Princeton Day School - Link Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Alice Holiman She sat on the sunny Windowsill, sleek, grey- haired, with dancing blue eyes. The Persian cat seemed asleep to passers- l by 3 but the tip of her lux- uriously silky tail curled and uncurled with sup- pressed excitement. Sud- denly a golden Saint Bernard With a crimson and white vest ap- peared and tapped alluringly on the window. Down sprang the Per sian cat from her cozy Window sill, and losing all her calm self- assurance, lightly paced to the door of her Lord Ladybug Taylor house and opened it in a rush. Ch, l've missed you so! lf it Weren't so far to Pekin, l'd have run there by myself! Devotedly the dog stroked her glowingly clean fur, and murmured endear- ments into her perky little ears. Then they slipped away into the fields to be together at last, but as they walked away, she looked over her shoulder at a well-known bulldog and winked. Moral: Vivre pour Vivre. 65

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Strapping on his goggles, the flying squirrel launched effortlessly on to the nearest air current. Leveling off and cruising smoothly at a steady 89 m. p. h. , the flying squirrel had time to reflect on his singular merits. ln truth, he had a great deal to be proud of. He was a superior aviator - no one could dispute that. He had reduced flying to a simple science, having fed into an IBM 360, his statistics on air pressure per cubic foot C2 to the 7th powerj, velocity, descent curves and margin of error. He was quite a popular fellow, renowned for his sense of humor and listing among his many conquests a pert blond squirrel who had given him the use of her Fokker Triplane. The flying squirrel was reflecting thus when he crashed into a large pine tree. Groggily coming to several hours later, the flying squir- rel recalled dimly that the plane was not his own. Ah, he sighed, the mere vicissitudes of life. . . Moral: Pride goeth before a crash? Bill Power

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Allyn Love Magic Sam grabbed his guitar and split down the highway in a five ton 1957 Wise Potato truck. He was trucking and so were his six friends Who were also in the same five ton 1957 Wise Potato truck. They had divided the cost. Sam and his friends Were free! They could go anywhere they Wanted and do any- thing they liked. They Went to Nashville, Sam picking and his friends singing l'm Trucking . In Nashville Magic Sam and his friends joined a band. He Wrote songs, picked strings, and hit keys. He became famous. His friends Watched and Washed dishes. When the time came to 'truck' on Sam stayed in Nashville. He wasn't as free but he Was happy. He found what he wanted. 66