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CAMPUS COMMENT VOL. II

ATTENDS CONFERENCE AT COL UMBIA UNIVERSITY

NE'V YORK CITY

BY ELIZABETH MULLOCK

It had been my firm conviction that I I had experienced, in the terms of the normal-pardon me-the N ormaI­dorm girl, a hectic week-end. However, between the hours of 6 :17 P. M. Thurs­day, March 7, and 8:15 A. M. Monday, March 11, I decided to withdraw all prior claims and admit this week-end to be the busiest and most interest­ing in my expel'ience.

The time first mentioned ,vas that at which the train left Bridgewater for the Fall River boat to New York. As delegates to the Columbia Schol­astic Press Association's annual con­f01'.:enc(', TJ'clell FCl'~, rr'l'Xf'!"':-ntil1g'

"N ormal Offering" and·· I, represent. ing "Campus Comment", boal'ded the train. ,,ve arrived eventually at Fall River Wharf and went aboard. I feel that we missed little on the trip down, because we were awake considerably more than we slept. The wind lashed salt spray against our stateroom window and the choppy sea seemed bent on making us dislike it.

Friday morning after breakfast on the boat we went uptown to our hotel. Then we departed for Colum­bia University where the two-day conference was in session. We found the MacMillan Theatre, where all general meetings were held, crowded with young people fl'om Oklahoma, Califol'nia, Florida, Vil'ginia, Pennsyl­vania, Mal'yland, New York, Massa­chusetts, and many other states.

The opening session on Friday started with a welcome by Pl'ofessor A. L. Jones,. of Columbia University, followed by an address by Mr. Arthur Draper, Assistant Editor of the New York Herald Tl'ibune. He emphasized the element of sportsmanship, saying that a school paper is a sporting proposition, requiring the coopera­tion of the staff, and of the school.

After lunch in a Broadway tea-1'00111, we heard Mr. Arthur Guitel'­man in an address and readings from his own humorous verse. Following this we were able to choose from ten proffered sectional meetings one which we. considered most helpful. I attended a talk on HThe Live Newspaper" given by Mr. Wm, M. French, editor-

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PUBLISHED BY BRIDGE\X'ATER NORMAL SCHOOL APRIL, 1929

HELEN HEALY 'VINS BY CLOSE VOTE IN S. G. A.

PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

CAMPUS COMMENT ELECTS NE\V OFFICERS FOR THIRD

TERM.

The following officers have recently been elected to the Campus Comment board: Assistant advel'tising mana-ger, Helen Powers; assistant business

I manager, Frank Kilgrew; Joke editor, Harry Kane; Social editor, Annette Crowell. Mr. Kane and Miss

Helen Healy Bl, Dorothy Beesley Crowell were elected to take the place Bl, Ruth Schenk, K P and Gladys of Evelyn Linscott and Helen Moore Wilkie C2, were elected president, who are tl'aining at home. vice-president, secretary, and treas- Carnpus Comment wishes at this Ul'E-l' :.)f the Student GoV€rnT.t1€nt Asso- time to thank the retiring officers for ciation for the year 1929-1930 during their work during the first two tel'ms the first part of Mal'ch. and to welcome the new staff mem-

As the candidates were evenly bel'S, "\-vho, we are sure, will help in mate-hed, the competition was very making it a bigger and better medium

NO.6

FOURTH OF SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH NEW

TEACHERS.

MISS DOROTHY DENNISTON.'

"The spirit here at Bridgewater NOl'mal School has been a revelation to me. There is an ail' of quietl'e­finement about it. All the students seem to have a decidedly profession­al attitude. As for student partici­pation-I think it is excellent."

Miss Dorothy Denniston of the physical education depGn'tment, who is substituting for Miss Decker, thus summed up her impression of Bridge­watel' in the above W01'(18.

"To what do you attribute these points '?"

