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DAY GIRLS
REAL CHRISTMAS
SCHOOLS AND
EDUCATION FOR
STUDENTS PLAN
RURAL LIEE SPIRIT EVINCED
CITIZENSHIP ENTERTAIN PARENTS
FOR SOCIAL CHANGES
Meetings to be Held in New York Schools Aid Citizenshi p and Loy- Well Planned Program Presented. Paper Was Delivered in the Audi- Women and Men of the College
torium. Education of Children
Entertain Cripp led Children.
Tour of Inspection is One of the
alty to Law. Interesting Paper
and Chicago December 20 to 30.
in Rural Districts is a Challenge
Uncle Tom 's Cabin Received
Highlights. Almost Two Hunis Prepared For National EducaOver One Hundred Colleges
Represented.
Revolutionary changes in the enonomic and political structure of
America within the next decade are
predicted by a committee of students, representing the. liberal clubs
of more than 100 colleges, who will
convene in two conferences in New
York and Chicago, December 20 to
30 to discuss obj ectives and methods in the changes.
The conference call was issued by
Miss Riva Stocker of Vassar College to over 400 college students.
The New York sessions will be held

at the Union Theological Seminary
while those in Chicago will be held
at the University of Chicago.
Among the eastern colleges to be
represented are: Amherst , Harvard ,
Ba t es, M. I. T., Cornell , Johns Hopkins , Syracuse , Vassar , C. C. of N.
Y., Smith, Columbia and Williams.
The program of conferences and
discussions is very interesting and
covers intensively the economic
proble ms of today . The sessions will
have such well-known speakers on
economic questions as Dr. Berman
of the University of Illinois, James
Maccoll of England ; Dr. Guenther ,
of Michigan State Normal and Norman Thomas.

Ch r istm as Dance
Was a Big Success
The Annual Senior Informal
Dance held in the gym , Saturday
night, December 19, proved to be
a huge success. The dance took the
form of n Christmas celebration ,
tho gym being appropriately decorated fov tho holiday season.
The music for the occasion was
furnished by the "G. Y." All Star Orchestra. Attractive programs were
furnishod for all guests.
The danco was a Senior project
and credit is due to the committee
whoso olforts are responsible for tho
success of this affair.

Band Elects Officers
The Maroon and Gold Band organized at its last mooting and oloctoil offlcors. Plans for concerts In tho
Collogc Auditorium and programs
for broadcasting woro discussed.
Tho officers oloctod woro : Jamos
Johns, Officiating: President 1, Loader ,
Mr, Llowullnn ; Assistant Laador ,
Mr. Gotz .

tion Week.
(Thomas Hartman)
The chief object of the schools of
the last generation was to better the
condi tion of the individual—to train
his mind and endow him with knowl edge and skills to the end that he
mi ght make as great a success of
his own life as possible thro ugh the
possession of an education. Today
society demands that the schools
prepare the individual properly to
perform the functions of a good citizen.
Real education for citizenship is
a long process and involves much
indirect as well as direct instruc tion.
Good teaching, plenty of motivated
work , constructive discipline , organized pupil activities, employ ment of
pupils as leaders, and making the
life of the school real living, are all
constructive means in citizenship
training.
School study in geography, history, curre n t even t s, and social studies prepares children. Schools aid
essential to loyal citizenship.
Changes which are now taking
place in tho social and econo mic life
of this country serve to cause an especial emphasis to be placed upon
training for citizenship. Schools
must keep alive the ideals of good
ci tizenship even in times of economic and political stress. A common educa tion for nil the children of all
the people unifies national life.
The crime situation is the result
of defini te cnunos. Nation al prohibition is often regarded as the primary causo of the present situation ,
but as a matter of fact, many of the
difficul ties that hav e been encountered in enforcing this amendment
are themsolves the product of tendencies that were in evidence long
before 1920. Our nation was founded on tho basi s of resistance to unContinued on Pago Six

Commander Byrd
Sought as Speaker
Dr. Hans has succoodod in (jotting
Commandor Byrd to spoak at tho
College on February 4, 1.082. An
ondoavor Ih being made to nrrango
for tho famous South Polo exploror
to show his moving: pictured of Littlo America to tho school clilldron ,
eollogo students , and townspeople
This will prove an interesting and
enlightening address, especially boeuufj o of tho ontortainlng personality'of Commander Byrd.

to the Entire Nation.

dred Were Present.
The house warming which was
held in the day girls rooms, Friday
evening , December 8th, proved to bo
a great success . There were almost
two hundred students, parents and
faculty members present.

Between the hours of seven and
ei ght o clock refreshments were
served in the new quarters, and a

tour of inspection to the principal
rooms of the building was conducted.
At eight o'clock the guests adjourn ed to the College Auditorium
where an enjoyable program was
presen ted. Miss Martha Kressler
opened the evening 's enter t ainmen t
with the piano solo "Prelude in B.
Minor , " by Rachmaninoff , and , as an
en core , "Nola." Miss Grace Callender gave the address of welcome
and introduced to the audience Dr.
Kehr , Dean of Women. Mary Betterly read "The First Call to the
Bu t cher " by Fiske, and Miss Frances Evans sang two solos, "Day Is
Done " by Lank , and "The Maiden
and the Butterfly, " by Chadwick.
The program closed with a play,
"Apartments t o L et", which w as
u nder the direction of Miss Ida Arcus. The cast of characters was as
follows:
Mrs. Greene
Harriet Sutliff
Laurel Branch
Ethel Keller
Vera Blake __ Dorothy Hartman
Mr. Green
Edmond Jenkins

(Lois Lawson)
Rural living today is facing one
of the most crucial periods in all
history. It is inevitable therefore
.hat we, as students of education,
t urn our attention t o the problem of
the rural sections of our country.
Before going fur ther let us be
sure that we all have the same conept as to the meaning of the word
"rural." Just how much does it include and to whom does it refer?
Ihe t erm as used by the United

States census bureau applies to the
esidents of the open country and of
places 2,500 inhabitan ts or under.
It is t o the education of the child ren of such dist ricts that we now
jive considera tion.
There is no question as to the
fac t t hat t he ultima t e su ccess of
any nation is based upon the agricultural life thereof It automatically becomes the foundation for all
economic as well as political success
Continued on Page Six

Mrs. Pinchot at
the B. S. T. C.

On the evening of .Jan uary 8th
Mrs. Pinchot will speak to an
audie nce in the College Auditorium
about her experiences in the South
Seas. She will show the moving pic
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t uros which she and the Gove rn or
! took during this expedition
The novel , in i t s bes t form , I reThis educational entertainment
gard as one of the most powerful should be of interest to everyone,
engines of civilization ever invented. inasmuch as it shows intimately a
—Sir John Herschel life with which wo are only vaguely
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1932 ,

HRISTMAS 11)31 brings with it for most of us the realization that
C the "Brotherhood of Man ' must find expression in deeds as well
as in words If the Christmas Spirit is to have any real meaning or
any permhnont value for many of our big and little citizens. Porsonally I nm convinced that the emotions to which wo commonly givo
the name Christmas Spirit growH out of some fundamental feelings
for ouv follow men , and as I take this opportunity to extend for our
Board of Trustees , for our Faculty, and for mysolf personally the
best of wishos for the Christmas Season and for the- New Year I want
to Buggoflt that at least ono way to help socuro tho benoflts of Christinas for yoju rsolf is to find some small way to extend them to some
loss fortunate person .
Sincoroly yours,

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With Much Enthusiasm.
The Christmas party that the
girls of Waller Hall sponsored last
Saturday afternoon was one of the
finest and most praise-worthy of pro' ects carried out this year. About
one hundred and fifty crippled children from Bloomsburg and neighboring towns were entertained in
the College gymnasium which was
appropriately decorated with Christmas trees and evergreens.
A delightful and amusing program was presented for the kiddies.
A group of North Hall men enacted
"Uncle Tom 's Cabin ," and clown s
and story book characters helped to
entertain the children with games
and stories.
Refreshmen ts were served and
sach child received a gif t from the
hands of Santa Claus himself.
The people who had charge of
the various committees are: Catherine H. Smith. General Chairman;
Alice R ow et t , Vice Chairman ; Anna
Mae Wrigh t, Chair man of Plospitality Committee ; Vanita Pizer , Chairman of Decorating Committee; Mary
Bray, Chairman of Program Committee; Pauline Showers, Chair m an
of Refreshment Committee; Edith
B lair , Chairman of Gift Committee ;
Madeline Dunkleberger , Chairman
of Invitation Committee; Eleanor
Clapp had charge of games and stories , and Priscilln Akei', head of S.
O. S. squad.
Miss Maud Fei'guson of the Red
Cross helped the girls get in touch
with the children and members of
the Rotary Club furnished transportation.
Too much cannot be Baid in commending the Wnllor Hall girls for
the fine spirit with which they
.vorked to help make some little tota
Christmas happier.

Mar ionettes
Please Audience
On Friday Sue Hastings entertained tho children in tho afternoon
and tho "grown-up " children in the
ovonlng with hor vorsatilo marionottos. This wafl tho special Christmas number of tho Collego ontertalnmont course
This porformnnco was Miss Hasting's first apponmnco in Pennsylvania , but to judge- by the applause
of hor audioncoB , it won 't bo hor
last. Hor dramatic ability and hor
clovpr manipulation show tho true
artist at work.

Maro on and Gold
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This week we have secured the service of Edmond "Lob" Jenkins as
guest artist to do our column for
^ us. Hope you like it. Merry
Christmas (S. G.).
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Do you know I think right now is
the time to start being romantic.
Wai t a minu t e! I don 't mean that
kind.
For weeks we 've been reading preMembe r Pennsylvania School Press dic tions of a new Romantic Age in
literature . We think it is about time.
Association and the Columbia '
We 've been so clever, so smart, so
Scholastic Press Association
ultra-modern (whatever that means)
so "istic " that we 've ended up by bePublished during the school year of 1931 ing depressionistic.
and 1932 by the students oi the BloomsD. H. Lawrence in one of his novborer State Teachers College.
els gave a prescription for the curing
of . the financial , men t al , moral and
religious ills with which England is
DECEMBER 22, 1931
suffering and which , by the way,
seem to be infecting the world. He
suggested a return to Romanticism.
EXECUTIVE BOAB.D
Wri te to the
J . Geo. Brueckman , Jr.
Editor-in-Chief I What do you think?
Willia m L,. James
Business Manager ¦Literary Editor and give your views
OIi\er H. Krapf
Managing Editor and let'
s see how the studen t s feel
EDITOBIAL STAFF
about this.

