Spence School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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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 ' ' -.

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She stumbled over cases and finally over the pttcher, whrch rn a hurry she pclced up Then she cllmhed on the narrow wmdow s ll holdmg tt t1ght The hrlght stars wnnlced at her as t mvttrng her up there Then tg her joy she y as slowly htted up Cut ot the y md ny she flew and the gentle wrnds cur ed h r faxr leclcs The house stoa hecame a llttle speclc and the rxver near by was hlce a s1l er nhhon Wlaen she could see no more Alda closed her eyes Further up she went Suddenly she stopped and lay en a cloud and w1thout eyen opemng her eyes she felt herself IH heaven Before her was standmg a laeauttful angel But she had such a rad ance surrtundmg her that Alda wmlced her eyes Then the angel got up and smxled at her Alda was really thoroughly em arrassed XVhy dldnt they teach y u on earth how to greet heayenly hexngso Bu the angel loc lced so pleasant that she gradually felt more and more at home wlth her a me the angel started tn 1r eonversanon Ytu now sae ar thls mommg when I saw you throwing tae magnets up II1 the slcy I wante more than anything else to g t you to come here But I coul nt go own to earth th1s mornlng O1 I am s gla y u are here' Al a then sal I won er why you want to see human elngs Heayen must he so marvelous' There IS nothmg that I des1re more than to ylsrt lt' But Daphne shotlc and Iw1ll show you what you want sO dearly to see How heautrtul and pure CVE!'XIl1lI1g was' Alda stopped t contemplate a tmy angel sprmlcllng stardust over hrs wmgs She couldnt understand why Daphne desxred to go to earth Perhaps If was hecause she was seemg the same heayen all the t1me I guess we are both CUYIOUS and deslre to see chfferent thtngs once rn a wh1le she thought and as rl readmg her thoughts, Daphne agreed laughlngly hut also sald It msn t hecause If IS dull, thmlc of If IH all the Vears of eternxtv that Ive heen hung I haven t yet hmshed v1s1t1ng heaven and all the marvelous and heautlful thmgs tn rt It IS much larger than humans thmlc Amon the lanets, Alda reco n11ed Saturn wlth nts shlny rm around II Antther thm g P g g uzzled her On earth 1t1s said that lanets are hu e they do not a ear yery lar e to me P I3 g 1 PP g here We are st1ll at a great drstance from them, Daphne answered, and no matter hew close we ar If talces thousands of years to go near them and around hecause the hrmament 15 so enormously large Alda gasped at all the heauttful thmgs around her and especxally as she saw Mars the planet wlth a strange red llght around rt Do you want to see the Nltllcy Way? aslced Daphne The l1ttle glrl had often heard of that enchantmg lummous hand enc1rcl1ng the heavens She eagerly accepted On they went to those hrxlhant stars that Alda admlred But the way was long and her small legs grow trred Wlaen does the Mrlky Way end'7', she asked But rt neyer does It 15 long and heautxful and goes on rndelanltely answered Daphne Then she tool: Alda ln her arms and flew haclc to her cloud wavlng her large wings The sleepy llttle grrl smlled at the angel as she sa1d, I w1ll send the magnets 1n your hc use agam and then you w1ll he attracted to xt agam Daphne threw the magnets wrth exact prec1s1on Then she gave the pxtcher hack to Alda and fIew down w1th her for a httle way The angel waved stardust over the httle glrl, who soon fell asleep, and let her gently Hoat hack to earth The mght was hrlght and the stars wmlced at her glad of Alda s y1s1t to the heayens CLAUDE GOFFART X III E41 I h I . 7 I I -7 NI I I' -A . - V- 1 V , I. ' l e ' X f, s , : . 1 ' I , . 1 I X K I- I I . er, .T . . ' , ' g r ' . g . . I i ' 1 ' I I' . z 1 . I I L ' 'A I . D. pl -. . r . ' . ' Ie' ' H ' . 1 lc '. xl sr 'd, ' ,, 5. .-L 1. ,g Q , In ,L ,d , L Ky, 'V e V' f '. d I Cl ' . ' . . .o g 'o r ' ff' d ' ..'d. d 'I' V' '. . h ' 5 . . . -. '- , x 5 5 I I I x vr I I I7 x ' X her head, Heaven is wonderful, hut earth is so strange and curious . . . Come, take my' hand ' 1 V Q 1 - v h 77 ' ' . ' V -I 0 K s ' A, . . Y Q I h v . y . ! ,, y - - I - s - s , . K . V 1 . ,, .Q , X . . . . . , 7 7 ' ll ' , ' , ' ' E . . . . .K . ,, h II u I 4- ' I 5 - N. w Y vx V . , , .I K - L I I V va te - - va V ee X , V ,Y 1 e I I br' , , 1' I ', ,' ' fr ' 1 f. ' ' ' U . . ' . 1 4 1 X I I K ,- L . 1 v 4 Q! ' 3 4 Y v rr V Y -h ' - - .as Y ,, , . . V , . . 1 . ,, . . x X . vi 3 I I ,, Y. D I , . V7 I