Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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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 '

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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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tm: « ' .A.1 :B TJ TTJyS (jiies. Like fire it is Ixitli indispensa!)le as a necessity and dani enius as a CLinflagatitm. All L(i e slmuld be matliematicall - ecjual. as much as the two sides of an algelsraic equation, iiut unfortunately, as with bank accounts, it is hard to make them balance. College Love, like another form of intoxi- cant usually comes in cases and as a rule, one trial bottle is enough. Lu -e and Labor rule the wurld the sages say, but as a matter cif fact, when Man is in Love, Lalxir has td wait. Lo e is the one great panacea for all ills. It is a system for turning water intii wine, kerosene into honey, Ijowlders into bon-bons, rag-weeds into roses and spinsters into debutantes. It has the power to make the common dande- lion seem like the golden flower of Paradise, a worthless pebl)k ' assume the guise of a solitaire and the colorless moon appear as a large bomb of whipped cream. It is the one great Renaissance of human existence ; the anarchistic revolution of sentiment against reason. It has been known to transform hard- shelled old bachelors into effervescent poets bursting forth into enamored sonnets. It has caused close-fisted old misers to buy . merican l!eauty roses by the armload. It has converted feminine iceliergs into an armful of senti- ment and prompted stoop-shouldered grinds to throw their Greek into the lordan and study human nature by the dim light of a parlor lamp. It has even induced bald-headed old professors to kick the lens out of their tele- scope and join some feminine star in the search for a lour leal clo er, L ' nder it ' s hypnotic spell, stalwart and husky heroes on the gridiron weci) scalding tears because the morning ' s mail failed to bring a lavender-colored hyacinthe letter. It has caused cultured and refined young co-eds of taste to regard Apollo Belvidere, Chesterfield and Senator Beveridge as mere chimney-sweeps beside the splendid fellows in red Mackinaws or the cute little dears with the swell line of talk, who fall for banana specials at the Greeks on date nights. Under its psychic influence, dapper young Sophomores flunk out in fifteen hours work, half-baked Juniors grow dreamy-eyed and hungry-hearted, while even dignified Seniors are either under a hopeless contract or frightened to death lest they lose out entirely. The poor fossilized Freshman deprives him- self of picture shows and pool in order to rent a dress suit, does the steam roller act on e •ervl)ody ' s feet, performs the brakeman stunt in walking on trains with ele]ihant-like agility, spilling a glass of condensed grape-juice on IlNri lA NA. XJr ITP3aX2 S I V