Scranton Central HS December 1955 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

One Autumn Day T1 udye Con noll)', '58 I watch d a child playing m th, lea,·e one autumn da), I watched her as he arranged them in a colorful b uquet, I watched her turning, turning them round in her . mall hand, I wat hed her tic around them a brightly colored band. I ' atched her pia upon the ground the leav in many way , I watched her trace the patt rn of the bright and colorful maz , I watched her playing happily and laughing in the . un I watch d h r cha. ing falling leave a over the ground h 'd run. Then: I watch d a group of children run laughingly up and :;:hout, I wat hed her look up, udd nly pau e then he itantly turn about; I watched h r drop the hidden leav . behind and turn awa ·. I ' atched a child pia ing in th leav·e one autumn day. Mary Levy, '57 DE 'E 1BER 1955 Small One Barbara Miller '56 Have you ever been alon in a crowd? P"tricie Tob n, '56 T HE mall bo) . toad and clen hed and unclen hcd hi fi t . He dug the to of hi worn, brown oxford deeper into the thick black du t of the chool-> ard and tri d to blot tho. e na. t je ring voicc. from hi. mind. Th' girl ' hrill rie grated upon hi. ear. , \\ hile th low ra py nicker. of th boy. hook hi. tiny being. It wa n't fair! Why did it ha,· · to b thi. way? He bit hi. lower lip avagel , trying to ke p the tear. from brimming o,·er and . pilling down hi. dust-. treak d face. Hi gaze fell numbl)' upon the ground. He wa mall and he wa fright n d. He recall d hi. mother' b aming face ju t thi. morning. h had given his h ad a ]o, ing pat and toad "aving a che ry goodbye a. he went trudging ex itedly to .chool. He topp d to watch a quirrel camper up a tr e and perch on the out rmo t branch, hattering e ·- itcdly. Every once in a whit he would top to regard hi. hiny new lunch pail, containing hi favorit hee e . and' ich, pi c of ho olate cak and poli hed r d appl . Or he would grip hi r d p neil box a bit tighter in a udden fit of ec ta y. H rai ed hi eye. slowly and tidi– ly . urveyed the rei ntle circle of jeering face about him. Ye , thi wa going to be a vet pecial day– a new chool, new friend , n w face . H r m mb r d hi excitement when mother had told him the wonderful new . He had b en keptical at fir t but that feeling wa. oon r placed b the . pirit of youthful curio ity, and eag rl> he had await d th beginning of the n w hool t rm. What a painful mock 1 that new - pap r had been egregation, un– constitutional. H look d wildly about him. He wanted to t ll them how wrong they wer '. but hi tongue felt large and . woll n, hi mouth e med full of th thi k white cotton h had een in th field . Mi crably he. hoved hi. hand into hi pocket.. Why? Why? He couldn't und r tand . * * * Jowl the crowd di persed, laughing, houting, complacent in th ir achi ,·ement leaving him to . tand alone. Th light figure tr mbl d a. he toop d to r O\'er the batt red lunch pail ... H wa ju.l a ma11 boy and thi wa Ameri- a, the land of the f r e. 9