University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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MMKIIBS OF (MIL. ELLIS P. BEAN Ediird r W. P. YO KfM . . . I he next day the parxms tame again, and drought with them a olonel who read to us the king ' s order which was. that every rifth man wa- to M hung, for hring on the king ' s troops: but. as some were dead, there wen- hut nine of us and. out of the nine, hut one had to die. This v.a- ti, I,, ,|e, ided by throwing dice on the head of a drum. Whoever threw the low.M HI- ! ' . ! executed. It u- then agreed that the oldest muM throw hr t. I was the youngest and had to throw | a -t. The hr-t wa- blindfolded, and tw i dice put in a gU tumbler. He was led to the drum which was put in the room, and there rast the dice on the head of the drum. And so we went up one by one. to cast the awful throw of life or death. All of my companions, except one. threw high: he threw four. A- I was the last, all his hopes were that I should throw lower than he. As for my part. I wj- indifferent about it. for I had resigned myself to fortune. I took the glass in my hand, and gained the prize of life, for I threw h e. M x r companion, who threw four, was led away from us. urrounded |jy rlerc). to ! e ei uteil the next day. . . . by THE BOOK CLUB OF

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GOVERNOR O ' UANIEL To THE 1940 CACTI : The diMreing human confusion and turmoil existing throughout the world today, and the unsolved social and economic problems in our own Nation and State are certainly challenges to our red-blooded American young manhood and womanhood. Age-honored and time-tested customs, rules, privileges and rights are being . in-lied underfoot without reason or apology-, and no improvement in our social structure has been accomplished by such brutish methods. Surely all this indicates to healthy, normal, educated minds that some element in our human relationships i- larking or deficient. I iidcr normal conditions University students strive diligently for that higher i-iliiratinn which will tit them for pleasant and profitable life ' s work. Under these abnormal National and International conditions, University students must sense llu- all to something greater. Certainly this is no time for radical ideas or fanciful theories. Of such, the world already has too much. To you serious-minded University students who are ambitious to become useful leader in moulding the greater civilization of tomorrow from the wreckage of tmlay. let me Miggest that you delve beneath the camouflaged surface of freakish thought- .in. I fancies and start building your plans on the solid foundation of true Democracy, -inrere Religion, and high Morality. To men and women of your ability, the mere problem of making a comfortable lump i- not such a complex problem or such a full-time job as it has been for other- in the past. This will give you more time to develop your greatest heritage which is the OPPORTUNITY to elevate the TORCH OF CIVILIZATION and the Kl. (- OK FREEDOM to ever higher and higher pedestals. Texas has unbounded faith in you. and the world is waiting for you. Sincerely, GOVERNOR W. I.EE O DANIEL PACE 25