Saturday, January 1 2. 1929.
THE SALEMITE
PAGE THREE
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A CHANGE OF HEART.
“Speaking of New Year’s Resolu
tions—Listen to me, baby, and I’ll
tell you a few!” The speaker was
standing in the middle of the room,
holding a glass in the air. In real
ity the glass contained only water,
but it was the best substitute the
girl could find for something of a
stronger nature. “First of all,
here’s to 1929, the newest and the
best! I’ll say, girls, let’s take our
fnn where we find it—Listen to
“Aunt Sue” while she tells you what
to do!’ First of all, I resolve not
to take more than three hundred and
sixty-five drinks during the year.
Second, I resolve not to miss a
dance even if I have to go on
crutches. Third, I resolve to do
just enough work to get by—How
bout it, girls? And fourth—I do
hereby solemnly resolve to stay away
from church and any other religious
activity which may cross my path
during the year. ‘Live and learn,’
that’s my motto, and ol’ dear, I’ve
learned how to have my good time!
What say ye, one and all?”
A loud cheer arose, and with one
exception, they all gleefully joined
in with, “We’re with you, sister,”
and “Not for a year, but always!”
However, there was one girl in the
room who looked perplexed and
worried, and thus far had had
nothing to say. As if from out a
deep mist, she arose, with a smile
on her face. “This,” she said, “Is
what you girls call pleasure! What
enjoyment do you hope to get from
it in the future? If only I could
make you realize the things that
are rejly worth while in life*” A
sneer from one girl, and a “Blah!”
from another only made her more
■serious than ever, and more de
termined to show these girls that
her way was the right one and
theirs only make-believe.
“I’ll tell you what I’ll do,” she
said. “If you’ll all go with me to,
Y. W'. Vespers just one time. I’ll
promise that each one of you will
actually enjoy it and thank me for
taking you, or I’ll never mention Y.
W, to you again. Is it a go?”
“Ha, ha, have you ever heard
anything as ridiculous?” said one of
the girls. “And what nerve she
has after having just heard our opin
ion of the boring thing!” said anoth
er. One girl of a more thoughtful
nature said, “Well, that’s one way
of making her stop talking about
Y. W. forever and ever. I think I
could stand one vesper service just
for that!”
“And we could sit in the back of
the room and laugh at the speakers
—I’ll say we’ll see a lot of funny
things!”
So it was agreed.
Wh.en Sunday night came six
girls walked nonchalantly into ves- ,
pers. Five of them had never be
fore been seen at such a place, and
they wore knowing smiles and con
temptible airs. They filed gleefully
into the seats on the very back row,
chattering and chewing gum all the
while. During the first hymn they
tried to see which one could “pop”
gum the loudest. Then the time
came for the first speaker. "Now
for some fun!” said one of the girls,
as she threw a “spit-ball” into the
air. Luckily it landed without hurt
ing anyone. She forgot to throw
another. What was it the speaker
was saying about God in the lives
of women and men? She must list
en! And then one after another of
the girls forgot to chew their gum
and forgot everything except what
was being said. The entire service
was over before they realized it,
and five girls went away much
wiser and much more penitent than
they had ever been before. “Wasri’t
the talk simply wonderful?” said
one. “And I never knew before
that Emily Sargent could play so
beautifully or that Lilly an Newell
could sing so sweetly as they did
tonight^” said another. Well, so
long, girls—Stop by for me on your
way to Y. W. next Sunday night—■
Hear? I think that’s my weakness
REV. H. B. JOHNSON
IN EXPANDED CHAPEL
(Continued from Page One)
are: Grieg, the great musician and
composer; Ole Bull, the great
linist who was, at the same t
somewhat of a socialist; Jenny Lind,
the singer who was brought to this
country by P. T. Barnum; Gibson,
the great dramatist; Lord Neslon,
to whom there is a monument erect
ed in London; and Stevenson,
great arctic explorer.
Stories and jokes are told about
the negro in the South and
Irishman or Jew around New York,
but none are more humorous than
those told by the speaker about the
Scandinavian.
In speaking further about the
Scandinavian language, Mr. Johnson
stated that he has a certain theory
concerning the teaching of it. He
said that he should teach it by sen
tences and then explain to his class
the various rules of grammar in
volved in these, instead of teaching
a vast number of rules, verb conju
gations, and noun declensions in the
beginning. According to this meth
od the students could learn the lan
guage very rapidly. The language
of the Danes and that of the
Swedes is very similar to the Nor
wegian language. The three groups
of people understand each other
clearly, but a few of their words are
different, and they use three differ
ent manners of speaking. The
Dane “hiccoughs” his words and
sentences and the Swede “sings”
his, while the Norwegian speaks his
a manner very similar to the one
which we speak English.
By way of experiment, the speak-
wrote the following sentence on
the blackboard for the audience to
read: “En Kvinde gik forbi huset.”
Translated, it is: “A woman went
by the house.” Only two genders
used in the Scandinavian lan-
jes. They are masculine and
neuter. For some unknown reason
the word "woman” is masculine.
The ending “en” denotes the mas
culine gender and “et” the neuter.
‘Kvinder” translates “the woman”
nd “den kvinden” “that woman.”
The article is a suffix, not a prefix.
Instead of singing of “Faith, Hope,
and Charity,” as we do, the Nor
wegian sings of “Troen, Haabet,
Kjaerligheden.” A few of the pro
nouns are “Jeg,’’ meaning “I,”
j,” “me.” The principal parts
of two of the verbs are: “gaa,” “gik”
“gaaet,” meaning go, went gone and
“synge,” “sang,” “sunget,”^^ mean
ing “sing,” “sang,” “sung.”
