Mount Pleasant High School - Netop Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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AUTUMN ELPAxoR T VJHI Il lutumn that magrcal season of the year when all outdoors turns rnto a blaze of color la s arrry ed Seyer l xy eeks ago all the world vsas a symphony 1n green Today rt IS a harmony an eolor To many sprung wrth rts pale apple blossoms trny buds green forlage 1 the most beautrful season of the ye r To me autumn IS perhaps not the most beau trful but the most vlbrant the most X hxlaratmg th most alrye season of them On that day when the first green leaf takes on a reddrsh trnge I know that summer IS oyer that fall IS here Soon after that frrst spot of color as seen the whole world clothes IIS lf rn a gown of many colors Crrmson xndrgo yellow purple maroon scarlet but ther are too many to name Slowly though plucked by an unseen hand each leaf falls to the ground r marns th re a second and x blown away by the frolrckrng wand Slowly ever slowly they fall and then that one solrtary leaf on the old maple as strll flutters remarns attached to the branch of the tree stubborn and afrald to fall Then one day rt weakens falters rn the arr and flutters slowly to the ground Then comes the day when Father orders The leaves wrll you please rake up the leayes I-Iesltantly I begrn KVhat had onee been brrghtly eolored leayes are noyy a elull d ad broyyn Stall that feelrng perslsts eyen though the gay colors are gone Autumn ean not dre Flnally I am frnrshed rakrng the l axes I stop snrffle the arr Som thmv IS burnrng I laugh Of course rt IS th aerrel smell of burnrng laves I turn to collect my own leaves only yes you ve guessed t That rollnckmg wmd that wasnt eontent mevely to tear the leaves from therr branches as noyy garly playmg wrth my pale of leaves Wea aly I began rakrng th m up agam Persrstent though I am I no sooner rake a prle of leayes than that old north wrnd blows them up and away Laughmgly I Slt down rn therr mrdst I lre back a mom nt thrnkxng NV1th the brtter smell of burnrng leayes IH my nostrrls wrth the cool playful blast of yyrnd on my cheeks I lre there and yy oneler Vylher has autumn gone' What has happened to the myrlad of colors that had once adorned these dead brown leaves' As rf sensmg my drsturbeel mrncl a flurry of snow drops uoon my upturned face OI course autumn has stepped asrde but rt vylll be back I wrnter s turn now Honorable BI6llt10ll N ll dia I MON -rf 77 +1- . I . 1 Y I l I., . lx l V ' v x vb x v , . , . , . L, L e. ,Hg I , ec It gh M D g y v 1 1 I I 1 ' 11 ' s a I Ha. ' , ' , L ' - CL ,eh ' 1 fx' 311. , ,, , 1 , , , i Q L 3 1 xr I I I ' ' I 1-u v . , . ., e , ' 1 x ' ' 9 ' s 1' s Q ' l e 's s vs V In T I ' e r ' a. . as . , a ,, , . , , . , 13 Q , ' s ' 1 ' V 3 V . . . V. . VY 1 H V D v J T. ' x x x L 1 a . s ks , , 7 ' B B . , m mm A , ' , ' V . . 7 L I X X 1 v ' , ' l ', , ' , . , u 5 1 , . , 1 , , ' a . t IS K' 1 :QT I 5 D I 3 I I . ,'lfT'lkl- A. pom HA1 ' ,.Co1 '

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Anthony Medal Essays P403 I 'S MEDITATION ON THE LORDS PRAYER CHARLES F DANL How wtll wc all know the Lord s Prayer Wt say II t the beg1nn1ng of each day or at east dur1ng church SCIVICQS on Sunday Oh yes we all know the Lord s Prayer by ro How many of us actually know the mcanlnv of thls the greatest of all prayers ht praytr that Chrxst H1mself gave to us' I tt us cc Our Father who art 1n Heav n Hovy many t1mes as we look about us do me reallze that everythmg we see feel or hc 1 could not QXISK or could not have been cco'snpl1sh d w1thout the a1d of a Super natural Bclngl Everythnng works so per star day nd n1ght Who caused these th1ngs to happen and who controls them D me know that' H llowed be Thy name Hwvt you cvcr cursed somtone or some llllflgl Have you evcr taken a false oath or pltdgtt If you have you do not fully know and und rstand th1s part of the prayer Thy k1ngdom come Do we rtal17e that God made th1s earth and tvcrythtng on It 1n ll around lt and thtt somtday He 15 golng to destroy 1t' Then ther vs1ll be only Hxs Klngdom and that of Satan Wh1ch of these k1ngdoms do you pre er Thy vy1ll be done on earth as lf 15 1n Ht yen Arc wt always ready to do what s r1ght1n spm of tht odds or do wt always follow thc crowd because we are afrald of belng r1d1culed 1f we do not do what they are do1ng It IS very peaceful 1n Heaven where God s W1ll re1gns but look at ourselves and see what happens when Gods W1ll IS defied Wars rage fam1ne d1sease and death mount and d1strust among nat1ons arlses GIVG us th1s day our da1ly bread Do we belleve that Chrxst d1ed 1n atone ment for our s1ns that H15 body and blood are ever present among us IH the form of bread and Wlne and that da1ly or at least weekly recept1on of H1m 1nto our bOdl2S IS one of the surest ways of strengthenmg and And forgtve us our trespasses as we for glve those who trespass agamst us Are we always w1ll1ng to forg1ve those who have wronged us or are we of the type that holds a grudge and looks for revenge the xnstant someth1ng happens to us? Wars have been caused because nat1ons would not overlook some small faults 1n the1r nelgh bors If we do not forg1ve why should we be forg1venP Lead us not 1nto temptat1on but dellver us from ev1l Amen In t1mes of temptat1on do we ever call upon God to help us to do the r1ght th1ng Do we know that for the askmg we can recelve the greatest a1d there IS agamst tv1lJ If every person l1ved accordxng to the Lords Prayer as we now understand lf th1s world would be a much happ1er safer and more peaceful place tn whxch to l1ve .psy Y K L. A me ', .' 'Pt Fu as - I --131 Af XX ax Y 3 I ' ' I P I I X V . 3 . . . . . . y v 7 v 1 i' I I y te. 1 ' ' ' . ' C, , . : . , 2 ,, 1 . 0 ,, . . . . - I I . I . 7 l I 7 Y l Ia ' 1 ' 4 Y 3' ' . , I u ,A ' ' 2 lcctly-the earth. the sun, the moon, the in the end Savmg our souls- . 7 . . ., 8 y l . . . K l Y J 3 I - I 'I I ' , , x I I H . . . I 3 I I . . . J C Y' l . . . 3 L . I 4 ' . l f ? . '. . .' 3 , A. 7 Y' D 4 F I 1 o ,-, v , . -. : 21..-

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Senior Play Cast E FIYSI ow left to ght V And ews D To egosa A Merolla D Danella D ROZZI M Veresko W G11 n Second row P Cha nl P Dowd ng P Benedettx M Capasso P Collelo Mr YVarren Mrs Warren Bob Warren J ulza Warren Patsy Professor Powers Phil Greer Denny Fred Coulson M rss Harper S usze Vzolet Manners. Stage Electrician Stage Technician That C111 Patsy SUMNER NICHOLS Director MISS BARBARA G KELGAN Fred Chlaflnl Vxrgmra Andrews Wxlllam Glllan Dorothy Danella Dorothy Rozzx Peter Benedettx Pasco Collelo Prank Dowdmg Amedeo Merolla Mane Capasso Dlana Torregrossa . . . .Mary Veresko .Mr. John Shanley . . i i , , . i i . Mr. Charles L. Holzapfel -. ,-