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JUNIOR LUNCHEON
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tk Prom Week started off with a
se push owing to the success of the
'r- J uuior luncheon which was held
on ~Iondav at the Columbus " 'w building. T' here weTe toasts and
ut also roasts so that at times we
", were sorry that Adelaide was in id Washington and at others we
considered her lucky. Speeches
it were gi\'en by Julia Sullivan,
ly Jean Hayward. Helen Collins.
Lois Foley. and Frances Me-
"'gs Laughlin. i\largaret L eary was
toa~t-mi~tress and :-.rargery Gar­,~.
l blls and Clementine Koch were
~f in charge of the luncheon.
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COLLEGE TO GIVE
CARD PARTY
On Tuesday. April 23, at
Colllmlms Hall there was held
a card party for the benefit of the
it. new rollege. TiekeN were sold
\" for a dollar and there was a prize
for each ta ble.
Publi,hed at Nazareth Collea:e, Ro(:he,ter, N. Y.
APRIL, 1928
JUNIOR PROM MOST BRILLIANT
AFFAIR IN ACTIVITIES OF WEEK
No. 7
JUNIOR·SOPH TREASURE
HUNT
,After long weeks oi planning ever held. Thelma Biracree, The Sophs are far more pro-and
ext'ited expectation, at last premi<:re danseuse 0 f the ,r.,'.. ast- ficient in dancing and tea-drink,
man COIllI"".\'. ~Iartin Vogt and ing than in finding buried treas·
rame Ih" Prom. To the ordinary ure. even with the aid of math
stmlent. that Tuesday night of Dorothy Drakely also of the and physics. ..\nyone who at­E.
1.~ter week, it se(:lIled on enter- Eastman. were at their best that ,._.. ",~ dcou" ,1,,.-.. T,- .-.. .-~, ,-,.-.. T.-..-.. Dance
night. Thelma was beautiful in given by the Juniors on Thurs-ing
the Sagamore that she had If' I'k d' " h _
ler aIry I e am mess; er po, - day. April 12. at freshman Hall
,tcpped into fairyland. Soft trayal of little old New York had sufficient proof of this.
~haded lights and beautiful floral with :'olartin Vogt in several dance The earlier part of the after­det.'
OratiOIlJ; transformed the ball- numher" delighted everyone; noon and evening was spent in
room into an enchanted land Doroth\' Drakel,,"s cle\'er blues attempting to decipher the mys­where
heautiful girls (surely not songs ;llade the'most insensible terious clues and maps which held
'!Ilr cvery<la)' classmates) an~1 of the audience rhuckle and the the secret. They drove madly
handl'011le young men <lanced tu Varsity Drag by all three was a through the parks. rushed uncer­th~
enchanting strains of Jimmy fitting climax to this most enter- moniously into fire-houses and
Dav's wunder orchestra. taining act. gas-stations. climbed trees. ex-
Such t·nior. such heauty, such The only sighs heard all eve- plored Indian trails. and did
music. was never before seen or ning were when the assembled e\'erything except find the right
heard' What charming fun. gue~1S were forced to lea\·e. Re- trail. Bee Welch. howe':er
what heautiful periodic gowns. ~relflllly and with many back- pro\'ed to be a real captain Kidd.
what ulIIlJ;ual favors! Ostrich ward looks they at last departed. and came back with the coveted
feather f.:m:o and "i\ver cigarette One tbought was in every heart, "chest of gold."
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[ighter~ were eagerly flourished "The he:.t ever 1 How can we After the hunt the would-be
to dedare it the greatest prom e\'er walt until next year comes I"~ treasure seekers returned to
'rhis is one of the first affairs 1--,-:'0',-:----=--:---.:...---------- .:...-----1 Freshman Hall where the Juniors
to be held for the benefit of the MISS BREGY GIVES INTERESTING had prepared refreshments and
new college and it is hoped that an orchestra was playing inviting
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every one in the college wi!! re- LECTURE dance music. The rest of the
:.pond generollsly and interest all evening was spent in so enjoy-their
iriends in this acti\·ity. Our The \"ISlt of :M:iss Katherine deliherate ugliness can ne\'er be able a manner that our gllesls
aim is a thousand people and that Bregy to the College on :'oIarch true poetry. Poetry must always eagerly promised to avail them­means
a thousand dollars, minus - provided us with many sou- reflect the prevalent spirit of the .selves of our Dean's kind invita­.-.
x..-.,~ ,"·',..-... ,o,,'.".,- d~· ,h.-.. ~-., .". ,'pm..-. "' \'enir:; 10 ~tore in our memory, '.e. But poe")'. whate\'er tht' tion to attend all iuture college
of our new rollege. \"'e sincerely ~I bs I3regy's sparkling and clear age. must embody either beauty affairs.
hope Ihm each student will SliP- Cut de!ICriptions and criticisms of or tnuh and ecstas\".
port this movement with real ~Ioderns. :\lodernists and Mod- The modern \\:riters whom
Xar.areth spirit and help make it em poetry revealed an under- :'oIiss Bregy disc\lssed included
a true success. ...tandin!:" that delighted her hear- Edna St. Vincent l\Iillay, Edgar
N. t C. ers. Lee ~Iasters. Paul Sandburg,
Salutamu3 Alma Mater The ~Iodern. we learned. con- Edward Arlington Robinson,
:;iders poetry first with modem .\my Lowell and Armand Revier.
We were all agreeably SUT­prioed
and delighted recently with
the announcement that a Latlll
college song had been prepared.
and our pleasure was doubled
when we heard it.
The words of sonorous and
swtetly cadent Latin. written by
Si,rer Raphael. and the music. liO
melodious. so finely harmonized
and i\() well romposed by Sister
(Cou/jlll/eef ou page 3)
forms next. The ~lodemislS are N. t C.
concerned mostly with novelty of Junior-Freshman Bridge
form. The keynote to modern
romantici ... m is found in the faci
that we are interested in our­sd\"
e~. The modem Imagists
aim primarily for the picture to
he cOlweyed in common [angllage
hUl alwavs hv the exact rather
than h\' the d~corati\'e word.
1 n ~egard to liOme so-cal!ed
poetry, the speaker ~t res~ed that
()n We,lnesday. April eleventh.
the Junior and Freshman dasse.~
!:"an' a hridge at the Sagamore.
The pri1.e~ at each table were
small folios of French nOte
paper. Julia Sullivan as general
chairman. appointed to a~~ist her;
:\Iargaret Beattie. Gladys Englert.
11tld Eleanor Craig .
N. t c.
College Colors Changed
The fo rmer college colors.
white and gold, have been
changed to the more vivid and
more beautiful colors. purple and
gold. For purposes of decora­tion
and distinction. it was
thought ad\'isable to enact this
change. The deep 'Shade of the
purple makes an attractive back­ground
for the more delicate gold
which has always been symbolic
of Nazareth and its tradition and
prevents any confusion with the
gold and blue of the .\cademy
(COl!tiulH'd 011 page 6)
Pa&,e Two THE GLEANER
lilhl' "'lranrr
NAZAl\ET H COLLEGE
Vol III. April, 1928 .'\1'0.7
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NAZARETH COLLEGE
Phone, Glenwood 4014 981 Lake Avenue
OFF TO THE FINISH
E.a~ter holidays. \'acation iun and the prom ha\"1! COme ,md
gUile. Schoollif.! ..;eules back into the ,.ame old humdrum acti\"itil!s
a~ iJefore. Le,;"on~ to he studied and ciasse~ to recite; onc more
spurt and 11'1':'11 be o\'er the finish line into the gloriotl..; Jun.:
holidays.
Xow. however. i..; the time when we nced 10 put our be~t
elTorts IIpon the ta"k ahead and Ihal is slil1 to he tini~hed. \\\'
have begun well. It's lip to us to end well. :'Ilost of all. afler
those joyous holiday ietes will we nced to ~'enter our stricte~t
powers of concentrativn upon the ne .... t quarter's work.
"Xow" is the time to begin doing this sl!mester's work. "N"ow"
i" Ihe tim~~ to start planning for the dread moments oi that final
June !,)uiz. Everybody hates a la~gard. If ~'oll'\"e been i>t:hin,1
hcfore. Ih..::re·s slil1 lime to make good. Stan working now ami
be in at the fiuish. Xothing takes the fun Ollt of a summer
vacation mare than a failure. The knowledge that you set out to
do somcthing and couldn't finish hurts. Because way down inside
of you. )OU knoll' that if you had only half tril!d you could have
done it.
So make up your mind now to be there in JUliE: with the
"ucre"sful ~tl1(lents. :-'Iake up your mind to sholl' the world that
well begun means weI! done in your case.
