February. 10, 1969
N.C. Essay
Page 4
LET THE SUN SHINE IN
CALENDAR
'by
Last week, the N. C. Essay
printed an article by me entitled
"Tomorrow Is Creeping" which hap
pened tOf be the product of many
things occurring in my private as
well as public life here. The re
sults were interesting and I want to
share a few of them with you.
My Dean sent me a note asking
to make an appointment with him con
cerning my article of "despair." I
declined to make an appearance be
cause having referred to it as an
"article of despair," he had evi
dently missed the point completely.
If I choose not to look back when I
leave N.C.S.A. it will not be be
cause of any "despair," I assure
you. Anger perhaps, but not despair
at a potential which was never
reached-much less realized.
Several older students, close
friends, came to me-one with tears
in his eyes-saying: "I really en
joyed your article. I've felt like
that before and know exactly what
you’re going through. Are you 30-
ing to come back next year?"
Thank you-but no thank you.
The article stated my desire t j re
turn, to work, and to grow. I have
no intention of leaving after this
year! I'd die anywhere else. My
first impulse was to reply to these
"friends"; "Great-I'm impressed- so
what are you going to do about it?
Have you tried writing an article?
Have you been talking to people in
positions to do something about it?"
The answer was clearly evident
that they had not. Content to stand
back and watch the roof fall in a-
round them, they merely felt that
here was some one else who agreed
v/ith them. I do not.
There were a few-God bless
them; they know who they are-who
came up to me and said, in effect:
"Sit down and listen to us? Who the
David Mood
hell licked the icing off your
cake?" They were fairly new stu
dents too- and I hadn't expected
that.
They were not students in my
department. They didn't know me
very well, and we had never talked
before. They never felt they could
talk to me, but finally decided to
take the first step.
They said many things that I
have heard before, having been here
for four years. There were things
so many of us are aware of, and are
trying to come to grips with-i.e.
the desire by the students to do
productions together and the seeming
disinterest from the deans. The
lack of proper scheduling of events
so no one ever gets to see produc
tions from other departments.
One thing they said did strike
home - and deeply. They asked me
about The Dream. How many times
have I spoken of Dr. Giannini and
The Dream! However realized that
people wouldn't instinctively know
what the dream was! People have
made fun of it and knocked it-but
no one ever said they didn't know
what it was.
The -assumption is that it is
something we had at one time, but
lost. Nut true. Look around you
and you'll see the dream everywhere.
Don't you see that each of you-
whether old or new students-are the
Dream? It isn't some intangible
vision of the past by any means. It
is YOU HERE AND NOW!
Take hold of it, and believe in it
because it is true! You inherited
it when you entered N.C.S.A.; and
what you’ve done with it has been
the over abuse that has angered so
many people.
The irony of the whole matter
is simply that one has to evidently
be plunged into despair or some dark
mood to attract any kind of concern
here. I couldn't tell you how many
people-students and faculty- smiled
THE AMPUTATION
by Myreda Gorgaa
They took his hand away from him.
He grew a new eye.
With the eye he saw the mountains of hell
Where demons dance and whirl
And iron, jointed faces shriek in the torid dark.
He trembled before the throne of Mars,
Whose eyes were white fire shining through
A leaden-mouthed mask.
Mars pointed His finger of lightning at him.
They took his hand away from him.
February 12
(Wednesday)
11:00 A.M. — Student
Government Meeting
(Officers and alter
nates) in Room 321.
11:30 A.M. — Student
Activities Committee
Meeting—third floor.
Main Building.
11:30 A.M.—Mark Ward
will give a recital in :
the Main Auditorium. !
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2:00 P. M.—Convoca- I
i
tion.
8:15 P.M.—The Win
ston - Salem Symphony
conducted by John;
luele; soloists Mont- i
serrat Caballe, so
prano from Metropoli- !
tan Opera and Bcruabe ;
Marti, tenor. Wait ■
Chapel. Tickets,
available in the stu- 1
dent Activities Office
i
8:15 P.M.—"The Life j
of John Huss." Rey-
n o 1 d s Auditorium.
Theatre performance by
Bob Jones University.
1:00 P.M.—Horseback j
Riding. j
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8:15 P.M. —"The Life :
of Hohn Huss." Rey- |
n o 1 d s Auditorium.
Theatre performance by
Bob Jones University.
February 16 - 1:00 P.M.—Bowling.
(Sunday)
February 14
(Friday)
February 15
(Saturday)
at me in the halls, patted my back,
or spoke-since the article last
week. I deeply appreciated it, yes-
but if all of us could take the ini
tiative to do these same things to
others, simply because all of us
need it all the time- there will be
fewer cases of depression. If we
can go out to other people than
close group of friends, think how
much better off we'd be. We’d feel
included in the total school for a
change-and with each other. Anyway-
take a look at your friends-you've
got your group of usual buddies.
Yet, how many paused to try to think
who were three close friends on that
test we took Wednesday? What have
you got to lose? See what I mean?
Spring is coming! The weather
is getting warmer and we’re moving
back outside to the sun. Depression
will end for a while, and new pro
ductions will be opening. We have a
lot to look forward to. If nothing
else, there are only four more
months of school-then summer vaca
tion! So smile, darn ya-and meet a
few new faces-a few new dreams!!!