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Published fat "Mercyhurst College, Erie, PennsylvaniaVOLUME IV FEBRUARY, 1933 NUMBER 4

T H I S M O N T H ' S W H O ' S WH OH a s :A smile that wins everyoneBlue eyes that can flash mis-chief, happiness, sorrow, sympathy at just the r ight timesA beautiful soprano voice, theenvy of many in thej Glee ClubHas distinguished herself in:Scholastic, social, dramatic,musical activities.Is: I I iTall and regal in bearingCharmingA splendid conversationalistA scholarAlways well-dressedKind and agreeableExtremely popu lar {because ofher: JStrong leadershipFascinating personalityAbility to trea t everyone thesameA SeniorManager of the basketball teamPresident of the Student Coun-

Sara Teasdale

cilThe 1933 PROM GIRL,Kay Byan.: -o - :LATIWCLUBThe second meeting of the LatinClub, recently renamed the "So-cietas Classica ," took place in theLatin Room, Thu rsday evening,January 12, 1933. The meeting wascalled to order by the President,Elizabeth McDonald, and theminutes of the last meeting wereread and approved.

The program consisted of readings by various members of theclub. HLa tin W r i te r s" was thesubject of a paper read by MiriamSha lkham; *\ Livius Andronicus J Iby Margaret Mullaney ; and apoem was read by Peg Blair .Pr ior to the program the Constitution was read by Miss Blairand, after a few corrections, was

approved.Several guests were |present atthe.. meeting, namely, Sis ter Clotilda, fSister Philippa, and SisterLoretta. They seemed to be highlyinterested in | the effor ts of thevarious members of the club andby the clever cross-word puzzles

and Latin games which wereplayed af ter the program hadtaken place.B Refreshments were served.Icatherine McCarthy, '36

: -o - :(Pegasus Club jPri ze Poem for

December) ?i l l HEAVEN'S EXILE

Are You lonely, l i t t le Jesus,Baby exile f rom on high?Do You miss Your angel playmatesAnd Your moon-ball in the sky JDoes the shadow of a mountainWith a cross upon its peakWake You from Your sweetestI siumber, |Cause the tear drop on Yourcheek?

Would You take myjlieart,dear Baby,As Your toy upon this ear th? |Nothing else I have to br in g YouThat could give You joy or mir th.Sister M . Modesta, A.P.P.S. , '33

0, you who fashioned silver words,How could you do thislthing?--Forsake i lie song oflhappy birds |And shut your eyes to spring?Ah, you for whom all 'beauty

burned', Had you quite drunk your fillOf rain and dusk and springreturnedAnd stars upon a hill?You've left the 'strong, sweetscent of sea,'The changing skies above!0, could you, yet, I wonder, beStill 'crying: after love '?May you have peace today,tomorrow,A peace of heavenly kind,Dear you!who ' foundlmorejoy in sorrow'Than we in joy could!find.Kay Barrett , '33

: -o - :'% KAPPA. CHI NOTESMuch has transpired in theKappa Chi sorority since theChristmas par ty.Wednesday evening, January 11,the Executive Board of the sorority met at the home of Kay Barrett , the president. The off icersof Kap pa* Chi and th e chairmenof the committees, who comprisethe board, were in a ttendance :Mary McCrady, vice-president;Louise Pasqualicchio, treasurer;Elsie Edelen, secretary; Mir iamShalkham, enter ta inment chairman ;|Eth el Levick, cultural chairm a n ; Eileenf Foster , public itycha i rman; Iva Kreider, community chairman.^A t f the meeting ! of the board,plans were discussed for varioussocial affairs of the sorority.Wednesday evening, January 18,there was a business meeting, followed by a program in IS the socialroom. Mary Lucille O'Donnellgave dramatici recita tions ; MaryMoran sang, and the Surgo triorenderedfseveral very beautifulmusical selections.The next affair listed on thecalendar of eventsjfor the KappaChilis the House Warming. Thesorority is fu rnishin g! c lub roomsat?the College, and, by means ofa ^reception for the guests, ^ an dth e donationstof the members, *wehope to furnish the rooms. Afterthe rooms have been furnished,all the meetings will be heldthere .The second affair which|is an tic ipated is the annual Father-Daughter banquet, honoring Mr.Relihan. This affair has now become a tradition with the KappaChi, and the fathers, as well as thedaughters, are f ooking forward toit . Soonlafterfthe Banquet, therewill be the party for the pdelgees.That, too, is an annua l affair, andis one of the most novel of the

year .We are antic ipating an interesting year for the Kapp a Chisorority. Eileen Foster, '33

