Clark University - Pasticcio Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OE THE CLASS OP 1944 BY ARDEN ALMQUIST Whereas we. the class of I944, being of 4-E or enskirted body. and l-A or never mind, And, whereas we are possessed of certain accretions and bequeathments received in kind: We do reluctantly and under duress Cand I didn't say Sumnerj rescind All previous il- and legal documents And similar Senior accoutrements, Subject to Little regulations That accrue whenever durations Enlarge the scope of University board disputation: To Wit Cand I don't mean our gym coachj : We hereby make bequest llVlay God his soul restlj One bekerosened parasitized cockroach to Dr. Potter. One Resnick-geschrieben thesis Good for a Ph.D.- I-Iow Not to Get 'Essential' Releases, Or, Thirty-eight Steps to the Army, Or, A Duration Survey of American Medical Schools - To any pre-med who doubts Uncle rules. n One mustache strainer to CUPS, Which, in its downs and ups. Has proved to everyone's content That Illy-management can be good management. One Dust Bowl. and a map of the War To Harvey, friend and janitor. One lately-acquired Union Room davenport To any future Sleeper. Murray or sad: And to Dr. Nunnemacher. just the port- If it's to be had. I23I

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but We have emerged from each stronger and wiser, better able to meet the diffi- culties which later crossed our path. Perhaps the most difficult thing for any of us to realize is that in our college years we've been living in a World all of our own: our social and intellectual lives have been inextricably bound up in our college activities, and have been, in almost every respect, dissimilar to that of those who have been baptized by combat. . . Now We, in turn, are called upon to meet and repay our obligations by carrying out to our utmost the aims and ideals in which we have been steeped. I have mentioned earlier in this oration that we have obtained such virtues as understanding and tolerance, and I beg permission to expand on their appli- cation in the labors which will confront us. When the peace is won, our ranks will again be challenged by subversive forces which are the natural coun- terparts of reconstruction-the exploitation of a glutted labor market: social abuses along through the war effort to readjust themselves to a state of normalcy. Clark has successfully held us aloof from the prejudice, bitterness, and blind- ness which has smitten legions of our fellows: has aided and abetted the formulation of a theory of relative values unwarped and unbiased by sub- versiveness: has enabled us to maintain a state of equilibrium and nurture it into a philosophy. To the graduates much has been given, and from the graduates, as in the parable of the talents, much is demanded. Are we qualified to rise to the occasion? Can we worthily, honorably, justly and ably discharge the duties and privileges which are our obligations to our society, our country and our God? There, then, is the challenge, You and I are the mustard-seeds and through our endeavors, savored with tolerance, sympathy, and understanding we can. and must, bring to a broken, bleeding universe, the fruition of our works. FIAT LUX I22I

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To all aspiring embryonic parsons Our versatile Gordon Price Offers Congressionally-attested advice- Life Begins at 4-D, or, Hell, too, Has Its Arsonsf' One Well-appellated Scarlet organ, That red nucleus of student opinion- To the Philistine Camp, from that newsome twosome Larry Fox and Eleanor Barriere. To Chicago's Bug House Square- Arthur Yagjian's 99 and 44,fl0O per cent guaranteed To agitate soap box. To a Coed Who'll fill the typical bill. We leave a throne vacated by Lil. Lilting linguistic, Nancy Rodier, Protege of Dr. Dougherty. Abdicates in favor of Miss Lacouture. We could give you the Bird, but We Want her. For another Carol, som heter Yohnson ' Our Carol exits a presidency, And a precedent, too-four mosts well-Won. To the garrulous and the short of it. Uur Ritas dedicate a hit- Words, Words, and Higher Heels. Special problems can be a snarl You biologists may have them-with love from Harry Orr Carl. To whom can take it on the chin- Your scribe's capacity for balancing chairs. And speaking of chairs, all join in: Three chairs for Clark Universite-e-ee-el 3 By the name of l24l