Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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HANSS ELECTRIC CO Industrial and Commerrzal Wlrzng Lzght Pouer and Heat 180 NORTH ST MAKE YOUR BOOKS LAST LONGER BY HAVING THEM REBOUND AT ROCHESTER BOOK BINDERY ST PAUL STREET BUY WHERE THE CLERGY BUY RELIGIOUS ARTICLES GREETINO CARDS TUCKER S 74 EAST Aw ENUE Could We Serve Your Needs? THE VALLEY CADILLAC CORPORATION CADILLAC LASALLE PONTIAC 333 339 East Asenue Maln 4894 PERDUE 81 COVIPAINY INC Fngzm ers Contractors Heatm Ventllatln Plumbmg 6a BROAD ST ROCHESTER NFVS YORL Ca NIR DID R S Ph ne C116-rll68R XIISS ROCHESTER FROCKS 'NTanufactIIrerS Of Dresses for Street and A terrzoon Wear Mercv Um orms From Fa t r to Cu IOIII 200 N CLINTON AVF ROCHESTFR N C ompltments A J MANSMANN PITTSBURGH PA BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1944 MARY K I I HRYN HEALY 1941 44 I 1 R W I X I ' F . , I N I for I I . V 5 I ' 1 Y X I I SS 97 1 I I ' I Y 1 I I I I r I ' ' ,ll. inff P. O .Iv - I T I W L , , i, ' I 1 ,, I .ng . .U- . X , 1 f C' D rf - L- V! . Foy S er T T - 1 I I - I I r I X . of R I . . I I f I I 9 ' I I I I I I I I

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bmlezng Back It s From Bud ALICE MARIE HANSS 44 OU may thrnk me rather srlly for tellrng ou these thrngs but thrs afternoon rs just one of those free for thought days when remrnrscrng about chrldhood romance rs empha stzed by the warm dryrng sun playrng hrde go seek wxth the fluffv cotton lrke clouds and the crrckets keeprng trme wrth the cat brrd rn the lrlac bush Maybe rts the concoctron of the hummrng of rnsects and the fragrant odor of fresh sprrng flowers as I lay here rn the long shadows of late afternoon or maybe rts the newness of really bern alone for a few mrnutes that tosses my thoughts recklessly back and forth as a butterfly flutterrng from one flower to another Suddenly I seem to see my erghth grade teacher w rrtrng hrstory questrons on the blackboard Sure enough thats Mrke Caffney tryrng to make a date wrth Kay len nesy for a coke at Marys Sweet Shoppe after school and there s Mrnnre Marrow wrth her head tucked rnto a Math book ack Sprtz threw a wad of gum and where should rt land but rn the mrdst of Glorra Neskrn s heavy crop of harr Why hax ent I untrl now notrced that hand some hunk of man srttrng rn the seat next to the wrndow7 Strands of chestnut brown harr fall care lessly oser the freckles on hrs forehead sendrng a dreamy look rnto hrs sea green eyes Would I be bold enough to catch hrs eye? It has been a week and a half srnce George Bud for short has flashed that Pepsodent smrle rn my drrectron Up untrl now I thought he had for gotten the grrl rn the first seat thrrd row But joan Flaherty just slrpped me a note and whrspered Its from Bud Its rom Bud those words dash madly through my head echorng and reechorng Unconscrously I tear open the note tryrng to hrde my anxrety knowmg that hrs eyes must be focused rn my drrectron It reads Dear une rf you can be spared for a few mrnutes after school would you lrke to stop off at Marys Sweet Shoppe for a sundae7 Bud Yes I drd go to Marys wrth Bud that after noon that afternoon and many others lagged by rn that same srde booth eatrng prnetpple sundaes and once rn a whrle glancrng sheeprshly through the corners of our eyes at each other And Ill nexer forget the first trme he held my hand rt was the last week rn june and both of us had an urge for a long hrke rn the glen The ground was soft lrke marshmallows We had just crossed a stream berng partrcular on whrch rocks we stepped I felt as free as the trger lrlres bobbrng therr yellow heads along the banks of the hrll As hrs hard smooth hand slrd rnto mrne chrlls ran around my heart grvrng me that warm feelrng rnsrde une he whrspered your harr looks almost red rn the sun I can remember other days rn that summer of dreams that stood out vrxrdly rn my mrnd such as the afternoon he crawled out on the branch of a cherry tree lust to srng a sentrmental lrttle song that he had practrsed for weeks when all of a sud den the branch weakened under hrs one hundred and fifty srac pounds abruptly puttrng an end to hrs romance wrth a thud The sun rs now seeprng lower rn the west search mg for new lands and more people lust lrke you and me who lay awake nrghts wartrng for rts wel comrng smrle to cos er the land each mornrng send rng warm trnglrng feelrngs through us The odor of steak and french frred potatoes coupled wrth mother s call for supper rudely tears me away from those fond school day memorres to the realrzatron of the present Lrfe rs not so short but that there rs trme for remrnrscrng 43 0 I I I I 7 a a u n 5 y ... I ' ' V '. I I H . . . . . - :F as ak s ' ' 1 ' ,x ' ' x ' I' ' . 2 4 ., . . . 7. . . Y I 4 ' 1 . , K tV II' I 8 V I f I ' Q e I4 I' ' ' . g t .I . L I I. I ' I 4 ' 4 . ' I 7 I -. K . . L , A I . L I t . V ' I 'I ' I . ' , ' I I ' I . ' ' ' I .I I ' ' ' , c , ' v , . . . - - VV V. - - .1 - - uf ' J 1 9 , ' , ' ' I' . . .5 . V . . . V . 4 I t , . . v . I , , 4 4 . ' t 4 I. I ' 4 . I ' V. I I V. . - V -. . . - - .1 rr ak Fl! if if if ll' 1 ,kk x . I - L . V V l - v 6 V - I 1 ' ' v 1 4 ' VVV I, rf . , ' . . . , 4 I I , . . . . ,. . . . . . . . , J , .