OUR BOOKS
The hooks WI! choose are like the friends with whom we
associate. They imlicate the t)pe of person we are and the
type oi mind we possess. Om choice in hooks. therefore . ..;hould
he made ",jth discretion. 0, no I do not mean that om
sheh'es should be loaded with thick hea\'y \·olumes of Johnson.
pompously bound editions of De Quincy or staid studiou" looking
books by the ancients.
1 mean that we should choose our hooks with discriminating
ta"te; not at'cording to a standardized set of values but accordinq
to OIlT own likes and dislikes, always oi cour:.e rec<>J,'llizing truth
ami falsehood. \Ve should ~purn i:llse books M false friemh; and
rtly upon the tried and true volumes that have pro\'ed themselve~
~tallnrh friend" in time of need.
\mong Ollr iX:l()k frielld~ we should han' jolly revelers 10
di.-;pel the dOlld" 011 grey days. kind commonplace f\)lk to help tiS
maintain a h. 1. lanced \'iew of life. heroic souls to elevate our spirit"
and :>eriOIl" minds to "oke ollr problems. :\(kenture stories, epic
poems. hlUllOTOtlS anerdotes and philosophic cssays should all find
a plafe on our shelves. There ~hotlld he a Thoma" .\. Kempis a~
well as a Keats. an Inin CoM) as well a" Thackeray and a Treasure
I~land as well as an Odyssey.
\\'hat the ordinary rea(ler forgets and what we "hould stri\'e
to remember is that mental health like ph.l"~i('al depend~ upon a
halanced ration, We cannot read all staid books amI maintain a
ri;:-ht view on life. neither call we re:ld all froth. for life is a medley
composed of laughter and tears and joy as well as sorrow. There­fore.
let u:; choose our books with a view to their outlook on life.
OUR EXCHANGE
"TIll L.\l:REL··
SI. HOIIU'1.·j"III"rr·5
St. [;OIlU'1.· .. III,.rt' . .\'nv fork
Yuur puhlicatioll for ;>.Ian:h
rni~ht wcll he caUc\1 a sumewhat
\\'l·ighty OIlC. The ~erious lone
IJr~d()l11inates to a marked de­.;-
rl!c. The article Oil the "Clit­ferin;.:
1Ieaven,," and the one on
\\"Il1\ticr'~ "Barefoot Boy" were
interesting in' their unusualness.
Fur thl! rest. the ··Laurel" keeps
up the regular standard estab­li~
hed at its inauguration.
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"TilE \\'ATCII TOW1,R"
.1fwY[lrlYi·j· Collcl/!".
I1rl,oil. Mich.
I lne oi the bright spots of our
e.'-:ch:uu,!e is the Marygrovc
""·atch Tower." Apart from
yuur monthly publication of
which the Iri~h Ilumher was e .... -
i~ ,;omethin!! whidl must II\! tkar
10 your hearh for its wonder­fully
per...onal dcment.
\\'c who ha\'e jll"l passc!1
throllldl the "I,itter ~W('ct" of a
.1l1ni(>r Prom :ljJpn_""t'iate C\'cry
word of yom first page article
and editorial. "Think for Your­~
e1i"' contained ju~t worlds of
wonderful philosophy and yet it
was p1t:as,mtly terse. The pri1.e
~s~a)" wa" for good reason so
eallef!. \\'e found il extremely
instfllcti\"e.
"The :-'Iemoirs of :1 H.edu:;e'·
wa~ indt:t:d a revelation. Your
fre,!uent mentiOll of :\Iis~ions
and :-'Iis:;i('ll work. :;how your
deep interest. :'Ilay you keep up
your good work.
"\\'hat Fools These ),Io rtals
Be" together with yom jokes
scattered here <:Ind there made:
the la~t is..ue: a well balanceu,
·cc<lin;.:ly uniquc. this little paper prai~cw(lfthy wcekly.
f10f.)' THURSDAY
Xot that to-morrow He mllst die,
alone.
HII! that to-night, hy chosen
friend hetrayed.
J Ie must meet hatl.'. abandoned
BOUCHER
FLOWERS
345 Main Street East
30 East Avenue
b\' His own' 1-------- ------
This ;0 the du"t i~ i~ anguished
spirit weighed.
coon FRfD.·J}'
Fmm lIim the seamles~ robe that
:'lIar)" wrought,
They tear, and even mock­ro~
al homage fails;
BLLt for Il,s power the world re­verB
to n:mght.
Yet empty. now."llis hands of
all but nails.
HOlY SATUR/JAV
~o lil{ht. no hint of dawlI
\(TOSS thc dewy lawn;
.\11 dark. all hushed. all dn:ar.
Yet triumph. 0 how near!
J:.-lS'f'l;k SCSIJAj·
Xut this the glorious whole;
Chri"t. risen from the dead;
Thi~. this exalts the soul­Chri~
t risen, "as He said."
n: C. :-'lcGrath, '2R
N. t C.
Flattery will often turn a man's
head C\'en though he has a ~tifT
llcl"k.
N. t c.
Xo matter how hard a man
works. someone else finds it easy
to work him.
N. t c.
. Ja1.z music is rendered; cubist I
plctllres are e .... ecute<!, the per­petrator
~hollld be bolh.
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THE GLEANER Pa&"e Three
SENIOR CLASS TO
GIVE PLAY Sidelights from the Treasure Hunt
office in .-\merica need not fear
the mO~1 important one.
\'one can say tim! the Seniors I ?..--------------------------~ Smith 's appeal to the masses is
almost unhelie\'able and inexplic­able.
:\0 man in puhlie life to­Great
day pos;;esscs more personal
chaml-e\'en his enemies admit
aren't ambitious. 1\ow they are I Stem": Fre"hman Hall. One
offering a play "Come OU[ of th"" hy one the cars are returning
Kitchen," which they ga\'e with from puint.:; heyond. Couples
such succe,;.,; in their Sophomor(' wearily cnter.
and didn't find one sign."
(. \11 murmur and talk.
animation) .
Later liy a few half hours. it,
year. The play which is being \'0 HO! ile" da~hes in and waves the
directed by :\1 r. Sigl will be ginm II is greatest ser\'ice to the
at Immaculate Conception Hall :\Iar\' Louise and the ll. F.- trea>iure on hi<"> h. S late h<b')( "("n 'he reorgam'z a ,"I on
on :\londay evenl,l lg . ...... p"n 30 . "Ther~ i~n't am. ' treasure." "",""~ ("""." ,'" ,"".... go, ,',. " 0 ft' I e S tate "s ") uSUles5 w hI' C h re-
The play is being repeated for l,u~('man' and the B. F.-"l Very. \'cr~' much later. duced the lSi departments,
the benefit of "£xcalibur." The ~ti1l insist -that my key doesn't Ida and the B. F. pause in boards, bureaus and commissions
tickets which are fifty cents may irKJk like Ihe others," doorway mudl crestfallen bU[ to IS departments. It took seven
be obtained from !\!argaret !\Ic- Dot and the B, F.-"\\,hy we still persevering' and very hUII- long years-..'1 long weary fight
Phee, just found one sign," gry- with milch opposition. £norm-
E\'elyn Regall h:Ls the le:l.(ling Hilda aud the B, F. (cheer- "There never was any treas- OilS wastes. tripliratioll of effort.
role, She is ahly assisted by fully)-- "Uh, we reached the urI', and working at cross purposes
Evelyn Pritchard, ?1ary Swan. fourth one:' Bec produces the treasure. were eliminated. Om of Ihe pres-
Helen Ritt, :'Ilarion Popp. Ray- Dot :\lurray. likewise accom- Both fall in faint, ent system has grown a Gov-moml
Guppie. Leo Hogan, Or- panied-"\\'e\'e 1>een all over Curtain, ernor's fahinet in close. sympa-mond
Daly, Clarence Fichtner'I ,.. ______________ ____________ -, thetic and intelligent touch with
O'Connor, Student Slants on Problems of the Day the populace.
r eehan Finpatrick, and JaCk! !
