Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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TEXAS TECHNOLOC-SICAL COLLEGE

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LA VENTANA VOLUME EIGHT' Man awoke wifh a spliH'ing , headache, severe bruises, and emp'l'y slomach. Yes- ferday he had been moulded by 'lhe gods, 'I'oday he was an exile on an unpeopled, barl- ren earfh. Once common dusf, he had been moulded by fhe gods in carica- fure of an absenl' brofher. They had breafhed immorfal life in'l'o his clay s1'ruc+ure whereupon he became a man in flesh and blood. They were pleased wi+h +heir handiwork, and They ridiculed and buffeied him aboul' un'I'il fear of 'l'he abseni' god's reiurning caused his creafors 'l'o deposii Man none +o genily on fhe ear+h - a place seldom visifed by +he gods +hen as now.

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This is your book. If was designed and edifed for your pleasure and convenience-fo help you recall scenic views, inferesfing and familiar-fo record fhe college ad- minisfrafion and senior hisfory-fo presenf fhe undergrad- uafe fo group organizafions, fo give a perspecfive of fhe year's afhlefic achievemenfs, fo lisf 'l'he maior acfivifies- and, finally, fo close wifh a Razz secfion fhaf may or may nof be all ifs name implies. The earfh qualced as if had offen done before fhis lasf convulsion had lowered 'rhe surface below sea level. A confinenfal sea poured in and covered man and fhe land for miles around. He adiusfed himself fo fhe sea: learned fhaf by propel- ling his limbs he could move aboufg learned fo crush fhe profecfive shells of ammo- nifes, clams and gasfropodsg and learned fo free himself from fhe slimy, fenacious grip of gianf gasfropods. .