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

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-if If you bave a brother tbxs xr just the :tory for brm to read ir- Secm f c' 0 her Side By Mary Ellen Boyle, 47 xo you ever stop to reallze that boys go through hrst date worrles and that some trmes they make sxlly mxstakes too? Take Walt for an example and all the commotlon he caused wlth h1s first date By way of preface my brother IS tall and very good looklng non but there was a trme when he wasn t He was tall yes-but h1s face had the same uncertam qualxty hrs volce had I guess Mother was the first to notxce the change that came over Walt the first week of school Hls appetite waned he ate hardly enough to keep a b1rd ahve provlded the blrd was an elephant and Mother worrxed CMoth ers are hke thatj Then too hrs face took on the contented look of a cow Somethmg was defimtely wrong' Hes not the bashful type It was love he explamed Her name was Martha and she sat ful Soon the whole famxly knew yust how wonderful she was Wlth Walt around lt soon became Martha sand th1s or Martha would never do that Know what I mean: It was as xf the needle were stuck and all that would come out was Martha I guess I got xt most of all At the trme I was a mere elghth grader and I could do nothmg to please Walt Martha would never do anythmg Id do She was a Lady Of course that held 1mpl1cat1ons When the Prom came If was no surprlse to anyone that Walt wanted to ask Martha He wasnt sure she would go wlth hlm but he declded to ask her anyway He wasn t too sure of the way to ask a girl to a dance so ln desperatlon he came to me for advxce After assurmg h1m that glrls really don t care how you asl them to go out yust as long as you do ask them he felt better Wxth a look of determmatxon he went to the phone and called her number CHe had memorized xt the day he met her just IH case J Worst luck' The l1ne wasnt busy and she answered the telephone herself He was caught Hello Martha thxs IS Walt Why Walter how nlce of you to call She had a soft babynsh WOICC CQu1te by acc1dent I managed to be on the extenslon up stairs J How have you been? Well VValt I really haven t changed much slnce you saw me IH school th1s afternoon Oh yes ha ha well the reason I called was was to Yes Walt? W alt stopped Sllence Walt are you stlll there? Martha w1ll Yes Walt? Martha w1ll you go to the Prom wlth me' Why Walt I d love to go What txme shall I be readyi Tune Oh tnme Well Ill let vou know ln school tomorrow All mght goodbye Goodbye Martha He hung up He turned to Nlother elated It was over and she was gomg' Only lt wasnt over' Gettlng VValt started out correctly on hxs first date had 1ust begun He cornered Mother one mght and asked her how he should act what he should say when he called for her thmgs like that I never thought boys went IH much for Emlly Post but they do I suffered my share too When ever there was dance music on tl'e radxo I would have to dance wxth Walt whnle he tried his new dance steps on me and I do mean on me Fmally the bug mght came As he stood there Xiother and Dad gnvmg h1m last mmute m structlons I couldnt help but feel sorry for 37 . , 2 , 0 , 1 7 D - - - Q H' . H ' - Q Q l . 1 1 0 ' GL ' ' as 9 1 ' ' ' at ' , 77 . , . I 9 1 1 1 I ' . - 7 . . . Q 7 , . Q . . , . ' ' ' ' ll ar ' KL 1 , 7 V .' . ' - . ' . 77 ' ' U Y . . ' 1 9 9 . . - . . -. -,, ' ll 17 , . ' , . . . , ,. . , , . . ' CL - 7, . , . ' GL ' 77 n , W 7 Cl 77 . , . ' Cl ' ' 77 next to him in English class. She was wonder- There it was out-I could tell he was relieved. l . . H , , . . . . ,, ll ' ' L77 ll L6 ' : - ' 7 ' . . , i 77 . yr ' cz ' ,. , '77 KC 77 ' C6 77 - , l . . I 4 . - , D . . , . , . Q no 1 ' ' Q l I . . u 7 .l . , I , . . . . , n , . . . . . . i Q u h. H I . , . X , V ' .- , . . . A Q . . - . . . . . , .. , ,

