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THE RUTHERFORD RECTANGLE
May 28, 1929
— THE —
RUTHERFORD RECTANGLE
Rutherford College, N. C.
Editorial Staff
Edwin B. Hunt : ^_Editor
Grady Kincaid—Associate Editor
Fred Hedgepath Associate Editor
Prof. Gpay Allen Fa^ulty Advisor
Business Staff
VTStor Sigmon—Business Manager
J. L. Michael Circulation ,Mgr.
Starnes Asst. Cir. Mgr.
Ifof. D. D. Holt__Paculty Adviser
Reporter
_.Ellis M. Hunt
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
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the post office of Connelly Springs,
North Carolina.
RECTANGLES
When there’s enthusiasm,
there’s a way.
You can’t live a well-round
ed life unless you are square.
Whatever you dislike in an
other person, be sure to cor-
r?ct in yourself.
FROM THE EDITOR.
As we come to the close of
this year, the editor wishes to
express his sincere apprecia
tion to the staff which has as
sisted him so earnestly and
willingly. Special credit is
given to Grady Kincaid and
Fred Hedgepath. These boys
have gladly rendered every
servirc possible No one has
given the editor greater co
operation than Ralph ' Whit
ley, who has so successfully
edited the Sports Depart
ment. Ralph took charge of
the Sports page somewhat
“Greene” but he worked dili
gently and has developed into
a genuine editor of Sports.
Thru hs efforts he has made
the Sports page one of the
features of The Rectangle
tffls year. Not the least
among the faithful and de
pendable is Victor Si^on,
who has been Business Man
ager. He has labored untir
ingly on the business end of
the paper and has cooperated
willingly with the editor. Oth
ers have rendered valuable
serTice in helping us to make
The- Rectangle what it has
bees> and we wish we might
tell you how greatly we ap
preciate your cooperation;
yfJtj have won a deep place in
tljf^ life of the editor but he
C8J1 only say “Thank you.”
ADIEU
With this, our last issue of
the year, we bid adieu to pro
fessors, friends and school
mates. It is always hard to
say good-bye, even for just a
short while.
This year has marked the
{lightest year in the eight
yftai’’s of the publication of a
pa^r at Rutherford. The
paper this year has come to
be known as The Rectangle.
Not only has the size of the
paper been increased this
year, but we have tried to
give you up-to-date and in
teresting news of the school.
Records show that we have
given you more issues than
has been given any previous
year..
But now our work has come
to a close, and we bid adieu to ’
one and all. We appreciate'
more than we can ever tell
you the cooperation and help
you have given us in miakihg
the Rectangle what it has
been. We have enjoyed work
ing with you. May Ruther
ford College and The Rectan
gle always and ever remain
sacred in your thoughts.
—EDWIN B. hunt;
NOW WE PART
We, who are seniors come
naW\ to the point where we
see before us many oppor
tunities, and many impedi
ments, and we pause for a
moment to express our appre
ciation^ for what the faculty
and students have done for
us, and stop for a moment for
refreshment and recreation
and for a moment of thought
before we endeavor to attack
the difficult problems which
we see looming before us.
When we stop to picture the
pleasant experiences of our
past years here and the un
known problems of the fu
ture, we realize what the
school has done for us, and
feel that it deserves much
credit for the training it has
given us.
But we have come to the
parting of the ways; and we
hope that our friends here
will follow us both in mind
and spirit to the great ac
complishments of the world;
Te realize that we have been
under the guidance of suc
cessful and illustrious lead
ers, but we must pass into the
custody of leaders of other
schools.
As the great work of life
forces us apart, may we say
to those whom we are leav
ing here that the opportuni
ties are^theirs, and may we all
face the work of life with the
principles of truth, honesty,
and determination ingrained
in our hearts by our compan
ionship in dear old Ruther
ford. May We allow the Al-
migthy to take us into His
care and impart to each his
work, and may we carry out
our work successfully for the
great attainments of the
world.
—GRADY KINCAID.
T O THE GRADUATING
CLASS.