Howard Krietzer
Saul Gutter
Iva Je nkins
Marion Hi nkel
Irene Na uss
Sarah Lentz
'l'halia Barba

Sports
Literary
Social
Gi r ls' Sports
E xcha n ge
Interviews
Features

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Sonnets in Sarcasm

What could be nicer at this time of
the year than a return to the old custom of writing Yuletide letters? So
if you 're brok e, or badly bent just
write your friends a graceful letter.

CHIT-CHAT
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Since we are on the religious
note , here is a quatrain which effectively sums up so many arguments :
"The vision of Christ which thou
doest see

Is my vision 's chiefest enemy,
l'ours is the healer of mankind ,
Mine speaks in parables to the
blind".
Here's a bit of verse called "The
Slacker." Isn't the thought only too

true?

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ALUMNI

BOOK REVIEWS

George Hauck , Supervising principle of the Parsons-Miners Mills
district of the Wilkes-Barre schools
attended the Home-coming day
game. Thirty-five years to the very
day Bloom played Stroudsburg but
the score was in favor of Bloom. Mr
Hauck was a varsity member of the
winning team.

By Paul Jones

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Did you know that the "Wa ndering Jew " was a shoemaker in Jerusalem at the time of the Crucifixion? When carrying His cross to the
place of Crucifixion , Jesus rested it
before the door of the shoemaker.
The shoemaker struck Jesus with his
fist , saying: "Go why tarriest thou? "
Jesus answered : "I indeed am going
but thou shalt tarry until I come,"
thereby condemning the shoemaker
to live unti l the Day of Judgment.

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AND THEN WHAT

Mr. Jones bids well to be the male
coun terpart of Dorothy Parker if
he adds a li ttle more vitriol to his
verse , and feels a little bluer at the
outlook presen ted for the dereliction of the human animal. Mr. Jones
is a critic of his fellow m ortals , but
not an ill-tempered one, even though
occasionally he shoots a dart that is
far from friendly.
As an example of the type of
work which shows Mr. Jones' in his
most Parkeresque manner :
Men who never played golf in their

a graduate
of the college in '28 , has been elected critic teacher of one of the New
Jersey schools.
* * *
Tom Henry was again seen on the
lives
campus over the week end. This
time he attended the Mens' Glee Always wear knickers when crossing the ocean ,
Club Concert. Tom is sure a real
And
waddle about with their terriBloomsburg man.
ble wives - If some one would drown them I 'd
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Sam Kurt z, graduate of the class
second the motion.
of '31 , attended the Phi Sigma Pi
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initiation ceremonies.
Miss Eleanor Sands ,

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Gilbert Gould , graduate of the
class of '30, visited with his old
roommate "Hank " Warman the
week end before the holidays. Gil
was a freshman 's pal when he was
President of the North Hall Student
Government Association.
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William Weaver, a member of the
Mens' Glee Club last year, saw and
heard his old songmates put on an
excellent program.
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Beatrice Beale, of the class of
'31, visited the college over the
week end .

WESTWARD

PASSAGE

"The snow is lying very deep,
By Margaret Ayer Barnes
My house is sheltered from the blast
MANAGERIAL STAFF
story by the author of the
This
I hear each muffled step outside,
Charles F. Hensley
Make-Up
Pulitzer prize novel "Years of
What a bunch of golden-voiced I hear each voice go past.
Franl: J. Greco
Office Manager I
Grace " is the story of a twice-mar: (more or less) singers we 've been
COPY -WBITEBS
ried lady and her wavering husband
listening
to
lately
!
Morton
Downey,
"But
I'll
not
venture
in
the
drift
Betty Row
Thel ma Knauss
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and his too faithful successor. And
ii Arthur Jarrett , Bing Crosby are just
Out of this bright security,
then the magnetism of her first husa few.
BEPOBTEBS
Till enough footsteps come and go
band , a successful literary man
Mary E. Betterly
Anna L. Chevitski
To make a path for me."
Joseph Gribbon
Vivian Yeany
whose success reached its height
The
following
is
a
verse
from
a
Sheldon Kingsbury
Mild red M. Quick
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while she was settling down with
song for the Depression. The whole
Fay Meixell
Charlotte Osborne
Margar et Sandbrook song will be yours if you j ust send
Helen Merrill
her patient, dull second husband ,
A western bookseller wrote to a
Ronald Keeler
again acquainted her with that resttwenty (no more, no less) cigar cou - house in Chicago asking that a dozless urge of romance which she had
pons with a reasonably accurate faci - en copies of Canon Farrar 's "SeekTYFISTS
known earlier.
I ers After God" be shipped to him
simile
of
Sitting
Bull
drawn
by
your
Maude Mae Edwards
.'."ora Bavliff
Tying Elinor Glyn 's "One Week "
at once . Within two days he received
|I own hand on them.
Harriet SpottK
Lawrence Piatt
but not quite reaching Bromfield 's
this telegraphic reply : "!No seekers
John Gress
I
To be sung by the teachers
"Twenty -Four Hours," Miss Barnes
after God in Chicago or New York.
We like the spirit of the times,
Bridge Rules
j'i| In
Try Philadelphia. "
crowds all her action into seven
the Depression.
FACULTY COMMITTEE
days. These days are spent on an
It
stimulates
fraternity
,
prosperity
,
L. B. Clark
S. L. Wilson
These May Apply to You.
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Miss E. E. Shaw
Miss P. L. Mason
ocean voyage, but like Bro m field ,
sobriety,
1.
Pick
up
your
cards
as
dealt.
You
We understand the Philippines
i! In the Great Depression.
years that went before are so
will be ready to bid ahead of the I the
stand a good chance of gaining
closely described by the author, that
But it 's not our fault .
others.
their freedom. It certainly would
Spirit of Christinas j They did it!
one feels he has known the characmake us mad if they pot their in- 2. If your hand is rotten , mention ter all his life.
i
Oh! It' s not our fault.
it.
It
will
guide
your
partner
in
dependence before we did.
ACH year at this time the old \ They did it!
his bid and play.
E world assumes an attitude of . We wonder!
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3.
If your partner bids first don 't
and
friendliness.
vigor
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cheer and
A well -known contempamry says:
hesitate to raise. He has to playSeveral Ciphers !
Perhaps this is caused partly b y the
"Our rivals are insects, says an emit.
knowled ge that the year is near its f The Sand Gutter Almanac for inent entomologist. Of course, but 4. Never
hurry. Try several cards
ond. and that a new era, chronologi - l Xil is jus t off the press. It con- it ' s darned hard to make the girl of
on a trick until you are sure
There was once an English gentains such useful information as how,
cally at least , is about to begin.
your dreams realize it."
which
one
you
prefer.
tleman
who invented a cipher poem
,
,
when
and
if
to
feed
goldfish
the
best
But we don 't believe this explains
5. Occasionally ask what is tru mp. of striking originality. It was in reit . We believe the feeling is engen- methods for raising spinsters and
It will show you are interested in sponse to a request from a lady acdered because each one of us gives what days are your lucky days and | H ere 's a case of a stitch not taken
the game.
the major part of our thought to the ' if any. It's free—j ust ask for it. It I in time. We understan d an eastern 6. Don 't show lack of interest when quaintance , who desired a "cipher "
I
poem. She received this:
makes
a
lovely
Christmas
gift
'
.
university
(we
bet
it's
Columbia)
happiness of those we love , and in
you are dummy. Help your partA O u 0, I 0 thee;
has established an advisory bureau
so doing find happiness for ourselves, i
ner
out
with
suggestions.
Oh, O n o O , but O me;
for
persons
in
love.
By
the
time
the
'
Perhaps that is why an ancient sage
7. Walk around the table when you
Yet thy O my O once I foi'ego,
said "It is more blessed to give than paid organization than fro m one victim realizes he is in need of adare
dummy
and
look
at
the
other
Till
you d O the O u O so.
composed
of
people
trying
to
eke
,
vice
the
malady
has
run
its
course
'
to receive. "
hands. Tell them what cards are
The translation of t his "cipher "
If , in thinkin g of others and plan- out an existence on a mere pittance and he doesn 't need treatment.
good and how many tricks they is as follows:
nin g for their happiness, we get so j wa;r3. The same applies to the teachj ;j
tf
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can take if they play right.
A ciphe r you sigh for, I sigh for
much pleasur e out of life that indi - ing profession. The future of a
8. Talk about other subj ects during
The
same
well-known
contempor¦
thee;
man
business
depe
nds
upon
his
em's
vidual happi ness is visible in the
the game. It makes for good
ary quo ted above says, "And if BraOh , sigh fo r no cipher , bu t sigh
throng on the street; if ouv Jives , ployees to a great extent; the fu- zil
,
fellowship.
burning its Iow-frrade coffe e,
for me;
move at a cheerier pace, and our liv- j ture of America depends almos t en- needsin any
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Feel free to criticise your partwe
will
be
glad
to
help
,
Yet thy sigh for my sigh , fo r on ce
i ng is more vigorous , why should tirely upon produc t of our schools. send over a bunch of our restaurant
ner. He will do much better as a
I forego ,
we set aside jus t one season of the We are willi ng to grant that a ma- cooks. " T o which volu nt eer aid we
result.
Till
you decipher the cipher you
jori ty of the teachers are not trainyear fo r such emotions?
shall very gladly add every person 10. Always trump your partner 's
sigh for so.
Is it necessary to wait until the ; ed as well as they might be, but in Bloomsburg who ever attempted
tricks. Never take a chance.
The lady was no mean cipherer ,
20 th of December before thinkin g of , whose fault is that? Mr. Business to brew coffee. In this town , brew- 11. Don 't try to remember the rules.
for
she sat down and turned out the
s
What
student
will
spend
four
Man
'
put
Why
good
"?
will
toward
men
"
It is too confusing.
ing coffee is a lost art , if it ever w as
following little masterpiece :
Christ mas spirit on like an overcoat , or six years of post high school acq
I 12. If it is a money game always
uired.
I d O your O, but 0 u not,
to mee t a climatic emergency, and j training for a position paying twelve
I
stop when you are ahead. It will
A O am I, and can 't 0 your lot;
eighteen
to
h
undred
a
year,
when
ho
then throw it off to be forgotten un- j
ha ve a lasting impression and
I send you a 0, and 0 your pain ,
can
obtain
much
more
than
that
in
til it is "needed" again?
j
folks will remember you,
But a 0 your 0, you O in vain.
FRANKNESS
Can 't we keep a little of this ' other professio ns and in business? A
13.
Always explain your plays. ParTranslated , this reads ;
Ch ristmas spirit spread over the year i business m a n k n ow s t hat if he offe r s
ticularly when set. It shows
I decipher your cipher , but High
W hen asked if th ey h ad chea t ed
twelve hu ndred dol lars a year fo r a
19IJ2?
your
card knowledge.
for you not ,
certain position , he will fill it with duri ng the last semester , 70 per cent 14. Disagree
with established rules
A ciphor am I and can 't sigh for
a twelve hundred dollar a year em- of the students said they had; and
and conventions. People will
your lot;
R us iness M en
ployee But he expects to hire a when asked if they'd cheat if they
know you are a person of indeI send you a cipher , and sigh for
four thousand dollar professor for were sure of not being cnught , 87
pen dent mind.
your pain ,
We were amused the other even- twelve hundred dollars when he per cent replied in tho affirmative.
15.
If
holding poor cards, expose an
But a sigh for your ciphor , you
ing at dinner by the conversation of conies to sign a teacher 's contract.
Only 2 per cent of the students
honor and demand a new deal.
sigh for in vain.
one of America 's big business men. If a man 's bu s in ess n eeds a t hr ee said they had never cheated.
10,
Eat chocolate caramels or other
i n one breath he told us that he thousand a year salesman he gives
The Spotlight comments as foladhesive candy while playing. It
wanted his mon weli paid , w ell fed , the business a man of that calibre , lows;
keeps the cards from skidding:.
"Among the reasons given as tho
w e l l housed , in tho next , ho sai d if his children need a three thousand
Dining Room Part y
money
their
and
cause
of
cheating
wero
the
desire
teachers didn 't earn
dollar a year teacher to train them
Lucky
?
wore not sufficiently trained to han- for their future life, he gives them for credit , inferior ability, easi es t
"My sister was lucky tho other
dle their jobs . We don 't believe we a twelve hundred dollar a year pro- way, laziness, answer books favoring
The nnnuul Christmas dining room
are prej udiced, but our opinion of duct. Very well, ho gets what ho is cribbing, desire for honors , ineffi - night. She was at a party whore party is to bo hold toni«ht at 5!3(> .
that business man 's "horse sense" paying for , what is ho yelling about? cient teachers, outside activities, and they played a game in which tho men Tho program will bo largely that, oi'
Such yarns as that business man lack of preparation.
had to kiss tho girln ov buy thorn a tho group Hinging Christmas cavolH
would only bo deleted by the cen"The study brough t out that tho box of chocolates. "
can spin make us tired, so the loss
sorship board .
and an addod attraction of sovoral se"How was your sister lucky?
Business uh a whole has recogniz- wo say about it the loss wear and students who complain most about
lections by MIhh StaekhoiiHo. After
"Sho camo homo with 14 boxon of tho dlnnor tlioro will ho dancing in
ed tho fact that more and bettor tear our nervous system will havo teachers and assignmontH do the
pooroat work. "
uhocolotos. "
woi'k can be obtained from a woll- to ondun:
tho gym.
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9

