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

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Popcorn In T he Pork By AARON KASS XVHILE ati the world is daiiy with the hoi poiioi of the times, i have sought respite from the sohhing masses at a Brookiyn park. And I have hrought with me a large hag of popcorn, naturaiiy with the ione intention of consuming every hit of the popped kernels, salted, and showered with oii, dripping through the hottom of the hag and spiashing on my newly polished shoes. I have not heen sitting iong in my splendor, munching at the contents of the greasy hag, when a peculiar swallowing that sounds like a pack of women dis- rupts my giuttonous pieasantry. I turn quickiy to see a large pigeon gohhiing up the pieces of popcorn which feii to the Hoor as I threw up the seeds into the air and watched them fail to the ground past my wide opened mouth. Fooiishiy, very fooiishiy, I offer a few kerneis to the wide eyed hird. His chest is heaved up and his heart is heating viciousiy. I imagine at this moment a huge creature expanding its imperious chest and thrusting it into my wry face. Fraught with horror I drop the handful of popcorn and quickly dash to the farthest end of the park. g ii am sittinglquietiy thinking transcendent imaginings of the siow and con- tented life I was enjoying up tiii now fl prohahiy looked iike some unfortunate of a triangle thinking of his lost inamortei when the hird returns and hrings with him a Hock of his feathered friends. I realize now that he had poiiteiy ex- tended, lo the rest of the cian, my invitation to feed him some popped corns. While they are husiiy eating the handiuis of popped kernels that I have thrown them to assuage their hunger and anger, i have found an escape to the edge of the lake. Here I watch the ducks waddie in their uncertain gait, and the swans giide quietiy and contentediy through the stiii water. Lost in this pensive mood, I empty the remaining corn into the water, and I watch the ducks and swans clamor upon one another. As they devour the popcorn I iook at the puffed seeds sweii up more in the water. I wish to myseif that I had those very popcorns for they are so much larger and so much more to eat, and ii I am to watch the deiighted progress of my stomach expanding and assuming a much wider circumference, then these are more than welcome. It seems to me, so to speak, that the daiiiance of eating popcorn in the park is iast dying out-and I don,t wonder'-what with having to share it with a muiti- tude of hungry pigeons, ducks, swans and other feathered giuttons, it has ceased to he a delightful pastime. Pa ge Fourteen COMET

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T ermts Highlights It Was the Worst ol: times, it was the hest of times, it was the age of darli- ness, it was the age ol light, it was the time of failure, it was-it was our senior term. Oct. 15-Suzanne Peyser chosen president of the l.C.C. Oct. 18'-Beatrice Kaminetslcy and Marvin Greenwald appointed Arista leaders. Arista's term function, a slxating party, repeated hecause of over- whelming reception. Oct. 22-Senior class elects Caloinet, consisting of Romano, Peyser, Baslcin, Chisena, lVlagnil:ico, Ambrose, Gelo, Carlozzi and Fisher. Qct. 26,-Utrecht wallops Erasmus after seven-year lull as drum majorettes spur gridmen on to victory. Qct. 28-Utrecht elects its G. O. president, Sam lcooperman, who defeats rival Harvey Lemheclf loy 600 votes. Bell, Cohen, and Maurer are other officers. Oct. 30'-First issue of Utrecht NUHS appears after seven-Weelc clelay. Nov. 14'-Announcement made that Dr. Rogalin will leave Utrecht for Taft High School alter this term, culminating four years of distinguished service at Utrecht. Dec. QHG. O. Congress holds initial meeting. Reports on school hudget and expenditures presented for discussion. Dec. 15'-Seventy new memhers inducted into Senior Arista,-Dr. Leuchs presides. Dec. 14-Bugle and Drum Corps trophies lceep mounting as another victory is announced. Dec. 20-Arista distrihutes Christmas haslcets to needy families. Jan. 4HProm held as 100 couples crash the legendary 4oo. Jan. 10, 11-Concert again scores tremendous success. Composer of 'flut- door Overturef' Aaron Copland, attends. Jan. 15-Graduating editors of NUHS choose Jerome Balmuth as next termss Editor-in-Chief. Jan. 28-Seven hundred-odd seniors graduated in impressive ceremonies at Broolclyn Tech auditorium. It is a far, far luetter thing we do than we have ever done. It is to a far, far loetter place We go-- THE LITERARY EDITQRS. Page Sixteen COMET