Years ago when travel was
slow and difficult, inns were
kept along all important high
ways. Here those who were
overtaken by night on their
journeys would stop and take
a brief rest before continuing
their journeys next day. Here
they probably looked back ov
er the preceeding day’s jour
ney, and discussed the out-
tsanding eevnts of the' day.
Here, too, they looked into
the future and laid plans for
the coming day’s journey.
When morning came, each
man would go his way, prob
ably with the ones he had
traveled w'ith the day before,
and taking new companions.
Thus it is with us. For a
whole year we have traveled
the road of school life togeth
er. Hardships have come to
all, but still to all have come
.joy and happiness; as a whole
it has been a pleasant jour
ney, but the sun of our first
day’s sojourn is setting. Just
ahead lies the init that marks
the place of parting for many
of us. All our lives we have
looked forward to the time
when we should have reached
this placg^, wh^ we would be!
able to answer the call of the
deep, and set sail on the sea
of life, but now that we have
reached it, we look back with
one .long, sad glance, at the
day that is ending, on the
school days that are gone. Let
us not, however, pause long
thinking of the happy past,
but with hopefulness written
on our countenances, let us
look in the future.
It is sad to part, but before
you lie many roads, and each'
of y6u must choose himselt
the way he will go. Some will
choose roads leading to suc
cess. Others will choose roads
leading to failure. Some will I
seek further knowledge; oth
ers "will seek emjployment. But
when your brief rest is over
and each has departed on a
journey for himself and has
found new companions, let
him not forget the first day’s
journey.
—Wendell G-' Faw.
VIEWS FROM'A SENIOR
When I come to thfe close
of my stay here, I realize, af
ter having been here the most
of two years, that the college
has made a great improve
ment, and has given the stu
dents here many' great oppor
tunities. I regret to say that
I am leaving this growing in
stitution and this pleasant
abode among the glorious
mountains to go out to face
the dire difficulties of life.
And I do not go away saying
that Rutherford has done
nothing for nie, but the two
years that I Imve been here
have been 'veryjivaluable and
worthwhile ,:?,.;^j.;y;,4l.4’his in
stitution is thelipjape for one
with an ambitibri to do great
things, and one ^ who is will
ing to work. Recently I have
come to the conclusion that
success does not depend upon
the good school which one at
tends, but upon a person’s
willingness to / work; ' and
Rutherford offers people ev
ery opiwrtunity for develop
ing initiative and individualty
and for a good preparation to
enter life.
Rutherford College is a
growing insi^tution and is
seeking ^ .^jvp'tbe student
every opportynity' for success.
The -campus has changed
from a rugged spot to a beau
tiful one Covered with trees
and grass and now is one of
the most beautiful spots in
the vicinity.
Rutherford is an excellent
place to come into contact
with the most efficient; junior
college faculty. Men with the
best preparation and those
with an outlook on life are
the instructors this school
chooses.
Rutherford is striving to
give a person the best train
ing possible. She ranks high
ly in scholastic work, music,
literary work, and athletics.
Soon, in my opinion, this
school will be an ideal place
for those who want to make
the best success in life. Each
year she adds to her list of
students more who are more
capable and willing to work.
And I leave this institution
w;itli the , greatest hopes of a
greater Ruthefford, and wish
to express my ' apperciation
for the valuable training I
have received while I have
b^en here.
—GRADY KINCAID.