It Was Ever Thus

Christmas in Austria

The Ukrainian and Russian people
celebrate Christmas on January 7,
because they have not adopted the
new calendar.
Christmas conies after the six
weeks of Advent. During these six
weeks of fasting, none , except the
old people are allowed to eat meat or
anything con taining oil or fat.
Now comes the day before Christmas. No one is allowed to eat anything until evening. The entire day
is devoted to cleaning and getting
ready for the big celebration. On this
day if anyone has in his possession
the property of anyone else he returns it. Everybody must be free of
dGbt at Christmas time.- The mother
prepares the big supper. She cooks
many foods , but in a very simple
fashion. No thing is fried in lard or
fat; only olive oil is used. The family must wait until at least one star
I appears in the heavens before they
can put the food on the table.
Before the feast , they all go out to
Christmas Bells
the creek , cut a hole in the ice , and
wash their faces and hands. AfterWake me tonight, my mother dear, wards, they go out to the barn to get
That I may hear
s,traw wi th which t o cover the floor
The Christmas Bells, so soft and of t he room in which t he celebration
clear ,
is to be held. The young children
To high and low glad tidings tell,
find fun in carrying big bundles of
H ow God t he Father loved us well;
the straw.
How God the E t ernal Son
The mother now sets the table.
Came to undo what we had done.
She places t wo candles on t he t able
j and lights them. The family take
j their places and say a prayer, begun
by the father, that they may all be
Christmas
together for this supper in the many
years, to come. They pray again at
the conclusion of the meal and blow
Was it the gentle fall of snow
out the candles. They watch in
That wakened me tonight,
which direction the smoke goes beOr a reflection of its glow
cause it is supposed to prophecy cerGarnered from pal e moonlight?
tain things.
After supper, the old people stay
Or was it the gently wafting breeze
at home and sing Christmas carols
That whispered on its way,
A wish fo r love, good-will and peace while the boys and girls dress themselves warmly and go from farm And a happy Christmas Day?
—J. G. B. house to farm-house caroling. For
the caroling they often receiv e
money with which they buy some'
thing for the church.
Santa Claus
When they go caroling, three boys
dress as three kings. The others
as Father Time, Judas and oth In all the memories ot childhood dress
er characters. One carries a stick at
there is none so poignant as the the
end of which is a star. Another
memory of Santa Claus - - and who
does not remember that fearful per- carries a miniature manger with litiod of "doubting " when he first tle wooden animals in it. These cartired and half-froz came in contact with the idea that olers come home
joyfully
up their
en.
But
they
there was no Santa Claus? Oh! The stockings for gifts fromhang
Saint Nichpiercing and quickening growing olas,
And after saying their prayers
pains we experienced in this blank,
they
go
to bed.
unwholesome discovery. Later we of—Anna Homiak.
ten would sit and dream and wish
;
This
story was told
Author
s
Note
'
that we, like Petor Pan and Wendy,
me
by
my
father.
Ho
was born in
could have had firm faith and alcelebrated
Austria
and
ns
a
boy,
ways believed.
there,
Christmas
Ho
is
Ukrainian
grow
too
calculating
and
We
and
has
always
celebrated
Christsearching. Later when all is done we
mas in the Ukrainian way. My
know the truth . And still later we
father told me the story in Ukknow that truth is nothing more than
rainian and I translated it into
thought , and we long for the sincere
English.
earnest thoughts of our Santa Claus
poriod. That poriod - - unmarrod by
complexities of docoit and mistrust.
THE BELLS
And for our lack of faith , Santa
has diod , moroly to have his image The bolls, the bolls are ringing,
return to us, but each year his old Across the snow-docked town ,
red tasaled cap grows fainter and Great joy and gladness bringing,
fainter in our memory like the sound As snow falls slowly down.
from his morry sJoIgh bolls. Wo
wondor how soon tho time will como Oh why, oh why, are thoy ringing,
when ovon tho last wisp of a mem- Thoso bolls, with joy and mirth ?
ory In whislcod into tho limbo of "Our Lord , thoy are singing,
Huh como to oni'th ,"
childho od forgotten,
From the center of the ceiling of
old Wardle had just suspended with his own hands a huge
branch of mis t letoe , a n d this same
branch of mistletoe instantaneously
gave rise to a scene of general and
most delightful struggling and confusion . . . . bu t the young ladies
not being so thoroughly imbued with
a superstitious veneration of the custom, or imagining the value of a salute is very much enhanced if it cost
a li t tle trouble t o ob t ain it , screamed and smuggled, and ran in t o cor ners , and threatened and remonstrated , and did everything but leave the
room , un til some of the less adventa roag gentlemen were on the point
of desisting, when they, all at once
found it useless to resist any longer,
and submitted to be kissed with good
grace.
—From "Pickwick Papers. "
this ki t chen ,

