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

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-'-'El Y 11 c c a lit'- Humor By EsT1-IEP. DEUTSCHE THE SUBJECT OF HUMOR is a serious one. In fact, it is no topic to consider when one is swamped with final examinations and is vainly trying to make up that back work which has resulted because of an excess of procrastination. However, I shall en- deavor to write, as best I can, an essay Qthat is, an attempt at onej on that elusive and difficult topic which is such an asset to human nature. Humor must be spontaneous, and it must preferably possess the human element. Mere foolishness is not humor. There is a peculiar cleverness-a contagious wit, about it which has nothing in common with silly frivolity nor vulgar jest. There is a laugh-provoking ridicule, or clever touch of irony, or spicy tang of satire which is es- sential. Humor requires wisdom, intellect, wit, and an understanding of human nature-a broadmindedness, a quickness, cleverness, and clearness of thought which is not commonly found. Humor, it seems, is indispensable to the happiness and well-being of any normal person. How few of us there are who could enjoy a book, lecture, et Cetera of the more serious type, without its enlivining touch of humor breaking 'now and again into the monotonous dryness and solemnity of the subject. Though' I love romance, and though tragedy has a certain fascination for me, I would consider the setting of this stage of life incomplete without the respite of comedy. Nothing should ever be carried to an extremeg too much of any good thing is too much. lt is all well and good to be serious minded, and it is certainly fickle and use- less to be continually laughing and finding something incongrous in-every occurrence, without the slightest thought of the real meaning and purpose of life. But one should never be a pessimist, nor always an optimist. It is better to laugh than to weep-if one can laugh without forgetting that all of life is not a pathway of roses and that there is really a serious mission in life. The benefit in true humor lies in giving us a rest, a little recreation from the cares, worries, and troubles of this wearisome existence. We may forget in the amuse- ment that we are carrying an immense burden of responsibility on our shoulders and just return to the joy of childhood's carefree days, when all life was gay and happy from dawn till setting sun. Humor should be between the lines and pages of life's great drama, without erasing any of it. Page Sixty-eight