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BOX JANUARY, 1911 No. 5
Literary Department.
HERE AND THERE.
I sat down to rest a moment,—
In a thousand dollar chair,—
For we men who set the fashions
Have a world of anxious care.
On my list were twenty dinners,—
Due in half as many days;
While I, too, must give a banquet,
Worthy pampered Dives’ praise.
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There were parties, balls, and concerts,—
Clubs and lodges, not a few,
Auto-meets and sporting contests,—
Shows and calls long overdue.
I was overwhelmed with pleasure,—
Worn out with the dress-parade ;
For this running of the fashions
Is a most exacting trade.
All at once I seemed transported
To a strange and wondrous place.
Gold-paved streets met walls of jasper ;
Joy supreme lit every face.
All about were jeweled mansions,—
Such as I had never seen:
For Fifth Avenue’s beside them,
Were but hovels, poor and mean.
Then I hailed a boy to ask him
Where conveyance I might find.
Put my hand into my pocket,
For I had a tip in mind.
Not a cent had I about me!
Of the milliony that were mine,
I had not a single token!
Of my greatness — not a sign!
Then I spied my coachman, Peter,
With a crown upon his head.
“ Ay there, Peter! Where’s my carriage ¢
Come and take me home,” I said.
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But he’d quite forgot his manners;
For he called, “ Hello! there, Joe!
I’m no more your humble servant”:
Money-rank was left below.
: “That’s your mansion near the entrance;
Mine is way up near the throne,
Where the angel band is playing
For the great, on earth unknown.”
All was new and — uncongenial:
For earth’s first, the last here seemed.
Then a shrill voice smote the vision:
What relief! I had but dreamed.
Frep G. Fiscurr (1911).
MEMORIES OF A ROSE.
When I first awoke to the world, the morning sun was shin-
ing brightly, and my green coat was thrown back ever so little,
so that I could just peep out and see how beautiful the world
was. A beam of sunlight kissed me, and I opened my petals
a little wider to embrace it. Around me were my sister roses,
six in number, and the green leaves, from which they lifted
their dainty heads, lent charm to their delicate blushes. A
little way from us were other roses, yellow and white, bright
red and garnet. When they saw me looking at them, they
nodded back gaily. The south wind breathed on us, and then
my sisters murmured to each other, “ See how beautiful she is,
our sweet little sister bud.” All the world was agleam with
color. The birds sang merrily and the butterflies fluttered.
about us, in the golden sunshine. It was a long, long, beauti-
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ful day, and I was happy then, for all the world seemed happy,
and a dream of love was in the air.
After a while the sun went away, and I wondered where
he went, so I whispered to my sisters, asking them why he left
us. Then did they tell me, he would return on the morrow,
but his sister, the moon, would now come in his place. I
turned to the east, as they bade me, and there I saw the pure,
fair moon, rising far, far above the dark crowded tree tops.
She peeped at me from a modest vail of clouds, and sent her
soft beams to touch me caressingly.
There was a rustle in the garden, and I thought the South
Wind had come again, but my sisters said, “ No, ’tis ‘instead
our Sweet Lady. Perhaps she will pick one of us to wear
on her bosom.” She came closer and looked tenderly at all
her flowers. The bruised ones she lifted up, and taught the
clustering leaves to support them. Nearer and nearer she
drew, until she bent her fair head above me. “ Ah, my little
bud,” she said, “you are opening your petals at last. I am
glad, for tomorrow night Arthur will come to say goodbye,
and I want my pink roses all open for him.” She bent her
head lower, and softly brushed her lips against mine. Then
she departed, leaving me alone with my sisters. All night T
dreamed of Sweet Lady. Her breath seemed like the south
wind zephyrs fanning my cheek. Her lips were like the crim-
son roses on the trellis; her brow, as pure as the creamy white
ones, and her cheeks matched my own. Her touch was like
the velvet of a butterfly’s wing. So I dreamed thru the night,
and. wondered what would happen on the morrow.
At last the stars faded from the sky, and soon the sun-
beams again touched my petals. Farther and farther, the sun
rose in the heavens; wider and wider, I opened my leaflets.
The bees came and visited my sisters, hamming a song of love
and beauty. One yellow prince poised over my head, and said
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to me, “ To-morrow I will come again, and then, little rose-
bud, you must open your heart to receive me.” And I an-
swered, “ Only wait till to-morrow, and then I will spread wide
my petals.”
Again the sun sank in the west, and the moon, full and
glorious, kept her court with a myriad of stars gathered round
her. The birds in their nests twittered sleepily, and fell si-
lent. Then thru the twilight hush, came Sweet Lady, walk-
ing hand in hand with her lover. Side by side, they ap-
proached, until she stooped over me and broke me from my
stem. I knew then, that I was to leave my fair sisters and
the garden of roses, but what need for regret since I was to
be consecrated to my Lady. She raised me to her lips with
a sad, sweet smile. “ Poor little rose, she will fade now like
these happy days.” She fastened me on Arthur’s coat. “ Dear
Lady,” he said, “I shall always keep it as a remembrance of
you.” He clasped her to him in a swift embrace, and then
went away. As he turned to wave a last farewell at the gate,
I saw her standing with drooping head among her roses.
“Goodbye, till we meet again, Sweetheart,” he called back;
then turning away, he cut off my last sight of Sweet Lady.
He strode on rapidly, for some distance, with his head
turned away from me. Finally, he raised me to his lips.
“Dear little rose,” he whispered. I brushed my soft petals
against his lips in an answering caress, but his thoughts were
not of me. They were back in the garden—the garden of roses,
That night he placed me in a shrine over his heart, and
there I dwelt for a long, long time, until one night he took
me from my resting place to tell me that we would never see
Sweet Lady again. “She is lost to me, forever,” he moaned
with anguish. “JI can never see her again. Oh, little rose,
you are all that I have left that was ever hers. She kissed you
once, and I did too, but I can’t now. You are too dear, even
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for that.” He sat gazing at me for a long time, and a hot
tear fell on my faded petals. Then he buried his face in his
arms. At last, he rose and returned me to my place next his
heart. He did not know that Sweet Lady had kissed me twice.
Would I have been dearer to him, if he could have known ?
I am only a little, withered, half-open rosebud. My prince
of bees never nestled in my heart as he promised. My days
of sunshine stopped ere they were scarcely begun. I am the
symbol of the blighted hope of my owner, the symbol of love
that was never fulfilled.
Gracz M. Youne, 713.
A GOOD GAME.
