Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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TI-IEr BE . i :b xjrrzj s Musings of a Lonely Boy The starless iiit;ht is cldsiny, The ruddy lire l:)urns low ; And the last grim note from tlie Of the bell, dies on the smiw. The embers fade and darken. The shadows (in the wall. In the ghastly glimni of the lone Like spectres rise and fall. 1 sit by the fireside musing. On things that are past and gone And converse Of a new touK ith a dun iuikn( iwn The wan moon beams through the window. And pales at the firelight ' s glow, While out in the night, through the misty light, Silently falls the snow. . vision rises before me, . nd faintly 1 seem to see The lo ed ones at home, as I sit here alone, . nd I know thev are thinking of me. — W. H.R. iivi iATSA. xjpsriiL :)E.i2 s i ' rY

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TKEr X O X 3 JkJT iaXJ XJy An Essay on Love Till-; i rcalc-i iliin- in tlic w.nld is vpilkil with l.iii tlucc kttci . ■■|.-l -l ' . . w is a calamiiy. aj ainst wliicli tluri. ' is ii . insinaiuc. a hillioii Volt shock of clectriciiy, a), ' ainsi which there is no insulation iii ' i a ikadly disease. i t which there is no cure. I.ove. the sum. the total of all misfortunes, must he endured with silence; no friend so dear to he trusted with such a secret, no remedy so ])owerful to remove it ' s anguish. It is some- times conia ' cous. fre(|Uently fatal, and always critical. Like the measels. the later in life that it comes, the wurse il is. . s yet, no Si)ecilic .Medication has lieen found for il and after all. the victim doesn ' t want to he cured anyway, it isn ' t wcirth while. Like the sleepinij-sickness. he simjily wants to he left alone. . t present, no adecpiate and satisfactory jlelinition exci has heen found either for Luxe or I ' .kctricity. I ' cet-. . -cientists. i ' liilosoi)hers, and I ' oiid Parents have tried to deline Love, hut all have heen forced lo i;ive il up unsolved. e. cei)t Laura jane Lihhy and a few inmates of paddeil cells. .• o unsuccessful have heen all attemi)ts at delinition that most people c.in ' i tell the (litTerences hetween Love and merely a collej c case. Like hives, il is an at ' lliclion which most commonly hreaks out lnrin;4 the sprinj, ' of the year, and like whoo])inj.;-cou.i;h, one seldi ni has ii twice. It hits the icliin with a sickenin;.; ihud somewhere hetween the head and the heart, hiindiii!.; the eyes, sofienini; the hrain. wari)in.L, ' the judijnienl. spoilini the taste, and llalleninj, ' ihe pockethock. It is a disease of the heart which iitlfccls the head. The sym])loms of Lo e like those of into.xication, are too Common to enumerate. . s a matter of fact, the two allliclions are strik- inj ly similar and Love is hut an advanced state of the l.itter. |uite akin to delirium tremens, nistnrtcd vision. meanini, ' less prattle, and that tcrrihle mornini.; after the ni dit before. are characteristic of hoth. I lowever. he who is into.xicaled with wine will he soher a ain in the course tif a ni.uht. Imi he who is inlo. icated hy the cuphearer will not recover his senses until tin- day of judjiment. Love, like laudanum, is helpful in sni.ill (|u.inlities l ul injuriou-. in lar-c IN ' I IAT IA. XJr IV3ErX2 S IT V '