C'oO\'crnor Smith is a popular
Sodality oNf, Mt acr.y Formed I?._ __G_ ,_,'_"_'_"_'_"_ A_'_I_"_d_ £_" ,_S_,,_,,_""_,_'_,_,d_'_It_,'_'_'_"_,;_',_H_O_""_ ___- i I idol hut a prndent and wise ad-mini~!
ralOr. He i~ all person­ality-
sometimes rude and un­couth.
sometimes \'ery winning,
alway~ curiOIlS and interesting­speaking
his OWI\ language in his
own account. \\'ith cronies he is
a joke teller. jig dancer. mimic
and eager \'i~ilOr. In tbe Capitol
he is ~ki11fn1. shrewd, indn~trious
an(1 indcpendellt. But I think
hi" own dl;lrat-ter might well be
summe<1 up in rhis one sentence:
for twenty-the years he ha~ been
in puhlic liie and his record has
been plowed and dragged for
something discreditahle, 1>111 nClth­ing
has heen revealed,
On 'larch 25th. the feast oi
the .\nnnnciation, thirty-two
:\a7..1 n;th !>tudents were conse­crate<
i Children of ),Iary, The
\1fred E, Smith, aged 55, is
for the fourth time Governor oi
:\ew York State and the inevit­ahle
nominee of the Democratic
ceremony was beautifully synl- party. this June at HOllston, for
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'h' d . the thirl\'-fir~t president. \\'hether )() lC 0 t I' 0\'1' an \'eneratlon " , ,
01' Ca t ho'"I C hc arIS f or our 'l" eSSC<L i he Wi'l l accept It or not I" another
:\Iother. Father \\-illiall1 Rvan que,stloll
h
·, " h
" ". " ,'. jut t IS \-en' question IS t I' offiCIated, an" one alter anot ler. I ' h: h 'h h
those consecrated recei\"e<1 the one ';11 IJe<:1 w IC. nelt er e nor
os"i v erL na""d_"', .a, an(" ),l Ie T"I) ),( )l1 0 , a,,m"I 'to hn et ha er oCuO nnd\ 'ChIilmlI"O eII\ 'eOri l't}oh utc hr eese.
",'~a th e r ) 'R~ )'an gave a very 1' 1I1 m-u. nths di~ta.nt.' he has no ca,m -
, . Ik" I 'I h "dl p.'llgn orgall1zatlon. no camp.'llgn
spiring ta - J1l .,W lie 1 ~ VI\-I )f" pia lb. no campaign chest. Two
portrayed the h I' and virtues D " ,.",.1 f I ' I'
the :\Iother of Our Lord. Inl laClo.r~ ~\I "I' eat,or I' ect ~",n­I
' Ik h 'I I I I I prohIbition and hiS Cathohclsm,
liS la_', e sal( , t \at Ie regan, e(, \\'e know he'~ wet but how weI
the Xazareth J.:lrlS a" 1)()~sesSl\lg, I' S' h' I h
the \'irtlle~ of true children of. I~ 11' ~ "m.lt s ,cre~ 0 on . I I'
:\laTl', The ceremony dosed liquor ,(ll1e~tJ{)n I~ hIS mes,sage
WI,! h" ,l ent<' l"rt"lo n 0 f't l C 'l' es~C'( " (ap' pro\'lI\l g' repeal o' f 1th:e\ :\luYl1 ank-
Sacrament, ,age. ct. a ~1)CCla . ew or·
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Salutamus Alma Mater
(Colflimud from page 1)
Irmina, unite in forming a vcry
fine work of which the faculty
and the ' lUdent hody are proud,
\\'1' thank the coml)()SCrs and
assure Ihem that we are delighte<1
with our classical college song,
t t t
Theta Nu Dance
Friday. the twentieth of April.
Theta Xu sorority ga\'e a delight­ful
dance to Sigma Tall sorority,
The Rustic earden~, where it
wa, held. was decorated with
great charm and heamy, Th.:
ordlC,lra was ex~'eptional. the
refre~hment s deli~htilll and ever,\'
Olll:; h.ld a wonderfl11 time.
State law for enforcement of Ihe
Vobteacl _\Cl. Smith ~tands
firmly and withol!! apology for
hi~ helief that the \'obtead ,\Ct
o:lght to he modified and that the
~tates ought to he gi\'en a greater
latitude in dealin;.: with Ihe ~itua­tion
create<1 hy the eighteentb
\mendment.
()n hi~ religiun. Al Smith, ~7
\'ear~ a~o, an altar boy at 6 or 7
o'dock :\Ia~ses in old SI. James
Church, and later organ boy
there. ha~ ~I)()ken in his celehrated
reply to the :\Iarshall que~tion­naire
of la~t :\Iarcn--that he
recognize:. no I)()wer in the insti­IlHioll~
of the Catholic Church to
il1leriere with the enforcement of
the L'onstitl1tion, The simple
trlllh is that if Co\'ernor Smith.
inMeal1 of h.wing been born in
Oliver Street of Catholic parents,
had fir~t seen the light of day in
,..orne Protestant parsonage. as
Cle\'eland and \\,ilson did, no­body
would doubt for an instant
that he would he the next presi.
dent.
The prohlems and policies
dosest to hi~ heart are child wel­fare.
pllhlic health. housing.
waler power. which he ralls "th~
people.... la~t puhlic resource,"
puh!ic rccreatioll. parks, educa­lioll
and lal)()r t'Qmpen~ation.
Ilis theoretiral grasp of gO\'­crnl1lCIlI
has heen demonstrated
time am1 again. while hi~ skill in
the practil-al "hases of govern­melll
necd~ no proof-the man
who ,'an ha\'e the chief magis­tr<
w\, of the gremest "tate in the
L'niclIl al will. the man who can
e\'oke nl..'1jorities for or ab'1linst
amendmcnb to the state constitu­tion
h~' ~]leakillg ill favor or in
\JPIXJ~ition. the man for whom
mam Repuhlicans cheerfully
thro~' ()\'erho.1.rd their lifelong
al1eg-iance t<l their party. the man
whom hl)~tile IC!-:islatures cannot
cir(\1I11\'el1l when he carries his
case to the people-such a man
posse~se~ instincti\'ely the art of
go\'ernmem.
:'Ilany complain thaI Smith is
not an expert (Ill great problems
that ton f TOnt the Federal Gov~
cmmelll, \\'hat newlv elected
Presidclll e\'er was slIch an ex·
pert? The man who for fom
terms ha~ hrilli:l11tly fille<1 the
s('Coll{1 LllOst iml)()rtant execntive
:\ l mo~t from the conclusion of
the 1()1~ ('011\'entlon Smith has
been a I1<ltional figure. It was in
:\ovemher 1926 when he had de­feated
Ogden :\lil1s and became
go\'ernor of :\ew York for the
iourth term that e\'cn in most un­friendly
fOmmunitie". politicians
hegan to rCIl1.'lrk upon his extra­ordinary
talenb a" a camp..'ligller
and 10 wonder whether he lIlore
than any other man might nOt 1>e
able tll renlO\'e the forlorn pros­pect$
of Democracy. In the
West there i~ a definite chang-e
of sentiment toward~ Smith,
Smith will ii nominated receive
"upport of the solid >iouth,
"It'~ ju~t po:;,;ible." one cyni­ral
puli!irian has s.'lid. "that the
party lIlay get tired of finishing
secCJ!lfj in a two hor~e race and
1l0ll1illate Smith:'
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Page Four THE G LEA N E R
1~==========~r---~@~l~~~~~~ri~f~n~~:9~il~t~t~ N~f=W----~'''====='=''=''=''==~ SHREDDED WIT I With the Harvesters
Somctimrs PII/r'criJ;ea "VANITY FAIR" I1IKJ(\:1I\ CIIl""k in life Ihal en- 1. ______.• .•.•.•.•.•.•._ ._....!
Thet:t: ~'our
l"Our~e: ~"
Xu' "Strai~ht Jla~t the Dean's
office," t t t
Elinor 'T[othe~ don't makt:
th:- man."
Bertha "bt 'oC). \ ~ood suit
ha~ 1I1:t'!~ nl:llly a lawyer,"
t t t
).\ellel: "Xame one of
lilt" I-'r~at Cermall philosopher.;."
Emili,: "Can'\,"
Dr. Keuel: "Right,"
t t t
Be<': "\\'hat diel you have for
flinnCI' ;"
Kate: "Two ~\1esses
Bee: "Xo won<!er you ;:tre so
hll\lg-n' tonight." , + + +
Bright ,\gnes: "/Jow was the
ha~ket!"l11 /!amc;"
Dumh Dora: "() :;Gille one
cut the nle.~h and the ball just
wouldn't s..1V in the haskel:'
't t t "
Poppy' "I graduate in june,
Evcl\"\l: "_\\!ow nl(" to ('011-
~rall1lat(.' the l'("MoL"
t t t
Lltin Proi6NJr: "'\\-110 was
Homer ?"
Dot :'IllIrrav'
who, I/c's the
"Ilomer ain't a
what that made
Babe Ruth fanlOl1s."