We were tired. We felt that the game was lost, and had
given up all hope. We played listlessly, and our opponents,
a strong, husky lot of fellows, seemed sure of the laurels.
Only five minutes of play remained, and then all would be
over.
Suddenly the air was rent by a loud cheer. Quickly look-
ing in the direction whence came the noise, we saw “ Rosie”
leading the fellows in a great, loud yell. The girls joined
in until the gym echoed, and re-echoed with the noise.
So that was the way they felt about it, hey! Well, we
must do something! Our blood leaped anew, and coursed
wildly thru our veins. We felt a wave of great strength
creep o'er us. Gathering ourselves together’ we played as
we had never played before. Good old “Dave” seemed pos-
sessed of a fighting demon. He rushed here and there, passing
the ball to Barney, to Fiske, to Andy, and shot like a fiend.
Our opponents were staggered, and seemed powerless to stop
our wild spirit. Basket after basket was made, until their
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lead was reduced to one point. Then a new peril confronted
us. There was only fifteen seconds of play left!
“Now, fellows, all together.’ The ball was thrown up
at center, but the other team got it. We were beaten, unless
their play could be broken up. Pratt caught the spirit; grap-
pled with his man; got the ball; made a lightning pass down
the floor, enabling Dave to shoot the winning basket just be-
fore the whistle blew for time up. Then I awoke.
But who will make my dream come true?
Henry B. Sresr, 7138.
FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS TIMES.
In order to understand this remarkable man, it is well to
consider briefly his early life, particularly the years during
which he was under his father’s influence.
Frederick William, the father of Frederick the Great, pos-
sessed some talents for administration, but his eccentricities
were such as had never before been seen outside of a mad-
house. He was exact and diligent in the transaction of busi-
ness and the first person who formed the design of obtaining
for Prussia a place among the European nations, altogether
out of proportion to her extent and population, by means of
a strong military organization. When he took a walk, every
human being fled from him as if a tiger had escaped from
a menagerie. In his own house, he was most unreasonable
and ferocious.
Frederick was born in January, 1712. He had a strong
and sharp understanding, and a rare firmness and intensity
of will. As to his other characteristics, it is difficult to say
whether he received them from nature or his strange training.
His father’s nature was hard and the habit of exercising arbi-
trary power made him frightfully savage. Frederick did not
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have the tastes of his father or any fondness for the latter’s
amusements. The effect upon the boy with such a parent can
be imagined. He was kicked and eudgeled and once his father
tried to strangle him with the cord of a window curtain.
Driven to despair, the unhappy youth tried to run away. The
prince was an officer in the army. His flight was therefore
desertion, and in the moral code of Frederick William de-
sertion was the highest of all crimes. An accomplice of the
prince was mercilessly put to death and Frederick feared he
would suffer the same fate. After months of suspense, he
learned his life would be spared. When his imprisonment ter-
minated, he had nearly completed his twenty-first year. Suf-
fering had matured his understanding, while it had hardened
his heart and soured his temper. He submissively accepted a
wife, who was a wife only in name, from his father’s hand.
His wife was the Princess Elizabeth von Bevern.
The favorite abode of Frederick was Rheinsberg. The man-
sion, surrounded by forests of oak and beech, looked out upon
a spacious lake. Here Frederick amused himself by laying
out gardens in regular alleys and intricate mazes, by building
obelisks, temples, and conservatories and by collecting rare
fruits and flowers. His retirement was enlivened by a few
companions, among whom he seems to have preferred those
who, by birth or extraction, were French. His education had
been entirely French. As the highest human compositions to
which he had access were those of French writers, it is not
strange that his admiration for those writers was unbounded.
Early in the year 1740, Frederick William met death with
a firmness and dignity worthy of a better and wiser man.
Frederick, who had just completed his twenty-eighth year, be-
came King of Prussia. He inherited certain characteristics
of his father’s, love of order, love of business, the military
taste, the parsimony, the imperious spirit, a temper irritable
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even to ferocity, the pleasure in the pain and humiliation of
others. He was as anxious as any prince could be about the
efficiency of his army. He was as malevolent as his father,
but he showed his malevolence in ways more deceitful than
those to which his father resorted. He inflicted misery and
degradation by a taunt instead of a blow.
Soon after Frederick’s accession, Charles VI, Emperor of
Germany, the last descendant in the male line of the House
of Austria, died. He had promulgated a new law of succes-
sion, widely celebrated throughout Europe under the name of
the pragmatic sanction. By virtue of this law, his daughter,
Archduchess Maria Theresa, wife of Francis of Loraine, suc-
ceeded to the dominions of her ancestors. All the continental
countries bound themselves by treaty to maintain the Prag-
matie Sanction. Yet the King of Prussia had already fully
determined to commit the great crime of violating his plighted
faith, of robbing the ally whom he was bound to defend. In
his memoirs he says: “ Ambition, interest, the desire of mak-
ing people talk about me, carried the day; and I decided for
war.”
Glogan was blocaded; Breslau opened its gates; Ohlan was
evacuated, and before the end of January, 1741, he returned
to receive the congratulations of his subjects at Berlin. On
the head of Frederick is all the blood, shed in the war which
then raged. Silesia was ceded. The year 1745 was a memor-
able one for him because at this time his novitiate in the art
of war may be said to terminate. There were the victories of
Hohenfriedberg and Lorr. In the autumn of 1745 he finally
made peace with England, but the European war lasted until
1748 when it was terminated by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Frederick was the only gainer of all the powers who had
taken part. He had added to his patrimony the province of
Silesia. He had circumvented Austria and France. His ca-
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reer had hitherto been prosperous. He now turned his atten-
tion to his own kingdom and applied himself to business in
a way unknown to kings. He would be his own sole minister
and under him there was no room for a Richelieu or a Maza-
rin. Effort was now directed toward having a great, efficient,
and well-trained army and toward securing for his people the
great blessing of cheap and speedy justice. No sentence of
death was executed without his consent, and his sanction, ex-
cept in cases of murder, was rarely given. Military offences,
however, were punished with barbarous scourging.
One thing for which we must give Frederick credit was his
indefatigable energy, which he directed toward the betterment
of the economic conditions of his people. This indefatigable
energy of intellect, his dictatorial temper, his military habits,
all contributed to his spirit of meddling. The public money,
of which Frederick was generally so sparing, was now lavishly
spent for anything that would contribute to the public wel-
fare. He encouraged the building of carpet, porcelain, hard-
ware, and lace factories, and had canals dug and swamps
drained. This work was interrupted by the Seven-Years’
War, but was resumed on a larger scale after the war. In
Silesia, whose inhabitants suffered most, his efforts were most
pronounced.