For Auld Lang- Syne

Christmas in Ireland

Spirit of Christmas

J. G. B.
In old Erin "Peace on earth good ¦
Fro m "Pickwick Papers "
Gather round me ghosts of yesterday will t o men " is the spirit of the i We write these words now, many
I bid you stay
Christmas time. The "little bit o
iles distant from the spot at which,
And touch your glass to mine
heaven ' becomes a reality.
3ar after year, we met on that day,
For auld lang syne.
The bells ring ever so early on th
merry and joyous circle Many of
morning of the day before Christmas he hearts that throbbed so gaily
I know you every one, your memory A busy day has dawned—a day of hen , have ceased to beat; many of
dear
cleaning and baking, of scouring and he looks tha t shone so brightly then,
Is fre sh as yester-year,
scrubbing , mixed with laughter and have ceased to glow; the hands we
When we sat around the festive song And then , as the sun slowly -* -asped have grown cold; the eyes
board
sinks in the west, a new work is be - .ve sought have hid their lustre in
To toast our Lord.
gun. The homey , little cottages are the grave; and yet the old house, the
in perfec t order and the joy of an- room , the merry voices and smiling
Full many frie nds I hold , but as I go ticipation is growing greater minute faces, the jest the laugh , t he most
My earth-bound way I know
by minute. Smiling lips and shining minute and trivial circumstance conI cannot touch you as I give my eyes proclaim the joy experienced in nected with those happy meetings,
toast—
filling great baskets of food and gifts crowd upon our mind at each recurEaeh memory is a ghost.
for the needy of the neighborhood.
rence of the season , as if the last asAnd then , as darkness envelopes semblage had been but yesterday.
Dear ones, my love again I pledge to the peaceful scene, the candles are Happy, happy Christmas, tha t can
you
li ghted and placed in the windows. A win us back to the delusions of our
And when on earth I'm through
flickering light in each window shows childish days that can recall to the
I'll join with you to meet with those the way to Mary and Joseph as they old man the pleasures of his youth
who st ay
j ourney to Bethlehem. A happy vigil and transport the sailor and the travAnd toast each Christmas Day.
follows as the doors are opened wide, 2ller, thousands of miles away, back
defying Old Man Winter. They are to his own fireside and his quiet
opened that the sainted man and wo home.
man may find shelter in the humble
—Charles Dickens.
About Christmas
homes of Erin 's sons.
As the hour grows late, preparaI WAS WONDERING
tions are made to attend the midnight
Shopping Early
I was wondei-j ng whether in all the Christmas service. As it is impossible
hus t le and b u stle of t he Christmas for the people of the villages to
travel to the town churches they go January. The stores are filled to
season
overflowing with Christmas gifts
to a "st a t ion " instead. A "st a t ion "
at reduced prices but it's much too
is a home of one of the villages, con We pu t enough stress on its real veniently located , where the good
soon to think of Christmas buying.
meaning
pastor reads mass. Usually, it is a February. Christmas is entirely forcold way to the temporary
i long,
gotten.
church , bu t it is a happy way for March. Time to think of Easter
Sometimes I think people are j ust they follow the stars to greet and
clothes and a short vacation.
like most t alkers
welcome the Christ Child.
Tune
Tearooms neighbor each wayChristmas is a day of feasting and
side
tree,
bu t there 's time to spare
They get so enthused by a side issue family gathering. In Ireland the
for Christmas buying.
children , as a r u le , do not receive
toys bu t useful articles for Christmas July. Too hot to think of Christinas.
That they neglect the main point.
However , they see nothing amiss in Vugust. Holiday dreams by a sumthis. Have they not the sheep and
mer.
the goats, and all the living things of September. Back home in a flurry
Bu t somehow I have a feeling; which the beautiful countryside for playand struggling to get settled again.
I can 't scratch
mates.
October.
The fair booths are flowThe celebra t ion con tin ues on the
ered with gadgets galore, but
clay af ter Christmas. This is visiting
(Like have you know)
t here 's time to spare for Christmas
day. Everyone travels, grea t dis
shopping.
tances at times, to visit everyone else
That it wouldn 't hurt anybody to and wish them the blessings of the November. The shops are crowded
and show pro mises of "getting in "
st op
holy season.
new lines of goods.
It is over all too soon. At the
realiz at ion of t his, the people are December. I curse my weakness for
A n d t ake st ock of him self
letting things slide as I slop thru
momentarily filled with disappoint sleet with a list a mile long and I
ment , but it is . not for long. Stout
vow next year I'll not wait until
Irish
hearts
do
not
permit
such
Because if you smooth the rough
aisles are crowded and prices soarbroodi ng, for "fa ith in a few weeks
way a bit
ing.
'tis Christmas we'll be havin ' agin. "
—Anne Quigley
Or hearten some brav e soul
Author 's Note : This story was told
to me by a friend who loft Ireland
I'D LIKE TO KNOW
for America some years ago, at the
Or comfort some sorrowing one
age of nineteen.
I' d like to know why Santa Claus
Makes nil his calls at night.
A TOAST
Or give a hearty healthy laugh
Why can't he travel in the cliurk ,
And get here while it's light.
It may be tea in your tall stemmed
Why, that'll bo vemomboving God
;
glass,
I'd like the chanco of thanking him
Or it may bo synthotic beer,
For my nice dolls and books,
And isn't that what Christmas is for But taste of the wine on the edge of And I would like to meet him once
mine
To know just how he looks.
In a toast to the bright Now Year.
After all?
Why must ho como through sleot and
—Betty Row.
HOLY NIGHT
snow
From that far distant land?
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Oh, Harkon now, oh, harken ,
Why don 't ho rent a house In town ,
Across Judea 's plain
Thon he'd bo close at hand?
Tho mouse that disturbed your Which evening shades now darken
There comos a Holy Btrain,
Christmas Evo
Why must ho always como at night
Was a thought I sont on its way
It is a choir of nngols
Whon wo are all asloop?
To tease tho cat In your wifoloss flat Who in great triumph sing,
Mow can ho always find his wny
And wish you a Movvy Chriatmao And nil through hoavon 's portals
When snow banks are so deep?
Day.
The Joyous anthomH vlnff.
i

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Do You Know?-No -All God Bless Us
ii

"Do You Know—No-All" a musical
extravagance with an almost-east
garlic flavor was given in the College
Laundry to a washed-out audience.
"The Final Struggle ," a very clever
overturo , "was played by the Buffoon
and Bold Sympath y Orchestra under
the capable mismanagement of Prof.
Getsit.
Some of the high-lights were :
"I Can 't Give You Anything But
Love , Baby , " sung with feeling and
f urore l>y Tilliam Whompson , lyric
tenor.
#
"No Matter How Young Santa is
He Always Must Have Whiskers," by
Jockles Cones, the root-beer tenor of
the Clee Glub , famous Welsh meistersingers.
These selections were followed by
request numbers by Will Sun , famous
Chinese sing-song, and Ma Pinn, coloratura souprana , from Lilliputia
These pieces had nothing to do with
Christmas, if any thing.
The next scene depicted the night
before Christmas as various famous
persons would hav e it. The interpretations were rendered by a chorus of
one hundred girlies of the "gay nineties " contours. The convulsions of
the dance were lead by Go Jiffin and
Kony Tonhorski , famous play boys of
the East Side.
At this point your reviewer , Gaul
Mutter , stepped outside for a bit of
fresh air , but being accustomed only
to hot air , became violently ill and returned to the less nauseating atmosphere of the show.
Behold! He returned just in time
to hear the inimitable husky contralto, Ada Ircus sing the famous "She
Snoops on Solly. " It brought cheers
to his eyes.
Then followed a duet entitled
"Wiggles and Squeals to go With
Your Meals," by Worm 'n Porker.
This was a prelude to the great en semble number lead by the Horth
Nail Boys— "Shall We Gather By the
River , or Meet in the Old Ball Park."
We expected "Ten Nights in a Pool
Room " to follow , but were happily
disappoin ted.
The finale was a riot of noise and
color , but the Polar Igloo Boys could
be heard above all the racke t leading
the closing number of the show ,
' Gasps in a Pant House. "

That's Christmas
Did you ever stop to think that
Christmastide is a delightfully im practical time? You burden mailmen
with tons of greetings; you make
them struggle far into the night ,
bending over desks, sorting to say
nothing of deliverin g your deluge of
colored envelopes with their saucy
verses. You buy , buy gifts and ti re
sales-girls in your endeavor to find
the sui table , which generall y is a useloss , gift. You receive mysterious
packages do ne up in a lovely manner
a nd smile graciously at something for
which you'll later scratch your head
and wonder,
You fix up a basket with chicken ,
pie , candy, broken- nosed dolls , discarded games and clothes, wi th a colcry stalk set in the midst of tho
melange , nnd haul it oil' to your pot
poor fa mily (whom you have comple tely ignored till now) forgetting
that last year they had five baskets
and So-nnd-So had none.
You go abou t whispering admonitions to children about superlative
knowledge of Saint Nick, knowing nil
the while that the tots shall have
wha t they desire if you must die for
it.
You smllo and cry "Merry Christnu\s" and you and everyone else ai'c
happy and dreadfully happy even
tho ugh you are not practical ,
—Tha lia Barba
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
I novur knew a tree could bo
As lovoly as a Christmas tree
Undornoath Its loafy wins
Tho littlo childron stand and sing
Tho Christmas carols swoot and gay,
Tolling tho story of Christmas Day.
I novor know a troo could bo
As lovoly an iv Christmas tree.

