University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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W (§ m tmvion ' Sbpllsi of tfjeHing Ijag beligfjteb manp of u since cf)ilti= fjoob toitt) Its talcs! of fenigljts anb cJjttialrp, anb toitJ) its; bcautp of image. 3n it tDC ijafac founb fjaugtJtp anb tumble cl atactcrs passing in pag= eant=lifee arrap before our berp epes — knigbts ribing fortb to tourna= ments, anb beautiful labies smiling amib tbe fragrance of tobite flobjcrs. Me babe seen image after image flasb at tbe suggestion of encbanteb toorbs — poutbs feneeling at tbe altar to bob) allegiance to tbeir feing ; spring= time lobeliness cbanging to tbe barren brob3nness of autumn, nb for some of us tbis bas been enougb. tKo babe our minbs biberteb bj» romantic tales, or to brinfe at tbe fountain of aes= tbetic pleasures, bas been our be= ligbt in tbe Sbplls. get, in tbis poetic Storp of tbe 3 ounb tKable, a )ki) seems like a cbronicle il= luminateb bp saintlp banbs, anb often blades biitb ligbt like tbat bibicb flasbeb from tbe bolp toijarb ' s book toben tbe cobers biere unclaspeb, are to be founb beeper b3ells of meaning tban are suggesteb hp its external features, n allegorical significance biffuses itself tbrougb= out tbe tales. Ko relate tbis alle= gorp to our libes as college stubents is bibat tbe tbeme of tbis pearbook purposes to bo.

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Hoofeing tijrougi) tljc fatgta of alleQorp, toe iet :artf)ur, tije ibeal king, toitl) ftisf poutftful follotoersi dotijeli in tmrniSljEli mail, anb tf)c bencrable Sage, JHcrlin, not as mere creations! of tfje imagination nec= cgfiarj) to a jjtorp of cfjibalrp, but as! sipmbols of life, toftile Camelot itself is somet|)ing more tljan a titp of loftp Spires tofjerein is founb ti)e far=fameb court of tljc king. 3t spmbolijes cibilijation toitf) its architecture, its Sculpture, its poetrp, anb its sciences — toitl) its bos ' t of influences bott) goob anb bab. Puilt to music, tobicb i tlje barmonp createb bp an effectibe combination of its elements, Camelot — or cibilijation — is neber built at all as a permanent tf)ing, but is eternallp in tlje process of becoming, is eberlastinglp cljangeb bp tfte succeebing cen= turieS. iSlulcb ober bp iSrtbur, man ' s ti iizt tlt, it gleams rabiant toitf) tfje splenbor of tlje ibeal. nb pres= ent=baj j outi)S, like tbose of countless past generations, seeing its Spires pricking tbrougb tbe mists, br ato near to question iHerlin tobo guarbs its gatetoap. i|e, a benerable sage, symbolic of fjuman knotolebge — pbilosopbp, art, anb Science — beclares in solemn tones: 0 tbou pass Peneatt) tbis arcbtoap, tfjen toilt tfjou become a tbrall to ijii encbantment, for tbe Eing Silill binb tljee bp sucb botos, as is a sbame man sboulb not be bounb bp, pet tbe xi itii Mo man can keep; but, so tbou breab to Stoear, ass not beneatb tbis gatetoap, but abibe iilitbout, among tbe cattle of tbe fielb. Cbere, continues iHerlin, pou can neber knoto tbe eternal realitp, ttje king; but, since tbe sbining turrets of tbe citp alone toill be bisible to pou, pou toill become fas= cinateb h tbeir encbanting gleam, anb look upon tbem as tbe ibeal beautp in life, get, 3 toarn pou, tbeir splenbor is a mere external glamour, beceibing pou toitb its apparent realitp — tobicb i , in trutb, ebanescent, untoortbp of ab= miration anb beneration. gours is tbe cboice — toill pou