Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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ays yd yy Ge VS AS: r = Zr Y= =4 —S = LY RZ Sa GY S “ S (Inspired by a term report on the works of 1 Edna Ferber — with apologies to Emerson) There he My palpitating heart beats fast, As I come through the door; My term report is due today; I need to say no more. I look at those expressions blank, With mouths all open wide, A SOLILOQUY Upon the wall above the doo ngs a pair of antlers, »ften have I pondered things The deer alone could answer. I wonder if the deer was sac And grouchy all the day, Or if he was a. happy hart And gamboled life away. Their tonsils showing big and large, The gate to their inside. I firmly clasp the golden keys That unlock Edna’s door; It might be that these spreading horns Adorned the monarch of a herd. Or maybe he who owned them once How strange they work so rusty now, Was unimportant as a bird Which easy worked before. Why should I, when the class is gay, However much I dream of this, Stand and mourn alone? It does not change the fact: Why but because, when they stand there The antlers are above the door I listen to their tone? The deer won't get them back. —Catherine Bastin, 2-11. —Ralph Goplen, 2-11. His first blow was a dirty foul That sunk my floating rib; I countered with a mighty right As Dempsey always did. A powerful, crushing blow it was, if : ; With not a chance to fail; I sighted for his middle And saw his face grow pale. O. K. OR K. Og? I’m sure he knew of easier deaths That he’d have rather died, Than by this mighty, slaughtering right— That’s why he jumped aside. Of course they had to tell me, When I finally came around, How they had found me lying In a heap upon the ground. I'll let you know the truth of it, If you’ll promise not to tell; ; When I struck that terrible, savage blow My foot slipped and I fell. Donald Crisler, 1-12.

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AC AA! | a MILLENIUM Oh, it is hard to think, Engraved upon the scroll? E’en when it’s drawn in ink Wars always take their toll A world of peace, Of our men’s lives, A world so full of hate And leave within their wake To be destined by fate For greed and vengeance sake, From war to cease. Sorrowing wives. Could e’er a land like ours, Why not one race and tongue? Oftentimes ruled by Mars, And the same anthem sung Extend its hands The planet o’er? In amity so pure, Can’t we let go of pride, In friendship, or, so sure, And try to stem war’s tide To other lands? Forevermore? The book of Time records So let our strivings be, Accounts of guns and swords Throughout eternity, And battles fought; For mutual love. But leave all that behind, Until we peaceful live For who would want to find God will no blessing give Deeds we have wrought From heav’n above. Alden Pratt, 2-11 SONG OF LIFE A LETTER In revolt aga SU Md aut Mj hitman’s Have vou ever had to write in verse, “Carol of Death” ) eae Ue eee er, : ' : in words both briet, concise ana terse, Sing to me of life triumphant; And know your grade would crack and Sing of life’s despair or grief; shatter Sing of deeds or meditations, And nothing you could do would matter? But sing not to me of death. Have you ever had to write an ode Death is cold and uninspiring: fo me, just words put in a code Death is treacherous and cruel; That has no meaning. sense or rhyme Death takes all without regretting, And which to write takes all your time? Leaving naught but tears and grief. ; Have you ever had to write a jingle Life is war and throbs with fervor; And if your best thoughts didn’t mingle Life is opportunity ; Know that you would get a tannin’-— Death is vague with promises, but Did you ever have to, Miss Buchanan? Life is a reality! Sincerely and poetically yours, —Mary Romero, 2-11. Ralph Bergen, 2-11. OLD MISSION RUINS The old white walls are ruined now; The church, of all its glory shorn, No longer straight they stand. With grass a-growing through the door, Trees, planted by the Padres, bow Now makes the Mission more forlorn O’er heaps of drifting sand. And seals its doom forevermore. —Loretta Andrade, 2-11. WW MUll

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