St Clare High School - Je Me Souviens Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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JE Ml: SOUVIENS Are You Ever Puzz1ed'P Txme IS an asset but rt offers a perplexmg problem When there rs not enough of It when rts supply becomes exhausted before a planned program has been completed drscouragement sets rn When there rs a suflicnent quantrty of rt ambrtron spurs the worker on to performmg more and more tasks all of whlch w1ll lrkely lead hrm to a state of collapse And when there IS too much of If thrs lS where mankind Ends xts problem What to do next? Smce rest lessness rs a common trart of today s generatlon there have to be mllllOUS of objects exrstmg that wlll drvert the mmd from rts rnqulry What ln the world w I do? One good suggestron I can offer you centers on the trmeprece an mdepend ent lrttle mdrvrdual that wrll run along by ltself rf you gxve rt a plug and a socket However rf xt has exhausted 1ts servlces become lazy just take rt ln your hands and see what you can do to punlsh xt Rrp off its tongue lf lt msrsts on rmgmg abnormally Unscrew this and that vem rf IIS bolts requrre lubrrcatmg After suflicrent punrshment put rt together agam and then you wrll see who has the dommeermg wxll If by chance the trmeprece just doesnt seem to go anymore we you have come to what really IS a problem and I am sorry I offered the sugges tron you have both my apology and my sympathy But the task of settmg Clock was certamly enjoyable whlle xt lasted now wasnt rt, Perhaps you w1ll say there IS no connection between my demolrshmg hobby and what I mtend to relate but then I would label you as sadly mrstaken rndrvrduals Smce tlme agam IS an asset xt can cause serrous rmplrcatlons I feel capable of enumeratmg a few bemg ofllcral bell rmgcr of my beloved fwrrt ten wlth all my hearty St Clare I-Ilgh School For mstance I am truthfully speaklng when I say that my watch ns frcqucntly the cause of scoldmgs whnch lend even a deeper red to my already blushmg cheeks 1 eacher with that very well known questlonrng glance wrll say Mrss Duval where do you thmk you rt gorng To rrng the bell Mother It s quarter past and I followed the down starr s clock I m very sorry but there are three mmutes more But Mother I have my duty to fulfill That bcll 19 supposed to be rung at exactly quarter past mne By th1st1me wt are both rn an uproar mentally but won t admrt lt But we don t have to because the grrls can just naturally scnse that tenseness rn the arr HI en becausc I dared doubt 'Vlothcrs watch she says 440+ . , . , . , 'll a ' - , . , , . . . . .. Il V . , . , . , , . Y 1 3 Y .. Y y , , . A I H D . , . , , , 3 . . h ... ' I - ' . 1 'I .41 -Q,

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Nll: SOUR Ihr The Charm About Snow I see an rmmense yarrety of snow flakes through the powerful lense of the mxeroscope though they so absurdly clrng together rn crystal llne texture that hey appear rdenttcal to the naked eye Some crystals be they flmt or tubular look lrke small medrcal prlls Some are columnar resemblrng needles Others are compound wxth the shapes of cut dlamonds stars or dumbbells The manner rn yy h1ch snow falls remrnds one of the clouds of yyhrte dust rarsed by Str l ancelot s horse as the knrght rode hopefully rn search of the Holy Grarl The uneyen curled specks on a shorthand page rn the Gregg XVrrter haye the peryerse rrregularrty of snow partlcles What an abundance of snow blos soms we have had thrs wrnter vshen the gale shook them from some nearby tree Wlth a hop and a Jump we frolrcked rn the snow enyoymg each step Each unlady lrke prance made us feel just a lrttle better because the school en vrronment contrasted wrth our exultant mood We fell and fell agam The touch of soft molst partrcles trckled our faces l1ke a chlld s caress Perhaps we could have lam rn the snow for hours but we were attacked by round whrte bullets that forced us to sway from srde to srde and take up the defensrye When peace was restored we put our energy rnto the bulldmg of an rgloo Hurrxedly we placed the unsculptured chunks of snow rn layers As we veorked ported 1nto a land of rce and snoyy Eskrmo huts vyere dommant oyer the cam us But the beautrful vyhrte mmtle dld not lust long Gradually the chrm neys of the nerghborhood speekled lt wrth soot that made rt grey Run changed rt to slush and the sun melted rt completely After a few yy eeks the brownrsh black ground revealed no tr1ces of the once glrtterrng rgloos l-loyy much like our own futile castles ln Qparn was our bulldlng Vye dream of achreymg remarkable success of possessmg frbulous wealth whrch shall keep us content alveays But just as the ram and sun melt away snowy lrkewrse trme sees to the anmhrlatron of our dreams We must face grrm realttles whrch are not so pleasrng as our hopes As Cod makes snovs yamsh so He also pre yents the re1l11at1on of our yy orldly dreams for our oyyn good Man proposes God dlsposes xr COLII I +31 :- J I: . f 'NI S 11 . 1 1 V .1 Y V 1 1 71 1 1 1 '- e 1 v y ' 1 1 ' v - ' 1 1 1 . . P 1 v 1 ' 1 I 1 1 1 11 1 Y 1 1 v I 1 1 , I 1 1 I 11 1 1 1 l 1 1 I K e - L f e. 1 1 I Y I Y 1 ' 1 Y . 1 . , I 1 1 ' V 1 1 I 1 1 Y I 1 1 V 1 1 71 1 1 I 1 .l 1 b lv 71 1 71 1 I 1 . Y I - 1 1 I ' y 1 r - b I I I 3 3 - . V. 3 A . 1 1 1 I 1 - I . .1 Y 1 1 1 I Y 1 Y vrgorously. the rgloo gradually' grew to an ordrnary helght, XVe were trans- - I 7 Y' I 71 1 ' V - 1 1 . 7 I 1 L 1 I C ' Y' 1 I - T Y 1 1. 1' 1 I . ' 1 ' L ' I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 Y V11 1 I 1 V1t 1 L 1 1 1 4 1 . I . , ' , , ' , , ' x ' , ' ' j 1. 1 g I1 7. 1 1 1 1 I L 1 I 11 1 Y Y t L 1 I 1 L V Y V 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 ' , I 1 1 I 1 4 -7 . 1 1g I 1 J L 1 7 Y . 1 14 V1 1 1L .' . Y Y 1 Y Q. 5 3 Img' 12 1 '. 40 .- I- e ,4 c Ty e

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