Frederick had a serious activity for higher instruction, his-
tory, art, and book learning. During his busy life he found
time to devote to these pursuits. He attracted men of letters
to his court. These men were mostly Frenchmen, probably
because his education had been French. Berlin became the
refuge of a large French colony. Erich Schmidt says of him:
“ Aus dem Laren des Lagers, schreit er nach litterarischer
Musse.” Because of the character of his education, he la-
mented the literary conditions of Germany and wished that
she might offer a sweet asylum to the neglected beaux arts.
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Because of the lack of a normal household, Frederick found
consolation in his dumb beasts and literary men. His dogs
were allowed the freedom of the palace and the horses were
allowed to roam over the grounds at will. It is said that at
Sans Souci, one horse, the famous Conde, was allowed in the
halls, where he destroyed the tiled floor with his hoofs.
Among the literary men whom he invited to his court were
Maupertius, an Arctic explorer; James Keith, a Scotchman;
and Voltaire, who enjoyed Frederick’s favor longer than any
of the others. Frederick composed odes, satires, and epistles,
which he published under the titles of “ Works of the Philoso-
pher of Sans Souci.” Voltaire criticised these, saying that
the king had worked too fast to have created a work of art.
Voltaire was invited to Rheinsberg, where he and Frederick
wrote verses, feasted, gambled, and danced together. As fa-
miliarity often breeds contempt, so Frederick’s friendship for
Voltaire began to abate. Frederick conceived the idea that
his guest was collecting material to make the Berliners ridicu-
lous. Worst of all, however, the man of letters had agreed
to play the political spy for the French king. Off and on,
Voltaire refused and accepted invitations to visit San Souci
from Frederick, who came to love the man less and less, but
yet worshipped his genius. That Voltaire did not find favor
longer was his own fault. He had a number of escapades
which were the result of his passions. Frederick told him if
he wanted to continue to live at Sans Souci he must control
his passions and live like a philosopher.
Jealousy was prevalent among the literary men at the Prus-
sian court. Quarrels were frequent. One half of the house-
hold was arrayed against the other. Voltaire resigned and
Frederick let him go, but requested him to leave behind as a
pledge of intimacy, the “Oeuvres du Philosophe de Sans
Souci.” Voltaire did not obey and Frederick ordered his
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agent in Frankfort to seize the book from Voltaire’s baggage.
The volume had been left in Leipzig and could not be gotten
for some time. Voltaire’s feelings found expression in a most
bitter satire entitled, ‘ Vil privee, du roi de Prusse.” In
1750 Voltaire left the great capital, which he was not to see
again for nearly thirty years when he returned, bowed down
with extreme age. Frederick and he parted with cold civility.
Never were two people so fitted to plague each other. Fred-
erick was frugal, almost niggardly, and Voltaire was greedy.
Frederick was also an historian and a musician. His lite-
rary works fill twenty large volumes and his “ Histoire de
mon temps” was considered at that time the most remarkable
production since Cesar’s Commentaries.
Meanwhile Maria Theresa had not forgotten the wrong
which had been done to her. She longed for revenge and de-
sired to see all Europe in arms against her foe. There began
what is known as the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763). War
was waged not only in Europe but as far East as India and
in North America. In our own country it is known as the
French and Indian War which raged in Virginia, New Eng-
land, and Canada. It has been said that a shot fired in the
American woods caused a war which drenched all Europe with
blood. To be sure the war drenched all Europe with blood,
but a shot fired in the American woods was not the cause of it.
Austria, Russia, Sweden, France, and Saxony agreed to
join against Prussia. It was in this war that Frederick earned
the title of “the Great.” It looked as if Prussia would be
annihilated, but Frederick, learning the purpose of the allies,
occupied Saxony at once and moved into Bohemia, where he
nearly succeeded in taking the capital, Prague. Here he was
forced to retire but in 1757 he defeated his French and Ger-
man enemies in the famous battle of Rossbach. A month later
he routed the Austrians at Leutheu, near Breslau. Here
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twenty-seven thousand Austrians were killed, wounded, or
taken. As a result of this, Breslau opened its gates and Si-
lesia was reconquered. England now engaged the French and
Frederick was left to deal with his other enemies. In the
years of the war which followed Frederick encountered both
victory and defeat. Finally upon the accession of a new Czar,
who was an ardent admirer of Frederick, Russia concluded
a peace with Prussia whereupon Maria Theresa gave up the
struggle with her old enemy. Poland was divided between
Russia, Austria and, Prussia.
Frederick now turned his attention to his own people and
set diligently to work to blot out the traces of the war. The
country had suffered terribly; it had been at the merey of
an invading army, anarchy took the place of order, and whole
cities had been plundered and burned. Frederick took upon
himself the full responsibility of healing the wounds of the
war. As spoils, he had twenty million thalers, thousands of
horses, and stores of provisions and grain. He now distrib-
uted this wealth freely but not carelessly. In Silesia, where
the suffering was most intense, he suspended the taxes for six
months, rebuilt eight thousand houses, and gave seventeen
thousand horses for agriculture together with grain for seed.
He sent thirty thousand soldiers to their homes to aid in the
cultivation of the fields. He continued his work of building
canals and dams, and draining swamps and reclaimed two hun-
dred twenty-five thousand acres of land along the Warthe,
Vistula, Netze, and Oder rivers. In addition to all this, he
built up a splendid army. Henderson, in his “‘ Short History
of Germany,” says, “ Frederick would not have been a Hohen-
zollern if the army had not been his chief care.” The policy
of encouraging manufactures was continued, especially the silk
industry and an attempt was made to have mulberry trees
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growing everywhere. During his reign, three hundred thou-
sand immigrants were induced to settle in Prussia.
In conclusion we may say of Frederick that he paved the
way for the present German Empire. At his death he left the
state entrusted to him by his father nearly doubled in size,
had rendered it illustrious by his military achievements, in-
creased its resources by improving the economic conditions,
bound the portions of his kingdom closely together by estab-
lishing colonies in the degolate regions of West Prussia.
As the “paths of glory lead but to the grave,” so this great
man, poet, philosopher, historian, and general, died in the year
seventeen hundred eighty-six surrounded only by his servants.
GrrtrupE Brason, 712.
AMERICAN FIDGETS.
