New Utrecht High School - Comet Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ff? C xv 7 x X ' fx ! c I f U 1' Q 1 4, f .f COMET XJ KY THIS IS GN YOU MY primary thought at this moment was to ini- tiate a course of udigit oscillation or hitch-hilcing as they say in the vernacular, hut l have heen torn from these plans hy the sudden invasion of a small group of hostile Uiree loadersn who have, and unfor- tunately so, found their way to my once happy domi- cile and have hecome so very much at home here. So l must immediately talce leave of any thoughts of digital locomotion, as it is sometimes referred to in more varied parlance, and proceed to assail your ears and hleed out upon you every detail of my horri- ble plight .... To those of you who have not yet encountered this most unfortunate occurence, l will endeavor to ac- quaint With the ominous free loader. lt is highly clif- ticult to detine these queer creatures hut l must cau- tion you that they will hreach all the rules of fair play and play foul for a meal at no expense-malce no exceptions, for they are all strongly tained with a lceen desire for cuisine amenities. l will willingly give you all a hint that may spare you from pain and chagrin and may lessen your chance of hecoming one of the so many that are placed under mental oloservation yearly. It will do you good to heed my advice and perhaps solve the stirring enigma oi the ever present diver who has dug himself a final resting place in some clean niche in the dining room. Never aid them in their periiiclious and heartless attaclcs on other innocents for if they are turned away they will fall hungrily upon you, and you may he assued of a steady and fast-increasing numher ol charges . . . l now have at my house a group of these human leeches that are quite versed in their art and are quite prone to exhihit it in its redundance- Even now as l shamlole into the feed parlor l am told that it would do no good to sit my rotund self clown for a meal hecause the Hdiversn have arrived a few minutes previous and have used their undying efforts to extract every hit of food ohtainahle at this renowned nourishment depot. lxflind you, l do not mind these gruesome gluttons Page Nine

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By Harry Shreclc l reaol l9oolQs And looks Ancl many otlier tliings. I reacl tlze lneauty wliicli A lnirclss song lorings. But My most of all I try to reaol fellow men-1 What tliey, too, Believe, ancl want to clo Each one of tliem. 1 try to watcli tliem See anal clo greater tliings Gain the joy ancl contentment That achievement lnrings. And tliis is all l ask as my rewarcl- Tliat if l am ever callecl before the Loral, He will rememluer, I read. Page It is true, that is tlie way all clreams must end, witli the sadness in your lieart, still tliere. Ancl notliing can be saicl or clone, to take away the loneliness tliatys every liuman,s sliare. A sea of golcl With a strip of emeralal far loeyoncl Wave on wave of golden stallzs. From tliis, our claily Bread. Lovely niglit witli peaceful slumloer lmlest Gentle respite from tlie trials of claytime,s liour Darla silent niglit when men,s souls rest ln tlieir avarice for fame and power Great achievement anol enormous wealtli. The Honest, the good, the noble ancl the lwrave Ancl tlwse wlio gain tlieir means by stealtli Forget self, as they, in restful slumlzer, lie Honest and olislionestg tliose wliose tliouglits are low and Ancl tliose of vision nolole ancl liigli. Some, incleecl, wllo worla, wliile otliers sleep, evil Wlio do not take the gracious gift that Nature offers Men wliose great plans meet obstacles, wliicli tliey must o'erleap Anal otliers, creatures of tlie night, wliose ways are clarle as lier own, Eight COMET

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-QJ trying to ease their insatiahie appetites at my hOl1SC , b except that I find that. it anything, I am receiving the short ends of the meals, during their prolonged visits. K As I am ready to take ieave ot my house for the 1 evening tl will prohahiy end up in a lunch wagon, . . I am confronted hy a portending and sinister looking ' I xl lx lriumvirate looking like hiown up and distended hot l y water hags, their hluhhery carcasses swinging to and 'I fro as their heavy steps resound through the room like the peaiing of thunder. tl shudder at the thought fr of dining with these three weary animations, for I ! 7 X W ' ft' would ieei as it I were in some dank, dark cellar Q t S with a staring hust of Edgar Alien Poe hanging from ' 1 . lhe cohwehhed rafters and a raven picking its teeth in the corner and spitting the particles down my C lp, necic . . . D -AI 1' J Q. In the earlier part of this effort to acquaint you with the hardships with which a few free loaders X might entail an innocent hystander, I had mentioned f, -1.6, that my hitch-hiking cruise had been interrupted hy I ff -Y . ' - these loose interpretations of the higher organic species, dl Q r hut I realize now that they have only succeeded in W GL hastening my departure. . . . Q X E I leave now with the assurance that, devoting my ' 1' .1 . V . H . Q , entire future Irie to the exclusion of the diner glut- ? tonsf, some day I shall spit my rheum of hate and 'N contempt against these erstwhile epicures that have f organized and plotted no end, and have succeeded in Z ' eating me out of house and home. Happy New Year! By ELEANOR LANDY and MARCIA PANKIN ONCE we were happy, carefree creatures, hut now we are hitter, dis- illusioned souls. VX7e canyt face our friends. The disgrace is unhearahle. It was the night of December 31, and all over New York people were preparing to hit the high spots. But New Yearys Eve has come and gone, and still we sit at home. The radio ta wonderful invention, the radiof hlared forth with: UHappy New Year, everybody. Vve know you're on your way to have a good time, hut, wherever you're going, to that party or that new show, he sure to drive carefuliyf, In desperation, we turned the dial, only to hear: Hello, all you stay-at-homes. VVe're all set to hring the best bands of the country right into your housesf, Page Ten CQMET