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

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l.uberaTors The luberaTors oT The people lvlan raused hus head Trom hus mechanucal exusTence and eagerly followed Thug new hope I-lere was a purpose un luTe a reason Tor Iuvung someThung To sTruve Tor ThaT us whaT They wanTed and needed someThung To sTruve Tor Yes worls had been greaTly reduced buT alas unTellugence had noT uncreased ThaT was Too dangerous Tor The capuTalusT l.uTe had become a vaun and hollow nughTmare uT was vuvudly expressed un Taces A laxedness a chuldush umpoTency doculury l-le had come To haTe The machune hus creaTuon The hughways were wudened Why7 To make more room Tor The machune Brudges were buulT over Them Why7 so should noT unTerTere wuTh The machunes course You walk cross There donT walk here you go so Tar you wallc Thus eaT Thus Tume you eaT Thus long you sleep Thus Tume you ong l-hs mauesTy The lvlachune' l-Tow he haTed uT yeT e They sTrucl4 swuTTly AT a cerTaun hour precusely The people were prepared The greaT cuTy was blanlceTed Trom ThaT nnan here you way you sleep Thus uT was hus machunes The ouT sude and The world held uTs breaTh WuTh meTuculous care Fallcson Quran Wushenheumer BaTes and ofher TauThTul Tollowers oT Benson rouTed ouT The powers The governmenTal bodues were guueTly puT asude and un less Than TwenTy Tour hours uT was all over a compleTe success ThaT nughT all cluclced on Theur Televusuons and Benson spoke People oT The Worldl Jove has loosed T-lus lughTnungs un The greaT cuTy l-le has sTruclc aT corrupTuon aT decadence and sTruclc True' The capuTalusT us husTory he us no more The machune us agaun our servanT We enTer now upon a hereToTore unrealuzed udeal Lub erTy EgualuTy l:raTernuTy l-Tow sweeT have These words rung un The ears oT pasT l.uberaTorsl and now uT us herel aT lasT People oT The greaT cuTy The sTruggle has buT begun We musT scaTTer our seeds ThroughouT The world We musT esTablush a model Tor all To Tollowl T wull relaTe my plans nay' our plansl RegularuTy and order musT be resTored The machunes musT be run agaun Fallcson a True repre senTaTuve oT The people wull be un conTrol oT Toods Curan oT cloThung Wushenheumeu oT poluTucal relaTuons BaTes oT I4 I . . I . ' . : . . ITT . sTopped: all power ceased, yeT There was no conTusion, no rioTg The

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The Greai' CITy By IRVING TITEL T WAS comIng Everybody could Tee' IT IT came as an earThqualce rumblIng upward Trom The bowels oT The earTh All eyes were Turned Toward The greaT CITY There was The TesTerIng spoT The Tecund soIl Tor new Ideas and old Ideals There The spIrIT oT Marx dead more Than 30 O00 years lIved The sTrongesT The world was waTchIng an experImenT ln The greaT CITY IT was Treely carelessly dIscussed lT was noT a new Idea capITalIsm rnachIne CenTurIes ago a new god had rIsen over mans horizon The ln dusTrIal RevoluTIon CreaT men exTolled IT Labor IS noT naTural IT IS n WI Ing burden PrImITIve man orl4ed In TlTh sl me To Tll sTonnach Now ThIs omnIpoTenT genie has lITTed us Trom The bruTe Work eveI was The Taslc oT slaves greaT will be The day which wIll see The ob lITeraTIon oT ThIs yoke' The Age oT The InTeIlecT noT oT Brawn wIll begIn' Men wIll beauTITy The world' GreaT men damned IT DesTroy The machIne' IT IS The Tool oT The SSVVIllTy' Already The machine IS rPIghTIer Than you already your sTom achs paIn IT some wheel sTops revolving your bodIes are cold IT a swITch reTuses To TuncTIon you are losT IT a currenT IS shorT cIrcuITed' K The machIne' T will desTroy ou The predesTIned course oT capITalIsm evolved lVlOI'1OpOlIGS grew were resTrIcTed a cry oT dIcTaTorshIp' and monopolIes grew agaIn RuThless compeTITIon rapined relaTIvely small concerns Now buT a Tew powers remaIned each conTrolled a vITal need oT The masses ThIs was all To be changed Benson The new InspIred VOICG oT The people arose and cried OuT oT The greedy hands oT The capITal IsTs we shall SGIZ6 The rule oT lITe and gIve IT To you The people' ThIs greaT cITy wIll be The nucleus oT a New EarTh The moTher oT a New Era' We shall Teach The gospel oT The Common Man To all The World' The only panacea IS compleTe conTrol by The people The monopolIes are saTed They are Tew and wealc sTrIl4e now' and we conquer' The capITalIsT knows buT hImselT he cannoT feel The paIn ThaT gnaws aT ennpTy sTomachs buT we can' Only The suTTerers can relieve The suTTerers The people musT TulTIll The wanTs oT The people' Follow us now and The world wIll Tollow soon' And The people Tollowed l-lIs aposTles grew In number and sTrengTh They were called The I3 Q . . - . I ., . I. . 6 un 'll' . ' w ' i , in i , i his capiTalisT and your masTer. You are building Tor desTrucTion, Tor ill ' . or-i - ' - -y .

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MousTaches and FaTe By RUTH TOWBER IT TaTe in The Torm oT a very bIack mousTache wiTh brisTIes ThaT TickIed hadnT inTervened, I mighT have been The or- iginaI ShirIey TempIe. This said miscarriage oT desTiny occurred when I buT six years oId was chosen To pIay a Tiny parT in a Iewish pIay I was Thrilled aT The ThoughT oT a TheaTricaI debuT The roe reguired me To run across The sTage inTo my TaTher s arms and cry Welcome home Daddy' Tre-mbIing wiTh eagerness I awaiTed my cue AT a genTIe push Trom my moTher I came ouT upon The sTage To encounTer a huge inIcy bIacI4 rrousTache PxTTached To This sTrange appendage was The acTor who was To pIay my TaTher I:earTuI yeT TascunaTed I sTammered my Innes and sIowIy approached I-Ie caughr me up and Icissed his daughTer AIacI4I IlIce so many oTners I discovered ThaT one Iclss was my un olng The brlsTIes TicI4IedI I bursT inTo Ioud waiIs IXIelTher bribery nor punishmenT couId induce me To reTurn To ThaT mousTache AnoTher daughTer had To be Tound Thus do smaII Things rob us oT greaT Deshnies ApaTheTlc Seeing By HERBERT L LERNER an T ough a oook is a o aT oT upon h w d m Tai RN 7 Tear a a my 6 F 3 fxgan r nT I5 . I 4 U l 1 . ,T I ,I I, I. ,. I - I I - - . . . ' ' II Il . o , . . . . , . . , ' ll ll Q O I c 'T seem To unoershand, h ' I I ' in my h ng The sp . T.e 37 There I-IoIos e F s . hy. I w y eye, BuT. iT com s ,ack Like a bear To his Iafr. If Turns awry once more. And now The WIII ii sTrohg I' :Tam for Iong. BuT, The-1 f i, I' come. ig' oadfy 'ai'I Sc-rc more Ieizo 2