1952 Magnet Yearbook

,JAR\"IS C OLLEGIATE 63
Something About Being the Youngest in
the family
YF.l.1.O SOOTS. 2D
protes t or demand that my brother
do somet hing rather than just loaf
arou nd . The res ults are disastrous.
Rut there is more t ragedy to it than
t hat. Here are some examples : once
when my brot her practised boxing,
he wanted to zet some practice at
home. Whom do you think he practised
on :' You guessed it! He practised
O!l me! When I ha ve taken horne
a good book from the library and want
to spend a pleasant evening reading.
what do vou think happened '? That's
right: :'I Iy brother takes it. When
I happen to come home a littl e late
some eveninz a nd disturb his slee p.
he is fu rious. Rut when he sneaks in
at two o'clock in the morning and
wa kes me up. I know better than to
:\Iany peo ple think that being the tell him t ha t I am a wa ke .
voun z est membe r of a family gives All this is just a little of the hardships
t hat the younges t member of a
you several pr-ivi leges. Unfort unately
th at il'l not true, especially when yo u fam ily - at least 1 - m us t suffer,
haw an older brother as I have. Everv and I hope t ha t it will help to cor rect
ti me that something has to be done the opinion about t he you ngest being
a ro und horne I haw to do it. I should the family's pet.
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THE BOY IN THE BACK SEAT
He rurlles back his sandv hair .
«lo uches even lower in his desk lind
sinks once again in to obli vion. Wha t
does a lesso n ma tte r when ill dreams
he cUI1 be sea ling the loftiest a nd most
inaccessible peaks of the Andes. evadinl{ga
pinl{ crevices. treacherous drops
and thun der-ing avalanches with equal
ease and skill: a nd re t urning. a he ro .
to his fe llow men ~ Pe r-haps he dreams
of last s um mer's I{ay. wild rampages
at Camp wannecome. the t ime that
he put a lizard in Cook's bed. or. pessibly
of some esca pade to come. I
do not kn ow . He sc r a tc hes the ti p of
his s nub nose pe nsively. ga zes va ,
cantf.. at the hoa rd a nd evidently decldes
that these notes will not he on
the exam for he r ecedes slowly int o
the dream setting that he has created
H EAT H ER BARCLAY, -IC
for himself. His rever-ie is in ter.
rupted. A sudden question tla sh es
like a n adde r 's to ngue. angry a nd
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