Celebration of
Christmas in DifEvery One
ferent Countries
every one!" prayed

Christmas 1931

Christmas Shopper

As the bright young creature walkThe bells ring out on Christmas Day,
And some are sad and some are gay ; ed into the men 's gif t department the
"God bless us
They speak of love and faith and clerk brea thed a sigh of relief. She
Tiny Tim.
wouldn't be as fussy as some longcheer ,
The
an
niversary
of
the
birth
of
Crippled and dwarfed of body, yet Jesus Christ , December 25 , is one of And whisper of the dying year.
married dames had been. "
so tall
She paused, looked around uncerthe
greatest
festivals
of
the
ProtestOf soul, we tip-toe earth to look at ant ,
They seem to know the bliss that man tainly and then smiled gratefully as
Catholic
and
Greek
Ch
urches.
It
him,
is a day of thanksgiving and rejoic - Had felt when the New Year began , the clerk said, "May I help you? "
High towering over all.
A n d seem t o feel the sorrow grow
"Oh , yes, thank you . I would like
ing—a day of good cheer.
As days have passed in ebb and flow. to look at some neckties-—blue ones.
Great
as
the
day
is
,
no,
however
He loved t he loveless world , nor
"Oh , they 're much too dark. Yon
body knows who first celebra ted it,
dreamed , indeed ,
The Christinas bells find me possess- know his eyes are lighter blue,, brightand
nobody
knows
anything
definite
Tha t it, at best, could give him, the
er. These ties are too dull . . . No,
ed
about its origin.
while ,
Of cheer in gladsome garlands dress- t hat won 't do. He likes plain ties . .
Let
us
take
a
tour
over
the
world
But pitying glances when his only and watch the celebration of Christed,
Yes , t hat one is lovel y, but it would
n eed
Of Faith and Hope and gleeful Mir th, clash fearfully with my blue dress . \
mas
in
different
cou
ntries.
Was bu t a cheery smile.
In Germany , decorations begin on Tl\at look for peace upon the earth, Really tics are quite a problem . . .
Gracious no, don 't you remember I
the
24. One room , from which all, And in the quie t evening 's still
And thus he prayed , "God bless us except
the
mother,
are ex cluded, con- Hopes to find toward men good will. said his eyes weren 't light blue.
every one !"
the Christmas tree and the pres— .1. G. B. They 're . . .
Enfolding all the creeds within the tains
You know , I believe he might like
ents from Kris Kringl e for the childspan
gloves.
ren.
The
doors
are
The kind-er—the kind—rwell
opened
at
6:00
Of his child heart; and so, despising o'clock Christmas Eve and the festiPrayer
—er just gloves . . . They look too
,
none,
vities begin. They con tinue until
cheap . . . Let me see the ones over
Was nearer saint than man.
Day.
mighty Rather, onward
New
Year's
Lead
us,
there on the shelf—th e tan ones . . .
—James Whitcomb Riley.
In France, especially Paris, the Toward a goal we canno t see;
No , no t t hose , t«he ones on the shelf
cafes are kept open all night. The When we falter in our passage,
above . . . now over two, three BoxChristmas Eve supper at midnight is Father , let us lean on Thee.
es. There , there that's it . . . Oh,
the important event in the celebraNursery Rhimes
Idon't like those at all. They look so
tion to the French. The elite Par- Be our Staff upon the highway ,
differen t when they 're close. Perhaps
gray would be better . . Those are
isian divides his supper into many Be our Beacon through the night;
Hey rub -a-dub-dub,
courses, each one eat en at a different Guide us onward, ever upward
too dark . . Oh yes, I like that pair.
Three men in a tub ,
cafe , ending with coffee at home By Thy righteousness and might.
They are so good looking and for
But what more could be said ,
tha t price! Just the other night my
They 're used to the life without a about time for breakfast.
wife
Poland is another country where When the darkness seems to gather, husband said that he thought—Size?
Well how should I know? Isn't that
And sleep three up in a bed.
the festivities begin on Christmas And we cannot see our way,
too funny for words? I never
Eve with a supper. There are twelve Fat her , ligh t us with Thy kindness,
* * *
though t of size. Jack will ju st die
different foods on the table, each one And Thy night shall be our day.
Rain, rain go away ,
laughing when I tell . . What? Oh
representing a disciple. Meat is
Come again another flay,
yes, I believe I'll look at hankies.
never found on this menu. After the Jf forgetting: we are boastful ,
Joe McFadden wants to play.
"It's so boring to look at dull hanksupper everybody goes to the barn to Do not damn our shameful pride,
Lead us softly to Thy City,
ies.
I don 't believe he'd like hankies
tell
the
Christmas
stoi-y
to
the
cattle.
* * *
anyway . . . Just a moment, perThey are supposed to have the gift To within Thy Fold abide.
Marion saw a little dog
Amen.
haps I'll get another idea . . I have
of understanding the human tongue
Its hide was brown and white,
it! A book ! I believe I'll get him a
on this particular evening. At midAnd Marion lef t the little dog
book. Can you recommend a book
ni
ght,
mass
is
held
in
the
village
A most unholy sight.
J
church. Christmas Day is celebrated come back and help celebrate Christ- shop to me? . . Well, you needn't be
I
* * *
(by general merry-making. On St. mas in our own country. Wha t child so snippy to me. I'm sure Ican 't
Dfogery , diggery dock ,
! Stephen 's Day, the day after Christ- does no t delight in hanging up one of help it if you don 't have anything
Dinny had lost Jack 's sock ,
j mas, the children go from house to his stockings by the fireplace so that suitable for my husband. Now, I
The clock struck two
I house singing carols and exchanging Santa Claus may fill it? We all think won't even thank you for showing me
And so did Jack 's shoe,
gifts.
I of Christmas time as a time for hap - the ties."
'I
Diggery , diggery dock .
piness , for helping those less fortu n- ;
| A Christmas in Peru has some pe- ate than we, and for exchanging gifts
The streets are
* * *
I euliar features.
our friends, i Wishing You All a Merry Christinas
There was a girl in our town
crowded on Christmas Eve with gayly and remembrance with
and a Happy New Year.
—Vivian
Yeany. ¦
Who was so awful dense ,
dressed people, joking and singing.
She called the cops when her boy Most of them are masked. The air is
friend said
filled with music from the guitar , the
He though t he'd take offense.
clattering of the castanets , and the
noise of pebbles rattling in gourds.
« * *
No door is closed and everybody is
Sing a song of six pence ,
welcome to all homes. Ceremony and
A pocket full of holes—
restraint are absent. Suddenly the
282
So 's the sock and underwear ,
scene changes. At midnigh t the merAnd trouscr seats and soles.
rymaking stops, and the people go
Stan ton Lillibridge and Jerry
to the cathedral for mass. The streets The approaching Yuletide Season
* * *
Moore
have been going from store to
account
for
some
of
the
informay
Young Harriet wont to the cupboard |and houses are deserted. On Christ- mation we have gathered by tapping store prici ng various articles suitable
the
streets
are
crowded
mas
morning
To get a bite or two,
San t a's priva te "line" and we will let to the opposite sex. Object—price !
But when she got there , the cupboard aga in , but at 9 :00 o 'clock everybody you in on it if you promise to keep
A manicure set was found under
goes
agai
n
to
church.
In
the
afterwas bare ,
B
ob
Brow n's dresser last night. He
quiet
as
we
do.
it
as
Her roo m-mate had eaten the stew. noo n the people all go to see the bull
Jack Beck was seen playing a canno t account for it. "Someone
figh ts. In the evening there is a
grand procession. consisting of punch-board down at Hess' one nigh t must of put it there by mistake." We
* * *
wonder .
Hey-diddle-diddle , with Roy in the pr ies t s, monks , soldiers , townspeople , this week. We wonder why.
Jack Drennen and Ernie Line were
middle ,
and a figure representing the Madon Joe McFadden hid a package in his seen pricing five-pound boxes of
The fun is over too soon ,
na carrying the Holy Child.
room last night. He refuses to tell candy in Bush's Monday night.
Bud gave a snort at the thought of
The Christmas spirit in England is us what it contained. A searching
Tony Conte asked Prof. Koch if
the sport
observed quie tly and chiefly in the pa rty is being organized to locate this customs would be taken off before
And missed the brass gaboo n,
ho me. The children amuse themselves ar ticle.
the vacation. He has a pair of pearls
with firo-crackers and the gifts which
Al. Kalfka was seen acting rather a n d he 's afraid he'll be "put up " if
they have received from Father auspiciously in front of Roy 's Jewelry he 's caught giving them to her.
Christmas The rule of 1 (544 , made storo last Monday.
Bill Thompson has something lockDo You Ever
by the Puritans forbade merriment
Gord Wambaugh is carrying an ex- ed up in his desk. He refuses to let
Believe in Signs at Christmas because it was pagan. coodingly large smile lately. You us in on it.
T his rule has had i t s effec t o n t he enn bet your life he 's got something
Charley Cox rushed out a certain
It is not because we have not tried Engl ish Christmas and as a result the up his sleeve.
jewelry store down-town yesterday
linrd enough each year to like those same hilarity does not prevail as in
Bob Parker made a trip up to Dil- af t ern oo n w i t h a look of r el i ef on his
Irritating box-signs wo have. Each the other countries.
lon , t he flo r ist, yesterday afternoon. face not knowing that he was being
rhunks giving we begin to look for
Under the influence of the mission- Can you tell us why?
watched from across tho street.
.some new thing to admire even if it aries the Oriental countries hav e
We were unable to verify what the
Ken Roborts admits that he bought
has to bo tho dimples of the child adop ted the Christmas idea of pro- eontonts of the packages wore that a compuct yestorday aftornoon. It
;>>• newsboy who inevitably carries Honting gifts , even though they do Nick Rudawski and Leo Youviak sent suro in a nice one because wo saw it
tho sign "Twenty. Nineteen , Eight- not have the same religious beliefs. to Nunticoke this morning.
being wrapped .
een (such as the case may bo) Moro Aftor Christmas the Japanese look
Saul Gutter has boon getting a lot
Gord Cullen had a package under
Shopp i ng Days 'Till Christmas." Wo forward to the big celebration at Now of lottors lately from out of town his overcoat when ho got off tho Berdon 't partic ularly mind being fore- Year , while tho Chinese look forward j owolers.
wick bus this morning.
Wiuned but wo do rosont tho princi- to their Now Year or fire-cracker
Two packages wore received at
Eddio Jenkins was soon showing
ple! of tho matter. Tt is commonly timo which is tho last of February,
Wallor Hall last night. Tho card on Saul Gutter a wrist watch in a boau known and annually proved that poo. The children of Hungary hang the first one road "Greetings of tho tiful jewelry case.
pics , averivso , human people, tho kind their Christmas stockings out the Sonson ," Howard DoMott. Tho other
"Burs" Letterman was soon mailwo know urn! aro , will do their window to bo filled by gifts from curd hud words to this ofFoct , "Merry ing a package to Duncannon this
Gypsy bands sing in tho Christmas ," Art McKochnio ,
Christmas .shopping on Christinas Miklos.
morning,
Bvo, Picture u safo and nana Christ- street, while guyly drossod people
"Rex " Tui'so un(I Prod Jaflln were
Charlio Ilensloy was caugh t looknittH Evol No ja ms in the storos, no dimco tho czardas. On Christmas soon pricing "hope " chests at tho ing through a jowolry catalogue last
pokin gH and bumpings , no tirod salon Day tho children build tiny cribs in Loudov Storo Tuesday aftornoon. weok. Ho spent some time studying
ni vlft , no packago-covorod men, in which they place the Christ Child to They soomod to bo in oarnost about tho rings,
fact, disrobo Christmas of its Christ- signify that they boliove that Christ it,
Watch Dlnny Thomas and Bud
mas Evo Spirit. What have you '/ is responsible for all gifts that they
LaHt Friday aftornoon , one of our Morgan. They refuse to givo any
Nothin g . Yot that to what thono signs rocalvo.
moil trnilod Jack Hall us fur uh Snoid- evidence of thoir Christmas plans, alwould have us ofl'oct. We're AntiAl'tur tukiiig u long Journey over mini 's Jowory Store. Jack purchuao d though wo can toll they 're up to
KignistH noble urn) strong.
all parts oi' tho globe wo nro grind to a noclclnco.
something1.

