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Page 32 text:
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Our graduating year of 1931-32 has drawn to a close, and we as a class, pause to view this great step that is before us. Behind us lies the smooth path of happy school- girl life, before us lies the broadening road of greater things. Although these roads diverge in every direction, each one of us will cherish some of the same memories. We will remember the stately old castle surrounded by spa- cious lawns and great trees. In memory we shall see here and there a patch of bright flowers, smell the perfume of lilacs, hear the song of birds and from some window will seem to float the sound of happy laughter. Perhaps even dearer than these memories of beauty are those of friendship. Some of these will be saddened by separation, and it is comforting to remember the words of the Persian prophet, When you part from a friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. Whether separated or together, the wealth of the companionship and friendship we have shared within these walls will never be lost. To Dr. Carscallen, to our honorary president, Miss Maxwell, and to our class teacher, Miss Beer, we are very grateful for their inspiration and help at all times. To the other members of the Faculty and to the Staff we are also grateful for the interest they have shown in each of us. We have felt the co-operation and under- standing of the younger classes in everything we have undertaken. The Junior Class, who will be the graduating class of next year, will take our places, and we hope that our work of this year will form a foundation on which they may build. From the sheltered walls of O.L.C. we go into the world just as Seniors for years have gone, wondering what life will hold, how vast it will be, how unfriendly. This year, more than the preceding years, holds doubt for the fulfilment of our dreams. At the present time the economic situation which the world is enduring will naturally affect us and it will be harder for us to attain those heights which we have set for ourselves and you expect us to take. Yet, within these halls we have learned to fortify ourselves against failure and surely the strength our Alma Mater has taught us will enable us to open the doors of opportunity and go forth to become builders of roads that lead out, rather than builders of walls that close in. When we consider that we are leaving our Alma Mater, perhaps never to return, a wistfulness fills our hearts. Though duty calls us, we feel we would postpone this parting. Then the words of Ulysses come to us: I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro , Gleams that untravell ' d world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish ' d, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life. ' 1 ' ' We come from sea to sea and are returning north, south, east and west. To see our class thus broken and scattered is enough to sadden the bravest of us. Still there is one thought that comforts us and shall always link us together, and that is, that no matter where we go, or what we do, each one of us will still be a Senior of thirty-two. Muriel Wilford. Page Twenty-Eight
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At the door of the Editor ' s office Helen leaves me, making me promise to go with her later to the Foster Orphanage, to see Vesta. She tells me Vesta is very popular with the youngsters, because she gives them the same kind of meals as were served at O.L.C. so many years ago. On re-entering Mary ' s office, I hear a woman talking most excitedly. What does that doctor mean by putting in the paper that snakes ' brains boiled in water make a good complexion cream? By the way, who is that doctor? This voice does sound familiar to me, and while Mary digs into her files, I hear Suffering snakes, how did you get here? And who should it be but Ruth Allgeier! At last Mary, feigning seriousness, says I am sorry to say, Dr. Allgeier, the person to whom you were fling- ing all those remarks is no other than our dear friend, Dr. Muriel Wilford. Ruth a doctor? She says to me, I am doing research work chie fly with snakes and spiders. After Ruth ' s departure, Mary informs me that Willie is in China doing medical work, and one of her discoveries has evidently caused disagreement. Talking about Willie turns my thoughts to Norma. At the mention of her name, Mary smiles and says Wait ten minutes. A gay voice interrupts us here, Have you heard the latest? and in trips Velva Brooks. After greeting me she proceeds with the latest. Did you know that Mary Beckman has been married for years? I am going to put her photograph in the paper with her two children, Pierre and Lucienne. She is Mrs. Parley- Vous Francais. Mary adds, Velva edits the Society Column. What do I hear now? There is a buzzing and crackling, and behold, on the wall a form is appearing. Slowly it becomes clearer and there, in a luxurious room, I see Norma lounging in a deep chair. She sings to her Chinese servant, Tell master no can come chop chop for tennis. Then she turns toward an instrument at her side and sings into it, Hello, old editor, are you ready for my report? The latest news from Shanghai is sung to us, and as she finishes, she slowly fades and vanishes. Mary notices my astounded expression, Haven ' t you heard of television? Norma is our singing reporter in the Orient. She obtains all sorts of inside information, and is having a gay time. How can you make the ' Ladies ' Never-at-Home Journal ' so well known? I de- mand of Mary. Oh, haven ' t I told you that Dorothy Friedman is Circulation Mana- ger? She travels all over the continent. Her husband edits a rival newspaper called Men ' s Rights. We here are interrupted by Ruth Allgeier, who strides in with her golf bag. Come on here and join Marjorie Ruddy and myself in a game. Marjorie has just returned from a trip around the world. You know she is travelling correspondent for this paper. On my way home, I bump into a short little woman who thrusts some sort of picture in front of me. I look and exclaim: Marian Crow, as I live! Marian explains that she needs money badly, and I take the picture she hands to me. I turn it one way and another. What is the matter? Don ' t you know a picture when you see one? I acknowledge my ignorance as to what it represents. Haven ' t you heard of my famous ' Much of a Muchness? ' It ' s very well known. As I leave Marian, my parting word is You know, Marian, I could not possibly pay you what your picture is really worth, and she thanks me for the compliment. After this eventful day, I drop into my armchair, and picking up the Ladies ' Never-at-Home Journal, my eye is caught by the headline, Miss Margaret Day Asserts Eastern Climate Bad For the Heart; and reading the article beneath, I gather that our old friend has entered politics and is still standing up for the West. It is my habit now, to sit down in comfort every evening, and read the famous Ladies ' Never-at-Home Journal.
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