"The excellent management of the

r~ pl~~;Jent 8n~ v;~~~r¥0~i~nnt ~Qr~e. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"~l~~i~·'I··~"~· .~'L~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ almost' even, neCl3ssitating, thet-afore; ISBm~:RS'~' !'\

l:een. The votes cast for the offices of sehool expression.

another ballot. Helen Healy ultimate-I ANNUAL GYM MEET. INTER­ly won the contest for president. I CLASS COMPETITION TRIED . nHelel~. is president of Normal Hall I' INSTEAD OF INTER-DIVISION. a d dux mg. he~ three years ~as shown The annual indoor gym meet took herself actIVe. 111 sch?ol affaIrs. Doro- place on Thursday, February 28, under thry Be~sley, IS preSIdent of the Glee the supel'vision of class B1. A new C ub, Hea~ of the Scouts, ~nd has scheme was used this yeal', that of been promment~y engaged s111~e her inter-class competition instead of in­fresh~lan year ~n both scholastIC and ter-division, as formel'ly. The events athletIc enterpl'ISes. . were divided into three parts: the

Ruth Schenk, a sophomore has 111- freshmen D's vel'SUS Juniors' the dentified herself with the Dramatic sophomOl:es C's Vel'SUS Seniol's: and Clu,b . ~nd is well known in Normal the eXhibitions given respectfuliy by actIVItIes. The newly elected treasur- the A's and the B's er, Gladys Wilkie, of Class C is very The Senior and D' classes were the popular with the student body. blue ribbon winners only after stren-

ORCHESTRA

The first concert of the Normal School Orchestra given on Friday evening, March 8, proved a gratify­ing success both musically and finan­cially. The soloists, Beatl'ice Seaver, violinest, Alice Seamans, pianist, Walter Longmore, trumpeter, and J. Leo Ash, baritone, were enthusiastic­ally recived and responded graciously with charming encores to the ex­pression of appreciation. The orches­tra hopes to offer another progl'am at a future date.

The literary boarder fastened his eyes upon the hash.

"Kindly pass the Review of Re­views," he said.

uous competition fl'om the C's and JuniOI'S. Because they were so evenly matched, it Viras necessary to run off an obstacle I'ace to determine the victors.

Doctor A. C. Boyden acted as honorary referee, while Miss Somers, Assistant Stlpervisor of Physical Edu­cation7 Miss Pope and Mr. Durgin were judges; all were praised by spectators and participants for the rendering of the decisions since it was so difficult to decide.

Class A's exhibition of pyramid building gave the affair a dis­tinctly finished touch. The B classes also exhibited their work in the gym­nasium; B1 showed their skill in ap­paratus while B2 showed theirs in the intricate steps of Rig-a-gig.

Doctor Boyden's announcement of What became -of the man who stole the meet winner brought the con-

the calendar? test to a close. Oh, he got twelve months. Gertrude Sullivan.

Miss Denniston went on to explain that the dormitories of B. N. S. are the only places where they really ob­serve study hours. "In many places," she said, "it is a theory rather than a practice."

This physical educator comes to us from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She has studied at The Sargent School of Physical Education, Teachers Col­lege, Columbia University, and Ne\v York University. She has taught in the Lock Haven, NOl'mal School at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; for a time she was connected with the physical education department 01 Falmouth, Massachusetts and of Westfield, New Jersey.

Perhaps the most outstanding feat­ure of Miss Denniston is hel' infinite capacity for enjoying things, whether they be scholastic or social. She enters into everything with the same enthusiasm and verve.

,She is an avowed enemy of 1)1'0-

fessional sports. "Sport should be in­dulged in for fun. It isn't fun for the professional, it is work. It is better fOl' fifty girls to play basketball than fOl' five to play and have forty-five watch." So, mass participation is her creed.

As would be expected from her healthy outlook on liie, Miss Dennis­ton is an athlete and has a very vivid type of personality. She walks with a free, easy, swing. Her skin is tan­ned and fresh. Her eyes. sparkle. as she talks. She radiates health and vitality. : '. :

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2 CArvlPUS COMMENT

.:.,-,-...-" ....... ,_" ...... "e:oo-,'''''''''",-.. . ...::>, =:>-. """',.:. I quiet refinen1ent." Have you realized i CAMPUS COl\tIl\1ENT t it before? I

• ! s. G. PLANNING INFORMAL

i BOARD I DANCE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL, \Ve call it remarkable that the .:._ ........ "_"_"_"_"_,,_,,_"_,,_, .... , ... ,.;. 6. TO BE BIGGEST EVENT definition of "prevocational training"

OF YEAR. . Editor .......... Marjorie R. Shaw is so flexible. After a discussion m Assistant Editor ...... Anna G. Walsh An informal dance, given by the i.)sychology class we formulated the Literary Editor ............. Dorcas Snow Student Government Association ,,,ill following label. "If one starts in to Assistant Literary Editor be held in the Albert Gardner Boyden make a tie rack, that's prevocational.

