Hewlett School - Special Yearbook (East Islip, NY)

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'SJ26' 'N H :gh School Literature Don t Forget What You Promised Me Don t forget what you promrsed me To Peter those words brought a feelrng of gurlt shame and sorrow Standrng there by the water hrs grref at last controlled hrm Rrrnnrng hrs frngers through hrs harr hrs face contorted rn grref hrs huge frgure bent over there came from hrs lrps a horrrble moan Peter s curly black harr was cropped short and sweat soaked Thrs made hrs frngers orly He wrped them on hrs tunrc and then wrped hrs eyes wrth the back of hrs hands He looked up suddenly Had anyone been near he would have seenastrong rntellrgent face the skrn of whrch was deeply tanned From hrs curved chrn hung a short wooly beard Hrs eyes were black but now around them a network of red starns had appeared Hrs body was huge wrth broad shoulders and the large unskrlled hands of a frsherman Large as they were they were capable of a great gentleness He was a man wrth the heart of a lron but wrth the compassron of a chrld for a hurt pet Was rt not enough that he had broken hrs promrse? Oh Wrath of God no' How calm had the Master been when He told Peter How had He known? How rndeed' How strong He had looked when rn the Garden He told Peter than he was to deny Hrm And oh how Peter had promrsed never to deny Hrm But he had not once but three trmes cursed number Not only the denral srnful as rt was but the Master buke but hurt A hurt that went soul deep If only he had read a look of reproach or hate rn Those Eyes But Peter read rn them those words just as plarnly as rf they had been spoken Don t forget what you promrsed me Now kneelrng on the sand Peter thought of Judas Judas who had hung hrmself Could he not dre so easrly'7 No' No' But there would be no use rn askrng forgrveness' Or would there? However before thrs questron could be answered a vorce called hrs name Lookrng up he looked rnto Those Eyes The Eyes whrch had held hrm captrve from the start held hrm now The Master' Was He not dead? He was standrng there on the sand Peter s eyes frlled anew The Master had come to torture hrs heart rrp rt apart agarn Peter warted The look on hrs face was rn descrrbably The fear angursh repentence and love twrsted hrs face and provoked the tears whrch were streamrng lrke frsh from a net down hrs cheeks But nothrng happened Peter looked up No word was needed there was no need Joy flooded rnto hrs heart He grasped the gentle hand and clung to rt feelrng strength frll hrs body In the Master s body forgrveness beat rnstead of a heart There by the lake where the mrst hrd the settrng sun sat Peter and Jesus There the drscrples found them talkrng as though rt were a year ago and they were by the Sea of Galrlee The drscrples were overjoyed but there was a lrght as brrght as the sun on Peter s face for there had been another promrse Fot I wrll be wrth you always Thrs promrse was never broken and never wrll be Susan Schoenbaum Grade nrne 21 r , A ll 1 D if too. Why had He passed just then? Why just as the cock crowed did He pass? And the look in His eyes -- not re-

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Freshmen rr-on LIE STANDING 1n the back QLeft to Rrghtj Carla Moser, Rosemond Fendler, Adrxanne Rawak, Lmda Tneber, Marc1a Tanner SITTING Susan Schoenbaum, Penny Krohn, Andee Savage Susan Cast111er Ingebord Lou, Joanne W11der, Manana Kugel Peggy Van Cott A Freshman what does that mean? Hrgh school and thts year rt means Dana House too for that IS where thehappy headquarters of the nlnth grade boarders 15 sltuated There are seven and a half of them That 1 Ingy Lou rs a f1ve day boarder the weekends are her own Joanne Wllder had her long crop of pretty blonde harr eut off on unexplatned grounds Lrnda Trelber s brother became an addltton to the Turkey Trot and honored Adrrenne Rawak as her date' If you are at the Dana House and an earsphttrng reeord Nervous BOOg1S to be exact reaches your ears you ean be sure Ro emond Fendler ls near Nothlng ltke the Chtcken step eh Rose' A fayorlte expres lon of Penny Krohn s IH elass rs But what lf she never frnrshes though Be cause rf she dld well we won t go rnto that but Marera Tanner usually ftntshes for her and adds a Laun Arnerrean touch to tl c elass The Banquet song Ihls year toole ntueh toll and getnus Qof eoursej and was wrrtten by susan Casnller Joat ne Vyllder and lylarlanna Kugel SUSSII1 our yolley ball eaptatn and we hope to wrn the rnter Llass yolleyball game wtth ueh champ a bLlebllOel1b8l1Ill lfle perpetual blelwgy report wrlter and Auudee Savage Prlneeton earf and all But l ha 1 brother at Yale' eusualenthu ra nrtur tnerug not b1XLl1b Lrlnney Ma e th year but we are sure tt rye e t on lr ww Heh b y d mee to he tune of Honeyeontbe sung by tn orthlnbttyn Xnn oye t r rol trgt a d r lt dr reult to el to et e t 1 e t hool a they hold ot u 1 fxr town a Free ort an Ma a Lqlli Howeyer ln ehonl we all haye wonderlul fun 1Il reereatlon rlelngtogether and helptng ath ttr r e au e t ll e e lylartanna Kugel .10

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Unwritten Covenant He tarrred under the placrd tree, The tree that bowed submrssrvely And rested, rested rn the shade As rn a tomb a man rs lard The sleep came hard and thrck and fast And hovered trll the dark had passed, And rn hrs dreams he heard hrs ple Remember, God, what you promrsed me Then came the stars, a curved moon The srgns of nrght and yet too soon For each qurck moment, fleetrng by Meant more to hrm than meets the eye Thrs was because, pursurng hrm, Over mormtarn, valley rrm Were master, charn man, servants three Oh, please recall what you promrsed m The youth sat up, drew rn hrs knees, Thought of the past, and not wrth ease Thought of the days when torl and sweat Made hrs whole lrfe a ghastly debt A smothered promrse from the start He knew rts evrl rn hrs heart And wrth courage rnsprrrng, He gave rn to desrrrng broke FREE' He warted under the placrd tree, The tree that bowed submrssrvely For dawn he warted break of day When he would up and on hrs way He warted for the red of sky The grey of mrst the moon to dre The words strll came relentlessly Don't forget what you promrsed m The promrse he rs pleadrng of Is tender,krnd, and frlled wrth love From God a blessed covenant For when delrvered rnto lrfe, The Lord agreed and srgned wrth love That each man should have wrthout fee EQUAL OPPORTUNITY' A symbol of thrs sacred oath Is shown as ardent frre rn both The eyes of each oppressed man here On earth, burmng steadfast and clear Vrsrons of the past came to hrs mrnd Of Theron hrs master, the mercrless krnd Patrrcran rn rank not worthy to be ' Please not back to hrm you promrsed me' The wartrng stopped, the dawn arrrved And momrng's colors rt contrrved Gray then vrolet, radrarrt prnk A red sun on horrzon's brrnk The dewbrought out the flower s scents Cloakrng fragrance no pretense As wrth a fervor rapturously He drank rt rn and then felt free The youth rose up and sard Farewell To the placrd tree farewell He touched the trunk so slrm and brown He tumed away and looked around The whole world echoed Joyfully The Lord wrll answer to your plea He walked away and you could see Hrm say, Oh God I m frnally FREE' Marranna Kugel 22 Grade Nrne 3 . . . at Il ' ll . I ! ' e . ' S Q , . ' . e.ll And, though unwritten, it was sent D ' I l 7 Y Y i , . . y ' . . . , . 5 ! 3 I . i l V 3 ' ll ll II ' ll ' ll I ' U I I '