I STUDKNT OPINION |
MereiliI.h CollsRe is a Chflstliui in-
stimlitm. AI) will agree to tliai slate-
iiiont. Ah a Christian inatllutiou, doe»
it. Kivc Us religions aevvlces the proper
coiiKiclovulion? Eacli religious service
has:.!) (letli)ite time lo meet, but it is
liniken into by cl;«ss meetiUBs, club
lueetinKs, out»i(1e luter(ereiice», or nt
ilie convenience of any person who
wishes lu call meetings at those times.
ir we iire to put God lirst in our
liveH, vve nuist pul the things oC God
first. No meeting should be more Im-
liortant than those oi: the Y. W. C. A.,
y. W. A., or the B. Y. P. U. It Is
thruuKh these orgaiiiiiations and fhelr
meetings that we get the inspirations
which keep ns in tonch with Uud and
the work that His ])eople arc doing In
this world.
II' we are going to liave a Christian
insiiliition here, we must back up
I lie ('lii-istian orsaniKntion in this in-
irlilution. If is through those that we
arc ahle to rto our «;roatest work Cor
Him.
"Whut is made of Ivory?"
iJr, Winston oskod with hopo.
Hut Iic-r heart tilled with yorrow
When M, Allison iinswcred. "Soap.”
Newinh SLrlckliind (pasisuiK by First
RiiiJtist (;iuirch, ■ colored); “Is tiial
where Dr. O'Kelley proaclies?"
DurlUK the war one-fourth of tlie
American soldiers could not wrilo let-
ter« lioijK' nor read nowspiipers.--IOx.
Ho: ’‘You’re a singular girl .Mary."
She (hopefully): “That’s easily al
tered.”—IQx.
(lofMl humor may be said to he one
of the very beat articles oT dresa one
(’an wpsir in society.—Thrn'ki’rtiii.
A. M. Abbot (passing capitoi ant’
pointinj,' to statne in front!: “Is lhal
i/ the nuin that built this hospital?”
(.'alllornia's motor I’egistration Jig-
ures show a machine for every fonr
and a half persons.- liJx.
Ill evcrylhlng there's a right way. a
wrong way and a way that will do—
which do you choose?
VVautPd; To know if the Sophomore
miiHCot is a snail.
Nothing Ik so strong as gentleness.
Xothtng is so gentle as real strength.
XKW MKiVltKKS t'OIJ I, H. TLriJ.
At the call uf the president the In
ternational Relations Club met Monday
night for a abort business session. The
most important business was the se-
lection of the necessary number of
eligible girls, who had signlHed their
desire to become members, to consti
tute the membership of the club. After
the necessary discussion fifteen girls—
oight Seniors and seven Juniors were
voted In. These girls have received
their bids and are expected to be
present at tiie next meeting as regular
lUQmbers.
T H E
WHAT'S TiriJ irSK
A member nf the faculty, traveling
abroad this summer, came upon a
strange custom in the small State of
Niemur, lying between the boundaries
of Czeciiomania and Jugomania. This
little republic is considered highly ad
vanced and l6 remarkably similn>' to
the United Statea on a small scale e.x-
cept in the case of this one particular
custom which has been followed from
time immemorial. When a young man
marries he niuat become a piumbor.
Whatever his culling lias been, or how
ever successful he may hav0 been,
whether or not ho knows anything
about plumbing, whether or not be
wires for it as a life work, he Is ex
pected to give up the former and enter
the new culling. Of course, if he mar-
res quite young and knows nothing
much about any kind of worlc, he is
Just as willing lo dn this as anything
else. Or. If he feels perfectly certain
at the outset that he will soon marry,
he prepares himaelf for the life and
work of a pUimber. And. of coursc,
there are some who prefer this work to
auy other and are perfectly contented.
Hut the great nuijnrity of young men
decide while in school what calling
they desire to follow aud prepare them
selves for It. giving no heed, as is the
manner of youth, to the possibility of
marrying, li’iich would jjrohably as
sure you that he, for erne, was not go
ing to marry. So they spend years of
study, preparing for the protesaions of
lawyers, doctors, actors, engineers,
aviutors. and what not. and. after
hiunching out. spend several more
years climbing to the top; and tlien,
as likely as not. Just as tliey are be-
ginnluglo reap the fruits of their faith
ful labor, and with no intention on
their purl, they find themselves in love.
