Lansingburgh High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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il THE ODYSSEY 'QE' Salutatzo 1-1 RAESIS culatores maglstll parentes condlsclpull et amlcl xos l1ltlIll0 nostlo dle ln hac schola nobls tam cal lsslma f p-I salutamus Iam plldem laetl ad hunc dlem plosplclmus pel quattuol annos et nunc nos paenltet nostlae almae matlls lellnquendae 31 NOSt11S palentlbus lnlustllbus magnanlmas glatlas habemus sac 1lflCllQ et labollbus pelfunctls ut superalemus Aglmus gl atlas nostlls maglstllbus p10 eolum labollbus Els debemus hunc dlem laetum Soll conscendlmus male pellculosum cum multls noxls dlfficultatlbus plocul Iam plldem pel hos blex es annos sumus una labole ludoqul Ollm omnes sequemul V1dS Cll9Sll'1'l1l6S H0d16 cunctl vos salutamus Ax ete et xalete LENA M HANSEN CGM Lure of Q9-lnclent efffyths ,QU 54 no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but a SZ? QQ: statlon ln SOCl6ty then my thology has no clalm to the appel 0 gf, latlon But lf that whlch makes us happlel can be called useful then vxe clalm that tltle fO1 the subject Mythology ls the handmald of lltelatule and llteratule ls one of the best allles ot xlrtue and a plomoter of happlness When Byron calls Rome the Nlobe of Natlons or says of Venus She looks a Sea Cybele fresh flom the ocean he calls to the lflllllll oi a pelson well lnfolmed ln the Del sonalltles of mythology an lllus tl ltlon mole vlxld and stllklng than pen and lnk can furnlsh The xlxldness IS entllely lost to a reader lgnorant of mythology Mllt0ll lbounds IH slmllal alluslons Hls short poem Comus contalns mole than thlrty mythologlcal references and Paradlse Lost has thenl scattered profusely through lt Such frequent references to these sub lects IS one reason why people by no means lllltel ate often say that they cannot enjoy MlltOH Wlth the lnformatlon affolded bx myths lNIllt0Il s poetly would be found muslcal as Apollo s lute Myths and legends haxe been handed down from g9I1613.tl0l'1 to genelatlon untll ln some countrles the folklore has been taken as hls toly StO11eS have appealed IH SGXGI al dlfferent countlles slmultan eously The stoly of Wllllam Tell IS thought to haxe orlglnated ln Qultzevland but slmllal lncldents have been related IH Denmalk and ex en Indla Both myths and legends ale really S'tO119S vulth a meanlng, attached These Qt0l19Q wele the lesult of the deslle on the palt of 16 3 MAJ!-,ie4J.'L ? ,li ,Yoo all . ' jUl?x?' v . 9 I' .li 1 . D ' ' .1 es -. f . . ' . . . ' 79 1 . . . . . . . E41 3 1 1 f 7 ' 1 .' L In 1 I , A 1. 1 ' 1 l ' 1. 1 I - -1 . 1 . . - 1- 1. 1 4 ' 1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 s.1 4 'S -' 1 1 4 1' l 'S ' f s ' 7 1 ' 7 1 1' 1 ' 7' ' . ' 1 7 1' 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 . , . , . Y 7 7 W . P, ' th t l' 'fl It Q up . 4 . i . :SM whlch hel s us to enlar e oul OSSGSSIOHS 01 to F3136 oul' -ff f' Tx' , ,sl ,. . . . . , N '.Jxn , ' 7 - +j 2'.'g, . . . . 'f ' ' .' Jr- ' 5 IQ f-kr ' ' i 7 ' V 'K 1 1 , . A t A1 . 7. 1 . ll ' ' ar , wk , . - ' . . ,H . 5, ' in ' -L L y - I . . . 1 1 7. . U ,, . I . . . , , . , ' ' 66 ', 77 , I I - . ' 9 9 C . . D . l I 1 v Y '1 - U U 'v ' 1 , as ' 7 77 v 7 ' ' r M - r. . 7 A A p' 1 . 1' f. ' 7 4 ' -' 57' - Lv o I 7 L V l 7 r 1 he Q . .' 7' ' r . 1 s I 'i ' 4 1 1.1 ' '