IT CAN BE DONE
A real test for one’s work
ing toward success is shown
by one’s willingness and abil
ity to not become discourag
ed, and by the tact that he is
not willing to give up the
task. In order to make a life
a success difficulties must in
tervene, troubles must come
in , contact with it on every
hand, and discouragements
and temptations must Ipieet
the life,that is planning to
make success. Many or most
'of the great classical writers
I were handicapped because of
the fact that they were finan
cially unable to go to school
or to begin some kind of busi
ness, but these never gave up
to the difficulties, but their
lui"ements to their work urg
ed them on until they made
success. There was nothing
that could stop them. Not
even the winds of misfortune
which often swept over their
fields gave them discourage
ment to cause them to give up
their work. Upon the life that
is promising and pleasing al
ways come the clouds of
darkness which almost make
one’s hope of success in ob
scurity. The one who makes
success has many downfalls,
and misfortunes, but these
hindrances are used as step
ping stones to the higher
plains of greatness. Success
cannot be gained at one sud
den grasp, but must be reach
ed by continual climbing from
one round to another on the
ladder of success. When one
studies most college students,
he wonders how they , ever
make success. College stu
dents are always coming to
class with unprepared les
sons, and are continually and
habitually cutting classes. It
seerqs that their main object
is to get by with the least
possible work, or to try to fool
one of the instructors, and
are alwiays seeking the “road
of least resistance.” If they
should continue their work in
such a way, they would never
amount to anything. As is
generally the case, those who
have been accustomed to loaf
ing wake up to the fact that
they are going down, and fee
bly make a start, not a new
start. T he early beginning
gives one a greater chance
and more time to make great
er achievements. In college
is the time to begin one’s life
work, and during that period
one should devote this time
to something , valuable; to
something that will be of ben
efit in the future. Although
there are discoura:gements,
there should be no stumbling
blocks.
—GRADY KINCAID.
CAN HISTORY INTEREST
US?
People talk of the future in
term_s of the past, and speak
of the coming events of to
morrow by comparing them
with the things that happen
ed yesterday. History adds
to the life of today, brings in
new ideas, and causes steps of
progress. Some of the things
that have happened in the
past we know, and we not
only know these, but we can
judge what is coming iji the
future by studying what hap
pened in the past. Were there
no past history one could not
see the future events which
are in the act of coming to
pass. One of the most valu
able things in .education, and
the only thing that gives a
person knowledge enough to
prophecy and ^ve his phil
osophy of life, is history. His
tory gives the foundation for
the prophecy and the philoso
phy ; it gives new light to the
future.
One of the _ things that
makes life interesting is his
tory. Everyone likes to re
view the history of his past
life, his boyhood days, his
early school days, and his
dealings with those about
him. Our past life, when
viewed in terms of the past,
makes a greater future life,
shows greater hopes of great
ness and happiness. What
ever contributes to our knowl
edge also arouses our inter
est. Many times people think
that those who lived in the
past lived lives which were
stiff, mysterious, and unnat-
'ural. Sometimes one has the
the idea idea that the people
lived a narrow life, and par
took only of a few enjoy
ments of life. According to
the viewpoint of some people,
those of the past lived a one
sided liffr—one of good char
acter or one of entirely bad
character. But when one
really studies history, he can
see the people meeting all
kinds of disadvantages and
misfortunes, and enjoying
happiness and pleasure just
as people do tciday. Except
for its more enlightened form
life is just then as it is now.
Everyone came in contact
with all experiences of life,
and met them with some mod
erate degree of success as the
people of today.
Yet another thing of his
tory is interesting. One who
enjoys reading delights in
mentally travelling • through
ancient Greece and seeing
there the ancient manifesta
tions of art and sculpture.
The ancient buildings which
make us wonder, and the in
cidents that are connected
with them thrill one as he
makes a study of them. Ev--
eryone delights in reading
about the ancient Parthenon,
and the magnificent temples
erected to the gods. What
adds more to a person’s en
joyment than to review the
incidents that came to pass in
the ancient mountains over
which people have been trav
eling for centuries; it brings
delight to a person to think
of the passes over which the
ancent armies passes on
their way to meet their invin
cible foe. One wonders at the
great armies that marched,
before Napoleon, and chal-'
lenged the known world to
the fi^ht; one admires the
great Parlimentary contro
versies that have happened in
the past. Not so many people
seem to appreciate a fact of
history that the poor peasant
lived on a small spot of land,
and dwelled in the thg,tched
roofed buildings, and sustain
ed himself by eating what
was left from the baron’s ta
ble. When one sees all these
incidents, and sees life as it
really was, he can have a lar
ger estimate of the future.
—Grady Kincaid.