Hillsboro High School - Hillsburro Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Yr CREATIVE WRITING CLUB Pferzderzf GRAU SIMS Vzce Prefzdmf CHARLILS W1 fHl1RSPOON Secretary OANNE WINTERS T1 mmf CI IOHN CUNO .Ypwuw MRS I C FRIERSON 356 The Creatne Wrrtlng Club IS orgamzed for the purpose of eneouragrng orrglnal tomposrtron At the weekly meetlngs each member presents h1s work for group cr1t1c1sm The best selectrons are offered for publrcatron IU current books and magazmes The club also collects mater1al for the booklet I-mm the Hzlltopf an anthology of sketches poems and short SEOFICS vsrxtten bv Hlllsboro students

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SPRING DIRGE When poets wr1te about the Sprmg They have h1gh pra1se for everyth1ng The season IS all br1ght and gay Least that IS what the poets sav They laud the trees the b1rds and flowers The very carefree happy hours They all forget the student crams And WOrt1es bout those dread exams So when I wr1te a song of May It w1ll be cheerless dull and gray The fragrant eve for us IS to1l For then we burn the m1dn1ght O11 And then upon our penc1ls chew That IS what we call FCVICW Alas we never seem to learn No matter how much O11 we burn SO w1th the bards I d1sagree The reason you can plamly see Before we leave on our vacatlons We have to take exam1nat1Ons' CORINNE HARTMAN ON MT KITAZUMA The n1ght st1ll dark bv l1ght of moon we went The whlte stars W1nked as we went cl1mb1ng by You sa1d twas rough I now know what you meant It seemed the clouds were touched Then stopped to rest I heav ed a grateful s1gh One hour ere we reached the peace we pr1ze Above the clouds we marveled at the sky A purple haze prOcla1ms the sun w1ll r1se And from the glow1ng east Apollo r1des the skxes MIRIAM PRESTON EROM TO ROOSEVELT He sl1pped awav And the sun s1nks 1nto n1ght A country l1es In darkness w1thOut h1s l1ght The ages bow To the passrng of a son A monument To 1deals to dutv done Thank you dear Lord for h1S strong brave gu1d1ng hand For h1s Splflt That l1ves on after the man And take h1m now Back to h1s home That he may Rest where the sk1es Are not cloudy all the dav A men GRACE SIMS FROM AN ESSAY ON FOOD CCondensedD There was a t1me oh several years ago when food was bought ma1nlv to eat But that was rn the past now many d1fferent reasons are our cause for buy1ng food PICEUFC yourself as a busy housewxfe Tomorrow IS the last day the lavender stamps w1ll be good after that only the fusch1a and green str1ped stamps w1ll have any worth You are left w1th s1xty po1nts and what IS there to do but qurckly go to the store and buy SIXIY po1nts worth of food What does lf matter that vou don t need the food and that some one else could really apprec1ate the mer chand1se9 Th1s IS war NOW for the second reason vou are 1dly wander1ng through the gro cery store when you see a whole shelf of so and so Why that 1S the f1rst so and so you ve seen 1n months' It IS as hard to get as rubber EIYCS and Oh how lucky you are to find 1t' What does 1t matter 1f you don t l1ke so and so why 1E m1ght be months before vou see any more So hurry grab all the cans vou can before that woman bes1de vou has a chance' all vou can wh1le you can reason You buy buy buy and yet vou never seem to eat The log1c IS here m fr1end At home you have a cellar and 1n that cellar vou p1le every can of food that you can get your hands on untll IC 1S fa1rly bulgmg wh1le vou eat oh maybe crackers and on1on soup What does lf matter to vou that y Ou are wastmg away to nothmg why your cellars are full' ust th1nk how you ll be eat1ng later on when nobodv else has anvthmg' Ha' won t you hav e fun watchlng them go hungrv because you horded9 You were the smart one' DOROTHY HENDERSON SPENOERIAN STANZA Sleepy eyes have just begun Bl1nk1ng l1ke the sett1ng sun T1s the Sandman he knows best When If s t1me to take a rest Hastened by the sleepy sand Srprmkled by an unseen hand hro the long dark hours of mght There are many w1nks of l1ght There s the t1me for pleasant sleep HERMOINB EMBRY 7 ' 1' I 7 1 Y I 3 ' I ' I ' . 5 ! , . . . , , ' ' 1 1 .1 I - ' .4 - -, - 1, l ' I . 9 7 ' . 5 . I . ' ' I 1 4 1 , ' 1 7 1 A 1 1 1 . , 1 l - 1 ' 7 9 I 1 we climbed so high And last, but not least, the get . V 1 , I ' 1 1 1 U D , . , - 1 Y 1 , , 1 1 v ' ' , 9 I 1 1 A - - I 7 . 1 , O , i Q U J Il H . ' , -1 - 1' 7 ' , I , , . T 1 . 1 , ' . . . . 7 7 , - , I I . 1 1 . , . 7 I . 3 ' Q , ' , .. . ,

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