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Page 27 text:
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Only a plant - Unnoticed - But wait! - See! Over there - a woman approaches, Picking her way over dangerous ground. Searching and sobbing for a loved one - for someone, For a living something on this desolate ground! Suddenly she sees the tiny plant. Thank God, she breathes, I'm not alone. This little plant is still alive,- And if so small a plant can live - I too can live - - -I will go on - - -I must! She lifts her eyes to Heaven. Her lips move in silent prayer And she continues on her way with head held high. Only a tiny plant you tell us - This bit of green we plant today. Small, unimportant, little-remembered - I wonder ---- We'd like to think that in some little way Our ivy may some day, in years to come, Give just one man that little extra something To make him raise his eyes to I-Ieav'n again. And we will know we've planted here today More than a plant ---- We've planted Inspiration. Ruth Sullivarz 2 5
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Page 26 text:
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HI! PMN! U! VNSPHWIUN NLY a tiny plant you tell us? Meant to cover buildings and no more? just a bit of vegetation? Small? - Unimportant? - Little-remembered? Perhaps so - But wait, listen to my story! A simple tale of simple people - I call it, The Plant of Inspiration. Midnight! - Not calm as in our land but shattered by the sounds of war The frightening sounds of man-made hell. The drone of planes, the scream of bombsg The red of fire, the thunderous blast! The passing of the planes - A cry - - - a call - - - then, silence. Dawn. - A scene of devastation. Ghosts of buildings, Craters in the earth. An humble cottage left in shambles. Only a part of an old wall left. But there mid the dirt, and the dust, and the ashes, A tiny plant clinging and growing still! 24
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IVY UHMIUN ODAY we planted a sprig of ivy. From this tiny plant will grow a strong and sturdy vine, a vine which will grow ever upward and outward, a vine which will cling ever tenaciously to this solid wall. Should we observe this bit of ivy during any winter to come it would look brown and brittle and all but dead, but experience has taught us that with a new spring will come new life, renewed vigor and further growth. Yes, flowing through the veins of that winter blighted plant will be the slow-moving but vital life blood which patiently awaits the encouragement of spring sunshine and warmth. The life pattern of our ivy is one of alternating periods of growth and dorm- ancy with an ever-present and constantly flowing undercurrent of life connecting them. Ifwe were to follow the course of education through the ages, how closely its pattern would resemble that of the ivy! We would find in its development alternating phases of advance and stagnancy but beneath the surface we find man's determination that education remain a vital and growing force. Man's desire to fathom the unknown, whether it be the physical or mental world, has always been tremendously strong, has always been a powerful incentive to investigation. Acting upon this incentive, man has accumulated a large body of knowledge which he has made a part of his very life. His science has in- creased his physical comfort and health, it has drawn the parts of his world to- gether with ties of communication and transportation. His social sciences by uncovering many of the experiences of the past have offered lessons for the future. His psychology has made man himself more understandable. His sociology has made the relations of one man to another less obscure. His philosophies have disclosed the almost infinite ranges his mind can reach. Having made all his discoveries so much a part of him, man has found it necessary to transmit these discoveries to the younger generation. Here it is that education is given its impetus, here it is that it takes root, herein lies man's determination to keep educa- tion a vital and growing force. Once a thing is rooted it begins to grow, and as it grows, many of the char- acteristics which it develops come as the result of the environment. Our ivy plant, once rooted, will begin to grow and should we observe its growth we shall find that it has been affected by the contour of the wall, by the foundation over which it spreads. 26
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