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VoL. XI 0c TORER, 1914,
LITERARY DEPARTMENT
THE INFLUENCE OF SHAKESPEARE’S ENVIRONMENT
UPON HIS PLAYS,
Winner of Thomas E. Buchanan Medal, June, 1914.
Shakespeare was undoubtedly a poet born, not made, but his
environment had a large share in determining the che
stance, and thought of his works, The picturesque beauty of his
native Warwickshire inspired in him such a loye of nature that
Johnson has rightly called him a “ poet of nature;” the historical
surroundings of Stratford-on-Avon steeped
interest and romance; his intimate knowlec
and their folklore furnished him with character studies and almost
exhausti ube material for illustration ‘and embellishment; and tho
th men of education and experience in London added
the necessary side to his own education, So his environment, eom-
ulted in works which w
every age have eulogized and endeavored to imitate, works which shall
inspire their readers for many ages to come.
acter, sub-
youthful senses in
> of the country people
iters of
bined with his marvelous genius, 1
His father’s house in Henley street was of the erude, picturesque
type in the Engli ige at that time. The street door openea
directly into a low-ceiled room with dark woodwork and flag-paved
floor, At one end was a wide fireplace with capacious window
seats. Here William doubtless spent many an hour of his childhood,
his wonderful imagination kindled hy the daneing flames, and pictur-
ing miniature fairy scenes in the glowing embers, which in after
a vi
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years he embodied in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to delight
millions of readers. Often on winter evenings a little group of
peasants and village folk gathered about this hospitable hearth to
exchange ghost stories, witch tales, and doings of the fairy tribe, in
all of which they believed implicitly and simply. Thus William
early became acquainted with those mystical people, whom we
frequently meet in “ Macbeth,” “ Hamlet,” and his other dramas.
In the grammar school at Stratford, which he attended for perhaps
seven years, he read Latin and a little Greek among other studies, and
stored in his receptive memory the myths of Virgil and Ovid. These
he frequently found use for in his plays for purposes of illustration
and allusion,
But the most valuable part of the boy’s education was gained out-
side the walls of the grammar school. The little village of Stratford
is situated in one of the most characteristically charming country
districts in England. The traveler of today gazes with delight at
the seene: a picturesquely irregular cluster of dwellings nestling in
the center of fertile farming lands, green knolls crowned with trees
of majestic stature, and wooded slopes descending to the brink of the
Avon, which winds its silvery way to the sea, One can easily picture
the young Shakespeare among such surroundings as these; Long-
fellow has beautifully pictured him in his ode “ To the Avon”:
“Thy playmate once; I see him now
A boy with sunshine on his brow,
And hear in Stratford’s quiet street
The patter of his little feet.
I see him by thy shallow edge
Wading knee-deep amid the sedge ;
And lost in thought, as if thy stream
Were the swift river of a dream.
He wonders whitherward it flows ;
And fain would follow where it goes,
To the wide world, that shall ere long
Be filled with his melodious song.”
All through this country one comes upon little footpaths wander-
ing from the beaten road through fields of golden grain, beside leafy
hedgerows, or into the shady depths of the Forest of Arden. Shakes-
peare must have strolled here often, and—look! look! that green
sun-flecked glade is surely the spot where Titania and her court
assembled! Such beauty of environment would have inspired even
a lesser poet, and in conjunction with the genius of Shakespeare it
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resulted in such exquisite descriptive passages as are found in “ The
Tempest,” “A Winter’s Tale,” and “As You Like It.”
That Shakespeare was a great lover of nature, and a student of it
as well, is evidenced in all his works. He makes mention of various
birds and animals very frequently, and often in a way which shows
an accurate knowledge of their habits. For instance; in “ Macbeth”
he speaks of the martin, a migratory bird, as the “ guest of summer.”
His acquaintance with the quaint folklore and curious omens in con-
nection with them also stood him in good stead in his writings, and
the interesting allusions which he makes to them are many. One of
the prettiest passages of this kind, in “ Hamlet,” tells of the crowing
of the cock on Christmas Eve to dispel evil spirits. -
T have a friend who conceived the unique idea of making a garden
of poetry. She derived much, of her inspiration from Shakespeare,
and one of the beauties of her collection is a fine old willow tree,
which leans far over a little brook. This is the willow the queen
talks about in “ Hamlet.”
