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MAROON AND GOLD
May 8, 1930.
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Editorial Staff
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I
ASSOC
JUST A BIT
Just
humor this old world
human view,
that’s needed
to keep
ARE YOU LIKE A METEOR?
Last l^aturday a ratlier unusual phenomena was to be seen in
the sky shortly before nine o’clock. Those who happened to be out
side at this hour or seated near a window could hardly have missed
seeing a flasli of liglit. It probably would have passed for a flash
of lightning had not a bright object resembling a ball of fire been
seen to pass rapidly downward toward the ground, leaving a trail
of light and gradually becoming dimmer as it fell, until it finally
clisa])peared altogether.
At this sea.son of the year when the college calendar is being
brought to a close, we wonder how many shooting stars we have
had on our campus. 'To the Seniors—how many of you began your'
Freshman year in a blaze of light, only to grow dimmer and dimmer
through college until at the end of the fourth year you had nothing
left but a faint trail" of light behind you. Have you “burned oiit”
and find yourself like a fallen meteor—expended, lifeless?
To the Juniors arid Sophomores—is your light shining w-ith the
same intensity as at the beginning? Keep an eye on your candle-
power.
To the Freshmen—yoitr light has started, and let’s hope it is
bright enough ! Beware lest it grow dim. How proud you will be
if, unlike the meteor, you can reach the end of your trip in full candle-
power with a long trail of light stretching back of you.
—Paul R. Magee.
I bit o ’
desires,
Just a bit o’
Tis the thing
the fires
Aglow in courage anew.
For tis a laugh that’s needed to dispel
the fear
And drive the gloom away;
Tis the thing that’s needed to lengthen
the year
And make more glad the day.
Just a bit o’ love this old world craves,
Just a bit o’ human kind.
Tis needed alike by saints and knaves;
It's a tie that’ll bind.
For hearts are the same the wide world
over;
They are made to love and be loved.
Tis 80 found in the heart of a mother,
Or in that of one who has roved.
Just a bit o’ kindness this old world
needs,
Just a bit o’ human touch.
Tis the only thing that’ll help the
deeds—
It counts so much.
For tis well known as we travel on,
That bodies are born to decay,
While the only thing that helps along,
Is the good we do by the way.
—Lida Hoover.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
(New York Sun)
“If you ^vant proof that truth is stran
ger than fiction,” said the insurance
company actuarian, ‘‘go to the records of
the accident insurance companies. Their
experience will show you that anything
can happen in this world—and usually
(Joes—fantastic, grotesque causes of per
sonal injury. Here are some extracts
from the 1020 record of one of the big
indemnity companies:
“Insured’s daughter poked a sardine
can in right ear.”
‘‘Insured was on vacation. Was sit
ting on a piazza with a young lady on his
lap. In getting up legs gave way under
him (they being numb). Sprained left
ankle.
“In front of home. Auto ran over dog.
I picked up the dog and he bit me.”
“Insured was sleeping and awoke sud
denly choking, but was unable to get his
teeth, which w’ere going down his throat.”
“Insured was pacing floor with baby
when moth flew into his right ear. Moth
went farther into his right ear when in
sured and his wife tried to extract it.”
“While visiting friends one of the
guests in a playful mood and in the pres
ence of her husband and others, hugged
me about the waist, fracturing two lower
ribs on left side.”
“Insured was at a pai'ty in a friend’s
house. One of the guests, a young lady
who is quite an athlete, was showing her
strength and lifting claimant. She press
ed his ribs so hard she fractured two of
them.”
“In bed, playing with 3-year-old baby.
Baby struck him in the mouth with a
milk bottle, breaking two front teeth.”
“Insured was with a child in the park
feeding squiri'el when squirrel turned on
him and bit him in right thumb.”
“Because so enthusiastic in driving
home a point of discussion that he struck
desk forcibly with right hand and frac
tured the hand.”
“Strained muscle in back putting horse
on operating table.”
LIGHT ORGAN TO ACCOM
PANY IBSEN DRAMA
New York. May 3.—An organ that
plays light instead of sound will take the
place of the footlights and “baby spots,”
when “The A'ikings,” Ilbsen’s play of the
Northland, is produced here next week.