The old Latin proverb says “Tempus Fugit,” but in this
present age some one also flies besides Old Father Time and
that is the American, individually and collectively, man, wo-
man and child. All day cars thunder through the cities, whis-
tles blow, crowds surge through the busy streets. Perhaps all
this is well, perhaps it is a necessary factor in the advance
of civilization; my muddled brain knows not; it is with one
particular aspect of our busy life that I am concerned.
The average American has not the power to sit down and
sit still. He has a horrible, an incurable disease called “ The
Fidgets.” He can never get rid of it; it pursues him night
and day, in public and in private pursuits.
Go with me into a street car. Opposite us sits a young girl
smiling and sweet and comfortably dressed. We are gazing
with delight upon the picture she presents when one ring-laden
hand darts from her muff to her hair, pulls out a comb, ener-
getically straightens two hairs invisibly out of place, and shoots
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back again into the muff. Then she leans over and looks
anxiously at her feet. They do not quite suit her so she un-
tangles and carefully rearranges them, placing the best-shined
one on top. Next we see a convulsive shudder in her muff,
a lace edged square is drawn forth, my lady carefully wipes
her lips and with a poke replaces the handkerchief. And thus
for our twenty-minute ride we are amused, or rather amazed,
at the number of consecutive movements she can make without
stopping or seeming to be weary.
Go with me’to some public affair, an organ recital or en-
tertainment, and you will find practically the same perform-
ance repeated. The man who sits next to you is craning his
neck to its highest possible elevation, in order to see the
speaker’s every movement. By this effort his coat sleeves be-
come separated from his cuffs and he settles down to adjust
them. This takes but a minute and then he cranes again until
you feel as if you would like to put him in a box and slam the
cover down. The lady on the other side twirls her thumb and
taps with her foot on the seat in front of her.
However we could forgive our worldly friends, but in the
schools and churches, the bulwark of our nation, the fidgets
are quite as prevalent as in the commoner walks of life. The
pupil in the eclass-room pulls up the chair in front of him to
put his feet on, reviles it and puts them on the floor, sits up
straight and then slides down to give the base of his brain
support. Doubtless it needs it! When the bell rings the whole
class starts to go, voices are heard, papers rattle, desks slam.
The poor teacher may have great longing to finish just that
one sentence, but it matters not to the class, they are on net-
tles to be wp and away as soon as the bell rings. In church
men blow their noses and ladies take off their coats during
the Prayer, and everybody begins to don their wraps when it’s
time for the Benediction.
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All this may sound nonsensical but it merely serves to cover
the truth. My American friend, you will never have concen-
tration of thought, poise of character, serenity of soul in a
twisting, writhing, restless body. Learn to sit down and sit
still. Erne, Everrnenam, 712.
Ah, we're all composed and waiting,
(Are we not? We are not.)
With a calm that’s all convincing,
(Is it not? It is not.)
For exams cannot be drear;
And there’s nothing left to fear,
Since we’ve learned so much this year.
(Have we not? We have not.)
Surely we'll astound the doctors;
(Will we not? We will not.)
With surprise they’ll read our papers.
(Will they not? They will not.)
Not an answer incorrect;
Not a single sly defect;
Not a point will we neglect.
(Will we not? We will not.)
T’will be such a satisfaction,
(Will it not? It will not.)
Yes, indeed, a jubilation,
(Will it not? It will not.)
When at length they tell us,
In the tests unanimous,
All our marks are over plus.
(Are they not? They are not.)—’13.
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To eat a mouthful of food or to take a breath of air is to
expose one’s self to manifold dangers.
We learn a lot these days—
From what the paper says
Of microbes and bacteria and such,—
But if we knew it all—
Our chance of life were small—
Our brains could not accommodate so much.
They say our choicest food
Can never do us good
While microbes and bacteria are here ;—
When germs are in the bread—
(I think enough’s been said),
The end of life is drawing very near.
There’s danger in the air
(That’s been their latest scare),
If microbes and bacteria live on;
So if we dare not breathe—
(I will not now deceive,
T’ll tell the worst), all chance of life is gone.
There’s nothing we can do,
For people are so few’
Where microbes and bacteria hold sway:
And, so it seems to me,
Conditions as they be,
I'd rather be a microbe any day.
Jessie Luck, 1914.
“So I try to make the light in other’s eyes my sun, the
music in other’s ears my symphony, the smile on other’s lips
my happiness.” Hetey Keizer.
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Editorial Department.
Junior Week! Most enjoyable season of the entire four
years! Prevented by confidence, born of hard work and fa-
miliarity from genuine soul-stirring dread of unsatisfactory
report cards; and, as yet, untouched by the deeper dread of
partial and unavoidable annulment of friendships and of
world-contact, those who are entitled to full participation in
the week’s festivities are surely to be congratulated. Juniors,
“Dum loquimur fugerit invida Aetas: carpe diem.” Don’t
miss that strange confusion of right names on the wrong cards ;
the paradoxical informality of the formal “ prom”; the feast
of things appealing to the inner man and inner woman, too
(the length of time consumed in eating depends upon whether
or not the menu includes chicken); the recall of funny inci-
cidents hitherto supposed to be known only to the individual
concerned; and finally the extension of your pleasure to the
faculty and student body.
Seniors, Sophomores, Freshmen! lend them your note-books ;
run their errands; do their problems and translations. For
this short period help each day to conserve the energy of the
slightly oyertaxed Juniors.
We were much gratified last year by the hearty support
given to the Ecuo play; still, quite a few of the students were
not present for one reason or another. The most common ex-
cuse for non-attendance was that the play was presented on
Friday night—the home-going night for many. Several of
these home-goers asked permission to pay for admission to the
dress-rehearsal, but the management was forced to decline this
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privilege. Some pleaded poverty as an excuse for absenting
themselves, but in most cases the plea was fictitious.
This one really great inter-class event of the year is worth
the omission of one week-end visit home. Arrange to stay over
Friday, February 24th. As for the poverty excuse, well, there
are nearly five weeks between now and Washington’s Birth-
day—fifteen cents a week saved till then will more than cover
the cost of a ticket. We are.confident that every one who saw
“The Rivals” will be eager to witness this year’s play and
will make plans accordingly. Now, you new students, Specials
and Freshmen,—if you are at all uncertain about attending
this performance, ask anyone who saw “The Rivals” if in
all her life she ever heard anything like the singing of Bob
Acres; if she ever experienced the Faulkland brand of love-
making, or if she ever set eyes on a more fetching little maid
than was Lucy. Their answers to these questions will make
you as eager as they themselves to get a glimpse at our home
talent in action,
[N. B.—We take particular pride in having written this
editorial with absolutely no allusion to college spirit.]
