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

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45 17 Om ax XX l COULDNT STAND the cold barren look of our lrvmg room as l Walked throuah rt Wrthout a frre the room was lrfeless The frreplace was wtth out lts flamrng logs and looked a brt ugly Seerng thrs l decrded to start a frre to lrven the room to make the artrfrcral flowers seem to grow the objects rn the room come to l1fe and make everyone who passed through the room happy l started to prck up papers here and there and then Went down to the cel lar Where the logs were stacked just Wartrng to be used Graspmg some matches l started back to the l1v1ng room wlth a feelmg of galety and do mg somethmg brg After all a frre s a brg and Wonderful thmg Placrng the logs and paper care fully l l1t the paper lt burned raprd ly l sat down as soon as l saw the logs had caught frre There l sat lovmg every mrnute of thrs Wonderful pectacle Watchmg the flames danc Enthusiasm DOLORES TEICHMANN mg merrrly and the logs crackhng therr song Everythrng rn the room took on a look of happmess The plants awoke from therr slumber and seemed to look fresher greener and you could almost see them growrng The curtarns seemed to perk up The floor looked more glossy Everythmg looked shrn rer The andrrons gleamed so much as to almost blrnd you for a rnmute Lrfe was rn thrs room and every smgle oblect seemed to reflect 1t l felt a surgmg rmpulse to shout and smg because th1s frre W1th 1ts br1ght colors and Warm hues made me feel as 1f l myself Were on frre l couldnt keep my eyes from lts escaprng flames lts so m1raculous when you thmk of rt lust str1ke a match hold 1t to some paper and Wood and soon you have a spectacle that 1S breathtakrng Our frreplace was no longer ugly but a beaut1ful msprrrng srght The cold drab lookrng brrcks had become Warm and brrght, glvrng off a Warmth that made me feel safe and glad to be ahve These flames, these beaut1ful flames, rf they would Just stay ahve lrke thrs forever But they are slowly decreas mg, all the trme gettrng smaller and smaller Soon there Wrll be no more The glowmg embers wrll soon dre and lrfeless ashes Wrll be the sole remarn der of my gorgeous creatron 14 ' F? HE-K 4 t if-f:. A ' 333. f ,- gm ,gf:.:x, - .- 1 ' Lf:- '-Q3. Q Q ,. wg 9D ' Aj: 5975 , ,Mt K' Z, lg. 9 -. ' I -, , ,f X 4.4,-fir, H 3 -'st Q. gf '. ' 0 D , 4 1 -' fssffrgl I' -' -2- 175-if l5. 5 ,-off' ' ' 1 xxx'-1-1 4 ily: .-xl -- -,,5-gf, 4 ..,, , A9 .-- up-. ' . J.. . ,- .,f , .--I K Q Am Kraft 1 H A X . . I I I I 7 . I I , I . . I , l ' ' . I . , . - 1 I I - . I A I , . s . ' - ' ' I -

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Spvrfsfop cs Ao THL basketball seas n approach e the halfway mark t look as the urrent autntet wtll follow the truf blue and Whrte trad1t1on exemphfred bv rnany Queens PSAL Champron sums The squad contrary to pre season expectattons played superbly Aaam pacmg the Prestdent offen srve and defensrve play rs lvffke Han nfn the 6 ft all crty guard Mrke wt o lead Queens last year tn scorlng ts cgatn the leadrna scorer Another veteran returnmg to the fola thrs term 1S Donald Slattery who was second hrgh scorer on Adams la ' term Don rs feared for hrs set shot from the corner lftck Crosby the speedy httle guard wrll also be a valuable asset on bo h o tense and defense along wrth Cha lr Brueaeman a great ball handler anc playmaker Some of the newcomers to the squad are Kenneth Gaynor Brlly Saar who has been playrna mostly the ptvot spot and Pnrl Davrdowrtz who last season played brllhant IV ba The team IS faced wlth an acute problem the problem of hetght The talle t player ts Bflly Saar rho rs ln feet l tnch Mrke f-lann n and Charhe Bruegeman are e ch tt n th encounters thus far thts season they have had control of the backboards desptte thetr lack of hetaht Much of the success of the autntet has been due to the excellent passrna 13 ARNOLD KESSLLR 4. 454' fdlxxzy 5' nut atta k wnrcn tney have used on tne ofense and the man to man defense whrch they employ wrth prectsron lfr Delaney deserves great pratse for the way he has assembled so mex perrenced a sauad rnto an undefeated and much feared frve Wfth an unde feated record ID four games so far rt Q season Takma a gutck look at our alumm we s e that one of our former basket ball stars lS currently maktng good on one o the brg college teams l-l ago was captam of the Blue and Whtte aumte and now as a sopho 'nore he IS leadtng the New York Unrverstty ftve rn scortng and has been acclarmed by many leadrng bas ketball vrrters as one of the most p omrstng young players rn basketball today Our cross country track team had a very good season Led by Don Avenra Adams placed eleventh out o a trcld representrng about frfty chools Avema htmself ame tn fxth l r Ifforse rs now contemplat mg the beglnrt na of the mdoor track eason nd th track team captarned by loe Barbera has been worktna out steadrly tn tne boys gymnas1um 0 r - , u-'A ,.5- E. I I I W ' em Y, , HA A , , , N V A , s - , l s if 'L , l A , 4 1 1 c . ' Q . 4 , I - Y ' K v ' I . it . , ' T .J A A . ' I , ' 1 E-jx I r I A ' f J . - e - . s . . 1 4 ' , t I . 6 'cr ' ' - . Ht ' IS Bob Dederran who, but two years l . - . . I - I I 'I - U 1 A L . Ll I - L. :' ' p A , .C I g , . . . . 7 1 - . rv l I l . . , . r . V. , . 1 ' I I . A A - ' - X 1- , . . S , V . A ' . A o ' s , ' ' c ' a . 6 ' . I eQr Q' I K J ' - - I 1 , ' ,' i ' - - - I s , , a e , '