BIOLOGY NOTESThe second meeting iof the

Phylomoletic Club was held Thurs-day evening, January 19th. MissRyan presided. Although the attendance was not as large as itmight have been, a most interesting program was enjoyed by many.Margaret Mullaneyf read a splendid paper on "Biology in Gon-eral ." An especially interestingfeature of thejprograni was theexhibition by the Field BotanyClass. Kay Ryan told about "TheCollecting of Leaves and Flowe r s . " Dibby Wilbert continuedwith a talk on "The Art of Pressing Leaves and Flo wers. " Margaret Clark talked on "How leavesand Flowers should -A . be mountedfor Identif ication." Elizabeth Mc Donald exhibited several finishedproducts giving the history of each,namely the biological name, thecommon name and the habitat. Thevarious types of stems, root sandleaves were also explained.

We are very much pleased withthe results of our food sale heldrecently. We wish to thank thosewho patronized our sale.Many of the students are continuing in the Bioligical Sciencesthe next semester. A very interesting subject, "P lan t Ecology ,"will be offered. There are a greatnumber signed up for Bacteriology also.There will be a worthwhile program in the near future for thoseinterested in the}!ences. Mother Pierre will showslides of the v arious types offlowers. Watch the Bulletin forthe Notice!Elizabeth McDonald, '33

POETRY TIMBER

Biological Sci-

: -o- :A TRIP TO THE HAMMER-MILL PAPER COMPANYIf you are looking for a projectboth interesting and instructivewe can think of nothing betterthan a* tr ip to the^Hammermill .Recently several Freshmenvisited $the plant J in search ofitems for an English paper. Wehad made an'appointment beforehand with Mr. Harry Obert of theadvertising department who received us promptly and Icordially.He then introduced us to Mr.Harold Wilson, of the same departm ent, who conducted usthrough the mill and explained theprocess of paper Jmaking to us.Following this Mr. Wilson patiently answered our numerous questions and supplied us with leafletscontaining all I the information wedesired. We lefty th e Hammermillwith theg feeling of having spenta most delightful and profitablemorning and we feel certa in! thatif any Mercyh urst girls care tovisit thef plant they willf re ceive the utm ost considerationand a fund of informa tion concerning paper making as was givento us by Mr. Obert and*M r. Wilson. Incidentally we wish to recommend the fHammermill Pape rCompany|as one of the f inestlin-stitutions of its kind in thecountry. Nancy Stackhouse, '36

Poems should be made ofmyriad mist,Emotioned in ecstasy frometernal depths,Fashioned in frailty asfthefirst kissed; babe

Sacredness, snatched while theseraphs slept|Woven on the web of untouchedwonderment;Delicacy: Stardust from thedomed-blue adrift;

Joy, juggled by the Hand of GodA simple sadness humblingits glitter ;Thoughts,!caught as from theheart thev rove.Unless all this Jlet there bebut beautyThat a soul has sometime,silently known:Intangible, living beyond inimmortality!Martha Myer, '35.

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THINK IT OVERIt is very timely for a few remarks on the school spirit of ourCollege. At present, it seems tobe merely a place where girls aresent to seek a higher education,and even that does not seem tobe entered upon with the rightspirit. A few friendships are madenow and then, but, are they Ithelasting kind? We hesitate to say.What can the matter be , andwhere can the fault lie?Evervdav , we meet girls fromother colleges who have beengraduated for two, five even tenami fifteen years, but whose interest in their school affairs todayis just as strong as when they werean active Apart of the College.They never miss a dance, a reunion, bridge, or anything whichtheir College sponsors.fThey can ' twait to readmits publications. Whyis that clannish spirit so lackingamong the Mercyh urst girls both past and present? We knowthat spirit as loyalty and co-operation, fwhich words seem too gen-erallyMo have become obsoletef-inth e Mercyhurst vocabulary.Out of all our Alumnae, wehave|an even dozen subscribers toour Merciad. Outo the one hundred and twenty-five supposedlyactive students, wel have aboutsix regular contribu tors for material, and a number of " knockers r which parallels the Collegeregistration list, almost lWe hearso many "Next months." One gir leven promised usj the other daythatjshe would write somethingfor the Merciad "Next year!"Why look so far ahead? You maygbe dead by that time! The worldmay have come to an end! Anynumber of things might happe n.These conditions hold for anythingand everything that goes on in theCollege. There is always thatsame lack of spirit, of Istickingtogether and of helping! Can anyone volunteer a method of cure?* I I Kay Barrett , ^3 3

PEGASUS AGAIN1Poetry has been styled by some

one as "the clothing of a visionin a singing robe." I t is in realitythe song of the heart of life,which catches in its melody allthat is noblest and best in humanthought. Although it is not givento many to produce anythingreally great in poetry, it lieswithin the range of every one tocultivate a warm sympatheticunderstanding for the work of thepoets and to delight in the fruitsof their genius. It is just this desire of broadening their poetichorizon and of wandering for ashort time in the fairyland ofpoetry that draws an enthusiasticlittle group of poetry lovers atsta ted intervals up to the thirdfloor social room, where thePegasus \ Club holds its meetings.

