St Agnes Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Zfemtmfe . REALIZATION Last night, while saying my prayers, I asked myself, What if we didn't have anything to thank God for? Shuddering at that, I tried to turn my mind from the thought, But, it was there, and I knew it was there, so I had to face it. What if we didn't have anything to thank God for? Those little things like the trees, the flowers, and the grass, I never thought about those little things, but, what if we didn't have them? Suppose we didn't have our churches, our homes, and our parents and friends? Suppose we didn't have America? I was frightened at all this, So frightened, I lay there in a daze. My mind was hazy, I tried to think. Then all of a sudden, my mind cleared, and I realized something. You have faith, and I have faith, yes, we all have faith in God, And as long as that faith is there, there is hope, For with that faith we can always say, Thank you, God. Knowing that He takes away for the same reason that He gives, Because He loves us. 'JEAN NAIL, '43. HOME, A PLACE TO BE HAPPY Home isn't just a place where you hang your hat, or where you go when there is nothing else to do. Some people go home, change their clothes, run out the door and say that theyill be back at five. In a few minutes, they're back again, shouting to their mothers that if anyone calls, tell them to call back later. This isn't my idea of a home, it's a mad house. Home is a place to be happy, because in it, you find the kind of love for which there is no substitute. Many girls and boys do not realize this until it is too late. Some may have large beautiful homes, others small ones, still others, shabby ones. The size of the home makes no difference, there is still the same love in it. Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. -JOSEPHINE FERTITTA, '43. I CAN'T WRITE They say Simply put a few words on paper, and lo and behold! You have written the object of your expectations. I-Iow easy it sounds-how completely reassuring! But have you ever tried? Once in a while, however, there is a genius. For have you ever read passages in books that simply set your imagination expanding to its full extent? How these'passages can play at will with your emotions, making you a puppet to just a few words! Indeed, the use of words is wonderful, but only if you have the practical knowledge of placing them accurately for the desired effect. The actor throws forth his emotions by the use of dramatics. Pity, though, the poor writer who must dramatize with mere words! But to get back to the subject of the unfortu- nates: The setting, of course, is in school. And the trouble begins when - itis usually the English teacher - announces to her class's utter dejection, that for the next assignment they must prepare a theme, or, to make matters worse, a short but very sweet poem. Well, after the haze existing in most pupils' men- tal passages disappears, the work begins. Then we come upon the most tragic scene ever witnessed in school. In the library, you sit with your fellow suf- ferers and begin to write. Perhaps the word write is being abused here. But, nevertheless, the work does begin. What a brain storm comes to your mind! But when the actual writing begins, a complete blackout intervenes. Suddenly you think of the most deli- ciously long sounding word, and then, just as sud- denly, you realize the lack of spelling ability and the blessing of Webster's Dictionary, And, after curiously gazing at peculiar words that have crossed your visicn, you come upon the object of your search. You spend most of the time, however, counting the number of words. For you would feel simply dread- fully overdone if you went over the minimum. Then, after wearing out erasers and pencils, as well as brains, you hear someone's triumphant call breaking the quietness, as she announces her finished theme. Then, not long after, everyone comes Wearily out of the library, feeling very proud of the finished work, but hoping that the teacher will not make their particular papers public. Each one knows that So and So's paper was much better than hers. Any- way, it was bad enough to have to write it. But to have it made public! Well, just what do you think? -EDn'H THOROLD, '42.

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