Masters School - Masterpieces Yearbook (Dobbs Ferry, NY)

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'Ihe woxces sround Mmrffzret seemed lxlee 1 rosrmff ses, md the faces swim before her, the nolse 'md rolr enffulfinf her, drxwmf her down, down, then fstdlnff fsrther 1nd 1 lrther sm u VVh1t wls th tt someone had just said fhe word rung mme llldlStlI1CIlj to her eszrs She sw xllowed and med to ooen her dry llps to spetle but could sly nothlxw Dld they know' Oh Heavens, dld they know' Pushmfr bick her untouched food, she rose from her chsur, sind with a murmured excuse fled from the room She resched her room, 'md Hunff herself dry eyed 'md fsunt upon her bed She lu there for some tlme st1r1n1f up it the celllnrf seelng nothlnff, her whole being torn between fesr cmd remorse A few hours liter she awoke from 'tn exhstusted sleep, 1nd groped ln the dark for the electric llght xboxe her bed lhe sudden Hood of llffht bllnded her lmmedntely, and when her eyes clesared she sstw the dlsordered bed besxde her, and the figure of her roommste sleeplnsf quletly, one hand pxllowed benesath her cheek Mlrqaret looked down 'rt herself She sfzw her mghtfvown, and slmost cued out IH surprlse How hid lt ffotten on her? She saw her clothes lsud nestly on the chur 'md the open wmdow 'zcross the room bor 1 tew mlnutes she sit loolem f vxonderlngly sxbout her, trymg to collect her Whlfllnn' thoughts 'I he room vms is sllent is desth, only the falnt refrulstr tlckxnff of the tlny clock on her burelu sounded wboxe the unexen be1ts of her hesrt, 'md looklnef It xt she CllQCOXCI'Cd IU amsrzement thsat lf wus hsdf p1st elexenl ust four hours smce she h1d rushed llpSI'llI'S She dld not remember undressmff, nor dld she reclll her xoommste s comme up after dmner She turned ol? the lwht, snd lu stzrmof Into the dxrkness Perhaps she yms 'tlresdy She could not remember how she h 1d frotten to e Surely her memorx xx ls fulmff her XV'ls thls how xt felt to b mu f She h d reid ln books ot people who had uoxrxed themselx es into IIISUIIU, snd finwlly lellled themsclxes Of course mu rerl llre people dld not shoot themselxes our such 1 smsll mwtter ss hers 1nd yet, t1clet1cle tlcle tlcle, Th'1t lnfernll cloclel VVould II nex er stop Perhsps She ulmped up ind sfribblnff the clock, thrust If lnto her bureux drmer, ond slunmed xt A sound from the other bed startled her It you xrffxre Are you 1 U' 0 Imefmsesltlsl limi Flfl She stood psnrfzlszed IH the eenter of the room th n 1 w d her xx fo bszck to bed stumbled struck her mstep 'wslnst the le f of the bed She 'rot m, ind pressmff h r hind swimst her hot md sebmo he d lu m dstr ness for hours, flllflklflff and vwondermf ws she must thmle ind wonder ll the rest of the term, 'Do thex know f Does 'lm one rewlly know 17 . . , . ' . . be ' ' . . D u 1 ' 4 ' 1 2 , L ' I 'l Q -- . b . . z 1 . 'z '. 4 1 1 s - ' ' - F r U . H X . . . Y Q I 1 . L L L . 4 . .' . hz r' -2 ' Q' u . . ,x 4 X tw' 4 4 ' A - L K 5 1- V I 4 Q if ' ca ' 5 i :J V C L C S L . . I ,, . . 2 , ' , N . b ' I I I I V1 z . e. ' i a ' . . 4 . 2 1 . . ec e : 4 A 0 I. : . . . . ' : , . ' 1 . . , V . I S V . .. 4 , . 1 b 4 :S ' K' 'Z e ' 4 Y ' z . 4 C z 5 , ' 4 . . . . 1 A, . , b . . 1 . b . P 1 D . , . Oh, that clockl tlck-tlck, tlck- If It dul not cease she would go mad. 4 . . 'c 4 1 V. n 1 : b d. L ' Y 'ff I 1, . rf .Q Y j ff I Y r. 1 'A . .1 -4, , ' . Y.. vi t e C I K: ., K 'Y V- V-, V- Y . - z '. 'A I . . - Q , . S . N ' . 1: 1 .. g 1 . , e 54 . - . , . . : , ' ls , Nl. ,,. t. A llr 7 ' ' ' 7, IN .7 . ' . . . .ll el t. . 4 ' ' 'E H ' , e Q1-re H ' . , . , . . X . ,. T -L . N e e e 4 . R e . .,. T z . . R 'Q , 1 ' t k f t ,, t ' L, .. . 1 . ' . ' I1 r v , ,' , . , , .,:u

