Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

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TURES C0 OLERS Q LONELINESS: RELI H . '. . where Friendships made upon thy steps ol truth are timeless, lasting as thy noblehallsf, Verse and view reminiscent ol those listless early Fall afternoons when minds inadvertently turned to thoughts gentler than those of Plato. Blending hues, rich as the tones ol a great symphony, banl4 the terraces which en- throne Givens l-lall. These Flowers, delicate as a poem by Shelly, open the petals of their outermost Florets as showy landing stages for the expectant bee. And between careless heaps of spiraea, clumps of color more supreme than the oils of Rembrandt, students pass to and from classes in their unending quest for knowledge. Page 14 EF T0

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E P i OOD PICTURE IS A SILENT BUT CDBVIOUIS PO 'K The camera was invented 'I48 years ago. Ever since, its shutter has been cIicI4ing rays of Iight capturing the beauty of an instant and preserving it For a Iifetime. - +1 Consider the night bIooming cereus. During Iong months it grovvs, gathers to itseII .I LLI reservoirs of energy, FIourishes. Then one night it bursts into bIoom, pouring all the 1 ff concentrated beauty of its Iiie into a Ievv precious hours of Ioveliness. Then it is gone. I U So vvouId our coIIege days, too, be soon buried deep in the sands of time had vve not pictures to suppIiment our memories. UU Q :J O -I U X , V 1 X I ' .V H' Igli t Cf? LLJ night and day to Iift scenes from the ephemeral to the enduring. Through the Ienses pass Zu: I- -K

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THE Society is an organism, White- head maintains and most mod- ern philosophers nod their serious heads. The slide at the right shows a cross-section of an artery in the collegi- ate blood stream with about eleven healthy corpuscles in active circulation. During the flush of spring, we sometimes vvonder hovv sense of beauty managed to survive the drab, drear months of winter amid scenes bereft of hyacinths and purple martims. Vet when freed from the dis- traction of. freezing toes and pinching ears even January becomes lovely. Different, to be sure-nature more majestic, slightly sophisticated, hinting at aloofness-yet nevertheless distinctly beautiful. Pat I5 JADED MIND: WINDOWS TCD Tl-lE IMPRISONED Tl-IOUG