“© tempora, O mores, oh mid-years,” lamented M. T.
Cicero, and back wailed the echo, “ Oh mid-years.” Of course,
the Ecio continues to grieve over mid-years, but feelings other
than grief are aroused also. We have learned that our wail-
ings avail naught, and have come to accept examinations as
necessary evils. But, connected with them, is one great evil
which is not necessary. Various means have been tried to
vemove this—the so-called ‘honor system’ being among the
most popular remedies. It is doubtful if a system will ever be
devised which is both effectual and practical. The great reason
that there is need of any such system lies in the exaggerated
importance which the student places upon examinations. The
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failing or passing of an examination amounts to so little in
life, being honest or dishonest, amounts to so much. Before
exams., read the following words of Abraham Lincoln and be
your own honor system: “IT am not bound to win, but I am
bound to be true; I am not bound to sueceed, but I am bound
to live up to what light I have.”
College News.
CONTRIBUTORS’ CLUB.
At the regular meeting, Thursday, December 15th, ex-
tremely interesting papers were read by Miss Everingham, Miss
Edith Scott, Miss Elizabeth Scott and Mr. Allison. The
variety of subjects and individual methods of treatment with
the consequent discussion make these meetings very absorbing.
Satirical editorial, argumentation, character development and
suggestive psychology give material for thought that lasts be-
yond the time intervening between meetings. On Jan. 5th
articles were received from Miss Junia Morse, Miss Luck, Miss
Ella Watson and Miss LeCompt.
PROMETHEAN SOCIETY.
Freshmen who wish to join are requested to hand their
names to anyone on the Membership Committee here given:
Amy Wood, Henry Steer, Bertha Parks, Theresa Kerley,
Frances Schrack, Elizabeth Ovitt, Edna Hall, Sarah Trembly,
Charlotte Wright, Anton Schneider.
A schedule is placed on the bulletin board, giving the dates
of future meetings of the society in the hope that it will be
regarded as a “keep off the grass” sign.
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On January 6th an appropriate New Year’s meeting was
held.
On January 20th the society is to spend an evening with
James Whitcome Riley. The program is divided into two
sections.
Parr I.
EV OLITIA OO Mera fetes tes cartes nutri crene ae, canst Mnaty Mr, Albert Bacon
PO lduG lomyseaant sikstdeatbae le sroleen woinne Mr. Howard Dabney
ES ER OU Se Ine ily Sears are iit Miss Georgiana Lewis
God" Bless us; Every, Onesie 3). 5.0; Miss Junia Morse
“ An Old Sweetheart of Mine”...... Miss Ethel Everingham
Parr II.
A Country School, with Miss Edith Scott as Teacher. The
recitations given at their exhibition follow:
NiMiyeehilosoply (seats rlelsan ei earl e Miss Bessie Ovitt
“ Whatever the Weather May Be”.......... Miss K. Kinne
“The Funniest Thing in the World ”.Miss Adelia Kaemmerlin
Pv ikies Urpin se ie Feels ray dinaielel aac ame Miss Ethel Gillerman
ic Dheetimendly Hand? levan tects siia Miss Grace Young
Mais ara only Aarne A dl ML Deva aa a Miss Frances Stillman
VIOCHLNOOLO eer icamu ena eakstily surtcluuteaanitaa tare Mr. Stanley Rice
The entire student body is cordially invited to attend the
literary and social meetings.
DRAMATIC SOCIETY.
Program, December 15, 1910.
d) Seevon Mr pides fy aes a he sebslecne hotels Miss Mary Meade
2 Argument of the Play “ Alcestis”..Miss Florence Gardner
3 Part I of the Play ‘“ Alcestis.”
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ALCESTIS.
Dramatis Personae.
APOIO Gael NOLS Araceae Miss Katharine Esselstyn
Orcs eee en esa ite sien wae Miss M. A. Kaemmerlin
VAT oes tis Mints: sr yimcn meaty daintisge: adlaenre Miss M. Lawrence
Admetus, husband of Alcestis............. Miss Edith Scott
HMumelyss their soni oS ecsqelse yee Miss Helen Kernan
TEliGretrl ee sehr fee tollicoy sien ee Sate a ON Miss Jessie Haskins
Pheres, brother of Admetus............... Miss Edna Hall
Atvendan Gwe cutie ane i ae te suena en Miss E. Williamson
Chorus:
fo) i892) st eth Cuan ats Pa URSCeiN Fe Re Mg AL Bh Sie Ren Harriet Worms
EATILER LPO NO Wie went ecgsutoues siies ote mentee ye tenes rear ter Helen Odell
STEREOPTICON LECTURE.
On Tuesday, December 18th, at 4:14 p. m., the College
was given a most delightful trip to the land of wooden shoes,
with the Rev. Mr. Vanderwart as conductor.
After a ten days’ journey we arrived at the port of Rotter-
dam and thence proceeded inland. We took an extensive trip
through the country, during which our enjoyment was added
to by bits of Dutch History and legend. We saw beautiful
Cathedrals, quaint schools with their chubby pupils, market
scenes and various other phases of intellectual and industrial
life in Holland.
It was with much regret that we turned our faces home
ward, but we remembered our patriotism when we saw the
American Flag.
The lecture was a very interesting one and it is lamentable
that so few College students were there to enjoy it.
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SENIOR NOTES.
The regular meeting of the Senior Class was held Mon-
day afternoon, Dec. 5th, in Room 100. After the business
matters were discussed and settled, suggestions for Class Day
were introduced,
The “Great Surprise” has begun to grow and from the
reports concerning her intelligence and behavior we are sure
she will be able to make her debut in June.
Although the meetings are fairly well attended yet each
time there are many faces missing. It is the duty of every
Senior to be present at these meetings in order to know what
is going on. Do not depend on the bulletin board or on your
classmates for information which you can get first-hand. Be
loyal and attend each meeting for they come but once a month,
and in a few months won’t come at all.
JUNIOR CLASS NOTES.
On December 5th the class had a meeting, which was, as
usual, most enjoyable. The program was as follows:
EA UPN, Wet eins cee tees Miss Chase and Miss LeCompte
PAS eCULAUL OTs S\etvshs cacti ca Mabel abate erin pa todieer Helen Mageogh
AVEVOGRL SOLO Surrey anerni thc laters ccsosaintere enemas Stanleigh Rice
AGN Gea ASOLO ie wemela a SSG Aig. taunts Ah ene aoo Hortense Barnet
After this program was enjoyed we played a guessing game
while delicious candy was passed around.
