University of Victoria - Tower Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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a..ma,mm.,4gm.,,4v- Wtmemiagkad KDEDICATED, WITH MISGIVINGS. TO MR. BISI-lOPl Look at Life, wilted here, Like a cushion with her stuffing taken out- Like a lamp without light, Like a smile without joy. Like a fire without flame,- A book that knows nothing, A truth that means nothing, A word that's. just noise. Vlfhy was I born here? What do I live for? Why must I die? Why couldn't I linger I A little bit longer 'Way up in the sky? I'd rather play with a sunbeam, Swing on the rainbow, Dance on a vapour, Noi stumble down here in the dark: I'd like to wink at the Man in the Moon, Or crouch on a leaf and fly with the wind: I'd like to float 'round space like a star, Singing cr story that no one can hear but me- I-Iow that, though Life is Dead, I am living for ever, Rippling through nothing and sitting on shadows, Peaceful and free. Comment, after re-reading above. Signifying nothing. 42

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4'+'+'4'+'+'746Dgc2e?g,anf0gg nexus:-1+ In the red pulsating glow, Little hissings come and go: Such hissings were in smouldering Pompeii, it is they that sing The elergy and dirge of man. In a soft circle, where the wind can Scatter it, the grey ash lies- Dust on the grave of centuries. x Godfrey L. O. Hearn. Our Good lVz'shes to the 1947 Alma Mater Society-HOCKING 'E5 FORBES 444441 ' -xxx-x f 1 X Q N . r, -Godfrey L. O. Hearn. e ' T F d t in rf 5 6 ' :Q 6 Jrgl P L- v 1 ' f ,, ' K . ' 1 f 1 Why do the soft laburnum blossoms fall? They should not drop, for they will fall to earthy They cannot settle on your shoulder now, Or on your hair, but idly they Must drift upon the empty ground. The falling of each flower is a death, Yet still I do not pity them That they are dead, but that You are not there for them to die upon: For, idle things, they were not first to die - '.. ! M I J i-tj ' il' Tl-l l lzielrl ' 7 Q, zffllt' X ma. X .M L D ,X in ', ' V 4. -v-Wk ' : ' '

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V' V V ,Wx 'Z ' Q , , ' -Kwai. ll-ll-lb 1 We are on the threshold of the most success- ful year in the history of Victoria College. The horizon is bright with progressive plans and worthy aspirations. It only remains for us to develop the latent possibilities resulting from our improved situation. To those who are leaving at the close of this year, we Wish every success in their field of work. We will long remember our pleasant association, and will earnestly endeavour to maintain the high standards which you have attained. As we who will return approach the year 1947-1948, we would do well to remember the adage that a unit is judged not on its best features, but on its worst. ,psf