Girls High School of Brooklyn - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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DUNCE l2.'2'.iEEH'.TiE'T NKY spifballs whizzed fhrough fhe sfill school- :---Z' room. smearing across fhe clean paper upon In which fhe feacher was wrifing. Wifh a glinf of 3':': baffle in her eyes, she glared af fhe young heads which were benf so indusfriously over fheir books. Her suspicious gaze resfed on a fall. lanky boy of fourfeen, whose feafures seemed ouf of proporfion fo his face. If was unforfunafe fhaf his large nose lcommon feafure of boy adolescencel should also be red. Buf now, under fhe piercing gaze of fhe harassed feacher. his face slowly began fo mafch his nose in hue. I-le . had involunfarily given himself away. ln a defermined voice she commanded, Red-nose. come here! ' The unhappy boy was abouf fo gef up when all fhe rebellion of his youfh came 'ro fhe fore. I-le slouched over his arifhmefic. ' The exasperafed feacher, becoming more and more exasperafed as fhe fime wore on said: John Parks. you know whom I mean: come here ins+anfly1 Wifh fhaf, John Parks unfolded fo fhe remarkable heighf of six feef. He advanced. wifh rebellion simmering in his soul. The squaf, defermined feacher grasped 'af fhe firsf punishmenf 'rhoughf of by her and by her predecessors. She grabbed from fhe closef a fall fool's cap. bearing fhe screaming black leffers-Dunce. Then she collared fhe culprif. fo place him on a sfool in disgrace before his fellows. 1 V ' Buf Johnny had ofher fhoughfs. l-le snafched fhe dunce cap. and iammed if upon fhe asfonished feacher's head. Then grasping fhaf worfhy person around fhe bulging waisf, he placed her upon fhe sfool infended for him.' This done, he snafched his haf from fhe hook and precipifafed himself fhrough fhe door. THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Eighf

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The winfers passed. and fhe summers. Each day came, and each day wenf. wifh no fime befween for fhoughf or rebellion. 'Only fhe sfars. indifferenfly gazing upon 'rhe earfh, could know fhe few fears she somefimes shed: and fhey Elid nof care. One aufumn fhere came fo The valley a sfranger. He was fall, and slender, and pale of face. The docfor had ordered him oul' here for his healfh. he said. Could he sfay wifh fhem, perhaps? He could help wifh fhe work. Her fafher nodded curfly. He was very helpless. lf was sfrange fo her fhaf a man should know so liffle of life or work. She had 'ro help him wifh his chores every day, fhough he evenfually learned. 'rhrough necessify. As fhe days passed, fhere grew a greaf pify in her hearf for him. He was so weak. so help- less, so overawed by fhe sfolidify and efficiency of her family. Some- fimes she felf his gaze upon her, a genfle appealing gaze. full of admira- fion and wonder: buf so innocenf was she. she fhoughf nofhing of if. One day she saw him in earnesf conversafion wifh her fafher. l wonder whaf fhey are falking abouf, she fhoughf. Perha s he is leaving us? The fhoughf made her dimly uneasy, ruffling The placid wafers of her consciousness. Lafer, having obfained her fafher's permission. he humbly asked her fo marry him. 'ro share his life in fhe wilderness. for illness forbade his refurn fo fhe Easf. Looking up. she beheld af fhe summif of fhe mounfain her pine free. and 'rhere flashed info her mind 'rhaf rebellious momenf years ago when she had sformed for freedom. Then she looked back fo fhe face of her lover, smiling, and said, Yes. ' IMPRESSIONS CHRISTMAS DINNER Our kifchen on Chrisfmas morning! Mofher runs from place fo place. She opens-'I'he oven door. The smell of furkey covered wifh brown gravy predominafes. Puddings gaily bubble in fhe big pof. The 'rarf odor of boiling cranberries asserfs ifself. The Chrisfmas free in fhe nexf room confribufes fhe scenf of pine which mingles wifh fhe odors Eflfge cooking food . . . anyone can fell you 'I'haf Chrisfmas is a good on a . y GERTRUDE MESEVICH. THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Seven

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WAS REVENGE SWEET? V'RG'NZ,l.ZZ?'fEF.'2BERGE ANNE waved fhe hair brush dramafically. l'r's a down- righf iniusfice, she said as she broughf if down on Jean's bureau. lf cerfainly is. assenfed Jean decidedly wifh a mournful look af fhe much abused bureau fop. Doris puf a sympafhefic arm around fhe fearful Barbara. Never mind. Bobby, she comforfed, you won'f be expelled. Of course nof. agreed Phyllis. She'll probably send for your fafher, buf she won'f expel you. The five girls were assembled in Jean's room af Miss Applega'l'e's Academy for Young Ladies, discussing fhaf person's freachery. iniusfice. and fyranny. She had commiffed 'rhe unforgivable crime of faking info cusfody one of fheir comrades and fhey swore vengeance. Bobby had venfured ouf of bounds affer dark wifh a friend named Charles and had convenienfly forgoffen fo ask permission. She had refurned immediafely. buf Miss Applegafe firmly refused fo forgive her on fhose grounds: and so she was confined fo 'rhe schlool all 'fhrough 'rhe Chrisfmas l-lolidays. The five chums were fhe only girls fhaf had nof gone home. and fhey had expecfed fo have a fine fling . lf would have been differenf if you hadn'f come back righf away. raged Anne. Yes. and if you hadn'f known Charles so long. she added. Silence reigned as fhe indignanf girls reflecfed on Their principal's ulnxfalir accusafion. Le'r's go fo fhe fown for some sodas. suggesfed P is. Y All right cheerfully assenfed fhe penniless Anne' wifh a sweef look af Jean, Le'rs. Sodas have gone up. Jean responded gloomily. Doris adjusfed Jean's brown beref on her own head and sallied ouf of 'rhe room. Jean gof a fleefing glimpse of brown and orange, and was off wifh a yell. An hour lafer found four safisfied girls leaving Clark's drug sfore and saunfering down Main Sfreef. Their anger had nof been cooled wifh fheir fhroafs, and fhey were racking fheir very wicked and very young brains for some form of revenge. Jean's roving eyes suddenly caughf fhe dingy window of an anfique shop. Doris saw fhe china fhe same momenf Jean did! A sef of dishes. besprinkled wifh pink roses and purple bufferflies. fhe exacf duplicafe THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Nine