“ There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream,”
she says, when she is telling of the finding of Ophelia’s body,
Ophelia’s famous flowers are represented, too. Many columbines
make the early June days bright, and English daisies edge the border
of flowers that skirts the garden. Wild violets star the grass, and
Ophelia’s pansies — or “ love-in-idleness,” as the poet calls them —
blossom by the hundreds. The thyme, which hobnobs with the rose-
mary, is from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” It is mentioned in
this way:
“T know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk roses and with eglantine.”
Almost all of these sweet, old-fashioned flowers were to be found in
Shakespeare’s own garden in Stratford, and they appeared many
times in his plays and sonnets.
He was a student of human nature as well as of nature, and he
knew the peasant folk in all the phases of their lives. He was
familiar with their various trades and occupations, and with their
folk songs, games, and sports; he knew their joys and their sorrows,
their laudable qualities and their ludicrous ones. It was this knowl-
edge of human nature which made his characters so true to life.
The neighborhood of Stratford was rich in tradition and in his-
torical associations. Within walking distance were Kenilworth and
Warwick, two of England’s most famous old castles, and it is very
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probable that the imagination of the young Shakespeare was fired by
the eventful histories of these places, and by tales of the redoubtable
hero, Guy of Warw
When the boy was eight years old Queen Elizabeth visited Sir
Thomas Luey of Charlecote Manor, which was also located near by,
and three years later she again honored Warwickshire with her pres-
ence ina visit to Kenilworth. This was a great event, and the most
vities of all kinds were held, to which the
people of the surrounding countryside flocked in great numbers,
William Shakespeare would have been an unusual lad if he had not
managed to make one of that crowd. In those gay court seenes he
had the opportunity of seeing an entirely different side of life, and
of studying a different class of people, of a type which in later years
he used often in his play:
The good people of Stratford especially welcomed to their town
companies of actors, and so, as a boy, he came to know the old English
plays which were the stock in trade of these traveling companies. As
the village was such a small one, and as he was of an inquiring turn
of mind, he even grew to terms of familiarity with some of the actors.
Thus it was not unnatural that in London, whither he went in his
twenty-second year, he entered the theatre in a humble capacity,
Here hy foree of necessity he learned the technique and management
of the stage, which was invaluable to him as a playwright. The busy,
ded life of London formed a broad subject for such a keen
elaborate pageants and fes
many
‘bserver as he, and moreover in a few years his cirele of friends
iveluded scholars and actors of ability. Tn such an environment his
genins developed rapidly, and the personal experience from which he
drew in writing his plays broadened greatly. Te gained knowledge
cosily, and from association with men of edueation and from his
wide reading learned something of law, medicine, theology, history,
trade, and a variety of other subjects — enough, at least, to be of
event use to him in his writings for purposes of illustration, THis
own ability in acting was not sufficient to draw him away from the
drama, but it aided him immeasurably in making his plays adaptable
to the stage,
Shakespeare was fortunate in that he lived and labored in what is
known as the “golden age” of English literature. True, his own
name shines forth brightest of all the famous writers of that time,
but the influence of contemporary scholars, wits and statesmen such
as Jonson, Southampton, and Pembroke, must have heen great, and
the necessity of matching his wits against Marlowe, Chapman,
Fletcher, and other dramatists spurred him on to greater effort.
Spenser, Raleigh, Drake, Sidney, and Granville were also well-known
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names in Shakespeare's
of “ British pride, Bri
London world. Indeed, the Elizabethan age
sh learning, and British pluck and courage
by land and sea” was an ideal one for a poet to flourish in, The
virgin queen was an enthusiastic patron of plays and playwrights,
and during her reign and the ye immediately following it the
dramatic art received an important impetus. Twerity-five years later,
owing to the growing prevalence of stricter Puritan ideas, all the
London theatres were closed. What a loss, it would have been to the
world if Shakespeare had lived twenty-five years later!
