Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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, - agrv A YEAR IN REVlEW SETTING: Valparaiso University TIME: The academic year 1987-88 CHARACTERS: Sharon, Editor-in-Chief Julie, Copy Editor 8 Karie, Photo Editor SCENE: Beacon office, late, late on the night before a deadline is due. Act l Scene i Julie: Sharon, do you have your opening copy yet? Sharon: Well, kind of: l have it all in my head but i just can't think of how to start it. Karie: What's it on? Maybe we can help. Sharon: 1 want to explain how Shakespeare's Ages of Man speach fits our life and how Valpo fits one of the acts that he describes. A lot of what we wrote is perfect for our theme and life really does go along with what he suggests. Magically, the overhead lights go out and the new desk lamp swings around so that it is shining on Sharon like a spot light. Julie and Karie sit listening patiently while Shar- on flounders through an explanation of the ages of man. Sharon: All the world's a stage. Throughout life we are forever acting out everything we have learned. Not just one person, but ev- ery man and woman a person encounters is acting a part in the drama of life. Shake- speare believes that there are seven acts in a person's life. They start with childhood, proceed to young adulthood, and then pro- gresses to senility. As one moves through the different acts, one also encounters var- ious scene. For the students of Valparaiso, the cam- pus is our stage, our props are the buildings we live in and learn in, and our fellow actors are the remaining thirty-eight hundred stu- dents, faculty, and administrative staff. Life during our college years can be compared to the act of life Shakespeare describes as the lover. During our college years we are carefree youth expanding our knowledge in all areas of life. We develop our ideals, morals, and views during this time. By the end of this period we are generally pre- pared to step out into the real world. Unfortuately for most of us there is no dress rehearsal for this play. When we are cast for our parts it is for an opening perfor- mance that lasts our lifetime. So next time you're sitting around feeling down and moody, remember that Shakespeare direct- ed us that the time to be young doesn't come again, so enjoy. --- Sharon Cannon, Editor in Chief

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Hold fast your dreams! Within your heart Keep one still, secret spot Where dreams may go, And, sheltered so, May thrive and grow Where doubt and fear are not. 0 keep a place apart, Within your heart, For little dreams to go! Think still of lovely things that are not true. Let wish and magic work at will in you. Be sometimes blind to sorrow. Make believe! Forget the calm that lies In disillusioned eyes. Though we all know that we must die, Yet you and I May walk like gods and be Even now at home in immortality We see so many ugly things - Deceits and wrongs and quarrelings; We know, alasl we know How quickly fade The color in the west, The bloom upon the flower, The bloom upon the breast And youth's blind hour. Yet keep within your heart A place apart Where little dreams may go, May thrive and grow. Hold fast - hold fast your dreams! Louise Driscoll HOLD FAST YOUR DREAMS