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

Page 12 text:

QQ W' BABY SITTERT By Rosalie Gabriel, 6 T 'few-,49e 'DENTAL NOTE By Adeline rio,

Page 11 text:

LVN Ik She sTood Thus, Tor some Time. Then she Turned To her car, her head lowered, and saT down in The TronT seaT. She leaned againsT The wheel, and racking sobs bursT TorTh. I-Ier voice came ouT choked. Am I dreaming? Am I Iiving in I968 or has This really happened? IT Bob dead? Will my quesTions ever be answered? I'm so Tired I can hardly Think. IT I could only resT awhile! CompIeTeIy exhausTed, she TeII inTo a Troubled sleep and dreamed, dreams oT The noT Too disTanT pasT. She dreamed OT IasT year aT her birThday parTy, The happy nighT when she TirsT became engaged To Bob. IT was The happiesT Time in her IiTe, and she had Told Bob ThaT she wished Time would sTand sTiII. How she wished iT had. And iusT a monTh ago she and Bob had been making plans Tor Their honeymoon. To Them iT was UTopia. The days were happy, every one oT Them. Why. only IasT week They had seen The plans Tor Their home, where They would live, rear children, enTerTain Triends, and, mosT oT aII, be happy. YesTerday she could hardly waiT un+iI she goT back To The ciTy. JUST an hour ago she was so happy, driving back To meeT Bob: insTead whaT did she see? Tama awoke quickly, Teeling Ionely and depressed. She TeIT as if she were burning. She Touched her Tace wiTh her hand, and TeIT weITs. She groped Tor her purse, and, pulling ouT her compacT, peered in The mirror aT her Tace. I-Ier voice Trembled as she said, This musT be The eTTecTs oT The radiaTion, This burning Teeling inside me Too. I only hope ThaT I can die quickly, noT slowly. She sTepped ouT oT her car, kneIT down, and prayed. There was silence all around excepT Tor The whispered words oT prayer. BuT soon even These were sTiIIed. I-Ier wish was granTed. EveryThing was siIenT. The sun began To seT on a world ThaT man himseIT had desTroyed by his own invenTion, The aTom bomb! Nine

Page 13 text:

da Eemmica HElc.sHTY-ElGHT NOTES By Daisy Lewis, 5 LATE LINE By Lillian Toscano, 8 EI