We have attributed many of the virtues of Shakespeare’s writings
to his enyirenment, but some of their faults, too — for they are by
no means perfect — may be traced to that source, TTis parents were
their own names, and his own edueation was none of
the best. Such cireumstances were quite usual at that time, but they
may be accountable for the fact that his plays abound in grammatical
and geographical errors and anachronisms.. In places, too, we find
coarseness and bluster, and witticisms that are not witty. This may
‘ unable to s
he due to his association with the lower elass of actors in London,
some of whom were licentious and unrefined. But why lay’ stress
s of his works, when we can never do justice to all
that is excellent in them? Dryden, in his “ Essay on Dramatic
Poesy,” says of Shakespeare: “ Those who accuse him to have wanted
learning give him the greater commendation; he needed not the
spectacles of hooks to read nature; he looked inwards and found her
there.”
upon the poor pa
Anon E, Dunn.
INTERROGATIVE SAMMY.
y, mother, aren’t these lovely seats, and all made of velvet,
too?” suid Sammy to his mother on his first ride to the city.
Yes, y nice, but hurry up and take a seat.
Everyone in the car is looking at you,” answered his mother.
“ Why is everyone looking at me?”
“Come, Sammy, get a seat quickly or the conductor will put you
off the train.”
“Why will the conductor put me off the train?”
“Stop asking me any more questions and take that seat.”
“But T don’t want that seat; it won’t sit good.”
“Well, never mind, but be quiet.”
“Oh! Who pushed us then, ma? Who starts us off?” said
Sammy, all out of breath.
s, they are y
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“ Why, the train just started; I told you to take a seat.”
“ Well, I don’t see how we go.”
“ Sammy, be quiet! ”
“My, aren’t the telegraph poles close together; they are never
that way at home. What makes that, ma?”
“Why, Sammy, the farther you go away from home the closer
together the poles are. Haven’t you learned that in your Spellin’
yet?”
* Naw, we ain’t had Spellin’ yet. But say, ma, what’s that man
yell so loud for, every little while?”
“ He is callin’ out the stations, of course.” s
“ What'd he mean when he said someone ran-on-his-ear ? ”
“Why, that’s a new way of saying Rensselaer. In a few more
years folks won’t know how to talk.”
Ma, when do we get off?”
“ That’s right, we do get off here, Sammy. There you go; I told
you to wait until the train stopped, but you wouldn’t listen, so it’s
good enough for you.”
“Well, at last we are off that awful train.”
And I imagine the passengers were glad.
GaDss; Ave
AN INCIDENT OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Evelyn Sherman sprang to her feet in terror, dropping her book
on the ground, as the peaceful atmosphere of that bright summer
afternoon of 1863 was rent by the shouts of men and the swift
approach of horses. “Oh, are the Confederates coming at last?”
she thought in alarm. At the same moment there came a thudding
sound close by. Her heart beat like lightning as, summoning all her
courage, she wheeled about and beheld a handsome young man in
the act of jumping over the garden wall. Her fright quickly turned
to eagerness when she saw that he wore the blue uniform of a Federal
soldier. She whipped from her blouse a tiny silk flag of the stars and
stripes and held it up before him. His eyes sparkled at this token,
and, hu up to her, he exclaimed, “ The Confederates are after
me. Can you, for the sake of the cause we love, help me?”
She thought for a moment, then answered, “ Come quickly.” She
led the way into the beautiful colonial house, up two flights of stairs,
stopping finally at the attie door to look out a window near by.
“urry up, this way,” she cried. “ Even now I see them riding
up to the gates,”
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He followed her, with admiration in his eyes, to a corner of the
spacious attic. She went to a small window, pressed a spring con-
cealed under the sill, and the floor, smooth and faultness before, slid
back for a space of about two square fect, revealing a small apartment
underneath. Into this she fairly pushed him, closed the slide again,
and rushed down stairs.
Indeed, she was none too soon, For at that very moment there
came a vigorous banging at the door. Trembling, she opened it to
admit two gray-coated officers, one of whom demanded, in terms far
from polite, that they be allowed to search the house for an escaped
prisoner, who carried important messages, and whom they had traced
to this place. Of course, she was powerless to resist. The officer
ealled in a number of his men, stationed the rest outside and then
confusion reigned. The shouting of men, the clatier of arms, the
hanging of doors and the seraping of furniture filled the house with
unwonted sounds. But, as may be supposed, their search was made
in vain. Two hours later they filed dejectedly out of the house;
whereupon they rode away, leaving but two or three to guard the
outside,
Ryelyn flew back to the attie and freed her erstwhile prisoner,
Cautioning him to be silent, she took him down into the cellar, where,
by the use of another spring, she revealed an opening in the back
wall.
