Eastern District High School - Eastern Senior Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Rachel walked mio The oeoroom. She wen? over Io Ihe crIID and IooI4ed aI Ihe pIruIc Iaurmcje oI hur'ram+y swamweo E1 Harwhefs. The in- sIrIhcI of morherhood crepf upon her. I-Ier arms ached Io hoId her qrarwdsom. She Ioerwf over and c7cIfeo hm uo. See heIoI h?m Io he' breasI and croomeci an CH WorId IurIaIoye. The baby Fay quIeIIy in her arms II yOu see u Io see es c rr I I I come cIc I2acheI Irurhed Iowa os e o or Lea ram Io her mo h Ma you musrmr hod The baoy I-Ie mrohr caIrch some from you Isrwf wrmrmg elfers r W erm I am far away If rsrwr semdmq woro from here Jus? how I am Ioday Ifs Ieelrnq you are very hear And srfhng qune+Iy Amd Icmowmg Irhaf fhough II' seems Queer Your sprrufs are cIose To me Isnf wrmmg IeI'rers ove Whcn we are far aoarf ou Imow whaf I am Ihrmkumg of For you can read my hearf ou sce Ihc moon haf smces aoove ITS beammo on me oo e ear I ry mg hard +o orove m rwof awaf o u V I P or O C 5 TCW d A :I nyc TIC Iwrntmg Letters by B J FREEDMAN 1wen1'y Two easiern 0 lanuary l935 IIWaI II 'I or ' WM Som I Ihs. III J ff hy, ui IvIvIaII a muh- If, I ba .I 'rII'h Io, h, o .I,er. II I ' ' I ' - I I ' - I - J ' ' Qermg ll If I I 2 . , Dea - ' h II I I I' , L Y ' ' I Y 1 I II. I I I J r . Th Irh Is I I . I X II 15 fr m yo . II fsr:II v.f,IfIrng IcIIer5, Swecf BU a commumov rm-3 IhaIr somehow 5'IiCS TLS comcefe Ar I r's'r' mfs of mre. I If f Ihar 'II the rohwvays mee' I w f fry fzrcfw' camsi f ue Adj hir can cc of Q' ces If ihfzrcfs a 'ce from yo-.

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ACT-TEL SIVKIN wallced in The ' rain and smiled. Through The heavy downpour oT The rafn she walleed-and smiled. l-ler ouTmod- by RUTH ROCK ed haT and coaT were drenched. l-ler shoes were pools wherein her Toes swam And sTrll she smuled She Awarded Second pme did noT feel The Sllgl'1GST dlSCOmTOrT In shorT sTory conTesT Tor was noT Thus The happlesT day oT her lnTe7 The end oT all her hopes and dreams7 She had a grandchild She ThoughT baclc To The Tame she had come To Arrerrca l-low glad she was ThaT her TrrsT born was To be born rn Amerlca Tne New Land where hopes were always realrzed She remembered The Teelrng she had had when she TnrsT held The Tlny Leah IU her arms She hai panned The course her Leah would Tollow WhaT dnTTerence was IT IT she had become a booldreeper and noT a Teacher as Rachel had wished her To be7 We have To Tollow The plans we wanT and noT whaT oThers wanT An Then Leahs wedding She ThoughT l donT Th lc lll ev be as happy as I am now T-low beauTrTul Leah looked nn her veil' Surely her cup oT happiness was overTlowung And now she was wallong In The raln and smmllng She had a grandchild a boy' LasT nughT Leah s husband had Telephoned her Thar Leah was In The noso1Tal The whole nughT she saT up wauTung walT1r'g Tor The Telephone To rung Though The mules separaTed her Trom her daughTer she saT and suTTered wrTh her Then aT I0 ocloclq IH The mornrng ThaT welcome vorce a boy lv1oTher and child dorng well AT lasT she was wallnng up The sTeos oT The hosp1Tal She was shown To her daughTers room They lnssed each oTher The eyes oT The young moTher and The eyes oT The old moTher were Tear rr'onsTened A week laTer Rachel walked up The sTeps oT The hospnTal agaln Thus Time The sun was shlnrng The Tang oT auTumn was In The alr buT The day was mild lT was The day The baby was To be named I name Thee Abraham Silver Wane Tlowed Treely Spong ca e ano honey cake were eaTen The nexT weelc The babys homecoming The guesTs and Truends who had come To oTTer congraTulaTuons congregaTed IN The lcuTchen easTern 0 lanuary 1935 Twenfy on I l 0 . . . , l . l T . - - 1 ' v . X . I . . . v K 1 . . . l . d . : rn er , . , . , i . . . W . A . , . - I Q ' l l . e K y . ' - e

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I-vvelve Good Men by I RVI NG KATZ SeTTIng Jury room In The cenTer oT The room are I2 chaIrs around a large Table k,haracTers I2 Jurymen Scene I I2 men are enTerIng The room and Talce places around The Table Forerran sTandIng up Well genTIemen we ve IusT heard The TacTs oT The case I.eTs IusT revuew Them Tor an InsTanT James RIchards sTands accused oT murderIng hIs Tormer employer I-I had The moTIve and he had The opporTunITy IT seems noThIng more To me Than a premedITaTed IcIIIIng oT an InnocenT man and ThereTore IT IS our duTy To see ThaT RIchards receIves The consequences We shall ThereTore dIscuss The Idea oT senTencIng hIm Tor TIrsT degre murder Are we agreed genTIeman7 seaTs hImseIT n Juror IeapIng ouT oT seaT I obIecTl RIchards may have had The nf'oTIve buT he cerTaInIy dId noT plan To IcIII WaTerby Under The cIrcumsTances anyone would have been IusTITIed To IcIII ThaT scound rel I myseIT would have shoT hIm Tor less Than ThaT seaTs hImseIT 3rd Juror sTands up I-low In The name oT IUSIICS and equalITy can we we have noT yeT sTudIed The compIexITIes oT The case7 Now IeT us Taclcle ThIs problem TaIrIy and squarely and Then aTTerwards we may be IusTITIed In handIng down a decIsIon Juror sTands Now Theres where you are malung a bIg mIsTaI4e We have heard The TacTs oT The case buT IO mInuTes pasT and already you wanT To have Them dIscussed IT sTands To common sense ThaT IT you scruTInIze a ThIng Tor a long TIme wIThouT a bIT oT reIaxaTIon you wIII gradually lose sIghT oT whaT you are IooIcIng T ThIs same prIncIpIe appIIes To us Iurors I propose ThaT we TorgeT abouT James RIchards and The murder Tor The TIme be Ing and IusT relax you Icnow geT our mInd OTI The case Well have pIenTy oT TIme To dIscuss The case IaTer Ioolcs around Some oT The Jurors ThaT s a very good Idea Very good some Iurors sTand and walk around and IIghT CIQGFGIIGS 4Th Juror IooIcIng ouT oT wIndowI Boy whaT weaTher Tor a TooTbaI game' Ivly money IS on CoIgaTe agaInsT Alabama Today Theyd beTTer come Through Tor me easTern 0 lanuary I935 TwenTy Three I ' I- I I ' , It . ' ' , ' , . ' . . . . e 2 d I ' I: ' . ' say ThaT This man Richards is InnocenT or oTherwIse, genTIemen, if 5Th I I: ' I ' ' ' . 6 . 1 I 1 - . n D ' y ' y . I I., . .h I- I . . I I . ,