The White Falcon - 08.04.1971, Síða 10

Iceland in Art
A lesson learned
by OT3 Ken Burrows
Summer sun and boxcars, running through the fields and hunting
for snakes. Somehow we all look back on childhood with some regrets.
It was a golden life, even if Dad could be heard every evening just
before sunset, calling that you had to come home.
Suddenly we pass into adult- _____________________________________.
hood through a reckless maze of
drive-in movies, dates and dance
crazes. And many things are for-
gotten, or if they are not for-
gotten they are set aside, left
in empty rooms that are seldom
opened. Those Sunday mornings of
starched shirts and pressed white
dresses, clinging to Daddy's hand
just before Sunday School where
the smiles and giggles of little
children became muffled. Anyway,
you always listened, or tried to,
when they talked about Jesus.
Those days passed away, those
Sundays we never listened begin
to have more meaning. And we be-
gin to believe, 'judge, or accept
not out of the discipline of par-
ents , those ideals that became
our foundations in life. A
child's hands clasped in rever-
ence become a man's or a woman's,
choosing their own way of wor-
ship, their own order to the
world.
Day by day we run a gauntlet
of worries, large and small — a
strange gauntlet called life.
Love, death, separation, reunion;
the things that put a laugh on
Daddy's face, or the things that
through the years left those wor-
ry wrinkles, the ones that we
never knew were there. Being a-
way from home, separated from
family, an ordeal we all share
whether for the first time or un-
til the days of loneliness hold
no memory in numbers. I have seen
them, counted their hours; the
work days, the holidays, and it
is perhaps the holidays that
leave the separated a little more
silent. A strange land, differ-
ent customs and languages; these
can alienate and make a holiday
just a little more lonely.
Easter became just another
"Iceland in Art", another circle
on the calendar filled with nu-
merous facts about an Easter in
Iceland. And it was with the
coming of the holiday/ this Eas-
ter, that "Iceland in Art" has no
column. But it found much more.
Through the skeptical look of a
professor of theology, being in-
terviewed for the column, it
found no special celebrations or
customs to be fed to the public
with a taste of curiosity. It
found a common Christian celebra-
tion with the same brotherhood,
joys and unity. It also found
"Iceland in Art" with nothing to
say.
What "Iceland in Art" failed
to see was the greatest story of
all; that brotherhood and love
are present regardless of separ-
ation or foreign customs and tra-
ditions That a separation from
loved ones, through distance or
death, can find a common ground
where political theory has no
meaning. Above all, "Iceland in
Art" has learned a lesson; that
it is a column and has blindly
neglected to realize that it is
read by people, "human beings",
and that their laughter and tears
need no translation.
U-OF-M, from Page 5
• Introduction to Psychology.
A social science course require^
of all students in education cub
ricula, and a good beginni®
course for students just starting
their college education. In room
2 on Mondays and Wednesdays.
• Icelandic Language II. This
course follows Icelandic I, and
fulfills credits in language, re-'
quired in all curricula, except
Business Administration, for
which language credits can be
used as electives. Room 1 on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Personnel Management. This
upper level Business Administra-
tion course is required for all
Bus Ad majors, and a practical
course for all supervisory per-
sonnel. Room 14 on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Civilians and adult dependents
may also enroll in the University
of Maryland program here. The
cost of tuition is $66 for each
course, plus the cost of text-
books . ^
Further information on thefl
courses and the University pr^|
gram may be obtained from th?
University of Maryland office at
any time.
All classes are held in the
A. T. Mahan High School from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Auto inspections
Auto inspections are now going
on at the hobby shop from 1-4:30
p.m. for all vehicles at the NATO
base with JO registration tags.
Cars to be inspected next week
are all vehicles with the follow-
ing numbers:
JO-3243 — JO-3299 April 12
JO-3300 — JO-3357 April 13
JO-3358 — JO-3413 April 14
JO-3414 — JO-3465 April 15
JO-3467 — JO-3517 April 17
Car owners are reminded they
must have their headlights ad-
justed before their vehicles can
pass the inspection at the hobby
shop. Light inspections are held
each Saturday and Sunday from
1-6 p.m. in Hangar 832. Cost is
175 kronur.
Reinspection of vehicles fail-
ing to pass will be held May 3-5
at the same location and time.
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