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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



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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.