Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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THE SACAMORE I962 CONTENTS IN RETROSPECT ACADEMICS ATHLETICS ORGANIZATIONS CREEKS , CLASSES

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DEDICATION Now all the truth is out, Be secret and take defeat From any brazen throat, For how can you compete Being honour bred, with one Who, were it proved he lies, Were neither shamed in his own Nor in his neighbors' eyes? Bred to a harder thing Than Triumph, turn away And like a laughing string Whereon mad fingers play Amid a place of stone, Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult. W. B. Yeats, the great Irish poet, wrote this poem as a tribute to his dear friend, Lady Augusta Gregory. The situation which prompted the tribute is now unimportant. What is important is that Yeats suggests that the artist--like any man of vision-is always doomed to defeat in a civilization dominated by the unartistic commoner. But he further suggests that the artist, while facing defeat at the hands of society, always triumphs in his defeat by secretly exulting in the glory of his private vision. To MISS GENEVA LE RIE PARMLEY, we of the Sagamore Staff dedicate this poem in tribute, not because her work has come to nothing -far from it-but because it is a moving poem which she greatly admires, and because in her we find those qualities exemplified in the poem: the courage of her convictions, the courage to step to the music of a different drummerff the courage to take defeat, the courage to tri- umph in defeat by secretly exulting in the glory of her private vision. And of all things known, that is most difficult. Miss Geneva Parmley has been a unique member of the Department of English at Southeast Missouri State College since 1940. She continues to contribute to the college and, more importantly, to the students who sit under her. The Cultural Lecture Series, which she has so ably chaired, has been of unusual quality and scope. Because her approach to teach- ing is her own, the students who have the opportunity to study under her find the experience worthwhile and unforgettable. It is then with admiration, pride, and pleasure that we, the 1962 SAGAMORE STAFF, dedicate to you, MISS GENEVA LE RIE PARM- LEY, this SAGAMORE.