The spirit of Christmas heldsway in the last meeting, for eachone present had contributed a fewlines of original verse centeringin theme about the birth of theChrist Child. The next poetic session, to be held early in February,will have as its inspiration, thefeast day of St. Valenti ne withall his Cupid tra in. Each studenthas been asked to bring with hera few poetic lines of her own composition in honor of the Day anddate. The members of this happygroup antic ipate another inspirational meeting and invite all truepoetry lovers to be present.Sister M. Modesta, A.P.P.S., '33

: -o- :MID-YEAR PROM

The Mid-year Prom took placeat Mercyhurst College on Fridaynight, January 27. The music forthe dancing was furnished byGeorge Weber 'si,Orchestra. %The receiving line was composed of the P rom Girl, M issCatherine Ryan, and her escort;the chaperon, Mr. M. J. Relihan;an d the presidents of the classeswith their escorts.All attifogements for the Promwere uiujfr the direction of theJunior Class with the President,

Miss Alyce Reeder as generalchairman. Comm ittee m emberswere as follows:Programs: Carmelita Gill, Dorothy Mooney and Helen Loebelenz.Finance : Dorothy Cronauer ,3arah Brown, Anna McOrath, andPat Dean. . g Invita tions: Nan O'Brien, Dorothy Bryan, and Catherine Egan.Refreshments: Regis 0 'Leary,"Connie Galbo, Mary Skene.Decorations: Julia|Belle Gallup,Margaret Clarke, Mary Yriberry,

Margaret;Bacon, Costello Ressler,Laura LaCavera , Margaret? Mullaney, Tyrella Toomev.: -o- :

CLASSIFYING THE TEACHERFound oh a Sophomore 's test

f' Both persons and teachers are!means of educa t ion . "

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THE MERCIADMercyhurst i College Erie, Penns\ I van inSubscription Ra t es

ONE DOLLAR THE YEARMERCIAD STAFFEDITOR-IN-CHIEFKa y Barrett, '33ASSOCIATE EDITORSElizabeth McDonald. }33ary Carlos, 33

I N E W S E D I T O R SEileen Foster, '34 f Mary 0 'Dea, |'35Eugenia Sproat, '36EXCHANGE EDITOR f BUSINESS "MANAGERRuth Sterrett, '34 Jane Turgeon, '33aWHO STEALS MY PU RSE "

This world wouldfbe a grand old place to live in ifthe day would ever come when^the rest of the worldwould respect the property of others. Somehow, the^seventh Commandment seems toihave been sadly forgotten by the people of our day, and the most miserable part of it all is, tha t we needfnot trav el far tofind this sad state of affairs. Whether it is ignoranceof the law of God, whether it is a lack of intellectualability to interpretlthis law ? or whether it is just thedownright desire to take something which belongs toanother, the act itself is unp ardonable before God andman. iI It is a shame and a crime to think that if you everreally hope to lay your hands on any|of your belongings again, you must carry them with you at all timesand into all places. Nothing seems to be safe anymore.Books, rosaries, purses, and gloves vie for popularityin this ever-growing racket of relieving ou r f ellowmenof their private|and personaliproperty. Let us lookftobetter days!| I J Kay Barrett, '33.

* I I MARATHONThe word!"marathon" has become one of the mostpopularfin our 1933 vocabulary. Ax, present, Pennsylvania is trying to pass a law forbidding the staging ofdance ma rathon s. Wh y doesn 't someone pass a lawforbidding the ordinary marathons of everyday life?Nine-tenths of the time, we are engaged in some sortof marath on. The other tenth we are spectato rs atsomebody| else's contest. fOne is almost asi tiring asth e other.lWe get our rest|period s, the samelas thedancers, and then, "On with the dance!"|The difference lies in the fact that we cannot drop out. We don'treally wan t to, though . We have to beat the otherfellow, or, at least, stay on our feet as long as he does.Even though it seems futile and wearing at times, weknow in our hearts that life would be dull without!that " ma r a th o n " spirit. i J j

