Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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f We Saqeigsmnpanw iffgig Inns Taverns and Llterature ERHAPS lt IS best to be01n our talk on Inns Taverns and Llterature w1th a few brlef quotatxons umversally known passaoes uses the exact term Shall I not take mme ease wj at myne Inn, Yet we know Henry IV CIII Zj from whrch th1s brlef reference xs taken abounds ln the rlchest tavern scenes offered 1n lxterature Then ln Macbeth Now spurs the lated traveler apace to Dam the tlmely mn CIII 33 When we realxze these words are from the mouth of a murderer we come to know that 1nns and taverns were places of refuge and safety as well as of hospltallty In the early elohteenth century W1ll1am Shenstone wrote on a tavern wlndow these lmes Who er has traveled Irfe s dull round Where er hrs stages may have been May s1gh to th1nk he strll has found Hrs warmest Welcome at an Inn But the Oreat Dr Samuel johnson toward the close of the same century gave to 1nn or tavern llfe 1ts hmohest clalm to honor To gxve myself a footmo I have chosen from among the apprecratxons of xnns and taverns by great men of letters one by Dr Samuel Johnson There IS nothlno whlch has yet been contrlved by man by wh1ch so much happlness 15 produced as by a Good 1nn or tavern The last lmes I shall take from Omar Khayyam Surely It carrxes wlth xt a deep splrltual meamno And th1S I know Whether the one True Light Kzndle to Love or Wrath consume me qu1te One Hash of It w1th1n the Tavern caught Better than 1n the Temple lost' outrlght Now to blow to you some foam from off some rare old flaoons of ale Nay do not be alarmed Good Volsteadxans the foam IS lxterary and the Hagons are the covers of some rare old books manuscrlpts then' margms covered wlth lovely 111um1nat1ons O many are the wand bear ers but few the true worshlppers of Bacchus So sald our anclent Greek, and I have ever been a worshxpper of Bacchus I have reallzed that out of thls worshxp of the glver of the most dazzlmg g1ft of the year came the works of Aeschylus, of Sophocles, of Eurlpldes It gave us the mlghty theatre of the Greeks, lt gave us Oedepus Rex Ant1gone, Electra Now, mn the fulness of tlme, when the worshlp of Demeter, the glver of bread, merged wlth that of the ALWIDC God there came the symbols of the bread and wme the holy of hol1es ln your hearts and m mme -'S - fx ff HK- lf- nf- f 1,7 . Av ,'xf,:f,' V 51 2' ' - -' ' in i I K Y:f f1,,,-- . ..-f - , 'QQ rf-J , ul 1,fu f I I, ,ilzfai fluff 91- J V I ruff ' ' n Nw ' . - 1 Q ' , and llfted from em1nent authors. Shakespeare IH two brxef K it o S U .. - . . . ,, ., .. as ' ' 5 V In ! ' ' 5 . . v A 3, ' I 5 I b . U U gg: ln' ' , ' Y g . . . 5 1 ' I . k. . . . . ,, -

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6mismfmn fgi? A Trlbute f,4fg.'a,':, OOKING backward to the days N IIQ I When as students ln amaze Gropmb here and there for ald gf At her feet our trlbute layed Then we felt but llttle knew Twas her sp1r1t sh1n1n throubh F1ll1n us w1th zest for work Takm from lt all the 1rk Ur 1n on to better th1n s Soft her VOICE 1n memory r1n s Crowned wlth thoubhts serenely h1 h Others too she tau ht to Hy Gladys Gruner j M A J An Expenence fi MONG bleak rocks the Sxbyl crouched lntent Broodm her fin er on the anclent pabe 'X Dark w1th Cassandra s curse Medea s ra e Then rey 1nscrutable p1erc1nb eyes she bent Upon me where I wa1ted half afra1d Lest she break sllence wlth some blastm word Or an appallmb chant of doom be heard But wxth rand esture on the flre she la1d The book and flame brew hunbry towards the sky Wh1le struck w1th deep amazement sudden I Saw l1nt of tears warm on her habbard cheek Thrllled to the core I heard the Slbyl speak L1ke bells far off of sweet unearthly tone All entleness O ch11d my blessed one To J M A j I IIIJIIIIIIIUQV, EAUTY your le acy and h1 h Romance 91' Drawn by your u1d1nb hand tender and sure Old ardens blossom for us and the lure Of that br1 ht bourne of poets to entrance The heart of blrlhood throbbmb to the dance Of faery feet Inalterably pure The leam you followed as We followed your Frall shadow 1n 1ts questlnb Nelther chance Nor man s op1n1on moved your sp1r1t free Sternly you chose but havmb fixed the way Starred lt w1th laughter and w1th charlty Loyal and lovmb to your latest day Your chrldren s pra1se was ever on your tonbue And joy ln youn ness kept your sp1r1t younb Gussle Isaacs Bortm Q -V Axxk e '24, 'i'P- sl1,:-:f- 'xalizzdcxri-,,.11 15? 