Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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THE QUIVER 9 “Nothing could be more true, Dom; I have shown you what we regard as our Seven Wonflepsj.” Poor Dorn’s confidence had been badly shaken since he had seen our first wonder, and he now sadly admitted that the twentieth century people had progressed yonderfully since his time. RUSSELL AMBACH, ’20. j PARTS THAT TENNYSON LEFT OUT OF “THE IDYLLS OF THE KING” THE BATTLE AGAINST URIEN And Arthur pitch’d his tents beside the wood; Then sent his loyal knight, Sir Bedivere, To Urien to say that he had come To save Leodogran from direful wrong, Requesting he depart at once from out These lands; and Bedivere, arriving at The Welshmen’s camp, was taken prompt before Their lord, who, hearing Arthur’s bold commands. Replied, “But who is he who wouldst command Me thus? A peevish child who dares command King Urien ! Begone 1 Make haste and tell Thy knavish lord. King Urien hath a wish At once to have his golden beard for his Mantle.” And Bedivere right soon brought back Reply. And ere the sun had risen high O’erhead, both Urien and Arthur bold Were lined in battle strong. Then spake King Arthur brave, “My knights, we .either Conquer or we fall.” Then silence reign’d Throughout that line of knights in armor bright, Till trumpet-blast began the fray. Both sides Did meet with shouts and cries of fiercest war. The forest sounded with the clash of arms. At length both friend and foe were thrown to earth; And many maiden knights of Arthur’s court Did fall, and many made their name and fame. When Arthur met King Urien, Arthur’s lance Was shattered, but he drew Excalibur,

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8 THE QUIVER engine pulls it through the air. These machines can fly at the rate of—here we are. Watch that fellow do the “loop the loop.” No, no, not down the street, up in the air. See him sailing along like a giant bird? Imagine your Colossus of Rhodes reaching that machine with one of his gigantic arms. Do you want to take a ride in one of the —” “No thanks! I’ll stay right where I am. I’d rather watch them.” “We’ll examine them some other time. We may as well go over to the hospital and see the little army of germs that help our doctors to fight diphtheria, blood poisoning, etc.” “Army of germs! Good gracious, there’s no need of going into a hospital to contract a disease!” “Don’t be foolish, Dom, they won’t hurt you. Oh! by the way, we might stop on o r way over and take a look at the sun’s solar spectrum.” “At the sun's what?” “Solar spectrum. It won’t hurt you. That’s only the name of the sun’s rays divided into their various colors. It’s strange Archimedes did not discover this long ago. There! Do you see all these pretty colors of the rainbow? Those are the colors which are so carefully combined by nature to make white light. When our chemists burn anything before this spectroscope and they find a new color, they immediately know that some new substance has been found. Well, let’s go to the hospital. “How do you do, professor? I have brought my friend, Dom-nicus Tullius, to look at another wonder of ours, that is, your antiseptics and anti-toxins and radium.” “Oh, yes, we have them ready for immediate use. Just a short while ago I was using radium in curing a cancer.” “Perfectly wonderful! But I feel rather uneasy among these germs.” “Very well, Dom, we ll go to Arlington, Virginia, and examine our great wireless station.” “What on earth are those big towers w’ith wires strung from one to the other?” “Those are wireless towers, from which messages are sent all over the world. By means of electricity, short waves are set up, which reach as far as Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a distance of 4600 miles.” “Please tell me the truth about some of these so-called wonders.”

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10 THE QUIVER A blade so bright it dazed his foe, the Welsh, And did inspire his knights with courage new, And smote him on the head and sorely wounded Him. The foe then turned and madly fled. And Arthur stay’d the fray. And from five score And ten brave knights, three score alone were left. And Arthur grieved till Merlin blithely said, “Rejoice, for thou hast proven thyself King.” And all this while the princess, Guinevere, Looked on, and she rejoiced although she saw Him not. And he return’d to Camelot With Guinevere in mind. SORON DAMARJIAN, 21 THE TROUBLE WITH ROME For Arthur had great trouble with the kings, Who, jealous of the puissance of this youth, Made plans to overthrow his power and realm. But Arthur, growing stronger day by day, Drew all the lords and petty kings to him. And made their kingdoms and his one, and reigned. Then Rome, the fading mistress of the world, Claimed tribute from his kingdom wide and vast; But Arthur would not pay and strove with Rome, Who, all engaged with tribes of barb’rous men, Could not contend with Arthur and his knights, Who fought with supermight for Christ and king. Twelve times the armies closed in deadly strife, And many noble knights were lost to each, And neither claimed a vict’ry for its side, Till Arthur, foremost now in every fight, With his own hands in fight at Baden Mount Nine hundred and three score of heathen slew. And so from Rome were Britons ever freed, And no one doubted Arthur was the king, And so he made a realm and reigned in peace. ARTHUR B. ROBERTSHAW, 21