Mary Carlos, '33.PULLING TOGETHERa long pullland a strong pull and alpullfallall together" the favorite crew goes over the finishline and the rac e is won. rfWe would not think much of the oarsmen in afboatrace where one-half pulled in onej direction and one-half m the other, would we 1 Nor would we look withfavor upon affootball or basketball team whose members failed to work together with a will.In the more serious purs uits of life, teamw ork isequally vital to success. f

I Why is it thatfnations of the worldpullfapart in~| e a d f together? Is it not simply that they confuse

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F o ^ instance, the | apparent fear of practically=H2M-St-fti ~ i l

"it takes two to make a tra de " isproverbfounded on simple fact. IvCBut what is trade? Chiefly the furnishinglof food,shelter and clothing to mankind? Is there too much ofany of these already? Arefnot millions suffering froman insufficiency? An d can all nation s, work ing totheir utmost capacity meet t lie world's needs in anyimaginable length of time? \It is on trade between men that civilization started.Cooperation in trade Jwould* open the doors of Chinato all the nations of the world to help in developingproduction and transportation. The work to be done isgreater than any nation can do alone; it will even taxthe capacity of all. The spirit that would seek to enforce this policy was responsible for the Great Warthe most tragic event in all human history.And may this principle hold true in College life?Yes. Practically all the evils of the day are primarilydue to an utter lack of consideration for the other fellow. There should be a spirit of service between andamong men, regardless of race, creed or so-calledsocial status.!' Pull together!" IElizabeth McDonald. '33.

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Aristocracy! Bah!"the Professor threw down-Ibis paper in asnort of rage that quite startledhis phlegmatic friend, the Architect, -J I"B y all means ba h! " heagreed hastily. Then in a mildly curious tone "But why is itso Bah! all of a i s u d d en ? - "The Professor maintained a contemptuous silence and for a second the room was very quiet.Then"I beg your pardon"anlunmistakablyf feminine voicecaused* both men to turn astonished faces to the corner of theroom where their host's daughtersat uno btrusively curled u p ini alarge chair.

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Queer isn' t it? How peoplewill unexpectedly'loom upon yourhorizon, assume a. magnitude allout of propo rtion with the circumstances and then quite!suddenly sink into the oblivionwhenoe they came, never more tobe recalled? IISS^BSuch was my experience withthe K family. A story interesting to me because it was one ofthe few human dramas enaotedhere on earth that I^have chancedto witness to the curtain fall. jBRIf I had known at the time thatthat long envelope spelt tragedy orhad guessed th at I could haveaverted it but there isj alwaysan "i f" when it is too late. I thappened this way.It was four o'clock. The day,hot and humid, was drawing to awelcome albeit dispirite d close.My duties, never light at best,were becoming irksome and thenoise so common in any newspaper office was beginning to seepinto my consciousness like the effects of a deadly blow. So it waswith a slight expression of annoyance that I found upon scanningmy list that the re were still seven ty-five solicitors to report. Isighed and returned to my typewriter.Strange are the ways of Providence! Had I not turned to mytypewriter at that particular instant I might never have seen theshadowy little figure that I cameto know so well as Mrs. K. N otthat she impre ssed: me so much .Far from it. In fact, if she hadnot stepped forward with her hesitating, apologetic little cough, shewould have remained forever adim figure lurking in my subconscious mind. Only the physic almanifestation brought actual rea

lization of her presence. I turnedbrusquely. I t was the usual story.Her man was out of work hadbeen;, for months. She had heardof the circulation campaign andthought perhaps she could earn afew dollars. I summed her upbriefly. She must have been allof seventy-five, short, ratherplump w i t h | the cheerful, honestresigned expression of one whohas seen much trouble."She won'tV last long andprobably won't be much good,I thought , "but I ' ll! give her achance." A moment later, she hadslipped from my sight, clutchingthe blanks and instruction*, sheetlike a drowning man would as t raw. .