+ t +
:'Ilar!.:e: "[ wam If) t:'et some­thing-
for Illy cousin, Fay, lie's
a golf player."
Peggy: "\vhy not get him a
new cluh,"
).Iarge:
hefonJrs to
'I'een :
"Dear 111e
three cluhs
", ", t
"),1)" flori~t
wilh flowers,"
110, H,
already,"
certainly
Julia: "I/ow's that:"
Teen: "E\'erv month when he
,;ends me Ill\' hili he endo~ with
it some forget-me-nots,"
..,L .,:. ..,L
\nna: "b Dora tiglll ?"
lIelen: "Is she? Say, every
time ~he takes a penny out of
her ['MX'kd the ilJ(lian hlillks a:
the lig-hl."
J,[ary
t
F- ", ",
"\rhat kind of
U'h \11~ ~I,hen' or )'I\lr~ and, ~'()n- J(':m Ilal'ward presided over
Thad.:eral- wa~ woOl 10 nit,- e IUUIII." holds your imer6t or Ihe la~t mteting oi the mis~ion
\'iZt, what h~ wmle, Thi~ i~ what .lline thl' Illore. unit. J'apers were r<.'aU and dif­he
",lid 1)1 "Yanity Fair," "It;, '"1\rol1gh al lea .. t half Ihe hook, ftrent pha,;e~ of medical mi"sion
the he,.t oi Ill" hook" It ha~ tIlt" I {"('Ill,] 't'e no J.:IMI(I in any of the a~·tlnll- amI mi~sion work in
he~t ~tory, all<1 the title i~ :-l1ch a d1:ll":ll'ter" with the exception oi China' were di,;cll,.sed hy )'Iary
RtxM] one, you {"OlIldn't han' a .\1111:ha, wh,,>{' lal'k of 'Irelll;,'th Swan. Gertwde \\'alters and
hetter," nuld hard[~- ("all forth admira- )'1:lfI' Forshee,
I thiok mall\' amhor" fmd ti"lI. [wolHlered how the al1thor I'I~lns for )'lis~ion Day were
diftkn!t" in dl~sing a litle for i!l\cndt'(l to ";:(.'1 out" of the abo disC\l~sed. The fixt'(l (hue
their l~k~. The early ,'IR'C6S taug-It- he wa~ makiu;: for him- of )'Ii~siou Day will be an­of
a hook it St"Cnb to me, de­pends
larg-ely on its title. Hilt
more than the CIlrio~;ty which it
arOl1se~, is the suhjectivc "ide of
it. Does the title fit the book?
After ha"ing read "Vanity Fair,"
I ~ay. "Yes, this title fits tlw
hook a11(1 so wel1 that .1'011
couldn't hll\'c a hetter.' " In two
I\'ord~ there is a hir<1\-e\'e viel\'
of the entire story; and I;ot only
that, the same two words state
the amhor's purpose, lie presenh
to Ihe reader "not a moral plal'e,
rertainll' ; nor a merfl" une,
though 'very noisy ." I f the read~r
X) desir6, he may enter the noisy
place, mix with the crowd, amI
watch the perfomlances, lIe
n1U~t look sh..1'l)ly to all "ide" ",I
that Olothing eSt"apes him; for
the (liace throngs with liie,
[n a letter to his nlOther
Tharkeray -aid, ").[y ohje,t i~
1101 to make a perfect character.
or anything like it. \\'hat [ wallt
is to make a set of people Ih'ing
without God in the world, greedy,
pompous men, periectly se1i­satisfied
for the most ]>. l. rt, and at
ease <lhout their superior \'irtI1C."
This is the type oi character that
prellominates in the nove/. The
Crawlevs. the Osborne~, el'en
:'Ilr. a,;d ).Irs. Sedley. ding to
wealth and fame as their ido!~.
Becky Sharp. repul~h'e hut
fascinating, is the clever little
villain that allows nothing to hin­<
Ier her from achie"ing somethinK
ill the world. her world of rank
and richcs. Amelia is a poor.
We.lk. selfish creature. and 001.­bin--
interest ill him grows inlO
~!lIething akin to hero-wor~hi]J,
although he isn't a hel'O,
The novel i~ like a drama in the
action which carries the charac-
~d f. [t wa' cas) 10 see that hI;' Ilouu('cd ~oon,
lid IHit appTnI'e oi th~ ~tIl11l~ his
pll]lP'."I~ had 10 I,erform, lie
lIladl" their fol1y ('ome Tn lig-ht in
'lwh :t w:ly that [ £Cit he rOl1ld
Ill.' ITlbted in an i,sue, lie ~aid
hil11~eH, "I di~like e"erybody in
Iht' I"M,k except Dohhin and poor
_\lI1elm,' Tht· ~atiriral wal' in
which Iw rolllmellte([ 011 wh~t he
("()\lsif!('r{'11 the mnH indi~creel
,Ktinlb hut whit'll an.' life, throllg:h
'11\<1 thron;.:-h. \\'a~ Ileli"htfnf read­lilt!,
\\'hatever mig-ht have
l'fO"e,1 Illlplea ...l nt r~adilll-', or
,'\'en l.:rtlesom(.'. in the h..ll\(l~ of a
le~~ ·kilill[ writer, ],ecame a
~ll1r("<' nf innea..'CfI enjoyment in
hi~. Xur dill the l"ltho~ oi life
e~("ap1.· Thal'kemy, The [o\'cle~s
home. oi ,hl' (),.horn(·~ and Ihe
Crawh:~" wcrc meant to aroll'>('
~rml'athy in til(' fl"ader, and the
death-IJt. .. I~ of their 1l1OIIey-.eek_
ill;:- l11"narrh~ wen' intended tf)
fk-clai11l 'lidl lil·(.'~_ f lere i~ an
e"-::ulI]>[e, "~ir I'ill'.- im'alid chair
1\':1' whe("I1.'(1 away into a tool­hUI1.'
e i\1 the J.:"arden: the old
poil1ler ll~ed tf> howl "ol11etimes
at fir,1. hut thbe were the onlv
nn'ellh of g-rief whidl were hear;1
ill the I !alJ III whi("h Sir Pitt
Crawley, Baronet, h"ld been ma~­t('
r j"r ·,ome three "core ,'ears."
Slime t'ritil" plal'e, ':Vanity
Fair" among five hooks that
mig-hi he raUl'(l the hest Ilo\'eis
;1\ En;:lish literamr(.', Stvle an([
plot h..l\"C If) he ("on,ider~1 in a
~c1t':lif)1\ 'lich a~ Ihi", hIli the
]Jrimar~' point i~ lini\'er~al appeal.
Ilerc Tlta("keray ~l"flre~ the mark,
tllr wilh nam(.'s and fashion"
altere:. the ~tnT\' "f earll' nin("­I"
eatll ("("\\Illry I::ng:land i~ appli,
ahlt' to Europcan or American
I:i\' wday.
This interesting" extract is taken
from a leiter written hy an
American priest, who adopted the
mi~sil\ll as his life work:
.,\\ ell and here I am, and this
i" the Foreign J,Jissions ami in
the FMeign )'Iil'~ions. this is my
lsl:tnd. and I have had almost
six \'('ar~ of it all. \ml why, I
wOI1~I~r now could not ~ollle one
hate wid me all abont it before?
\\'h,\' col1ld not I have heard a
real ~ton' ahoU! life in the mis­,
ioll th;ough all those years?
