New Bedford High School - Crimson Log Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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CY 4a; Ny) , SfX 8 ( = ONS Q ee YY LS 9,4 i A) . Ae) t Ne: ) = 0 XO) Oe in WE ASE: And behold, the eves of the world were upon one cit); and the city was called Nova Bed- fordia. For she had much; prospered and her people had seen favor in the eves of the Lord. 2 And the people rejoiced and danced in the streets. For out of the ground hath the Lord made to grow every fruit that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. 3 And the people forgot God; for their wealth was much. 4 And the Lord God said, Let there be a famine in the land; so that I might know if my people love me. 5 And He sent a famine throughout the land; not of food, but of knowledge. 6 And all the schools were gone; and the people were sore afraid. And there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth. 7 And the king sent forth a decree, saving, Leta green schoolhouse be built on the street that is called Charles. And it was done. 8 The elders cried, The city must not supply her people with knowledge. For our Shekels are few. Yea, according to law, it is the work of parents. 9 And the rich found their words gracious, and the place of learning was no more. 10 And it came to pass in the process of time, that a new school was made on the street of the Elm. 11 And the Elm Street School begat the Middle Street School; and the Mid- dle Street School begat a school on the street that was called Summer. 12 For the people were many and, vea, the cubits were few. 13 And in the year one thousand a YJ D) b LISA ) ‘GY boven 2 é nine hundred and two, the school that was Suninier was no more. 14 And the people rent their clothes; for there was much sadness in the land. And the people made a burnt offer- ing unto the Lord. And they cried for wisdom in their time of fear. 2 And God looked down from above, and spake with a thundering voice. 3 Build ve a place of learning and call it NBHS; for ve are forgiven and shall suffer no more. 4 And the people exceedingly. 5 And a feast was made; and the meat of young bullocks, rams, and lambs of the first year was shared. And of bread and sweet wine, there was aplenty. 6 And the great school was begun; for the people were hungry for truth and knowledge. 7 Yea, the carpenters and bricklay- ers and masons and taskmasters gath- ered ona plain near the street that was called William. 8 And they said one to another, Go 10, let us make brick and let us build a school whose top may reach unto Heaven. 9 And they were cast from the city and scattered abroad; for their voice was as the sound of politicians. 10 Now the people cast lots, and the planners and the architect were chosen. Il And there was a great tumult in the city, for the school would take many rejoiced shekels and minas from the purses of the people. 12 And the mouths of the people were filled with arguments; and their words and speeches were as the wind. ) M 8 OAL) F .) a (}} 4 f ta) me ( 7) — 2 () -) CY ( RD ph 0 oe ‘a R ) re v Nites AY 4 S % A co : 2 te

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Ly ES AG (U 7, (ere Z) ¢ Brie cae 4 2 CO 2D Js. ; S yy, c 13 And one cried, The debt shall be too great. 14 Another cried, Let us build a house of manual training. 15 Yet another cried, Let it teach the arts of the household. 16 For these were the laws of the land they said, though the people had pronounced them unclean. 17 And many cried, Let the school be of many cubits; for our children are as the grains of sand on East Beach. 18 And the words of many were as fire, saying, Let there be a place in the school where bread and honey might be shared. Let there be tabernacles of sci- ence and rooms where young warriors may be trained. 19 For th ere had been none of these. 20 And the fool said, My wealth is vast and, yea, my knowledge is not from the place which ye call school. And he proclaimed that a school should not rise up. 21 And the king listened to the words of the people; for he was wise. 22 And he called together the elders and the scribes. And they spoke one with another. 23 And the king sent forth a decree; and the school was built. 24 And brick was brought from the East and marble from the richest king- doms of Africa. The glass was as dia- mond, and the wood from the finest young saplings. 25 And the people were exceedingly glad; for theirs was a place of beauty and of knowledge. 26 For scholars journeyed from the ends of the earth, so that they might teach in the school that was called blessed. 27 And it came to pass that as the people multiplied, the school grew in stature. “4 ‘ S C ) ¢5 6) S Bo, » Q Z 4 D0 DLs is) 2 y) Peewee AY Cc Ps ooh % Cay, i, () Ms 2 Co) Y f 28 For the masons and the bricklay- ers were wise, and they added unto the school. 29 And the school was called NBHS; for the Lord God had spoken. And the school prospered; and the people were filled with knowledge. 2 The eyes of the world were once again on the city that was called Nova Bedfordia. And the love of the people was great, one unto the other. 3 And the great happiness was soon pluckt from the people. And they stretched forth their hands; for the plagues, which numbered seven, were upon the land. 4 And NBHS was plagued with the strikes of the teachers, and with food which was as the meat of frogs, and with tumbling walls, and a great multi- tude of students, and students who spake with uncircumcised lips, and rob- bers and evildoers, and teachers whose minds were sealed as tombs. 5 And the king said, Let a new school be built; for the destruction of NBHS is at hand. 6 And the people were of one accord; and the building of the school was begun. 7 And, yea, NBHS was abandoned. For the people had forgotten the joy they had shared therein. 8 Yea, a spirit hath not flesh nor bones, neither hath it wood nor marble. And the spirit of NBHS passed into the school whose stone was yet young. 9 And Nova Bedfordia saw grace in the eves of the Lord. 10 And there was great rejoicing in the city; yea, even unto Fall River. Amen. D rg 2 S ¢ “a (p 5 xe v Y OG “6 2 Hd) G00 68 AOT 2 4 y) « } ZG ni i) ( EIA SS Zi}