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

For Tomorrow Is His Nina Kaplan, '56 Would thls decision ruin hi life? pa on to the young one whom he loved, the knowledg he had gained at uch a great price. Yet it wa not to be o. This tall bo ju t reaching the thre hold of maturity would not li ten. Like all youth who ever lived and ever will live he had a certain unnamed prid which made him a. t a ide all that he had not proved for him elf, all that he him elf had not exp ri- enced. It i a fooli h, unr a onabl pride, but there i something un– deniabl b autiful about it. Th old man knew thi. He mourned hi own lo t youth, and hop d that the boy would learn ooner than he had. He took th boy' lim young hand in hi own, "Then good bye, lad. I can only ' i h ye luck. Don't for– get what I've taught ·e about the Plltric•a Tobin '56 ea !" T H E old man miled adly at the rugged youth by hi ide. He sa' reflected in the eye of hi grand on the faint ghost of his own youth the utter be\ ilderment, the almost unbearable excitement of that time o painful o wonderful and o brief. "And y '11 be ettin' out to ea lad? Ah, t'i a fooli h deci ion that yer makin! A wrong, fooli h de– cision." He hook hi head lowly. "Nay, gran'pa " th youth replied. "I've wanted thi ever ince I wa a wee thing. T'will be my life, as t'wa your and " he he itat d, and then continued defiantly, ''and my father' . Gran'pa ince I wa that high," he motioned with hi hand, "yea that high the foam of th a ha raced through my blood and ha haunted me at night. I mu t go! Surely you can und rstand that!" The old man drew on hi pip , and looked deeply into the e es of hi grand on. DE EMBER 1955 "Y '11 be breakin' yer mother heart, boy." Sighing the youth lowered hi glance, and when he rai ed hi eye again, they were fill d with tears. "But t'i my life! I must do that for which I ' a born 1 Can you not see that?" Aye, lad, aye, thought the old man. Too, too well I can see it. A1any years a{!.o I u·as like ye. Look boy, look at me nou. Defeated and crippled b)' that monster I loved so t!reatly and served so well! There is JO much I know, so much I should tell ye, m:y child! The mistakes, the wrong decisions, the u•asted )'ears! Had someone only told me then that all that seemed so ri!!,ht was so wrong! Had I only told m) son )'er fathl'T, before the sea claimed him as her ou·n! He looked at hi gnarled hand the hand that told of year of heartache and toil. He could not ee what hi life wa for except to \ i tfully, and almo t to him elf h added '' nd gi,·e 'er my love." Earth R obert Wa.:nak, '56 To me earth'. b aut doth enfold In Autumn leave of r d and gold, Or in it many ight ercne As ummer' parkling water cenc Or infant pring' fre h gayf'ty, Or winter' cold white majc ty. Why mu t I haYe to I ave one day My preciou Earth and it. array? From out the huge and cloudy ky In gentl word come m r ply: If I, your Father made thi earth \! ith all it beauty and it worth HO\ much greater, th n, will b M Kingdom for eternity? 5