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QUEENS BLUES
October 7, 1932
UEENS BLUE
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U ()S A lh; P e n n IN gto n .
THE NEW CHAPEL PLAN
Uie institution of chapel hour from 10:30 to 11:00 o'clock is an
advancement in many ways over our former chapel period from
12:30 to 1:00 o’clock. Tn the first place, the new hour furnishes
a break in class work and allows the student a rest and relaxation.
The necessity of a break becomes ])romiiient rvhen we consider that
many students have four classes on certain mornings. After a half-
hour of rest and rejuvenation in Imdy and mind a resumption of
classwork becomes easier and more pleasant.
'I'he fact that day-students may be present at chapel has not
been over-looked. Surely this is an important stej) in uniting
the day-students and boarders into a closer relationship. A full
chapel is much better than one in which there are many vacant
seats. 'I'he atmosphere is imjn-oved by the ])resence of many stu
dents.
Students now feel that cha])el exercises are more important in
the day's program. They are not scheduled as ]reriods to be passed
away after classes, l)ut as an important and essential item of every
day’s program.
The prolonged chapel hour will not break into lunch henceforth,
but into classes, and that is another factor to its advantage.
Poetic People
After constant!}- hearing the
admonitions, “press on to the
future,” “look toward your goal,
t is encouraging to read an article
like Max Eastman’s ‘‘Poetic
People.” He divides human na
ture into two divisions, the poetic
and the i)ractical. He compares
the poetic to those ^vho cross a
ferry and take the trouble to
climb upstairs in order to be
out on deck and see rvhat is
to be seen as they cross over.
The rest, and these are the
practical, “have settled indoors to
think what they shall do uiion
reaching the other side.” The
practical person is never “distract
ed by things or aspects of things
which have no bearing on his
])urpose, but ever seizing the sig
nificant, he moves rvith a single
mind and single emotion toward
the goal.” The poetic are lovers
of the c[ualities of things; they
are possessed by the impulse to
realize, by the rviil to live! Fear,
anger, and even insolence are in
dulgences of the poetic. “Fear is
a being of intense fascination” . . .
‘‘Anger is a moderate i)leasurc to
most healthy persons.”
iMax Eastman doesn’t encour
age an impractical nature, but ad
vises the maintenance of an
ecpiable union of the practical and
the poetic. But he would certainly
advocate the open deck to the in
side of a ferry, and a view of the
‘‘\-\-hite sails of schooners and
sloops, the sailors at work in the
rigging” to the stale' fumes of
toh/acco smoke.
FOR THE FRESHMAN
Freshmen have been entering colleges for many, many years.
They come as new and inexperienced students and leave as developed
and learned seniors. They come and they go, but the way is hard;
yet they have been doing it for }'ears.
The freshman has a unicpie ]dace in college life. The environ
ment and associations are new-; a thousand possibilities face her,
standing as a challenge, a goal, a source of opportunities. She faces
her career with her ambitions and capacities. What will she do with
them ?
If she accepts the challenge that four years place before her, she
will cultivate the interests of her college. She will apply herself
to the tasks set before her. She will see the years, not as a period
to be endured for the privilege of a diploma, but as a period divided
into its days and weeks, full of joy, pleasure, interest, and satisfac
tion. The difficulties of college life will be a challenge to her strength
and perseverance.
The four years of college with their possibilities of accom
plishments will be an aim of every good freshman who desires to
strive for the hard and good things of life. Success in work and
play, success in friendship will be worthy goals of the girl who
desires to find the most out of four years in college.
THE RED CROSS—JOIN!
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alleviating misery due to disasters
and to economic causes.
In those communities which
face unemployment problems, the
local Red Cross Chapter is either
the center of relief or is a lead-
ing agenev in the relief organiza
tion.
By act of Congress, the Red
Cross has charge of the distribu
tion of a total of eighty-five mil
lion bushels of government wheat
to the needy, handling its conver
sion into flour and its shipping and
distribution. Again by federal
law, it has added cotton to the
milling business to satisfy cloth
ing needs of the peoi)le in want.
During the year the Red Cross
responded to the call of sixty-two
disasters. Chief among these was
the $2,266,000 relief program in
six of the Northwestern States,
giving aid to 266,000 sufferers.
'I'he Red Cross also handled the
relief and rehal)ilitation of 2,906
families suffering from the March
inter-Collegiate
News
On October 21 and 22 Hanipden-
Sidney and Farmville State
'I'eachers College will entertain
delegates to the ''/irginia Inter-
Collegiate Press Association Con
vention. Hampden Sydney Tiger.
'I'he employment bureau statis
tics of Madison reveal a sad state
of affairs. Statistics show that
whereas one hundred college
women have enlisted for domestic
work in city homes, two hundred
men have a])plied for jobs rang
ing from dish-washing to chauff-
euring and including playing-
nursemaid to children.—L'niver-
sitv of Wisconsin.
'I'he University of Chicago is
eeking an athletic-mechanic- mu
sician to man its new carillon.,
'i'he 220 ton instrument, eonsist-
ing of 72 baritone bells, is the
second largest in the world.—'fhe
Flell Tap.
Cuess what, girls? The co-eds
at Texas Christian have organized
a "Lily White” club. 'I'he girls
are striving valiantly to refrain
rom using slang ex])ressions. An-\'
member guilty of infractions to
the rule must treat all the mem
bers of the club at a drug store.
What do you sav? Will it work?
Dr. A. J. M’ilson, head of the
chemistry department at .State
College, Raleigh, N. C., has made
experiments to show that the hu
man body has drop])ed in value
per pound from six cents in 1928
to four cents today.
tornadoes in Albania, Georgia,
'I'ennessee and Kentucky. Alto
gether, the Red Cross ex]iended
$3,597,000 in administering to the
needs of 77,500 families who suf
fered from natural calamities.
In the relief of the unemjiloved,
])articularly in the mining areas
and industrial communities, the
Red Cross gave free seed for
vegetable gardens to 300,000 fam
ilies.
In considering this relief work,
one should not lose sight of the
steady service given by the Red
Cross in other lines. Among these
services is the teaching of first
aid and life-saving, which has been
given at many colleges over the
country as supplemental to ath
letic ivork.
Let it be remembered that the
Red Cross annual roll call opens
on Armistice Day, November 11'
and ends on 'rhanksgiving Day,
November 24.
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