Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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POWER OF MUSIC Music, is it in your power To soothe man's soul and mind From the awful aches of war? Can you make men forget What they have longed to rub From their eternal sight: The bloodshed, horror, and The ghastly things of war? In peace, tis yours to make All men forget their daily tasks, And hold them enchanted in your arms, And hear the sounds of heaven Ring forth from Paradise. But now, () Master of man's soul and mind. What can you do for tortured minds and souls? As often as I wonder, I know that men will wonder too, II you can make an earthly soul Live in Paradise, if only For a fleeting moment of time. Virginia Riks SEA SOUNDS The most enjoyable sounds in the world arc not new sounds, freshly cre- ated in the last century. They are old sounds that men have heard for thou- sands of years. One could hear them in Portsmouth harbor in the year 1750, on a pirate ship in the Caribbean deep in Spanish Main, on one of McKay’s im- mortal clippers rounding the Horn in the teeth of a gale . . . These sounds of ships — the rig- ging, the surging water, the shouts of men, and the cries of gulls are the same the world over—and have been. To sit on the warm lee deck in the toasting sun with the boat hove over and propelled by a fresh, clean, salty wind. . . . To see the bubbles on the wave-washed deck — diamonds on a green velvet backdrop. . . . To hear the wind in the rigging whistling softly — moaning. . . . To listen at night in a quiet, dark harbor, to the squeaking of the blocks, the slapping halyards, the groan of strained timber — while the gentle oily swell rolls in from deep water . . . very deep water . . . water rolling in the same majestic swells as it did five thousand years ago. . . . I like sea sounds. They have the dignity of great age. Harold Borns Illustra led by the author Radio Program Bon Hon-.

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ALARM CLOCK You villain! You Simon Legree! At the instant of my greatest triumph In a world where I am revered. Your shrill, rasping voice Insistently penetrates. In the low hanging blackness Of the early winter morning; Your fluorescent hands and numbers Gleam and glower and leer. Telling me That the awful moment is here. Grace Quilty Illustrated by the Author OH. TO BE A MAN! When I was small — still in short pants, I dreamed to be of age, When I could learn to drive and dance And earn a weekly wage. When I was small — with much to see, I dreamed to be of age. When my own master I could be Outside of any cage. The final goal of my fond dream — To reach my eighteenth year And to rejoice at leaving school — Would bring the greatest cheer. I've reached my eighteenth birthday now But yet I do not gleam. Tomorrow Uncle Sam will call. It’s A nightmare — not a dream. Joseph F. La Croix Singer . Binc Crosby

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News of 1944 'A nchors A weigh ! ’ ’ Donald Evans, Paul Gibb B 2 c (irue lo the ’44 class prophecy, a bugler!), Daniel Di Federico, Cesidio Cedrone S 2 c arc stationed at Sampson, New York. Robert Kauserud is a Midshipman, M. M. R., U. S. X. R.. at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Hyannis. Paul A. Johnson entered the academy in February. Victor Cordiner is a Cadet Midshipman in the U. S. Merchant Marine Corps at Kings Point, New York. Harold Keene and Colin Bew are studying to be Radio Technicians. Harold is a S 1 c at the U. S. X. T. C., Great Lakes, Illinois. Stationed somewhere in the South Pacific arc Stoddard Hayden and Ralph Eldridc.e. both S 2 c, U. S. Navy Seabecs. Eaton George Elz F 2 c was last identified with the same theatre. In the U. S. Navy Air Corps, members of ’ll are located in the South. Robert Lee S 1 c and Emii.o Di Nardo S 2 c. Combat Air Crewman, arc at Memphis, Tennessee; Arthur Faulkner S 2 c is at a Class A Service School in Bainbridge, Maryland; Stanley Lawrence S 2 c is at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Enrolled in the V-12 program, pre-medical course, at Williams College, Williamstown. Massachusetts, is Arthur Craig, Apprentice Seaman. William A. Horton S 2 c is on duty in parts unrevealed. The Army, which vies with the Navy for the larger enrollment, has familiar names on its service list. Overseas are Pvt. Warrf.n Hurley and Pvt. Ray Hoover, in the Field Artillery; also Pvt. Lawrence Christian, in the Armored Cavalry. Pvt. Robert Engel is studying Japanese at the University of Minnesota. PFC. Charles Deveau of the Medical Corps is stationed at Washington. D.C. Pvt. Walter Deacon, who completed his basic training at Camp Roberts, California, is now at Fort Ordinance in the same state. Pvt. Edmund Doucette is at Camp Croft, South California. The Army Air Force has had high appeal for many of 1944. Sgt. Alf Carlson is a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator in China with the 14th U. S. A. A. F. Sgt. Joseph Chiminei.lo is in England. Others are still in training. Pvt. Walter Boisci.air is at the University of Maine: Pvt. John Duggan, Pvt. George Ballard, and Pvt. John Dwyer, the last two gunners, are stationed at Keesler Field, Mississippi; Pvt. Raymond Cfriani is studying to be a radio mechanic at Truax Field. Madison. Wisconsin. Pvt. Robert Eng is stationed in Florida. He’s in the Army Now! School Organization . Girls’ Club