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I was rather surprised, therefore, when she turned out to beth e i best of my women solicitors,earning from five to ten dollarsa day on a twenty-five cent tothe dollar commission basis. Hardas it was for her to get around,she gloried in the fact that shewas actually earning money andflie thought often kept her goinglonglafter the tired old body hadrebelled with fatigue.I grew to know her rather wellin the weeksithat followedpicking up bits of her life historywhich she confided to me with achildlike candor whenever I had

the time to listen. I learned of theson who had been killed in thewar and the little grandchildrenthat lived with her. I heard of theplump house-wifely little Gret-chen and the pale consumptive

l i t t le ! boy, of th e! hard Workingmother who lived with them andof the old oouplelthemsel vestwhohad saved a whole life time to gobaok to the Fatherland to die, butwho were giving it gladly for thesupport!of their I belovedI son'sohildren. " J a ! life had been goodto h er, " she said [philosophically;but now that|her man had beenlaid off it was a little hard still she was Jworking and'thatwasfgood. She chuckled amiably and waddled off as I turned tomy addressograph. SflBiHlBEttSifiI Then one day long ! after thesolicitors' hour to report, I m i ssedher I and 1 despite 1 her fseemingfriendliness, I my I heart sank."S he 's probably J used I all I herfriends and is giving it I up, notbothering to turnijin the last fewdollars," I thought cynically.

I waited a few days and hercontinued absence confirming mysuspicions, I regretfully s ent forour form letter stating that if shehad discontinued I her I services,kindly to return I ou r material ;otherwise we would be obliged toinform the police of her actions,e*e* S I B f e ^ ^ SBut somehow the honest cheeryold face flashing thru my consciousness somewhat abashed meand I held the letter from the postuntil the next day, and then business overruling sentimental wa sforced to send it.The following day as I sentSammy out to get me a''ham onrye and a J av a , " I noticed a thinlittle old man edging fearfully to-ward my desk, his anxious oldblue \ eyes crinkling at the cornersand his silky white hair damp ashe mopped his forehead with atrembly, knotted old hand.I smiled at him pleasan tly and he thr ust a dog-eared envelopeat me over the desk. "Mi nniesaid," he quavered, "that I wuzto give this to the young lady inthe office." I opened it carelesslyand read the cramped waveringhand of ' ' my little old cricket'' asI mentally termed her. "D earMiss>" read the letter , "I gotyour letter . I would have beendown ther befour but I|been laidup w ith a cold. This is my husbandJohn he will give the money toyou. respecktfuly, Mrs. K ."A wave of pity swept over meas I finishe d the b rave li ttleletter and looked at theold man before me."Of course ik's a l l r ight , " I assured him gaily, answering themute appeal in his eyes. "I 'm sorry your wife is ill. Tell her I inquired for her and hope she isbetter soon ," I added, handinghim the commission."Thank you," he a lmost whispered; and gravely putting on; hi sragged old cap he started for thedoor. "Souse me , Miss,"flhe murmured a apologetically asf he tiptoed back to my side a minutelate r,!" but could I would it bealright if I wuz^to take Minnie 'splace for a while ? "I considered for a moment whilethe faded old blue eyes watchedme unblinkingly. "Y es, I guessso," I said at last. I gave him thematerials and watched hisyeager

exit and profuse thanks with somemisgivings. &iHe was there early the -nextmorning. "Course I ain' t so goodas Minnie," he said half apologetically^ half proudly, "but I ' ll

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get along, I reckon." ^ ^ H E f ^ H"How is Mrs . K . t " I 1I The weary old!eyes filled; withtears.J " N o t very good," he saidmournfully. "She Idon 't seem [topick up very good. I 'm real worried aboutlher she don't evenlaugh J no more. "J A long dissertation on the virtues of Minnie followed which j was j interrupted bythe timely arrival of the post man.S He came irregularly during theweeks that followed sometimescheery land I boyishly eager andagain sad and anxious over thenow prostrate Minnie. BHSiKrHCTB I had entirely forgotten the incident of the K. family until, after a particularly long absence, heappeared, neat and clean as usual,but with tragedy written deep onevery line of (his kind old face.I "M in ni e" he whispered, I hisface j working J pitifully,a "shedied." He swallowed bravely j andwiped away with ] his thin J blue-veined old 'hand the! tears thatcoursed down the seamed cheeks.1 I tried -;to comfort him withoutavail but he wasjlike a thing lostand bewildered I without; his companion of fifty years. |