The members of the Class are looking forward with great
pleasure to the Christmas holidays and trust sincerely that. all
the students and faculty will enjoy the vacation. May a Happy
New Year be theirs.
Miss Gladys Dempsy of New York was the guest of Mar-
garet Jones Dee. 13th and 14th.
Helen Schermerhorn’s sister, Mrs. Kenyon, of Champlain,
visited College Dec. 21st.
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SOPHOMORE NOTES.
A regular meeting of the Sophomore Class was held on Tues-
day, November 29th.
The last meeting for nineteen ten was called to order on
December thirteenth, in order to consider our final important
business matters,
Owing to the super-abundance of work during the past term,
the Sophomore Class has failed to take the initiative in social
functions. We hope that after a restful, happy vacation there
will be more effort made to make the class the social unit.
Mr. Hargraves visited at the College last week. Was he
influenced by that English IT letter?
FRESHMAN NOTES.
At a meeting held Dec. 16 Chester Wood was elected treas-
urer to succeed Mr. Burr, who has left College to go into busi-
ness in his home town.
Plans were discussed for a sleighride to be held in the near
future.
THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE.
Mr. Sanford H. Lee, the northern representative of the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, will address the
student body on Thursday afternoon, January 12, 1911. Mr.
Lee will present the nature and scope of the great educational
work carried on by this institution for the development of the
negro. Having heard the intensely interesting lecture on the
same work, delivered by Dr. Booker T. Washington last year,
we must all look forward eagerly to hearing again concerning
the Institute from the authorized representative of this
“greatest man of his race.”
Tue Econo 191
Y. W..C.A.
Miss Mary J. Thomas led the first meeting of the month.
Reverend Mr. Colebrook of the Memorial Baptist Church
spoke on ‘‘ The Meaning of Missions,” and caused us to feel,
as never before, their true meaning. We hope that we may
be favored by hearing Mr. Colebrook again.
The Christmas Meeting, on Dec. 14, was led by Helen Ben-
nett. A unique idea was presented in the red paper bells,
each containing a Scripture verse, read in order by the girls.
Topics relative to the season were discussed by several girls,
and special songs rendered.
A Christmas sale of candy, pennants, stationery and fancy
articles was held in the Brown Room. It proved a great
success,
Seventy-five dolls were dressed by the College girls to be
distributed on Christmas morning to deserving children here
in the city. These dolls were exhibited at the Christmas sale,
and a prize awarded to the best dressed doll, which was won
by Elizabeth Fox.
BASKETBALL.
The Basketball season opened Friday, Dec. 2d, with a game
with St. Stephen’s College of Annandale-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Those who saw the game were well repaid, for it was hotly
contested throughout, and from the time the whistle sounded
until the end of the second half, it was merely a matter of
conjecture as to who would emerge victorious. The local five
made the first basket, and kept the lead during the rest of the
game. Under the direction of cheer leader Rosenbloom, a
large number of the fellows rooted for the team. The work
of Shapiro and Fiske for the Normal five, and Bock for St.
‘Stephen’s, deserves commendation.
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The line up of the teams and summary of the game is as
follows :
Normal College. St. Stephen’s.
Right Forward.
Shiapiroyytys Meet Maree mureem arin, ese anyt arit Bock
Left Forward
SNH Byofas ak ahs eats aah a weeny glenn nee reer Ge IG ran Day
Center:
Steer (Oamta) inline sterets teehee (Capt.) Jennings
Right Guard
TORS eR Mes OBR PEN Clee FE SIO UN DENT Morgan
Left Guard
LCG ue oars is ales chats the erat elcanceteGerae a 0urs ao nts) iene Bennet
Baskets from the field: Shapiro, 4; Steer, 3; Allison, 1;
Bennet, 1; Bock, 3; Day, 2. Free throws: Shapiro, 1; Steer,
1; Jennings, 1; Morgan, 1; Bock, 1. Time of halves, fifteen
mintes. Referee, Professor Decker. Timekeepers, Schneider
and Burdick. Seok, Palmer.
The management wishes to thank the faculty and student
body for their hearty support.
On Friday, Dee. 9, the team journeyed to Scotia and met
with defeat to the score of 31 and 8, at the hands of the Scotia
High School Five.
Scotia played the Normal Five Friday, January 6, in the
College gym. Scotia, 13; Normal, 27.
The schedule for January will consist of games with Scotia
High School, R. P. I. Freshmen, Normal High School, Al-
bany High School, Union Freshmen, Albany Law School,
Albany Academy, and Troy High School.
What is it that makes Harvard, Yale, and other large col-
leges famous? Athletics more than anything else. Public at-
tention is called to colleges by their athletic prowess. Why
not here? No matter how good a team we have, or who we
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play, we must have the support of the student body. Every-
body cannot be on the team, but they can help it be success-
ful. Therefore, show your college spirit and support our
athletics.
DELTA OMEGA NOTES.
The following new members were initiated into Delta
Omega on Dec. 17: Misses Lois Atwood, Ruth Bissel, Jennie
Davis, Olive Ely, Edna Moat, Helen Alcott, Elizabeth
Schlieper, Marian Wheeler and Leslie Wheeler. After the
candidates were put through the solemn rites and ceremonies,
which were performed at the College, they all repaired with
the other members to the Society Flat. There a delightful
supper was served. After supper all were surprised and
pleased by a visit from Santa Claus, who brought a tree laden
with gifts. The girls were pleased to have Miss Perine, Mrs.
Aspinwall, Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, and Miss Edna Smith
take part in the “ frolic.”
Delta Omega extends a most hearty welcome to her new
Sisters.
Miss Adelia Kaemmerlen spent the week end of Dec. 9 with
friends at. Waterford.
Miss Anna Fraser has been substituting in algebra and
geometry at the Emma Willard School in Troy.
The Misses LeCompte and Woolworth recently visited Mrs.
Herbert Johnson (nee Veghte) in her new home at Lathams.
The Delta girls enjoyed the letter received from Miss
Louise Hersey. eet a
ETA PHI NOTES.
Miss Florence Burchard, ’10, of Norwich, N. Y., was en-
tertained by Miss Raynsford, 710, for the week end, Decem-
ber the tenth.