Hal\' many a dark thought of dis­couragement
it wOllld have dis,
sip. l. ted? \Yhy did I have to
think of Ihe foreign mission as a
place oi infinite loneliness, gloom
aud death;' I realize now that I
did hear. but hearing. why could
[ not Ilm!er~tand: \\'I1\' could
not Illany oi my frien('ls ha\'e
lI11fler"tf)(l(l: for surely many of
them woul<\ he with me here now,
Ilow ridiculous to me now,
after these six vears are the many
ohj .... c."tions whit'll I once heard
hl1l could not then :l1Iswer. There
\\'a~ the one of climate, Climate
,;cenlS to he 11 I'ery importa11l con­'
ideratinn hecause it happens to
he the very next thing to our
,kin. It i~ something that affects
lIS human,. more or less and a
!,::ood many of the discoveries of
modern sciences have heen in the
line ,If creating in c10lhing ami
hOllsing and in certain appliances,
an atm(hphere that is intended to
cou11Ieran the vagaries of Da~
Xamre. to lTeate an atmosphere:
that i~ something' akin to sleal­:
ng the rool ocean breezes in
S111nm~r and the hot desert air in
\\"inter. The humall race how-time
did you 11..1\'1' ill \\'ashing, afforded by conversation, in the
tOil ;"
ters Oil to the critical points inl
their li\'es, in the character-study'
N, t c,
DUSTY ANSWER
~"er has sllcreeded in adaJlting
itself to even' concei,'able climate
and mi-sion;lries simply hecome
acdimali1.ed and, the world o,'er,
many grow 10 a ripe old age.
fma!-:inatiol' does run wild anJ
the missionarv in the ice-fields of
thc ,\r,tic ~\:mpathizes with the
,\delaide' "Standard time."
t t t
In hackinJr away from duty one
often 'tep~ on someone's t~s.
ratllstrophe and rapid clo~e, Hill,
allow the author his scheme; it
is really more [ike the fair in
which the c:urtain falls I1pon one
group of acrohats, ollly to rise
\llTll('(1 over the la~t page and
,] "I'pc,1 down tIl(' ("'l\'(.'T, and for
hn:lr~ I wa~ (Iepressed, -,t1mo~t
d~ -l·i ed im" hl'lieving' that li(e
I COlitillJlrd 011 pl/ge 5) (COlllil;lIcd 011 page 5)
THE GLEANER P&IlI Fiv~
...; DUSTY ANSWER ~,;, t Ie' d f 4) ~ COLLEGE DUST I w<t~ at~"I~:'t':I~r t::'i::~~ng and
~------------~ that there was no hope, no pos­Prom
week! I f any earthly ~ihle h)op-holc anywhere. And
power could stay the flight of then I shook off this depres~ion.
time it would have been very
, ,
f
m attelllpted to forget the book. and
in gratefully received during Prom ailu\(! all thanked God for tfle
week.
'Y t t t light, What a miserable world
ld But el·en the most glorious this wOl1ld be indeed. ii. when
,.
times must come to an end-and trouh1c~ came and death took
the ue>tent from the douds is a away tlur dear ones, we had no
decided drop. consOlation. no hope of salvation
t t t or of a life to come in which all
Even OUf professors lifted off \ITOIl/.!'" should he made right.
~n that mask that characterizes their Ju"t thiuk of the misery that
!n schoolroom countenances. would ("(Ulle with univer:;al athe­"
t t t
There were so many social
is lctil'itb crowded into one week
n that lYe really feel the need of an
ism amI I·OU have some idea of
the awh;lness of "Dusty An-
.. w..:!r."
extra week in which to rest up. Thc heroine of the litory.
t t t
Door keys used to have a
Ie chaml ior ~rargaret, but now­well.
they just hal'en't that's all.
a Th~y are all right in their place
j - -when they're whole.
Judith Earle. lil·es next door to
the Fyfes-Charlie. h:oddy.
.lillian. ~Iartin. and :Uariella­ami
her aim in life is to be loved
by anyone of the b0.l"~. She i~
lli ....1. .]lpoimed in one aiter the
olher of them. Then her father
(Iies-Ihoug-h it is hard to see
what a g-reat di fference that
'.1'0:11(1 make to the girl when the
only !1ew~ she seems to have ('If
her parents i~ that which cOllle~
in their letter,; irom Paris. Her
lillal di""1.]lpoillt1llem come:; when
her only /.!'irl friend goes back on
her. This indeed is the clima.x.
"Shc hall nohodl" now C-.x(ept
hrrsclf. and tlt.~t lVas best."
\ fter a.1I that 19ony and suffer­ing".
th<tt intense emotion and de­pre~~
iun ~he was back at the
,
t t t
j. Saphs may excel in scholastic
;.. ability and encyclopedic knowl­o
edge. but when it cOllies to fast
a work in other fields. the Frosh
n (at lel,t in the sinb'1.llar) make
,
thcm TUn SCCOll<l. and not such a
cloO(' ~nd at that.
t t t
The I"icdsitudes of fortune
hal·e I'isited ~Ionica lately. But
Ihen it is 1IOt sllch a hig drup
from fir"t prize to booby prize­thlt
i~ when you're playing
~ bridge.
, t t t point on Ihe cirde from which
,
I [elen Coyne entertained the -he started. Xow at la,;t when
Seniors at l Bri(lge Party on the it wa~ we/late ~hc could see that
Thursday of Easter \Yeek the Fyk~ were not for her. But
t t t that i~ th..:! tragedy of it all-· we
Congmtulatiolls. Aunt Hilda! ·an·t .~ee until it is too late.
t t t 111 the lirst place the book is
We thought is was bad enough llI·crdrawll - everything must
when someone told us she had !{iv~ way to atmosphere and in
~n two moons. hut when yOIl the end atmosphere has a tre­talk
of UillF skirs--well. some- mendou" grip 011 YOIl and you are
thing's wrong. somewhere. l'u~hed ·down without warning
t t t i11to a sea of desolation. And
:'I13.lhematics is vitally neees- for thi~ re.:tson ';Dustv .\n­sary.
el'el1 far fi remen. Did you ~\\"er" may he called an elongated
reau of th.1t accident in which a ~hnrt .. tUTI. EI·cn· event in the
woman jumping from a burning book ~enc·ls 11Ome' more clearh·
!luilding was injured bttallsc the .he sin;zlt impre-.sion that life is
firemen failed to understand a rul~d hy a terril/Ie Fate that will
parabolic curve? Iblln,' the worst olltcome imagin-t
t t al>lc ior yOIl. Then too, this
C(\untry Tides are all right ii
you are not stuck in the llIud.
Bllt if el'er such a calamity
~hol1ld happen Dorothy ~[urray
will be glad to give yOll the bene·
fit of~ her prel'ious experience.
sillg:lcne"" of imprebioll nete:;.
s<,rily narrow~ the plot. The
theme is takt'n from Goorge
:'-oj .·redith-
... ·\h. what a (ll1~ty answer g-els
the soul
When hot for certainties In this
01lT life!"
In ~!Iite of the depressing
theme. Rosa1l1und Lehmann has
~h(lwn that ~he can write beau­tifully.
lIer language seldom
seem~ fur,·ed. and at times glides
I"ery smoothly and rhythmically.
Take for instance the following
l]uotation~ :
"Xuw the moon looked
Jt.'I1.~te'l hehind a gathering
of c1otlll:'
ex­fifm
"The tiny hrilliant gr('en water­plants
and cresses grew up j rom
the mutl and pebbles and spread
their leanets below the surface in
llelit"ate array . motionless as if
limIer gla~~."
Often she glides from the
height~ uf ecstacy into the still
pcr\'adin~ tlepths oi gloom and
clcpre~"ion :
of the younger generation of
writers has given us the results
of a he.:tic search for "experi­ence;"
If so we hal'e proof of
the truth of one ..entence in Ollr
Short Story note~. "Experience
may produce. not ripeness, b\lt
that false maturity. sophistication
and deep, spontaneous.
natumi emotion and real under­~
tanding of the \'eritics of life
and of the human heart pertain
not' to sophistication. Snch un­derstanding
can come only by
subjecting it:; victims to the
humanizing influcnce of el'ems
th.1.t strike with brutal primal
directness at the roots of their
pride, pretense. ignorance
(though ever so learned), and
seli-complacency." :'.1. H. '1'. '29 .
N. t c.
The Melody of Spring
"()h. thi~ world!
liltill~. sweet melody
ru.~hing.
.\nd hils my heart. el"en
brim.
comes
to the
~o .\
h')pe. no meaning in it; nothing
IlllI pen·crsities. cmelties in­dlllgt,]
in for sport. lickings of
lip~ O\'{'T helple~s \·ictims. ?lIen
treat<;d each other just as :'.Iar­It
comes to wake the brook from
slumber.
tia treated small animals. The
mo.,t YO\I could hope for was a
little fabc ~ecurity: they gave
.1011 that to ~harpen thei r pleas.
lITe in the blow they were pre­:
,arilll-: . t I·<:n the ones that looked
kind."
"lIa\·e you ever been happy?
Xo. \\·henel"('r you come near
tn he:n;::, happ)" you start think­ill).!:
'XOII' I am happy. How
imcre,ting- Am I really
happy;' .,
But such descriptions scauered
h~her·sk(:!ter do nOt make the
l}(')Ok a11ything extraordinary.
I \:11.' oj the modern critics has
drawn the following analogy for
a ~imilar hook which had its good
pnilll s. hilt which as a whole Will>
not wmmcndable. He 5uggeslS
that we might as well say "out of
a do;:en extra prime white fre5h
g:g-~ al the market price of $1.10
the hO;l~ewife wil! probably lind
,lot Illnre thall -+ or .5 eggs suited
tm th~' hreakfast tahle. But this
I'ery clement of (hance brings a
fr ~h ],reet:.: into the standardized
rOl1ti:)(' of the .\merican break­fa
.. t tahle. It disposes of thc
;>mien, taLoo which exacts 12
fre.'h eg"g-~ tlUI of a dozen fresh
e.L!"~,' at S1.10 a dozen."