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Well, it's a busy week, all right| and we surely do appreciateall those who didfus the favor ofwriting an article By the timeth e Merciad is out, the Ordeal willbe all overM.and we'll be wondering why we ever worried aboutsuch easy exams ....Wednesday,January 18th was the second Wednesday this semester we did n'thave rain thefgod of rainsmust have forgotten what day itwas-4 Carly Southwick looksmost awfully cute in hei little redha t Marg Clemens has prett yhands... ,...Dot Bryan has all herold pep back again.... We lik e:Eleanor DeVeaux' laugh; BettyDanahy*s haircut; Peg Blair inred; Gene Sproat 's poetry; to nearJean Reese ta lk Wh o! are thetwo Mercyhurst girls whose b.f.sresemble each other so closely thatthey are often mistaken for oneanother?,..... Funny thing, but theLatin eleven class doesn't do somuch fighting anymore and theyare all very sad tofthink that theclass is over.... We'd like to knowwho the person is who is makinga collection of rosaries 4 " somehobby! 'I is all we can say AnnaWeiner is a most clever littleMiss ....have you all seen themodel stage she made for Ruthie'sclass ? I t 's complete to | th esmallest detail..". Margaret Boydis a second Walter WinchellMary Lucille and Alice Martin arethe only ones who did n't cutFrench this semester. :....we movethey get three extra credits in thesubject Whatf would happen ifGladys Grove ever hurried 1..........Sis ter Nolasco made the cutestlittle caps and scarves for Dibbieand Marg ...Our sympa thy to allthose who are, have been, or willbe down with the flu We hearFather Sullivan is afraid ofpolicemen ; ...Many t hank s toGene Sproat who was too busy towrite us anything for this edition, but who kindly donated usthe use of her typewriter.....,..,,.Whyis it we never see Bessie andMuriel? Seems mighty good tohave Jan e Turgeon and MarionSummers back again .they 'veboth been home, ill, for a longtime....... Sr. Ph ilip pa says sheknows the reason why so many ofthe girls ar e such very p oorwriters so, if you are one ofthese and want to know.......-Listen-iug to the radio the other nite, wegot to thinking of songs.... songsthat remind us of people andthings | | " W i t h | a Song Jin MyHear t , " Jeanne E l l io t ; "SallyAnn," Nellie Guilfoyle; "M y OldFraternity Pin , ' ' Dot ty Bryan j"Come Back to Sorrento," Bian-ca ; "You ' r e Cha rming ," Be t tyDanahy; "Pink f E l e p h a n t s , "Gladys Grove; "Here lies Love,'-Eileen; "T ake Me In YourArms , ' ' Mary I rwin ; "Look W h a tYou 've Done , " Iva ; "If 1 EverG e t A J o b , " All I the Seniors;"The Girlfln The Little GreenH a t , " M i m ; " H t A s i f F i d d l e "again, Mrs. Relihan; f\jj Brother ,Can You Spare A Dime," Alice'Mar t in ; "P lea s e , " ded ica ted byus to a ll the Faculty; 'fPU Never

Have To Dream Aga in , " E ls ie ;"T ha t ' s A l l T ha t M a t te rs ToMe , " Pass ing Exams; " Ju s t Be cause^You're You," Mr . Re l ihan ;" M y j p a r l i n g , ^ Evelyn ; | " A Boy

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And A Gir l Wore Dancing, ' ' MaryCarlos 4. ; " A Little StreetWhere Old Friends Me et," 26thStreet; "Contented,"! Libby;"Old Love Letters From Yon,"Louise ; " I 'm f Through WithLove , " Caroline....,...,.Dot Morard iswearing her hair like Connie Bennett 's these days, and Betty 's islike Irene Bordoni s The Freshmen are thinking?they're in lovethese days don't tell us thesefew lovely days have given youspring fever , Freshies I MaryStoul is busy these days rehearsing for the Seventh Street follies% i We hear through SarahBrown that Kay Gleason and EllenMcCarton are coming for theProm Kay and Ellen wereFreshm en last year Lolly Lep-per, Ann McGrath, and Peg Blairare among those who received furcoats from Santy Grace MarieSouders, Betty Killeen, and JaneUprichard received good-lookingridin g habits looks like there'sgoing to be some horses riddenW ho are]the girls who don't likeErie because they can t meet anyone? My, ray .....it's a sad stateof affairs Marie Dillon andMary Lou Neville are real goodfriends .... .Teresa F arr il has th emost gorgeous earrings theyhave been in her family for years,and it's no wonder Teresa guardsthem with her life Kolum 'sbest wishes to Lucille Meehan'sDaddy who is recovering from aserious illness.... Have you noticed that worriedjlook on KayCallanan's face la te ly it ' s because she 's f re tting about herProm date We'd like to publish theiCollege Sick List -...thatis those who'vejbeen ill sincethe first of .the year Dot Cro-nauer, Dibby, Louise, Mim, KayRyan, Betty Danahy, Pat Dean,Margaret Boyd,|Jane Uprichard,Mary Frances Welch, I Sarah|Brown..,.......Kay Forquer found anice-looking fur coat out there inthe far West ..go West, youngladies, go West! .,.All the?typewriters were taken Wednesdaynight... not actually .away, buteveryone was in use termpapers, contracts, etc., y'knowJSarah, I wanted to thank you, butyo u werejgone when I got aroundto it..J||Winnie O'Dell is so goodabout offering us rides in I herca r ;|...and, no one could really bemore lovely abo ut dropping thegirls off at Academy on her wayhome, than Iva Sorry more ofyou could no t have heard themusical and dramatic program theKappaiChi sponsored at their lastbusin ess meeting ......Mary Mo ranreally charmed the audience withher lovely voice,..;...,...Mary ^LucilleO'Donneli gave two dramatic selectio ns in her clever style.......and the Surge Trio gave a perfectly superb selection of I n s t r u mental music...,.,,.,...Margery P o t t e ris so very friendly always.l,..JMary^McCrady is certainly an example of the busy school teacherI Our dean and Registrar spentsome time in Atlantic City at theAssociation of American CollegesConvention recentlya|&...Jean Summers makes the dearest, teacher>...Sorry to report that someonewas all wrong whoever startedthe rumor that Vera was Sailbanged up was wrong NancyStackhouse is on the FreshmanBasketball team,.......,Mary Carlos