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The Prznter J Dew! TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE By ARTHUR WALEY REVIEWED BY MAR1oN SCHUELER 44 Subtle humor rmpressrve sorrow and clew er satrre are all found rn thrs collectron of Chrnese poetry translated by Arthur Waley The poems whrch were all wrrtten before 900 A D grve an almost complete cross sectronal vrew of the lrfe customs and culture of the Chrnese people Included rn the book are a number of rnterestrng oems wrrtten by Po Chu 1 a noted Chrnese wrrter and statesman These poems escrrbe drfferent occasrons rn hrs lrfe and hrs feelrngs durrng these trmes Thrs collectron makes rdeal readrng materral at thrs trme when Amerrcans are attemptrng to better therr forergn polrcy by studyrng the culture of therr allres AMEN AMEN By ENSIGN S A CONSTANTINO JR REVIEWED BY KATHLEEN ZIMMER 44 Thrs rs what young Amerrca has been wartrng for a book on ethrcs and morals wrrtten srmply frankly srngularly rn our own srngular jargon by another young person equally srngular rn hrs style Amen Amen relates the rmportant thrngs rn lrfe rn no uncertarn terms Its as modern and fresh as that batch of pop corn you ve just finrshed popprng Amen Amen rs clearly not for holrer than thou s aesthetes or clorstered rntellectuals but for the young mrnded of both sexes Why should we go to Church? Why should we belreve rn God? Why should red lrght drstrrcts be stamped out rf the thrngs that happen rn them can be qureted? Why shouldn t we steal rf we re careful or lucky enough to get away with rt? Why why why Amen Amen wrll tell you why Maybe there rs some thrng to thrs God busrness after all THREE TIMES I BOW By CARL GLICK REVIEWED BY ELEANOR HACKETT 44 Would you lrke to stroll down Mott Street rn New York s Chrnatown and stare at all the queer lrttle shops and gaze rn wonder at round chubby men smokrng con tentedly rn these strange places? If you would enjoy drscoverrng how the Chrnese Amerrcans lrve read Carl Glrck s newest book Three Trmes I Bow The trtle of the book rs taken from an old tradrtron that bowrng three trmes to your frrend rs the greatest trrbute you can grvc hrm Youll meet Kung an educated Chrnese who enlrsted rn the Army after the Pearl Harbor drsaster Besrdes revealrng to you some of the strange customs and eccentrrc ways of the Chrnese you are entertarned by the Army experrences from the trme Kung enlrsts to hrs graduatron as a Lreutenant rn the Unrted States Army After readrng thrs you ll apprecrate these krndly people not thrnk of them as some strange rntrudrng race LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT By Orrs CARNEY and CHARLES SPAULDING REVIEWED BY NOREEN CAREY 44 Lester Dowd Naval Arr Cadet smrled thrnly at the mechanrc and taxred grngerly out to the runway He had long warted for thrs moment For months every letter from home had ended Love and have you soloed yet? The above rs a passage from the new uproarrous book by Otrs Carney and Charles Spauldrng Love at Frrst Flrght A lrttle brt bewrldered by hrs surround rngs and yet sure that he COULD pass rf he had enough trme Lester Dowd s pur surt of hrs wrngs rs one of the best humor storres to come out of the war The rllustratrons by Carl Rose would be a welcome addrtron to any book But to thrs already humorous tale they add a delrghtful prctorral account of Lester and hrs troubles as a Naw al Arr Cadet 1 J , 1 1 . V . . . . 1 1 , . 1 - -1 . , ' . . . . -v - dj H 1 , T . . , . 1 J 'W 1 1 1 1 . . . ,, ,, . . ' 1 . . . . , 1 . . . r- 1, - .r - 1 11 1 1 ' ' 1 1 - 1- 1 11 1 ' ' .. . ,, . . . . . . , . , . - D .. rr - - . - i . , . 1 I . . , . , . ' 1 - 1 rr - 11 - - , . 1 . . . 1 1 1 . . , . . . 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 l r n 11 . , . . .. . . ,, . . . . 1 ' ' . . . , , . 1 Y .