John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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DILEMMA Our life is but a mystery, And we, the mystified, Scan the pages of historyg And to our wondering gaze, O'er men and deeds now glorified, All seems a winding maze. To what doth this labyrinth lead? What means our dreary past? From tranquil realms of silent dead Doth some response arise? Are we to endless torment cast, Or rise we on wings to azure skies? Unanswered may our question be, In patience we but wait, Until mid glory we shall see Things that are now concealed. For in that heavenly state These mysteries will lie revealed. William Yozmg l-r's--nE- 1n.un'z 1..n4

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16th century although it had been taught as a means of warfare for countless centuries. There is hardly any sport that possesses as long and as distin- guished a lineage as tennis. Truly, The Game of Kings, it was played enthusiastically by members of the French aristocracy. Even Napoleon himself in his leisure moments played tennis, as did his conqueror the Duke of Wellington. I would surely have liked to see the two play each other. Despite its popularity its origin baffles research. Some of the old abbeys in southern Europe seem to have had courtyards laid out as if for tennis. Some people even connect it with the game of handball that Mausicaa, the daughter of King Alcinous, played with her hand maidens. But such theories are far fetched and can be accepted with almost every type of game played with a racquet and ball. What would you do if you were an athletic instructor at a Y.M.C.A. College and between the baseball and football seasons your young men were nearly bored to death? You'd invent a new game for them to play, wouldn't you? That's what Dr. james Naesmith did. He called it basketball. In inventing this new sport the doctor used many of the elementary principles of football. Then he rigged up baskets, evolved a system of dribbling and passing the sphere from one player to another to get the ball into a safe shooting position. This became so popular a game at the school that soon after, schools all over the country began to play it. So we see that organized competitive play has developed into necessity for our social world. It is th-ought by many that sports competition on an international basis is one of the best guarantees of progressive civilization. - They sit there on the yellow benches With their tired, yellow faces. The train sways, tilting with its speed And slides along the slippery tracks. Above, the tinted ads are looked upon By rows of solemn yellow faces. George Bogin 'Vii-IE iliII'l'L1ldl5

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CHAIN ED I cannot bid love come or go at will As though it were a light switched on and off, Instead of some great orb whose glories spill Across life's threshold with the glow of dawn. Nor am I joshua, to command the sun Stand still in heaven for a full day's space, So when love wills, it comes, and is gone While I am panting still, to see its face. There have been those who planted careful seeds And said, When April comes then love will bloom. So versed were they in all its ways and needs, For them it flowered yielding rare perfume. However much of prayer or care I gave, I have not been love's master, but love's slave. Marie Candide Pepe 'Till il-.Il'l'L-ld