:'I!i~~ l.ehmann is indeed cap­able
"f fine thi!1g~. bllt ~he must
haH· 10-( her hest friend. or have
beeH tcrrillly di!><,ppointed in life
tu lml·': written such a one-sided
lil·ll· oi [iiI' as "Ousty .\nswer"
i~; or i~ it t!lat she, like so many
It is the melody of Spring.
\t its first {'all the croecus
is opene<l.
The rohin ~ings his carol
new.
:'-of en lift hent heads and
grow wide with wonder.
cup
ever
eyes
So deeply ~wcet-this mclotly of
Spring.
Life Sl"'t"ms SCI dcar-
Cod's world again is smiling.
"y h<::m b liJ\ed ahno"t to
[mr~til1g,
\s once again hear the melody
of Spring.
M. E. F. '29.
N . t c.
With the Harvesters
(Colltimled from page 4)
missionary in the tropics. After
all i~ !-3id and done what mission­ary
has ever gone om bttause of
climate: The true missi:mary
goe~ 0111 ior souls.
It is an edifying thing to me to
sec how lightly a pricstly mis­sIonary
takes his hardships; how
l1atllrally he adapts himself to his
condition and surfOul1(lings; how
little thought he g1\'es to luxuries
and conl'eniences of modern life.
And yet I know that if the
priestly i(leal fail there will be
left but a sorry humall. a de­spiritualized
priest trying to carr)'
011 thc !treat work of a super­natural
calling alld sllch a one's
lot will he dauhly miserable for
not other reason than that he is
;,Iso a mis~ianary."
THE GLEANER
I I IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN! hand"umc hnt his fealUre!O gave
CHRONICLES OF THE him a \'iri!e and wholesome look.
ACADEMY By J, S, '29 lie h:,d a ~l>ock of light curly , I \1 C ' 'I" I I h I f I hair that never ~t:l.,I·ed comhed I~~ arne r Ig;;l11~ ~t()Il' !C- "!I1llml'i a.-; t e etter 0 lIe pre-
(In \pnl 1. the "tudents of fore Ihe mirror and r('~'nr<k'd th" . i"ll-< lIa\' would ~eem tl) indicate. and hi~ eye~ wert: hhlc and warm
Xal.areth .\eadcm): bef,.'3n their" face reflected therein tong ami In ;t ~lII{)thered. irate hurt voicc ami friendly. I[e had just been
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\pnl -1-. ['ather Beglan, S. ]., time sinre Carrie had reall\- dOIH' for Ihose .l6rls I ~houl<1n't le~e the prcvious year and in
de:m of C:wisius College con- looked il1\o a mirror and ",h~' think they'd writ(' me ~uch a ~]lite oi his inexpenelKe had
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who hall the opportunity of mak- "he saw Ihere. ter"· The thollght :-eemed to he ! Ie g:reele<l Carrie and said.
;n~ the !{etrent in 192-1- remem- To the impartial obscn'er a little tl)O much for her and ~he ··Thol:ghl I'd jU~1 step ill 3. min­her
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The Senior plays were pre- figure. short sighted gaze a11l1 her apron and Utrning- \()ward the ··Xo. thank~. I dOll't hcliel"e:;o
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lightfnl and those laking part wispy gray hair. 100. drawn lip h('r mdiguarion. ;.:"ot m:- :;ujlplic:;."'
110\ only did credit to Ihemsekes into a round hard knob at the Scrawled in a girlish. un- Fred turned a~ if 10 go (lUt.
Inn also to ;;chool and their train- hm·k of her head. wonld ~telll I" f{)fmed hand wa~ Ihe fo!lowil1g: then 1l\Jn~hala11lIy a~kcd. "J SIlP­ing.
On .\[o1\da~· night .. \pril gil"e "ondu~i\'e proof of our Dear .\untic. pose the girls will he home soon~
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lIerni\'e Ott .. \r1ene Pomeroy, all old n1.1id never having 01)0. I'lIyh and some other friends. 'Tnt sorry. Fre<1. but 1 dOn't
:'Ilary EI";I Henner. '\Iar)' Sim- tained the (Iignity 1)f matrimony I~unald would have liked to I"isit ht'lieve she's coming home this
mons. Blanche 51. Pierre, Irene hut hal'in~ C"Onsenated the better ()ur h')me 11m I knew if he Ull •• ar'llion"· She "ontinI1OO cmelly,
.\nder;;on. Grace '\!urray, )fary ye.1rs uf her life to the rearil1t:: d('r~to()'1 m~' ellrly. :;1113.11 t01'o'1I '111h:e(linl!' his hurt face. '·She':.
Feenel·. .\Ian· Lean'. ~{i!dred of her 111'0 orphan lIiece.~. Ilelen ("tlIiromnent he would not he i1lt(·rc~IC<.1 in $(1I11e profe"sor per­.\
Ia!!,il;. Dorothy Papi;leau, Thel- and Elsie Dllel1. She had workrc! ahle to care ior nte. XOt hut that ~on and doe~n·t dare bring him
Illa Plank. Lois \\'eingarther, hard and lmque~tjoning-Iy 10 gil"· I think e\'erything of you and h/)nIe illr (car his delicate ears
Dolores Clark. :'Ilary Rae, Jean- the girls a good education. ;tn,1 the olt! town. But Houald i~ so will he gra!cd Ily om' ·Imr-ette
Ballou. al the present time they werc di!fen:11t-he has alwav" heen harisms' ".
On Tucsday ni~ht. April 17, nearing th~ end of their !a't \'ear ~l1rrN11ldecl hy the hi~he~t clegret. ..[ don't heliel"c it." he :;.1.id in
the 1l.1.rti(·ip.11lb in the play, in \·ol1ege. \s she stOO<i he-fuTI.' !Jf rel;nelllent and culture so that a ~tlUH1C<.1 IOnc of voice. "I don't
"Cynthia Looks .\head." were the mirror she wa~ thinkint:: I am S11re OIlT town.'people with hdicI'c it .. ' Ulindly he m,1.de h:3
Ilden LanJ.!. Alice Fink. Kath\!- ahom them and 3obol1l a letter she tlwir periCl:tly ;llI'ful harbarism" wa~' out and got inlo the waiting
rill(' .\Ialonel. Catherine \ViIliam- had receil"ed from Iiden the pre- woul,[ grate Ill! hi~ ear, terrih!\". ~ar. Carrie felt sorry for him
~()n, Virgi~ia Erdle, :'Ilelanie I'jous (];lI". III.' i~ ;1. prof6.;or of English.;s for she knew she h.1.d dealt him
Ta~·lor. :'Ilae Bell Phelp, Lois 5a<lIl-.· with her "!lOuJder" I wid you hefore, and 1 think it a hard hlow. Ever since IJe[en
.\lIricige. :'Ilary Jennings. Marion droopi;lg a little Carrie turned would Ik: inl!IO~,ihle to a.k him had 1>Ce1l in Jlinaiore~ Fred had
(}"Xeil. Dorothv Scheid. ~[ildred away ironl her painful :-.cTUtinl" III wille home with me. made hcr hi~ girl. had worked
Burke. Bernice" Gillenkirk. Hed, <.If her~elf :md shifted her f.,'n1.C'1 Lol"c, for her and foughl for her.
wi.l(a Sm>cr~lein. and Jane C\tJp. \n apple tree laden with fra- Helen. Those happy days cante hack
N. t c. gram "lo~sol11s leaned almO~1 I'ull\"!ual<-..,j Wllh d:lshe~ and to him with illcre:lsillg bitterness
College Colors Changed within readl of her \\"indow~. ("lllph:)si1.ed h~ I1nderlimng every :lS spring want'(! and -'(Ullmer
(CoHlilllltd from pugl1 1) The 1~1('k lawn. closely cropped. I!ther word thi, fllP1U1nt. heart- ~a1l1C and nothing was heard
girl". [t is ~inl·erely hoped Ihm
thc>-c color~ will gain new signifi­callce
and meaning with the pa.ss­ing
of the years and become I'ery
dear to the heans of all true
Xa7.itrelh College girls.
t t "t
The man who t"Ontinua!J1" blow~
his ollln horn l1sl1ally stays at the
little cnd.
+ + +
SUt"t'es' IS getting what you
1\';111\; happil1e,,~ is wanting what
you ;.:el.
