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Factual Acl'IHII\t of a \\'ritl'r':-. Quandary
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thrt>c-m~g
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:·1y due in class tomOITOI\.
\\'hat to wrih· about!
\\'(• t•aze thou ,htfully
(
dthoul n•action,
how •q•r) at
a
Ji
t
of sug
•c:t
d topies. • ome–
how, thP\' tlo not SCl'lll to stir our soul to
lit
1'31"\'
a.
pimtinns. \\"e gaze at thP list a
whill'
lon~::Pr,
thinkin"' that perhaus 'if w do
SO
Jon
r
C'IIOU"h
Olll'
intl•lJPCt might be . Utfi–
cientfy • timulall•d.
atching our:elf dozing
off,
we <onw to tlw conclusion that perhaps
that idea
we
n't work . o well aft
I'
all.
lf
WP
it and look out the open window
.1
while, surely we shall S<'e
01
h<•ar :omc>thing
that
•dll
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o\'ide us with enough enchantinl!
thoughts to <' down
on
paper.
\\e waiL
Thn•e SCI'(''Inlill
r
t•hildrt•n
Oil
rnllel'-!:kate"
pass; ... a
nur~e
'h(•l'lin"' a Jll'l'lllllbulator;
. . . a sih·el' monoplane roar: overh ad-if it
should sudd('nl\· bur. t into flame. we might
ha\'(' an intNcstin r topic. A few peopl pass:
going dn \'ntown, we pre ume.... a few mon•
p
c
pic Jla in the oth
I'
direction: going hom ,
w
would
s••
y.
\\'e wipe from our furrowed brow, a fe, ·
bead: of
p
rspiration, and woncll•r why th•:
teacher couldn't ha\'e waited for a cooler clay
to have u write a comp. :ition. We debate
the pos.·ihiliti
:
of an
::ay
on "heat."
< .•
we d •cidc; our literary pow r might de crib
th to]lil· :o '\ h·idly that
we
would ivc the
t achcr a !iUnstroke.
A familiar rattling- and clanking comes up
th stn·(·t, accompanied by an equally familial
:lroma of abancl1,n<'d orange :kins, potato
pee liwr:-;,
dt·~<'ll
rated
tnm~toe:,
and what-not.
It
i:
tlw gnrbarre truek making it: weekly
rounds. We fullv apJII'Cciat(' the sen·ice
oi
garbag-e-IIWII to huma11ity, and we man·cl
at
th<• faithf
II
.11ul unprejudiced Jll'rformance of
thei1· dut ,., .. "o doubt tht•v n··1lizc their im–
pot'lant ,;o. 'tion. We languidly con:id r
th~,
potentialitil' · of
'l
di strlation on th' merit!<
of
~:u ha~t'·llll'n.
An t'Jlticillg subject.
It
would
makp an inll•rp. ting
l'·.
ay; n•ry interesting
indt•ed, an1 "c hop that sonw day sonw
under:talldin~
JIPI'
on
will
be duly in:pired to
put into \Tiling tlw hazar lou.: (think of brav–
in
lh~'
danr{<'I'S of banana pe Is) tale of
garbag -nH'II.
:till h:n·ing 11othing' to write about,
w~·
m ·dilate furthc1'. We
han•
read that medi–
t~tion
i.
g-ood fm
tlw
soul, so by deep medi–
tation
Jl
·rh, ps we shall rpcci,·c man: :piritual
b nefits.
We
r •Ia.· and ntl'ditat(·.
In our
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ind
we
t•on templatp Ya riou.
subj cts su'tallc
fm·
an t' say. About fiye
minutes lah·r "e di cov •r
'·e
are smilingl:·
meditating upon th lo\'ely time we had at
th dane Ia.
t
11i •ht, and upon the party "'"
ar
goin~
to t6morrow night. . s o11c thought
gradually lcatis to anoth •r, we d cide that
• TATIO. TAL M SI FI
l\f
us ic
,' ucces ful in
.ts
Approximately
GO
m
mbers of the a cap lla
choir of the -E High , chool attend d the
national music conte:ts h ld in
ew York
ity, lay 26, at the Ilarr m High chool.
At the time of writing, re, ult of th con–
le:t. in • •
w
York were not known, but it i. a
feat unusual in the Endicott \'ocal department
that
a
ch01 a!
~roup
. hould attend a national
cont st
r
gardl ss of the contest results.
The choir neci\' d a second divi. ion
ratin~
in
l!l:J
at the • bte conte.
t.
held in mstcr–
dam. This rating made them eligibl for tll
state contc. t h ld thi. year at Am. terdam
where they reeeiv d a fir:t divi. ion rating.
Fit·:t dh·i. ion
i:
equi\'alcnt to the 95-100';(
dass of high :ehool music ratings.
Jn:trunwntnl winners in the . tat mu. ic
t•onle. t: which were h ld in Am terdam
~lay
fi
and 6 \:er Peter Theodore•. piccolo; L onard
l'ancro, cornet; Donald Fred rick,
nthony
La:orte and David L wi:, clarinet trio. All
received first divi:ion ratings.
~econd
division rating:s wer won by th"
bra. s quintette compos<'d of Herbert 'rumb,
Lt•onn d Panaro, Roland Caiozzo, C dric
\ ani
and L onard Ri,· nburg;
:\1
rle Dile:;,
baton
t\
•irling (no fir. t division ratings wer
ginn in this field); Lawr nee Wil on, doubl
ba.;s; Ann (;onion, voeal solo.
In the local district cont .ts h ld in
-E
High :chool April th, fir ·t award. wer won
by Audrey Loomi., xylophone :olo;
L
onar,l
l'a1 aro, cornet; the clarinet trio and the b1 a.
quint t; i\largar t Hanley, nn Gordon, Alma
John:on and Alice Po.
t,
vocal soloi ts.
St·cond livJsion ratings
.v
t'
r
ceh·ed by
L
onard Ri\'enburg, Fr •nch horn; Pet r Theo–
dore, pkcolo; Lawren('e Wil:on, :tring bas:;
.Julia Hitkey, \'oeal solo; and the girls' qual'–
tett compo: d
f
l\largar t Hanley,
lma
Joh'lson, Rih l\lastrangelo and Alic
l'Mt.
mayb we ought to g-o for a :pin on ou;_·
bkyde to refre. h our wearied nen·c:. ur
1-'·
we would pa:s innumerable things that would
undoubtedly inspire our uninspired mind
t•J
a('hiev
a
gr at literary ma:l rpiece.
A:
we climb on the trusty bike, howcv
r,
we abandon our g-ood inh·ntions in favor of
t·cally njoying our ride; we could not po.. ibly
do so if our thoughts wer burdened witl
('are: of the daY.
It
is bc.'t that w wait until
another time
t~
brood upon our essay.
Our teacher, of cout-.·<·, will sympathiz
with our fruitle:: labors, and forgi"e u upon
our coming to clas in th morning,
unpr•~par d.
-B
tte Lou ;\1c oy
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