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QUEENS BLUES
October 23, 1931
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many
gowns and carry India silk handkerchiefs a foot square. In
ways he is like the boys of today, but in this way especially, tha*!:
of scoffing at the idea of getting the conventional eight hours of
sleep at night, he typifies the entire younger generation.
Surely, all these traits or peculiarities of his didn’t speak of
success in his future life. Who knows what our future holds for
us ? No one knows but we can do our own part toward making it
the most successful one possible.
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Managing Editor
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STUDENT HONESTY
We have often heard that honesty is the best policy. To be
entirely honest about all thing is far more difficult than one thinks
when the word honesty is in mind. There is honesty in dealing
with money, in performing a written examination and in conductino-
one’s self daily—but there is an inward honesty which is not so
definable and not so evident. “To thine ownself be true,” is some
times not easily practiced, for what is being true to y^ourself ? Prac
ticing honesty is one method of being true to yourself. Within us
there are vague fears which sometimes bother us; there are cher
ished faults and habits scarcely recognizable and there are thino-s
in our nature which we know we ought to get rid of. We should
become more conscious of these lurking, indefinable creatures which
hinder us; we should be watchful to recognize them and thrash them
out. Often these little stumbling blocks lead to outward dishonesty
and untruth. Our refusal to be frank with ourselves, to recognize
our faults and to correct them often leads to further submersion
into evils.
“To thine ownshelf be true
And it needs must follow as the night the day
1 hou canst not then be false to any man.”
BEGINNING OF RAT TRIBULATIONS
EDITORIAL
TRIBUTE TO EDISON
Thomas Alva Edison is dead but his name is indelibally etched
on the minds of his own people as well as those of foreign’nations.
His life was a model of unselfishness from its beginning and to its
end he was striving to benefit mankind.
Edison has influenced us all through his work and it is difficult
to think of anything that isn’t bettered by his inventions. This
world would be somewhat backward without the use of his electric
light. Progress would be hard to imagine unless lighted by millions
of candle power shut up in glass globes.
Lincoln, another of our country’s outstanding men rose to
great heights through study by firelight, l)ut did you ever stop to
think that we all aren’t “Lincolns?” Some of us are very brlo-fft
but haven t the initiative to work or the urge to drive as hard'^as
Lincoln did against all manner of drawbacks. We have bright lio-fits
with which to study by; that is enough to make slackers^’ashamed
of themselves for not taking advantage of the opportunities that
are given them and to which they pay no attention. Our parents
and teachers^ are working to every end to see that we get every
chance m which to make something of ourselves. Why can't we o-et
out of these ruts that we seem to be contented to stay in, and prove,
that we are taking advantage of our many o]iportunities given us
today? ^
Edison has further encouraged the younger generation in their
work, by selecting promising young boys from everv section of the
county to compete in examinations. He has given scholarships
to different technical colleges as a prize and has made the dreams
come true of many worthy boys who were brilliant yet couldn’t
afford to get the right education. This should help to make our
commg generation a successful one in aiding our country
Edison s younger life was so entirely different from his later one
He chewed and smoked tobacco, was careless of his personal an
pearance, he quit school as soon as possible, but was at the foot of
the class as long as he remained; he was discharged frequently
from various jobs, his inventive talent that made him so well known
m later years, was turned to getting out of work in his younger
days. He wore his suits of clothes until threadbare; just neglectL
to buy a new suit, but was thoughtful enough to wear silk night
Sophomores Initiate Frosh Into
College Mysteries
After many hints and sugges
tions as to the dreaded days com
ing, the Sophomores, after great
deliberation, decided that the days
of doom for the Frosh would start
AATdnesday and continue through
hriday. Pules were jiosted and
ex])lained to the green little rats
and to listen tn the sighs and
yroans that went up from them,
people would think that the rules
weie all that was to he expected.
'I'hey covered the following:
Be out on campus Wednesday
at 6;00 A. M. dressed. Wear flat
shoes, different colored hose, dress
on inside out and backwards, wear
a glove on right hand only, hair
plaited in five braids, brows very
black and no other make-up.
Have a sign on back with name
distinctly written on it. Have
)lue book tied to right hand and
toothbrush tied to your left hand.
No Freshman is allowed
Post Office until everyone
has received mail.
When bell rings (five minutes
before each meal) line up in front
of dining room, on edge of side
walk^ and sing, “How Green We
Are, as they go in, to tune of
in
else
“Auld Lang Syne.”
No freshman allowed on side
walks.
Freshman must each take a
bouquet to the teacher of her
first class. These must be picked
I the back campus but there
must be no destruction of garden
vegetables or flowers.
Go to bed at 10:00 unless other
wise warned.
Be in chapel every day from
6:30 to 7:00.
Thursday rules were as follows:
Dress in skirt, or dress with
gym skirt on, not stuffed in, ten
safety pins on front of skirt, no
make-uj), buttons on seams of
hose. Must carry gum for Sopho
mores. Evening dresses and gym
shoes were delightfully in order
for dinner that night.
I oday the rules seemed to be
even harder to observe as beauty
was involved. Surely the sight
of roughed noses, heavy powder
on cheeks and black ears was
enough to drive one’s Bohemian
nature crazy, ff'he poor frosh
wore slickers and carried um
brellas whenever they left the
campus.
Phis time in a Frosh’s life is
n eventful one, and influences
her college life to a great extent.
If good sportsmanship is observed
by a Frosh she gains the respect
and good will of her upperclass
men, hut a poor sport encourages
very little good will. Why not
be a good sport throughout your
entire college life? Don’t subject
it to just three days in your
Freshman year.
1 o show the good feeling exist
ing throughout all the trials and
tribulations, the Sophomores
served marshmellows and apples
at the party down at the gym this
afternoon for the mistreated (??)
Frosh—here’s to them!