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She turned oxer and went to sleep determmmfv to go oyer to the school l5l1lldlH0' first thlng m the mormnff 1nd fret lt Iqhe next mormnff she l1ll1I'lCCl oyer to the spot where she d1St1nctly remembered leayxnfr xt, but She dld not find her YIIIU' In frantlc haSte she ruShed from one pl1ee to mother, but 1ll the Smrchlnyf 'md 1ll the xdyextlslng rn the School hrouvht no SIQDS of the rmff The next few weekS Sllpped by, 1nd M1rg1ret h1d not told her f1m1ly about her loss Exery txme She wrote home She me1nt to, 1nd ey ery tlme she l1cked the couraffe Now She w1S going to See them, 1nd they would want to know why She w1S not WC'1I'lIlfY her rmff And then suddenly she had found 1 w1y' out of her qu1nd1ry lVlthOl1t WLlfTl11I1g the m1ttcr oy er ln her mlnd, lVI1rff1ret W'1lkLtl quxetlv down the h1ll lnto one of the Girls xoomS I1llI'0WlI'lf' 1 h1Sty ffl1nce '1I0llINl her, She h1d hurrled acroSs the room to one of the bureauS, 1nd opened a Sm1ll box th1t w1S lyme on lt, remoymg 1 tlnv gllttermff object She h1d b'1rely looked It lt before She waS on the tr1m, 1nd then C'llltl0llSlj remoymq her ffloye She h1d turned her h1nd 1nd vmtched the Stone-S Ulow 'lllfl Sp1rkle IH the Sun 'ILS they wexe emctly the S1me C0lOllI1fV She dlew 1 deep swh of rellef l1St the 'ufony of ILlllI1'V xbout the lost rmg could be postponed Not eyen IC most penetr1t1nff Sexutmy' could detect the sl1 htest CllH'-CTCIICC ln the two YIDEIQ, md M1rfrxret looked forw 1rd to 1 wonderful d xy lil tovyn She lm 1 very good tlme Her mother h1d neyer seemed more cheerful, nor mer flther more ple 1Sed wlth hex p1ogreSS ID School She h1d Gone l1p9f'lllQ on her return to tdte off her thmfs 'Hltl yy1S hurrymef to replace the borrowed rlnff when Smllttlllllf h1ppened th1t c1uSed gloye when her eyeS bec1me rlveted on her left h md fhe IIIVT w1S there 1 yu lt yy1S tum but to 'Xl u fuets lllllllfl d eyeS lt Could not h1ye m1t ed 1uc x lf hld not b en for yyher there had once been three Sto es thele were now only tvyo Une of the blef Cll'ifI10I1llS W1S gone and IU Ita place WIS 1 bl1ck empty Sp1cel As lVl1rff1ret S1t 1t the tlble now, and looked bxck oy er the d1y, She felt aS one III 1 fI'lI'lLL md 1S thouffh She would yy1k up mn 1 mmute, 1nd find lt Ind all been 1 dxmm, th1t She h1d not been to New Yolk 1t all Of course She h1d me1nt to return the rms! rlffht 1w1y, but now, now xt w1S ffone, lust, how could She explunp YVh1t could She S1y9 She Should h1ye gone to 1tS ovtner the mmute lf h1ppened 1nd tvld her yuSt how lt h1d occurred but lllee 1 llttle 1d1ot She h1d llcleed the C0l1l'lfTL to do 'mythmff 1bout lt, 1nd now th xt So m1ny hourS had el1pSed She neyer could t ll YVhy, who would belleye her? They IUIfTl1tl1CllLX6 of courSe thcy would h1ye to leye her but they neyex yyould h1ye 1nyth'n'r to to yy1t1 101 1f11n 1 trlec to Sh1ke 1yy1y the p ISlSfkI1t 11r1SSmf t Ol1U'llt9 'lllil look xround tme t1b e 16 U a ' :- ' : ' : 1 L: . b. . . 1 1 1 '31 1 11 . ,C v ' 13' S u I 1 vi l I C 1 V S L C C I I . 7 'V n it K C an V . . 1 . . K, K :I I I i K C - , . . .. S 1 1. , :1 1 . 1 . - K - l 1 It V U ' 1 ' v' ' D . 1 1 1 ' ' 1 S I' l I I Y ' sd U 7 , 4 I K x V X . 1 yu V 1 1 1 1 . b 1 1 1 . . ., I' ' 1 ' L,- ' 1 L, . At 1. ' 1: j - 5 1 ' L ' ' . ' tl 1 S S I ' N kj- ' S 1 S ' ' y. 1 1 if 2 1 1 2 ' ' ' . ' fi 1 C .1 '. I 1 1 '- 1 ' 55, 1 '1 Y. 1 . x . 1 v 1 b 1 D . D 1 1 1 . her world to fall away' from underneath her feet. She had taken off one V 'xx K 1 '. X I . , 1 '. Q li z'b' V 1 A ' 1 1 . - 1 -, f --' 1 1 ' 1 Ol 1, 1. l'1, .11 51 e '. 1 1 1- ter . n h 'f A .1 e- , f fe 1 - l . n .- 'V y ' 1 .C .K i ly g 1, l ' s 1. 1 1 . 1 . 1 t1 .1 1 1 1 1 ' I 1 ' . A . 1 ' 1 '1 '31 1. , . '1 'e ' 1 ' 1 . K K 1 .ll l 1 I I K 4' a e I A I M .t 1 Civ . K E 1 fy . ' 1 . 1 . ' .1 '. . . 1 ' Y . . K , K 1 . N . I - , 1 ' ' ' . 1 1 ' '15 1 ' 5 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 S1 . . ' S' e . ' bel ' ', ' 51-'13 ' l I l Sle il . 1 ' 1 '1' ' l. 1. ' L h ,. 5, 1 ' 1 l 1 l'.

