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SENIOR III
A TYPICAL CHRISTMAS THE CLUTCHES OF CLIQUES often show more than perfunctory
courtesy to other contacts.
Stocking on the fireplace, A clique to m odern society, is a
All red and very big — select group of people that revolves Cliques tend to split the members
M other wants a diam ond necklace. solely around the members of a group. a p art, though their unity is seemingly
U nfortunately for clique members, just unbroken. There are often quarrels in
F a th er wants a wig. such an exclusive circle is labeled the group and members try to be
“snobbish” or churlish by excluded imitative instead of individualistic.
F ather smothers out the fire, persons who, very understandably, are These groups occasionally see the
The children go to bed; hurt and irritated by the actions of a light and try to broaden their hori
T hey sleep so really very hard clique. zons, but otherwise cliques are a pretty
Y ou’d think th a t they were dead. ridiculous affair that should be abol
Cliques are usually formed to give ished from our society.
T he clock strikes twelve P.M ., pre status socially to its members, who
The children hear a plop may or may not be popular with their Amy Seiler
Someone dropped a Christmas lesser contacts. T his type of clique is
usually formed at schools and clubs THE DEATH
sent — and is largely adopted by minors. O f
They know that must be Pop. ten, however, the members of a groim Do not die, me lad.
tend to narrow their vision of friend For the battle she is won.
T h e clock strikes eight o’clock, ship down to the selected group, T he dead are large in num ber
T h e re ’s pap er from wall to w all: which rarely has more than a dozen As we count them one by one.
M other got a glass necklace members. Not only does this cur
F a th e r is still bald. tail vital friendships outside the clique, Do not die, me lad,
but “fam iliarity breeds contem pt” is For the foes are dead or gone.
John Nicholson very true w ithin the clique itself. Rise up, rise up out of your slumber,
F or th ere’s bound to be a storm.
AWAKENING Clique members are, as a rule,
friends of long standing who go to the Are you dead me lad?
I am in m uch too great a hurry same school or club, live near one For the bagpipes play their death
T o see the beauties of life. another or always do things together.
I pass it all without one glance Basically, they are usually friendly, m arch song
and waste aw ay my life. considerate people and outside the As your body lies limp on the blood
clique they act that way, but inside
M aybe in time I will appreciate the clique, brother! T heir attitude stained lawn.
T hings God h ad so beautifully m ade, tow ard other people is a general ac Edward McAteer
and learn to see the beauties of nature ceptance of them, but they do not
Before my time will fade.
Barbara Flynn
OFFICE STAFF
Shirley Leidersdorf, R uth M aeM aster, Elaine Schaeffer
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