Niles Junior High School - Milestones Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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MY MASTER JIM A Poem BASED ON THE sronv or A noe My masler .lim has gone away once more. Bul' here I wail al' his bedroom door. Manyda s have passed. Where can he be? l'm sure he hasn'l forgoflen me. . Weeks have passed, monlhs have dragged by He slill isn'+ home, I wonder wh I+ has been a year Io This very dfay Since my Masler Jim has gone away. Why doesn'+ he come, he knows I wail- When l hear his loolsleps, l'lI run To 'rhe gale Three years l've no+ heard 'lrom Jim, my masler, Could he have mei wilh sad disasrer? I'm also geliing old and weak, I+'s hard lo run 'ro 'rhe garden creek. Bul' Jim. my masler, is e'er in my mind, As a masler and friend so very kind. M Ihoughls are so lar. so far away I know my Jim will come home some day, Bul alas. I know Ihe day musl' come, When I will nor sil wilh Jim in Jrhe sun Bul fill lhal day. I'll +hink of him, My loyal and lailhful Masler. Jim. ' ALBERT SCHWAM, QA: SUCH IS LIFE In spring. a young man's fancy Lighlly Turns 'ro Ihoughls of love As he woos his sweel lair maiden 'Nealh lhe skies above. Now lei me fell you a slory, A mean and ugl lale. Aboul a sweel iiair maiden And her aggressive male. A He Told her lhal' he loved her And fhat she was The only one. She lrusled and believed him And Ihoughr his love she'cl won. One day while he was slrolling Through a liHle lown, He mel a girl and married her And Iel his old love down. She wailed ,lor her lover Unlil she losl' all ho es. She jumped info 'rllne river Whlch proves-'rhal girls are dopes. ADELE ROSENTI-IAL, 9AR 1 45 1

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IRVIN6 MANDELBLIT. QBR WAR HUMOR War is fhe grimmesf and mosf horrible business in fhe world. Our fighfing men are willing fo fighf fo fheir deafh, buf in fheir spare fime fhere is nofhing fhaf fhey like beffer fhan a good ioke. Here are a few of fhe many hundreds of jokes fhaf have sprung up during fhe war. Lieufenanf lin a ragel: Who fold you fo puf flowers on fhe ColoneI's desk? Orderly: The Colonel. sir. , Lieufenanf: Preffy, ain'f fhey? ' - 12: :I1 fi: :If Privafe Williams failed fo answer roll call one clay and when fhe Sergeanf invesfigafed, he found him seafed on his bunk Iaboriously spelling ouf a leffer. Wrifing fo your girl again, I suppose, growled fhe Sergeanf sarcasfically. Nof af all, said fhe soldier. I am wrifing a leffer fo myself. Indeed, said fhe Sergeanf, and whaf have you gof fo say 'ro yourself? I-low should I know, said fhe soldier, I won'f gef The leffer fill Monday. :is sg: si: si: The officer of fhe day was quesfioning a'rookie guard, infenf on finding ouf how well he had masfered fhe regulafions. Suppose you looked up and saw a baffleship coming over fhaf drill field fhere, whaf would you do? The rookie sfared af 'rhe officer in amazemenf and suddenly gulped ouf, I'd grab a forpedo and sink if. A The officer gave a diabolical faugh. Where would you gef a 'forpedo? he sneered. The rookie sfared him sfraighf in fhe eye and replied The same place you gof fhaf baffleshipf' . I A rookie. on his firsf guard dLify,i halfed fhe officer of fhe day for roufine recognifion. Whaf would you have done if I hadn'f halfed? fhe officer said. Why I'd have called fhe Corporal of fhe Guard, sir. Oh, no, you wouIdn'f. Whaf would you have done? Yes, sir, I'd have called fhe Corporal of The Guard fo help haul your dead carcass away. FRANK SINATRA-THE VOICE EEK. THE VOICE is passing by. Should I swoon or should I sigh, I'Ie looks so fragile, pale as fhe moon Oh, fhaf man, I fhink l'II swoon. Should I run and pull his fie? Oh-nof fhaf, I fhink I'II die. Should I run and kiss his cheek? Oh-nof fhaf, I'm much foo weak. When he sings, I'm filled wifh zeal, All my hurfs begin fo heal. For dear life fhe mike he holds, The girls do scream. I-Ie almosf folds. Oh, fhaf VOICE ,is passing by Should I swoon or should I sigh, I-le looks so fragile, pale as fhe moon. Oh, fhaf man, I fhink l'll swoon. ANNETTE BERGMAN DORIS WUNSCI-I 9Bl ...44..

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