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THE TWIG
Jofeesi
There’s a reason for ail things, who
knows the reason for (liesc?:
Why sonioono doosn't organize the
dvainntlc club?
Why till the toachcvs give tests at
the sanu' time?
W’hy "Son” doosti’t welcome us with
open arniti, when wo go to the in*
lirmary?
Why we are all oxpccted to ho per
fect?
Why the spring holidays do not ex
tend over two weeks?
Why classes are compulsory?
Why we don't linve “cuts” any more?
P. Patton (callins at Yarborough
during Teachers’ Assembly): ‘’Beg
pardon, sir. but could you tell me if
ihere is a woman staying here with
one eye named Mary Duncan?"
Clerk: “Maybe 1 could help you out.
Do you know the name of the other
eye?"
Yoiing Man; ‘‘('an your sister er-
cr-cook?"
Little Brother: “ 1 think she’s go
ing to. I bcnrd her lell mama that
it '.hat lish came here again tonight,
she was going to nmke it hot for
hiiii."
S. Herring: •‘Would you rather
loso your money or your life, Mary?”
.M. Aldorman: '‘.My life—I want my
money for nld age."
A hoi)k ageni canie tn the home of
an old farmer, Ills purpose being to
sell liim an encyclopedia. The agent
lidded, "It's the very thing for you,
lor you liave girln and lioy.-s both in
school."
linniediatoly the old fanner replied:
•'1 ilon't know about the girls, but the
l)oys can walk to school as i had to
do."
Our idea of an economic person is
iiih; wlio jumps over the gate to save
the hinges.
Leone Warrick (euierin.i; auditorium
tin- ilay of the Aycock Memorial)
•:My! Mr. Aycock will have to talk
louil. if wr hear him lii this big
crowd.''
Carolyn W.: ".Mary, do you reckon
There is any vitamiues hi this lettuce?"
Mary i’. ISmin: ‘’I don't know, yon
lind all kinds of insects lu VL'gciabloH,"
MfSS HAHItMK SJ’i:..KS IN
ii\i’i;i. >vi;i>NKsi>Av
(Continurd from i>age I)
\w conH' ti* us.- liighf-r and higher in-
iclloriual ixiwcrs. Sonn' never pro-
jii'css hcymul a low power mind. and.
alsn si.mi' are (•(intent with only a
magitifyin.t: glass mind. When a stud-
flit )»'«ins using a mitroscupe, ho is
warni’d iliat ii is a delii'ate nu'chan-
ism iliat must uii lie almsi-O, but must
lu' luimilcd I'arcfully and kept clean.
Yd. many do nJt lu'sltiiic to almse
tliat woud'Tfu! hiijnan mci'lianism, tlie
lirain, whiili is llie scat of all our
hiirhtT inlcllfctual I'acullics. with read-
lii«: sirdid lltoratun«, seeing cheap
inovits, and jjlaying or listening to
jazz. 'Ciic niiad. iike the microscupe,
must lie kept i-lciin if we wisli it to
fuiii'iiim |ir(iptfrly.
In 'irdcr tn use a cnuin'unii niierc-
si'iipe ai nil. one mu.'t turn tli! little
mirriir lliat is iK'neatii the stage to
ward tlic sun, i(t leilci't ligiii upen the
(.hj(?ct to be examined, Siunc stud
ents I'ail to (il)serve Diis preeaulloii,
and as a result .net a darlieni;il Held
or .just an oliscured vision. So do we
need In turn tit the .Masl-r in prayer
and relleet tile li.uht of His wisdom m
liar «laily pursuits, if we wish to ac-
coiiiiilislt ia.^ting resiilt.s.
Sometimes our spiritual lenses are
clouded with envy, prejudice, or self-
righteousness, Then we need to ap
ply the elcanslng power of love, reason
and humility ii; we wish to get a clear
and correct view of the thing under
consideration.
U' you have ever used a magnifying
gla.ss. you know that In order to get
a clear Inuige of the ob.leet being ex
amined. the glass has to he held at
Just a glvou distance from the ob,1oct.
If It is held too close or too far away
t‘r(un the object one gets a liluri'ed
Image. This distance is called the
I'ocal distance. The same principal is
applied in t'o«'Using a compound micro
scope. One must lUul the I'ocal dia-
tance. We call it focusing. Now in
deciding the merits of any riuostion
which may l)e submitted to us. we need
10 know which points to focus upon
(«• to emphasize. We need to properly
relate those facts, placing the most
unpcn-tant In the foreground and re
jecting those of no importance, before
we decide on any course of action.
Some of you have looked through
the microscope at one of (he Algae,
called Splrogyra. Many of you know
it (uily as that diagusting green scum,
often called “frog spittle" that Is found
Moating on the .surface of stagnant
ponds. That Is the way it looks to
the imked eye. Now put it under
the microscope, and you see something
that looks like a string of beautiful
(dear crystal beads, cylindrical In
.shape, each ornamented with a green
siiiral liand. It was not beautiful to
us before, liecaitse we were not ac-
(luainted with It. Perhaps if we have
uough of God’s love in our hearts we
may discover a beautiful character in
some person that lias hitherto been
unaltra'tlve. yes even repulsive to us
simply because we did not know this
licr.sou.
