University High School - Tower Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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n our search for humorin life, we have not forgotten the other important featurc of Vmmfs clumcter?-the serious avein. The Sphinx itself, from which our lucky case was taken, has been a lesson for usg for we, too, should like to construct our own monuments of character on a scale as strong and inspirational as this. -Two Ifmnircd Twrnty-two

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It is rather nerve-wreclzing to find our very best friends buried here in the gloom of this modern Sphinx. Specially does it hurt to jind Donald Paine's tomb. Reason for Little Paine's Decease He may have passed the Eligibility List. He may have talked himself susceptible to onslaughts while being football manager. He might have continued arguing every good book down to the adoring reader. He might have over-taxed the pituitary gland in effort to grow. But again, maybe curiosity killed him. We can cite that age-old cat as an example. And Donald was curious. For three years he used to sit and watch a certain faculty member, wondering what this teacher was thinking that he could write diligently dur- ing every chapel meeting. By the unperturbed expression Donald could tell nothing. Announcements gave Donald no clue. No one ever spoke of it. He grew gradually more pale and thin, and his beard grew long and his hair matted. He found time hang- ing heavily on his hands. He became janitor, hoping to intercept a note some day. Then one day it happened. He spied the note which he had seen T. L. Bryant write with his new eversharp pencil. He opened it tremblingly. Ah, and now to read it. But there was nothing there. Bryant had used no lead. It was simply his way of keeping in practice for teaching Palmer Method. Donald never recovered. These people have not died in vain, though, for they have left inscribed upon the walls bits of philosophy which activated their lives. We pass it on to you for inspiration: I could live all my life in nonchalanee and insouciance Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nousciance. Why did the Lord give us agility If not to evade responsibility? A girl whose cheeks are covered with paint Has an advantage with me over those whose ain't. An anxious wooer can cure insomnia By murmuring Amor Vincit Omnia. For ice-breaking Candy Is Dandy But liquor Is quicker. A good way to forget todayls sorrows Is to think bard about tomorroufs. And that ends our exploring. For as yet the other tombs are a secret to be re- opened by later generations. We are grateful to past humor kings who shared their fun- ' Foley, Hall and Dickey. Let us never be guilty of burying our humor again as of this year. Let it be a god crowned supreme! Two Hundred Twenty-on nz'-i '-. :,-.. 4- . - X 5. . M 5 YQ W , . -fs., Wi'.a1g V Q f x Q .1 .ia i .1 . '. ' ' 7- Q i. I' , '.. 7 , L - ' ' 1- ' w-ffw-uuaunuza 4 ,--I - -Q' -,f-:L -.-' Y . . lg' ss 113,51 - 9 . y 'L iggf'-'51 , 'rr' 1 -5 1 ' .' A -sg 'sq 1: H P 1 .Q . . '- aw .1 .- - l -fa, -ff J e ff' , it JF' ' xi g. , - -v -N-vt, -. ,- ---. ,' , ,, I 5 . iii' . ' . ' ' - ':. . .' .. , K - rim. -. '-a.. - rix'mIx.e.n1n-LA- 'l11lnl..'v!n - 's11l!tU'nn:.xL:ll5ai

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or a es this mountain of limestone and ranite has been a fascination for all men. S 8 The have advanced various theories, alwa s in effort to com rehend its massiveness. Y Y P Scientists and scholars have been utterly unable to explain it. Since it is a complete geometrical figure, wise men have concluded that it must have been divinely planned. No other explanation has been advanced to account for wisdom of the structure, for as Isaiah said: A pillar shall be at the border of Egypt, it shall be for a sign and a Witness. Although divinely planned, this pyramid was actually constructed by centuries of effort, and through the infinite patience of man. Through storms of forty centuries it has stood. Storms and rains have drenched it and bombarded it, but there it stands ready to take another forty centuries of atmos- pheric attacks, if the world should continue to exist. The creators of this pyramid have died long ago, but here their work lives on, still intriguing and inspiring man. In building individual monuments of character the same infinite patience and effort are necessary. The Sphinx grew out of surroundings of charm and mystery. The dunes are a changing pattern of color absorbing the gold of the sun, and the dark blue of the shad- ows. The parallel to this mystery and charm is to be found only in life itself, where light and shadow design resulting patterns of happiness and sorrow. As one approaches the monument, he sees the dominant gray color change into silver, then tinge into blond, and finally deepen into gold, this beauty entices one t0 ascend its heights. Higher and higher climbing does not completely satisfy, for one sees a wider and wider range of beauty until it is too great for the mind to conceive. The view of the minarets of Cairo glittering in the sun is enough to fill the mind, and overwhelm the entire being. So it is in life, when monuments of character gain in height, new vistas are opened to the builders so inspiring that one is overwhelmed. Two Hu nrfrswl Tu'e1n'y-Ibrrz' 1 E f in i. V I 4 il.-fu E, ,V nj, T' l V 5 H K lu- T.g ' 0 'Isis , . C! fr' M, -.ywfi ', . ,f s K1 l any A-,L is A I5 as Q Q 152.1-:aa .4 .s at 1 - I 552,325 flag. V I' In ' - t X -,.- '. ,' '.-' ' ..: . 5 ' In iw' ' nf... ' L 1 5- - .li