Galesburg High School - Reflector Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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CT ' i 11: I' A S96 I N A WEE BIT SCOTCH 'TIS A MIGHTY BRAW WIN' BUT I GUESS I CON MAKE IT I D S ' RATHER A MY DIME THA HA THE STREET CAR TA CHARLES N IT TCD CI-IEER Tl-IE HEART When hope is gone and blaclc despair has come And desperation rules supreme in man, When l:ate's cruel hand disturbs his every plan And he allows no joy into his home, I What now isthat which cheers him on his way And lightens his sad lace and sadder heart? If he be man who lollows nature's part Ol bringing hope, he to himself might say: fDespair resembles deepest Winter's gloom Which grips us in its melancholy chill, A The height ol winter's frigid reign ol white:-, Yet he recalls: :The bud becomes a bloom, Night changes into noon. And so the will Ol God doth malce all winter spring's delight., - Glen Lashbroolc Tl-IE SEASCDNS Rolling clouds, Slcies ol blue, Falling leaves, Fading beauty, Balmy breeze, Spring's debut. Shade ol trees, Blooming hay, White toadstool, Summer's array. Dying Flowers, Autumnls duty. Trees ol crystal, Lalces ol steel, Sparlcling meadows, Winterls seal. - Vernon Olson

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A ONE ACT FARCE M W By V. E. Olson and P. E. Clausen Lucile Robbins: And the title is so appropriate, too. Hubert: Ccuriouslyb By the way, have any of you read Hamlet ? Lady W: Oh, yes. That and ulvanhoen are my favorite poems. Mrs. V. S: Oh, l beg your pardon, but Hamlet is one of O'Neil,s farces. Lucile: Oh, no. l'm sure it's one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Lady W: Oh, yes. l was thinking of the Pied Piper of Hamlet . Mr. V. S: l hear they are trying to revive Shakespeare. Lord W: What's the matter? Did he faint? Lucile: Oh, l have an idea. My father is a publisher. Let him print your play. Hub: But,-but l wrote it for pleasure only. l couldn't think of publishing it. Why, the characters in that play are just like brothers and sisters to me. Mr. V. S: But think of the money you'd make. Why, he ought to give you thirty per cent of the profits. Just think. lf he made a million on your play you'd get-you'd--you'd get a lot of money. Lord W: Yes, almost a half million. Hub: CcasuallyD All right, tell him to print it. Lady W: Oh, you are so kind to give your masterpiece to a devouring mob. l shall get the girls at the club to give you a medal. Hub: What club? Lady W: The Humane Society. Oh, it's late. We must be leaving. CThey leave. Higgins steps out from behind a curtainj Hig: Now, you've gone and done it, sir. Hub: What now? l just made a million, didn't lf? Hig: Yes, but you've forgotten Shakespeare, sir. SCENE lil The scene is the same. It is three months later. Hubert and Higgins are opening great piles of letters from a bevy of admirers. Hub: It looks as if Shakespeare hasn't read the play yet. Hig: Oh, the janitor told me that he died, sir. Hub: That's good. Remind me to send flowers. Hig: We have had 3064 letters and not one has mentioned that the play is not original. Hub: Here's a letter from the mayor of Chicago. He says he has read my play and enjoyed it very much, with the exception of the line,- There is something rotten in Chicago. My play will not be sold in that city until that sentence is removed. He signs himself, Hlndignantly, Peter J. Skellyn Hig: l'll change it to something nice in Chicago. Hub: Here's a letter from the President of the New York Shakespearean Society. He says, I have read your wonderful play and l am surprised at the resemblance of your work to that of Shakespeare. l believe that your 'Twilight and Violets' will go down in the history of drama with Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Walt Disney's 'Three Little Pigsf l hope that more of this type of drama will be forthcoming. Hub: Higgins, get me a copy of Romeo and Juliet .

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Tl-IE SPINNERS Spinner of dreams, contriver of plan, Although conceived in the mold of man, You loolc beyond the common things And picture Eden where an angel sings. Spinner of webs, encaser of sell, You're only a spider in the turn of a shelf. You poly-legged creature worlcing away, What dreams do you have, tell me, pray? Both are spinners, the spider, the man, Worlcing diligently as best they can. The spider's web can be seen at a glance While Ilower of man's dream is Iound in romance. -Alice Bfgwn SEASCAPE A pale blue slcy hangs over the sea, The coast is a shadowy grey, The stars come out and winlc at me While blaclc waves leap in play. A 'vagrant craft with a tall white sail ls roving the somber sea, No sound is heard but the wind's lone wail, And the washing waves on the lea. - Anita Collopy Ea ITN as . TIGER LILY TIGER LILY. LILTING. LITHESOME SWISH YOUR SKIRTS AND TOSS YOUR HEAD YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT NAUGHTY. FLIRTATIOUS FLIPPANT FLOWER. G A MAY JOHN ON