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

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-if The lack of brothers and szstefs doem t necersarxly make for .tpozled bratr' as cm only cbald temfe: here Bv- On Kring an Only Elf ld Hose of you whose famlly conszsts of a Mom and Dad a b1g brother teen age slster and a couple of httle tots wrll no doubt, pass tlus up wrthout a second thought Thats all rxght Im wrxtmg th1s ln sympathy wxth the only ch1ld How many times have you been asked Don t you wlsh you had a brother or SISCCID In most cases IC would be rmposslble even to begm to count the tlmes Our reply bexng a weak uncolorful statement Oh' yes Sorry to say we answer m the pos1t1ve merely to put up a good front, whereas behlnd the l1nes there IS a selfish motive runnmg through our mmds the motlve of compamonshlp D1dI mentlon that I was gomg to sympathlze wlth Mothers preclous ch1ld? You say Ive done nothmg but cr1t1c1ze her? Who am I to crltlcnzel For I am among your numbers Ive heard lf sand that there are two sldes to every story Yet people especlally the younger crowd frown upon us the only ch1ld group wlth scorn and mutter spoxled brats The slmple phrase has caused blttemess be tween frlends Im sure well all agree that trymg to get a new formal out of Dad IS lust as hard for one g1rl as xt IS for another Many nmes we thmk that yealousy IS the cause of thxs 111 feelmg We thmk to ourselves that they the oifsprmgs from the large famxhes are yealous because they aren t an only ch1ld or because they are always havmg to stay home and take care of the1r little slsters whlle Mom and Dad attend the nelgh borhood theater By Margaret Tanner, 46 Of course xt s just human nature to shxft the blame on to someone else but how often do we thmk that the yealousy may be on our part? We may be Jealous because we have no httle baby sxster to look after or a brother who 15 contmually teasrng or a slster to borrow her clothes Everyone knows that m order to l1ve a happy normal hfe you must have compamons unless of course you want to be a hermit A hermlt as defined by Webster IS one who lxves m retirement Thls noun IS far from bemg a characterlstlc of an only child It IS true how ever that an only daughter rs more closely umted wlth her Mother smce she had been compamonshlp of a sxster or brother In splte of the unlty however we very often long for a slster to whom we can tell our never-endmg troubles even though our Mother IS always wlllmg to lend a sympathetxc ear An only ch1ld matures mentally faster than those who share the1r chxldhood with other youngsters their own age so I am told SIUCC they are brought up among adults they be come serxous mmded and as a result of thrs maturlty they fall to appreclate the thrngs that youth should be mterested lI'l So you see as the phrase goes Llfe 15 not all a bed of roses It may be apphed to the hfe of an only ch1ld Not that we re complaxn 1ng but we would prefer to be thought of as an ordmary human bemg instead of as a spoxled ch1ld who gets everythlng her heart des1res 41 ' 1 ' ' L4 9 Q 7 9 . . ., . . 9 1 1 ' 1 1 , . . . , . . ' 1 as ' 11 ' - ' . , n ll 1 ' ' 99 ' ' . . . , . , . , . , . ll 99 ' ' ' 9 9 ' ' 9 9 , . n , C 9 - , , ' ' ' denied the prlvllege of having the life-long . , . . , . . . . . . . . b . , , , I c I . Q o 9 . , . 9 9 . ,, . ,, . . . 9 9 ' - , . . ' 1 ' , , . . - . . 9 i 5 - l I n .Ls I 0 ' 7 9 . . ,, . , . .. . . . , . - , . . 9 9 1 ' 1

