St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-05-22
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y. 81 neil D0DS0N RUSSELL

ginning The Company moved into its beautiful new
building Employees job morning
Eight automatic elevators silently swiftly
to the strains recorded music the dou
boong partitions
that for
in contrasting white pas Ceilings
PROCEED absorb the
supervisory personnel are of glass with chalk white Grapes and wall
towa carpeng building
Muzak Mail delivered the mail conveyo
The cafeteria is marvel of modern design furnishing
effect is one of prosperous Big Business
old building feeling nostalgia
and regret randrenched morning that
walked into that building literally the flip
choice an advertising agency and the company The
yhite employment policies
of most of the Madison Avenue ad agencies proved lucky flip
eight years ago Eight years long time particularly
reaches middle age
friends However Of the most challenging frustrating but
at the time rewarding eight years my life
First of ALL had become sight my
byhnes 1t is deadly narcotic printed that us
semporance song
until the eyesght
entirely foreign responsibility
business separate Incompatible
1t shock learn that there battles
going office during the course of day. battles that
do reach the headlines
GREAT MANY THINGS I did NOT
years ago hypersenve
slightest
provocaon 1t childish reaction type
trm often referred so-caed
temperament temperament pure
The true measure of our maturity think is in how meet and
the nnesma
ourselves fertilization that can withstand the trivial problems of
living strength
the big problems the high tragedies the crushing caames We have
strength period
Unfortunately not have the ability ourselves other
might very good thing
image reflected in the friends family
quite
given that privilege female blowing
good cowoker day while Iamenng
making spectacle herself suddenly
perhaps doing thing
denly saw what an afction had been with nv areups and moods
rule goOdnatured soul who is happy about everything But
that for behaving like silly life
my during eight years
old building found coorkers good friends
WANTED TO KNOW MORE about the racial
We had good talks They learned much about the Negroes status
New York learned much about how UNFoRNfED white
citizens be this subject
things going through my building
for the last time the end Of phase We
you year.
short time yesterday Today tomorows yesterday
Every morning my building pass
building Every night home the old building
years are there eight significant years
Well now for the lighter side
spite spacousness yeappeal
there certain of grmbng complaining longer
the cafeteria morning coffee
respective departments by Cafeteria workers pushing rbberd
This the time spent waiting elevators
coffee line idea probably year
efficiency expert The coffee routine
yet organized people
serving Tuesday
cart into the accounting department lust in time TO see
around file cabinet its section
section disappeared another
the Policy Service section reminded
Sonnet comedies where the Keystone chased the entire
people sprnng
wheeling and down asles suppose everything
will be properly organized sooner or later
We also
doors silently speedily gadget
scenceficton movie heads
tons of boarding Next thing the Teller staring
pair closed who themselves
push
few days
There lacking
the informal family" building
chasing coffee
and wandering through bocong