Snow College - Snowonian Yearbook (Ephraim, UT)

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“IT'S THE LIFE Ten minutes to nine! I felt my pulse quicken and my knees grow suddenly weak. Only ten minutes more a:id they would be in. W ho? If they had been a bunch of savage desperadoes. the fright which was overtaking me could have been no worse. As it was they were only a crowd of “sweet, innocent children.’ However. I questioned their innocence in the schoolroom. 1. myself, had vivid recollections of tacks, paper wads, etc. Why could 1 not muster up that fine courage 1 had had for weeks before. With endless amount of theory in my cranium, and a still greater amount in my books. I was fully prepared to meet any emergency. (Fond dreams. I assure you). They were in the room. I attempted to smile a pleasant good morning which resulted in a terrible grimace and several suppressed giggles. “Bubbles was suggested as a song for opening exercises. “Fine.’’ said I .What luck that they should choose one I knew so well. Grasping the edge of the desk to control my nervousness. I began the familiar strain. “Fm forever blowing bubbles-----. I suddenly realized 1 was “Bub- bling alone, and the uproar that followed was far from soothing. To my horror I learned that my “Bubbles and theirs, were never blown by the same composer. The events which followed on that never-to-be-forgotten day, are too numerous and touching ( ?) to relate. By closing time my theory was buried forever. I was a staunch supporter of corporal punishment and all other teachers' hobbies. I smiled with satisfaction as 1 thought of the shaking I gave the kid who laughed at my writing. I breathed a sigh of content as 1 glanced at the pair of huskies memorizing a ten-stanza poem; at a similar pair struggling with decimals: and at the innocent-looking chap cleaning blackboards. W hen asked for the plural of child, he had glibly answered “twins. It was over and what a relief. 1 felt like a punctured toy balloon and wondered if I'd ever he like I used to be. How's teaching?” called a voice, to which 1 quickly answered. “It’s the life. Almera Anderson.

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WOODRUEE ALLAN Circlevillc, Utali Conscientious ami Ambitious. NAOMI COTTER Wales, Utah A worker, intends to accomplish scr.ictking in life. ARMADA BAILEY Ephraini, Utah High marks, her specialty. Has rare musical ability. EDNA JENSEN Salt Lake City, Lhah Likes Geography. Studies Iceland. Greenland and (Le) land. DAYEDA HANSEN Ephraim, Utah She is not frivolous, and she is certainly some cook.

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WHAT AM 1? Am I n o a fa vrad human b ei liivgi nigm blessed age, Jn a glo io uslan 1 1a dun dcrthe best go veil me nf b un ahpo n the fa ceo fthe earth? Yes! a n durt hr fcha ntha t,I a ma n immo rta liein gsen ti mtthe wo rldto b esehoo Id a n dr ied to be giv enexperienc es whi chjf I liv • wisely a n oh-ell will fit me fo r thcsociety o ftho sevvho ha vdia d Id tyi da- Is,a n d hav eliv edn 6 leiiv eso Risefulness a n d erice. S evice? Ah! there is the key ,the mast efcey which unlo cksthe ma gd d o o rs to genuin eha ppi es. I ma yn t b ea b l toeren derserv i cm the sa mew a va s so na o frny a sso das, but thro ug ku tieo f tits a vio' uirea u-tiful pa ra Idc I kn o vtlia tl hav etalents. W hether I hav e few o rma n yvv;o eb eunto me if I b uy them. If I do n o t us a- n ilnpro v t-ho r 1 ha v, they will be taken fro mme a n d giv ento o n who ha sstri veiilili gntly . B utg ea tw 11 be my gain if I do usea n ilnpro v diem, fo ro her a n 4 rea tetar 1. en tswill then b egiv en me . Wha tl a m es t.ther efo jaipo limyself. I ha v tale tis , 1 hav eo ppo mti tiie s.but whet herthese will a lwy sbe mi n e, dep en depo lithe co ursel take in life. 1 sha lllet service, then, b etny wa tclivvo rdryin gto rea -liz etha tif I giv eto thewo rldthe b esttlia tl ha e. the b «t wil Ico meb a cko me. Myva thwo rdsha lib e,o n wd p ro -gress—ev erstriv iig— ev erimpro vug ,a n cj eservin g . The n will my existed cei unor a litybe a pc ri oodfsatisfa ck) na n d ha ppiess, a n dvi tdi utslia mel ca na sk“ Vi lit A m I” an d the a n sar will echo ba ck, AM a n . Almcra Anderson.