Elizabeth Mullock Gymnasium, Saturday evening, April But if one starts in by making a tie Business Manager, Howard Nickerson sixth. l'aek and ends up with a house, that's Assi::;tant Business Manager Margaret Archibald was elected vocational. UnIque to say the least!

Francis Giligrew gena'al chairman at the meeting of Browning wrote a poem called "The Advertising Editor ..... Helen Toomey class representatives, March 8. The Pied Piper of Hamlin" but I'm l'ack­Assistant Advertising Manager other committee members are as I ing my brains day and night writing

Helen Powers follows: Francis Kilgrew, Hospital- a poem called "The Rat Catcher of Joke Editor. Harry Kane ity; Helen Hand, Refreshments; Gert- Woodward." With much gusto, great Sport Editor .. Gertl'ude Sullivan rude Savage, Decorations; Margaret celebrity and all due ceremony it will Social Editor Annette Crowell Hutchinson, Entertainment; Mary ,\ be dedicated to Dot Beesley of the Exchange Editor ............ Ruth Schenck Jackson, Tickets. aforesaid dormitory.

Published by State Normal School Students may invite outside guests Isn't it strange how a certain phrase at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. to this hop. All are urged to sign up will catch and make itself a part of

Published monthly, subscription as soon as possible because a limited the vernacular of some folk. ~ $1.00 per year, $.10 per single copy. number of tickets will be sold. couple of years ago the DramatIc

ANNUAL SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY TO BE PRESENTED

MAY 3

"As You Like It" is the name of Is it a coincidence that three visitors the annual Shakespearean play that

to our school, and one of the faculty the Bridgewater Dramatic Club will members as well, have described this present to the school on May 3. The school as having "an air of quiet re- leading rol~s will be portrayed by finement" about it? Do we realize Ruth Schenk and Merle Sawyer. and appreciate the fact? Strenuous practices have begun

The school building is an imposing and the final presentation is expected one; the soft whiteness of its stately to be the best that the club has ever pillars harmonize with the light red_produced. ~ _ .~_._ bricks. In fact, the \vhole group of .: •• _Cl_Cl..,...n..,...n_u_"_" ..... ,._o_c,_, ......... ;~

buildings from quaint little Gates I Altlmnl" Notes f House, to Normal Hall, the Gym and j I the long red length of woodward .:~,._,'_()_()_n_"_(J_n_ .. _"_n_c.:. Dormitory, is set most advantageously Within the past few weeks several on our campus. On a clear day, the of the alumni have returned to visit campus is indeed an impressive sight. us. "Joe" Shaw, Natalie Turner,

Paradoxically speaking everything Frances Bryant, Percy Churchill, all seems new and untried, yet radiates, or the class of '28; Leo Healy('26), at the same time, a sort of stabiliz- "Bob" Dunn (,26), "Gerry" O'Don­ing, dignified atmosphere. The ma- nell (,26), "Ted" Silva (,26), Harold terial freshness of Normal and the Goodnough ('25), were strong sup­school building, the young, newly- porters of the Normal team at some planted shrubs, the scant ivy growth of the recent basket ball games. contrast with the traditions, ideals Others who have visited classes and customs of the oldest normal ana stayed for week-ends are Clara school in Massachusetts. Gagne ('28), "Billy" Gomley ('28),

In spring, now, is the feeling of the Marion Morse ('28) Catherine O'Neil quiet beauty becoming more pro- (,28) I Chet Barham (,28), Barbara nounced. Perrier (,26), Ruth Boehner (,28),

N or is the air of "quiet refinement" "Bob" Newbury (,28), "AI" Murphy only an attribute of the campus. It (,28), Esther Mayo (,28), Jeannette seems almost a part of the attitude I Streeter ('28), Adelaide Boutelle of the students. There is a noticeable (,28), and Lena Foster (,28). absense of the rah-rah spirit here which is something that we, as a body, can justly be proud. Realizing that Bridgewater is a professional school, our aims are higher than those of other colleges.