“ That,” she explained, “is a passage that leads down to the river,
There you will find a boat with which you can easily escape under
cover of the darkness.”
Tis gratitude was too great for words, but, as he stepped into the
passage, he pressed Her dainty hand in his and gave her one long
look, his handsome dark eyes ing. Then he said:
) ) :
“Some day I shall come back to tell you how much T thank you
for this.” And he was gone.
KINDNESS FOR KINDNESS.
In the village of K——— lived, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, who were
known through all the village for their kindness and generosity. No
matter who came or went, they were always ready to help,
As the years went by, Mr. Brown beeame poor in health and was
not able to work, The
time when they were in real distress. They concluded they would
have to part with something. There was an old violin in their pos-
savings were all spent, and there came a
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session which had been left to them by an aged violinist, whom they
had befriended until his death. This they decided to sell, Mr.
Brown took it to a musie store, stepped up to the clerk, and asked
him what it was worth. The clerk, glancing at it, replied that it
was probably not worth a dollar. Standing near the counter was
Mr. Grey, a wealthy and well-known musician of the town. Hearing
the conversation between the clerk and his customer, he said:
“May I look at that violin?”
When he |
Stradivarian.
1 examined it, he continued, excitedly, “ This is a real
And, looking still still closer, he saw engraved upon
it the name of a long lost friend. Turning in great surprise, he
asked Mr. Brown how he came to possess it. Mr. Brown then told
all he knew of the dead violinist of whom they had taken care. When
he finished, Mr, Grey, with tears in his eyes, thanked him for his
kindness to his dear old friend, and said he would give him five thou-
sand dollars for the violin, adding that as long as Mr, and
Brown lived they would be eared for.
When Mr. Brown went home and told his wife the wonderful story,
she said:
“We have east our bread upon the waters, and it has truly
returned to us.” ISLE ID} yal)
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.— Thales,
To live long, it is necessary to live slowly.— Cicero.
He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the evil that a man can
he guilty of. — Swift.
Human experience, like the stern lights of a ship at sea, illuminates
only the path which we have p:
sed ove
— Coleridge.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer
and forge yourself one.— Fronde.
From the lowest depth there is a path to the loftiest height—
Carlyle.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds,—
George Bliot.
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Welcome to you, our classmates, one and all; both to you whom
we have known before, and to you who have but just started your
High School career. To the Class of 1918, especially, we extend
not only that hearty welcome, but also the sincere hope that you may
learn to love and enjoy “ Old Normal ” as we do who have graduated
from the title of “ Freshmen.” Endeavor to take from the four
years of school life before you all that its work and play, its hopes
and ambitions, its successes, and failures and its multitude of inter-
esting experiences can offer you; and you cannot fail, when you are
out in the “wide, wide world,” to remember your Alma Mater with
love in your hearts, and t6 consider those four years spent within her
walls among the most helpful and happy you have ever known,
To the Sophomores, who no longer have to stand the humiliation
of being “just Freshies,” to the Juniors, who have really become
quite dignified, and to the Seniors, who are now launched upon their
last year, our message is much the same as to the Freshmen. Many
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of us have realized — and the rest will follow our example, if they
are wise and take any thought of those final examinations — that our
wor more serious than we have thought, and accordingly have
settled down to good, hard work. But, as we consider that the actual
* book learning ” is but half of our education, and that all the other
things that crowd each day are of equal importance to us, we have
learned to temper our work with good times. So there is very little
danger that anyone shall say of us, “All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.”
* Dear Old Normal” is now but a name — a name which in years
to come will probably be remembered only. Tor there is no longer
any such thing as Normal. ‘The College has for some unknown rea-
son changed its name from New York State Normal College to the
New York State College for Teachers. The High School must needs
follow suit and become the College High School. Tt will be hard for
us to accustom ourselves to calling our school by another name —
especially since there are very few who like the new one as well as
the old. However, we must obey orders and submit to being renamed
with as good a grace as possible.
And now just a few words about the “ Crimson and White.” Do
you all know what that is? Well, it is our school paper, published
and supported entirely by the students, and is one of the most
important features of C. H. S. It is the chain which conneets the
classes and students in one cobperative body; it is a promoter of
school spirit; it is the medium through which we are brought into
close contact with one another, with the school institutions, with the
alumni and with the little bits of fun and local gossip which add so
much to school life. You all want to enjoy these privileges, do you
not? Well, then,.support the “ Crimson and White” by subscribing
right away; by contributing anything you can for any department;
and by getting us every “ad” that comes your way. Some day, you
know, you yourselves may be on the “board,” and then you will be
glad if you have supported it loyally.