Tile heart-call wins. Though it may he
with regret, even with a feeling of
resignation, there is nothing to do hut
withdraw from the Held where they
served sn well with the prize just with
in reach, leave it all to enter the new
slate of matrimony and plumbing.
Why? “tf is the custom.” This answer
bars argument or I'casoning. So they
enter the Held ol! plumbing unprepared
and many turn out to be failureH or at
least very mediocre. Othore, however,
are good sports, and thnugh, perhaps,
with n sigh, start at the bottom and
learn the business thoroughly, it I?
often easy lo guess that a yonng man
is planning to get married for he is
found studying plumbing at night.
To be sure, there arises, once hi a
while, a man who refuses to bow down
to custom and insists on remaining at
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his chosen work, perhaps giving the
reason that he likes it better and cun
make more money at it. Hut he Is al
ways the object of criticism, aud not
infrequently his wife is the one most
bitterly opposed to Jila breaking away
from conventions. *‘T want a real hus
band,” she says.
Tliis custom, however, permits lhal
if the wife should die he may return
to bis original work; also that, after
he has reared a family, be may. If he
so desires, begin where he left oi¥ and
continue in his chosen prnfession, if.
perchance, he Is able to competc with
those who have not taken ''tline out”
for twenty or thirty years. One won
ders how it started and where It will
end.
Gentle i-eador, do yon “get me?"
There Is no such coimtry in all the
world where cuatoms ever treated men
in this fashion. But there is a realm
where women are thus dealt with, and
that realm is the whole world.—ntir-
ida /’'lainbran.
Misses Susie Horrlng, llernice Mum-
rlck. Grace Moore, Hentrice Martin,
and Helen Thompson were at Fuciuay
Springs for the week-end.
.Misses Gladys Currin. iuwuu Daniels.
Lillian Kvaiis, and ;\iary Uowers spcnl
lha week-ond at Henderson.
.Miss -Margaret Cone Tucker was at
lier home in Groenville for the week
end.
Over 200 foreign men students ai-e
registLM'od al tiie I'niversity of Illinois
tJil.t fall.- Ii,’x.
A Californian bus papered a room
with Jiifi.ilOO stamps from aii nations.
The lazy man aims at nothing and
generally hits it,—.lames Kills.
ICach new discuvery only shows us a
wider circle of cnir surrouHting ig
norance.—Ex.
.Sewiah Tolar (in a aloi-e): I want
to see some mirrorn.
Clerk: Hand mirrors?
N. Tolar; No. I want one tu sen my
face in.
It seems his uncle fell out of n win
dow? Any bones broken?
No,
No?
He was merely drowned. 11 hap
pened in Venice.
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For injormaiion or Caialagm wrilc
CHAS. E. BREWER
President
EFIRD’S
(Carolina's i.nrgc^t Chain uf
Onc-Priced Department Stores
We Appreciate Yout Patioimge
ll’r Sv/I it fur I.isk
IS. i’urnell; Jly father was engaged
to my mother four years.
Ellle Saw’yL*r (absent miiidi'dly i: Did
he ever marry her?
Uadio ago ti;lls of radin starling a
raihvay locomotive hauluiK a train of
32 cars at Mist Piltsburgh. The solu
tion to this is that the radio wave
served tu only release the energy ibul
propelled the traln.--Ex-
Sohuniau Heink says siie will cinil
the stafce in four ytars. She w’ill be
sl-Kty-Ilve then.
Dictionaries are tiuecr things. Im
agine the poor huslmiul whnse wife is
a model, looking in the dictionary and
tiudiug a model, a small Imitation of
the real thing.
Keep your face with sunlight lit—
Laugh a little bit.
Gloomy shadows oft wilt Hit.
If you iiave the wit and grit.
,7usi to laugh a little bit.
— Bxohiinge,
WANTKD—To know why girls wllh
bobbed hair wear liair nets’’ I'lx.
•'Life is not so short but ihat there
is always time enough for courtesy.”—
Knierson.
She; "Isn’t It strange that a man’s
arm is equal to the circumfeience of a
girl's waist?"
He; "Let’s get a string iiud see."—
Ex.