University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

Page 20 text:

After traveling the many corridors of the Labyrinth and under going the many adventures of experience and emotion, the hero has still to recognize the beast he is to destroy to triumph. For the hardest place to look is inside himself. There he will find the beast blocking his way to other man. Conquer it and he can truly find his way to the world. The Labyrinth. You approach its final corridor Where mirrored ivalls Reveal you And the Beast of your thought —■ Which has always been with you Though you have been always apart. For your eyes Blinded by the sights of the Labyrinth Were closed to the consciousness of your individual. And now as you are becoming Yesterday You see in the mirror of your mind The reflection of your Soul t( ECCE homo: 9 And exclusive of emotion and experience You add to human remembrance , Of what some in their daring call Life , Your celebrated spirit Free to respond to the simple fact of Death Without terror or anguish For you have seen yourself in the universe Of your ephemeral journey through The Labyrinth. And Eternity Is yours for the asking. Ellen Ann Ragsdale pi 16