There have been a few changes in the “ Crimson and White”?
hoard since last year’s elections, Dorothy Russell, the Literary Bdi-
tor, has moyed to Syracuse; Josephine Hoyt, the Assistant Joke Edi-
tor, has gone to the Girls’ Academy, and Joseph Sweeney, one of the
advertising agents, has resigned. These three vacancies haye been
filled hy Frances Myers, Helen Meade and Paul O’Brien, respect-
ively. Courage! the work isn’t as hard as you may think, and we
know that you can do it well,
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ALUMNI NOTES.
Of the Class of 1914 the following are attending the New York
State College for Teache: Eleanor Dunn, Eloise Lansing, Clara
Holder, Grace Root, Li Magilton, Elmetta Deloo,
F. Marion MeDowell, Harriet Gardner, Ruth Kimmey, Lanra
Hutchinson, Dorothy Hime Moliter.
May LeCompte, of the Cla’ is attending the New Paltz
Normal School, taking a kindergar'
Marguerite Clark, *14, and Francis Vosburg, ‘14, are at Vassar
College.
Margaret Hoffman, ’13, will be married to Glen Brennan on Octo-
ber 28. Congratulations, Margaret!
n course.
Katherine Pollock, ’14, is attending Simmons Colles
Gilbert Daring, “14, is at Union College taking a medical
preparatory course.
Edward MeDowell, of the Class of 14, is at Dartmouth College.
Helen Page, *14, is attending the Albany Law School. Joseph
McEntee, 14, is also at the Law School.
Robert Watt, °14, has gone to Colgate. :
Gordon Scott and Chester Blanvelt, both of the Class of ’14, are
back at C. H. S. taking post-graduate courses.
Chester Long, ?14, has secured a position.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Dear Old Normal has opened this year in much the same manner
as it has for many previous years, although it has lost quite a number
of its old students. Never mind!
whom we are sure will do F
Our Freshman class seems almost greener than ever this year, if
that be possible. Nevertheless we welcome them heartily to our midst,
and hope that they will not be too much appalled by the superior
of the fortunate ones who have passed beyond their humble position
Follow the example set by your upper classmen and yon will be on
the safe side. Obey all the rules, no matter how strict, set down by
the Faculty, and take all the advantage offered to the school. Don’t
think that school is all tedious work. There is a lot of enjoyment and
fun to be had from it if you are looking in the right place at the right
time. Cheer up! You will be Seniors some day.
have some new members
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Tow does it seem, Sophomores, to look down upon the Freshmen ?
it. A few members of the Class of 717 did
not return to school this year: Helen Jones, now a member of the
Albany High School; Donald Miller, Elsie Wagoner, Ethel Groom,
Mildred Korts, James Miller and Julia Rate. Edwin J. prior from
the Albany High School, and Dorothea L. Read have joined this
class.
I am sure you must enjoy
The members of the Junior class are sorry to find that they have
lost so many of their old classma Josephine Hoyt has gone to the
Girls’ Academy, and Frank Sands to the Albany High School.
Minnie Cough Mary Gayring, Elsie Sager, Mildred George,
Margaret Catherine Reid and Marguerite Seigler have left
school. Cornelius Baker, Bo, y; Lester Cassavant, Albany
High School; Erwin Hanna and William Nead, former memb of
hool, and Paul MacNamee, Boys’ Academy, who have joined
this class, form addition to the school.
Academ
car
im extremely interestin,
We have av
'y promising Senior class this year and expect them
to run off with many honors before they leave us. Madeleine
DeMers, Margaret Kirk and Eugenia Lee have joined the Class of ?15,
while Marie Blauvelt, Helen Cook,. Fr Ridgeway and Alfred
Walley have left. The class has held its first meeting and has chosen
its rings and pins, which the vest of the school are burning with
curiosity to see.
reder
We are glad to see Chester Blauvelt and Gordon Scott back at
school taking a post-graduate course. Stephen Chovey, who has come
herve from India, and Asher Yaguda are taki al courses.
