Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Darkness falls and fugges the edges of reality. It replaces the stark sunlight which glares unfeelinghi on oneps problems and mistakes. The black obliterates for a while the long paths which must be traveled and fwfers new exciting paths, perhaps a path to the moon, that are just within reach. And like a soothing balm, it enables one to awake refreshed in the morning andjqnd that the sunlight promises to overlook yesterday is errors and shine looinghi on all tomorrows. 1 v 3 . . A , V J' it . db Q A , he V si f . wr Him' A-X ,n D , A ' 4, , .. 3 g . ' V- W - f A 4' ti 5 , i K , 1355.2 5 W- AJ ' A s., Vlx' ,. -W- ,.'-svmaa, W-New J' V ,Hu u . 'R ' . xv ,-X I . . , ' -e 'S 'A Hs 0' ' ' W wt .- -- . -f 'F Nils A vt -V' . A , 'A ivgf N , ,R J Q I :yi cf Q ., i ' Q 4 . .. v vu? 9' X 4 A W k . , t I f A ,, ww- W in K QW 1-, ' . gf' J' , Q s, . I'-ffm ,sa 'iw t s I 1 s ' s f An architect's hands could not have planned the subtle beauty of Being alone in the night can sometimes fill one with an buildings which are enclosed by night and enhanced by moonlight. acute and engulhng awareness of himself and his world. I2

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gl' Occasionally the temptation to forfeit study time for a few pre- cious moments of sleep becomes insurmountable for the exhausted. The international face of SIU is reflected in the library pool as foreign students gather, arrayed in the garb of their native lands.

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Suddenly there is no other conceivable way to live for one must sit To some, night is not a release but a tie which binds them always in the moon listening to lapping water and distant voices. to more studyg a tie to be broken only by shutting the eyesf A fairyland at night with jutting spires and smears of incandescent light, the SIU campus magically becomes a refuge for dreamers. 13