Nightingale Bamford School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SLCOND N OX ILNIBER You called Three vsords Sy mmetrlcll Cold as 1ce ln sprmg It was a day 111 Noyember Fllled vuth The black colt s vs hrnny mg NX ood smoke A crxcket whxstlms, Your vs ords were yyhxte Cmeometrlcll St1lact1tes They froze on the hull Thrs IS the second Box ember An stlll md st1llIe1n t Remember W har you sud Cltherl me I-I1rr1s umor Class GRISN LLDA AN D ARETHUSA Once upon 1 t1me there l1y ed two slsters Grxsnelda and Arethusa who lu ed vuth the1r mother rn .1 l1ttle thltched cottage of clay and wlttles made All iround the cottage thelr mother bullt 1 hlgh wall ofAdmon1t1ons 1ndAphor1sms Insxde the wall wls pelce Ind safety but on the other slde was the OLlfSldL NVorld These two slsters vkere as unhke IS the muddy trlckle rn the bed of 1 plrched stream and 1 goblet of clear wlter Gnsneldl the elder was tlll md rhm w1th 1 long nose and green ey es She eould spln 1nd weave roast and bike and sweep and scrub but she could not slng nor dlnce nor make charmlng small talk nor look ornamental so of what use were the few talents she possessed? Arethusa on the other hand was as farr as the breast of a dove wrch golden hur falllng to the ground eyes as blue as an autumn sky and the form of a shm magnolla She had few fine dresses vxhrch she wore only to teas and dances for her dehcate fingers were easxly cut md brulsed by the spmdles and Gnsneldl seldom found t1me to make for her the elothes she needed One day a handsome Prrnce rode by and capny ated by Arethusr s beluty even rn her rags carrred her off to the Outsxde World wlth promrses of fine gowns and balls every smgle ey emng Her mother hearmg of the gay lxfe at court soon trred of the cottage She dy ed her han' red and m1rr1ed the Kmg and everyone In ed happlly ever after Except of course Gnsnelda And who cares about GflSDCld33 Dorothy Bancroft Semor Class - , , , . r v ' Y ' . r , V . V. K .... 'f . . . ,- e Y 7 i V 1 l I ' . . V I 3 v Y ' I l - . . , W d ' . - ., a 1 , , - 4 1 'z 1 ' Y j v L A . , . , V. . x ' 1 I , I 'l I ' 1 A 'Q , ' I . ' ' ' , inhabited by giants, ogres, wolves. and black-haired witches. I . 1 I 1 1 1 . I 1 I V . ' l l R 2 l 1 I f 1 I 'I 1 1 v 1 I . . . . . . , , . . . , L ' f' . f ' . I 1 , 1 ', . l 1 L 5 4 9 V Y ' 9 Y V 3 Q I Y 7 ' V . 'I if I ' Y Y ' ' . Y 'I . I . l v l . 1 , . . , l 'A ' 'A ' V . i 7 v . Y I 1 1 ' 1 Li-, . 1 , . . . Y . , 3 ' V 6 9 . V . Y . I . , , . P090 fifty one

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ALL THI XX AY THROUGH It vxas 1 cold vxet dax and I xx IS trxmg to get doxx ntoxxn bx bus I WHIICCI for flxe minutes on the xxmdx eorner peernng from behlnd 1 clehx erx truck that had parked 1n front of a bakerx store to see nf 1 bus xx xs commg Fxxe mmutes had passed before I could shout Bus ahoy to the rlpndlx 1ncre1s1ng knot of people xx utmg for the same bus Thex g1xe 1 small half frozen eroak of pleasure Some of them started to put doxxn thelr umbrellls whxle the rest sloxxlx ftrymg not be be conspxcuousj edged thelr xxay 111 front of the blkery truck When the bus elme S1ghS of rellef eould be heard Ind slxght murmurmgs of the people talkmg to themselxes and to whomex er would llsten All heads were turned to the left to watch the belated angel from heax en all heads turned to the rlght as the