nan-eating Tiger; behind the other is
a beautiful naiden whom he will be
permitted to marry.
The therie is not new. In the
early nineteenth century Nathaniel
CAPT. S. M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR. E. L. CRANCE, USN
Executive Officer
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EDITOR: H. T. DAVIS, YN1 055-J or 365
— "THE LADY OR THE TIGER"
By: FRANCIS A. FAY
How many times a day does one open
a door? It is an ordinary act which
seems to take no special thought or
effort. Even when a choice has to be
made between two doors the average
person does not think it over care—
fully ho just opens what he thinks is
the right one*
And yet one of the most famous
heroes of short-story literature is
remembered because the story ends
with him exerting all his powers on
concentration before he chooses to
open one of two doors. The reason he
is so careful is that he knows that
behind one of the doors is a hungry
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Hawthorne wrote about the sane thing
in AT THE CROSSROADS, His young hero
fell asleep at a fork in the roacU
He dreaned that if he went down the
road to the left his decision would
lead to a chain of events and de
cisions which would rake hin rich and
t famous* He also dreamed that if he
* went to the right it would lead to
circumstances and decisions which
would end in tragedy. The story
leaves hin after he has awakened
pondering the direction he will take.
Most readers of either of these
tales realize that they must be
thoughtful about important decisions.
Serious readers recognize that every
decision is an important 'one, and
deserves careful consideration. A
human being is the master of his own
fate, and it is decided not at a few
milestones in human life, but by the
small, every-day, almost automatic
choices.
I don*t pretend to know what you
want most out of life* Some people
want possessions, others leisure,
others reputation; all want happiness
of one sort or another. I certainly
hope that most people want more than
anything else to please God, so that
they my choose eternal happiness.
Whatever you want you will only a—
chieve it by recognizing the impor
tance of the seemingly insignificant
choices that you make daily*
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