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MORE THINGS are wrought by pray er than thrs world dreams of Wrthrn the lrnes of The Idylls of The Krng to me the most srgnrfrcant lrn was that whrch I have just quoted That rn le lrne seemed to be the basrc rdea of all the Idylls I belreved that Alfr d Lo a Tennyson rn wrrtrng rn hrs elabo rate fashron endeavored to show tha prayer and only prayer can fulfrll promrses mrraculously In the Co'n rng of Arthur the srtuatrons confront mg the people of Camelrard W re dr ast ous as Tennyson puts rt Wherern the beast was ever more and more but ma'r was less and less trll Arthur came Yes' T111 Arthur came Then wrtn the assemblage of the Knrghts of the Table Round peace and tranqurlrty was the order of the day wrthrn the warls of Camelrard But why should so great a man Krng Arthur come Just when he rs needed? Why? Srmply be cau e more thrngs are wrought by prayer than thrs world dreams of and the prayers of the crtrzens of Camelrard were answered In Gareth and Lynette overcomrng all obstacles how do you suppose young Gareth ever became knrghtea'9 Because he was the son of wealthy parents? Because he knew Krng Ar thur and hrs parents put rn a good word for hrm? No' As we are told Bellrcent drsapproved rmmensely of he favorrte sons ambrtron and went as far as havrng hrm labor rn the krtchen of Krng Arthurs castle dr aursed and unknown to work hrmself rnto knrghthood rn order to prevent hrs wrshes Overcomrng thrs obstacle Ga reth was knrghted and much of hrs success he undoubtedly had to attrr bute to hrs prayer and the grace of Goa Perhaps rf someone were to say that the greatest of all knrghts Lancelot had hrs lrfe saved by prayer another lo E715 ,Answer MICHAEL AMBROSIO mrght be rnclrned to belreve thrs 1ron rcal But rts true Lancelots lrfe was saved by prayer the prayers of one of hrs lovers Elarne the farr Elarne the lovable Elarne the lrly mard of Astolat as Tennyson calls her D perately rn love wrth the lovable Larcelot upon her frrst meetrng w n the favorrte of Krng Arthur her praye fo hrs safe and sound return from bat tle were answered Unfortunately Lancelots love was for Gurneveve Krng Arthurs unfarthful spouse thrs cau mg the death of the broken heart ed Elarne Lrttle drd Lancelot realrze at that trme that he owed hrs lrfe to cerved drd not materralrze rn over comrng hrm The contrnuous prayrng of Percrval s srsrer the nun eventually rewarded her as she became the frrst to see the Holy Grarl fthe cup whrch Chrrst Hrm elf drank from at the last supperl On must understand however that prayers wrll do great thrngs for the hu man soul but they must be contrnuous and everlastrng In return perhaps rf the wrsh prayed for seems to be the on whrch would ard others along wrth one s self rt would be granted but as the foolrsh knrghts of the table round found out rt rs useless to search for as was therr case the Holy Grarl and then pray only to be able to frnd rt Yes' Krng Arthur courageously set forward on hrs death bed to the lonely last knrght of hrs table round Srr Bedr Vere a lrne whrch to me should be th theme of every household to every bo 1 and grrl to all crtrzens of all races and creeds rn trme of peace and war more thrngs are wrought by prayer than thrs world dreams of .. , A . .. I e H , . D - V . . 1 . . . . . I 1' I - V tt . . . , , I I A ' 1 tr . . tt ' ' es- . A . A ' - - . ll - - l - I , H. 1 AL e s- - - M I x I , AO v- l I L ' ' 'r' - Il It ' ll I w . ' 5 - 1 ' , l ' ' Elarne, for the wounds whrch he re- lv - I C - . . . , . . , I H I A - , s r, . , V e , , , . ' I I . . , Q f r . , , D- , ' ' ' I V - , ' ' 1 - . . . , t I - . - ' ' za , - , . Q ' . I A , , , 1