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

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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 .

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