HHltf §>mtta

POETRY

Varsit y Noses Out
Jr. Varsit y Defeated
Girls ' Basket Alumni 31 to 3D Saturday, December 12, the Junior
ball Practice

Just at present the girls interested
in baske tball are very busy. Teams
are being organi zed although the inter-mural tournament does not begin
AFTER THE DREAM IS GONE
until after Christmas.
The freshmen inexperienced playThe r e 's a whispering on the hilltop
ers have had very busy pra ctices
Where the willows touch the sky,
learning how to handle the ball and
And black against the moonlight
also
the rules of basketball. These
The bat and night-hawk fly.
» girls prac tice Tuesdays and ThursThere 's a crackling of the pine cones days from 3:00 P. M. to 4-.DO P. M.
The experienced freshmen girls
Beneath a weary tread
have
organized teams and practice
Where a dreamer walks, regretting
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 :30
The words he left unsaid.
to 5:30 P. iU. Miss Murray and her
There 's a swishing of the rush-weed upperclass helpers have been giving
the girls pointers and explaining the
Beside the falling stream ,
Like a though t, still-bovn, repenting use of different plays.
The upperclass girls have practice
The fading of the dream.
from 3 :00 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. on
Mondays and Fridays. They have
A wind from the west is blowing
been
working hard and the teams
Gray wasps into the dawn ,
promise to be in fine shape to begin
And Life moves on , uncaring,
the tournament after Christmas.
After the dream is gone.
Ten points an hour are awarded
—J. G. B.
for prac '.i?e toward the girls' a thle tic
awards. From all appearances a
LIFE
fine season will result from these
practices.
To the preacher life's a sermon ,
To the joker life 's a jest;
To the miser life is money,
Things We'd
To t he loafer life 's a rest.
To the soldier life 's a battle ,
To the t eacher life's a school;
Life 's a great thing for the thinker,
But a folly to the fool.
Life is just one long vacation,
To the man who loves his work ;
But it's constant dodging duty
To the everlasting shirk.

Lik e to Know

Why did Mary Betterly tell our interviewer that the time of Freshman
cust oms should be shortened?
Why doesn 't Chick PsbI sleep in
class anymore?

Why does Grace DuBois persist in
telling us about her new race horse ?
What makes Mary McCawley giggle in Ed. Meas. Class?
Why doesn't the "Faculty Cat" disTo the faithful, earnest worker ,
close his iden tity ?
Life 's a story ever new ;
Who is the one who sings "Ach du
Life is what we try to make it,
liber Augustine" for Miss Maupin 's
Wha t, my friend is life to you?
Am . History Class?
****
Why did Pauline say she didn't
EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE
know how to work the slide projector?
A fire-mist and a planet,
What does "Chiseler " mean?
A crystal and a cell,
Why can 't we spend money and
A j elly-fish and a saurian,
And the caves where the cave-men have it t oo?
Why does every class have a stag
dwell ;
line in t he rear of the room?
Then a sense of law and beauty,
What makes C. Osbovne say
And a face turned from the clod—
"hello " instead of presen t in answer
Some call it Evolution ,
to roll call?
And others call it God.
Why don 't I write poetry ?
"Herch , non scio !"
A haze on the far horizon ,
So "Vale," sweetheart, till we mee t
The infi n it e , tender sky,
The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields, tomorrow.
And the wild geese sailing high ;
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the goldenrod—My Desire
Some of us call it Autumn ,
And others call it God.
Give me ears to hear the questions
Of a knowledge-seeking child;
Like tides on a crescent sea-beach ,
Give me sympathetic insight
When the moon is new and thin ,
To his problems, great and mild;
Come welling and surging in;
Give me patience , never-ending,
Into our hearts high yearnings
For the things I teach and do;
Come from the mystic ocean
Clear my vision—may I ever
Whose rim no foot has trod—
j Feel his needs and see his view.
Some of us call it Longing,
Make me with the child to wander
And others call it God.
Through his happy fairy lands;
Let me skip with him and listen
A picket frozen on duty,
To imaginary lands.
A mother starved for hor brood ,
Soo n h is fai r ies a ll wi ll v an ish ,
Socrates drinking the hemlock ,
And the music fade away ;
And Jesus on the rood;
Fantasies will change to visions;
And millions , who, humble and name- Work will rival happy play.
less ,
So if I may be companion ,
The straight, hard pathway plod—
Friend , an d play m at e of a c h ild ,
Some call it Consecration ,
I shall never doubt his learning
And others call it God,
While I teach tho things worthwhile.
—Wm. Herbert Cavruth.
—Lester Keathley,
in the Journal of
the National Education Association.
EXAMS
A member of the faculty of the
University of Wisconsin tolls of
some amusing replies made by a pupil undergoing an examination in
English , The candidate had been instructed to write out examples of
the indicative , the subjunctive , the
potential and tho exclamatory moods.
His efforts results as follows:
"I am endeavoring to pass an
English examination. If I answer
twenty questions I shall pans. If I
answer twolvo questions I may pass.
God help mo I"

CURIOSITY
The other day I saw a lad
Who looked so very, very sad,
I asked him why ho was so blue
Ho answered , Johnnio , this don 't do
Where you aro; E'en though you
must,
Put in woman not a trust.

I trustod ono with papers mine ,
Sho thought I had of hor some lino
Sho looked inaldo when I had passed
And road of what I had amnHsod.
Now don't forgot; don 't foollnh be
You Hhould not) tho |)llo of lottoi'H To trust u maid's curiosity.
wo have writton !
—John Bolunas

