Mercer County Community College - Viking Yearbook (West Windsor, NJ)

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ARBOR ARM ORI S Francos Villion I have a tree a graft of love, That in my heart has taken root, Sad are the buds and blooms thereof, And bitter sorrow is its fruit, Yet, since it was a tender shoot, So greatly hath it shadow spread, That underneath all joy is dead, And all my pleasant days are flown, Nor can I slay it, nor instead Plant any tree, save this alone. Ah, yet, for long and long enough My tears were rain about its root, And though the fruit be harsh thereof I scarcely looked for better fruit Then this, that careful I put In gamer, for the bitter bread VVhereon my weary life is fed: Ah, better were the soil unsown That bears such growths, but Love instead Will plant no tree, but his alone. Ah, would that this new spring, whereof The leaves and flowers flush into shoot, I might have succor and aid of Love, To prune these branches at the root, That long have borne such bitter fruit, And graft a new bough, comforted With happy blossoms white and red, So pleasure should for pain atone, Nor Love slay this tree, nor instead Plant any tree, but this alone. Princess, by whom my hope is fed, My heart thee prays in lowlihead To prune the ill boughs overgrown, Nor slay loves tree, nor plant instead Another tree, save this alone. 3

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y w The yearbook is usually dedicated to someone who has done some- thing for the benefit of the school, but this year we are doing something different. We are dedicating it to someone who has been very special to the yearbook itself This person is the one who holds the staff together through umidsemester blues and spends all his spare time from September to March helping us write and layout the signatures. This person is very special to the staff most of us have known him now for two years, not only as a teacher but as a friend. We have grown to love him, for we know the other side DEDICATIQ , 19 5 underneath the English professor exterior there exists a dedicated and sensitive man, one who cares about the yearbook and will- ingly accepts its burden and responsibility. Therefore, it is with much love and gratitude we dedicate this, our 1975 VIKING to Theodore W Otten, our staff Advisor and friend . . . Thanks, Ted, for four years of seMsacrifice from the 1975 VIKING staff and all the staffs before us.

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