Willard Johnstone, of the Albany High School, is taking Cisar here.
Elizabeth Lincoln and Agnes Nolan, who took special courses last
year, have not returned.
Normal has offered us even more a
The Drawing and Domestic Science are to be continued and
The boys ave playing a tennis tourna-
ious to know how it is going to turn out.
and finish it.
vantages than ever this year,
also the gymnasium practic
ment and we are all very ar
So we hope they will hur
On September 30th the memorial services for Doctor Milne were
held in the College auditorium. The High School students were
invited to attend. There was no session of school afterward.
We were glad to see all the members of the Faculty back in their
usual places this year. We hope that we will not cause them too
much trouble, We don’t mean to, anyway. Tet us all try to be
niodel pupils and show our teachers what really good work we ean do.
THE CRIMSON AND WHITE 15
ZETA SIGMA.
After a most delightful vacation, we have com n to our dear
Zota Sigma, ready for both work and pl ve greatly miss Helen
Cook, our Recording Secretary, who, because of ill health, has not
been able to resume her studi Also, onr Cory Secre-
tary and Junior Editor, Mildred George a
are sorry to say have not returned, E thel Mead;
eS Acker an shave been cet to fill these va
ma, Hey are ella K
bers were initi ted into
Kirk, Dorthy Pease, Henrietta Knapp and Anna Willi
ing lot of girls, Initiations are some fun! Well, this one was no
exception and the girls did look attraetive. Blue and green hose ean-
not be purchased in Albany now. We know these girls will all prove
loyal members of Sigma, so we extend a welcome to them all, both
(in ) and small.
The Freshmen class is a very interesting group of baby girls to
look at. Of course there are boys, but then they don’t count. We
are in hopes of hecoming better acquainted with you, unsophisticated
children. ence, a frolie will be planned for you in the near future,
when we shall enc r to see if you are as jolly as you look.
And now. 1 sisters, let us remember the French proverb,
“T)Union fait la force.” With this as our motto, we shall not find
it hard to make this year a prosperous one, and one not to be for-
gotten in after when we number among the alumni. There is
work to he done this year, Let us work together, and work hard.
QUINTILIAN LITERARY SOCIETY.
* Quin”
snecessful y
left us;
lin st
We that two of our members have
Marie Blauvelt, our Treasurer, and Josephine Hoyt, our
dl its meetings with promise of another
to
16 THE CRIMSON AND WHITE
Junior Editor. Helen Meade and Gladys Miller were unanimously
elected to fill their places. Both meetings have been well attended,
and the programs so far have been very interesting,
Although we have not yet met all of the Freshmen, we hope to
soon, and therefore we are planning a party for those dear infants,
about the last of this month,
On October 15th initiations were held in the “ Gym,” and now
Sarah Tarder, Elsie Gresser, Alice Barnes, Eugenia Lee and
Madeleine DeMers are “ regular ‘Quin’ girls.’ And what fun we
had torturing those girls! The “ eats” were especially enjoyed.
And now, let us by our loyal support, make this the most prosper-
ous year “ Quin” has ever had.
ADELPHOI.
Prospects of a busy: and prosperous year are very bright for Adel-
welcoming many new ones, and they
the year,
ting debate which was won
phoi, The old members
will stirely enjoy some good times duri
We have already held a very int
by Messrs. Covey and Hanna, over Messrs. Soule and Relyea.
Three of our alumni have gone to college: Gilbert Daring to
Union; Edward MeDowell to Dartmonth, and Robert Watt to Col-
gate. Mr, MeEntee is attending the Law School, while Chester
Long and Alfred Walley have secured positions,
We are glad to have Mr, Hanna with us once more,
THETA NU.
Theta Nu is again with us this year. Although it lost many mem-
bers at last year’s graduation, the Society will receive s several new
members who will help to make the usual suecess of the year. The
new officers will take up their duties very soon, ‘The Society expects
to give s I social events during the course of the year, Although
the Society has had few meetings as yet, they have been very well
attended and all the members hope to make 1914-1915 0 record year
for Theta Nu,
THE CRIMSON AND WHITE 17
January may be the customary time to make resolutions, but in
this ce east, October will do just as well, and even better.
Therefore we hereby resolve to decrease the number upon our ex-
change list and to be faithful to a privileged (7) but smaller number.
