1950 Magnet Yearbook

' ARVlS CoLL EGIATE
37
LITERARY
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It i~ not ensv for a farnilv to leave
their home, their tOWIl" the cou nt rv wht-r",
th t')- ha n " g"ruWII up" Bu t ma llY -fall1 ilit." ~
ha n " dom- it, and man v mo re will do it
in the future :- t1ud ~ ne-w horne and
becom e citizl"l1s o f a nat ion that thcv w ill
he ahl t, (0 cull the ir O WI1 . "
A freeborn Canadian will hardlv he
able to Iwlil'\"t' that a European f;;mily
can Challl-:t' their citizen shi p -vvcral rimes
within twouv vcars withou t ll-a \"ing- thei r
horne tow n." ;~ happcm...1 in our' case.
:\Ia\"t:>t: Ihl'~ l' ul1 willing" (" ha nR"I"~ wvre one
o f thl" main rea son, that made us undcreo
on", more great cha ngec--f rom the O ld
\\"orlll In the Xew.
\\'t' lived in a small town in Czechoslo
vakia. the hea rt o f Europe. It gin ' "
rne a ~trall .e- l· ft't"li ng" now to look back on
the vea r when we tric...1 to g"l"l our emi ­
g- ral l oll · I >':I~~po r t ~ . It was a yt'ar of re-t­
It'~'''lll' '''~ am! hunting" o f documenrs.
~pt-ndil1g" hours in draughty corridors ill
fron t o f otficcs. ami 1011g" davs on nvercro
wded trains : and vet it 'w a ~ a vear
o f wa iting". wa iting for the great l·ha·n gt·"
II was a mistv.
Scpn-mlx-r morning
when WI' left our ~m all tow n, The fa ­
milia r ,..t n ...-t s wvre ernptv a n. I the hou-es
seemed to stare at me in quirt wonder ­
ment : to n-k me, wh ere I was- going"
:\h" mi n. I was t'mpty too. and lh"t'"p in­
,.idt· nw ~oult'th i n g- a"kt'1l nw tht' ,;.am",
..ilt."nt q Ut· ~t i o n" I could lIut al1~\\'t"r it
th t."lI: lOll:\\", ma,'!x", I ('ou ld.
\\'1' c ro~ ,.ed ttlt' CZl'\' ho~ lo\"a kian bor·
lIer : our trip Ihrou~ Gl'rmall\" had Ix'­
,gu n. I ~ P l' llt Iht· wh ole day at Ihc window
of the intt'rnational t·xl'n·,"" train tha t
r l1 ~ lw. l th rough this de,.troyt',l pien' of
wo r ld, un touched II,· its miserv. lik e :\
.e-ay bird Mining- o\t-r a h.1.ttlet1dd" I saw
the half-broken wa ll.. that had once been
pa rts of ho u ses full o i lift." and laughter,
"In·t·t,;. thai had rmcv been busv with the
buzzing" of dai ly lik lyinK in ruin ~­
tlt·at! ; I ~aw the Cathedral oi Koln towl·rin
/.:" mi/.:"htily ,UllOTl g" 11ll' ru ins. a nd I
Ill"l":tllH' conscious of tlu- t'xislt"nrt· of a
g-reat natural law eternal a nd ull\'ha llg"­
in /.:" : that a g" g- rt'~ si\'l' and domineering
pol it ic,. in the t'IHI dest roy themselves.
Bdg-iulll with her happy ca n-le -o, lif e,
o\"t'rfillt'11 shops a nd Ia-hionably dressed
people made a great impres-ion upon 1Il"'.
As wr- had to wa it fo r a plan t." we stayed
there for th ree week s. and lived in Ani­
Wl"rp with f rieud s, of ours . I spe nt a
wholt- dav wa lking- through the streets.
ma n'dli n ~ at the showcases. ~ ittin .e- in
g