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

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TAM 3 NN . - 2 NAI. 2232 - I WWE AUDREY ARNOLD KEATS ONCE wrote A thmg of beauty IS a 1oy forever Its lovlmess xncreases It w1ll never pass 1nto nothmgness but may we not say that a great part of beauty IS L1sten1ng to mus1c we can hear It It IS beaut1 ful but when 1ts over what IS left? Somethmg We can hold rub our hngers over feel IIS texture? No We have nothmg but a memory of the song m our hearts The mus1c1an sees notes on a sheet of paper but unt1l he beglns to play w1th all h1s leehng and soul there rs no beauty One wlnters day the snowfall was lovher than I had ever seen before I wanted to hold one of the snowflakes As they fell I held out my hand and caught one W1th1n seconds It dlsappeared leavmg only a small drop of water on my warm hand We gazed at wonderment at a lofty mountam and declded to chmb lt When we reached our des t1nat1on we could no longer see 1ts pecullar square formatlons We were too close A rose perfect ln form and fragrance was grow mg 1n my garden I plucked lt wlth the mtentlon of keepmg 1t forever Then I la1d It aslde In a week lt had become shrlveled and IIS odor acrld Its lovhness'-' Gone left A memory Could we have but one of the mxlhons of stars sparkhng ln the heavens but no they must stay there out of reach of greedy graspmg hands so that everyone may enjoy the1r splendor The flame of burnlng candles shmes blue around the wlck and advances to a golden yellow But as the candle bums to nothmgness the flame w1ll fade We cant save the flame we dare not touch 1t for fear of bemg bumt or snuffmg out the glow ahead of t1me Love too mlght be consldered a form of unseen untouchable beauty Love g1ves naught but xtself and takes naught but from xtself Love possesses not nor would 1t be possessed for love IS suff1c1ent unto love 15 o 'T' l i . 4' ' I I ' s:: ' ' --' . l.. ll 1 u I f-5 tr . . . ',' 5 o .- 9' - N 3522- . . . ' Q., m real1ty,- nothmgness? I . I

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even asked me to marry him he land everyone elsej just takes it tor granted He cant even compare to Walter Sure hes got ha1r but 1ts blond and when 1t falls rn h1s tace 1t falls stralght as 1t always 1S He s tall too but lean not hunky and h1s eyes are Just a pla1n old brovsm But they have a good natured expression them' Gee 1IS almost seven now' Wal ter ought to be here soon I ieel kmd of funny breakmg my date w1th Edd1e but when he comes Mother can tell hmm somethmg unexpected turned up Io Ann' Walters here' After ar rang1ng her ha1r 1n a soft co1ffure she put her comb back 1n 1ts place on her dress1ng table and took a last look 1n the mlrror and flew down the SIGIIS 1nto Walters welcom1ng arms When the usual how are yous and hellos were over they started on the1r way to pamt the town red F1rst they went to dmner at L1ros then danclng at the Malambo Club After that they went for a r1de 1n a Hansom 1Il Central Park The cl1p clop of the horses steady pace seemed so remote from the bolsterousness of the metropol1s From the park they walk ed down Broadway to F1tt1eth Street was as beautlful a starl1t n1ght as N if anyone could ever have dreamed of so they went up to the Observation Tower ot the RCA Bu1ld1ng After star gazmg for about an hour they both agreed that they were pretty t1red and so began the1r long trek home As they walked along the last block before commg to Io Anns house I Ann suddenly began to face the reallty that all the hop1ng and dreamlng of the n1ght that was gradually commg to an end was just fantasy All the sugar coat1ng of Walters personahty had 1n the space of an even1ng slowly melted away and h1S dom1 neer1ng conce1tedness seemed to ooze out and cover up the good looks that were h1s sole asset upon wh1ch he depended so very much to ga1n inends irlends that he would never be able to hold Io Ann wlshed o hard that she had not so thought lessly walked out on Edd1e that eve mng If she had the evenmg to spend over she would go Wlfh Eddle she thought to herself but now It was too ate As they turned up the walk to the house Io Ann caught a gllmpse of a fam1l1ar hgure curled up on the front porch she Smlled and hoped Edd1e looked at her smzled and sa1d D1d you have a n1ce t1me ' W1th an askmg for forg1veness look Io Ann shook her head and came back somwhat slowly wrshmg that Walter had never exlsted wlth N no Wllh a qulck smlle and a new sparkle to those good natured eyes Edd1e sa1d w1th a tone of pleasure m h1S soft vo1ce I k1nd of thought you wouldnt have a n1ce txme thats why I Wdlted 14 - . in ' ' I Q ll I ll I - S . I . - 1 , Und CICIOSS Fiftieth to RCIdlO City. It After Wqlter left fqthef abruptly, , X 4 .. I I si: Tv .. 1 - I 5 A sv' A . . . N I X V ' .. K. X. J 4 ' H Y t l , I , . . . . , 'I W ' My . . I u .

