To Mr. Stork,
Who has been Poly to us from the time we first started to our senior year, who made the Upper School a reality for the first senior class, and who is leaving with the Best senior class, with gratitude and our very best wishes, we dedicate this
Nothing is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Uh, you can't help that," said the Cat, "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
After jokes told off-color Those on seem much duller
Richard Armour
Today I don 't want to live for, I want to live.
If it wasn't for the optimist, the p ess imist would never know how happy he wasn't.
anonymous
Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seenis equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day, whatever his fate , long life, short life , stormy or calm , he is rich forever.
There are a hundred ways of wondering at circumstance. Brother Juniper would have never arrived at his method had it not been for his friendship with a certain master in the University . This student's wife had stolen away one morning .. . and had left him the care of two daughters in their cradle. He was possessed of all the bitterness that Brother Juniper lacked. He whispered into the Franciscan's ear such thoughts and anecdotes as belied the notion of a guided world. There was a queen of Naples and Sicily who discovered she was carrying an angry tumor in her side She was well loved by her people and alL their prayers and embroideries were sincere but ineffectuaL Now she lies in the splendor of Monreale, and a few inches above her heart may be read the words:
"I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL."
Thorton WiLder
how come youre so afraid of things that dont make any sense to you? do people pass you up on the street all the time? do cars pass you up on the highway? how come youre so afraid of things that dont make any sense to you? do you water your raisins daily? do you have any raisins? is there anything that does make sense to you? are you afraid of twelve button suits? how come youre so afraid to stop talking?
Bob Dylan
He straightened his shoulders, flipped the reins against the horse's shoulder and rode away. He turned once and saw that they still watched him, Emilio, and Rosy and Mama. Pepe grinned with pride and gladness and lifted the tough buckskin horse to a trot.
John Stein beck
When you have ground such beauty down to dust
As flies before the breath
And, at the touch, trembles with lover's fever, Or sundered it to look the closer, Magnified and made immense
At one side's loss, Tum inside out, and see at a glance Wisdom is folly, love is not, Sense can but maim it, wisdom mar it, Folly purify and make it true. For folly was when wisdom lay not in the soul
But in the body of the trees and stones, Was when sense found a way to them Growing on hills or shining under water. Come wise in foolishness, Go silly and be Christs good brother, He whose lovers were both wise and sensible When folly stirred, warm in the foolish heart.
Dylan Thomas
here's a note for my Frind o.k. you were right one year goes too fast And, o.k., maybe i'm a Romantic with some damn perfume in my nose and champagne in my brain, But, well, come and see me and I'll tell you the ending.
P.S.-1 guess I'll miss you
"In this kind of world," Peterson said, "absurd if you will, possibilities nev ertheless proliferate and escalate all around us and there are opportunities for beginning again Don't b e reconciled . Indulge in a mindless optimism. Visit girls at dusk. Play th e guitar. How can you be alienated without first having been connected? Think back and remember how it wa s. . My Mother was a royal virgin," Peterson said, "and my Father a shower of gold My childhood was pastoral and energetic and rich in experiences which developed my character . As a young man I wa s noble in reason, infinit e in faculty, in form express and admirable and in apprehension "Peterson went on and on and although he was , in a se nse, ly ing, in a sense he was not.
Don't let the world squeeze you into its mold, but let God remold your minds from within.
Romans 12:2
Sometimes running MCLVj to yes nothing and too fast to look where and at what I stand and there are trees sunning themselves long a brook going and jays and jewelry in allleafages because I pause.
I would look up and laugh and love and liv e.
This above all: to thine own self be true And it must follow, as the night, the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man .
William Shakespeare
No man is an Island entire of it selfe; Every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse. As well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, became I am involved in Mankinde; and ther efore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.
John Donne
I believe in the sun even When it is not shining
I believe in lov e even When feeling it not.
I belive in God even When he is silent.
Anonymous
I've seen flowers come up in stony places And kindness done by men with ugly faces
And the Gold Cup won by the worst horse at the races.
So I trust, too.
Anybody
Better than Nobody.
In the barren dusk
Even the snake That spirals Terror on the sandBetter than nobody In this lonely Land.
Hughes
John Frederick Boyle
Some kind of solitude Is measured out in you.
You think you know me
But you haven't got a clue.
You can talk to me. You can talk to me.
If you're lonely
You can talk to me.
I feel that some of our thoughts and feelings are just of the moment but others are part of the eternal world, like the stars ..
Somehow, that is how I want to live , so that as much of life as possible may have that quality of eternity.
Russell
The trick is, to live your days as if each one may be your last (for they go fast, and young men lose their lives in strange and unimaginable ways) but at the same time, plan long range (for they go slow: if you survive the shattered windshield and the bursting shell you will arrive at our approximation here below of heaven or hell).
To be specific, between the peony and the rose plant squash and spinach, turnips and tomatoes; beauty is nectar and nectar in a desert, savesbut the stomach craves stronger sustenance than the honied vine. Therefore, marry a pretty girl after seeing her mother; ¥ show your soul to one man, work with another; 1f and always serve bread with your wine. [ But son, always serve wine.
Peter Meinke
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
But then they danced down the street like dingledodies " and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk , mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everyone goes "Awww!"