made one little hoy eat his hiscabbage .Wonder if Snookiewill take her old standby to theprom We 'spect Mary Ann is inCleveland by now visiting Midgeand she threatens to stay until they can't stand her any longer.Just heard that Mary Croninis laid up with the flu ."beforelong most everyone will have it,what with reading about sofmuchof it.ff,...The Kolum wishes every-one much success in the second semester . Kay

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Sara Teasdale is dead! Sara, thelovable; Sara , the fbeautiful, isto breathe an-other poem. The name of thisfamous American woman poet hasbecome to us synonymous withthe delightful littlef heart songsthat so endeared her to the heartsof youthsHer tragic death has come as agreat blow to all th e litera ryworld, who floved and treasured

that? dear lady, the maker ofsuch lovable songs which not only]3orti*ayed herself but whichjcouldapplyito the readers a lso. %Sara* Teasdale's poems perta into only one subject Love. Iflove may be divided into differentstages of emotions, Sara Teasdalehas portrayed each of them forus . This is, perhaps, the reason sheis so well-loved! Everyonepinds insomething she has written a I re-plica of his or her own feelings atone time or another. Tonight, aswe leaf through the beloved pagesof "Rivers to fthe S e a , " a n dDark of the Moon," they f lashupon us with a new and stabbingpoignancy. We ^findt ourselveswondering whether she fleft iihislife "crying af ter love,"fas sh eso often expressed it; whether shehad accomplished all the *manythings she desired to do before herlife was s pen t; wheth er she* willmeet her love in f the world beyond, or whether he rema ins! onearth, leafing through the preciousheart songs, as we are , dropping atear of regret on a page here.andthere .

The really saddest?part of itall is that^despite how great apoet we have always thought SaraTeasdale, she is not a great poet.The absence of anything spiritualin her works, forbids it .But, why should we speak ofthat now?(Let uajwho loved SaraTeasdale breathe an e ternal prayerfor her. A ,

|Let us think-Jhat she has crossedover the crest of "ThefLongHil l" in to a ^Spring N i g h t , "where "water lilies wet, sleepy,and fragrant," are floating on a"darkflake among mounta ins . "And , in tha t "Spr ing Night,*' le tus remember her poem, the"Flight,"and be silent, and soGod bless Sara Teasdale!"W e are like eagles;But when Death harries us,Human and humbled ^When one of us goes,Let the other follow$Let the flight be endedLet the fire 'blacken,Let the book close ."

SOME INTERESTING WORDSDid you know: That the pockethandkerchief is something to placein the pocket, 10 carry in the hand,to coverphe h e a d ; t h a t " s i l l y "o n c e m e a n t " g o o d , " a n d " n i c e "

Kay,parrett, '83

meant " foo l i sh ;" tha t " sa la rywas money to buy salt in ancientRome? fThese examples show the interesting changes which have takenplace in English words throughthe ages. Such variations form aninteresting story and attractivefact, but are more intr iguing fo rthe human tra its revealed by theworking out of different words.IPeople grasp and use, as theirown, words or expressions used byan ar tist . The result is that theliteral or proper meaning, of th ewords is often lost, leaving onlythe poetic sense. Take, for instance, the story of "fre t." In theold English legend, "Beowulf,"there is a dragon that Iterrorizcdthe land and'the King ' s pa lace .While the warr iors slept on theirbenches in the great ^Ilart Hal l ,Grendel, the dragon, came in ,grabbed a man, wrenched off anarm or leg, bit out great hunks ofmeat, and gulped them down. Forthis sor t of eating the Anglo-Saxons used the ve rb " fo re t an . "T h e y u s e d " e t a n " < to descr ibetheir own eating^ while sitt ingdown at tables in the halls.Through slurr ing, j ' f o r -e t an " b e came " f r e ta n . " Then a j genius,notic ing the* manner in whichworry devoured theimind and thebody, applied! th is powerful wordto it . The f igurative use caughtth e fancy of the people in generaland so stuck in their ^vocabulary.On the contrary, ftwo Germanwords, '! essen ' ' and \ If r e ssen ' ' ,co r re sponding to " e t an " and" f r e t a n , " r e m a i n unchanged. 1

