THE BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
January 27,
Belles Asks Students To
Realize Damage of Rumor
Rumor in many ways is like a disease. It has the qualifications to be
as damaging, frustrating, or communicable as the most deadly disease.
The worst part of a rumor is the after-effect as in the case of a disease.
Rumor begins from some unknown source in some unknown person.
No one ever knows exactly where it begins. It always starts slowly and
quietly with the stealth of a cat and yet the innocence of a kitten. Some
times rumor will flounder around for a time and will finally die out, but
more often it forms the proverbial snowball and like a disease will spread
until stopped.
Because rumor is somewhat like an illness, it must be treated as such
in order to be stopped. First there must be research to attempt to locate
the source of its origin. This, however, is often quite difficult and usually
unsuccessful. The next thing to do would be to repair that damage
which has already been done and to stop any further growth. This is
not an easy job, but what might be considered even more difficult would
be the repairing of the after-effects. The after-effects of a rumor can be
more disastrous, and often only time can cure them.
Suppose we do a little research on the matter ourselves. Rumor may
start in any number of ways, but it mainly stems from gossip. Gossip
may be considered a synonym of rumor to many people, but it is more
tangible than rumor and can be divided into two main groups..
Intentional gossip is the most unpleasant, naturally, but it does not
necessarily cause any more harm than unintentional gossip. The malice
behind a rumor does not seem to affect the extent of the damage. How
ever, there is a moral difference between the two. Unintentional gossip
is commonly caused by curiosity or ignorance. Neither of these two
characteristics are particularly flattering, and they are certainly inex
cusable.
We at St. Mary’s are as guilty of spreading rumors as any other group
of i)eople anywhere. If we only realized the consequences of such indis
cretion, we could make an honest effort to remedy such a situation. If
we can check ourselves now while we’re young of discussing subjects
which do not concern us, we would all acquire a quality that would
benefit us not only now, but also all through life.
Editing a Newspaper is Not Easy
From The Technician, State College
Some appear to think that running a newspaper is easy, but from
experience we can say that it is no picnic, because readers are hard to
please.
If we print jokes, people say we arc silly.
If we don’t they say we are too serious.
If we clip things from other papers, we arc too lazy to write them
ourselves.
If we don’t wo are stuck on our own stuff.
If we stick to the job all day, we ought to be out‘hunting news.
If we do get out and try to hustle, we ought to be on the job in the
office.
If we don’t print contributions, we do not appreciate true genius; and
if we j)i'int them, the paper is filled with junk.
If we make a change in the other fellow’s copy, we arc too critical.
If we don’t we arc asleep.
Now, like as not, some guys will say we swiped this from some other
paper. And we did. —Sampson Independent.
Blossoms^ Babble
your little blossom friend has
really got the blues cause those
mean ole nasty exams arc right
around the corner and im so scared
i can hardly write and everything
but i guess all of you are ])retty
ui)set too since none of us can get
out of jt unless we just up and quit
which * certainly wouldnt be fair
after wove worked this liard and
all but still oh well i just dont know
what to think about it so i wont if
you wont and ill try to cheer you
up if i can possibly now let me see
if i can think of anything exciting
thats happened around here oh i
know something although it really
doesnt pertain to everyone at st
Beckoning Belles
AVhy all the worn out expressions
on the Belles’ faces? 598 baggy
eyes are trying valiantly to study.
jMott Butler got her sleep—her eyes
would have made the 600.
Our deci)est thanks go to Cath
erine Brown and Carolyn Foy who
l)layed the organ so beautifully the
other night. AVe should have more
of this?
AAT were rather “teed off” the
other morning when the mail did
not arrive on schedule. Then we
stopped to remember the other 114
mornings that it has been on time,
and our anger went away. Thanks
anyway. Miss Brown.
AA’ho has been feeding that cat?
Kindness is great, but someone is
going to wake up one morning with
a roomful of kittens!
A poem you might like:
In the squalor and the heat.
In the filth, the dampth and reek.
In this place so heaven forgot
Can true love live—or will it not
Like mortals—age and die?
AA^c hear from some lucky Belle
that she has received (?) 8.95 from
the Coke machine. How about clu
ing us in on the secret.
Mappi/ Wrthday
marys but ill tell you cause well
you see im a day student and you
know the other night when it
snowed well i think it was last
monday night but im not sure
cause you never can tell but any
way one night not too long ago i
overheard my little sister talking on
the telephone she does that all the
time you know cause shes about
fourteen years old well anyway she
was talking to one of her friends
and telling her that she heard it
was going to snow tonight what i
mean to say is that she said that
that night when it did but anyway
she told her friend she hoi)cd it
would snow so deep that they
wouldnt have to go to school all
week long but she still wanted the
The Belles
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Blue Belle
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Bemoans
snow to melt all away before friday
which is todaj’ so that she could go
to tlie rip roaring junior high bas
ketball game and i thought can
you imagine that cause i knew that
since i went to st marys that id
liiive to go anyway cause i mean
id liiive to go to school anyway
since most nearly everybody is al
ready tliere except us day students
and so id have to iilow through the
snow if i could so that i could make
every class and all and not even be
able to ])lay and make snowmen
but i guess thats when you are in
college and all just like we have
to go through with those nasty un
mentionable things that happen
next week but i guess thats the
way it goes and i guess i had lietter
stop babbling so i can start .study
ing cause you see i have english on
monday and im a senior so goodbye
by Kathleen Ilartsock ^
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Oh yes, I’m the great i)rctenk
Yly grades all show that I ai"'^
Blit Ylother dear, just wait ’til-
hear ^
The result of mv midterm exa'>
Oh yes. I’ll set a new record
For flunking those exams so H'
But don’t despair; I’ll get ,
where
Before they ask me to go!
Oh yes. I’m full of ambition,
But I cannot decide what to
Shall I go on and fail or finish
tale?
I’m feeling so lonesome and h'
Oh yes, I’m the great i)retenh’
And now 1 think I’ll be blunb ,
So what if I fail—that mci>>*'
new tale ,
To tell you about next month’