Seated at the piano-like keyboard of the
instrument which he calls a Clavilux, will
be the inventor, Thomas Wilfred, opera
ting the keys that can each slide through
a hundred different positions. They will
be connected electrically with light pro
jectors, stationed overhead, in the wings,
and in place of the old-time “foots.”
Against a blank canvas backdrop on the
stage the projectors, manipulated by the
keys of the Clavilux, will produce the
illusion of crackling flames, surging
waves, the brilliance of a Norwegian sun
set. They will light the faces and illu
mine the gestures of the players.
The riavilux, an instrument of alumi
num with ground glass lenses, has been
used before as an accompaniment of light
for symphonic music, notably in the ren
dition of Rimsky Korsakoff’s “Schehera
zade” by the Philadelphia Symphony or
chestra at Carnegie Hall in 102G.
Its use in connection with “The Vik
ings,” however, will mark its first appear
ance in the professional theater.
She’s in love with the punter.
I suppose he can give her quite a
kick.
When does this bus get to Durham!
Eventually.
“How come, Esther, that you wsre
born in Wisconsin?”
“Well, you see sir, I wanted to be
near my mother at the time.”
Light is the first of painters.
— EMERSON
ATTENTION, GIRLS!
Nine rules for keeping a husband have been presented to the
California Federation of Women’s clubs by Miss Jennie Partridge,
past president of the City and County Federation of San Francisco.
She advises wives to:
I. Dress prettily for breakfast.
3. Never make your husband dry dishes.
3. Friend husband should take you out }ust two evenings a
week. The rest of the time let him stay at home.
4. The wife should ]>ay the rent, grocery, and butcher bills be
fore dolling up or even buying new furniture.
5. Never permit mother-in-law to visit on Sunday or holidays.
6. Listen to your husband, if he likes the sound of his own voice.
7. Ask his advice on everything.
8. Be dependent and clinging, but not too clinging.
9. Make him think that you are a poor weak creature and he
is nine feet high with the strength of a lion, and the courage of a
Napoleon.
Copy these in your memory book, girls; and use them as a chart
to guide you across the sea of matrimony.
— L Howard Smith.
WHAT IS AN ORDERLY MOB?
The student publication of the University of Virginia states
that the students of that institution did not show utter disregard
of property when they egged a moving picture theatre in that city
recently, on account of the prices being too high. The paper says;
“The inception of the mob was without thought of violence.
It was many minutes after the arrival at the theatre before, as a
result of showing, the police began using their w'eapons. As the
first student was felled an enraged comrade threw a stone through
a glass door. Later, some eggs were thrown from behind and some
glass in an electric sign was broken. The damage was small.”
The writer would like to ask just what an orderly mob is. Ap
parently it is one which throws stones and eggs, and upon which
police use their night sticks. Although in sympathy with the stu
dents, the editor wonders if there wasn't some other and better
way of going about it to get what they wanted. Investigations show
that the management charged eighty-five cents for some pictures
which ordinarily could be seen for half that price. The protest was
justifiable; the procedure, questionable.
—J. Howard Smith.
BUILDINGS
in Which
You Take Pride
the campus, where class buildings
and memorial structures are so often
distinguished by their noble form, flood
lighting equipment serves to prolong the
enjoyment of their beauty and to enhance
pride in the institution. » » Such an
application is made for the new 165-foot
campanile at South Dakota Stale — mag
nificent gift of an alumnus. Electrically
operated chimes sound the hours and
are heard in concerts. At night, shafts of
Drawing of the Coughlin Campanile at South Dakota State College,
Brookings, S. D. Perkins arid McWayne, architects
light from General Electric floodlighting projectors efl'ect a picture of superb beauty
done in the school colors and white. From the air, the tower is identified by the
beam from a G-E airway beacon surmounting the floodlighted dome. » » Thus,
G-E equipment plays its part in promoting progress and fine appreciation. Back of
every G-E product is an organization in which college-trained men are largely
responsible for the planning, production, and distribution.
95-767DH
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