Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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30 CAERULEA tiltittsaUlLlthath, Hc- turned and gazed for a moment over that sea nf wavering blue and crimson and lines in his face soitcnud. Frances wm somewhere in that sea uf faces. Someone had said that for Hmoney he wmiid betray his colors. They should see! 1 ' iOn your mark! Get set l' JFive bodies rise tense and fIVC pairs of eyes gaze down the long lanes to the goal 220 yards away. Fivu hearts are longing for the signal to start and every second seems an eternity of suspense and agony. The cheers from the bleachers have died away and a hushed silence settled aver the vast throng: Hang! Five bodies. leap into the air and fly forward inward the gnaL l'axton Ieadsi-with Murely a stride hchiiiiL One hundred yards have slipped away 3.5 by magic and still Paxton leads. Faster and faster until the world tuitus. red and the hoarse cheers from the bleachers i'ie .away in adCtut-fuhcd niurmurt Merely has. gained. His breath is' at PHXHJR'H,LRiJ'DUldCr and now they are even. Two yards more! .Mid down thuserscventy yards the irivincihlc will and tenacity 0f Irllrpnse which hari made the Saxon ruler of the worhl rises in bath and struggles i'm- supremacy. lint Frances is there and I'axtmi must be 1:21 ged. 'Jihc wurhl is turning black Imw. How much longer Untilcl it 1a. 7 Where war: the tape? Where was Paxton? A last dwpcrate leap ZUHi 30h reels ACTON: the line a yard ahead of Paxton Lnil falls ilItO his CtlH'll'EHiCb' arms. A half an hour hner Hob escapee; il'nm thu attentions Of his tony mules of tho cinder path and goes in the bleachers. Iiis entrance in'ifigs rh'zwn anothcr cheer. but he pa-w no heed for he has Htcu HIIUEUHC with g-uhlcn hair holding a blue and crimson banner in her humi, lhih glJL'S straight In her. Francct: sees him coming and wel- cmncs him with a smile, .ts Iioh sink. 110 thc seat at her side, the imrhi scenm hright and happy once more, Yes. the worhl is bright EH'lli happy and in that particular portion of the world in front of the hlcachrrr. The relay struggle 1r 0n and the men in hhie aml criiiismi have ten yards the better 01' the argument Hut Hub is blissfully itncunsciulls 0f the fact iur his wm'iti is limited in a pair of hhie eyes and a crnwn of golden hair. i Fred Ci'allSttJH. 110.

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CAERULEA 29 lllS integrity This talc: had reached the ears of lllrmlcex too. but she had only shook her prctty head and rciuscd to believe a word of it. llnhhie was innocent. of course. but it would be a flu:- chance in tease him. She loved to tame a frown intu those dark eyes and then to laugh and make l'mh smile in spite of himscl-f. Yes. Hob khonld pay dearly for allowingr such lcrrihlu snories to 1181 out :Ihnut him. i'Uidn't they Offer you enough. nub? she had lauglngly asked tltv next lime Morey callcrll SL1 you have hcartl 11 th absurd stories. too. Frances. yuu mlnn't4- you calft believe them. can you? Judicial dignity struggled with dimples as she returned: I shall helieve them until the accuscd proclaims his innocence. I'll never proclaim my innocents to you. ll yum hclicve me capable of such an action, my mere wortl would not szui if you to thc ctmlrary. All the lmyishncss had Hcrl from linlfu' fncc and a hurt expression lingered for a 11mment in the dark 031$, If Bob had nnly waited a moment. all might havn- heeu wull. lmt he had turnctl and walked dnwu the path and Frances had stared after him With a look of pained surprise in her eyes. That was hm days ago and Bob was heginuing to feel mrry that l1? hall hccn so hasty. Frances liked to h'zme aml it was heastly to at! the way he hatl. Yes. what a brute hc hall hccn. Aml nmv Fran- CGS wtmld ncvvr forgive him. labia trend of thought was inter- Hlmerl by the Cmrance of one ol- li ' Elaasnmtes. llnrry up llrsh! 'l'huy'rc waiting fur you out thcre. The '110 decides the mcct lmlay. Elcllevuu is hu- points ahead mm. hm we are sure of l'hc relay. ll yuu heat llaltnn. we win: if he hears yumi wclll we don't? linh hml risen aml was llmlcing over the s'pealers shuuldcrx tn the cmwrlerl bleachers beyond. ll hc. heals mciwull. hu wml'tl lluh spoke in himself rather thzm to his cnmpaniun. Once again lI'N thoughts were wandering: hack to the vine-shaded purch. whore France; had 510ml two days before, He could SEC her now with her golden hair tinged tn a deeper. hmfrnsr cnlor in the magic lights r.f the sunset. Ell'ltl the hurt. surprised look in her eyes. Uh well- As hob stepped onto IhL- track. the bleachers Suddenly turned 1'0 trlmsm: zmtl hluc while his name was hurled t0 the rhics; frnm a.

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CAERULEA 31 Uh? EHiahvrman'a Glyuuglym Hctc when the. 1:151 hztif Hi the year is closing. Herc when the famous clcctinns are coming. .i-c 'et my heart yearning: Call tr: nun balmy clay T011 ml: the brush fires up north are hurnin : Lure me away with the 5prittg' t 77 You that have been there; you km-Jw? You remember? H'ht-n did we hnhl the last? Lung in September? The .MlauiaS ChIhFiUh, F111 :1 member! Long Uhl'iwh stones dawn to the last umber? Say! VniliID-t member in spring. Same lenlt' tit'ch hid away in the hcmlucks. Sumt- tkucl pzuhllc, same portage across tucks. trcc whore ue open the box. Ifaten hut on the bank nf thc FONh . for now it is spring Same Same H'e'll Charles H'tluds. 'lO. 31m Mighty launr 11:12 in mm nf a mam 'l'hurt' arc Hume 0f the courses we wt in this High. Vi't' Elttcr in silence and leave with a sight Ucrmtring the bunks WC cnni understand. .11; mighty pour ttSC to make of a man. Fur instance. in Hue English class that we know. lmwvllk pipe-tlrcumh are .1 part 0f the show, le lmrcl to set' thruttgh this- versatile gem. When all Commemoration hi5 hrmn storm is hcttt. In hiatnry twelve it is simply the same: Many hinders nf notes we try hard in 111aintain. Ihtt when we get through at the curl of thc ycar. U'e will lmry the hooks and shed Uncudile tears, There are same of the courses we get in this High, That we c-ntcr in silence and leave with a sigh: cherc we bhtlT and get Hunks that we 110111 understand: It's mighty pnm' use to make of :1 mati- tum Ringhcim. '10,