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Page 4 THE D I A L E T T E November, 1949 English Major Finds English Hard To Master The bane of an English major’s life is - English. Whether it he literature or grammar, she can not study it during school time and then lay it aside. Decidedly to the contrary, it is always pop ping up in ordinary conversation. Take an innocent course in Shakespeare, for instance. “Don’t be silly,” you say; “Shakespeare doesn’t appear in MY conversa tion.” That, my friend, is what you think. Once an English major had been exposed to half a dozen or so plays, she innocently - more or less - inserts little gems of Master S’s wisdom into her flightiest talks, “Lord, what fools these mortals be,” and “All that glitters is not gold,” are quite useful. And what is more parod ied than “To be, or not to be, that is the question?” “And I’ll go to bed at noon” becomes her fond est wish, while her greatest dread is “a goodly apple rotten at the heart.” And grammar! After about three lessons on irregular verbs, she rises with alarm when someone confuses LIE and LAY, or SIT and SET. Following a few sessions with sentence structure, she mentally diagrams every weird sentence that twists its way through conversation and tags every misplaced and dangling modifier. Orally, she casually in serts commas into rambling sen tences and picks at absurd phrases. Even her dating habits may be strange in a busy time. She “goes steady” for weeks at a time with such distinguished people as Ivanhoe, King Lear, Thoreau, Gulliver, and Cooper. If she is conscientious in her “dating,” you will usually see her with one of these gentlemen by the hand. But such a life has its consola tions. In fact, to be frank, it isn’t at all bad. Mr. Shakespeare’s quotes, when put together, make fine reading, and you’d win a mill ion on the best quiz program if you knew enough about him! And though it is a bit annoying to —Continued on Page 6 Librarian Has Books To Suit Any Reader “A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit em balmed and treasured up to a life beyond life,” wrote John Milton almost three hundred years ago. His impassioned sentence is to be seen engraved on a ceiling of the great New York Public Library. Its meaning and truthfulness come home to this present gener ation with added force as they observe the use of blood transfus ions and blood banks in modern medical practice. What stimulation and strength to a hungry, undernourished mind the right book can bring. How of ten one feels a vague interest in some topic discussed in his hear ing, or assigned for his investiga tion, finds that vague interest quickened to a burning eager curiosity under the stimulating life-blood of some master-spirit’s treatment of it. The librarian, like a skiPful physic’an, can prescribe the type of life-blood necessary for a spec ial mental or spiritual hunger. Is the nervous system tired and ir ritable ? The library has books that soothe and relax. Is some moral problem weighing on a student’s mind? There is every probability that many master-spirits have weighed and analyzed it, and that their solutions of it are embalmed in easily-read books in the library shelves. Does one long to pour into verse the emotional reactions of his soul? The library shelves are load ed with books containing the prec ious life-blood of poets long since gone, but yet alive in the printed page; and there are books by master-spirits in analysis and criticism dealing with technical practices. Do you feel run-down, thin- blooded, always unsatisfied in mind? Go to the great books left for you by the world’s greatest master-spirits. IN BLACK MOUNTAIN IT IS The REXALL STORE C. C. UZZELL Long Weekend Is Fim At School For those of you who were among the select (who went home, that is), long weekend was a weekend in which you were wel comed home, stuffed with your favorite foods, treated like ladies of leisure, and displayed with pride among your family and friends. But those of us who re mained here at Montreat had a wonderful time too. Ours was a combination week end - a combination of resting, of catching up on all work, of hav ing fun, and of dismissing routine. Friday night some of us went to Black Mountain College to see “Great Expectation.” Saturday night we had supper at the Camp Montreat Rec Hall where there was a nice fire and enough food to feed an army. Later on that night, a formal tea was given in room 224, College Hall. The prop er garments were hats, gloves, and pajamas; and we dressed in such - even Miss Daniel! The food was delicious and the entertainment surperb. The last morning of our won derful weekend of leisure was en joyed in true Montreat style, by taking a breakfast hike on Mon day morning. During the entire weekend we were served such delicacies as you have never before seen - and Comer State & Cherry St. Black Mountain, N. C. THE GRILL Home Cooked Foods Specializing In: WESTERN MEATS - FRIED CHICKEN • REGULAR DINNERS Bea’s Beauty Shoppe Black Mounta'n, N. C. Phone 7116 COMPLETE BEAUTY SERVICE Rock Building Near City Hall THE CLOTH SHOP “DAN RIVER FABRICS” Black Mountain, N. C. Autumn’s Picture Ranks With Greatest By Rachel McGill When autumn comes the Master Artist paints the most beautiful picture ever painted. The pale sky becomes a deep soft blue. The green trees turn to scarlet and gold. The sparkling clear streams wind peacefully on their way. The songs of the last birds of summer thrill you as you listen. As the day turns into night the soft blue of the sky becomes deeper and the sunset paints the sky with gold and then with rose. When nights falls the stars appear in all their twinkling beauty. Later on the full harvest moon rises over the mountains and the world is lighted with the soft shadowy Pght of the moon. Fall is truly a picture which no artist but the Master Artist can paint. such lavish servings. We ate un til we thought we couldn’t push our chairs back from the table. But next meal-time there we were in line again. Halloween was a beautiful hol iday, too. The rooms of the girls who went away were decorated carefully to give them that “lived- in” air. We won’t say we’re glad we d’dn’t go home, but we will give this hint to the wise. It’s even nice to stay here during a holi day — and we saved money, too. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS KEY CITY SHOE SHOP Black Mounta'n, N. C. COURTESY CAB CO. PHONES NIGHT 2912 - DAY 7156 Black Mounta’n, N. C.
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