Aggie 1937 - Yearbook

Grace NotesUnpreparedThere is nothing more distracting than tryingto think of an original essay for English the nextday, unless it is when you are trying to think oftwo of them. In the first place when you getthe assignment it begins to bother you, and bythe time half of the afternoon has passed andno idea has entered that thoughtless dome, onebecomes very much worried indeed.After supper is over and the rest of yourstudies are out of the way you start concentratingon an essay, hut just when a bright idea hasalmost seeped into that perfectly hollow ivorythink-tank, the lights flash and it is bed time. Ican think of one in the morning easily enough, Ithink, so I forget my worries till the next morningand then when I arise I really begin to turngrey haired for it won’t he long now before MissSmith will say, ‘‘Hand in your essays. please.”Ten forty five and my head is swimming indeep water, with nothing hut blanks and moreblanks corning to the surface for air. The timeis a matter of seconds now, but there’s the bell.Ah I macle it! There is nothing inore sensational than the chills, which play up and downyour spinal column when you come to class unpreparedfor your humorous essay If you don’tbelieve it, try it once.Morris DahlYouth’s AnswerSo often during these days when our worldseems to be on the verge of a crisis, when nationsare preparing to carry on war against eachother, and our political and domestic life seemsto he somewhat of a turmoil, we hear this statementmade by older men and women. “I feelsorry for the youth of today. We have madesuch a mess of things. They will have such ahard time.” To that statement. to you. our parentsand elders, we make this answer:We ask not for your sympathy, but rather foryour faith in us. If the obstacles which lie aheadof us are greater than those which you had toface, so are the weapons with which we are betterprovided. You have fitted us for our task. Thelantern which showed you your way has beenmade brighter for us by your experience Asyour true sons and daughters, we have inheritedyour determination and self -reliance. You facedyour problems with chins up, determined neverto say, “uncle,” and our pride in you will forceus to tackle ours with the same spirit. The educationwith which you have provided us is aweapon which many of our forefathers did nothave. You have built a country and a civilizationof which we are proud and we pledge ourselvesto protect and advance them.We realize that the road will not always be abroad, straight highway. There will be placeswhere it will he a narrow and dim trail. Manyof us will stumble and fall, and some will lose theway. Nor will we all have high-powered motorcars to ride in. Most of us will have to walk.and in places it will be necessary to go slowly.testing each step before advancing. But we willcarry on, keeping our flag high, and at last reachwhatever we set up as our goal. With the weapons,lights, and roadmaps with which you haveprovided us, we will find our way successfully.and carry civilization triumphantly onward.We are waiting perhaps a little impatiently, foran opportunity to show our worth. When thetime comes when you find it necessary to shiftthe burdens and responsibilities of civilizationfrom your shoulders, which have been bent withthe weight of many a heavy load, to ours, whichare young and straight, we shall step forward unhesitantly-yes,eagerly, and say, “We are ready.”James WeckwerthPage 70