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35-Qzlwug 1 A FRED BATTLINE -ne Q 61274416 lit M6 Ae! 'L y t ,KQQJ m 9 ONE AFTERNOON wh1le s1tt1ng 1n the famous Pubh catlons OIIICB mlndlng everyones bus1ness but my own Laugh1ng Boy Carter got me 1n focus He was gr1nn1ng from lens to lens wh1le leanmg on h1s decrep1t trlpod w1th one foot on a p1nhole camera Laugh1ng Boy told me to try try that IS and Wflle the Nut Bowl Th1s perhaps was the most thr1ll1ng moment of my l1fe except maybe when the Pr1soner of Love escaped I laxd down my copy of The Case of the Long Red Underwear subt1tled To Itch HIS Own used all my energy to ra1se a pencxl tlead you knowj and slowly started to left I mean wr1te CArmy mfluencel GGZIDQ sleep1ly about my eye was caught and my ear subdued Cth1s 1S accompl1shed by my spl1t per sonal1tyJ by a group of cackllng voxces I cut hls ear off Where IS h1s nose Look no neck were among the strange words to be heard Stram1ng my eyes over the long d1stance I saw Boss Lady Lynch stand1ng over G1ggles Egan Bugs He1dSIfG and Nrm ble fmgers Druben They were workmg w1th sharp ened SCISSOIS f1end1sh grms and a madmans laugh wh1le cuttmg out the Senlor Celebntles PICIUIGS There IS a spec1al corner draped 1n black de voted to the emotlonal and deep th1nk1ng men tboth of theml For mstance Mangler Grlmes and Lethal Llebman were d1scuss1ng a story of Ilms 1n whxch a g1r1 was Sllllng on a dock wlth a small trustmg b1rd 1n her hand The blrd looked searchlngly mto the g1rls eyes and 1IS small heart beat happ1ly Now Ih1S was as far as Mangler got and was stuck for an endlng lust before closlng tlme a lra1l l1ttle glrl enters SIIS down wh1le murmurmg someth1ng about a den t1st engagement One day when atmosphenc cond1 t1ons were better than average we heard her tell of a tussle she had Wllh her dent1st Wxth half hearted 1nterest we asked who won No one was the answer lt ended w1th a draw That my dear fnends was Phylhs Osgyam Enough of th1s xt s tlme for me to rattle and roll 16 C xl , .' ,Zf 'x,x. .YK ' l 2' G' '-all I lf K' ' ' I :, 'ix' 0 - - ,j ,,. x x' e o I X.'. 'ze s 2 B , 1 X . X . . . . , 9 tw xr 5- . . . . , . ' I u '-, lg 5 . ' . I' - ' ' I' l xg ,yd ul AQQEI - . . . . ' F u . 1 , .. - 1. - , . I , I I I I 1 I I ' , I I . t. H ,, . .,