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February 1, 1979 Page 8 The Maroon Tiger
The St. Valentine’s
Day Connection Greek Qut
By Keith Harriston
Saint Valentine’s Day is just
around the corner again. By now
lovers both young and old, male
and female have begun the seem
ingly endless search for just the
right Valentine card for their
mates. Vain attempts will be made
at getting your sweethearts roses,
which are as hard to get around
Valentine’s Day as a 90° tempera
ture would be. Then, right after the
14th, much weight will be gained
and many complexions will be
ruined by the traditional Valentine
gift of Whitman’s Chocolates. At
some point during this madness
many people may wonder just
what started all of this.
Many different accounts have
been given concerning the tradi
tion of.Valentine’s Day as we know
it today. The results are identical in
all, but the circumstances differ.
For all those who wonder how it
all started here are a few
explanations.
One legend has it that St. Valen
tine was a young man who lost his
The Aqurian:
quality: drippy
symbol: waterhead
colors: electric blue, white
flower: seaweed
keywords: I know (everything)
intellectual trait: none
Hello Mock-astrology fans!
Welcome to our second column of
Astrology-for-Jerks. This is the
month of the Aquarian, and
because I am an Aquarian, I hope
to provide special insight to this
illustrative character.
First of all, I feel it necessary to
say that Aquarians are dreamers.
At times they never seem to know
what’s going on. Have you ever
talked to someone for perhaps an
hour, only to have that person
return you a blank stare and say
“What?” — Drives you crazy,
doesn’t it?
head (literally) for refusing to give
up his belief in Christianity.
According to this story he died on
February 14 which has been the
day Christians celebrated the festi
val of the Purification of the Virgin
or Candlemas Day. Anyway, the
night before St. Valentine was
beheaded he left a note for the jail
er’s daughter who had befriended
him. Of course, he signed it “From
Your Valentine.”
In a somewhat different version
of the above legend, St. Valentine
was imprisoned for giving aid to
Christians during the pagan rule of
Rome. It seems that the Roman
emperor at the time issued a decree
forbidding Romans to marry
because married men made poor
soldiers. Valentine ignored the
decree encouraging young lovers
to be wed secretly. When these
secret weddings were discovered
Valentirft went to jail. As in other
version of this legend Valentine
was beheaded, but not before leav
ing the note signed “From Your
Valentine.”
Aquarians can also drive you
crazy by bugging you for hours to
get your opinion or advice. Then
they will do the exact opposite of
what you tell them to do! It has
reached the point where my room
mate will not discuss certain things
with me. “Look!” she’ll scream,
“You drive me crazy! Don’t ask me
what to do or what not to do! You
never do what I say do, but what
you want to do anyway. So do
what you were going to do before
you asked me what to do! I don’t
want to hear what you think you
might do, what you want to do or
can’t do or might comtemplate
doing or just do! Just do it!”
oh well. . .
Aquarians never accept the
established order of things. If it’s
red, they will say it should be white.
If it’s pink, they will say that it
Another legend concerning the
origin of our Valentine’s Day
borders close to the absurd. It is
short and to the point, but is much
too simple. In rural tradition the
middle of February is the time
when birds choose their mates.
Thus, there is no better time of the
year for men and women to do the
same.
Still, there has been serious
research into the evolution of St.
Valentine. In a book of medieval
literature Dr. A. L. Kellog and
Robert C. Cox write in detail on
St. Valentine.
According to Cox and Kellog,
there were several St. Valentines,
but the one who has come down
through the times is the fusion of
the two best know. Not moving too
far from the other legends, one of
the two died by decapitation.
While there is no mention in Cox
and Kellog’s book of St. Valentine
leaving a note signed “From Your
Valentine,” they do give two rather
remarkable instances concerning
his head.
On one occasion, the book
states, St. Valentine’s head, which
was preserved, overted plague and
drought. Another time it forced
crop-consuming rodents to jump
into a nearby river.
While these explanations for our
tradition of St. Valentine’s Day
may still leave your wondering,
there is one comforting aspect to
them. If you come close to going
out of your head trying to find the
right Valentine for that special
someone, at least you now know
you have the man responsible for it
all in your company—St. Valen
tine.
should be yellow. If you talk, they
tell you to shut-up. If you shut-up,
they will tell you to speak-up. All
things changed should be
unchanged, and all things
unchanged should be changed.
Aquarians are mavericks of the
worst kind.
According to Essence, the
Aquarian’s gift to humankind are
the sustaining waters of life. These
sparkling waters revive perishing
Nature, refresh parched spirits and
awaken dormant senses.” This is
quiet true. On many occasions I
have had to dump water on
depressed people to revitalize
them, and every morning I have to
water the grass outside my dormi
tory.
Day
Dreaming
As 1 gaze upon your curves
Thoughts of loving spark my nerves.
And the throb of life eternal
Surges fluids through Urethral.
And my engine throbes with fire
When your eyes avowl desire.
Beams and oaks are not a match
For the force in me upset.
Yet you meet me, twice as hot!
And your oven wilts my stuff.
Then together we will simmer
And the teach will have no glimmer
Of the thoughts we’ve thought today
As the lesson goes its way.
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Colonial Lover
By Gerard Marable
He came one night bearing gifts;
And paraised her charms with words of silk.
He wooed her with ideas of Christ;
And to her darkness bent his knee.
She gave him wood; he drank her dark milk.
She gave him stones and Timbuktu.
She shared her land with this blue eyed beau; And stood in awe of his
many strengths.
Yet he took her seed when he stole her sons.
He left her white as he raped her daughters.
And around her neck was his gift, a chain.
“Uhuru!” her scream rang out-
“Across the sea my seed is strong.
Your darken self is your arms.
But beware the blue eyed beau;
Bearing chains, masked so green.”
Safrika
Safrika! B ? Gerard Marable
The loss of your attention, annoys me.
And, while I may not seem concerned, I am.
Despite what some have said
I find I’m still in love with you.
Of course, some think you not so fair.
But now, I do the beholdin!
It’s true your lips are large
But I like large lips to kiss.
Your hair may not hang losse
Nor may it shimmer gold
But the rich art it can be
Transports me to exotic lands.
You are, my nubian queen, here.
And brown sugar ever sweetens my life.
Your suitors - Watts, Styves and I - are ready
Safrika?