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T THE ODYSSEY the people or trrbes to account for exrstrng condrtrons such as Dre Loreler explarnrng the peculrar echo to be heard at 'r rocky pornt on the banks of the Rhrne rn Germany Such underocean car es rs those of Neptune s seas are reported to be found not far from Alaska too Endymron sleeps rn the moonlrght of the Mrddle W est rs surely 'rs on 'Vlount Latmos the Srrens srng rn the Ionran Seas and rmong the C rs cades ot Yosemrte Edens and Mount Ar rrats rre found rn both hem spheres Jove hurls hrs thunderbolts on the Upper Hudson and Vulc rn has forges rn Hawarr as well as rn Italy Personal characterrstrcs can be rllustr ated by myths and plots for novels can be obtarned rn legends Where can r pleas rnter and more excrtrng romance be found than rn the story of Cuprd and Py sche or ot Orpheus and Eurydrce Nothrng but loye could make Cuprd drsobey hrs beloved parent Venus All of the elements of a romantrc novel are present even to the separatron of loy ers because of one s doubt ot the others farthfulness and reunron after unhapprness rnd drscontent Orpheus braved the perrlous trrp to Hades after the death of Eurydrce to garn Pluto s consent to allow hrs wrfe to return to earth The etern rl marrtal trrangle rs represented rn Juno and Juprter s unron Seyer rl trmes Juno surprrsed the krng of the gods rn the mrdst of a lore affarr Because she was realous of Juprter s love for her rry al Alceme mother of Hercules Juno sent two huge snakes to attack the bfrby rn hrs cr rdle trny hands Agarn Juno changed Callrsto the obrcct of Iuprter s rffectrons rnto a huge bear Juprter rtter seekrng rn v rrn for her drs covered the transtormatron and pl rced Crllrsto rn the sky where shr rs strll recognrzed rs the constell rtron the Great Pear Juno on such occasrons gaye way to her yrolent temper and reproachcd Juprter brt terly Reproaches had no effect as he merely contrnued hrs rntrrgues wrth renewed zest The orrgrn of many of our fund rmental rdeas such rs hope asprratron prrde and ambrtron c rn be tr rced to storres ol the rncrerrt Greeks and Romans At the command of Juprter a curse rn the form ot r wom rn w rs sent to Prometheus as a punrshment for stealrng the grft of fire from the heavens She was made bewrtchrng and perfect eyery god or goddess contrrbutrng somethrng to her charm Thrs grtt Pandora w as sent to a world unyrsrted by crrme sorrow or errl The gods grve her a small carefully bound box whrch they forbade her to open Crafty Iuprter had planned wrsely and well for the punrshment of man 'lhe exqursrte and delrcate box tempted Pandora Frn rlly she yrelded and opened the lrd A cloud of plagues and t oubles burst forth rnd the dark creatures filled the homes er erywhere Hope rlone was left rn tht box and pleaded for release Its beautrtul yoree soothed Pandor r and w hen Hope was released she sO rred forth the r rrest grtt to mortrls 17 77 l lg l71ffl 'L . L lla 1 Tl, .. f...' ,, - - IL .lil iv Y ii!-ff , ' Tf:f' I T, Y . . ' Y' ' ' . '1 1 1 . 1 v ' , c . ' . v a I 1 Y Lv 2 A1 1 , I N - ' ' s 'V I . . r 3 ' ' ' 1 ' 2 1 z :- . . 'z ' z 'r r- w v ' 7 .. C ' I 'l ' l ' u 1 2 I E 'I 9 u x u n I ' ' I vu 1 X v . ' 1 1 ' v - , 1 ' m , . , . . . I .Q , , s C L 1 I ' h 1 f 1 . l . - 1 L . 'S ' . . . . , , . 2 ' ' ' , 1 1 ' ' J ' v -1 1 C ' - ,H Y 1. Y I 1 7 9 , Y .' c c ' . '.' 'Z l. The young Hercules succeeded rn stranglrng the huge serpents wrth hrs ' ' 1 ' , 1 1 'Lv , , I' , 1 ' ' ' A .351 i , , . ' . Z . , 2 . ,., K, 1 v s ' 1 ' , Z 2 'l. ' , A1 v , 1? L. , -K1 A1 l 1 z . 2 L A K 3 . , X I 1 , xr 1' E , Av 1 kv' 1 1 v 1 Y' . 1 1 . , ' , s ' - 1 1 , 1 1 . ' 1 ' 1 ' 1' 1 1 2 L c , .' 2 1' X1 . y . .. 2 -2 A S .A F2 . . . .. ' , y - x ' ' . ' 2 1 2 12 I. v 1 y' ' 1 7 1 . - 1 . , , . v. ' . 1 v u V' r w , , . r c Q V y ' y ' 1 v ' . v 7 ' u ' 1 I. 1 1 ' 1 Z X 1 1 L 1 . A, . ' , 2 , v1 bv , ' ' r 1 1 1 L s 1 ' ' 1 ' , K. X 1 12 , . , L. . 2 . . , .2 . . 2