Pelham Continuation School - Pelham Pnyx (Fenwick, Ontario Canada)

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THE PELHAM PNYX 29 GRADE X Seated fleft to rightjfjean Daboll, Mary Mccombs, Barbara Armbrust, Nancy Armbrust, Eleanor Morris, Margaret Traver, Donna Lampman, Phyllis Law, june Watts, Jean l-leaslip, Marjorie Haist. Standing CFirst rowi-Douglas Cameron, Robbert van Berlcum, Donald Alsop, Marjorie Holder, Betty Aldrey, Agnes Kelly, Gerald Freure, Stanley Reilly, john Swartz. Third Row-Frank Biro, Tommy Smith, Kenneth Hampton, Raymond Caven, Garnet Eller, George lftody, Cordon Elliott, Cecil Haist, Donald Bow- man. PITY AND THE LIFE-SAVER By Barbara Armbrust, GRADE x REGINALD ORGEN-LIFE GUARD THE sMALL placard bearing his name was hung predominately from the highest nail above the cabin door. This small, waving placard impressed the passerby, who if at all familiar to the beach section, knew that Reg was also a life saver. When little Betty Anne Linne took a sudden attack of cramps, it was Reg who worked over her two hours and got her small heart beating like any girl's should when Reg was around. The rescue hadn't been hard, merely pulling a tiny, twisted body from the maple bushes to the shore, but, two hours of artihcial respiration-and work for another two, exhausting hours, that tested a man's will-power. To any other person, it might be two hours of watching the waves with a contented feeling snuggled deep in your heart. But not to Reg. To Reg, this rescueewell, anyone could have done it, but why he? It was just something else he was doing that somebody else might hnd pleasure ing something that he couldn't find pleasure in, something that took him far-

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30 THE PELHAM PNYX ther away from his law studies. Why was the world like this? Why did he receive a beautiful sun-tan each summer to be made fun of in his law study? No sun-tan could ever be becoming to a lawyer-at least Reggie thought so. Reginald Orgen, Life Guard, meant he was just a nobody, not able to take a full-year law course because he had to take a four-month job. This job gave him what he ate the whole year, but to Reggie it meant watching over those people who could afford to spend their leisurely days lolling at the sea-shore. And he noticed the nearest thing to a lawyer, that is a successful lawyer, were the clubhouse janitor's whiskers which at times formed a clean- clipped moustache above the upper lip, and which on occasions looked a full face moustache, not that any lawyers had them. And so his thoughts wandered as he charged with glaring eyes the friend- ly smiles of passers-by, He was atop a life-guard station and over the waves came a screaming, hysterical voice. With one leap he was in the water! lf only these, timid, petite, dieting girls with modern curls and curves would know even the tiniest bit about swimming, it would save him a great deal of remorse and suddenly-but he must get to the girl. What intuition or feminine thought could have possibly made a woman churn the water, beat the waves and endanger both the lives of her and of her most wonderful rescuer, Reginald Orgen, Life Guard! With what seemed like his last ounce of energy, Reggie drew the now ex- hausted body up on the beach. Without a moments hesitation he began pre- parations for artificial respiration. A look of familiarity came to him as he saw the strained nerves of the beautiful face before him. Uninindful of those round him he suddenly thought again that thought he had on his plunge into the water. He was-got to keep steady- O.K., just keep away and let fresh air get in -and back to his thoughts. He was selflsh! He had more self-pity for himself, after all, he had come from a newsboy to life-guard in five long, hard but happy years. The moaning of the girl brought him back to thoughts around him. But there's something awfully familiar about her. Does any one here know her? Why, don't you know? She's Kathy Orgen, a girl from the States work- ing here at a summer cottage. Kathy . . Kathy Orgen, my sister. The circus of thoughts whirling around in Reg's head . . he'd found his sister. He had a family . . he Was not alone . . he'd saved her. Thinking it all over as he slept in his new bed in Kathy's flat, Reggie said aloud, Nothing but being a life-guard could have brought her to me. No lawyer, not anything, not anyone, just a life-guard on the seashore. Who wants to be a lawyer all his life without being able to swim? NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS By Jean Daboll, GRADE x NEW YEAR resolutions are something almost everyone has made and al- most no one has kept. I remember a neighbour of mine called George, who was badly in need of a change of ways, especially regarding his school work. I suggested New Year Resolutions might help. He took pad and pencil and wrote enthusiastically: I resolve: