Scott High School - Talaria Yearbook (Coatesville, PA)

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The Ttmes Demand by LUCY SCHULTE tfieprmted wrth permtssnon ol Womans Pressl There ts one road One road along whrch all men go But only o e 1 all of ttme One road whtch cuts from ttntte Past Through bleedtng Now Whtch stretches out tnto the bltnd to come One road where all mankmd These thousand years has gone Stumbltng walking marchtng But creep or crawl or run The great road stretches out The road 1 one Some men there are who walk Serenely wrth therr God Whrle others travel learlully alone And some wtth arrogance and prlde Keep clean thexr robes and rrde Upon the shoulders ol the strong You ask where goes the road and why That men go down rt bravely go to dre Across the sands of Egypt to the sea Up Grecxan hllls to a Thermopolae And go that way not once but yet agam And leave their blood on cobbled streets ot Spam That road was chartless sea lanes cuttmg west The road from Maln Streets shaded dustmess To gun shelled beaches tn the Phtlxppmes That road was underground where black men crept From south to north And underground where hunted Iew Fled ghetto walls blood drenched by supermen To safety That road was Catacombs and death Brown pasture hungry hull and blood soaked sod The road men travel through the years ts one The road man wonders m hrs search tor God How many ktnds ot men have served To pomt Gods way to speak Hts word To make arttculate to shape command Courageous 1ust1ce that the txmes demand' Abe Lrncoln spoke tor men who touqht At Concord Men who crossed a wtlderness To make a hte ot freedom on the plams Ot Illmots He spoke for women Ol a thousand lxttle towns and farms Who helped to buxld a natxon Wtth chxldren cradled m thetr arms Lxncoln spoke tor those who sand God and the Constttutron of these Umted States Hold all men equal m the law n 'n ' . Long march ot thousands lrom the China Coast.

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The Tlmes Demand The war rs over' The war rs won' The peace rs srgnedl The yob rs done' e dymqs ended' The war rs wo The peace xs srqned' The yob IS done' u wars wrll not end and suffenng cease When men sxgn the parchment they call the peace A war that rs fought for the freedom of men Must be won ln each vrllaqe and Cnty aqaxn For lrsten to words In the street rn the Senate Lrsten to landlord lrsten to tenant Lrsten to tallc at a soda fountam Words that pxle up from molehrll to mountain The whlspered words No Iews Restrrcted For colored only Exclusions depxcted By srqn and by law by custom and pnde In places you eat tn the trams you rxde Burres the truth or stmgs the hrde Words that flare up luke a fountain of flame Words that accuse words that blame Words that make eprthet out of a name Words that brurse that krll that marm Repeatxng a rumor repeatmq a story Wrlcl words of hate words wrthout glory Words that whrsper or shout or roar Words that lose battles won rn the war Ive walked along my crtys streets A thousand trmes Ive seen that thmgs my lazy mmd Would have me see Packed neatly rn the patterned pleasantnes that Wall my lrfe But yesterday some new thrnq Was lt God or restlessness or war Cut cataracts of habrt from my sxght And there thmgs I had not seen before Squahd houses huddled rn the cllrt Some lands they looked lrke mce lads too And when he ran called lew I saw the hate behmd the eyes That passed me rn the street I saw the lrvmg lrfe had lamed I saw my arrogance of heart I saw myself a soul apart I saw myself ashamed Th ' ' . ' n! B t ' ' And a thoughtless word, a wrong implied,