St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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. . . Various Authors North, South, East, West-all directions beckoned students this year. In these columns we have some interesting excerpts from stories of trips. Wisconsin Leo Cary 38 T was early autumn and the day was CFISD yet balmy enough to be one of the rare days yyhlch Helen Hunt Jackson wrote of ln her poem October I was maklng a trlp to Plam and stopped to v1s1t the shrlne From my place hlgh on the h1ll I could overlook a hxgh way wlth 1tS speedlng cars the meadows and the llttle vlllage b yond The leaves and 'tcorns vsere Just begmmng to fall The shrlne xtself was no magmtlcent basl l1ca wlth the CllltCh6Q'l near the door proclalm mg the mlracles wrought thele No It was a small httle structure but lts xe1y smallness ln real. d 1ts beauty There yyele only four pews '1 fev statues and a small com mumon rall The 1 ace and qu et there an ay from the nolsy populace was a e mspumg stone statlons and on to the quxet httle vxllfw was among the most wondelful and peaceful moments of my llfe New York Mary Marshall 39 To me the East lb a dellghtful place to ylslt During our trlp there recently we Xl ltcl the mu eum and capltol bulldmg at Albany gre tt c ntels of mterest to people all oy er the cout try As we left that c1ty we notel signs talllng of the fireworks near the Sche uect tdy In td fe We walted for hours for the blllplbl, Il tl we saw lt beautlful amber lnfhts reilected 1n the runmng' water After taklng' ln the hlgh lxffhts of The Clty of Flectrlclty we retraced our course to Albany then to New York to see the great Queen Mary dock I remember the crowds of people swarm mg the long docks and spacmus rooms Whlle we were Freeport, Rhode Island we saw the opera Rose Marle on an open alr stage ir N ebraskal I zrqzma, Vzncent 38 Whlle we l1v etl at Columbus Nebraska on an an field where my f ther was an a1r pxlot them yy ls hlllltlllf 1llGWS'1lltS I always we mt alor g wlth one of the men who was a verv good marksman Vv c yy ould drue across the spacmus ficli yhuh was coveled yy 1th grass tall enou h to lude 1 pheasant In mv ch1lr1 lm yy 'ly thought I most of the success of hlllltlll f yy as due to mc 90 I ocl et cd It to be my L utv to pct th pl e y 11918 tl e pheftsft ts t ll fl td UWIUHLO e twcbuds X 1 X y cu 0 s ed vt hen 11V o e offexel to help me 1C ntnmcd on lug 3 U y, . I Q . . . , j Q I L ,V-V s sl C -- 1 , ' I ' y ' l 9 . -. I .vi S v ' , I . , , . . , 1 . L W 3 2 ' v f w .' , ' , , . 1 r nb . 4 w y ' U 1 - . ' v ,, 2 If K ' : ' O t l - I 0 . . K x ,, . . . ,, . 1 9 . . . . ,, . ' ca ' ' ' ' n ! 4 y . ' - , Y 1 3 1 , . , l, .. e . , , - Y . . . u . 1 5 0 ' '- 1 9 ln - x l Y - . K ' . -w i I n Cl , . , . 7 L . 1 u l v 1 7 ' K - f ' S I C CC u 5 1 ' , , y ,V.' . . . , ' . 'Q , - XD V 7 ' f . ,- . , , , .A , Y w W-. U .i .Y 3 b . y. 1 The Journey down the h1ll, past the beaut1ful I had many lnterestlng experiences- Among , .ge . 'af g 1 . ' ' x . . ' . 1 : U , ' . . , L l r, . ' , Q ' s to v ' W' f n . ' . ,. ' .54 . . ., , at . K 1 s V , 1 f V 1 . A n , ,L , ... rf cs r L I I 2, , rg L' x K I '1 ' ' v I - - . , M , X. . SA I Q fllif' V. , ' I, 4 Q4 ll Ex cl . . u - sf- I V1 v v v 1' . 1 , ' c the.. gg lt ,lx ' .. I vas er, sout- ' - ' ' .3 ' S- ' ax n ' 1. . . .

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THE SHAMROCK 'Hi'- QR O 1811 Winter Ziirtxstxfy Gerry Eldndge 38 chzld some years ago Rubbzng clear the mzsted pane I watched the fall of snow The glzstenlnq drop? fell softly do ln lzke fmefed streaks zn 'maze Of zntermz 1glzng crwtals fo blend in snony haze The crystals dfzfted slowly untzl dusk fell mto night I asked 'lf stars had fallen to paznt the pane hee u hzfe . 'X x Q e x e ef, . I M Y MR ' ' ba .. Q. , -- 0 I pressed my face to the window as a 1 1 'f 1. ' f , ,A 1' . .4 . .

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