Mercy Academy - Thesaurus Yearbook (Marshall, MO)

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KINDNESS KINDNESS or charity is the greatest of all virtues. If we would follow more closely the golden rule many of the heartaches and much of the sadness of the world would be lessened. How easy it is to speak a word of kindness and cheer to our neighbors, but no, we are only thinking of ourselves and do not take the time to bother about them. How often during the day do we bruise the hearts that love us by being abrupt and cold with them. Little acts or words of kindness will encourage the most distressed and make them want to go on and win in the strife of life. Isn't it worth while to be kind at home and at school gladening the hearts of those that are about you and spreading sunshine wherever you go? M. C. OUR FIRST CODE CDon't Be a Quitterb Strive on, hold on No matter what people sayg Smile on, sing on Things will surely come your way. Sitting down and whining Never helps one a bitg The only way to reach the top is By never saying quit, Don't quit, keep hoping Even if your ship goes downg Grab a spar or something just refuse to drown. Don't give up trying just because you're hit, Smile in the face of danger And never say quit, E. B. TRIOLET I haven't any time To write this little rhyme. My words won't really chime I haven't any time. I cannot write a line That poets would call fine. I haven't any time To write this little rhyme. R. IVI. P531

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TO MY SISTER When the evening sun is sinking, And my tasks for the day are through, My mind is thinking, thinking, Thinking of home and you. Of the days we have spent together, In meadow, or orchard, or lea, In sunshine, or rainy weather, Side by side, just you and me. But the steady stream of the hourglass Has been pouring this many a year, Scattering our hopes like the blades of grass That each autumn are brown and sear. Oh the days may be short to the happy-hearted But the hours are long to the sadg And they slowly pass when friends are parted, And tis hard for the heart to be glad. R. M. MY MOTHER Always faithful, hopeful, and loving, In spite of the wrong we dog At home your mother'll be waiting And watching and praying for you. G. M. TO MOTHER My love is like a red, red, rose Fresh with morning dew, I offer it with all my heart Mother, dear, to you. M. J. F TO MOTHER Loving and loyal The one ever true. My proudest possession, Dear Mother, is you. E. B. Pg30

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WILL THE RADIO DISPLACE THE NEWSPAPER AS THE CHIEF DISSEMINATOR OF NEWS DURING THE NEXT DECADE By JOSEPH PATRICK SWEENEY This Editorial won second place in Missouri in the International Quill and Scroll Contest. TODAY the important news of the world is broadcasted through- out radio-land. It reaches the minds of forty per cent of the people. Today both the important and minor news is published in millions of newspapers throughout the world reaching the minds of seventy per cent of the people. The question is, will the radio displace the newspaper as the chief disseminator or distributor of news within the next ten years? It is believed that as long as the radio uses the concise, brief method of distributing news and only news that is of general interest to the world, it will never displace the newspaper. The newspaper gives news in a more complete more interesting way. There is a guarantee of understanding. The radio at present shows no pictures, and unless one under- stands the speaker the first time, he does not get the news. The radio announcer does not repeat until he is understood. A newspaper can be read at any leisure time, but one has to go to a radio at a particular time which is often inconvenient. Yet news can be distributed by radio to thousands of people less than two seconds after it occurs. If television is made practical and put in use as it is expected a combination with radio, the radio and television together may stand a good chance of displacing the newspaper. When that time comes, radio-televisions will be in every home, in public places, broadcasting and showing moving pictures at the same time, while the news is actually taking place. This may come within the next ten years and, if so, radio will displace the newspaper as the chief disseminator of news. Page 32