Jack Kerouac
If we focus our lives on ourselves, then one person benefits.
If we focus our lives on the needs of the world, then many people benefit. But if we focus our lives on God, then our lives and those around us will be enriched, and many more people will benefit than those we could help by ourselves
And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unre s t of the land, in my choice of that untempted life presenting no disquieting problems, invested with an elementary moral beauty by the absolute straightforwardness of it s appeal and by the singlen ess of its purpose.
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Eric Donald Davis
Wherever I am, there's always Pooh, There's always Pooh and Me. Whatever I do, he wants to do, "Where are you going today?" says Pooh: "Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too. "Let's go together," says Pooh, says he. "Let's go together, "says Pooh.
So wherever I am, there's always Fboh, There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh, "If it wasn't for you, "and Pooh said: "True, it isn't much fun for One, but Two can stick together," says Pooh, says he. "That's how it is," says Pooh.
A.A. Milne
"Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one release one's sadness," don Juan said. "A warrior is always joyful because his love is unalterable and his beloved, the earth, em braces him and bestows upon him inconceivable gLfts. The sadness belongs only to those who }1ate the very thing that gives shelter to their beings."
Carlos Castaneda
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.
Eccles. 1:4,9
There is no duty we underrate so much as the duty of being happ);.
Anonymous
Play for more than you can afford to lose, and you will learn the game.
And is it not in the end the same, whether I count peas or l entils ? The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, purely for the sake of others, and without any passion or inner compulsion of his own, toils after wealth or dignity, or any other phantom, is simply a fool.
In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky. Then you will .say to them, "Yes, the stars always make me laugh!" And they will think you are crazy.
and I will leave. But the birds will stay, singing: and my garden will stay, with its green tree, with its water well.
Many afternoons the skies will be blue and placid, and the bells in the belfry will chime, as they are chiming this very afternoon.
The people who loved me will pass away, and the town will burst anew every year. But my spirit will wander nostalgic in the same recondite corner of my flowery garden.
Juan Ramon Jimenez
Gazing up into darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.
You can't even count the stars in the sky
And the sky's so big, the sea looks small, And two little people you and I, We don't count at all.
"When a child loves you for a long long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you then you become Real. " "Does it hurt," asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful . "When you are Real you don 't mind being hurt. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long tim e . That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out, and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
Margery Williams
"Think of your death now, " don Juan said suddenly. "It is at arm's length. It may tap you any moment , so really you have no time for crappy thoughts and moods. None of us have time for that . "
The wild geese have no intention of casting their reflection.
The water has no mind to receive their image.
Unknown
·- ehristopher Martin Robin
When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls I will no longer be too ambitious.
Hugh Prather
I am that I am.
Ancient saying attributed to Moses
... was it any wonder that a man would look at that inimical irreconcilable square of dirt to which he was bound and obtained for the rest of his life, and say to it: You got me, you wear me out because you are stronger than me since I'm jest bone and flesh. I can't have you because I can't afford to, and you know it. ('This land," said the old hunter. "No wonder the ruined woods I used to know don't cry for retribution. The very people who destroyed them will accomplish their revenge."
The timid folk beseech me, the wLse ones warn me, They say that I shall never grow to stand so high; But I climb among the hills of cloud and follow vanished lightening, I shall stand knee-deep in thunder with my head against the sky.
Winifred Welles
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it whether by a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
The song resounds back from our creator with joy, And we of the earth repeat it to our creator.
At the appearing of the yellow light, Repeats and repeats again the joyful echo, Sounds and resounds for times to come.
Sometimes when I feel scared I like to turn on the light.
I touch the earth
In later times my idols fell
For I learned they were only men
An' had reasons for their deeds
'F which weren't mine not mine at all
And no rriore on them could I depend
But what I learned from each forgotten god
Was that the battlefield was mine alone
An' only I could cast me stone
An' the symbols which by now had grown
Outa shape but strong in sight
Were seen by me in sharper light
An' the symbol "beauty" still struck my guts
But now with more shameful sound
An' I rebelled twice as hard and ten times as proud
An' I walked my road an' sung my song
Like an arch criminal who'd done no wrong
'An committed no crime but was screamin' through the bars
At someone else's prison-
Seconds count, especially when dieting.
Anon.
Fathers and teachers, I ponder, "What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
Dostoyevski
When the hour comes, Don't turn away, Face the light of day, And do it your way . · It's the only way. Anon.
If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't; If you'd like to win, but think you can't , It's almost a cinch you won't.
If yo u think you 'lllose, you're lost, For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow 's WILL It 's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, YOfi are; You 'ue got to think high to rise. You'uejust got-to-be sure of yourself
Before you can win the prize
Life 's battles don 't qlways go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later the man who wins Is the one who THINKS HE CAN.
Anon.
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Still round the comer there may wait A new road or a secret gate; And though I oft have passed them by, A day will come at last when I ' Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
J.R.R. Tolkien
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but yo u have ceased to live. "
Samuel Clemens
It is given by nature to every person to be happy ; Why wait until tomorrow to be happy , be happy today
A.A.M
I look forward to and enjoy new challenges.
V.B.T.
Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world is mad.
Sophomores
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Seniors
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Drew Pinsky President
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Freshmen
MariaPena President
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Impressions
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The Name
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Jim Morrison
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