When I graduated from high school in 1975, I chose these lines from Emerson as my senior quote. It’s astonishing to me that I shortened it as I did; although I have some recollection of a poster in my room–a dark night, a black tree branch, and a perfectly round moon–with the quote on it as it appears in the yearbook.
Here is the full quote from Nature, Chapter III: Beauty.
To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.
One thing that’s interesting is that even forty–yes, 40–years ago as a teen-ager, I was obsessed with catching what is fleeting–moments then and the all-too-swiftly-passing days now.
Another thing, I have no memory of ever being in the Pep Club.
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365 true things about me
why this daily practice
I love that so much.
And I’m not even sure what one does in Pep Club.
Ha, Kate. Me either : )
Hilarious! Just HAD TO Google this one!
PEP stands for “Promote Enthusiastic Pride.” … ~;)
Helena, that’s funny.
I graduated in 80..and I remember kids would run a round and get their pictures taken in every official club photo they could sneak in to..member or not. 😮 Of course back then, the motivation was just to get your mug on more pages in the yearbook-not to pad your application to help snag a spot at Stanford.
PS- weird coincidence..I’m a Lee too!
That is a weird coincidence! My Lee is a variation of a family name. As far as Pep club, I have no memory of it at all–and it does seem out of character. And I checked sophomore yearbook–no Pep Club photo to shed any light on this mystery : )