4 THE SLIPPERY ROCKET Published the second and fourth Iridays of each school month by the students of the State Noirmal School, Slippery Rock, Pa. STAFF Editor-in-Chief SARA ADAMS Associate Editors HELEN MALONEY MARY GRIFFIN GEORGE DVORYAK LEONA O’SHEA SPECIAL FEATURES Helen Maloney Grace Nichol Norman Zook Louise Stuchel Leona Sankey ATHLETICS George Dvoryak Rosana Dugan George PunJack 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 Hardman Ruth Hardman Helen Steubgen Alma Wohlgemuth Agnes: Fleming "Honorary Faculty Alumni Editor CLAY C. RUFF Business Manager CECIL R. HOCKENBERRY 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. TYPES OF APPRECIATION -_Among the many things which are ~emphasized at Slippery Rock is the subject of appreciation. Due to the constant usage of the term in clagsic and art we have perhaps reached the point where we fail te read into the word its true significance. Apprecia- tions means more than mere enthus- iasm; it means enthusiasm {or the rea] value of anything. We have many op- portunities for appreciation at Slip- pery Rock. Among them is our music appreciation which none of us would willingly part with. Another is the beautiful campus which we are so for- tunate to possess. In fact, strangers have often remarked that it is one of the most beautiful campuses to be found anywhere in the state. Thus we might go on and point out the var- ious things which are worthy of our appreciation. Probably no two lists would be alike, but each would have a special significance for its owner. However, although these forms of ap- preciation are of great value, there is another of equally great importance _years to complete. THE SLIPPERY ROCKET which is never mentioned. We may term this appreciation of personality. A certain woman was once talking with two friends, one an artist, the other a naturalist. As they talked this artist proudly displayed a collec- tinon of rare pictures which he had obtained at great expense and effort. The naturaiist likewise was eager to show g collection of beautiful moths which he had been trying for many Noting that the woman was keenly interested in these collections the artest said, ‘I can not understand why it is that you love beauty so and yet have no desire te surround yourself with it. When I love beautiful things I must have them near me. My greatest joy comes from collecting these things.” The woman was silent for a moment and then answered thoughtfully, “You may be surprised to learn that I too have a collection of beautiful things. True they are not as concrete as yours but that does not detract from its value. Types of personality are to me what the works of art and nature are to you. Just as you must search for a long time before finding the ex- act picture you wish, so must I often search a long time before finding a particularly beautiful trait of charac- ter. It would be useless for me to enumerate the particular traits of personality which I seek, for you would no doubt seek for different ones. Sometimes it will be only a smile, a voice, or any one of a thou- sand other things that will attract your attention. You’ll find the person intensely fascinating and will come to look instinetivly for the good one in every one.” A community the size of the one at Slippery Rock offers unlimited oppor- tunity for the testing out of the wo- man’s idea. Suppose you test its val- ue for yourself. If you attack the problem whole-heartedly it will mean not only added personal growth for vou but the formation of friendships on a higher plane. ENTHUSIASM WITH MODERA- TION Have you ever been carried away by 2 flowery speech? Did you ever see wind make a funnel of dust or leaves ? It is often a pretty sight as a phenom- enon of nature. But let us beware lest we become dust or bits of chaff wafted off our feet in a wave of ex- citement or emotion. Take time to think a rumor or report through to a sane and logical conclusion. A drown- ing man will grasp at a straw ; he has no time to think. A case of contag- ious dizease is not the time or occas- ion to victimize a member of the hu- man family by all manner of silly ac- cusations. An insect bite may per- chance e mistaken for a case of small pox. But why should a community or the press exaggerate the incident as if o gigantic monster had suddenly pounced upon its prey? Note the newspap>r gush on the recent Santa Barbara earthquake. Comparisons were made with the great earthquakes cf the past where tens and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. It seems that high property valuations are much more significant than mere human life. Much of our so-called enthusiasm today is, in Shakespeare’s language, “Much Ado About Nothing.” FACULTY NOTES Rr. M. S. Bentz, Ebensburg, Pa, superintendent, Cambria co; teaching Rural School Manage- ment. Edna J. Hazen, Cranesville, Pa; assistant county superintendent of Erie Co; Rural Demonstration School at Harlansburg. Hazel E. Wertman, Trenton, N. J.; teaching primary methods and reading ; attended Celumbia Uni- velzity last year. Mildred Gamble, Pittsburgh, PPa; teaching reading; attended Uni- versity of Pittsburgh last yeais. Calvert N. Ellis, Huntingdon, Pa; teaching English; attended Princeton Theological Seminary last year; also some work at Princeton Uni- versity, Graduate College. Gertrude E. Meeds, Oakmont, Pa.; teaching public school music; taught music in Oakmont schools last year. J. C. Werner, Coraopolis, Pa.; teach- ing education; supervising prin- cipal of the Coraopolis schools.