Highland Community College - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Highland, KS)

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A PROVERB FOR UTOPIA If we could stand back and 'Swatch ourselves go by, how amused and cliagrined we would be at our antics and capers! ttNew models would speedily blos- som t'orth as soon as analyses of skin, hair, personality, etc., could he made, and pro- cesses of tearing down and reconstructing had been completed. If we frowned, dragged ourselves list- lessly from class to class, or slumped in our seats, we would certainly have some improvements to make. VVe would soon acquire, with persistence, a swing to the step, a sparkle to the eye, and warmth to the smile. Mannerisms would speedily be dis- carded with other old habits, voices would be re-modulatedg fluttering, awkward gestures of hands would be replaced by graceful, soothing motions. All affeeta- lions would be abandoned for their ab- surdity. Little girls would brush their hair, and little boys might evien wash rtheir faces. What an unnatural world ours would be if all this could be brought about, but the latter is doubtful. MORAL: If you Want to keep on being fperfectlyl happy, don't try to see yourself as others see you! PER ASPEIQA There was a day when- lt took all day to make a trip to and from 'town in the horse and buggy, the driver could go to sleep, and yet the horse would arrive home safely without guid- ance. VVomen wore rats in their hair, learned how to play the piano, sew, cook, and keep house. They were married and lived happily ever after. People went to church and Sunday school, were hospitable, and had ten and twenty guests to dinner each Sunday. The meals were huge and wholesome. People owned big farms and were prosperous twe are toldl, but were conservative and saved their money. The gentleman called at the door for his lady friend and assisted her to the buggy. In that day no one knew of swing, radio political addresses, the New Deal, or cod-liver oil capsules. Financial troubles, nervous breakdowns, alarm clocks, and for so we're toldj term papers in every class had not yet. come into existence. Folks went early to bed and early did rise, lived happily and simply, and always wished their neighbors A Merry Christ- mas and A Happy New Year. Then came to-day, when- Autos zip down the road approach- ing the corovzcf' at 60 m. p. li., and trains are being streamlined so t.hat they can beat the autos to the crossings. The boy friend impatiently honks a car horn in front of the house till t.he girl friend rush- es out. People go golfing or fishing on Sunday, and eat dinners out of cans and sacks. - Next-door neighbors are bare ac- quaintances, and may speak to each other if they aren'l rushing from a bridge party to a committee meeting. Home is a con- venient place to go bet.ween parties. Gon- versation is limited to the weather. People read 'tGone VVith the VVind, talk in puns, patronize beauty salons, and buy on the in- stallment plan. This is an age of breaking broken records by air and land and sea. lt is the age of women in business, of divorces, after-dinner speeches, societies and clubs, jazz, slang, modern poetry, psychoanalysts, political bosses, reform- ers, and alphabeticism. If you still think life is a trail worth blazing, Vile agree with you. Fifteen