Rogers Hall School - Splinters Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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EDITORIAL LITERARY Death-March . . . Tina Oh World . . . The Avenue . . . Facet of Life . .. Smoke ....... Biology ........ Pondering Thoughts Misunderstood . . Giving ....... Numbers ...... My Purple Lady . . . Tomorrow ..... THE CONTENTS ...nu Ode To a Blade of Grass . . . Music of the Spheres The Answer ....... ..- .-.au-.- There Comes a Time NVhen . . . My Mind and I . . '6An,' He Growls A XVinter Shore Quaker Message ALUMNAE NEWS ..--nn-0 ...---......- Illustrations by . . . Karen Thiele Marilyn Cosman . . . . Julie Vaughan . . . Jean Lindsay . . Diane Dubrule .. Diane Dubrule . . . Nancy Fiske . . . . Carolyn Pitt . Marilyn COSH12111 . . . . Holly Budd .. Gail Mayberry Suellen McCarthy Jeff Bloomingdale . . . Nancy Nevius . . . . Ann Flynn . . . Mary Mapes . . . Dia11e Torrey . . . Pamela Foote . . . Sarah Robinson . Theodora Fisher .. Pamela Leary lane Miers, Susan XVilson, Karen Thiele, Joy Schabaker, J eff Bloomingdale

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iterar DEATH-MARCH 40,000 were gathered And marched to a plot 40,000 were gathered To be tortured and shot. In the air hovered death And the sky turned to gray -10,000 lost faith On this cheerless day. They were all young and bold As they walked to the wall For they knew that the bravest Soon had to fall. Gone was the faith Gone was the fear Gone were the dreams As the hour drew near. Death seemed so sweet It even seemed gay 40,000 found death On this eheerless day. KAREN THIELE, '60