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At a meeting held on December the nineteenth the following
officers were elected for the remainder of the school year:
Teabags sala Cova at ey COUR AHS a AR aL Ue guntt ANU pg Daisie Andrus
Wide president: Alan 0a), 3 Florence Van Noy
OCHOLA IVE ecu nine cide tions tars Ngan and Lela Farnham
Peas Urern ie sia Meee aus cate Outta Grace Willcox
Gap lame icape Maes aie ro Sacer Myra Young
EM ars hal (Maire Nina reise ay scceiics Marjorie May
PEIAAG OT ieee een Nee ype Meee era Sel ae Jean Holmes
Char ACR NMRA aaa aA ean Mb ian Sarah Trembly
Miss Edna Burdick and Miss Myra Young spent the holi-
days in New York.
Miss Marjorie May visited her sister in St. Louis, Mo., at
Christmas time. Miss Daisie Andrus was the guest of Miss
Burchard at Norwich.
KAPPA DELTA NOTES.
Kappa Delta wishes all her fellow students a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
Kappa Delta is glad to welcome as its new members the
Misses Edna Bunce, Edith Cased, Louise Goodrich and Ger-
trude Wells.
The Sorority House was closed during the Christmas vaca-
tion, as all the girls spent their holiday seasons at their homes.
Mr. George J. Chant visited her daughter Miss May Chant
before the vacation.
Miss Horne and Miss Finny were entertained at dinner
at the House recently.
Miss Ione Schubert enjoyed part of her vacation with friends
in New York city.
Miss Amy Wood attended the Student Volunteer Conven-
tion at Union College, Schenectady.
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The members of the Sorority attended a most enjoyable
party at the House on the evening of December 19. They were
even honored by a visit from: Santa Claus himself, and each
girl received a gift from this busy old gentleman.
PSI GAMMA NOTES.
The regular meetings of the Sorority were held Friday,
December the ninth, at the home of the President Miss Jessie
Cleveland, and Monday, December the twelfth, at the College
building.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall of Peekskill, N. Y., visited ©
their daughter Miss Edna Hall, on Sunday, December the
eleventh.
Miss Mabel Tallmadge attended the Conference of the Stu-
dents’ Volunteer Movement at Schenectady, Saturday, Decem-
ber the tenth.
The Sorority held its annual initiation Saturday, December
the third, in the College gymnasium. The new members are
the Misses Weltha Bacon, Katharine Esselstyn, Irene Flint,
Florence Kennedy, May McHarg, Helen Quick, Mary Rob-
bins, Madge Robie, Nina Robie, Hazel Stam, Margaret Ved-
der, Clara Wallace, Cornelia Webster, Frances Wood, and
Beatrice Wright.
Psi Gamma held its usual Christmas party at the home of
Miss Mabel Tallmadge, Tuesday, December the twentieth. A
most enjoyable evening was spent and many pleasant surprises
afforded when Santa Claus presented the girls with numerous
gifts from the bountifully laden Christmas tree.
PHI DELTA NOTES.
Mr. Hargraves was a most welcome visitor at College after
hig long illness. We trust that he will soon have recovered
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his oldtime vigor, and sincerely hope that he will find it pos-
sible to return to his studies next fall.
Mr. Fitzpatrick had a very pleasant visit with Mr. Van
Denbergh at the Union School in Castleton on December
second,
Phi Delta greatly appreciates the courtesy of the Sopho-
mores in extending us an invitation to their social functions.
BORUSSIA NOTES.
An enjoyable meeting was held in the gym. on December
twentieth, at which Miss Elizabeth Scott and Mr. Rosenbloom
were elected to the society. After a brief business meeting the
following program was rendered.
Comparison between American and German Humor.
Mr. Rosenbloom
Christmas Abroad. ic sani anlisrasee auth sie Professor Rejall
Celebrating New Year’s in Berlin........... Mr. Schneider
Christmas songs were then sung, much amusement and some
embarrassment being created by the president’s introducing the
eustom (used at the ‘‘ Commers” in Germany) of calling upon
individuals or small groups to sing certain portions of the
songs.
It has been definitely decided to give the German play,
“ Englisch,” on January thirteenth, Mr. Hayford has sue-
ceeded Mr. Rice in the leading role.
NEWMAN STUDY CLUB.
Miss Anna Bush spent the week end at Ballston.
The Newman Study Olub and her friends were delightfully
entertained at the home of Miss Rose Wilkinson on Monday
evening, December twelfth. Miss Elizabeth Deegan rendered
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several piano selections which were greatly enjoyed by all
present.
Miss Marguerite Dee was the guest of Miss Florence Kelly
at her home in Utica.
Miss Rose Wilkinson and Miss Anna Brown spent their
Thanksgiving vacation in New York city.
Mr. W. McGovern of Peekskill, visited his sister, Miss Rose
McGovern, on Sunday, December the fourth.
A theatre party of members of the Newman Study Club
witnessed the performance of “The Thunderbolt” at Har-
manus Bleecker Hall, Saturday, December the tenth.
ALUMNI NOTES.
Miss Ethelyn Hurst, ’08, visited College recently.
Miss Winifred Gillespye, ’10, is teaching history, mathe-
matics and science at Rochelle, Illinois.
Miss Genevieve Brooke, ’10, will teach algebra and Latin
in the Schenectady High School after February Ist. Miss
Brooke is to take the place of Miss Edna Smith, who is com-
ing back to complete her course in the College,
Miss Clara Horton, ’10, is teaching in the High School at
Haddon Heights, New Jersey.
Mr. Roy McCormick has secured an excellent position in
the Military Academy at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Prof. Winifred O. Decker, 1900, addressed the State Con-
vention of Teachers at Rochester, Dec. 27th, on “ The Teach-
ing of Modern Languages.”
THE SENIOR THOT BOOK.
Oh, my poor memory! My poor, poor memory! How
you have been maltreated. How you have been worked dur-
ing the past month. You didn’t mind Kim being wakened
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by the diamond bright dawn; you didn’t object to the num-
bers beginning with 5, nor the words, nor did you refuse to
work over “ gentle Ellen,” but I don’t wonder that you balked
at “‘vus yif miv jep vob feg few tib nuz bof jed kib vel zid
bol sef yab kuv tef nad.” Not even the secret feeling of ela-
tion (of perhaps being mentioned in a book), can compensate
me for the torture undergone while memorizing those 20
nonsense syllables. And that wasn’t all, either. After that
came Moliere’s thirty-three works, beginning with “Le Depit
des Amoureux.” I suppose this was to strengthen the mem-
ory by giving it exercise. But when, in addition to this, these
“memory gems” were given to us for Christmas presents it
seemed as if Issa were being piled upon Pelion and—well, I
won’t say any more to compromise myself and prove that
“the thots of youth are sad, long thots.” Rather shall I
change the subject to some “ bright, short thots.” What shall
they be? The Brown room, for one. How pretty those dolls
looked sitting so primely on the sofa beginning with Baby
Bunting on one end to Marie Antoinette on the other. My
heart leaped up when I beheld that galaxy of dolls. J am
glad I was not one of the judges to select the “e pluribus
unum” (dolls is neuter for I looked it up), which was to
take the prize. Oh, it isn’t necessary to go downtown and
gaze at store windows to know that Christmas is coming.