But please remember, kind exchanges, that we have only five editions
during the school year.
Yext,— we will do our best to criticize each one of you honestly.
you please do the same by us? If you are able to find faults
in our columns (and finding fault is never difficult), please tell us
what they are. While we editors are only human beings, and there-
fore susceptible to hard feelings, at times, nevertheless we are
human.in that we want our paper to be worthy of the school which
is backing it.
We have received four exchanges so far, and are exceedingly
grateful for these.
The ever-faithful IM. 7. Aerolith (Mission House College,
Plymouth, Wis.), always est. This paper is
written about half in German and half in Ex Tt is neatly
arranged, though a “Table of Contents,” generally con-
sidered essential, is lacking. After wading through the five
story entitled, “ Wer nur den lichen Gott 1 walter.
say that the plot itself is good and leave all grammatic
for a more able critic. However, we are able to unde
appreciate Rev. Lehmann’s description of the fir
journey. Mr. Lehmann, an alumnus of the Colle has recently
taken a trip from “Take Michigan to St. Louis, Nashville, Chat-
tanooga, Washington, New York, via Naples and Rome to Switzer-
land, through Germany and Holland to Seotland and England and
back again over New York to the starting point.” We will look
rives among the earl
whieh i
we can only
construction
and and fully
st part of his
18 THE CRIMSON AND WHITE
werly forward to the next installment of his “ Notes,” for this
un is evidently one to be respected. Paragraphin
Exchange Editor’s forte. (But please don’t y ov
The Iigh School News (Columbus, Nebraska) may be interest-
to its home readers, but that is all. This paper is in form more
ke a newspaper than anything else, although school-notes and
advertisements are scattered ¢ y around,
The N-Ray (Anderson, Indiana) excels in neatness. The two
stories in the September number are both well written, and the poem
is not so bad. The Joke Editor has done his work well, but the Ex-
xchange Editors) has
OP)
=
change Editor (as is not uncommon among
left out all criticisms,
There are numerous cuts in the Tigh School Argus (Warrisburg,
Penna.) for September. The one headi
especially original. ‘The personals are
cal, but a “7
able of Contents ” is lacking.
ATHLETICS,
Meeting of the Athleti
On September 25th the first meeting of the /
and after a spirited election the following offic
President. .
Secretary and Treasure
sociation.
iation was held
were elected :
-Gordon Scott
-+...+Panl O’Brien
as held and Nelson Covey
imously elected. Tt was decided to have regular monthly
in the future and to levy dues among the members. After
a short talk by Mr. Swaim the meeting adjourned.
The election for basketball ma
was 1
meeting:
Tennis Tournament.
Following the success of the tenis tournament last year it was
decided to hold anothe The call for entries was re-
sponded to by a le number of players who all hoped to win the
cup. The entries consist of: Shilling, Knipe, Wileox® O’Brien,
one this year,
Soule, Sperry, Carr, Seott, Hoyt, Cassavant, Fite, MacNamee,
Baker, Vos and Seymour. Up to date all the entries have not played
their games and it is hoped that they will do so as soon as possible,
so that the finals may be played before cold weather,
Basket Ball.
The first call for candidates for the team was issued hy Capt. Fite
on October 12th and was responded to by a number of old and new
players, among them being Cassavant, O’Brien, Wilcox, Sperry, Mac-
is not your ,
—s
ij
THE CRIMSON AND WHITE 19
Namee, Scott, Ward, Covey, Nead, Fite, Relyea, Seymour, Shilling,
, Baker, Sweeney and Blauvelt. Coach Swaim and Capt.
Fite think that from these players they will be able to choose a very
fast team.
Manager Covey has been hard at work on his schedule and will
have it ready for publication shortly. Ie is negotiating with Gloy-
ersville, Albany, Waterford, Rensselaer, T1 Ravena, Water-
yliet, Ellenville and Scotia High Schools, Troy and Albany Aca-
demies and Hoosae prep.
The season tickets are now on sale and can be obtained from the
manager or any members of the team. It is hoped that the school
will respond and make this year a banner year, both financially) and
in attendance at the games. Last year the games were in some cases
poorly attended, and, in order to be able to bring the teams named
on the schedule, it will be necessary for the student body to support
the team.
Welcome, Little Ones.
