The Vision of Sir LaunfalW Henry Wordsworth Longfellow with his almost epic poem, nHiawathan out above all the others. His genius was so universally recognized, that England placed his statue in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey--the first time such an honor had been conferred upon an American As a nat1on's history always influences its lit erature it was only natu ral that with the growing rift between North and South authors should de vote themselves to the con demnation or defense f slavery 'Uncle Tom's Cab i by Harriet Beecher Stowe raised the anti slav ery feeling to such a pitch that the Civil War soon broke out and Abraham Lin coln later referred to the author as nthe woman who caused the great war Lin coln, himself, won a place in the literary world with is ' ettysburg Add ess Nhereas the war period produced a great many writ ers of merit the post war period belonged chiefly to two individualist poets Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Both were dis tinctly original though in very different ways Whit man thref all poetic . Ili ... .. ,. .,.. . ,. .-,... .... .,.. ..,......... H .Y.. ... ......,. ..., ., .. .,......... ,. , .... , . .. .. V.... ...- ..,.,....,,...-..-.......,. . ......l .. ., , , -.5 ' '- .- x, ' . X'-. X: .1, . ., strictions to the winds and introduced an entirely new form of poetry--free verse. Emily Dickinson who had lived a secluded life wrote short poems full of meaning and not influenced by the outside world. Not long after the Civil War, migration to the West began, opening up vast, new material for authors. The literature of this period was colorful, adventurous and full of local dialect. Edward Eggleston with his UHoosier Schoolmastern was the first to use dialect but he was soon followed by Mark Twain nthe Lincoln of literature, and James Whit combe Riley, the famous hu morous poet While the West was fur nishing highly localized material, the East vas in troducing Realism to Amer ican literature Thomas Bailey Aldrich with 'The Story of a Bad Boyn has be come one of the best known realistic authors The his torical novel such as nBen Hur' by Lew Wallace was al so begun in this period with the passing of the age of Realism the twen tieth century was reached The writings of the present century have not had years of reading to test their worth and it is therefore almost impossible to pre dict which authors will re main famous Thus far however several writers have enjoyed such great popularity, that it seems not unreasonable to suppose that their works will con tinue to be read and up preciated Certainly NThe ll of the Mild' and nSea J -., Q 2 .4 fi .f ? tg N5 H .2 if , vf 2 N Y., E N, ? W , 1 'x 9 A r a I .X .X- 1 .-'R I , , x ' . 0 5' f - X J Y ' ,fl 4. - - f A 7 J , ' 0 -E5 ' , - , Q s- , if Y -. n J H ' ' - - r . f , I ll. . . , ' f 1 X, - , - ffl C - u - 'H , ' - , ' , . If 1 'f' - 1 rr H h , G rl Q ' - 15 L .' V' ' . f . -' q 1 1 , ' I . , u I ' ,!'- I 12 D Q I'- Q . 0 . - . I - Q ' Q - . 0 . ' . X , I 1' Pe- Ca - ' F ' N' . . 'R xx'-. . AS- 1' A- K 1' V ,ft -'K ' ff, X. sX - ' H., 'R ,f AR 'M ff R, ' xx XX ,f X 1-Mfg, Iulll, -HM ,,-, .fg3.,,Q ,,--,,, ,,,,,.,, K Qlg,-QV,-I ,U ,,,,, 1-,,, , ,1,jf, ,,,,,,.,,Q:- ,,,,,... .., ..... I-...L. ,.............., B. .,.v. .... a ...IH-.ILM ...,...... up-gl. . .. 3 s

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I ' xg., Y, I. I ...ML ..,, . .... -- N ., A . .. it ', fl. -,xv ., llbl , .' l ,. , I, it -I, I CAN YOU IMAGINE? Betty Alexander the wife of a certain man who left school a few years ago? June Allen clad in rags? Lillian Anderson with a bald head? Angie haroni not being able to gossip the latest news? Peter Batko looking for a fight? Alvin Bielot a six feet foun symphony conductor with hair down to his shoulders? Stephen Bielot the dumbest student in the class? Alton Bolster without a stick of gum to his name? Edith Brault in love and not telling everyone about it? Beverly Brooks a sulky moody person, never smiling? Oscar Buracchi after he let his beard grow for a month? Eugene Cl rk with an pple for the teacher e ch d y Theodore Cole agreeing with everything? Ameli Cyn r the wife of certain red headed sailor? Albert F nk the capt in of b rve on the Connecticut River? Edw rd Giz in 3 ll for t rting a riot? Elizabeth Hamich not being ble to nswer the question, 'Who was the first presiden '? All n Hamm r s the Dog W rdon of H rtford? Ruth Hayden a the wife of George Raft? Dorothy Jacome c pt in of baseb l te.m at the Olym oics? Herbert Jhcome a million ire? Elizabeth John on noisy? Ellen Johnson president of clock factory vhose motto is nAlw ys be on time ? Hugh Johnson a hen peeked hu b nd? Shirley Littlefield ho tess in .n rmy camp out West? Dino Nucci chairman of the Republican reform committee? Emma Schlott not m king eyes? J n Seeley singin b ss? William Smith member of the presidentfs c binet? Louis Stannard not te sing somebody? William Stoddard president of a ladies' escort bureau? Jennie Tatko writing the advice to the lovelorn column? Juno VanCleef the most forward wom n in the Business Womenfs Associ tion? Phyllis W shbu n gloomy? 15 rw ' rx fs CL '7 LA C. Ca C4 KA. 0 . . . f- -7 Y v . . A A . A . - L- ck ' E. Q.. - vin 1- ' A fx ' .L f.. u. et e. O . . . . . . . ,Q . ' bv 8 il S F. I . . , . N . e - a a A - I . . g H, X t . C CL CL FL ' Q . rw ' ' Q V 1 1 . .1 U S. -. fs. Q J. 5 L ' ' Q . F . . A V .A ed. . - . 9 v .J . .. r., Y J. .. ' LL 4 ' , ft ' YI, or . . ' ' S fl . . ' ' n .-1 , ' n 11 ' ' ex. U L 1.. . . . . . 4 rw Y Y Y l A . bt I rm f' ' ' rr fw V el ' 6 L.. . . . . . n A C. C. ' . . F . m ' el A 1 - . g . Y A I . , Q . . A L H L- Y I , A Q . LA. Y LL . - rs KJ. I . - G L.. I' . .1 X V, y -' .- f -.I A I ' . s , -.X 1. .... , ..,,, .. , ...' ..... . . . '. - .,,. ,,.-,,..... :N .... . ...,. ,... ..,.. A .2 . ..,. ---. ......,.. .... .... ..,... ..,- . . .............,....,....,..L.........,........., ....l. 1 -