This is Throwback Thursday #177.  In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general.  If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com.  Thanks!

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We’ve featured the poems of Charles Schweitzer a few times in the past.  In Throwback Thursday #59, we looked at “The Rock Pile”, TBT #73 was “The Rockhound’s Wish”, and TBT #98 was “The Rock I Threw Away”.  All of these appear in his book of poems titled “Rhymes of the Rockhounds”, which was published in the mid 1950’s.

The Rockhound’s Creed

HERE, take a lot of rocks,” he said,
And all too gladly I was led
Where piles of rocks, a treasure store
Of agates, nodules, quartz and more
Were waiting for the cutter’s wheel
To fashion them with felt and steel.
“So fill your sack, I like to start
Just such as you in the cutting art;
And think not I am overkind,
For there are many who you find
Will gladly share and gladly show
The tricks of trade that you should know.
One thing we pass on – don’t forget,
The more you give, the more you get.”

— Charles Schweitzer —