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On Dignity in Seniors
How often a man reads a sign. How carelessly he saunters up and glances at its glaring letters. Yet it is one of his most expressive actions. He is a wYnderer and must be guided. The future is an uncertain path
stretching before him. There are signs that are soon to be forgotten,
some to be ignored entirely, but others to be contemplated and treated with reverence, for in them may lie one’s fate. 1 hese invite one, lure one, and point out the way. What thoughts must pass through one’s mind on pondering such signs. Will the way prove as alluring as the summons?
What will be one’s attitude toward that same sign when one returns to it a
sophisticated traveler, a sharer of the secret knowledge? It is with such thoughts that as an aspiring first-year student one must have approached
the dignified plate bearing the inscription. The Hartthdgc School.
Often as one passed it in the morning one must have remarked on
its appearance of aloofness. How perfectly it represented our Halls of L e a r n i n g ! H o w s uf f i ci ent unt o i t s e l f i t s e e me d . T h e n one mo r n i n g appeared another sign so sharp in contrast that one paused. How frivo­ lous! Had our lordly sign crept nearer the corner In wounded pride? To our surprise It had not. “The hair,’’ we read. "Fhen we learned that
at certain times of the year our Halls of Learning shook off their cus­ tomary dignity and lent themselves to gay attire and echoed the lively
sounds of the crowd, while their stately portals welcomed each arrival.
However, this frivolty was of short duration, and on Monday morning when we returned there was no longer the appetizdng scent of popcorn and
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