Elsie Young '33-'35, '37-'38 is an accomplished poet and storywriter and posts many of her works on her Kneehole Desk Website. In the following poem, A New Year, Elsie reflects on the new year ahead and likens it to a brand new book.
They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary, they shall walk, and not faint.
- Isa. 40:31
We stand on the brink of a brand new year
Like a book unopened and sealed,
The pages all clean like a fresh cloudless sky
With attitudes and actions not yet revealed. 