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

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C f t , 'ig Clic' Cempcs! The lighthouse warns the ships at sea Sends a message through the dark o night To men deft mg the ofean storm Slups strut k lw the ual es thew fight T he skv ls hlaek and bla: ker ll gets 'l he wznd trles to ll ar the salls, On through the dusk the zessel goes, Brazing the en eness o a heal V gale Darker aml darker the night ber omes, But the storm has just begun, I zghtnmg plerees the heau' skles, And thunder roars luke a gun Suddenlv the storm suhsuled, l :ke vour troubles blown away, And stealing through the heam' mists lame the rst aznt Izght o dav The water now was serene and stall Stretr hed ar as the eve eould see Now and then a lone seagull passed, The tempest had ceased, heeame ll'Hflll1IlllllW And so had ended a manner s tale But 1 has ship had emerged such a storm ind he lued to tell that tale How eertam can vou he that he d not 1 xaggerate to The ship was larger than the gale' NP IL DUYLE U16 Lana Cree Oh uhat, uhat fan its purpose be, lust standmg there The lone Tru tlom lt stamls through all the sears lo 4lllHISf the clouds Its hranehes rlsf Into the blur and healenls skus lround It no other trus do grou llom lt stands through heal and snot Ill.: a proud warrior up ther: rl stands is 1 to guard our these mountaluous lands Wo other tref ulth lt can eomparc lts graft, lts heauts, Oh so mr 0 ll n ms gaze to lt does go llou can ll lue alom through snon Through heat and sleet through ram and hml lts heautw ne er docs seem to all U lu rea er l roam l look to see 'llus proud and heaull ul lone Tru Bl- Y I' RLY BANKS 21 9 rl -, I Q Y U. - 1 n I, Q' fi, - f . - . 1. 1 f . . ' u' Q, -e f ' f . 4 s O , F . . 4 Q f . .' , , Q 0 ' 9 , 1 sm' Z i 413' . j ' - V -9 - - 1 1 Er if I A I I Q 1 ,sf if if 'f .2 . 2f'?fg4gf1'T? 532 Atop a mountain, tall and strong, ' '- - - f , .- .- 5 .- ng. Yr A . .1 U -u . In tv ..w , , . f is -',-.. 4' . 1 ,,l' 'Q f f ' .' .- f .' an f X . . . I , r . I . , , -. .. , ' N .g .- 'f H .- ' .- O Xfsi . . X O f . Q , . . ,Q , Q ,ff f ' .' I - ' . . - - , 4 , l .Dr t -fig lf 1' ' - Q ' '- . ' ' . j '. 'iii 'A- 4 , . A . if Y-7 1 I- if 1 I,-

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FACES SWARMED past Some looked up and exchanged a casual grrn but too many contrnued on burred deep beneath bulky collars and scarfs The few that took notrce were rn fluenced by the ardent pleas of Aw mom I 1ust gotta tell Santa Claus about that brke at Mrmbles and Only one more package Thrs wrll b my last really rt wrll Can I tell hrrn v hat a good grrl lve been srnce last Chrrstmas'9 Huh? Can l'f' The man rn the red plush surt looked down rnto the crowd Hrs glanc drdn t fall upon any rndrvrdual but seemed to catch up the scene rn a body wrth a s ngle sprrrt There was no demarca tron of people or packages or mov ment Everythrng 1ust went by before tt could be caught The expressron of the mans mask mrght have been that of hrs face had the afmable smrle broken through lrnes c hrs mouth He was a member of Santa Unlrmrted an organrzatron that trrds the approprrate Santa for all oc casrons But thrs wasnt an approprrate Santa Claus not one who deserved the beamrng glances from carnatron studded floor walkers or delrghted saueals of chrldren pullrng on hrs rerns The department store Santa Claus thrs year wasn't even a Holly old elf ' He was Just another man who rnrght have been on an unemplo frnent frle had he not found the seasonal strnt The store has a srckenrng steamed smell that closed rn around the shop pers lt found rts nascent odors rn wer 25 H X f I 3 Sad Santa ELLEN SCHWARZ rubber boots the crrsp mrxture f wrapprng paper and twrne and the fresh smell of wet green parnt frf green parnt has any drsttnctrve odorl The man on the regal throne felt more and more exhausted not from any great labor What sort of real work rs connected to a Job such as thrs? Yet he seemed to tnhale all the haste and r ovement rn the shoppers pace untrr he too felt the exhaustron of the rusn hour From somewhere an echo of a bell came through the crowd lt drdn t have any great tone but rt seemed to heave a srgh wrth the department store em proyees Santa rmmedrately rose and hurrred to the locker room Off came the whrskers the boots and th frerf plush surt that was to bear the trace o some green parnt for next year Qanta to wear fAt least red and gre n were seasonablel Wrthrn a few mrnute the yo r man was rn the offrce recervrng a pay check for hrs frnal weeks work He looked at rt and then thrust rt gurckly, almost nealectfully, rnto hrs pocket He had almost reached the door when someone from the drn called, Merry Chrrstmas He nodded and mumbled a reprw vfhrch was taken wrth hrm as he went out through the employees exrt ' .- Life . -f21f:i..-1- X , jr kia: w .1 L11 f .:ogg?f'ffA--gg. Q ll ' Illsgxlfiy' 1 ', 1 g :ggi-J 1' .f I efsf' W, 4.12?' We '21 . 5 f we '11 , Q -1 jg I ,jf ' N 5 -2 1111 ' K ' 'Z 'ul N . , 11 Q 1, . N 'gif Cu t U V. :U ! ', 'y7'0f 1 1 X .tt - .L - 7 I f' X , ,f f . 1 1 an 1 tmp , 16,1 . . 11 1 .1 . . S . . 11 11 - , . 1 . , . V 1 11 , O . . S . 1 1 1 . . ' 1 . - ' Q- . . . ki ' I . 1 -1 , X, .. 1 . 1 tt I ' 11 1 . 11 1 . ' I f 1 A - . . . 1 . - . . y :A 1 V , ., I V X3 4 A - I ' 'f- f a - ' to . e, . 3, L IQ