Washington Seminary - Facts and Fancies Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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THE STAIRS OF LIFE From the cradle The stairs of life Lure us. Those first few steps Are easy. We wonder at The simplicity of life, Until the fifteenth step Is a bit bumpy, And we stumble, Only once. Yet, as we climb, The edges of the steps Become more jagged. Fascinated, We push on, And, as we Near the top And look back, We realize Those jagged edges Made life. -Betty Lee. RAIN Do you like rain? I do. It is fresh Yet dull and monotonous. Some hate it, I like it. It glistens like gems On the trees, In the grass, Delightfully cool and clean, Yet saddening. Still I like it. It brings to me dreams Of home, Firesides, Of happy days long gone. Some hate it, I love it! -Virginia Murray. OUT OF THE DEPRESSION By GENEVIEVE BAIRD. Wall, joe, how am dis here depression iffectin' you? Oh, I'se jest easin' 'long, but Ah tells you, Willie, b'lieve me it's gettin' wusser an' wusser lookin' fer a job and yet keep- in' from findin' one. The people whom Joe used to work for had got the depression bug and had fired him to decrease expenses. How- ever, Joe's wife had not liked his being idle and she had sent him from house to house to ask the dear people to give him work of some kind. I'se got plenty 0' work, continued Joe, wid makin' dese here dice do what Ah wants dem to, much less worryin' mahself out tryin' not to find a job. But you know things is gettin' pretty hot. Why, jest yestiddy, Ah went to a lady by de name o' Miss White an' asked her fo' a job coz I hadn't had one in two years. An' you know what she says? Says she, 'you poor thing! Come by tomorrow and I'l1 see if I can give you a permanent job.' O Lawd, Ah hopes she gets de de- pression bug too, and . . . Lawsey boy, broke in Willie, don't you be a fool an' work fo' white folks. You work fo' de gover'ment. De gover'- ment, it gives you money whut is money. You know de gover'ment's under de N.R.A., an' no madder what you do, dey gotta give you lots o' money. De white folks, dey's s'pose to be under de N.R.A., too-, but dey ain't. Dey boot- legs der labor. Dey hang a blue eagle on de front do' and smile at de policemen an' nobody knows de difference. Ah'se got a good mind, Joe, to tell 'em. Oh, Ah knows 'bout de N.R.A. Dat's what Mr. Rose-a-velt done, ain't it? Dey say he s de man dat's draggin' back pros- perity. Dey's always talkin' 'bout how wonderful he is. Ah's sick an' tied o' hearin' Rose-a-velt done dis, an' Rose-a- velt done dat. Why don't dey say sum- pin' innerestin' 'bout him? Dey foun' somethin' wrong wid ever udder president. Why, ever'thing dat man does people likes. De udder day he says he wants ten billion dollars to help de po'r, an' you know as well as Ah do dat if day gives ten billion dollars, ever'body would be de po'r! Joe, you doan' know what you's talk- in' 'bout. Rose-a-velt's de one dat's gonna help de forgotten man. De forgotten man? Who's he? You ain't go no disgression, Joe. But Ah tell you, if you intend to go playin' roun' dese days, you sure gotta hab money. An' nobody's got it 'cept de gover'ment. Wall, it ain't gonna do nobody no wrong to see what proposition dey can make me. I'll be seein' you sometime.

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FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER ByELIZABl2TH L'ENcLu A building particularly interesting to me at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago is the Cyclorama, in which is housed the Pantheon de la Guerref' a large panoramic painting of the World War and its heroes. The various allied nations are represented in this painting. Six thousand heroes are shown in life-like portraits, all who have received the War Cross or who have been mentioned in dispar ghes. The larger nations in the Allied Forces are giver individual panels or separate sections. Smaller countries are given recognition in combinations. ln each the outstanding men af the time of the W'o:'lti War are depicted. Th e most significant panel is that of France, the Temple of Victory. A great staircase topped by a statue of the Winged Victory constitutes a background for more than five thousand heroes of France from every form of the service. This panel dominates the entire cyclorama, even more compellingly than the im- pressive tribute to the unknown dead of France, opposite. The memorial to the unknown dead is very simple. It is a cenotaph in front of which there is the solitary Hgure of a woman kneeling. She represents France and could be mother, sweetheart, or sis- ter, mourning her hero, loved all the wore for his supreme sacrihce. The back- ground for the cenotaph is a grove of cypress trees that suggests a great silent expanse. On 1 ne side of the Temple of Victory, the French Armies are pictured as return- ing home triumphant. Farther to the right is the English group-King George V., the Prince of Wales, David Lloyd George, with war nurses, leaders of the army and navv grouped about them. Edith Cavell is pictured farther to the right and with her, Captain Fryatt, both martyrs to the Allied cause. Still farther to the right may be seen the noble King of Belgium, Albert I., the W A V E S Waves- Turbulent, raging, Cursing the shore with a hiss. Waves- Gentle, caressing, Greeting the shore with a kiss. -Ioan Roof. royal family, and Cardinal Mercier. In front of this section, in a mass of wreck- age, may be distinguished altar vessels and crucifixes. The army and navy form a background for this scene. Italy, too, is represented alorg with her famous leaders, perhaps not as well known as those of the other Allies. Vic- tor Emanuel III, and his staff, also, the poet Gabriel d' Annunzio, who had a large part in raising the army, dominates this group. And in a lesser portion of the panel are shown the heroes of Portugal. This section terminates at the memorial panel featuring the cenotaph. Immediately following the latter comes the section in which the United States dominates. The first feature in this is the group from China, a recognized protege of the United States-workmen in the war factories. The United States is symbolized by a bust of Washington. Five types of American manhood on whom this country drew heavily during the World War are shown-the business man, the cowboy, the Indian, and the worker, led by a West Point Cadet who stands for the trained oflicers. Beneath the bust of Washington, President Wilson is shown reading his War Message and in the group behind him stand Theodore Roosevelt and Williana Howard Taft, ex- presidents, and Herbert Hoover, a later president. The leaders of the army and navy are shown in the foreground. Among these Pershing is significant. Following in close succession are the sections devoted to Montenegro, Serbia, japan, Russia, and Roumania. Next is shown the return of the flags. This brings the cyclorama again to the wonderful Temple of Victory. The battlenelds of France form the background of the cyclorama as they looked from 1914 to 1918. The entire effect of this beautiful painting, the largest in the world, is avxe-inspiring. It is the tribute of many great artists to the living and dead heroes of the World War. A ROSE Tears of God Shed in happiness Of I-Iis handiwork, The world grew one day, Blooming with paled colors In a rose. -Iifizulwllz 7'i'r'xnfi'i'.

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