-;. -;. T
Seniors hunting jobs may I)fo­iiI
h~ the kn(lwledge that there is
a r<,ware! of $25.00 offered for
the discovery of a new comet.
t t t
:'11;111)" a n1.111 thinks he is get­ling
(11\ with a woman unti! she
tcl1s him where to get off.
"tretdl('(l J.::rccn and dewy heforc'16". little letter had a, Carrie irorn J Iclen ext'cpt (X·hoes oi
her :tnd the neat hig re<I harn.s her,elf had expre~,ed it. "taken pra;~c, of I{ouald.
loollle<1 large a little wa~' howJ..:.' all tht.: gillll) out of her."' She Bitterly he a~ked himself
The f re~hly plowe<1 fields pre- cru~hed the letter into a hard hall where his childhood pal ;lnd play­,;
cnte<1 a promise of almndmlce .. nl! her work hardened hand 111.1.\e had gone. He C"Ol1ld nOI
and plenty as they stood again"l do~ed ol"er it wilh a grip th.1.t h,:oliel'e that the prelly. rOl1gish­Ihe
hilleness oi the sky :l11d Ihe hurt. Then with a quitk Jerk 01 eyed 1l.1.rtner of his 1l1ichie\"ou~
darker more sombre color of the her thin ~hon!ders she made her prallh had disappeared ;lnd in
I\'oocl~ in Ihe {Iistam:e. 1'0";1.1" do\\'nstajr~ and heg:l11 the her ~tend had appeared this
Carrie. however. was oblil'ious r/.mnd oi daily duties. pmut!, mincing creature who
to the quiet. serene beauty of the Iler thOllghb l"Ol1tilll1ed to Ttl11 Pr:lI(,,(j oi the 1)'1rhariM1IS of her
e;lrl.\" ~prillg Illorning. Her brow nlong In the ~1.llle monotonous fri(·nds.
wa" ~I'rinkled imo a frown ;lnd gfOO'e and dully she repealed to Carrie. too. was occupicd with
her hI'S forllll'<i a Slern. ~traighl llerself. ·Tm too old and too these same bothering thoughts
lin<: which sat but poorly on her I ugly and [ don't speak grammar ami perhaps her face took on less
:ISI:ally "ind i.ace: 10 ~lIil Ihem ,;0 1 mUsl be kept worrit'(l looks as the letters COIll-
::she \\a~ th1llklllg of the letter lawa~' fronl their rrielld~."· in~ from the ~pacious residence
,he h;I'\ ret:eil'e<1 the cia\" befure Iler musing was i11lerrupted of the Dc i'U.l"b hegau to show
and a" ~he though.1. pictu.re~ (If hy ~ kl1"~:k at the cinor and Fr\.'(lla ling(" o~· loneliness and I>cr­other
day~ 1l.1.~~ed 111 hurried re- lrw11l lrom Ihe lleighborin"" hap~ of dbcomcnt.··Someholll.
,"i("\\' through her mind. She had f;lrm emered. He was a slin~ Am!!:c,,' ~he wrote. ·Tm begin.
11111 alway~. she !Old herself tall. mu,;cl1lar. well. developed. nin!.,' 10 wonder if I{ona!d is all
gTllu!r. 1Ie"n such :111 object /,f young man. lie was not I'cry! (Colltil1ued 011 page 7)
~ Spring- An Appreciation
k Spring has cotne! Bright Sl1ll­i.
hine, warm hreezes, fragrant
. if- -lilY 1wan leap" lip to wd­utnt
the season of re-birth and
'TOWlh. Though far from pos­I
s6,ing the lyric gift. I feel a
)kin.hip with tlu.: poets, the inspir­;
L(ion of sweet dreams and noblt!
thoughts.
I. What if I 3111 roa"ting in a fur
t (om? Ha\'c I not shh-cred and
; rozen long enough? ?l1aleriai
n things aTC of little concern in my
exalted state. Filled with the joi
di' "ii"/' [ dash Out oi door~.
1 g-uiltless of hat. coat. or mb~rs.
i There cOllld be no better tIme
to !;lke pictures for the "Excali­htlr:'
Groups of laughing girls
pose on the front steps of the
Col1e!!c and bound gaily through
the ~l11d to snap their favorite
haunts in :'Ilaplewood Park. "Oh.
i"n't it glorious that the chill and
gloom of winter have gone? If
we C(luld only stay out-of-doors
[ore\'er to rcvel in the beauties
(If 1l31Ure! Surely the Lord
never made a dav like this for
Hi, children to ~l,end stndying in
a stll/II room."' Reluctantl), the
g-irls a;bwer the insistent call of
the hell for clas~es.
A bank of clouds darkens the
~Ull; a chill wind springs up; the
air lo;e:, its c1al1lincss. My f~t
arc toM and damp f rom Ill)' re­cent
excursion il\ the mnd: m)"
throat has begULl to tickle and
burn. Di.consolately I watch the
ram. fast turning 10 sleet, beat
UpOI1 the window pane. Sud­denh
1 make :1. frantic g rab for
ml" handkerchief. Kethew! Ke­c1;
ew! Ye:., "Spring has cub,"
N. t c,
Teen: "1 want to see Mr.
Wei,,:'
:'alesman; "Senior or Junior ?"
Teen (thinking of J\111ior
\\"ed:); "\\'hy, Junior. of
('I1111>e.
N, t c.
The world has too llIany cranks
and not enough scI i starters.
Meisenl:ahl Broll. Coal Co,
tn~orpo~.ted.
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Office, 695 Portland. Avenue
Rocheste.r, N. Y.
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Albert Meisenzahl
THE GLEANER
'rn ,otnto
\\'omlerful things are taking
place in the air. The first cast
to wesl flight ha~ ~n madt'o
C()llgratulalion~. "Bremen!"
.J. .t. .t.
Cerlain of' the' college ~tuclents
~celll to have g-reat diffiC\t1ty with
their mOtors in Gene\'a and point~
ea~t of J.:oche~ter.
t t t
The first task of Slone ~1(l\In­lain
has heen completed with the
recent un\"eililll! of General Lee's
~mt!1e hv his grandson.
, t t t
Speaking of \"eils reminds us
of Ihe various "eils seen arollnd
the campus.
t t t
(;o"ernor Smith has left for a
"acation in Xorlh Carolina, his
fir~t trip South,
t t t
\\"ith Ihe coming of Spring,
Connie. too, will leave us for an
extended European trip.
t t t
\\"ith the end of Spring" recess.
we nnte a rather tired look on
the faces of variolls Xazarenes.
\\'c wondcr at the cause,
t t t
Does p~ychology. dumb SIU­denb
or coal f.,'1IS make a pro­ic~.
or diz?)"? \\"e wonder.
t t t
Anna \\'eltzer helie\"e~ in be­ing
imp.1TtiaI. When asked in
what 1J.1rt ,)f the cotton plant the
boil wi!e\'il \\~b found she replied
the ~,'oof.
It Might Have Been
(CoII/illlled from page 6)
I thong-hI him. Of course I think
it'~ wonderfnl to he as refined
as he ts hilt I'm beginning to
wonder if there can't be such a
thing a, too much of it. Some­times
I fed as if I can't stand
another {liscllssion on the sub­jttl
of whether or not Sh.1ke­~
I>e.'lre i~ really the author of the
play~ attrihuted to him,"
,\ <ll\iel ~Illile hl)\'ered arO\lnd
Carric'~ lip~ as she read this.
"'It',; plain w be seen she's get­ting
tired (If this !{ouald. I'm
airaid ~he won't say SO though.
J\I~t at this point in her mus­ing.
Fred Irwin entered. Greet­ing
him, she handed him the let­ter.
lie read it slowly with a
hrighlening face hm as he fin­ished
he So'licl, '"I bet she won't
"ive in and sa.\' she doesn't care
for him. She probably won't
even admit the truth to herself.
\'0\1 know how she was even as
a \'Oullj! .. ter. I gl1es~ )"0\1 and I
di;ln't bring her up properly," he
finisht'(l wilh a little laugh under
which \w tried to hide his ieel­iugs.
"\\'hat she needs is some good
hard work to take her mind off
hersel f and her troubles. I al­wa\"~
ha\'c done e\'erylhing for
he; and sO J suppose I ~hO\lldn't
hlame her for takin' rather a sel­fish
course. She knew Ronald
had 11 !-:"reat deal of money and
I S\1Jl]>U~l' that was the only thing
ahom him Ihat really appealed !o
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYIKG:
Commenting on a mo\'ement to put Seattle into the
telephone busine$ll, the Seattle T,me. iUlY6; .
