Masters School - Masterpieces Yearbook (Dobbs Ferry, NY)

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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 -

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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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tzblu Yllnclsol LllllI's hc ull 1 on J 'lm Ol 1 Lctmx t Qln tl ee, ln t e lonff, Qtrwf mt mee ot tu num we XLS the I'C9U 1lIlLl CIFNIDY o t L lectern m the corner, the 'almost crudn Qunrlty ot the clmndelm -Xlncmdy har thou fhts hue beffun to reduce fllLlT1SLlXt.N to old r Ilmv. troublmome CK A Alk KIA 'UUA All! Lglkly ADL QHNIKA L L LKIL LLL tlunwnlxu mto 1 COIDplI'tf1'lLIII mlrkul vzmtmn c Cllolcc pl LL of fmwlp hms run to 1 hunk nimul room mln -Xml her fnw I'C1'I1'lHllI1U' thouffhts hwu fzrrwnfud thcmsglxu m IIS 111 rows lccorclmff to lnwlxt If 'lftnr '1 month or 90 of uorlurw lxcrn tht lclc-12 of tht mudclln mmmlul 'Nr hue. not bcvun to CI'X9t'lll1Zl, then hu' hrfun should be exlmlmd for she ms lwpclms llliltlll uf Ju cmnot rupoml to the rcwtrmnt 'xml ordcr of the Engllsh Qtuclx The Renalgqance Chandelier 1n the xt 1 'fxr us sau Ill r msmr lm , L. 1 f fo Il mon xxt nr tmn History of MtR00m orur m lur thouQhtQ Qhc comes to the Hmm of -Xrt Room ilu suwlnnees of stxlL of tlm Lliffllwll Studs lw not hen, but there IS lmtmd 1 Sl1l0'lLI'lL99 of lnsplmtmn BX tlu I un U1 tlut m nmrlx ucrstlumf m the room than lb 1 Stxmulntmff smmutlmln f tlut mei 1 Yut to m1ttcrQ th1t WL11 dull lnforn llc Xlffcmlom xltll CUIWLS of mln Ifllllll Renuxvznce Cmndellur lnwlxu rlu nunm ml clltu f Lln Ruluvulu mm lxmvf pw L Xen 1 Stllplfl glrl mwxt lmfufme Bun cnuto Qillllll umkmnff our 1 ffrcit, c C q L 'f xttur Il mu 111 cxtnrm ff x 41 N lclullrmmlu broom ff KK! un smug tn , nmus m Lu is no llmxr to c XD mlxr lf 1 xg I sm, ufmmnf ulth t 'ft L x oufht 'mn LIIIIKL 1 1 O1 from rlu refutury tl LS N fl ummnt VEIHLUXVN UI 1 Lum umm su m fht 0 7 it 1 Cvmpmm of hmmm mlwecl xmmlw L mn 1 pwlc m il ot slx :fur 1 hull du 3 wmk 111 than xnonutprx L Q LI up sn IUIVII Qu unc ot them llll1H1lIllIl!1Yf some on 111 ff mmff uc mn r L im fro 4 Or else 'li Q e no ul If thx Slllll Llufxnu of :lu Hnpp lvtllltp desk, me One of the panels nn the Lecrern m the Engh-h Study LXQLIIHIL 'fC1lIlCIHlI1 of flSl'll0I1 or 'm Ulltltll 'fc-ntlemfm ml hr fiml l1L19Llf III tlu Clffhtnnth C nturx rmlkmff to in 0 l1tQr1tL1u Lccl mn ml ut s L wmt mfr ln room, incl If lS therefore 1 pluf wh rn Sh Qlmuld Corrs tn Cmcll the cluslxe lilLl for har nut thyma or to dass thx I1 unusoxlx ot lllbfilll m flesh md nod hls sunm, rnmotc mmm, lt mxvlnu Q SL x 1 am' Il mu fhts wx be prlcknd iwake 19 for: 1 7' Q ' ' 2 ' 2 l g, llf , :li 'cf' zilwlc. . - :li ' ' h : . ftl l' , ' l ' l -il l i, . .' 'l 1 3 f lv frzzgzrcuzs Af FM? fwm 'rf' UA f 'lX ' hmm 'MIC' l A Q 1 ' ' z : f 1 - '. '. ' . Th , - K' ' t C i . . of 'Ni N 1: li' ' , 2 ' t V: . . ' . ' 9 . . ' l BL1t'4.L'l'..': l'5 'z - l. . ,l b lf ' ' X ., . f 'E , , . . 's ': 1' Hz 'U ' I ' A T f O ' ., 1 1 z 'z z l. 7 1 ' 1 1 1 L 1 0 ' ' 1 1 ' ' l' C ' plh E' 4 5 ' y' ':l ' .Q - lf ' ' ' T z b . gfmll zszxlt- L-ll..r lu -nc11rl1 it, ox' rusting unclcr it 2' ' a murclcr. Sllc might sw: some young Mcmlici presiding X, Alfa lid! . 'A -ly :ny PIll'I.', u' A I' -1 EH ln: f 'xff , . . . , . . . X NNN! Q 5 - 'ZIINC glr ' 3 I lan. fll X Q th 2 Q l nu H f tlmirgs Sl - night bg' ' L lm ,rv I 2 A ' . 'Y N ' ' , xv' , v vr 5 -.' 'lz il -l c '. ' ' ' ' :lvl f 5 JQVX :Incl 'z F- ' l 5 'ltl l : l-I I: il - le l ok J QE! , 11 . Q: I' ' ' I 1 ' gi . S. I xl ' ,l fi: z z :' ' :J 'jfi-ld.. I l, 'V l' P-'lf gl- 'gl ' ' ':'b.' My 'blush-'tbl zIe1.1:l1. Af..,h l lc' 1 fh:: H ' '- L- ' ll f ' ' 1 Incl' , sl - 'gl fc' . 1' li' 5 ' this bl . In t 5 1' ' ' H 'li -, lc' sh-Q-1' g l 1 5 5 ll