Ruth B. Thornton

RUTH B. THORNTON retires this summer after sixteen years with California State Uni￾versity, Fresno. She was on the staff of the vice president for academic affairs during this time as public affairs assistant, and editor of the CSUF General Catalog. She is presently completing a B.A. in English at CSU, Fresno.

Relinquishing the Eleventh Hour

Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 2

With solemn tenderness 
You apportioned our times and seasons 
(While Eden embroidered itself with emeralds), 
And marble campanile chimed a day 
Into a thousand years. 

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