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February 12, 2004
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4M two shot: My name is Michael Caldarulo and I'm here with Jasmina Alilovic to bring you The Ridgewood Reporters for Thursday, February 12, 2004. Now here is Mr. Jason Rush with the pledge.
1JR: It is time now for the pledge of allegiance. [PAUSE] I pledge allegiance
dissolve 2: to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands,
dissolve 1: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
4: for all.
1JR: Good morning Ridgewood. I am here today to inform all seniors of that it is time to place orders on their senior T-shirts and Hoodies. Yes - you have two options - you can purchase the T-shirt that I am currently wearing, with your name or nickname printed on the back for $8 - or you can purchase the hoodie that _______ is modeling for $32 ($36 - for XXL). All you need is an order form from me or one your representatives - Rosanna Aghajan, Alessandra Natalino, Christina Dzielski, Ashley Lenardi, or Ella Dopart. I have various sized samples or the hoodies in my room for you to try on. All orders must be in check or money order - no cash please - by Thursday, February 19. Don't miss out. Mike?
5M lum key: Thanks, Mr. Rush. Be Sweet and Give a Treat! The School Store is selling Valentine Day Grams. You will be able to purchase a card and lollipop for that someone special on Valentine's Day. It will cost you only a DOLLAR and will be delivered to that special someone at lunch. So come and get them in the school store while they last.
3JA lum key: The Varsity Poms are pre-selling carnations for Valentine's Day. The sale will be held during the lunch periods today. Flowers will be delivered during block 1 on Friday. Remember that flowers are always a special way to let someone know that you are thinking about them.
5M: Attention Musicians! If you are interested in competing in the Ridgewood Battle of the Bands, fill out a yellow survey form and return it to Mr. Shulman in Room 118 by tomorrow!
3JA: There will be a Spanish Club bake sale during lunch today. Come over to our table and check out all the treats available. Thank You!
5M TV ROLL IN: Congratulations to Katie Mazurkiewicz and the Ridgewood team on their performance at the Chicago Bridge Competition.
4M three shot: For more on this story, and for sports, we turn to Mr. Jason Rush.
1JR lum key: Thanks, Mike. I'd like to congratulate the bridge builders from my physics class. [ROLL IN VIDEO] This past Tuesday, Theresa Adamczyk, Dan Gurka, Katie Mazurkiewicz, and Skarboscz Pogorecki traveled to the Illinois Institute of Technology to compete in the 30th Annual Chicago Regional Bridge Competition. Our top two finishers were Katie Mazurkiewicz - whose bridge held 859 times its own weight - placing her 8th out of 40 competitors, and Dan Gurka - whose bridge held 495 times its own weight to place 23rd of 40 competitors. Congratulations bridge builders - you did a great job.
1JR: And lastly -Attention all prospective Track & Field athletes:
If you are interested in joining the Track & Field team this year, the first
team meeting of the year for all students interested in Track and Field will
be on Wednesday, February 18th, in Room 217, Mr. Vear's room. First practice
will be Tuesday, February 24th. Be there. Come be a part of a program that
produced 5 all-conference athletes last year and one state qualifier. Track
and Field - America's sport.
4JA three shot: Wake up Mike! It's time for another edition of Poetry Corner. Time for another exciting installment of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH."
4M: Today: The middle of Chapter 2: Love And Friendship.
3JA: All was silent again; the Captain continued his reading.
Nothing was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling
Writing epistles important to go next day by the Mayflower,
Filled with the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla;
Every sentence began or closed with the name of Priscilla,
Till the treacherous pen, to which he confided the secret,
Strove to betray it by singing and shouting the name of Priscilla!
Finally closing his book, with a bang of the ponderous cover,
Sudden and loud as the sound of a soldier grounding his musket,
Thus to the young man spake Miles Standish the Captain of Plymouth:
5M excited: "When you have finished your work, I have something
important to tell you.
Be not however in haste; I can wait; I shall not be impatient!"
3JA: Straightway Alden replied, as he folded the last of his letters,
Pushing his papers aside, and giving respectful attention:
5M enthusiastic: "Speak; for whenever you speak, I am always ready
to listen,
Always ready to hear whatever pertains to Miles Standish."
3JA: Thereupon answered the Captain, embarrassed, and culling his phrases:
1JR:" 'T is not good for a man to be alone, say the Scriptures.
This I have said before, and again and again I repeat it;
Every hour in the day, I think it, and feel it, and say it.
Since Rose Standish died, my life has been weary and dreary;
Sick at heart have I been, beyond the healing of friendship;
Oft in my lonely hours have I thought of the maiden Priscilla.
She is alone in the world; her father and mother and brother
Died in the winter together; I saw her going and coming,
Now to the grave of the dead, and now to the bed of the dying,
Patient, courageous, and strong, and said to myself, that if ever
There were angels on earth, as there are angels in heaven,
Two have I seen and known; and the angel whose name is Priscilla
Holds in my desolate life the place which the other abandoned.
Long have I cherished the thought, but never have dared to reveal it,
Being a coward in this though valiant enough for the most part.
Go to the damsel Priscilla, the loveliest maiden of Plymouth,
Say that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions,
Offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier.
Not in these words, you know, but this in short is my meaning;
I am a maker of war, and not a maker of phrases.
You, who are bred as a scholar, can say it in elegant language,
Such as you read in your books of the pleadings and wooings of lovers,
Such as you think best adapted to win the heart of a maiden."
3JA: When he had spoken, John Alden, the fair-haired, taciturn stripling,
All aghast at his words, surprised, embarrassed, bewildered,
Trying to mask his dismay by treating the subject with lightness,
Trying to smile, and yet feeling his heart stand still in his bosom,
Just as a timepiece stops in a house that is stricken by lightning,
Thus made answer and spake, or rather stammered than answered:
5M: "Such a message as that, I am sure I should mangle and mar
it;
If you would have it well done, -- I am only repeating your maxim, --
You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!"
3JA: But with the air of a man whom nothing can turn from his purpose,
Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth:
1JR: "Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay it;
But we must use it discreetly, and not waste powder for nothing.
Now, as I said before, I was never a maker of phrases.
I can march up to a fortress and summon the place to surrender,
But march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not.
I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon,
But of a thundering 'No!' point-blank from the mouth of a woman,
That I confess I'm afraid of, nor am I ashamed to confess it!
So you must grant my request, for you are an elegant scholar,
Having the graces of speech, and skill in the turning of phrases."
3JA: Taking the hand of his friend, who still was reluctant and doubtful,
Holding it long in his own, and pressing kindly, he added:
5M: "Though I have spoken thus lightly, yet deep is the feeling
that prompts me;
Surely you cannot refuse what I ask in the name of our friendship!"
3JA: Then made answer John Alden:
5M: "The name of friendship is sacred;
What you demand in that name, I have not the power to deny you!"
So the strong will prevailed, subduing and moulding the gentler,
Friendship prevailed over love, and Alden went on his errand.
5M TV smooth zoom out on air - TV ROLL IN: And now, a video from the Class of 2005.
4JA two shot: The Beatles recently celebrated their 40th anniversary of appearing on the Ed Sullivan show. If time permits, we leave you with a clip.
4M two shot: That's the news up to now. For Mr. Rush, Jasmina Alilovic and the rest of WRHS Television, I'm Michael Caldarulo. We thank you for watching The Ridgewood Reporters. Tune in again on Tuesday when Ryan Baranowski and Kamila Mikula again bring you The Ridgewood Reporters on WRHS Television. Have a good day.
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