Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Cbitortal I wonder, said the oak tree, with joyous anticipation as signs of spring could be felt in the atmosphere, how soon my new leaves will begin to grow anil I shall be covered with their throbbing puls- ating life. New! flippantly exclaimed the high hoard fence, which stood near — as if every spring you didn ' t have the same pert looking leaves. All Oak Leaves are the same — just a plain green leaf he jubilantly concluded. At which remark the oak tree gave him one of her most scathing, scornful glances. Then that is all you know! The shape, the size and the name do stay practically the same through the years, hut for intelligent people who can appreciate the best, there is every year found in Oak Leaves a new spirit and a deeper significance. The markings on the leaf don ' t mean anything to you, hut it is the Life which they represent that makes people always so glad to welcome Oak Leaves back in the springtime. But then a fence can ' t under- stand how disappointments, pain and happiness are all found in Oak Leaves. If you — Oh, well, responded the bored fence, I suppose it is just a matter of taste. prefer green paint for my adornment to fussy green Oak Leaves. 12

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