'Q' ,5! ' ',' 'Z -' P X , 5 . 7 Y, ,J .-- ' -' ' Y xg , A 5 sff' f' V It -,,i5'Ai ,V -Y f fs- Vf1-,:- 'g r--,- -A --?L::' '. - A W- - - V V Q ' life 4519 i . If I V . 3 1 . . 1 , o' 7 Y 2, H , A S l ' ,AV - V VV , . . . . o' o' 6 V . . ov . D V . ov . . :D . 0 o ' o o b ra ' . . . O ,O . . on .O b 0. b . 6 Tfx. I V X V I I? ' 0' of ' o' 'G ,M - m' b 1- ,f 'v-, ' ' ' V O. vb, A ,j, ' b ' ,v l O, . . . or in ' D ' ' E . . V . . . O 3, V . or - ' o o' ' a b ' o' o' - 7 7 V V o ' o'o' t, . V V V O if I 1 Q 0 y, t, V V V lu. L of 'o' V l ' ,.V, f- D ' D R31 rm. V ' g . O V V in li , . 5 . o 4 ,V J' by b V 'SF',.1r' D 1, w of ' O. -Y A V o D . . . . Ol' . , . . . . . on Y . on ' If ' Y ll ' . . on . . U b .

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I have never believed that genius could be fostered on banana splits, chocolate sundaes, and soda pop. Neither could I believe any form of intoxication as revolting as that displayed by groups of over-fed, self- indulgent bodies and faces that I can witness any day in the vicinity of the innocent soda water fountain. But my subject is Inns Taverns and Llterature I intend to halt here and there down the long centuries at some contemporary tavern I shall dwell at each stopping place long enough to comment on the humaneness yes and the humanities contributed to literature by these places of public fore gatherlng l1'1St1tL1t6d as they were for rest for nur ture and for rich human intercourse It IS April toward the mid month and well on into the afternoon of the year 1375 All day long strangers were arriving at a tavern in Southwark at the end of the London br1dOe By sundown there had assembled one of the most famous companies ever gathered at a public hostelry Among theme was the reatest reporter of all time by name Geoffrey Chaucer And what a remarkable group and on what unfor gettable mounts they entered the immortal inn yard later to be seated at a feast both for body and for soul There was no such group of formally aristocratic lords and ladies as Boccaccio selected for his famous ten days 1I1 the palace at Fiesole Chaucer in his fine human reach far surpassed h1s model Here at the Tabard was an intensely human and racy representative of every class of society save alone the highest and the lowest the king and the serf And they meet as was hinted not at a castle or a palace but at a house of public call kept by the unmatched host and showman the immortal Harry Bally We can imagine the reception of each pilgrim by that portly and enoaging landlord We can falrly taste the wine and the ale and the viands that revaled the mner man and woman When the human draught relieved what rnaonihcent human talk followed For the Olym frail: -Ji-j fq 3-E'-!lI'E Xx Q W ,L BQ Z 449 Ill ll' IE Z fimlulll lil! ' U? A I .nl 1 f I 't L , 1 LV 1 my F f il 'x ir.. -2- r-ina' 'Qcqg 'U-F Ties OLDTABARD INN 1 A D 1585 10 - - ss - n - 9 l . . . . - - I, Y - , . 5 - , ' O' . l. ' o 7 . . - .1 v x A ' Q T' - n tg ' - n g . . ' S 0 H N r x f ,.-' I ,-'12 - Q '5 A . f .j ' - f uf' .I A ' -t I FH--no-' 'R I - .J -Q up l ,,::1a:: A 'Will' X 4 I -1. , , 1 - Zn 7 , uh .- a 1.. I I V .,,. Y 1 V 'Af I Il ' nr: 111' 'L' 'lg' - . X1 ' 55:3 1 , 'f'f'If. ' ' QT. S ll Vllil. . 'L ' l V UM' ' 'ul' ' ' 'Q .m. ,V l ' ..t':::: '- ' T U . if ' - 44 L N '- A- ' f:,1::aa1' 'l I' l 'i .1 t 1 1 - LJ ' N , Iniuzzxzzis:ic:g.:.:azgiQ-ag::::,i::1 HX- .Ml ...tv -l I 2 -lar, is 'fi if film I: l l!: ' -:N -Q lggig,-'A ,, .ll -.- 'A .- 1 . 1 Q: M' J- I i f -A., new sf I-4 '11, I V5 .A I - 5 - vrg :xiii '- ' vpfzff- ' ' ' Wie' ' f - ? T' 1. I :I '-W. C. ' va' I