T WHAT OTHER COLLEGES

ARE DOING
B. S. T. C. Varsity basketball team Varsity of B. S. T. C. opened its baske
t
ball
season
with
a
defea
t
a
t
t
he
opened its season by defeating the
Alumnn by one poin t. The game was hands of Bloomsburg High School.
closely contested throughout with Lack of team work caused the Jay
With the coming of Christmas all
the Varsity having a slight lead until vees to come out on the short end of thoughts turn to Santa. It isn't only
3.
24-15
score.
the third quar ter.
Washleski began the scoring for ' ¦he small children who believe in
The Vai-sity began the scoring and
the
Jayvees by making a long shot Santa and his gifts. In looking over
took a six-point lead in the first few
Bloomsburg
High School took the the latest college publications, I fi n d
minutes of the game. The Alumni
lead
in
the
first
quarter and main - '•.hat some colleges have already had
began scoring and when the first
tained
it
throughout
the game. The heir wishes fulfilled , while others are
quarter ended were within one point
visi
t
ors
'
tea
m
work
was
w ell devel " ust signing their names to the wellof their opponents. Wambaugh lead
aped
and
their
shooting
was sure. niown epistles.
the attack for the Varsity and played
a good game un til he received an in- Valen ti seemed to be everywhere on
ooo
jury of the eye. In the second quar- ;he floor for the Jayvees but was con
stantly
fouling.
This
also
helped
the
I
note
that
the
Teachers College of
ter a n umber of substitutes were
;he
visitors
as
they
were
always
good
for
s
U niversity, Toledo ,
St.
John
'
sent into the game and the Alumni
Ohio , have moved themselves bag and
began running up points. The Var- foul shots.
Reid played a close game at guard >aggage into a new building, mor e
sity took time out to break the scoring streak and after that the substi - for t he home team , making long shots .ltted to their needs. The students
and faculty are all enthusiastic and
tutes found that they wei-e in a fast .vith a good follow up.
Most of the Jayvees missed shots vish to thank Santa for his early regame. The Alumni had three individual stars but lack of practice af- and failed to follow them up. Ed- membrance.
fected their team work. Golder, a wards stood out for the visitors by
ooo
member of last year 's championship tapping many shots in from under
the
basket.
The Freshmen at Princeton , like all
team , proved to be a menace to the
Tarn Kirker capably refereed the j 'reshmen , are looking for the ideal
Varsity. He not only scored on long
shots but did not fail to get the ball game. He called fouls very close girl. Maybe Santa can help. Here
are requirements : Brains, beauty,
off the backboards. Also he broke and prevented all roughing,
pei'sonality, sense of humor, dancing
up several shots by batting the ball
down. Kirker, of '31, still had his Trai ning For Football ability and money , with a high-priced
automobile thrown in. The ability to
eye on the basket and gave the spectators a thrill by his dribbling. WilAs Meehan says— "Elimination of "neck , " a close resemblance to Gre ta
son worked well wi th Golder and spring practice in some schools, la t e Garbo , Marlene Dietrich and Joan
made some nice shots. Turner made starting in others have contributed Jrawford and a soft voice are ab several long shots for the Alumni. largely to the tremendous number of solute requiremen ts Seems to me,
The Varsity appeared to be weaken- accidents this fall." When we note Santa left me a doll last Christ mas
ed by the absence of Shepella, a reg- that only five of the forty fatalities ;hat could fulfill those requirements.
ular guard of last year 's team. Wain- j occurred on inter-collegiate grid- It oven says "Mamma "=if you want
baugh held his team together by tap- irons, the rest in sand-lot and schol- it I'll send it along with old Santa,
ping the ball in from under the bas- Iastic games, we mus t realize that for to tell the truth, even the best of
ket when the score was close.
. most of them are due to improper us girls aren t "like that."
Alumni
Varsity
I training and lack of equipmen t.
0 0 0
Kirker , F.
9 Yaretski, F.
3 Sand lot and scholastic games have
_
0
,
Turner F.
2 Kafchinski, F.
Old maids and bashf ul wall Sowers
b2'oug-ht into action boys who did not
Wilson , F.
4 Blackbaum , F. _4 enjoy the safeguards of proper train- of the Ypsilanti, Mich., Normal
Z immolzak, C. 4 Malone, F.
1 ' ing. Football is the most grueling of School , have writ t en to tha t "Old
Golder , G.
4 Wanbaugh, C. -15 all sports and should be curbed in Codger" Santa, asking him to help
Jenkins, G.
5 Eudo wski, G. 8 schools not equipped to prepare its them ou t in selecting t heir men for
Keene , G.
2 Warman, G. — 0 studen ts for the game.
I the Harvest Hop. For this affair the
Carr , G.
0
Several years ago a plan was set . girls will do the asking and also buy
Yozviak, G.
0 abou t to de-emphasize the game. This the bids.
ooo
may accoun t for the fact that many
schools are lax in their training reg"As Usual "
We can guess what Saint Nick will
ula tions. Many small school fail to
leave the Smith College girl—a
have
the
proper
equipnent
and
a
"The attitude of this country has
bicycle or scooter—because autos are
been influenced since early spring capable coach. Because football is a forbidden t here , and the 'girls use
, strenuous sport it should be
more by what is happening in Europe rough
played
only by athletes who are t his means of travel to and fro m
than by any other single cause. From
town.
M arch t o June , Germany hung over hardened by a long period of train0 0 0
ing.
There
can
be
no
half-way
measus. From July onward it was Bri- ' ures and too much attention cannot
"The Farthest North Collegian ,"
tain. In both cases our surrender to
boys Alaska , reports the snow to be four
these influences has been so excessive be paid to properly preparing
as to be fantastic. A historian years and men who desire to engage in the feet deep and the ice is ready for
ska ting. The students have sent earahead of us who surveys the Ameri- 1 gridiro n sport.
—Bud Krei tzer. ly their requests for skates, skiis,
can state of mind of the summer of )
snow-shoes and toboggans. It is here
1931 will not record it as the greatest
that Santa's reindeer are raised—betribute to our poise.
lieve it or not!
"What happened in Germany last
A VISION
ooo
spring happened in much greater degree before—i n 1923—and Amer- Sturdy, calm the Coach directs the
"Whiskevino Week" was observed
ica 's attitude toward it was to proat the Pasadena Junior College from
class ;
ceed with the greatest period of prostheir trying a forward pass, No vember 7 tc 14. After a week oi
perity we have ever had. What hap- Thinks
whiskers and more whiskei^s a prize
Eager,
, rolls his eyes—
watchful
pened to Britain in August happened
was given to the student who haO
on
the
ten-yard
line.
Whew!
It's
to France in 1925-192C , and Amergrown the longest beard.
ica 's reaction was to swing on in the
Trying to take Santa 's place in the
cheering,
cracks
a
smile,
Crowds keep
stride of enormous prosperity.
hear ts of fair maidens—huh? Maybe
planning
all
the
while,
is
Yet
"It would tak e a hardy pessimist to
Santa can give you a job.
believe the British pound will descend Wow ! It's over, what a day,
just
two
feet
away.
No!
It's
materially and permanently in value.
Cantata at Lake Twp.
Even if that should happen , the consequences to America need ultimate- Wipes the sweat down off his brow,
A cantata entitled "Santa in Story
ly be no worse than the very great Keeps up courage forever now,
drop in the franc a few years ago, W his pe rs t o th e ch a p beside ,
Land" will be given by the primary
and intermediary grades of Lake
. . . American business cannot pos- "They 'll put it over in a mi'te."
T o w nship School D is tr ic t, of wh ich
sibly be influenced by any reality so
It. G. Sutliir , Class of '31, is supermuch as it is letting itself bo in- Bialek now cracks the line,
vising principal.
fluenced by apprehension. As re- Stronger hearts keep up the time;
spects trade, tho whole world outside They know they will never fail
The entertainment , in addition to
the United States could sink into tho While Arnold Kraft's reign prevaila. tho cantata , will includo "The Glory
seven seas, and tho normal stato of
of Song " by tho Girls' Glee Club
business in the United States there- AH ave spell-bound at the sight
from tho high school and "Wherever
after would be almost 'as usual. ' Wo Of a near goal , Larks delight;
tho Star Shines ," a pageant by the
should have a slightly loss volume of One more play and watch them go,
"A" Grammar Grades of tho Townbusiness than normal , but wo should Yowio! Men receive their betting ship.
have more than wo have today. Tho
Tho Christmas celebration will be
dough.
total of all our foroign business is
held on Docombor 22 , at 8:00 P. M.,
loss than 7 per eont. of what wo do
in tho combined auditorium and gymamong ourselves. Tho total profit wo "Fino old team ," they Conrad Kraft nasium. This combination of audimako on our foroign trado is loss And to keep it up he's always apt,
torium and gym is made possible by
than 2 per cont, of our annual in- Looks around from his spellbound an ammgomont whoreby tho stage
daze
come"
can bo pullod up for gymnastic
—By Mark Sullivan , "Woll ! What losson have wo today?" ovonts and lowered ' for ontortalnN. Y. Horald-Tribuno
monts,
If visions as such would always reign ,
Mrs. Garrangor , tho former Millie
Jim—"How's your wife coming Wo know wo'd always win the gaino Ilnusch, Class of '20, teachos tho inBut , just tho same, wo'll make th< tevmocUato grades in tho Lakoton
along with hov driving?"
goal
Joo—"Sho took a turn for tho
building, in which tho play is to bo
worse last woolt , "
As long as Arnolds reign we hold.
given.
1

Educational
Mock Trcal C reates
Substitute Teacher
Maha tma Gandhi's
Business is Good
Radio Stations
Sensation
Quite
a
Has Reason to Agree
Code of Living
in the Schools
By a Substitute Teacher
The stage of life may have its
many dramas , but the part played by
today 's substitute teacher , who must
at a moment' s notice step into a class room *of strange children and teach
the many subjects of the grade with out any preparation whatever , is a
tragicomedy enacted daily in Phila delphia schools.
At S :!)0 in the mornin g the substitute teacher is called by telephone
and told to hurry to a school before
it opens at 9:00. She has just abou t
clicked open the closet door and flung
her coat and hat on a hook when a
crowd of more than thirty noisy
children c<*mcs scampering in , helter skelter.
"Whoopee ! A substitute! " hits her
cars as noon as she is spied .
She begins at once to suppress the
joy of the group and hurls threa tening glances at them.
"Stop that at once!" she breathes
quickly.
"0. K ., teacher!" and the class giggles , very much amused. The day
h:\s begun well s\s far as it is con cerned.
Enter:

Officialdom .

Business is good when there is a
steady demand for produc ts which
serve genuine and important needs
and when that demand is being fairly me t. Measured by this standard ,
the business of education has never
been so good as in the United States
at this moment.
There are more young people in
school than ever before. They arc in
charge of the most alert and best
trained teachers that have ever
blessed the nation. These teachers
are * presenting the strongest curriculum so far perfected and are
seeking to make it better. They are
working in the best buildings that
ever housed the nation 's millions of
young students . They are supported
to a remarkable degree by an intel ligen t, informed , and sympathetic
publi c.
These teachers are working at
their problems. During the summer
of lSKi l more than 270 ,000 of them
took special courses to improve
their service. Over 700 , 000 in the
state education associations and
200 ,000 in the National Education
Association are cooperating to im prove education. More than 5000
are life members of their great pro fessional body. Ten ts of thousands
of school faculties are holding regular meetings to study their prob lems.
These facts are of the utmost significance for men and women in every other line of business. They
mean that better times lie ahead.
The firs t wealth is human wealth.
Upon that all other wealth is built
These thirty million students are
getting the best education ever giv en to the masses of the people. They
are learning to live on a higher
pl ane of life. They are building up
health ami vitality . They are being
taught to value a fine home life and
to plan for it. They are learning
how to learn and to keep on learn ing as a life-long enterprise . They
are learning : citizenship by practicing it in the schools. They are being
trained in essential vocational skills.
The higher uses of leisure are opened up to them in the fine arts and in
the recreational and social life of
the school. Above all , they are seeking to develop fine character — to
quicken ambition , aspiration , cour age; to cultivate industry and thrift;
to establish all the virtues that un derlie excellence and happiness of

Then the principal enters , with pad
and pun and scrutinizing eye, to
mark the substitute for her teaching
ability. • Does she keep order? Arc
her lessons interestin g? What does
she do \vivng?
And there , by the blackboards , she
stands , watching the scribbing prin cipal, the class and her lesson book
and keeping an inner eye on herself
—hoping, fussing, quivering .
"If thr -three and—and five are—
are nine—I mean—what is it , Johnny?"
"We don 't do it that way, teach er!" Johnny assert indignant ly .
"Miss Jones does it this way ,
teacher! ' pipes a voice from the rear
of the room.
Scratch—scratch—scratch goes the
pen on the principal' s paper.
Hair is pulled. A girl is crying. A
boy is out of his seat . Somebody is
hummin g .
And it is only 10:00 o 'clock.
A Glimpse of Arcady, Then—
Recess !Grand and glorious recess!
Bless the man who thought of the
idea!
But it seems only a minute and
they 're scampering in again—more
than thirty smeared -up faces challenging the might of the girl substi tute who believes hickory sticks and
These products of the schools are
paddles must have been good things
the pride of America. They are the
after all.
"Now , children , the front seat will basis of all other production and the
be the dunce 's seat. I hope I won 't promise of a quality of consump tion
such as the world has not yet seen.
have to send any of you to it. "
The business man who is prepared
Somebody giggles gleefully.
"Robert! Take this seat at once!" to serve this improved product of the
Rober t marches , proud as a soldier , schools will reap a rich reward. Disclown the aisle and seats himself in honest business must grow less and
the dunce 's seat with expanded chest. less. The saloon is gone. Gambling
Jn co mes the princi pal again with has few defenders. Speculation has
had a hnrd blow. Poverty can be
pad and pen .
wiped
out. Graft can be abolished.
Substi t ute : "Mary, spell roo t. "
Efficie ncy can tnke the place of
Mary : "R-u-t , roo t. "
Honest , intelligent , courSubsti tute : "My! My! I'm surpris- weakness.industry
and business can
ed! You should know better! You ageous
lif
t
Americu.
They
can achieve the
spell roo t, Alice! "
only goal worthy of an intelligent
Alice : "R-o-u-t , roo t."
security for all
And so on and on , until the day I system—economic
from tho cradle to the grave. Today
see ms like a week with no Ict-up.
business is good in tho schools. ToAt the end of the fi ve hours the morrow
will be good in the
teacher sei zes her hat and coat , dodg- fac tories,business
th
e shops , the stores. By
es the principal sheepishly and flees. living up to the motto "Child ren
Ne xt day, she agai n waits by the tele- First , " America is laying tho founphone at S:,') () , dnshos to school be- da tion for a new revival , .I.E.M.
—
fore 9:00 and is again welcomed with
the enthusiastic:
"Whoopee ! A substitute!"
The Alpha Psi

