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PAGE FOUR
THE .'■x\NDSPUR
MARCH, 1952
Hororkomicitus
As I lay in my bunk idly punc
turing the head of the voodoo
doll I had made of the professor
I disliked most, one of my buddies
came into the room. I couldn’t help
but notice the strange look in his
eyes. He looked as if he had seen
the proverbial ghost. I asked him
what was \Mrong, he said he did
n’t know. He just sat there and
stared at the floor. When I saw
he wasn’t going to leave I de
cided to find out what was wrong.
I fell back into the sack and
started to thiRk. As he had told
me nothing about anything I had
very little to work on. I could not
conceive this fellow being in any
trouble. Thoughts came and went
like ants to a cake crumb. One
thought alone hung heavy on my
dormant brain. Could it be that
he had developed a severe case of
HOROR'KOMICITUS. This is the
most dreaded plague that could
befail a college student. Not only
would his professor find out he
had been reading comic books in
stead of studying, but his parents
would discover that their son was
squandering millions for these
literary blots.
All evidence pointed to this
terrible fact. I remember now
that he never had cigarettes or
clean socks, he never had any
money to go to the movies, but
he could be seen every day in
the Soda Shop buying the latest
copies of Suspense, Horror, and
Crime Comics. After aquiring
every copy he could bay his hands
on, he would rush back to the
dorm and read them from cover
to cover. He did this day after
day until he could no longer take
it. He had finally broken, poor
fellow. He had taxed his brains,
(not a very strong brain anyway),
too heavily.
I was shaken from my deep
meditation by the ravings of my
buddy. Using a small chair I got
him quieted down enough to un-
son to all those who indulge in
GOOD HEALTH
I. WMAT 1$ PUUOWPATlON
OF water ?
2..WHAT ARE
UORMONE5 7
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3. CAN MlUC
&E K ACUvAPUL 7
Answer to Question No. 1:
It has been fo^nd that children
can lessen their tendency to
tooth decay if drinking water
contains one-millionth part of
fluoride. Since tooth decay is the
most prevalent childhood illness
next to the common cold, many
cities are adding fluorides to mu
nicipal water supplies when
these salts ace not already pres
ent. The cost is very small. Par
ents, however, should consult
: their family dentist about their
i children’s teeth.
! Answer to Question No. 2:
! Hormones are substances given
■ -off by certain glands of the body.
. When these glands do not func
! tion properly, the human body
develops deficiencies which your
doctor can treat with drugs pro
duced from similar glands ef
animals'. Some hormones are
being produced synthetically
(artificially).
Answer to Question No. 3:
Unless properly pasteurized
(heated enough to kill the
germs) and kept clean, milk
may be a dangerous spreader of
tuberculosis and brucellosis (un-
dulant fever) and other diseases.
Such diseases can be transmitted
from cows to humans. It is im
portant that citizens see to it
that the milk in their communi
ties is pasteurized.
(Copyright 1952 by Healtti Informa
tion Foundation)
W. J. Pace
Groceries and Meats
Maxton, N. C.
the business of reading horror
derstand what he was saying. I“l-
story follows and let it be a les-
comics. Here it is just as he told
it to me.
“Me and Joe was comin back
tonight and got stuck in a little
town about 12 miles this side of
Chicago. We was walkin’ down
the street when we sees a crowd o
a filling station. We runs over to
see what has happened. I looked
first and saw a guy with a knife
in his back. Joe looked and didn’t
see nothing. I tapped one of the
men on the shoulder and when he
turned around he didn’t have no
face. I looked around at all the
men and none of them had laces.
I looked at Joe, he still had his
face, he was as ugly as ever, only
there was a funny glow in his
eyes. I saw him reach into his
pocket and pull out a knife. 1
started backing into a tombstone
and Joe stabbed me. Why did he
want to kill me, I had tried to be
a good room-mate, but Joe killed
me. I’m dead as a Sunday Night
at PJC.”
I hope this little incident proves
to be a help to thise who may be
in the first stages of Hororkomi
citus. You can be cured if you
will follow the 17,376 rules to
better mental health. If you will
contact Dr. Dan’l J. Watson, he
will be glad to give you a copy
of the rules.
Your’s for better and more fre
quent parties I am—
J. G. Sloan, Jr.
Dean’s List
The students listed below have
maintained an average of B, or
better, on 15 hours of work.
Sophomores: Dees, J. W., New
Bern, Grissom, G. A., Gastonia,
Johnson, W. H., Fayetteville, Lil-
ley, Ray, Orlando, Florida, Morton,
E. H., Kin ton, McDaniel, F. W.,
Williamstofli Mclnnis, W. K., Ei-
lerbe, Parrish, L. W., Wagram,
Walton, Dan, Asheville.
Freshmen: McVicker, J. R. Max
ton, Pruitt, J. H., Clarkton, Rich
ardson, C. E., Thomasville, Ste
phenson, J. P., Angier.
High School: Head, Amogene,
Alma, Georgia, Stewart, R. C.,
Carthage, Sweat, C. C., Anniston,
Alabama.
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terian Church.
Mrs. Allen has had three and a
half years of experience as book-
keeped for the First Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. in Kinston.
In 1949 she married Dalphus
Allen, Jr. at Rivermont.
The student of PJC extend wel
come to Mrs. Dolphus Allen, Jr.
and also to her pleasant smile.
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None of us have any idea of the
time and place; from which we
shall be called into eternity. Our
future existance will not be end
ed ever, but oni continued exist
ance either in jthe most blessed
happiness, or dernal unending
misery and woe.l
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