St Agnes High School - Palm Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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A PSYCHOANALYTIC MALFUNCTION Vfwas a problem. Of all the numbers in his set he was the only non-repeating, non-terminating decimal. Although Vfcould function similar to other numbers in associating, commuting, and distributing, he was unable to form a line and be graphed, and thus was reiected as irrational. Vfwas then at an angle of depression. He was going through a phase common to all numbers of seeking his true value and relating to the identity element.VT grew iealous of the other numbers. He envied l who was an essential factor in every number's life. He wished he could be like 7 who was a real prime in his time. Yet all Vis delusions of property left him feeling decreased and with an empty set. It wasn't a long interval before V75 jealousy grew into bitterness. At this point, Vfrefused to associate with his former number friends. He classified 4 as a perfect square. He denounced x:y as straight and totally out of his range. VE-could no longer identify with the real numbers. He multiplied with V:l and spaced out to an imaginary plane. V?-got into a groove with an undefined slope and constantly went off on a tangent. Vis mother, VZ recognized him as a degenerating radical and arranged for VT to have a one to one correspondence with the 7Tchiatrist. After a careful evalu- ation, Dr. 7l' diagnosed an acute conic illness. V5-definitely had a complex system of values, symbolic of a malfunc- tioning element. Dr.7i' had seen a similar condition in a l with a multiplicative identity. Yet there was a limit to Vfs increasing malfunction and a cure was within bounds. Thus Dr. Tl' concluded that V7-had not lost all relation to the real numbers. Through a binary operation and a process known as inflection, Dr.7T helped Vfderive the root of his problem. Vfwas suffering from an acute exponent envy complex. This critical evaluation was the turning point for Vi-rearranged his variables and acquired new dimensions to his existence. Rather than being a VZ he changed his symbol to 2'f1. Now 2V1 was a new number. He felt well-defined and less irrational, and in summation, was once again a positive element of his set. Jacquelyn Connelly '7l PART l Jazz man His music throbs on Yet I am only lost in his notes He does not matter, far-away his Soul only moves. PART 2 Close up, perspiration beads out of his brown pores His rich, earthy skin is mellow like a piece of dusky satin Eyes closed, dark lashes Cheeks rubberized and smooth But yet the piece of brass between his lips is the only thing that really counts Barbie Hall '74 When I said hey you kind of slowly turned your head and half-smiled and half-talked to the thrown-up arms that were in my eyes and to the restrained hair that wasn't. and we paused and looked at the blue leans that america-ed by and we knew it was time' to put down our ice-creams and cigarettes if only for a little while. Kathy Gaspar '7l

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she is a woman. her abilities are her own-known to no man, in existence onl to complement him y . her capacity to give is unquestionable and unextinguish- able. her silence is her knowledge, her love, her wisdom. her words are comfort, her body is fuel. the source of her strength comes from within, the bending and the breakings of it, known only to her. she is the bearer of life and carries the responsi- bility of its ioy. she is the sensitivity of the dawn. she is the endurance of the day and the comfort of night. she is the laughter of a child. she is the breath of man. li he his he he his his his his his he he he he he is a man. strength knows no limit. if is the foundation-he is the rock. is the maintenance of all existence. knowledge is the power of life. words are the bearers of truth. mind is the challenge of being. enjoyment is the simplicity of being. presence is stability. is the giver of life and the silent watcher of its growth. is the gentle master of the seas a nd hills. is the freedom of the winds and the answer of their echo. is the means of life. is. 54 Marion Macaluso '71