Some are shor’
Some are long
Some are we
Some are strong;
Some are pretty;
Some
Some are witty;
Some think they are;
But what’s the “ diff”? they are “All” Freshmen,
are not;
20 THE ORIMSON AND WHITE
Covey —“ Do you believe Hades is a condition?”
Scott — “No; but vice versa.”
P. Sharpe —“ Did you ever notice that ninety-nine women out
of a hundred press the button with their thumbs when ringing the
hell in a street car? Do you know why that is?”
P. Dinkel — “ No; why?”
Pearl (brilliantly) —“ They want to get off.”
A dry subject — an Egyptian mummy.
Electricity in Franklin’s time was a wonder, now we make light
of it.
Tow to restore oil paintir them back to the owner,
Mr. Sweeney —“ What's worse than biting into an apple and
finding a:worm?”
Mr. O’Brien — “ Finding two worms.”
Joe — “No; to find a half a worm.”
He called her “ lily,” “ violet,” “rose,”
And every other sweet flower of spring.
She said: “T can’t be all of those,
So you must lilae everything.” — Hx,
Physies problem, after a long drawn-out proof —Now we have
X equals O.
Sleepy voice from the rear — “And all that work for nothing.” —
Fa,
Ancient History Teacher —“ For what do we remember the
Greeks?”
Mr. Wileox —“T forget.”
A “funny man”? thought he would break wp a suffrage meeting,
so, from the audience, he called out to the woman speaker: “ Say,
Madam, would you like to be a man?” i
Back, instantly, came the reply: “ Yes, T would; would you?”
THE CRIMSON AND WHITE 21
All Gaul is divided into three parts; cheek cast-iron, nerve and
brass.
J.—“ You are the breath of life to me.”
M.— “ Well, suppose you hold your breath awhile.”
Am. Hist. Teacher —“ Mr. Carr, will you name some Spanish
explorers ?””
Mr, Carr — “ Christopher Columbus.”
Am. Hist. T.— “Are there any more?”
Carr — “ Oh, I guess that'll be about enough for to-day.”
Miss Shaver (absent mindedly) — “Is your name Sperry?”
Lucile Walters — “ Not yet.”
Heard in French II,
There are about five boys in this class who study at
Teacher —
home.”
Fite — “ Who are the other four?”
Tf you would be well informed, read the paper. Even a paper
of pins will give you some points.— Hw.
Teacher (to tardy student) —‘“ John, what makes you so late
to-day?”
John — “ It is so slippery that every time I took two steps forward
I slipped back three.”
Teacher — “ Then how did you get here?”
John — “ Oh, I started home again.”
Merselis — “ Want to buy a book?”
R. Schilling — “ What ails it?”
M.— “ Nothing.”
S.— “ Then, what are you selling it for?”
M.— “ Nothing.”
S.— “T’'ll take it.”
People say that this is a “ horseless”” age, but some of our Latin
students still cling to the old method.
22 THE CRIMSON AND WHITE
“ Did you make those bisenits, my dear?” asked a young husband.
“Yes, darling.”
“Well, ’d rather you wouldn’t make any more, sweetheart.”
“Why not, my love?”
is 1 mine, you are too light for such heavy work.”
Because, a
“ Go ask father,” the maiden said,
But the young man knew her father was dead
And he knew the life her father had led,
So she knew that he knew what she meant when she said:
“Go ask father.”
Do You Know These Girls?
The musical girl — Sara Nade,
The smallest girl — Minnie Mum,
Tho stylish girl — Ella Gant.
The hig-hearted g
irl — Jennie Rosity.
The spiteful girl — Anna Mosity.
The city girl — Minnie Apolis,
Miss ITayes —“ Every time T hear about an orange it makes me
think of Christmas chimes. ‘They resemble each other so much.”
Miss Poole —*‘ Where's the connection between an orange and
Christmas chimes?”
iss Hayes — “ Why, it’s all in the peal.”
“Some people are more superstitions than others, T know some
who tie beads around a child’s neck. They say it will bring good
luck.”
“That's nothing, I knew a man who tied a cigar box around his
neck beeause his hair was falling out.”
“Why did he do that?”
To keep his hair in.?
Young Suffragette (about to break a window)—“Oh, I’m so
afraid.”
Old Suffer:
everywhere.”
tte — “Don’t fear, put your trust in God. She is
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