Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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'hr lgrrzihrnfz illlrmaagr l,ife is a kaleidoscope of happiness and grief. The older we grow the inore we appreciate the truth of this observation. liven when we are very young. before the panorama of the years begins fully to unfold. we become habituated to gin gidmixture of laughter and tears. I-lut youth is naturally buoyant. spirited. more likely to react from depression, and its days of sorrow are usually over- shadowed by longer periods of joy, Maturity brings keener perception. more stable reliexes, and with them a realization. born of experience, that to all of us. whatever be our condition. the harvest is both bitter and sweet. l recall the chorus of an old song which had its origin in 'l'in l'an .Xlley: You're up today and down toinorrow? That's the way of life, you know. Clouds from sunshine brightness borrow: Un life's tide we ebb and flow. Sun and shadow go together. -loy with bitterness and sorrow: Darkest clouds bring fairest weather- You're up today and down tomorrow. It is a far cry from the doggerel of this verse to the inspired beauty of l-'.J1lPg1'0 and ll l't'11.s'er0.w, but their respective philosophy is the same. Milton glorified happiness and grief impartially and with equal skill. His purpose. it seems to me, was to demonstrate the impact of each upon human existence. llls own career was marked by misfortune. but surely there was abundant eoinpens sation for him in the production of that magnificent poetry which has made his name immortal. I am writing these words three days after the death of the l'resident of the United States. He was buried at Hyde Park this morning. Yesterday an .-Xrizona newspaper which had consistently opposed his policies published the following front-page box: ' The Man In The Street I never voted for him: in fact I campaigned ardently against him ....... But now that he's gone. there's one thought keeps nagging at me: If he wasn't a great man. then why did I feel like crying when I heard that Franklin IJ.-Roosevelt -. was dead? i He teas a great man, a national figure, a world statesman. Hut. like the lowliest creature in the most forgotten outpost of civilization, his life was a pattern of sad and pleasant realities. For twenty-four years he was plagued by the ravages of infantile paralysis - yet these were the years of his most signi- ficant triumphs. Few men in history have suffered as much from criticism: few men have been the object of such extravagant praise. We are alike in this regard - Franklin Roosevelt. john Milton. the shirt- sleeved song writer, you and I. Life, equally with death. is no respecter of persons. Rich and poor. exalted and humble, educated and illiterate. all share a lnunan heritage of happiness and grief. The oak leaves belong to those who level off above portentous clouds and fly undazzled by the blinding sun. QWJM wc

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Qllippvr Stuff lfrfflnl'-I-11-f-fI1'1'f -IUAN C. Ml'l.l'.XIIY .'1.Y.Yl-Sflllll lfrfifm' BARBARA R. NORTON l.ifvr'ar-V lfrlilm' L-YNTH IA RK DE lJ11,v1'11Cs.v .IlUIIUfjL'I' MARION C. BIACKLIN .A1rlz'm'f1'.s'1'11y ,Ilrlllfzyvlw FRANCES R. EINNERTY NORMA L'UGSXYEI.I. Plmtografvlzy Ezfiior LENA G. REHFUSS .-lrf Edilor EVA M. PETERSON .AI.v.m1'f47f1' 1idifOl'.S' ELEANOR MCCALI, CATI-IERINE KVCONNOR BARBARA LQEHR JANE SHEA SFC'I'f'ftI1'VX' JEAN MCKERRALL DI'f'I.5l.OlIGI Rvprrsc'11ff1fit'1.s PHYLLIS MCGORTY ELLEN GRIRIES .IEANETTE KIARSILII .-1di'i.m'1' PRESIDENT EDXYARD A. SLILIYAN Litvrary .-Idrism' Art Adiism' MISS BERNHAM MISS BEERS l3'zfs1'1zcss Afii'1'5vr MR. RGCKETT 1 1