"Nothing could be more ridiculoull than the Idea
ihat Seattle can afford to construct, equip and main­tain
a telephone system, The argument that we own
and operate sUccessfully II hghting plant and a street
car Iyltem won't hold water, The street car s}'lItem
illn't able to maint:lin its tracks, and if'the light and
power plant ill a lueceu, then Pomr.i was a real
financier."
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Page Eithl
It Might Have Been
(Coll/iullrd /r()m pllgc i)
During the next iew days
Carrie ",a~ disturhed hv occa~
,jm';ll twin~,·~ "i con~riefKe but
,b she 1"1rl.;l"(1 her ha}!" pr~para­(
Ory to her dcparum'. she cO\lld
not help fc(·ling a little pleas­urable
excitemenl ol·er Ihi" break
111 Ihe monOtonOIl' rOlltine of
hon...t:wifely cl\Llie~. It had ken
:1 IOIl~ tim .. ~ince Carrie had left
the fann ('ven for overnight so
it wa~ with a curious mixture of
self n:pr(,adl ;UlU excitement th,!1
~he ki~'>I..'{1 the g;rl~ good-I)ye and
l...mnk·d thc dumpy little railroad
car.
()n the w;t\" home Helen
111mI'd to Fre<l- and saiel, "Thi~
1., g:,)in;:: !<.) be Iluite a lark for
Ebie ;md me. YOIl know it's :<0
Ilillerem fmm all.\"thillg- we've
dOlle in a 101lt:" time.··
··)"l""S, I suppose so:· rather
hitter!)" replied Fre<l; then (Illick­ly
added, "Ii you neel! any help
ju"t cat! on me:'
··Th. 1. nks. Fre<J." :-aill Helen.
·'!nu I gUt'S, we·1I get along all
TlJ.:IIt. .\lInt Carrie "'l'emed to
make (Iuite a fu~s over it all and
I ran·1 ~:tl· that I reall\" see am·
Il«d lor 'it. \\·e·U ';'~tematil!~
uur work al1(1 I im .'.1 gine we'll be
ahle III (:':ile :\Imt Carrie a few
L1'>Ciul hiTlts when ~he come~
1)"11·k. I"Ill a little wllrrit-u ahemt
.( lid! lallk' thol!gh. I Ie doesn't
l'a,1 any atteTltion to mI· orders
al all. ~imply disregarjs them.
.\Iaybe it wouldn't be such a bad
idea If) ~et another hired man."
A~ J lelcH delivered hcrself oi
this ~peceh with M1Ch self con­!
i,k·nee I'-red hegan to feel a little
'ympalhetil' toward this recreant
i fiend. I 'erllap~ he alJowe<1 ..1
li~tle \If Ihis 1eding to creep illlo
hb face lUll. if he (lid it was
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Clothe!!--is easily .olved b)"
a visit to the
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Prieed at $12.75
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THE GLEANEH
quil'kll" and thor(lnghl~· w:ped W<1.' Ilushed and dlNy with much 1 tearful. "I tried to do el·ery-
0111 hI· El~ie·~ nexl wonb. l'urill:O: Ol"t;r Ihe hot kitchc-,n stOle thing jn"t the way our teacher
··I~;)fIl1ld certainly t)1I~ht tu ,:e and her drb~ W:h tom·hed up told u~ in ])olllestic Science :n
Ib nnw. I ~\IPIKhe h.· wUldt! 1l(.·:~ amI there with dau1>s of High School but somehow 110th­Ihink
.{ )111 I lank· tu" utterly im· ,1"1·'· 1,larkin;: and ,·ake hailer. ing lurned OUI right .• The 'olen
p(.l~~iI,rc for worrl,"· .. ·OIJ She IUrnoo to him a dlbt be- is,;o funny and Aunt Carrie ha~
Halik· h «(nile a dlaral·tcr ~rim, .. 1 ian' and j..'3I·C a lil\le sigh 1I0ne oj the ulel1~ils we liS<'{1 to
1I1011;.:-h:· lIelen l·'m~idered rcAl'C· ot n·hei a~ :-ohe r«:o/!nized him. ha\"e. I don't know how she ever
tingly. III a wellr\" \"oice ,he s..1id. "Oh, manages to make snch delicious
Fred remainCl! ~ilc11l. The Freel. cI·e~ythin,,·~ gone wrong. thing~ as ~he does,'· she tinished
menlion of Ronald\ name llad EI~ie went back to the city. despondently. The sight of
drcndle<1 hi ... n~lIl1t ,pirils and Hank goot mad and left and I Helen so near «.'3r'::' drol·e Fred
hrou}!'l1! h.' .1 ck the old ~tring oj .I·ll~ afraid of all the people al dislracted. Hesitantly he took a
bitter thol1;.:-hl;.. For a week the b11lJ!oyment .\gency. They step towll.rd her but was unahle
Fred heard nothing from the all IIKlkt11 so \"irio\l~"· to b'1less her thoughts from her
~ir1s. J Ie was Yery !1l1_y with Sel·in~ Ilelen III ~l1ch a dis- a\"erted face. Hcr "houlders
the cultinj:.!" and harH'~ting- oi the Ire,,,in~ plight. Fred's intentions twitched \len-ously as she gave
c:-rain and at the end of a hard all "l'emed to melt within him a has,,· sniffle. He took another
day·, work he won],l maddCll anel (lol1htlco<." he would have said ~tep n~arer and in a '·oice rough
him'>('l£ with the Ih()tll!hl that ,ol11ethillJ.: ql1ite ra.h if hi~ t:"lance with suppressed feeling lx-gan.
Ilelell lind Elsie would nOl lI"el· Ihr'll1/{h the opell door had not "Helen"·-
come an)" ~ug;l"esti(l11~ from him. ·11;II),·c<l 10 light upon a photo- JII~t at thi~ poim he was in­,\
t the eud of th ... we~k, however. traph flj a young mall. iairly terrupted hy the opening oi tllt'
he heRan w he alarmt'(l. The radiatin:.: ... mugme~~. seli-com- kitchen door. Turning quickly,
wheat Iw(:tled to he ell! h';lond a, p!a"encl" 11111\ el"en· ~imilar VIce-- he wa~ amazcd to see Carrie
douht. . I to Fre(l"~ discern'illg eye. there regarding them with a
The nel\t (Illy 011 hb way to I With lightning-like rapidity quizzical gaze thaI made them
town he ~topped at the !Jig ",hit~ hi~ l'liurJ jl1n1I>c(\ \0 Ihe guite hoth Au~h uncomfortably.
hou..;e where the girl~ liled and I "hI il>l1~ (ondu~iol\ dUlt this must L To cover her embarrassment
went in lllaulling- to prc-,'>Cnt hi~ . Ill' the picture of the famed I lelen ~aid. "Oh Auntie. what­Ibual
pretexl oj asking' if the\" l'nmll.1. el·er happeneel :., and mnning
needed anything 111 tllwn ' II wa~ in a tone of husiness to her, '·Oh Auntie. \·ve wanted
\\he1\ he emered the kitchen. Ii!>(· l'urlness that he SOlid. "Henr\" yOll so"·
anI' such ideas fled cntireh· from cl11d ! will come o\"er and sta;t \t thb Carrie Ratheroo her in
hi~ mind when he ...1. W· Helen '·lIuil1j:.: the wheat this afternoon. her arms and l'afd in a smotherl!'d
~talldil1;.:" diSl""On:;.olately hefore If yuu'll like any help with the I"oi\"(:", ·'1 just gOt so \\-""Orried o,·er
the stOI·e. Her calm l"(,mp()SlIre h"lhl·wnrk rill ~lIre :'Ilother will yon I had 10 come-but'· dir«t­had
utterly ,·anishe(l. :\1)11" ... he he g-Iad to do whate,·c-,r ~he can:' ing an l'agle eye in Fred's direc­was
just an ordinary girl, 1111- "DolI·1 1"011 erer dare tell ,·Ollr liun. "it would seem )'0\1 were
dOl1hled!y in an unplea~allt framO' mother 1;011' awin! this place heing welllaken carc of."
oi mimI. lJer ~hort hair usuailr lo .. k~."· Ht'len "'1id in ,I \·oice full lIelen hlu~hed and Fred he­wal
·ed ,.;0 arti~ticil.\ly and pllin;- IIf ~\1ppres~ed fur.\". She ron- !{:In to jeel more th,1n sorry for
;al.;ing-!~· was nuw rcdul·cd 10 :I tinlled hrn.l"ely. though toward Ihe ·'different and cultured"
iew scraggly. damp little \:1Ir1~ the end her I'oice he(:ame a hit Ronald.
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