A party of tourists, upon going
to Norway once, saw in front of an
inn, a sign reading as follows: “Rum
for Reisende.” They could trans
late only the last two words—“for
tourists.” They began to wonder if
the Norwegians thought that they
; to Norway only for Norwegian
They were told later that the
word “rum” translated “room,” or
“accommodations.
At the conclusion of this delight
ful address, Dean Vardell played,
at Mr. Johnson’s request, a Nor
wegian folk song, entitled Can You
Forget Ancient Norway, and the
National Anthem of Norway. He
also accompanied Mr. Johnson who
sang in Norwegian, a verse of the
Norwegian Hymn, which relates the
story of the Saviour’s experience in
Gethsemane.
“I can’t remember the name of
le car I want, but it starts with T.”
“Madam, all our cars start with
gasoline.”
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A sailor has no E Z time.
When on the D P sails.
It’s R D finds, alft to climb.
Exposed to I C gales.
And then in K C makes a slip.
Or if he D Z grows,
A tumble off the R D ship.
And into the C E goes.
“How do you get rid of these
cooties?”
“That’s easy: Take a bath in sand
and rub down in alcohol. The coot
ies get drunk and kill each other
throwing rocks.”
Out West
“Y’goin f church t’morrow?”
“Yeh, if tha static ain’t too bad.”
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CHANGING LAW
EDUCATION
An important change in the meth
ods and content of teaching law at
the Columbia Law School has been
announced. Not only will the
student learn about law itself, but
also about the social forces behind
legal measures. This is said to be
the most important change in law
education since the case method was
introduced. ‘
In his annual report to President
Nicholas Murray Butler, Dean
Young B. Smith of the Law School,
made some pertinent criticisms of
the present methods of teaching the
“It is the opinion of the Colum
bia Law Faculty that a major de
fect in the present education of law
students is that their studies are too
much confined to an examination of
what may be called legal data. The
itudy of law as now conducted in
most American law schools consists
chiefly of an examination of court
decisions and statutes.
‘Although these decisions and
statutes deal with important eco
nomic, political and other social
problems, the student’s understand
ing of these problems is largely de
pendent upon such fragmentary
knowledge as he may have acquired
from the more or less general col
lege courses which he happened to
take. It is believed that much can
be done to remedy this defect by a
reorganization of the law school cur
riculum so as to focus the study of
law against its economic, political
and other social backgrounds.”
—The New Student.
MASCULINE BEAUTY
COST $26.75 PER ANNUM
Seattle, Wash.—(IP)—The Stud
ent Daily)-—His masculine beauty
above the collar costs Joe College
$26.75 per annum for maintenance,
irding to data collected from dis
trict drug stores about tht University
of Washington campus.
The majority of men shave them
selves, and thus save from $25 to
$75 a year in barber’s fees. But this
far from clear profit. Although
varying greatly according to the
toughness of the beard, the average
shaves four times a week, or
times a year, thus consuming a
35 cent tube of shaving cream every
five weeks, or $8.50 worth a year.
Razor blades amount to $4, except
for the straight edge artists; who
diminish this total.
On top of that, three bottles of
face lotion or after-shaving oils
nick him for $2.25.
Talcum comes to $2 a year, it was
found, and $15 is expended in hair
cuts and occasional shampoos.
Voice from the Eleventh Floor:
’Smatter down there? Have you no
Noisy One on the Pavement: Got
ta key allright but wouldja jussa-
throw dow na few keyholes?
A freshman came to Salem
And she’s a typical one we know,
’Cause she searched everywhere in
the chemistry lab
For a bottle labeled H20.
IN MEMORIAM
It was during the happy Yuletide
season that the powers that be sav
fit to remove from our midst ou:
most beloved “Gooch’s”. Nipped ii
the bud, so to speak, was the life
of this flower of our environment. So
short and bright has been its life
and so promising seemed its future
that we rebel at its sad fate.
Born in the early September, it
early started upon its cheerful duty
of feeding hungry thousands. Many
a sandwich has brought warm conso
lation from its little toaster to a
wan and weary student! Many a
confidence has passed through its
kind, secretive telephone! And so
many “dopes” have trickled through
its shiny fountains that it seems we
would all be addicts! How often
the happy Vietrola has wound out
classics to early hungry for musical
art. Hushed is “Sonny Boy,” “Chi-
quita” has gone and all the polish
taken off of “Shine,” and verily
ir “Bluebirds are Blackbirds”
So Gooch’s is gone, cut down in
i prime and how we miss it. How
; hang our heads in shame that
ir classes prevented us from
tending these last rites in its honor
Wednesday morning at the sale,
t even a floral tribute were we
allowed to send. There is only one
consolation for our loss and that is
diminished strain on our pocket-
Use of Superlatives
Mars Modern Speech
A tornado may be awful, an earth
quake terrible, and a sunset splen
did, but those words are used every
day to describe the most ordinary
things. A bad shot in tennis is “aw
;’ul,” a disappointing meal at a res
taurant is “terrible,” and a cocktail
is “splendid.” Nobody today is just
tired. It is “dead beat,” “knocked
out,” “absolutely flat,” “done for,”
“unable to wink an eyelid.” This is
the language of exaggeration.
The word “so” is fearfully over
worked today. Nothing is merely
“beautiful,” or “pleasant,” or
‘charming” — another overworked
word. They must all be “so beauti
ful,” “so pleasant."
Recently the word “quite” was the
most overworked word in the lan
guage. A man listening to and ap
proving the course of a friend’s ar
gument would ejaculate “Quite!”
after every half-dozen words. Why
the word “quite” should stand for
“I agree with you,” or why it should
be necessary to say it fifty times in
ten minutes, no one knew. But there
IS—and indeed, still is.
She—“If you tell a man anything,
it goes in one ear and out the other."
He—“And if you tell a woman
anything, it goes in both ears and
out her mouth.”
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