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WE ENTER THE MIDDLE AGES HE door into the Middle ages was frightfully tight and we thought we'd i never get It QPCU- Well, the only thing to do was to gather the necessary tools for prying it loose from its hinges. First we learned as much as l l we could about the development of Europe up to the fourteenth century. This knowledge included the history of the Dark Ages, Charlemagne, and other fascinating subjects. Then we began spending hours in the library, gather- ing information on the campaigns of wars and the customs of peace. We oured P over the many reference books and kept the most careful records of what we read. After much study the door came half way open. We could see only the corner of a monk's cell, some minstrels singing ballads, ia lord looking over his domains, a serf tilling the soil. Our curiosity was aroused to the bursting point and we worked and pushed harder than ever. Finally we gave one great heave and the door crashed open. Imagine our delight! We were back in the fourteenth century. Actually living therel Some of us were serfs and we kept diaries of our experiences so that we could read them when we came back to the twentieth century. We described our little one-room thatched huts where cows and pigs kept us company. We told about our rare and difficult journeys to the big cities . Une of us was a merchant and the accounts he kept of trading and traders, of storms and shipwrecks, were brimming over with adventure. Some of us actually made a model of an intriguing medieval market place with its bright stalls and customers. Others reproduced a manor house. Randy, our faithful companion, feeling the spirit of the time as much as the rest of us, would frequently plant his four feet firmly upon the manor and let out a howl of appreciation. Our visit was much too short we thought, though a year passed including the time that it took to open the door. But how glad we are that we have our records and diaries, our market place and manor house, for vivid reminders of the days we spent within the portals of the Middle Ages. K. BARTON, ,39 I l 1 ' A X Q 4 f mf' I2 f . 1 15 :11 - g vu 'e 7 E 191 I I r ga lil Vi 6 'l ff - , 35 1' :ii liiiii I it I ' N -' in ,ADL-gi X i o. v ... llll A all 1 if A if vt.. i if ,I f C 4,5 16 f f of t 2 Q! Q xg, ,Q S 2' f ',, 'L 7 fx,Q2j'?fDC'0f ul Lg Q S ,795-Tncign j I , .QQ f-'J C7 CC- ff ,, ,I , 2-9 1 -- 57. I I .I 1 , 'ri ff' 4 a Page Thirty-three

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A PROPOS DES VERS FRANQAIS es. I f , X f F you should chance to open the door of the French room around half I past twelve some Monday morning you would probably hear Class VI Q Q 2 E reading French poetry. l l . Charles Sarola in his introduction to Petit dnthologie des Poktes Fnmgais, says of French classical poetry, c'Aucune litterature n'a ete condamnee avec plus d' injustice par le critique etrangere, entr'autre par les Lessing et les Coleridge et ils ne voient que rhetorique et artihce, convention et tyrannief' Since such a great English critic as Coleridge has so maintained, it is rather daring of Class VI, Greenwood School, to disagree. Yet we certainly found French classical poetry far more stimulating than if it had been mere Urhetorique et convention. Moreover, as M. Sarola pointed out, and Class VI discovered, French classical poetry, although unquestionably formal and restricted as to subject matter has a stately beauty of form and expression that much modern poetry completely lacks. Take for instance the following lines by Chenier: Salut 6 belle nuit, etincelante et sombre, Consacree au reposl 0 silence de l'ombre, Qui n'entends que la voix de mes vers et les cris q De la rive areneuse oil se brise Tethysl As for the restricted subject matter, I am not so sure that it was not a good thing. Poets are so fond nowadays of saying something original that they sometimes forget they are writing poetry or expressing ideas. In the French classical period when nearly every poem was about either love, history, or religion, more attention was paid to meter, verse form, and choice of words. It is almost impossible to say which one of all the poets we studied is our favorite, but I for one found De Musset the most interesting. His poetry covers the entire field of subjects then in vogue. I like especially some of his love poems. Quand le sommeil sur ta famille Autour de toi s'est repandu 0 Pepita, charmante fille Mon amour at quoi penses-tu? Page Thirty-four -iw f .-- .,