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

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ENGLISH Top Row: S. Goodman, A. M. Delaney, M. O'Keefe, E. Miller, L. V. Mero BoHom Row: E. Weiss, D. Smiih, H. Chase. G. Rose Top Row: M. Dziher, B. Gufchin, M. Goodman BoH'om Row: J. Long, J. Kahn. E. Bowman : Some of the Facult

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Jo Ann was looking over her giTTs when Alan came To help her puT Them away. There were picTures, lamps, end Tables, doilies, curTains, and odds and ends Tor decoraTing shelves in The living room. The house was quieT, and everyone was in a cheerTul mood because soon There would be anoTher parTy in The house, This Time, Jo Ann's wedding. Rosfxus GABRIEL, 6 All heads Turned. The bride had Tinally arrived. I never ThoughT she'd make iT!! The soTT sound oT The wedding march driTTed above everyone's heads as The Tilm oT whiTe organdy approached The alTar. How beauTiTuI she looks! IT cerTainly Took her long enough To geT dressed Though. And all These people! I've never seen so many people aT a wedding beTore. Look! The brides aT The alTar now, and The groom is sTepping Torwarcl To meeT her. Oh-now I can'T see!! Why do people move around so! AT leasT I can hear The priesT mumbling. Now we can siT. Thank goodness! I've been on my TeeT so much These IasT weeks. All The Trouble I've gone Through Tor This wedding. Never again shall I make such careTul plans, preparaTions and arrangemenTs. I remember how we shopped and shopped and shopped, TirsT Tor gowns and veils, which Jan Tinally designed and made Tor her, Then Tor her poTs, pans and lingerie, Then Tor all The Tlowers! We smelled and looked unTiI I ThoughT l'd die, buT The church smells so sweeT now. l'm glad she decided on roses and lillies oT The valley. LisTen! She's saying I do. Oh, isn'T Jo Ann beauTiTul? I wish people wouIdn'T TidgeT so. Now I have To move Too! WhaT Tun iT is choosing our menus and sam- pling The Tood. How I love To sample Tood. There goes The music again. I hope liTTle JaneT knows whaT a Tlower girl does. ThaT's righT, dear. Come ahead. Look!! Here she comes: she's smiling now. Oh yes, iT was worThwhiIe. A PICTURE OF Tl-IE SETTING SUN JOSEPHINE Cl-IARLEMAGNE, 3 The red ball oT The hung low in The wesTern sky, seTTing slowly as Though unwilling To bid The world goodbye. Above, The heavens were aTlame--blue, wiTh sTreamers oT red, and yellow reTIecTing The greaT glory oT The TasT-dying day. In The background, The pale crescenT moon was TainTly seen, waiTing paTienTly To ascend Tor a nighT The Throne vacaTed by The seTTing sun. Below, lengThening sTreaks oT gold shimmered over quieT waTers, as Tho-ugh To hold Tor a momenT longer The rapidly Tading day. The waves were sTill buT creeping ever closer To The land wiTh The rising Tide. I sTood in wonder and awe To waTch The deaTh Throes oT The day. Nearer, nearer drew The waves: soTTer was Their beaT upon The sands: longer grew The golden paTh oT The sunlighT on The waTer: lower sank The sun, nearer To ThaT line where The ocean meeTs The sky: darker grew The evening shadows, relenT- Iessly driving The sun inTo reTreaT. Suddenly-day gave way To nighT. The sun was gone, The sky became a TainT green, and a lighT breeze sprang up. I had seen a wondrous sunseT. ThirTeen 2' X I-lrulm

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June I949 A HEALTH Top Row: S. Barne'H', H. Horowifz, B. Lipsky, R. Tishler Boffom Row: L. Leverf, G. Sweeney BUSINESS I. Lebow' A. Lapidus, B. Horowifz l K Aff Almghg I. PoIaIcoFf, M. Barry, E. Swinyard