Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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GN APARTMENT HOUSE NOISES I am very much attached to my home When I go away Cas rn the summer w hen I go to eampb I find rt drffrcult to adjust myself Its the srlence rt farrly oppresses me such a contrast to those dear famrlrar apartment house norses There are the people downstarrs wrth therr radro These people haue therr radro on from dawn untrl mrdnrght They are posrtrvely phrlanthrop c Wantrng to share therr pleasure wrth the world they put therr radro near the open wrndow, wrth the loud speaker facrng outward and the volume turned on to rts fullest strength It rs a very strong set w rth twenty or thrrty tubes and a powerful arn amplrfier and so wrth a hot sw rng band on the effect rs yery strmulatrng to the neryes We set our clocks by the chrld across the hall At exactly 8 15 PM she calls to her father for a glass of water She contrnues her demands for water at fiye rr-rnute rnteryals far rnto the ex enrng desprte the fact that durrng that trme she w rll hare consumed sex eral gallons of that lrqurd We dont get much norse from upstarrs The lrttle boy up there rs qurte nrce but he lox es hrs roller skates And hrs mother anrcrous to please her lrttle darl rng lets hrm practrce every day on therr uncoyercd floor We dont rnrnd W only get angry when he 'rnd hrs frrends try to drrxe n'rrls rnto the floor We are 'rll very rnterested rn that famrly that lry cs on the ground floor of the houst They own a dog The dog rs 'r cute lrttle fellow but hr xoc'rl chor ds educatron these people grxe the dog the rnner courtyard of the burldrng all to hrmself every evenrng and all day on Saturday and Sunday They do thrs so as not to encroach upon hrs personalrty The dog unfortunately does not under stfrnd thrs new system of educfrtron He srts on hrs haunches and gr ow ls and how ls or loud 'rs he can but nucr more than four or Frye hours a day erccept of course on weekcnds That rs r summary of the rhapsody rn norsr whrch we who enjoy conrmunrty lryrng lrsten to every day You w rll not be surprrscd then when I tcll you that many ot u are grateful to the rnycntor of tho c rubber ear plugs In the um mer at crnrp we use thrm for swrnrmrng -Xt honre we use than when we go to bed' IRVIING KAY Xfsfffllll 1144 4 Ill Iliff! IIIIIIO' Il 1 v y ' I: X 7 7 ' - I - . xl . 1 ' ' .' , 7 I I ' v' 1 V ' ' r ' - ' . ,' ts ,' r' ' V - ' ' 1 A Q v 7 - A' D 7 . 7 . y l ' K. l s. 7' ' Y A . A . V V 5 r ' ' - ' 4 ' ' ' - . 7 . . . v 1 I l . . r e 1 L l 1 A Y -' 7 I A I ir 3 Q v 5 C Y v ' . S ' ' v ' v y H I ' ' x' v v l ' 4 C ' 'v V5 ' L ' seem to be abnormally strong and powerful. Apparently believers in progressive 1 ' , . qvv ' I ' . I l . . , ' c I I ' c . . I . ' ' Y L 'S Q . , , A, ' ,. . ' , Q . , ' , -f ' ' 1' r l' '- . - - v' - -' r - s. v , - - r 4 . C ' ' s . r ' 'X ' - ' -' ' .. s - f If r 0 0 f 0 Q llrlvla I 'a'r'o 'lol' 5 Q Q 'lo o' ' Q Q ' a ao :'o':'o'v o 3 0 0 Q 4 a': 0 o 4

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POMPLII fflontlnucdj Xnd xx hen thc C'lItll btgan to shilxt Stout columns ftll at ex clx qu alxc Xnd halls exxtd in xx 1th Cl xslnng sound -Xnd statues toppled to the giound In quixeiing Pompeii The peoplc llll thcx lxnexx not xxheie Some xxznt insane some didnt C110 Expecting soon to Jom thc dead In this confused Pompeii The temples shook thcv ciumbled fell A flecing ciowd gaxe out a xell That xx as not heald noi xxcic the moans AA all lix bLll1Ld neath tht stones Thus doomed xx as old Pompeu Then suddenly xx 1th 11pp1ng sound The eai th yawned deep and all aiound The shueklng people vxho had lost Their balance into hell xxere tossed Thus punished xx as Pompeu The laxa came to cox er all The locking earth had bxought to fall And running feet agalnst then will Wexe stopped and VOICES xxeie made still Thus buried xx as Pompeii South east of Naples foul leagues doxxn Theie stand the remnants of a toxxn And xx alls and columns once so stiong Ale idly sunning all dax long Where once had been Pompeii. ERIC TRAUGOTT. l2A. .: THE DYING SOUL The flying flame dips loxx' Feeble 'md sublime.- 'There catching at some substance Leaps high on borrowed time. Once more its breath is gone: The flame doth dance about. It grows so small. so small: Feebly the flame goes out. EUGENE MEIGH. t50l llllllldlllllll4'4'fW'J'l,l4l ldlllllll dllllllldlllllllllllllld - - 1 .- ' - X .- L 5 1 L' . x C vu-v Zvi A ,' , , i c'. Some walked along and stared ahead J 'j Q X X.. ' 7 . ' ? x' ' v v .4 2' ' x. . 5 -C , - V . 'c c , - ' , - .

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X lllllllllldlll If lille! I ll 44 ll IOHN xvooo He savx no great visions of fame as he signed below the ILSI He scribbled John Vkood as a name that he wished he had neu ei possessed And the rifle he held in his hand made him start at the truth in dread That by this very weapon he held he xx ould soon cause an mcrease of dead And his brain in a whirl fashioned sights xxhich he knew he alvxays xx ould see Of the dead and the xx ounded in mud Oh God' That was all done by me Yes this from his heart did escape And this desperate plan did he make I vtont kill theyre human and ieal thex too love and haxe loxed ones at stake This plan was foimcd by John Wood as he boaided his train to the field And the days dragged by till tht time he could put his method to test And he started his di ive vxithout 610 as a man xx ho had come theic in 1est But his buddy xx ho stood by his side he saxx diopped by the enemy fire And he saxx the grim smile on the killer who had stopped by him as to admire And an anger surged up through his veins and a new thought possessed his xxill As he iactd them xxith rillc ablaze John Wood was out theie to kill' MARGARET FITZGIBBONS 12A TEMPTATION To be a model student I must obey Im taught Id like to take a chance Peihaps I vxont be caught To do oi not to do Alas' it 1S too late Ixe purchased some aheady Temptation xx as too great Although I knevx I shouldnt I had to bleak this iule And be a naughty student Bx chexxing gum in school HELEN INEWNI AIN iw I Iilflf I i i l l 0 I O I O OXO Idfllli 4 4 I 1 a 7 ' ' ' - x ' ' 7 v' , , . V Y ' V . I , ' xc px , - - y . I ' ' . A. I - CK 7 1 ' 7 1 , , Y , Y ' , ' 9 7 37 . 7 Q 1 ' . . A And his courage was high to the truth of the secret his heart has just sealed. y . H . , i ' v' v' 1 , 7 V - 3 ' -' V ' y . , ' ' , , v , y . . . . . , . n x A X YV I X L , V Q . . , t Y,-f Q 7 . , . , , , I . . g , , , . 7 v I 4 , L? 7 A 4 T.