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.Q w5g,43iiigL:gii:o X S on ,sw 35 it K N x w Honor Essays N THE Army National School Essay Contest for the hest essay on the Benefits of Enlist- ment in the United States Army, the Seniors of Lafayette were entitled to worthy men- tion. Isadore Birnbaum's essay won second place in the Senior group of the city, while Norma Boyle's was given recognition in being forwarded to NVashington, D. C. In the second contest as to who should be a representative of the St. Joseph District at Maryville fApril 30-A May lj, Isadore Birnbaum's was ehosen, and given third place. The Seniors feel greatly encouraged and have strong hopes in Lafayette becoming the first place not only in the city. hnt in Northwestern Missouri. I I 4 r Y I r four l l X Y YZ' - l xx
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if 1153 ll it W L' D F Me hat Goo lterature oes or , 4 5 . 1 . Ilthl ol all. literature glus llle .Ill outltl. ll1.ll ls. lt txpltssts 'lol H1111 H K' thoughts, llloods tllltl desires hetter than l eau express lllt-ini' .lift llll ltli 'lamb I , l'tll'lllS an outlet for St'll-t'XlJl't'SS10ll. lll elear' words, what mt . ant 'xx' ls . l Q say. 'l'his desire for sell'-expressloll IS universal and ll we eau etxpless Olll- l A selves witll llle leeling tllal 0lllCl'S leel we sllllll have started on the llgllt way to i the ideal ol' llle poet. lx - Ag gill exulllple ol' lllt'l'2lllll'L' that hears out llle ll'Lllll ol these statenlents, let us takl- t2oleridge's great poelll, 'llle Anelellt hlRll'llll'l'. ll ls. llle story ol' a lllldll, 1 who, hy :l eold hlooded act Ctbllllllllltttl against a ll1lI'llllt'SS l1lrd,eallle to leel lllllli , ' ' , 1 ,' ' . 1 . . . - 1 1 1 -fl 1 l sell tlll outeasl. But at last lllat sylllpathy llll llXlllg things. WlllllllN.ll1lil5llUL4 ll ll helore, Cillllt'lJ1lCli to llilll. l'lVl'l'yllllllQ was restored to llllll an-d llle loree ol' love tt It was so lJlll'Ilt'tl into lllS Stllll lllill lle ever alter, as long as lle llN't'll, related lllh ex- -X-' perienee to all wllolll he lllel. Many people, both young and old, have prohahly had tllis same-experlenice, , ll for il' they have at tllly lllllt' killed or struck or lllll'l.1lll innocent thing itlltl tell llll'illl tllltl lollely for it. have llllly not hyed llle .Xllt'lL'lll Mariner XVllll0lll know- ing it? The poelll tllell is a part ol' ourselves and the l0CllIlQ1llltl expresslon tllat , llle poet has put lnto it has louelled that part lll us lllat lm' leel. 1 Liter:llure keeps hefore lllt' llle vision ol' llle ideal, tllat l lllllSl never he satis- l'ied with llly work no nlatter how well I have done, l lIlllSl always see llly ideal ltlllllllllg far ahead ol' llle, llltlllgll lJl'lglll, and tllell lt IS tllat l wlll teel a joy Ill 1 my work l'l'Ulll llle thought tllat l Zllll seellllnyly getting lIt'lll'l'I' the goal. There is :l story told ot' the great Danish seulptol', llllltll'NVtlltlSl'll, tllat when he unveiled his statue ol' Christ he was seen to weep. llls l'l'lt'llllS on asking llllll llle callse t'or his grlef, were tlSl0l1lSl10fl to hear llllll say. n'lllllS statue IS the lll'Sl ot' llly works tllat I have ever felt eonlpletely satistled XVllll. 'l'lll now, llly ldeal has lJl'l'll l'ar heyond wllal I could exeeute. lllll lt IS so no lollger. I can never ereate a great work ol art again. 'llllS ttl'llSl, great as he was, t'llV1t'l'l his lJI'0lllCl' artists whose ideals nlarehed ever hefore lllL'll' tIClllt'Y0llli'lllS. Andrea del Sarto, llle l'aultless painter ol' Rrowning's great POCIII, SUIIIS up the tlll'l'l'l'0llCt' ol' llle two lCllHlS ot' workers when he says: Ah, hut a lN1lll,S reach Slltlllltl exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven lor? Literature gives llllf il hetter knowledge ot' llllllltlll lltlllll't', The knowledge tllat l get ll'UIl1 everyday experlence lS llt'llllt'l' hruad enough nor deep enough, hut a study ol those llll'll illltl women wllo lll0X'l' ll1l'0llQlI llle pages ot' great epics, Kll'2lIll1lS alld novels wlll greatly llroaden and deepen llly knowledge ol' lllllllilll lltll.lll'L'. R But great fiction not only hroadens our range olz Cll2ll'tlL'lL'l' llll0I'CSlQ it directs x our attention to the CSSl'lllllllS ot CllilI'llClt'I' also. lt IS through llllx stressing oi' the 1 1 esselltlals ot charactel' lllal we learn that lllt'lI do not dil'l'erl'rol1l one another so 1 144 J 3 l-mils VIA 1 ii . sv! IllllCll ill lllll ll0SSCSSl0ll ol' dil't'erent qualities lllat they have ill C0lllIll0Il. Llll'l'1Illll'C restores to llle llle lllell and XVOIIICII long siuee yanishedg it poillts nle to'tlle past. fhe great deeds ot' the heroie dead are preserved ill annals and ehrollleles, hut they hve lll sollg tllltl story, U In the year. 1833 there died at llle age ol' twellty-two, one ot' the lll0Sl Pl'0l1llS- lllg ytlllllg l2llQ'llSlll1l4.'ll ol lus tune, .Xrthur llenry llillltllll. llis l'ather, the dis- tinguished historian, wrote tlll ill'l'CCll0lltlll' lll0lll0ll' ill wlliell lle revrelled very lllllCll tllal he Slltlllltl have lleell too early lost for pulllie l.tllllC.u 5 lt St't'llll'tl SO. llmlltill Wealth tllltl Jll.l.l'L'lltlII had dolle all tlley eould do. Liter- ature, however, had not Sp0li0ll. But, lll 1850, 'l'ennyson pllhlislled his ffreat IJUOIII. ln hlt'lllUl'lillll,U the lhenle ot' wlliell is his l.l'll'IltllSlllll lor lllllltllll. Anil to- day Hlllltllll IS liIIOXVll wherever English lllt'l'1lllll'l' is studied and his public l llllC,, already lar surpasses lllat ol hls tather. NXDUPI. HIHYB NWI g . .. 1 u . . . , . l'lIl0l'. . N Y 'l'we-nt y-six
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