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SENIOR III
A NEVER-ENDING DESIRE M any organizations have capitalized ALWAYS ON SUNDAY
from midyear exam ination on m a n ’s desire for som ething strange
or different. Commercials use the T h e re ’s a deadline to m ake,
Ever since m an has inhabited the w o rd ’s ‘new ’ or ‘totally d ifferent.’ And few hours at hand.
earth, he has had a desire to explore, Salesmen always have som ething new Leaves I must rake,
invent, and investigate. W ithout this to offer (or at least they say so). To clean up the land.
lust for learning m an would be no Probably the largest play on our “sa Science to study, and Texas, a state,
different from many animals. He vor of the strange” comes from the A rhyme to write, L atin to translate.
would be content to sit back and wait communists. They are constantly A book to read, the dishes to wash,
for opportunity to knock on his door. boasting of strange new discoveries or T he floor to mop, the potatoes to
Fortunately every hum an has at least new ideas to attract the attention of
a small desire to discover som ething the world. mash
new-. K eep going I m ust, so all will be
W ithout our enormous curiosity
W hat would the world be like if and “savor of the strange,” our right.
we did not seek the answers to strange w orld would be far from w hat it is H ow else can I see the Beatles to
or new questions? Here are just a today. We would still be in the stone
few of the m ain problems. age. I t is a good thing th a t som ebody night?
provided us with a never-ending de David Cox
Probably most im portant, we would sire to explore, invent and investigate,
not know how to induce rapid oxygen. for w ithout these desires hum ans THE SONG OF A L A Z Y BOY
T he cave men, instead of studying the would be animals of no power or
strange flames caused by lightning, im portance. Why work?
would have avoided the fires. The, I think I ’ll shirk.
earth would be overrun w ith diseases. Craig Leidersdorf So I ’ll sit here and sm irk
W ith no desire to cure them , m an W hile you sweat and groan, “ E rk!”
would let them spread. Explorers like G OD ’S GI F T S Why work?
Columbus and M agellan would never
have left the safety of Europe. There T he most beautiful things David Eden
would be no such thing as science, In the world are free.
since everyone would be content to let They were given by God YEAH, YEAH, YEAH
things happen, and not find out the To you and me —
strange things that made them hap They yell, they scream,
pen. T he flashing star, W ith a real hot beat
A nd the su n ’s pure light,
But m an seems to be draw n to T he silver-clad moon, A nd while their eyes a-gleam ,
the strange mysteries our universe And the song of night. They stomp their feet,
holds. T he more he learns the more
he wants to learn. Anything new, dif The sound of a bird All this may seem funny,
ferent or strange appeals to most hu In a forest wild, But it will bring them money.
m ans. T his is the appeal th a t as The heart and hand
tronauts find about space, the appeal O f a little child. W ith their tight pants and long hair,
a housewife finds w hen she sees a Plus drum , guitar, and cockney
new product, and the appeal a child T he parents’ love voice,
finds when he hears about a new For their family —
playm ate. T his curiosity is born in all These are all free T h e y ’re a crazy two pair,
of us; it is a m ajo r p a rt of o ur p e r For you and me. M aking loud noises,
sonality. It has, by far, contributed
more to our culture than anything Dicky Grace O, those boys really rate,
else. The beatles are great.
Bill W adsw orth
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