Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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'FL t-Q tie i I4 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL A Conversation Between Jessica and Shylock - I ESSICA to Lancelot: I pray thee, Lancelot,-can you tell me where my father is? - l ' - I - Lancelot: I know not where he may be, unlessffhe is in his counting room counting over his ducats again. His time is greatly-taken up with his money. I V 1 'J Jessica: I will go and see if he 'be there, I1 mustfhave twd ducats with which to buy me a new gown for the party next week. ,. -: CShe goes to her father's room and kI10Cl2S.Df' ' -- I ' Shylock: Who is there? A I WW jessica: It is I, your daughter, father, matyhl enter? - Shyldckz If it will take thee but a fewhminutesto make-your wishes known. I am busy counting my ducats. i7 'Uv t ' ii '- CEnter Jessicaj -I . i I. 7 Q' Jessida: Father, my friend, Rachel, is'td give Fa- -party in- honor of my birthday, whidh is next week: I' I must have suitable apparel, and there- fore I want two ducats withlwhich to buy me la new gown.- ShyIock': What! another new gown! Why, it was only four months ago last Tuesday that I boughttyoii one'f'atEth6'Iew's'store,fin Venice. jessica: I prithee, father, be not hard on-me. I either must have a new gown or go in my old one. What are twd ducatstin all your fortune, for a gown? Shylock: Methinks itlbut a scheme to get the money from me. Every- one wishes for mylyprecfdoiis goldin ducats no! no! I cannot spare them. jessica: But father, must you be ashamed of me? Must I go shabbily dressed? How can you refuselme? A- pi Shylock: Say ho- more,-'lforthy words-T are useless. My money cannot be squandered. -It wouldwbe better for theeto go, now. Jessica: All' rightly fEitliferQ'f'KI -'will go .and seekwork as a housemaid and earn the moneyz 'Thou had'st-me taught to take care of a house and I will 'go and earn my own ducats. ' -- - Hi, 1 , Shylock: Do you iltakel-it upon yourself toi disgrace me? No daughter of mine shall do a maid's'-'work. ffMy btvethhneitiwill dispise me. Jessica: --Well father, choosen' Shall I have the ducats or earn them? Shylock: Here, take the ducats- by all means I must not be shamed. Now go. - - W ---Margaret Deaflove, ,24. -1 ' in -- -4, ., .M ., -. 1.11 1- Esther Cfranslating the following French into Englishjz Deux fem- mes etaient de decouper des poissons qui avaient l' air de requins--- Two women were cutting up Fish that had the air of sharks. - Miss R.--- What does ' requines' refer to? Esther: Why, the women of course.

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4 V- L j,S1 !i- ,. I I FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL I3 ling scream would follow. I could also hear scuillings and scratchings which added the more to my misery. I didn't sleep a wink that night, but lay awake in constant fear. I tried to persuade myself that there were no ghosts, but when that voice would snarl and say, Dig his grave! I feared I would soon be a ghost or a spirit myself. Long before morning the wind began to rise, and it seemed that the house would be demolished, windows rattled, shutters banged, floors squeaked, the wind shrieked, and altogether I was nearly driven frantic. To add to my terror, besides these noises the donkey began to bray. I suppose he wanted to tell me that he was still alive, but I could do noth- ing but wish him dead for each time he uttered his woe-be-gone call, that horrible demon, ghost or whatever it was answered with a screech. When morning really did appear, I honestly believe my ribs were sore where my heart had pounded them, and I was the happiest boy when Mr. and Mrs. Cobbs arrived. They drove slowly up the driveway, and seemed to be happy for they were smiling and talking to each other. When they saw me, they stopped in amazement, and John said to me, Why I declare boy! what ails you? You are as white as a sheet. I began to tell him of my experiences and had just reached the point where the ghost began to trouble me, -when John Cobbs broke in and said, There now boy, I did forget to tell you to feed the old parrot up there in the attic. I hope he didn't give you any trouble. Q --Joseph Horton, '23. Neighbors ' EIGHBORS are human beings that live next door, and are often mistaken as friends, although the word neighbor means a fellow- being, a friend, and hence entitled to receive and expected to show mercy. In ordinary life the word neighbor often means our intimate enemy or worse. We apply the word neighbor to the persons living in our imme- diate vicinity that come to borrow anything from a paper of pins to the washing machine. The person who comes over and talks a straight three hours about all the bad things in the neighborhood but never says a thing about the advantages of an education or anything good. Those are the people one generally thinks of when the word neighbor is used. On the whole, if we had more people in this world that were real neighbors, as defined inthe dictionary, this world would be better off. Neighbors generally have from five to twelve cats and at least two dogs. At night the cats usually start a singing-school right under your bedroom window while the dogs all join in on the chorus. If there were more shotgnns kept I think there would be fewer cats which would be a good thing for every neighborhood. But as it is we must think of our neigh- bors as joined to all kinds of disagreeable livestock such as goats, guinea hens and such like. ---Charles Borden. qs. 5. B I

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-. ' TY' 'Wu FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL I5 Make Your Dreams Come True I We build our ideals in the air, ' We build them strong, we build them fair, We crown ourselves A Royal Knight, A victor in a cause of right. II If in your dreams you played this part, just keep the image in your heart, Develop it, make it come true, And watch this dream grow into you. ---Germain Crossmorz, '23. . My Dream QNE night I thought I would take a long trip to the Land of Dreams. I traveled and traveled over many, many miles in a beautiful airship. Soon I reached Dreamland. I slowly stepped out of the airship into a lovely, magnificent garden, where no one had ever been allowed to roam. As I stood there, the airship disappeared and I was left alone. Being a little frightened, I looked about, and the next minute a beautiful, ador- able fairy had come and stood beside me. She gowned me in a pink satin robe, placed a golden crown upon my head, and silver slippers on my feet. She told me that this was the Garden of Dreams, and disap- peared. Again, I raised my bright and crystal eyes, To my great astonishment I found abeautiful castle before me, of marble and pearl. I stepped in and softly walked through a narrow and long hall. At the end of the hall there was a little white diamond door. Softly I opened it and stepped into the Land of all my Dreams. At each step that I took in my silver slippers it seemed as if some one were explaining and giving the meaning of each dream that I had ever had. But suddenly everything vanished. I awoke, to my great disap- pointment, and found myself still in the Land of Reality. ---Mary Ezfcbfn Sloddarl, '25. Rosslyn--- Mother had a great fright yesterday, a great big spider ran up her arm. Herbert--- That's nothing, I had a sewing machine run up the seam of my pants. I Mary had a little Art, whose hair was light as gold And every where that Mary went, her Art was sure to go