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pulled up to the curb yust as I scurrxed out of the house wxth only two mrnutes to catch my bus Of course, I wasn t able to see much but after all, tlus IS what Ive been waltmg for lsn t lt? Connie and Sue were just dymg wxth curl osxty at lunch today but I refused to tell them a word fMaxnly because I had nothmg to tell them Q Strangely enough everythmg went per fectly at school today I even knew my Span1sh vocabulary wh1ch was very unusual Ive made a great dec1s1on dlary Im gomg to ask Ronnre to the Sen1or Ball True he doesn t even know of my exlstence but then what s a l1ttle thmg hke that that' Hm m m maybe my l1fe 1sn t so dull after Saturday May 12th Oh Dlary My glorxous dreams are shattered' Alas I fear Ill never smrle agam Thxs mornmg as I was cleamng my room I notlced a tall young man surveymg the garden next door Th1S 15 your chance Sald a l1ttle volce so I proceeded downstairs and out mto the yard mmdmg my own busmess of course Then IC happened Above the clamor of yours truly dllxgently shakmg her dust mop a volce croaked Cquotej Hey funquotej YOUNG FINANCIER I lgnored th1s msprrmg salutatlon, as I d1d not wrsh my new acquamtance to thmk me for ward But wxthout further ado he jumped the hedge and was soon standmg a few feet away Scuse me he stumbled but do you have a brother Do I have a oh yes I have a brother but he s only twelve I man aged to state My thats fine he beamed Someone told me a boy l1ved over here but I thought If too good to be true You see I need a fellow to help me dlg ln my outdoor laboratory Im very mterested ln rare SPCCICS of worms centxpedes and the hke and I m w1ll mg to pay anyone Its dlfficult to keep an assistant these days But never mmd callmg hlm There he IS now Young man walt a minute and off he dashed 1I1t0 the up the walk Someone told me somethmg once too I thought as I stumbled mto the house and If was too good to be true Mr Ronald Hamll ton d1d have blond wavy hart but Judy farled to mentlon the horned rlmmed glasses' So you see dear dlary thats why Im so mlserable and thats why Im off men for 1 e well unt1l the next one comes along anyway Love Pegs Dur1ng the stage when all chxldren lose thelr first teeth fand I was no excep tlonj I acquired the practlce of placmg the extracted tooth under my pxllow In the course of the mght a faxry would come and take the tooth away leavmg ln ltS place a mckel or a dlme dependxng upon the SIZC of the tooth and the amount of pam suffered dunng 1ts extratlon So one day whlle V1S1UYlg my grandmother whom I knew to have false teeth I very brlghtly remarked Gee grandma I bet 1f you put your whole plate under your prllow you d get a dollar' 40 Kay Sclaueler, 47 , - , . . ' 7 ' 7 7 . . , . . Q . 7 ' 7 ' KL 7 77 GG ' ' 7 7 . .... - :,, N . . . . , , ' 7 77 1 9 ' ' ' cc 1 n . ' 7 ' 1 7 1 H ' ' 9 9 ' - 9 . . . , . . , , . . . , . . , . . . , . . . , . 9 9 1 1 ' . . . ,Q . . , . , . . . . 7 7 7 ' , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . ,, . ' 1 1 ' ' - 1 all . . . front yard to meet Jlmmle, who was commg , ... , - . u ' 71 ' 7 7 ' , ' as ' ' 7 7 7 7 ' ' 77 ' I I I - 7 7 7 , . Cl ' ' 77 ' ' 7 ' 7 7 ' 1 1 7 . . . . , , 7 7 , , . lf . . . , C4 77 ' ' ' 7 7 7 ' Cl 77 GK 17 , . ............................. . , - , . 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 . ,, . 7 7 7 1 ' 7 77 , . ' 7

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Ill: IT MUST BE LASTING POISON BOON 9 DDT 42 FRII- ND in need is a friend indeed Xes this is an old adage but, oh how true' What is a friend but one who sticks by us in our failures as well as our successes Each new acquaintance offers the possibility of a new friend, but everyone 15 not worthy of being called fnend Therefore we must choose carefully those who qualify F rlendshlp is not merely a here today, gone tomorrow affair it must be lasting The person whom we call frzend must be someone with something That something must be a possession of high ideals But now comes the question what are those high ideals? We might head the list with respect first of all for Christ, then for others and for self Trustxx orthmess and lovalty could be added which after all we do expect to find in any young Catholic man or woman Christ reigns in each one of our hearts and so should Christ be in the hearts of long lasting companion STANDS for dalnty We have all at one time or another, stopped in a quaint llttle gift shop that IS filled to capacity wlth fine, rare, almost untouchable thlngs As we View these fragile novelties, we search for an adequate phrase for such beauty As vue Glance at bone china plate or a Dresden figurine the phrase that fills fr om our lips IS Isn t that dainty When people look at us the women of todax can thex see in us an intangible fine qualltva Can they say with seracxty, Isn t she dainty D stands for decorous A graceful motion of the hand a gentle step, a quiet controlled voice a face abloom with a radiant smile a courteous entrance a polite CXIY an interesting conversation, the reflection of a loving heart all these stand for decorous Can we the women of today proudly bear the D for distinguished decorum T stands for trim but trimness IS not only a characteristic of a feminine ward x 1 . YI ,755 SC i . . . - ay Y - . . . , 1 ' ' SL ' 77 ' , . . Q 3 s ' . , , . , 7 i A . i 9 I 9 ' I our friends. He will be if we choose only those who show the qualifications of a , . I . . ty. L rl Y D Q ' '4 . ' ' Li Y ' 71 . , . T 7 7 D . ' , 9 , ' 9 ' 7 ,' V ' cc v Q - :Y1 ' l 1 ' 1 , . . . , , . , - . , 4 i