Berea College - Chimes Yearbook (Berea, KY)

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In remembrance of Mr. Benton Fielder who served Berea College from 1916 until his death in April, 1945.

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ART . . . Harriet Gill Mary Ela Max Miller FRENCH . . . Hubert Rieben ECONOMICS . . . Clarence Dawson INDUSTRIAL ARTS H. D. Schultz MATHEMATICS . . Ruth G. Simond Mary Emily Sinclair ECONOMICS . . . Esther Beck MATHEMATICS . Edward Taylor

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C ' EST FINI. SOMETIMES RELUCTANTLY, SOMETIMES GLADLY WE HAVE TURNED THE PAGES OF THIS CHAPTER, SEEKING TO HOLD THE IN- EFFABLE SWEETNESS, YET FLEEING THE LONELINESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE LONG WAR YEARS. THIS IS THE YEAR WE HAVE REACHED FOR WITH MINDS AND FINGERS THAT LABORED UNTIL THE LONELY SOUND OF MIDNIGHT PASSED AND THE NIGHT WAS QUIET AGAIN WE HAVE RAMBLED ON BEREA ' S HILLS. WE HAVE HELD RAIN IN CUPPED HANDS. WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE WIND. DANCED, DREAMED, LOVED, AND LEARNED WE HAVE ARGUED ABOUT POLITICS AND RELIGION, CLASS PRESIDENTS, ABOUT ALL THE OLD AND NEW PROBLEMS. THE ATOMIC BOMB SCARED US, MADE US CURIOUS, AND SOMETIMES WE WISHED IT HADN ' T HAPPENED. WE HAVE KNOWN THE FULL BEAUTY OF CREATING WITH CLAY, WITH WORDS, WITH MUSIC. WE HAVE FELT THE DESPAIR AND LONELINESS OF WAITING FOR LETTERS WITH MYSTERIOUS A. P. O. ' s. WE HAVE FELT THE GREAT JOY OF SHAPING OURSELVES INTO INDIVIDUALS A LITTLE LESS VAGUE, INTO A PATTERN, A PURPOSE, A DIRECTION THAT IS NOT NARROW, YET CERTAIN AND MEANINGFUL C ' EST FINI. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR, THE END OF THE WAR, THE ATOMIC BOMB. AND NOW WE ARE GRADUATING, INDEED, IT IS FINISHED.