Another interesting fact about the
microscopic study of Splrogyra is, tluit
in one focus, the green spiral bands
seem 10 turn from lelt to right, while
lu another focus, the bands seem to
turn from right to left, why this utter
oont.-adiction? Listen for the explana
tion. In the llrst case you are look
ing at the upper side of the cell near
est to you. In the second, you are
'ooking tlirough tliis same transpar-
(Ut cell to the other aide. You are
seeing the other side of the green
spiral hand. Of course, the spirals
lun from left to right on one side,
iid from right to left on the other
side. When you know the whole truth
ihcre is nil contradiction. So 1 he-
ieve this Is the case with many of
ihe religious questions that arc puz-
•/liuu people today. One great scientist
as said: "All vexed iiuestions—i.e.,
(ine.siions wliich have taxed tiie great
est ixiwer of llie greatest minds, age
after age—are such only becau.se there
is real truth on both sides. Groat
(lUestions. tluirefore, cnniinue to be
,irt;ued pro and eon from age to age,
liecause eacii side Is in a sense—i.e.,
from its own point o£ view—true, but
wrong in excluding the otlior point of
view. A trui’ solution will always be
Nuind in a view which combine and
rei'oneile the two partial, mutually
I xcluding views, showing in what they
iii'f true, and in what they are false.”
li is like that famous dispute about
llie shield. Tile people on one side
said ii was l>lack: those on tiio other
sile said it was white. IJoth parties
Were I'lgiu so far as their point of
view M'as concerned, but wrong in ex-
iludiiig the other point of view. A
i-omliinai ion of the facts from l)olh
piiinis of view was tlie only correct
soluiiiin, for tlie shield wa.s white on
iiiie side am) lilack on ihe other.
'I’hen' are llinitaiions in iln.' pow>r
if iiiagnilicailon of ilu! microscope,
'!'hc iiiglier Ihe power of magnllleation,
tile smaller the lense must be. So we
are aule to go only a certain di.slance
Jn iiuv inaiorial proofs of human kiiowl-
'•(dy;e, and tlien w(‘ reach a limit, .Al
though each generation extends this
liiiiU.. It would be absurd to believe
that there is nothing beyond which we
can ))rov’e hy material evidence. Let
ns, therefore, with loving faith, humbly
acluiowledge the limitation of human
knowledge, but accept the plain teach
ings of nature that there is an
all wise and bcnelicient Power guid
ing all natural forces, and that there
must bo a life after this that wiil be
more perfect than any of us can con
ceive of,
!>ei us say, with that eniinet Prince
ton astronomer, Dr. Russell, "We cun
trust (.lod to provide a future which
goes beyond our dreams."
ROSA PONSELLE
GIVES CONCERT AT
AUDITORIUM
stuih;ntis aitkkci.
A’l’Jt; L'-Vl’SL’AL aiUSlCAL
Ori’OKTlMTI
(bj "Dauza, Dauza, Fanciulla"
J. Durauto
(c) '‘Stille Thranen" Schumann
(d) "Ohiuison N'orvegienne”
Felix rourdrain
Miss Ponselle
3. Pion solo: "Schorzo B Minor’’....
Chopin
Mr, Ross
4. .•U'Ja "Ervani Involani" (from
“Ervani") Verdi
Miss Ponselle
Piano solos: Rhapsodie G Minor
Brehms
Serenade Rachemaninoff
lOtude de Concert MacDowell
Mr. Ross
(a) "At the Ball" Tschaikowslcy
(b) "A Memory" Rudolph Ganz
(c) “The Piper of Love”
Molly Carew
Miss Ponselle
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On Wednesday evening, March 12,
Liosa Ponselle, dramatic soprano of
the .UetropoIltUm Opra Company, ap
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a small but vcrj' appreciative audi
ence.
With about Jifty instead of two
hundred tifty, ileredith girls in the
right di'ess circle, and probably four
or live hundred—which sIkjuUI have
been thousands—people from the city
scattered In all parts of the audi
torium, I’onselle's accompanist ap
peared and asked that everyone come
down iniit the center of the arena,
which we did very cheerfully.
The moment Rosa Ponselle appear-
i.d on the stage, her auclicnce was
won by her captivating and charming
personality, eveti before a note had
been sung. 1-ier voice has such spec
tacular duuliiies that it instantly im-
liresses the audience. Her range is
uiiusually wide, going from the low,
rich tones of a contraJio to the high
est and brlgitlest of a soprano with
tlie greatest ease mid smoothness.
l''or tlexibility and power she prob
ably has no cijual. She could go from
the highest crescendos to the softest
liianissimos with clearness and
smoothness—the thing for which all
ingers seek.
Pt‘im the very llrst song, the ap-
plause throughout the whole program,
was very profuse, not even stopping
at one encore to each group, but call
ing and calling until at least three
iuid been given. Some of her encores
were: "iJUic Tree" and "Lullaby"
liy Scott: Tosti's "Goodbye"—the song
which made Ponselle famous; “A Mem
ory" by Ganz was liked so well that
she was forced to repeat it.
12ven after the last song of her pro
gram, no move was made toward leav
ing. The audience M’as determined to
i'.oar more and applauded until she
sang “Annie Liuirle." This made the
crowd more wihl and enthusiastic and
it was ((Uieted by di Capue’s “0 Sole
Mio.” .•Ngain the audience demanded
:ii(ire and Miss Ponselle, playing her
own accompaniment, sang “Swanee
Kiv>r" with all the feeling anyone
could put into anything,
Mr. Stuiirt Ross, Miss Ponselle’s ac-
ccmpanlst, assisted in the program
and gave several grou))S of piano num-
luirs—gelling very much applause,
'I’he one thing to be said is that
those of us who did go felt many
times repaid—and we only felt sorry
that Dierc were so many who were
not tlu>rc to enjoy the wontlerful
privilege and pleasure of hearing this
unusual concert,
l*HO(il{.\M
1. Aria: “Plurcz, Pluroz, Mes
Veux," (frmn "Le Cld”i Mflssenet
Miss Ponselle
2. (at "Nel Corpiu non nir Senco"
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