Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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THEME t EXPLANATION HE stars have gripped the interest of men for thou- sands of years. lt is because of their universal ap- peal that we have chosen them as our theme. From the study of them has emerged a pseudo-science, Hstrol- ogy, which protesses to determine the influence of heav- enly bodies on the affairs of men. To aid in the understanding ot this science, one must think of the heavens as a great circle divided into equal parts, just as the face of a clock is divided by numbers which mark the hours. Each ot the divisions, ot which there are twelve, is represented by one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Hstrology holds that there are twelve types of individuals corresponding, roughly speaking, to these twelve signs, that the planets play a major part in determining these personalities, and that the po- sition ot these planets at the moment ot one's birth de- termines his horoscope. Even the Plstrologers advise us, however, that the stars incline but do not compel.

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AN ODE The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, Rnd spangled Heavens, a shining frame Their great Original proclaim. Th' unWeary'd Sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display, Hnd publishes, to every land, The Work of an immortal hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale, Hnd nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth, Whilst all the stars that round her burn, Hnd all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, Rnd spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball, What though no real voice, nor sound Hmidst their radiant orbs be found, In reason's ear they all rejoice, Hnd utter forth a glorious voice, Forever singing as they shine: The hand that made us is divine. -Ioseph Hddison.