belated angel from heax en kept rnght on going Then the true character of ex ery man woman and chlld present came to the surface Not another bus was an slght Angry murmurnngs and b1tter sarcast1e remarks xxere thrown at the bus drlx er vxho dldn t haxe any Chrlstmas spmt By thxs txme a great mob of people had collected Another lengthy wart Another bus was snghted no two-three four buses 1n a row surely one w1ll stop' Agaln the people crowded 1nto the street The first bust went by as dld the second but the thnrd and fourth stopped I was swept 1nto the first of the two buses whether I wanted to or no and dropped my mckel 1n the box as I Was Vx h1sked by Move to the rear of the bus PLEASE that s all there s no more room there s another bus m the rear Watch the door no more room please lady, there s no more room you can t get ln watch the door' OW' You caught me let me 1n Open the door you terrrble man Ill report you I told you there wasn t room lady Now get out there s another bus 1n the rear The lady squee ed 1n The bus gave a lurch forward and grunts and groans came from the people whose already mashed toes got crushed even more I began to thmk of the prospects of gettmg out Thev looked bad Exen though I was very near the front I deC1ded that my best hopes would be to try to moxe to the back I started the pxlgrlmage wlrh great determlnatlon Excuse me please I got between the first two people only to find a worrxed young man w1th three b1g flower boxes and a lady who was bendnng ox er talkmg to someone nn the seat My excuse me please dndn t brnng her rear 1n or the flower boxes out of the way I tr1ed Gettlng out please let me out and started to push Slowlv the blood came to my head and I got mad I gaxe the lady a poke wxth my umbrella Watch what you re dolng she snapped as she unconscxously stralghtened up I squeezed by and started on to the next hopmg to mx self that she would haxe as hard a t1me to get out as I I heard by the comments thxt xt was Slxty slxth Street Snx more bloeks 1nd one more stop to go XX ould I make It to the door? The croxxd had thnnned out tow 1rd the rear only around the door there was such 1 b1g group of people th If I wondered xxhether I would be lble to get out after all But I trusted thlt they would be gettmg out at the same stop as I Smee onlx one person got off I put my head doxx n and plovx ed my way through to the door drxggmg two people xx1th me' I xxas out' Fresh anr agaln' It felt so mee md eool I reyoleed to find th II I xx as stxll ahxe Ellen Ordxx ay Semor Class - ,, 71 Y Y Y' V- 5 y V Y 7 I . , 1 L 4 K 1 . v ' y. v - xl ' . . v v . ' ' . 1 . Y 1 3 D v Y' . . ' . i , . . . H H - - - . , 4 , . I . k 'Q Y ' . ' ' 'L 1 . ' 2 ' . I 'A 3 ' . l Y Y Y- . s ' 1' V V ' , , , 'V ., , ' ' . 1 . . ' ' , . , . . V V l l Y I , . . , . , v s ' ' y Y . I 5 3 ' L . L 1 ' Y 3 , ' 3 V Q IQ ' 1 Y . Y 9 3 , ' q l 7 3 Y 3 , ' . ,Y If , , . . ' ' 3 ,I ' 7 , . , . . fl 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 an ,A - . 1. . , . . 7 7 V Y n 0 ll 3, ' Y 9 7 9 ' If ,Y ' 5 ' ' ' 1 7 Y ' lf ' 11 V ' 3 Y 7 .. , ' Cl Y ' ,I Y V 3 ' Y 7 . Y . y X Y . ' 3 V , , , , , , t . , 1 1 . I Y- I li . l ' A i 1 7 'I 1 ' s Y . , r . . . , A , , 1 . , s ,L , A l 1 'A Y Q 1 . X . 'i Y I I Y ' Y 71 Y V v I 1 I f . I l V' Y I . , . .... . . . . I .-x , v 3. .-3 . y, l ' V . , , Y Page fifty-into