The Manchuran
Situation Discussed
On Doi'iMiibor 14 , the Geography
direction of.
Dr. Russull , gave un illustrated lecture on the economic fuctors which
ca used China and Japun to grapple
for the control of Manchuria. In
view of the international crisis which
has not yet been averted , the discussion of this issue whs of timoly
interest.
Club , u nder the ablo

Initiates Six

Wed nesday evening, December !),
si x candidates were initiated by the
me mbers of the Alplm Omicron
Cast into tho Alpha Psi Omoga Dramatic Fraternity.
The. 1'o Uavrin .K uluilges were installed: Ruth Lewis, Ruth Wugnor , Ida
ArciiH , Edmund Jenkins , Aldwin
Jones and Mary Bottorly ,
Alpha Psi Omega , whoso purpose
is to sponsor dramatic interest is
one of tlio must active organizations
on the cuinpiiH ,

The records of the Federa l Radio
At the regular meeti ng of the Jun Mahatma Gandhi , the leader of
the revolutio n against British rule ior Chamber of Com m erce , December Commission show that in May, 1927.
in India , told newspaper men the 10 , a mock trial wus presen ted by the when the presen t radio law went into
other day the rules of conduct Business Law Class under the cap- effect , there was a total of ninety four educa tional institutions licensed
which have governed his own life, able direc tion of Mr. Clark.
Miss Feather was well cast in her to broadcas t. On March 9, 1931, the
lie would no t presume to lay down
number had been reduced to fortyrules for anybody else, he said , but capacity as judge.
Miss Yeany, plaintiff , was quite ef- nine. Accordi ng1 to the National
he had a code which he consistently
followed. These are the rules of fective in her flirtations and crying. Committee on Educati onal broadcast life , as Gandhi observes them :
Miss Quick , a witness who was em- ing stations were forced to close their
ployed by defendant as bookkeeper, doors between January 1st and Aug Love.
exchanges snappy repartee with the ust 1st, 1930. At present, out of a
Truth.
total of 400 uni ts available to the
attorney.
Chastity.
Miss Knauss , attorney for plain- United States, educational stations
Fearlessness.
tiff , was very forceful and effective occupy only 23.1 G units , or one -sixService to others.
in her cross-examinations. She plead- teenth of the available freque ncies.
Control of appetites .
Belief in the equality of all man - ed a fine sob sister story for the In short, educators and educational
plain tiff . Mr. Greco acted as attorney institutions who desire to make inde kind.
pendent use of the radio as an educaAbstentatio n from alcohol , tobac- for the defendant.
It happened that Mr. Hartzel , the tional instrumentality are facing
co and drugs.
Belief that all great religions are defendant , had a contract with Miss strangulation. They must either
Yeany , plaintiff , for employment last- fight or acquiesce in the present
of equal worth .
Takin g nothing that is not paid ing one year. Af ter four months of trend , which if continued , will give
her services he discharged her be- the commercial broadcasters comfor b y one 's own work.
Valuin g possessions not for them - cause of her everlasting talking to plete control of the air—the educatthe boys over the telephone , claim- ors being invi ted to feed the Great
selves , but for their usefulness.
It is not easy to live in a world ing her work suffered from her "dat- Radio audience such education as the
commercial stations consider worth
which professes , in the main , such a ing. "
Each pleaded his or her story but broadcasting , at hours which do noi
code , and to obey it literally. For
while these rules of conduct as laid it remained for the jury to decide. conflict with the vested interests of
down by Gandhi differ in no import - Decision was found for plaintiff with tooth-pastes and au tomobile tires or
with the careers of such established
ant respect from those laid down by damages of one cent.
It didn 't pay to go to court about radio personalities as Amas V Andy,
Jesus Christ and before Him by
Buddha and other great religious it. Did it?
Phil Cook and Pcg-gy Winthrop.
Other charac ters in the case were
teachers , very few human beings
have had the hardihood to even at- Pearl Ludvvig, Eleanor Kleckner ,
SCHOOLS AND RURAL LIFE
tempt to li ye up to them . Gandhi Emily Landis and Mary Jane Matthews.
himself , even his enemies admit ,
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comes about as close to it as any
man in modern times.
Phi Sigma Pi
Therefore , the education of the child It seems to us that one of the
ren
in the non-urban district is a
Hold
a
Smoker
causes of the trouble in which the
continuing challenge to the entire
world finds itself today is tha t most
people have forgotten these ancient
Last night the members of Phi nation. In the first place the schools
rules of life , which have always |Sigma Pi fraternity held their of these sections should be second
been sound and still are. We have Christmas smoker in the Smith Cot- to none. Though they are small they
need modern equipment , well train been carried away, all of us, both in tage on Fleckenstine Island.
America and elsewhere , by the idea
The evening 's entertainment con - ed , well paid , and experienced teach that there is some magic in mater- sisted of a speech on School Life ers, the same as found in the schools
ial possessions which will make us by Mr. T . P. Smith. After his ad- of the city.
Federal legislation has established
happy in spite of ourselves. Nothing dress there was a period of discuswas ever farther from the truth .
sion by the members of the frater - one outstanding land mark which is
responsible for the increase in voca I nity.
i
The remainder of the evening tional education in the United States.
DO YOU KNO W THAT
was spent in playing cards, smoking, That was the passing of the Smith and holding the ever-popular "bull- Hughes Act after which the enroll ment in vocational schools increased
Students at Ohio State Universi- sessions. "
ty are being paid $2 for serving as
The climax of the evening was from 170,000 to 950,000 withi n a
pall -bearers at funerals.
reached when the refreshments were period of ten years. This act proFreshmen of the Universit y of served. They were only refresh- vides for Federa l Aid to the vocaHawaii must carry at least two ments to the group but to a dietician tional schools of the nation which
can meet the requirements of the
brands of cigarettes around in a it would have been a veal meal.
clean sock , without holes, and dish
Those who attended were : Dr. F. law.
The sponsors of this Act saw that
them out on request , while the co- B. Haas, E. A. Reams , Dr. T. P.
eds must wear goggles and dispense North, L. P. Gilmore , George Kell- probably less than one per cent, of
candy instead of cigaret tes.
! er , W. W. Evans, Oliver Krapf , our people were following vocations
To show students of wealthy par- ' Clarence Hunsickor , Wilbur Hil- or even avocations of their own
ents how to get started in the bus- bard , Charles Hensley , Alfred Vand- choosing. The knowledge of this fact
iness or professional world , a "pro- ling, William James , Carl Riggs, was the great motivating force for
fessor of work" has been added to James Johns , Gordon Wanbaugh , the development of vocational and
the faculty at Antio ch College, Ohio. Walter Stier , Leo Y oz viak , William industrial schools which provide opInsurance agai nst being called on Young , Sam Kur t z , Tho m as Coursen portunities for personal choice of
in class is being given a t the Uni- John Lewis, Robert Parker , Edgar one 's life career.
Science has made a great contriversity of Colarado. The rates of Artman , Joseph McFadden , M iles
bution to rural progress. It has made
pre miums depend on where you sit Potter.
immigran ts to understand and meet
in class.
Each day in college is worth $25 EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP the problems of everyday life ; they
elimi nate factional and national hatto a student , according to a survey
reds and develop that mutual symissued at Williamette College, Ore. "
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pa thy, respec t, and understanding
Co-eds at tho University of Missouri may not speak to men for just laws imposed by England which ; the work day shorter without demore than three minutes at a time tende ncy persisted when our people j creasing produ c tion as well as proon the st r ee t, nor mny they go to a came to make their own laws. A j vided living comforts and conveniden tist without a chaperon , ac- democratic civilization must rest up- ences to the farm home , to say nothcordi ng to an announce ment made on an ingrai ned respect for law, but ing of the modern development of
by tho Dean of Women at the Uni- both the law and its administration co mmunication and transportation.
must be respectable. Since education
When every child in all rural
versity.
—"The News Lottor. " raises the economic level of the peo- schools may have a choice between
ple , it must take steps to overcome vocational education and purely culthe perils , mostly the spirit of in- tural training, or adequate amounts
di v idualis m , growing out of increas- of bo th , then we can feel that we
CHEWING GUM
have organized an almost ideal rured material wealth.
America must i'aeo the problem nl school system. In spite of tho fact
I want to talk to every class
of correc ting tho tendencies toward that this ideal situation lies ahead
About a certain soggy muss.
looseness, laxity, sof tn ess, a n d lack of us let us look back with a due
By this I mean tho chewing gum
of schola rship in its educational pol- measure of pride upon our achieveThat students leave where o 'or they icy. Even with the handicap of our ments in the consolidation of rural
come—
mobile masses and diverse stand- schools; in federal legislation for ag'Neath every desk and ovory seat
ards of conduct us represented in ricultural and vocational education
(This often puts one in a heat.)
our conglomerate population ; oven unmatched in any other civilized naChew your gum for all I care
with our tradition of lawlessness, tion ; in stute systems of supervision
But lot mo toll you this—Beware ! our democracy must ho justified by of agricultural education in rural
For I »m one who disagrees
domonstmtini; that i\n educational schools; in rural adult education unTo find your gum upon my knees
system that koojiH its doors open to der tho direction of tho land-grant
There 's something I would like to do all throughout all its levels cun colleges ; those nchievomonts
When on my pants ' synthetic glue I mnko itself un oiToctive source of er with tho development of togethgood
mental and moral discipline for all. roads and the automobile havo made
Domocracy must bo built upon tho thuir contributions to tho impvovoWishin g You All a Merry Christmas froodom that eomoH through disci- moiit of rural living : and promise
and a Happy Now Your,
pli ne,
much for tho future.