Jacksonville State University - Mimosa Yearbook (Jacksonville, AL)

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 The two hands ... a moment apart . . . one-waiting man . . . one-the God of the Universe . . . between their grasp ... a spark . . . life. Man waits . . . ordinary day . . . divine life about to invade it. The Herculean hand of man . . . limp . . . waiting. The touch! And ft is the dawn of humanity . . , the dawn of desire . . . knowledge . . . understanding . . . power physical . . . power thoughful . . . movement . . . love. The search begins . . . the pain encountered . . . overwhelms, strengthens, remolds the hand. The hand stretches , . . the tendons tighten. The first . . . pounding for life . . . pounding at life . . . pounding the barrier that obscures meaning, Man's hand. The outward symbol of his being . . . his creativity . , . his power . . . his passion. Hands of men . . . moving through history . . . down the endless ages past . . . together . , . joined to search for the good life. Families . . . villages . . .city-states . . . nations . . . empires. Living in peace, living inwar . . . conquering . . . expanding . . . stretching . . , the hand’s power infinitely magnified . . . collectively striving , . . toiling . . . stained by blood, sweat, tears, ... no stopping . , , continually searching . . . together. The twentieth century, the 6Q's . . . the moments, day's, weeks, months zooming . . . life flying with them. Hands reach out . . . milking experience from lime . . . tearing pieces from the passing moments. Hands busy . . . arranging, sorting, matching the pieces . . .Discovering a puzzle-why life? The end, the purpose . . . what ore they? -No answer , , . pieces never fit . . . pieces missing . . . keep searching. Searching hands in the world of learning. Hands . . . old and young . . . students, professors, and administrator, Education . . . the fundamentals, the classics, the unique . . !

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 The old hands . . . stern . . . firm . . . g u i d i n g . . . inspiring . . . correcting . . . urging . . . demanding the difficult, expecling the best ... at times rewarded . , , at times ignored. Discouraged . . . delighted . . . bearing the trivialities . . . tolerating exams, records, grades. The open hond . . . the teacher of the young, the unlearned, the confused . . . remembering the confused with infinte patience . . . hearing questions . . asking questions . . . pointing the direction. Living for the moment of ihe spark when two hands will again clasp each other . . . joining the seeker in the search. The young hands . . . eager . . . busy . . . listless . . . lazy . . . motivated . . . glimpsing truth. Plato in Bibb Graves . . Boch and Van Gogh in Mason Hall . . . Statistics at 8:00 . . . Econ. ot 10:00 . . . Chapel in ogym suit and dirty hands-no time to change. Busy . . . going, moving. Hands . . . leafing through notes in on eleventh hour cram . . . turning the combination lock . . . removing the much-hoped-for letter . . . encouragement, scolding, sweet-nothings, money-these the young bonds receive. Hands . . . typing, applauding, joined in a basketball huddle, slamming the floor in a cheer, ‘slinging hash’ in a kitchen, pushing a pencil til 3:00 a.m. These and more . , all a part of the search. Young hands and old hands . .1 reaching up for the spark, the knowledge, the answers . . . groping in darkness . . . basking in the light of new discoveries . . . loving to stretch. Rungs on a lodder , , . disappointments and failures . . movements of achievements ... to all things we hold fast. Turn the poges . . . view the hands of JACKSONVILLE STATE.

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