Los Angeles Pacific College - Yucca Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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fi Y ii c c a P - The Tyranny of Time By . RALPH WALKER TIME IS CERTAINLY the ruling factor in modern days. A Chinaman who had spent several years on a tour to America and returned to his own country was asked what god the Americans really worshipped. He replied that they worshipped a little god contained in a silver box, and that they continually consulted this god to see what to ' ' d I k t our watches do next. There is a great deal of truth in this statement. We o oo a to see if we have time to do this or that. Certainly time is a stern ruler, for every-- thing is limited by it even our lives. Y The world in this twentieth century is a fast moving world. It is moving at a speed hitherto unknown, all to beat time, to get a little more accomplished. People rush around frantically to get to work on time in the morning. All you have to do to see this is to go down to some main thoroughfare in the morning or evening. You will see people tearing along in machines, or walking fast, dodging and bumping each other. Now personally, I do not believe in this. I think that you cannot beat time. 3 The man who works hard to earn enough money so he can live with ease while still young, probably will make the money, but he will grow old before his time. I try to get along well with time, not rushing around trying to beat time. Probably that is why I am late for Botany every morning. It may not improve my record, but it surely adds to my peace of mind. This is a mechanical age. Marvelous machines are being used and better ones invented every day. These also speed the old world along. Where it used to take a d a message across the country, we can now send one in a few month or more to sen . minutes. Where Columbus crossed the Atlantic in three months, Lindy crossed it in a few hours. This is a marvelous age, I would not exchange my environment from this age to any other for any price. However, it is my firm opinion that hurrying is hard on the nerves. There is a time when we will no longer be ruled byhtime. I wonder what it will be like- ' ' ' d d d ied, YIWIIEII Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twzste an r I critic has died, Wlzen the oldest colors have faded, and the younges We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it-lie down for an aeon or two, Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew. Page Sixty-seven