Julia Richman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (New York, NY)

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. , ,W,,....., Wlgw, .ww W cgywlffi Lt POEMS My 'father is puzzled, and mother looks ill, 'Cause daughter's not out with Jerry or Bill. Yes, something is wrong, things aren't just right A ga' When daughter writes poems-on a Saturday night. 7 ALYCE LANDSMAN 5 1, Q gt? . fi. , N ff H My 1' A1 , f sf if W Q df' 46 TO W1-10M IT MAY CONCERN Q 49 A fr My love was over, you heard me say 'gif E 0 . . - X, My heart was finished aching. , My love, I saw you just today, ' 1 Q What is this thing that's breaking? off P 'A Q 7 3 ADELE LEFKOWITZ fl 7 a N ,flag I 4 JM a yin mf X X 1 XE X X 4 ff? I UTOPIA Regents are over and marks have been posted I knew I would pass, it was easy you boasted, In English, Spanish and History as well Your mark was superb, gosh one hundred is swell! All teachers' opinions hold you in esteem Say isn't life wonderful when you can dream? ALYCE LANDSMAN I 0

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WE IIISIIIISS LIFE The most precious of all gifts-Life, is given to us to do with as we please. But for all freedom-loving men and women life immediately assumes a special meaning and pattem, because it is formed within the molds of democracy, toleration, and kindness. Life is a stnlggle between good and evilg between man and the soul of mang between the individual and society, life is a struggle for the survival of the fittest, and each man believes himself fittest and his ideas most lasting. Yet, there are those individuals who do not live life fully, who do not dare to wrestle with life's problems, who shield their eyes from .the blinding glare of fact and truth. Then, there are those who pessimistically see only the blackness of life, only the hardship and misery. Life was not meant to be lived in either of these ways, life is a jewel with bright and dull spots, but always a jewel, always shining. We must take the bad with the good, but joy comes after sorrow, as day comes after night. Now, as time and time before, life, as we know it, seems to be sinking into the quicksand of desolation, falling into a black and bottomless pit. The spirit and letter of the Bible when it says, Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore, has always been violated. Men have always bound each other, but man has always broken his shackles, man and his love for freedom and individualism will always triumph over bondage. Our life, our freedom is undergoing another test. This is no time to chant the cold dirges of the baflled and sullen hymns of defeat , this is a time for faith and courage and action. Life occupies the center of the stage. Follow her carefully. Her moods and methods are intricate, her words and movements are subtle, her purpose is that of all f reedom-loving men. A beam cuts through the heavy mist which threatens to envelop humanity. A spotlight is focused upon the stage of the world--upon Life! ADELE LEFKOWITZ 9

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alfa velfic FINALE Like a beautiful flower fragrant and white, That withers and dies in a single night. X So was the love twixt you and I When you said goodnight but meant goodbye. K ' , j! f ,-avi, -JpxA INFORMATION PLEASE Why can't I sit and concentrate? I hope you'll ask me for a date. Oh, why these tears, why must I cry? But last of all-why wonder why? ' ALYCE LANDSMAN ADELE LEFKOWITZ J 2 'Si DOUBLE ENTENDRE KR! I lie here wide awake at night fax LX My mind is none too clear. ,, I try to sleep with all my might, R And yet I can't, my dear. ' ...+A It isn't love, it's not the season, ' Rl ....-4- It isn't 'cause my heart you hold, I cannot sleep for just one reason- K! Oh, heaven curse the common cold! ALYCE LANDSMAN