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remote futures He felt hls stomach groan ln spasmodlc contortlons as NIISS Potter hlS teacher entered the room Sparkle she stated her stern YOILC seem lngly sterner I hal e somethlng I wlsh to show you Xes m gulped Sparkle HIS VOICC sounded to hlm very queer and hollow She handed hlm a plece of paper neatly folded Carefully unfoldlng lf he read the Hrst lne She s blg and bony llke a horse Who never stopped to rest The heat he felt around hls collar crept up hls neck and radlated all over hls face HIS ears tlngled and turned bflghf red There was no need to read further lt was hls wrltlng and the blg fat sprawllng letters at the bottom of the page spelled no name other than Sparkle Mc Gulre Refoldlng the paper neatly he took a deep breath and was about to hand lf back to MISS Potter when what he saw made hls gasp IH amazement Mlss Potter was actually smlllng at hlm Do you wrlte poetry often Sparkle She sald ln a VOICC that remlnded hlm of hls mother s Sparkle gulped for all sense of speech had left hlm he stood before her llke a corpse A half hour later Sparkle emerged from the school house hls speech and dlglllty regalned and ran down the road leadlng to the brook Red and Tom watchlng wlth satlsfactlon from the slde of the school saw hlm run down the road When he was out of Slghf Red removed a bundle of papers from hls pocket How many dld you take sald Tom ad dresslng hls fellow consplrator Red untled the bundle and counted the neat ly folded papers FIVC he Sald All of em are fancy stuff especlally thls one he calls The Blrds Oh boy Tom the Bolds ' Wlth thls the boys fell lnto Hts of laughter rolllng lazlly ln the school yard dust Two weeks passed ln whlch Sparkles llfe was a perpetual blush Every second day one of Sparkle s poems mlraculously found lts way way to the classroom bulletln board everv second day after removlng If Mlss Potter would glare lndlgnantly at the two gloatlng culprlts X et Sparkle wlthstood the rldlcule and even was able to smlle good naturedly along wlth the other boys and glrls for he knew that the one who really counted the one he reallv loved would stand behlnd hlm And so lt was that the followlng day a slxth poem appeared on the bulletln board She s small and wlspy llke a flower That s lust been klSSCd wlth dew Her smlles are always warm and klnd Her llps of reddest hue Her halr IS brown her face so falr X et to me her most becomlng feature ls her expresslve blg blue eyes VVho IS she: She s mv teacher It s Strange But True In lnv velns Hows the blood of allen races Strange that they IUIX so well together There s French and there s Irlsh There's never rebelllons And German and Scotch Or quarrels or fueds And not to forget the Russlan and Spanlsh But mavbe the answer 19 the way they are Though Im told It s probably less than a blended drop They re Amerlcan under the red whlte 36 and blue MARILX w VV INFIELD . ' . .4 y , . 46 - 311 . ' 1 - - 1 M . ,, Q Y .' 4 . . i . 1 1 ' ' . U 7 Q . . . - 1 37 4. ' 11 1 cc 1 ' ' 1 1 H - , ,, , Y. . . Q . . 7 ' 1 7 ' at - ' 79 . . , , , . . ' . . Y . 9 1 U , h I , . . if as as -lr as an . Q . . . , . . i 7 . . .Y ' . . , Q . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 t 1 1 ' 1 . u , Q 1 as ' ' :11 1 ' ' , . t , , . . . , . . . D 1 1 5 - 1 - 5 1 1 Q . , . . 7. . . . . 1 1 - . . . , , . M . l .i...l- 9 r J . . c. . ,Q i , . . 1 1 1 1 J . . 1 ' 1. 71 ' cn ' ' 1 11

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h1m The poor gulhble boy and he was so mee too He had a wonderful t1me he told us all about If the next day We danced and had loads of fun I asked her to go to the baseball game w1th me Sunday and she sald she would Gee she s wonderful Well that started out a long serxes of dates whlch ended last week No longer w1ll Walt be able to call Martha on the telephone and ask for a date No longer w1ll he worry whether or not she w1ll go out XVIIIII hxm I sort of thmk she wull though Xou see he marr1ed her last Thursday Jizz' if I 611155 llfl 5'rcm'l1 WITH APOLOGIES TO DAUDET The glrl sat on the end of her spme a mere second from fall1ng under the seat Unfolded she would have been tall th1n and p1t1fully awkward Her ha1r flew about 1n w1ld con fusion because of the ra1n She could never keep lf under control when lt ralned Her name was Cathy and she was thrrteen Today was her Hrst day at the new school It was a comparat1vely select one a small bu1ld mg wlth small classes and small desks Every thrng IS small and old fashloned here Cathy thought I feel cramped defimtely out of place She had gone from one class to the next wlth an odd expresslon on her face a mixture of despalr and defiance Now she was ln the last class before dlsmlssal French class The teacher a small t1red lookmg woman w1th a helpless express1on was trylng to gam the attentlon of the g1rls Some were t3lklI1'-I 1n groups of threes and fours whrle others were buslly domg tomorrows homework Only because Cathy abhorred quarrehng especxally wnth her father who somehow made By Mary I0 Loder, 47 her feel madequate had she Sald reslgnedly that she d go to Eatonvxlle But she had one weapon she could hate the place never make any fr1ends be a poor student She smxled She d already made a good start When two g1rls had asked her about her former school she rephed coldly It was com pletels d1Eerent from th1s She had lt all plan ned ln her mmd She d pretend to do her home work and then get faxlure grades Oh xt was really clever how she d work lf all out Sharply dlSm1SS3l bell clanged m on her reverle She stood up wlth the others conven tlonally scooped up her books and walked determmedlv out lookmg neither to the left nor the rlght The llttle Ifrench teacher keenly sens1t1ve looked a httle more t1red as Cathy left the room But her helpless express1on was gone There was purpose m the steady gaze that followed Cathys ganglmg form down the dark corrldor A Thought A rule slngs A choked mufiled cry Another gold star ln a w1ndow 38 ROSEMARY LEVERLNL - Q 1 , c To 3 ' me ' . , . . v , . . . . . . ' 7 , . . , . 1 33 , . . 0 0 7 1 1 . v - . , . 1 1 ' - ' 1 1 l. . . , . . . . . 7 ' , 1 - ca - 1 1 . . - 7 . . ,, . .- 1 . ' - - as , ' - 1 , n '- Q ' . . - . ,, Y V . - - 1 , 1 - 1 an ' . 9 ' . , ' 11 , . ' ' ' . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' - 1 1 ' I ' . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' s. , . . . . , - . , . 1 4 . . . . 1 1 . I 1 .