Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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TIVO NIGHTS To what dost thou swear ? I swear to treat all alike and to be kind and honest. Go thou to yonder Bible and repeat thine oath. The Professor picked himself up. The ghosts spread out to let him pass and then followed behind. When the Professor came to the Bible, which was lying on a special table, he put his right hand on it and slowly repeated his oath. Hardly had he Hnished the last word when the room was suddenly illuminated and a shout rose up- Three cheers for Professor lNfIailke- vitch. The dazzled Professor turned quickly around. But the ghosts seemed to be lying on the Hoor in little heaps. In place of the ghosts there were a dozen jubilant students who greeted the Professor with congratulations on his sudden determination to reform. Another time the Professor might have grown angry, but now he was so glad that they were not real ghosts that he pardoned the boys and smiled cheerfully. But the Professor did not reform. HARRY BRODINSKY, '17. A Gllear Summrfa Bag The grass is glittering with the dew, And all around tls green 'ind fair. No wonder that I love to stare At the world, so wondrous, great and rare. I hear the birds sing sweetest songs, As they flock by in happy throngsg And as they flutter far away, I seem to hear them softly say: f'Awake, awake, to greet the day! HE sky above is clear and blue, , g . . Y LEO FREUND, 19. I 15

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TWO NIGHTS was illuminated by a large electric lamp. He would walk in, turn on the switches for the entire building, leaving no corner dark, and he would have nothing to fear even from his fancy. Yes! he would open the door and walk in. He did. And as he did so, the only burning lamp was suddenly extinguished as if by magic, and at the same time the door was quickly closed. The Professor thrust his hand into his pocket for his revolver and turned quickly around to open the door. But directly in front of him, instead of the big black iron door, there was a whitetghost. The Professor emitted a horrid shriek that echoed and re-echoed through the closed corridor. He turned quickly around and ran for- ward. He knew not where he was running. He knew only that he was trying to escape what seemed to him a product-of his fancy. But he fancied he heard the white figure coming after him. Straight through the swinging door he crashed with something close on his heels. He dared not turn to ascertain what that something was. Straight on he ran, straight for the door at the opposite end of the long room, But just as he was a few yards away from it, the door suddenly yet silently swung open and a white figure stood on the threshold. This time the wretched man could not utter a sound. He merely turned again to the door by which he had entered. Yes! A white figure was there, too. Had he murdered two people? Not to his knowledge. But this was no time for speculation. He must Hee, whether there he one or two creations of fancy. The only exit left was the wide stairs on the right side of the room leading to the next Hoor. To these he now sped with the strength he had left, only to look at a row of white figures solemnly filing down the corridor. The Professor fell forward at the foot of the stairs and remained with his face to the Hoor. Then he heard a slow, measured tapping of a number of feet, and he felt that the white figures of ghosts had surrounded him. Presently he heard a low moaning voice that seemed to come from the other end of the room, or perhaps from under the chamber fioor. Thy vile deeds shall end. We are the dead fathers of those whom thou hast wronged. The cries of our sons have dis- turbed our peaceful rest. We have come back together this night to remove the cause of these disturbing cries. Thou wilt either swear now to be henceforth kind and honest in thy dealings, and to treat rich and poor alike, or thou wilt prepare to become one of us imme- diately. What sayest thou ? I swear! I swearli' 14

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