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

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and stupidity. Lord Byron, one of his greatest contemporaries as well as one ot his greatest friends, called him the most gentle, the most amiable, least worldly person l ever met. The lovely epic, Alastor, tells of a young poet caught in the throes of the pitiless world. ln many ways this great work is a mirror of Shel- ley's own aspiring and melancholy spirit. ln his longest poem, The Revolt of lslam, he pictures the lib- eration of the world from tyranny through the love and martyrdom of a high souled young man and woman. In America he sees a hope that the People mighty in its youth will come and release her mother country, England, from the despots who now oppress her. There are lit- erally dozens ot poems like these, notably The Triumph ot Love, Swellfoot the Tyrant, Hellas, The Cinci, and The Witch of Atlas, all of them demanding and tighting for the downfall of tyranny. But it is his greatest work Prome- thius Unbound, which portrays the victory of Shelley's ideals more vivid- ly than any other. lt shows how the forces of good linked with intelligence and brute force, will one day over- throw all the terrible forces of tyranny. This work is without a doubt his most elaborate and pictorial composition. 'tBut see, where through the azure chasm Of yon forked and snowy hill, Trampling the slant and winds on high With golden-sandalled feet, that glow Under plumes ot purple dyes, Like Rose-ensannguined ivory, A shape comes now Stretching on high from his right hand A serpent-cinctured wand. These lines Cspoken by lonel de- scribe the coming of Mercury, and is but one of many of the dazzling descriptions which pack this over- powering work. ln Promethius Un- bound Shelley's heart spoke, as it had never spoken before. Shelley's shorter poems are much too popular to be overlooked here. ln them is found proof of his great love for the beauty of the earth about him. Excellent examples and among the most popular are The Cloud, Ode to a Skylark, Euganean Hills, To Night, and Indian Serenade. The story of Shelley's death has now become a legend. On Iuly 18, 1822, his body was found on the shores of the beach of Lerici, ltaly, his last home. He had drowned while engaging in his favorite pastime, boating. His body was placed on a funeral pyre, built on the beach, and there cremated. In the midst of the flames his heart was snatched from his body. The scene was viewed by the poets, Lord Byron and Liegh Hunt, and a sailor friend named Tre- lawney, from whom the true descrip- tion ot Shelley's end comes. Hunt describes the day as being bright and lovely and the sea placidly beautiful. And thus ended the life of this great poet, dead at only thirty years old. Adonais, an elegy on the death of Iohn Keats, another of his great contemporaries, ends with this strange prophecy of his own fate a year later: My spirit's bark is driven Far from A the shore, far from the trembling throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given . . . l am borne darkly, fearfully, afar: Whilst burning through the inmost veil of heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the avode where the Eternal are. 24

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Weather Warm and r T e Junk if it don't ram. Motto: All the news that fits we print. EDITORS' ON THE ROCKS JUNE, 1966 Pick Book Worm For ,Ll-6 Term I was walking down the avenue the other day when I met Goo Goo Edleman the most studious gradu- ate of 1946. I must admit that he has changed though slight- ly. I-Ie greeted me with his favorite ex- pression Hi keedl After exchanging greet- ings, he told me that he loves pitcher books and craves jing C1966 brand of swingj and 'consistently haunts dance halls. He was speechless a good deal of the time and was forced to use sign language, due to his inadequate vocabulary. As he was talking, Dr. Jerome O'Neill joined our con- versation. Goo Edle- man said that he loves gay girls and bright lights. As he left me Ger- ald told me that his boss, Dr. Jerome O'Neill, is a lovely, lovey, man whom I clearly admire. Dr. O'Neill said in his resounding orator- ical style, Ditto. Mol Dignifiezl? Never More! The guest of the Ye Olde Adamsites Dance who went around open- ing his mouth to show his fellow alumnis his newest bridge and slapping everyone on the back was Joseph Rosewater, most digni- fied graduate of June 1946. His meanest of all tricks was trip- ping up Virginia Yark- in his sister graduate as she alighted down the stairway. The editors. reporters, publishers. printers. and distributors of this you guess what . do not request you to -read anything printed herein. You do so at your own risk and with detri- ment to your character. Cute Marilyn Brown Wins Beauty Crown Miss Marilyn Brown, who was voted the best looking girl in her graduating class, can currently be seen work- ing behind the counter of Epstein's Delicates- sen. Apparently her good looks were not marred in the past twenty years, for she was crowned Miss Bo- logna of 1966 at the recent Liverwurst Con- vention. Mr. Epstein is quoted as saying, Business has picked up since Miss Brown started working here. .-0, Says Being Lazyf' Simply Isn't Crazy Chosen as the Chief Sitters in the U. S. last week are Mildred O'Neill and Robert Downey. They have won this honor for the fourth year in a row. There has always been much wonder about the reason for their in- tensive laziness to win the title. Many believe it is to get revenge on the students of John Adams High School for selecting them the most active seniors in the school. Has Gone Insane Working For Crane Domenic Clemente, chosen as the noisiest of the Class of 46 has just found a job that satisfies himself and suits his personal- ity. He now works for the Crane, Crane, 8x Crane Corporation, operating a pneumatic drill. Your reporter discovered him, after locating the root of the tremendous noise, dig- ging up the corner of l01st St. and Rock- away Blvd. 10.1 You Hear Jazz At Club Alcatraz Kenneth Zapf and Mary Ann Sayers have been employed as a duet by the Club Alca- traz. They can be found there every Sat- urday night playing on their sweet potatoes. They have failed so miserably, that t h e management has threat- ened to make them eat their instruments i f they don't succeed. They were quoted as saying, Well, what's wrong with eating po- tatoes? VOTED QUIET, CAUSES RIOT Miss Margaret Fran- ces has turned her tal- ents toward a scientific job requiring t h e strength and stamina only to be gained by e a t i n g Wheaties fwhich she asserts she never touchesj. Miss Frances tests New Year's Eve noise- makers in a factory on Long Island. She has reported that things are running smoothly, and this year, we may ex- pect an unusually noisy crop of noisemakers. Mr. Michael Petrysyn, also voted the quietest of the class of '46, ob- tained the position of porter with the South- ern Pacific Railroad af- ter graduating. He has worked his way up to the position of train- man. The railway au- thorities claim he is very successful in such a difficult position. Mr. Petrysyn calls out the stops along the Ana- hiem, Mazooza, and Kookamongan route. io.. Ambitious? Why Shore! Patricia Camden and Robert Laube, the peo- ple who did most for Adams in 1946 were found running through the halls taking bulbs out of their sockets and eating them. When questioned as to the nature of their business, they replied, We've ate so much recently, that we're eat- ing light today. 26