Spence School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Tender arms had hfted hIs wounded body, pulled the r1p cord of hIs parachute and gently l r h1m out of the plane Vinh an excrucIatIng jerk h1s parachute had opened then he remembered no more Now he was tangled In the massed ropes and cords of hIs parachute floatmg on hIs back held up partly by h1s own feeble efforts partly by the great bull: of the chu e I hIch stxll bxllowed ID the mghr breezes but was settlIng slowly Into the sea HIs mmd was qulet now The drums were slowly dymg awav Into a dromng hummmg sound but the famxlxar theme was stIll there creepmg by hIm upon the waters Behmd the vIolIns behlnd the cellos and the woodwInds he could hear the slowly rIsIng Crescendo of an organ Its deep comfortmg tones swellmg out the notes of that famIlIar theme HIs eyehds closed As he lIstened hIs puzzled m1nd reached out and hnally caught the meanxng of those notes as the theme rolled on he felt hlmself lllted up and away from the sea translated Into the scene that had InspIred that heavenly musxc It was the fmal act of Pam af Formxng a great V two rows of stalwart noble lcmghts In shlnlng armor wIth helmets on thelr heads and shxelds at thelr SldCS knelt reverently before an altar On the altar glowzng In perfect beauty shone the Holy GraIl' The young p1lot was overcome by a sense of awe He suddenly felt small and fnghtened What chIldIsh enthuslasm had hlled hIs boylsh soul when sIttIng In the opera house he had flrst wxtnessed thIs scene Now as he stood In the d zzlmg lIght of the altar surrounded by the lcneelmg lcnlghts breathlng In that trIum phant musIc how much a stranger he felt' But 1s he watched the musIc softened the lIght became less blmdmg s eyes opened wlde wIth wonder as he became aware that these were no longer lcmghts of old In burmshed armor Instead the lcneellng figures were wearmg leather jackets and lchalcl SUIIS' Each wore 1 cap respendent wIth Its pan- of sllyer wIngs sllghtly cocked on the bowed head Here were the brave young men of hIs own age comrades of the a1r' oy and antxclpatnon hll d hIs wmry soul 1s he saw them there was no more paIn In hIs shoulder hls heart was upltftcd and completely happy He toolc hIs place In the lIne of lcneelmg flyers The hlgh sIlycrtonc uolms the hummmg cellos the comfcrtmg tones of the organ were bflhgllig a quxct close to that f1mIlIar theme Tln musnc crept by upon the waters The hrst famt strealcs of dawn w ere breilcxng oyer th mst expanses of the Pacl c VIRGINIA CHAI LIN! X I 3 P n ' U a ' ' V v ,' Z- V , , . ,. . 1 . . . , ' , V' . 7 , I u V . g -Y Y Y V 9 ' s - a ' . K . . . Y . , . , 3 7 ' qw. . v . . . . . - K. , I , , , . . . , . . ,K , . . Y 7 K a ' 1 'V' '. V, . , . . , -' ,.- s Y' ' - I ' y ' fs - 4 ' r -v v x Q ' ' ' . 1 ' ' 1 ' ' 1 . ., -Q X

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HONOR RBI L XIENTION The Vuszc Crept bu We Lpon the KX aters The doctor walked slowly down the steps He looked at what had once been the garden and shryered shghtly at the tangled vrnes there now There was the old stone bench It stood sohdly 111 the same place lf had had rn better years a s1ngle token of reassurance or stabthty among rums Exhausted after the long yalk from town he sank gratefully IH t xt hs lncredlbly thln legs stretched tn front of hlm The doctor had we1ghed one hundred 1nd etghty hye pounds the last tlme he sat here Now he welghed one hundred and seyenteen Reachmg rnto hrs pocket, he found a package of cxgarettes, re1l c1garetres There had been times when he neyer expected to see another one The expert hngers that had sayed so ITVIHX hves trembled hke an old man s as he ht the prec1ous object They hqd trted to persuade the doctor not to come out here not to brood oy er the p1st Somethmg mad hlm come anyway, perhaps the Idea of hndmg hope 1n that place that had orce been h s But the garden was strangely empty It was hlled w1th an emptxness more than that of the seat beside htm where he had always sat with hls w1fe, more than the lack of Huvers m ht gard n It was somethmg almost mtanglble Tn tront of hmm the doctor looked across the bay He could see tl1e walls of th Conyent and the souare tower of 1ts chapel The apanese had not destroyed the Convent They had used the dormltorles of the school where the sxsters had gutded generatlons ol glrls through t xt hooks and needle work as the1r barracks They had taken oyer the 1dJc1n'ng ho p1tal, too, where he had worked w1th the good slsters for so many years The doctor tr1ed t t rget th wretched p1t1ents that he h1d had to leaye there to the mercy of the enemy He thought now of the lovely songs that had come so often across the w1ter from the ny nt, he ch1nt1ng srst rs, the gxrls at the1r morn g smgtng class And thtre had em other songsl the Q1rden then th btrds hundreds ot them all together, the chtldren runnxnt, the v llage, the y ungsters d nc1n1 The gat n was s1lent now, s1lent and empty In hrs h d t1e ct r could he1r only the d adtul 1711.191 o t1e pr1son camps Not realty IhUs'e 1 l on V the hor lhle eturageous sonvs or raye men 1n c ptlytt H sat there 1 long nme, 1 stemmgly broken man D1rkness was hegmnlng to l'1ll Then 1ll uf 1 sudden the doctor r11sed h1s head and hstened A ross the dusky b1y he he1rd IT1UslC Ir Hlltd the g1rden 1nd the empt1ness was not there any more The mus1c c1me tamtly at hrst, but tt grew eyery mlnute g1thermg yo ume It mtght 11ye come from the C nyen an mare than l1t tt mxgnt haye come from more distant places from all the hberat d ands ot the e1rth As tt c1me strong 1nd loud at last the do tor got up-tor the hrst trme tn month stood hrmty n the skmnyf l gs Perhaps he wa g1yen some of tts strength for thrs mUS1e w1s ull ot strengm t e strength of freedom the pr mxse o 1 etter worl A. I1t knew that 1e had 'found hls hope Bannon Syntrax XII E191 y A 1 Y A A 4 1 A A A . N V V ' Q ' . O ,g i V . V - V X 1 K .K 7 .Y K f . . . , . . . v I A Q 1 y K Y 1 . i . ' '. ' . 1 my f' t 's U e . '. ,. ' . ' ' , L 1 H. ,A . C . ' v v I ' x ' 1 I C: ': ': . ' 'e ' ' if f k' 1 1 . l111. 1, -n . A , : S ' - ' - . ' U ' Y and playing on the beachg in the evening the Filipino band that had played for the people in i. ' Q 1 1 ' 5, fe ' ' 'f ea l 1 do 3 1K j 1 re ' fc f l . ' 1 .lj 'Q' et al . lf r' 1, 1: : , 3. F b 1 ' x Ml i Q I X I V ,Q lv 3- . L - I . ' j ' 1g. ' 'l 1. ' l.'11 ' 1 '1 'HIL cl . . , ..-y y A ,- z 7 tn. '- 1 1 J 5, 1 e te. . ' 'Q . r ' - r e . ' ' C l A f' H T A 5 A.l'o 1' e'. 's e A ,l '. I' 1-f' -gl-h, 15 M . 1 C feb ' d..wd11:Iu::or , . v ' ' -.