The Etheral Abyss There she is - standing in the light! Look at her - a verdant island of beauty in this ugly grey sea of confusion and perpetual mediocrity. I must go to her - swim to her I am dying, but my life awaits me with her, I shall swim the sea and ford the tides to get to her I am propelled closer Now I can see her beautiful brown eyes: eyes that have the look of loving innocence; that reach to me and fill me ... But the backtide pulls me away .... my life ebbs.... ... But returns as a desperate flounder throws me Now I see her angelic complexion closer. And her golden hair of heaven itself. A wave splashes and I can see no more I am washed away, and I sink .... .... For I cannot swim. But I see her still And now she sees me Her face - Love and it breathes a last wisp of life into me. I live only for her. The seas of confusion are murky from above, But here, in Life-near-Death, they are crystal clear; They are but mere ripples of a quickly dissolving life. And still I see her. She is the only lasting thing life has to offer. And, as I die, I see the truth painted on her lips; in the colours of words She says: "Life is truth only when love is your lot. And Love I shall - now and always. Romeo - I Love You." But I can say nothing in the silence of death, Because I have frozen on my lips, by the chill winds of indecision, Her name. And now I have forgotten it - Is it Love, or is it Anne? KILL IT ! Go ahead, step on it. Hurry, crush its head and bug its eyes. BEAT IT! SQUASH IT! SQUEEZE IT ! Pull the legs off And eat it. D.List Littleman, Bigman, Who really cares! Different kinds of courage, all of mankind shares, its giving peace and love, To all that mankind hates. Its learning not to snap, when others try to bait. Its holding you convictions, in face of others doubts. Its staying in the fighters ring, for another bout. Its facing up to enemies no matter what they be. But most of all its facing the world of you and me. M.L. Slygh ** * * Romeo Trajanus SK«::K::::::K::KK««t5KKKK«K::«KK««::KKKKK::KKKK«::::::::g 8 * g The Social Committee Presents s s ii Sc€ Ute o piliK Spirits of the Dead Masque of the Red Death 8 X X , 1 f Student Center I I^KSiIKIiIWKINIIimmiiiiNNWKmmmXKKKINIXIiKS Wednesdair October 318p.m. Contemplate nothing? Now that's something! Now that's someTHING! Now THAT'S something! Now that's something else! Else what? Else I'll kill you. Else you won't. Wise I will. Else you won't. Else I might. Else you won't. Else I could. Else you wouldn't. Else why don't you? Else why else? BANG! You're dead! Oh no, I'm dead! You bet you are. I bet you are. You bet I am. I bet I am too. You are not. You are so, Sez who? Sez me. Sez you? Who's me? OH, sez you. OH me, sez you. OH pen, sez you. OH pen sez me! Oh pen sez who? Sez-sa-me. So are you! She came storming in Telling me she was new Talking loud Arms waving Rearranging this Substituting that Poking in there ... Then she left her nose here, A flower turns into head Eternally to the sun Never bending to see its shadow, Charlie #* * * I Was a Teenage Werewolf What? D. List D. List ** * # rflKOKty the *Do^4, As you will remember in last week’s episode, Lars Jankowski, famous soft-core porno star, had just finished his latest film “Healthy, Horny and Hung” and was contemplating his future. The recent Supreme Court ruling on obscenity was expected to deeply cut into his acting career his mind was cluttered with doubt. Could he return to school? Would his childhood sweetheart still be waiting for him or had she made good her promise to enter the convent if he continued his acting? His parents. Did they still love him? As Lars sifted these thoughts through his brain, there was a knock at the door. “Lars?” “Who’s there?” “It’s me, Phoenecia.” “Phoenecia who?” “Phoenecia Tenderloin, you co-star. May I come in?” “0.K.” Lars arose from the bed and unlocked the door. Phoenecia entered and sat on the floor. She was beautiful. Long, red hair and deep, liquid eyes. “Such talent,” Lars thought. “She has brought the both of us to such heights of stardom with her amazing talent.” It was true. Phoenecia Tenderloin did have amazing talent. Only two years old, she was the youngest and most promising star in the business. Just six short weeks ago Semmie Vesicle, roving talent scout from Thigh Productions Limited, had discovered her mosing through overturned garbage cans in the alley behind the Jay-Mar Hotel looking for food. But something about her caught Semmie’s eye. He was impressed by her style and driving determination. He could make her a star. First she would need cleaned up. The, he would attempt the impossible - he would teach her to talk. Finally, with the filrhing of “Healthy, Horny and Hung” only two days away, the impossible happened. Semmie taught her to talk AND walk upright. The other producers would be drooling. They would recognize Semmie’s genius. Not only had he taught an Irish Setter puppy at act and walk upright, he had taught her TO TALK! And teamed up with Lars Kankowski, thirteen year old acting star, Semmie Vesicle knew he had the porno film market in his hand. About the Author Agamemnon O'Brien is a poet, lecturer, author and educator. His first book of poetry, Squeezing the Rainbow - Tales of A Misspent Youth won him not only world-wide acclaim but an Honorable Mention at the 1952 North Korean Young People’s Poetry Festival. As a lecturer, he has few rivals. At the 1961 Parsons College commencement exercises, Mr. O'Brien delivered his emotional speech, “The Bay of Pigs -- New Hope for Prostitutes” and left, as the saying goes, ‘not a dry eye in the crowd.’ This critic was there. This critic agrees. However, one sees the true genius that is Agamemnon O'Brien in his prose. A Penny for Your Thoughts: Critical Approaches to Negative Thinking is not only factual, insightful and informative, but laced with wit and wisdom as well. The Frozen Love, His second book, is a touching account of an ill-fated relationship between an Arctic Tern and a polar bear. But this new book, Among the Dogs, is destined to secure Mr. O'Brien’s place in literary history. It is a first, in that it is being printed in serial form in the distinguished “CC Reader” a news and public events publication of the Capitol Campus of the Pennsylvania State University. So whether you are a novice Agamemnon O'Brien reader or an old fan of the master,Among the Dogs will delight and entertain you and generations to come. Mr. O'Brien is also Chairman of the Department of Aminal Husbandry at Bird in Hand Junior College. Juniors and XGFs your voice be heard Get out and Vote Paul R. Eggert Business Senator By Agamemnon O'Brien ** * * ** * * Fellow Let To be continued,