During free periods we find the girls following the advice
of the Nestor before the walls of Troy “the secret of suc-
cess lies in the getting ready,” by embroidering and making
other Christmas presents. Then, too—and how I hate to think
of this—the spirit of vacation has crept into my class and
transformed my quondam “ cherubs” into brownies. One of
the other seniors told me that while explaining something very
important, one of the boys made a “ cat-call ”—at least that’s
what she thot it was because he said ‘‘ Meow-w-w-w.” My
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opinion tho is that he was trying to improve upon that ex-
pression of our elocution teacher, ‘‘ Cats! I say, Cats!”
I’ve noticed too that the members of Borussia have given
themselves Christmas presents. I don’t blame them for they
are just the daintiest pins ever. They say the monogram on
them is the student emblem of Germany and means “ Treue
und Bruderschaft.” I should think that with this motto be-
fore them the Borussia people would be united by a bond of
“brotherhood.” But why should we limit this to Borussia?
Why not extend it to the whole College? For, as we all know,
“in union there is strength.”
Isn’t it funny how sometimes one trival question will set our
thots a rolling—just as a slight touch of the hand sets a stone
rolling down hill. Not long ago, while making out my list of
qualities (oh, what a host of hair-splitting distinctions that list
provoked), one of the girls asked me what I would rather be,
“a genius or an all-around person?” fools rush in where
angels fear to tread, and without a moment’s hesitation, I
answered: “A genius of course.” But since then I have given
some thot to the matter and I’ve come to the conclusion that
Td rather be an “all-around” person after all. In the first
place, they say all geniuses are eccentric. Far be it from my
thots ever to become eccentric. Besides, I read that “a man
need not be born a genius to become what the world calls a great
man,” and that genius is often “ one-tenth inspiration and nine-
tenths perspiration.” Sometimes it just seems as if I were
capable of doing the greatest things and then again I can’t do
anything. I might write, that often times I am on the moun-
tain top of exaltation (higher than the pyramid of Cheops) and
then I am in the depths of despondency. Even if those phrases
are trite, they express my mind and I won’t take the trouble to
look up others just to be original. Tho I can express it by say-
ing that the graph of moods must be like the locus of the
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cotangent, [ hear the “ Analyt” people speak of, for it ex-
tends all the way from plus infinity to minus infinity. I sup-
pose plus infinity corresponds to the mountain top and minus
infinity—I guess I’ll stop writing or I’ll be elected the “ mora-
list ” of the class.
How time does slip away! Especially when you’re home on
a vacation. Here it is New Year’s night; to-morrow I return
to Albany and yet it seems just as if I had arrived home yes-
terday. Ah! how quiet everything is. To get my thots in har-
mony for the morrow, I shall go to the window and gaze at the
stars, for whenever I feel oppressed by mortal cares I just
think of the distance between me and the nearest star and sud-
dnly as if by magic, all troubles slip away. A college student
once gave me this advice and, rest assured, my dear Thot
Book, it works every time. It is a dark night, a darkness, how-
ever, which only accentuates the myriads of stars overhead and
reminds one of the “Song of the Stars,” one of the Seniors
wrote and let me read. Reverently and with awe, I sigh, for
I cannot help but think that next year there will be no return-
ing to these college halls. Instead, we shall be returning to
our duties of teaching. Suddenly the sky seems to bend over
me in a motherly way, just as if it fathomed my thots and was
trying to help me. Now it seems as if the stars are playing a
symphony, a requiem as it were, for the escapades of the past
year. Like Abt Vogler, I build for myself a palace of music—
“ But here is the finger of God, a flash of the will that can,
Existent behind all laws; that made them, and, lo they are!
And I know not if, save in this, such gift be allowed to man,
That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but
a star!”
However, I could not long remain on this Pisgah-peak of im-
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agination for silently, stealthily there came the thot, “ What
shall I teach my class to-morrow,” and in an instant the sym-
phony of the stars was but a memory and I again slid back
into the “C major of this life.”
Once more are we established at Albany and fulfilling our
duties in the common chord of life. Yet stay, exams are com-
ing, and in the wake of exams comes—oh, happy thot—Junior
week, And, what’s more, I’ve heard a rumor that will delight
all Seniors. The Sophomores are going to—but I guess I won’t
write anything about it. To resume, exams (but this idea is
ancient) show the extent of our knowledge. Exams test our
ability to apply what we have learned. And, then! exams show
in a very unpleasant light (at least, for us) the extent of what
we don’t know. Before I forget it, I must write down what
one of the profs said about an Oxford student who said that at
Oxford “he was so busy cramming for exams he had no time
to learn anything.” Well, I shall try the trick of a Princeton
student, who on being asked to explain the joke in a certain
passage of Latin, wrote: “ The joke is on me.” If I do this
I think I shall receive at least one hundred percent.
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THE NEW YORK STATE NORMAL COLLEGE
At Albany
EstTaslisHep 1844 CHARTERED AS A COLLEGE 1890
REORGANIZED 1905
The New York State Normal College is a professional institution for
the preparation of teachers of both sexes for second-
A Professional ary, normal and training school work, of special
Institution department teachers in the various branches of high
school work and of principals, supervisors and
superintendents of schools. By action of the Regents of the University
of the State of New York, the scope and breadth of its work have been so
extended that it is equipped for the attainment of scholarship equal to
that of literary and scientific colleges.
The courses of instruction embrace academic and pedagogical courses
in Latin (eight courses), Greek (eight courses),
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(eight courses), Manual and Industrial Training (eight courses), Domes-
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New College Building, so that the most thorough work may be done.
Among the special opportunities offered for professional training are
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Opportunities to degree of B. A.; complete four-year Scientific
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course for College Graduates leading to degree of B. Pd.; thorough
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