4 THE SLIPPERY ROCKET Published the second and fourth Fridays of each school month by the students of the State Normal] School, Slippery Rock, Pa. STAFF Editor-in-Chief SARA ADAMS Associate Editors HELEN MALONEY MARY GRIFFITH GEORGE DEZORYAK LEONA O'SHEA SPECIAL FEATURES Helen Maloney Grace Nichol Louise Stuchel . ATHLETICS George Dvoryak Rosana Dugan George PunJarck Samuel Roth SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Leona O’Shea Edna Fleming Helen Sankey Hulda Gibson CAMPUS NEWS Mary Griffin Minnie Croxall Thelma Brown Kenneth Hogg MISCELLANEOUS Helen Ha'dman Ruth Hardman Helen Steubgen A4lma Wohlgemuth Agnes Fleming Honorary Faculty Alumni Editor CLAY C. RUFF Business Manager CECIL R. HOCKENBERRY Norman Zook Leona Sankey Subscription Price - - - $1.00 a yea: Entered as second-class matter, December 27, 1918, at the post office at Slippery Rock, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORTAL An honest-to-goodness education calls for a four-sided development— mental, spiritual, physical, and social. And yet how few people really do take advantage of this all-round edu- cation even when opportunity for so doing presents itself! To meet the demands of present day culture and advancement schools are confronted with the problem of turning out students who need feel no lack of knowledge in regard to any one of these four phases of learning. Our school is trying to do just that. Our schedule is well balanced; our program is arranged so that each phase has its proper place, To be more specific: in regard to our socia] life we have class teas, class parties, entertainments in the chapel, our social hours in the gym- nasium; to take care of our physical needs we have our-regular health ed- ucation work, athletics, games, ete., we have Vespers and Bible classes to take care of our spiritual needs; and THE SLIPPERY ROCKET it is enough merely to mention the mental side. These are a few of the things the school offers, but it does not say how many of the students ac- cept what is offered. Are you enjoying one or two phas- es to the exclusion of the others? Are you too narrow to accept the fact that the best development lies in bal- ancing properly these four big things? The balanced routine of the school has been arranged for your benefit. Accept what is offered to you, and so each will “advance in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” CAMPUS FUN Mrs. Vincent. (in Children’s Liter- ature Class.) “The children in the 5th and 6th grades do not believe in fairies or Santa Claus.” Oh, I hope I am not telling any of you that there is no Santa. Mr. Headland. (in history class.) “Miss Jones, where did Adam and Eve live?” Miss Jones. In the Garden of Ed- en. Mr. Headland. “Then where did they move to.” L. O. ‘Irene, did you know they stopped the “Covered Wagon” in Me- Keesport ?” I. L. “No. Why ?” L. O. “To grease the wheels.” Dr. Hamm in Psychology: What is the definition of 1. Q.? Student (in writing): The eye- cue ig some sort of a disease of the eye. Mr. 1. C. Williams, (telling his ex- perience on the sidewalks in Philadel- phia with a colored woman) : Yes, we had the sidewalk all to our- selves. One of the students was heard say- ing in the dining room: I wonder if Mrs. Houston has anything to do with Houston, Texas. Noticing the word “copywrite” written on the blackboard in Miss Mary’s room, one of her students questioned her as to the correctness of the spelling. Her answer came quickly: “I think whoever wrote that didn’t copy right.” Reporter—seeking material. Do you know any good jokes? Janice: Why, you’re the best joke I know. In Hygiene test the following question was asked: Name the three divisions of the body. Bright pupil: Head, middle and end. Heard in Modern, European His- tory class: The Mayflower compact is the boat that the Pilgrims came over here in. A geographical advantage of Eur- ope is the “‘climax”. The Gulf Stream comes from the North and warms Liverpool, and ooes North and cools Washington, D. C. The Gulf Stream blows over Eng- I'nd and warms it. Society Editor: ‘“Miss Sankey, you may report on all of the social activi- ties of the down-town girls.” Miss Sankey. ‘““You mean all social gatherings ?” Society Editor: Parties.” “Not Slumber Mrs. D. (at the dinner table) “Well I think it is a wife’s duty to cook “ree meals a day. How else could vou expect to keep your home?” Miss H. McCracken: “Oh, my cook- ing would make any man leave home.” Coach Thompson (after explaining difference between a safety and touch-back and score of each): Now, what is the difference be- tween a safety and a touch-back? Helen Curry: Ten yards. Dr. Hamm: (in History of Ed class) Miss Littell, what was the pen- tathalon? (an early Grecian athletic event consisting of running, jumping, wrestling, casting the javelin and throwing the discus). Miss Littell: The pentathalon was a course of study that included run- ning, jumping, wrestling, casting the javelin, and throwing the-er—dice,