The majority of the people seemo be inherently suspicious of anymen who handle the public money.Such people, when accused of inefficiency or worse, mig ht consider the story- of the word' ' cheater.'' A n &' \ escheator'' or"cheator," wa s an officer ap pointed by the English king in theMiddle Ages toleareifor the pro-perties that had reverted to thec rown- when the owne r |d ied | le aving no direct heirs. These men acquired a reputation for dishonestyoften, perhaps justly. Indeed,people considered them|the verytype of tr ickincss. So our modernword was born of an old, 5unfortuna te human t r a i t . .iWorldly people are a lways like-ly to look contemptuously uponsimple goodness, consider ing sof t-headedness equivalent to soft-hear tedness. The modern Germanw o r d " s e l i g " a n d E n g l i s h " s i l l y "once meant the same thing "s a in t ly " o r "b le ssed . " The. Ge rman stil l has that meaning, butconsider the^English word and itsuses, today 1

Many consider slang a peculiarly modern aff lic tion. How revealing it is to discover that i t hasalways been in existence, and thata great deal of the ancient slangis now a part of* dignified language. "Wh i te - co l la r " men whoearn salaries instead of wages maybe |a bit crestfa llen to hear thatin the times of the- Romans nosuch ref inement was a ttached totha t word " sa la ry . " I t was a p i t tance, given the Roman soldier

and slangily called "salt money"that i s , " s a la r iu m" becauseit was about sufficient to buy salt.Probably then, as now, some people were not worth their salt.Thus is our language built up upon our own character istics.So you like to be called nice IThe crowning absurdity intwisted-up meanings lies in themeande r ings o f "n ice . " I t f i r s tappeared spelled as "nescius," a

Latinized form, found in theworks of Chaucer.*From this spelling one figu res out th e? originalm e a ni n g " n e " , " n o " an d" sc ius , " "know ledge . " Someonelacking knowledg e w as foo lish;foolish things are tr ivia l things.Then, losing the idea of triviality,the word was applied to smallthings in a commendatory sense.It is desirable to be careful insmall things. Thus the word shouldbe used now.Margaret Clemens, '35.

: - o - :SOCIAL RELATIONS

Probably the man who is morenearly a law unto himself thanany other we can think of offhand, is the fellow who in plainAmerican slang we label aa itt r amp.

He is the fellow who is contentto be of no account, who enjoysthe fact that he possesses nothingthat can be taken away from him,and who makes it his boast thathe would not trade places withanybody.Th e Snaked savage in his jungleretreat was about on the same par ,taking* pot luck, snatc hing foodand sleep as he could, and contentto l ive anyhow. "Completely andentire ly on his ow n," we mights a y ; arid therefore completely anden t i r e ly independent !In the development of a spir itof mutual helpfulnesslwe find thebeginning of individual progress.The f irst two primitive men whocame to an understan ding thatthey Would help each other undoubtedly had their understandingtested 'in short order . The twowith the i r families formed thef irst tr ibe . And pretty soon ourorigina l two fellows, w ho hadunited onjthe basis of f r iendshipfound a group of men gatheredabout them.And because human nature hasno t changed any th rough theages, we know that the new groupmust have had different kinds ofmen in it . There would he some

who could join on a friendlybasis a long with the f irst two.There would be others who couldnot be depended upon to the extent to which the tribe could depend on men whose loyalty was)more strongly developed. Therewould be other fe llows too weakin character to be quite re liable ,^.nd as the tr ibe grew in numbersnaturally, by one process or another , i t would come to inolude acertain number of persons ?whohad no respect for the propertyand persons of other tr ibesmen.Consequently, i t b ecame/n ecessary to agree on simple standardsof behav iour to which all con

cerned must subscr ibe and adhere ,or to suffer the consequences. Thus we |can picture to ourselves the begin ning of government, with the Laws of Nature setfor th as the Laws of Man.Elizabeth McDonald, 'S3