Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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. F all A gardener rakes the leaves away To tidy up the lawn, And I must put away the thought Of the summer that has gone. For I am like the leafy tree That revels in the sun, And dreads to see the snowflakes fall When winter has begun. My heart, too, joins in the sunny dance Of green and shining leaves, That sway and murmur with delight In the warm and joyous breeze. It's only in the winter months, When trees are bare and cold, My heart takes note of passing time And shivers, feeling old. Page fwenty-Six T H E M I S S I L E

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Nightfall The Winds In Somber Mood By Natalie Lavenstein Each day I watched the brilliant sunlight fade Into the dim and blinding dark of night That filled my pounding, aching heart with frightg Like one who leaves the bright outdoors for shade And finds the sought-for shade too thickly laid, And has to grope with fearful steps for light To guide his weary, blinded eyes aright, So did I feel the darkness night had made. The darkness is my doubt of days ahead, For who can tell if each new day that's born On fearful dark and shadow-laden bed Will make my heart rejoice or weep and mourn For yesterday with all its joys so dead And this new day, of hope and faith now shorn? I wonder when the whirling winds Will find a place to rest And let the leaves have peace again And birds go home to nest. The Weary winds just murmur now, But once they howled aloud And frightened all the sturdy trees Until with fear they bowed. The trees are bare, the birds are gone, The fragrant flowers dead, The wind has done its wicked work, So why has it not fied? THE MISSILE Page twentyive

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The Unsung Hero By Irving Gordon Illustrated by J. B. Jackson 65 , 1, 3 M WEET-T! was the sound, f,-frdfx YN i -,Tm X which came from the Egg referee's whistle, as he ' ,, ' 0. Ni ' d ' 15 th b f '95 iJ,,,.,,Kl Jumpe in o e mo o ggi: Q f Q players to see if the man i b ,Q with the ball was over for a touchdown. A mighty roar I ' fiilif q . .f . I I 1 -3'-fifwzw 5, W 'ft' xl'W4r'Qf rolled down upon the gridiron from ' T.. V the thousands of fans in the sta- dium as they saw the arms of the referee above his head to signify ,, that the ball was over. The play- Q3 5 A ers of Weeler College were hugging X al and slapping each other on the back. This, however, soon stopped as they saw a player on the turf ,Q X ' fax s holding his knee and writhing in agony. A doctor rushed on the field, ex- amined the player's leg, and motioned for two other players to help him get the man off the field. I Who was this player? As the injured man was helped to his feet, the fans saw that the number on his jersey was 63. A surprised hush came over the people in the stadium as they scanned their programs to see who '63 was. Was it possible that this player was Steve Rogers, who was be- lieved to be the best athlete to attend Weeler College in the last twenty years: the only player of the college to be recognized by most of the sport writers as one of the best prospects to be chosen quarterback on the All- American team? Yes, it was on their program: No. 63-weight 184- Steve Rogers. The remaining minutes of the game were played with Jimmy Wilson as the field general for Weeler College. In the locker-room there were not the back-slapping and congratula- tions which usually follow a football victory. There was only the silence which follows the arrival of bad news because the team had just learned from the coach that Steve might not be able to play against Washington University for the Eastern Conference championship. If Steve Rogers T H E M I S S I L E Page twenty-seven