University of Massachusetts Lowell - Sojourn / Knoll Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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N9 3 ff G.K. Chesterson's Observation: l have seen the truth and it makes no sense. A smile can never be kept, it can only be given. - Forbes Mad- zongwe When the goal ahead is an endless fight Through a sunless day and a starless night. Where the far call breaks on the sleeper's dream. Only the gamefish swims upsteam. l know you believe you understand what you thinkl said, But l am not sure you realize that what you hear is not what I meant. - R.M. Nixon Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed. - Booker T. Washington l've met a lot of hard boiled eggs in my day, but you're twenty min- utes. - Ace in the Hole To do less is more. Do not ask what your country can do for you --- ask what you can do for your country. - JFK Hit me with your best shot! - Pat Benatar To impose is not to discover . . . - Wallace Stevens Adrift in the sea of life, the course you set seems strange. But, re- member as the past-wake de- parts you-that your meaning will change. Roll out your bones and raise up your pitcher, raise up your glass to good King John. - Steely Dan

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N92 If A true friend unbosoms freely. ad- visesiustly, assists readily, adven- tures boldly, takes all patiently. defends courageously, and contin- ues a friend unchangeably. - Wil- liam Penn Do badly what you do at all. - Aesop's Fables To be a rock and not to roll. - Led Zeppelin Lord, To whom should we go? It is Thou that hast the words of Eter- nal Life. - St. Peter There's no such thing as a free lunch. You gotta be Klaghornin' mel - B.C. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Ge- nius will notp unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is filled with edu- cated derelicts. Persistence and Determination are omnipotent. - Napoleon Hills 8 W. Clement Stone 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Love and truth are alike in that they both are difficult to find, and require some effort to keep. - Mi- chael Girard And then you woke up. Two roads diverged in the wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost Word to the wise: Leave no turn unstonedl - Vera You tried 'to walk on a trail we were carving, now you know that we framed you. - Pete Townshed Whenever people or circum- stances make you question your- self, what you are doing, or what your worthiness to succeed at it. remember that your strongest re- serve and your only answer is yourself. - Peggy C. Shanahan Reality is all a state of mind.

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Turning Corners Maybe it's only luck. I don't know. It seems as if sometimes there is simply no choice but to go, knowing that you have no idea where you're going. There is al- ways one who makes straight lines, some are able to dive into adversity as if it were the Merrimack River and emerge on the other side undaunted and perfumed. There is, for such a one, no trial. Necessi- ty and reality hold hands. One of the hardest trials for me during my college existence has been to finda decent place to live. My first apartment was a break- through, or rather a break-in. It was in a condemned building being iuiced up for another ten years. I didn't mind. Being an adventurer. it was like hiking for me. I slept on the kitchen floor in authentic freedom. The rent was reasonable, since there was none and the landlord stopped in only occasionally to deliver lumber and other such clutter. Never having lived in Lowell, finding the employment office was a real task. I found it, however and it worked. I re- ceived my instructions and my second morning in Lowell began with a bicycle ride across town to find my new employ- er. The wind was cold and the sky poured buckets. After an hour or so of being lost, pedalling around in circles. I lit upon it, a now defunct chemical waste outfit where for a month I was to sense the darker side of Lowell. Luckily, strange as it seems. and quickly, like a change in the weather, I was laid off and the landlord material- ized looking for money. I was in the street with a new beginning. In two weeks my first semester at ULowelI would begin. and I was on my back. On the rebound, my second apartment turned out to be cherry. fred, so to speakl. Sunday morning papers and cof- fee felt good in my hobbit-size hole. I felt mature and at home. Then came the change. When the fire broke out. I was having coffee and writing. I dropped my notebook along with a certain heartfelt trust in neighborly intentions. The entire building of five floors was loaded with street urchinst snivelling ten year olds with clubs and rocks. and chips on their shoulders. Unfortunately, my kitchenfliv- ing room window was at urchin eye level and had a small rock hole in it. On the morning of the fire, a kitchen match came through the hole and landed on the couch beneath. There were small puffs of smoke but I was there to put the fire out with my coffee. I ran to the door and noticed several kids whom I yelled at to no avail. I saw a few in the pack spar with each other and I mused on the thought of batting one or two of them about. To avoid any future conflagrations, I moved to an apartment three blocks away in Cupples Square. Here I had room- mates whom I slightly knew but none of them were students. Set up like a rooming house, there was a community kitchen and bathroom shared by seven tenents. I spent my freshman year there, studying little. mostly partying. Again, I began to