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WHERE STUDYING IS A JOY By -MINE C ANBY HLRE are uls who hke to study They llke lf for the supernclal rmson that they enyoy 1 report ctrd filled with As, or because they find plestsure 1nd excmttmtnt 111 1 struffffle wlth some challenglng problem The second group are the onlv ones who get much real joy out of Stlldylflg But there are also fflrls who cinnot study Eyeryone has seen them vlannv 'xt the 0HCHillI'lZ floor, starlng vacantly hopelessly at 'tn unfeel IDU cellmv, pulllnfr the marcel out of thelr l1'llI' ln 1 yzun effort to understand that Q1 'l' b 2 'lb + bl Somehow, when they were m'1de, the extra se litlnlllg of gumptlon yn as left out And lick of thls nec tsstry splce m xkes them do the h xrd lesson l1st or not 'tt tll, X so that studymv becomes for them colorless, unrewftrded druonuy Ihty see thcmselyes 'ts mlsunderstood Israel f X ltes dcrrred by an IIKIFCICIIIIHG' Pharaoh to h ck unce'1s release No dre m of success or dellght m dxscoxery cxn Q buoy them up to flt tt untroubltd thxouvfh 1 SLI of studlts lhcy stem lncwpwble of concentration het I hue seen cyan these unfortunsttes 'tctually One of the Carvings studymw, ex en enyoymg If For '1 while lt was 1 mystery mthell bm 1 ry to me hovs such '1 chsnffe could occur After cstreful obsermtlon I hue declded that there are certsun rooms ln the school buxldmg Il1'lt possess so delwhtful an atmosphere that studylng there IS 1 yoy' and a gay adyenture rlhese rooms are filled wlth the QPIFIIS of men 'md women who dld greftt thmgs Therefore once across the maglc thresholds one is c'1pable of all sorts of dmng deeds on the battlefield of lessons The first of these rooms, the Enghsh Study glVCS one 1 feellng of umty 'md sohd dependablllty Here I9 the room ln whlch to do hard, clear thmkmg Here, lf anvwhere, that paraffrsph, that refuses to become coherent, can be made senslble And here the refractory' oral speech can be battered mto some sort of form I behexc that the most muddle mlnded glrl ln school could an this room 'zchleye at least the sembl'1nce of order ln her thoughts I luke to thmk of her comma to the oak door of the study wlth 'nn utterly untldy mmd Then I see her enter, shut the door, 'md sxt dovsn ID one of the cursed com IS Y Q A L 4 1 :V I v 1 - , K- C ' ' X i A K u . x . . L 1 v v. l 1 K O- K 5 In 7 V U :N 1 L s K 2 K. I, Y 1 '- . t .. : . t K . K. . C V . I 2 - 1 + - 1 . Q - a' I . . ' ' . s.. ' ' v ' s - ' .V ' ' .- . , -. vt ' , tx v . H . , . 1, . . 1 X , ' 1 zz . ' . 5 . . 3 ' . - 1 ingly' and futilely' at rocks of iron till vacation brings I , . 3 V 'X ' 'L ,. Iv I Q - JJ 5 - ,Z - - b 1 .1 .- r I X ,, . . . . v' 4 ' . 'v' '. 4 . 1 r ' ' , 4 1 - '. 1 A 'K . I I ' I A K. . ' . 'L .: I K 7, I I . V 1 Y 1 T - 1 A s . I I . S! I ' 1 K . ' N I K , 2 . V . 4 .. . K K I .K V, . I . . I L Y K K : K C I -' l A K C - ' . I . I I Ce s K ' A n . r 5 y I 1 D Y . 1 ' v l v -