Our dormitories, too, are comfort­able and homey. Each room is decor­ated and furnished by the occupants, but not before its scheme has been approved by the art instructors who 'see that the colors and arrangements are artistically correct.

An atmosphere of activity-every­one is busy in an unostentatious way, every thing is beautifully placed and

FOURTH OF SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH NEW

TEACHERS.

(Continued from page 1) Miss Denniston is supervisor of

the work done in the Training School. She also teaches the class in aesthetic dancing. At present she is busy mak­ing plans for the Campus Carnival program.

In the course of our interview, Miss Denniston used the phrase "be a sport." That seems to be the sum total of herself for she is one in every sense of the wOl'd.

Club presented a play called "Sup­pressed Desires." After the per­formance an epidemic of suppressed desires broke out here. Everyone hastened to his favorite psycho-anal­yist to be "psyched."

Another epidemic has broken out; A good name for it would be "who's and 1's/' That play given in chapel a short time ago started the ball roll­ing".

The other night I was trying to study (the subject happened to be pSlI:chology, by the way). From the I ci"crnr :r;eloi\T .. "" ~ - '. "I' "I' "I' interrupted by "Who' "Who' "Who". The racket grew too much for my powers of concentra­tion so I adjoined to the room of a friend a few doors away. On the way down there was also a series of sounds, "Who, I, Who I," Darn these "Whoozn' eyes"-quoth r.

After I had prepared my psyche lesson I returned to our room. I started to tell my l'oommate some­thing. Being in a semi-sleepy condi­tion she yawned "Who?"

The natural answer was "I." "Who?" "\Vhy, I" "Who?" "Oh me-Whas the matter with you."

I was unable to attend the indoor gym meet but Assorina Anderson more than compensated me for my absence by her exhibition outside the gym. She was evidently inspired by the graceful pyramids the A class had done, for a lump of snow in the mid­dle of the street appealed immensely to her aesthetic sense of balance. She darted out, raising' both knees high and landing with great force, first on her feet-and then, "She faw down and go boom" My! Oh My! but she can cover a lot of territory in more ways than one. I certainly like this attitude of applying principles learned in class to outside activities.

t The State Agency?

NE'V BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY

"World Histo';;-T;;day." McKinley, Howland, and Dann. Amer. BIL, 1927.

'Ie trace the origin of historic m;wements is the function of philo­sophic history. Our modern civiliza­tion-art, literature, philosophy, and religion-are traced back through the centuries to the classical era and even to prehistOl'ic times. But the politi­ea1. and industrial progress of our \vol'ld dates from the beginning of the eighteenth century, and it is to the last two centuries that most of this book is devoted.

"Best French Short Stories," edited by Richard Eaton.

Thi~ collection is dedicated "aux belles lettres francaises." The stories are chosen from those published dur­ing 1923-24. They have lost little of their charm; even though trans­lated, they are typically French, piquant, fascinating, modern. TWO GIFTS

To the Training school Library. Classes C1 and C2 presented plays

in the auditorium during the last six weeks of the past term. You may remember that they modestly re­quested you to give one nickel if you enjoyed their performance. Many of you must have responded, because there was enough money collected to buy three books for the children's library. The books are:

"The Light Princess," by Mac­Donald.

tl'anslate(l ii'DIn the N ol'Wegiall of Zwilgmeyel' by Emilie Poulsson.

"Gay-Neck" by Dhan Gopal Mukeyi -a book awarded the John Newbeny medal in 1927.

To our own library "Some Forerunners of the Italian

Operv.." by Henderson, Miss Rand gives this delightful

history of the opera to us. It is as interesting a story as anyone can read, beeause the origins of operatic practices are very romantic and ex­

. citing. There are also whole pages of notation selected from some of the greater early musical cOlnpositions.

We extend the thanks of everyone to the C classes and to Miss Rand.

Cora M. Vining, Librarian

A GIRL'S DORMITORY

Student tones of "Only Make Believe I Love You." Frolic? An undercurrent of studi­ousness. "Powdel' your nose!" "They haven't sent any money yet!" "--If it wel'en't for history--" "--perfect time, I me.an, it was simply ecstatic!" "How do you keep your hair up?" "--next week-ena?" "Special for you!" "I don't feel the least bit· like study­ing-I mean, I just abominate this assignment! " A light, factious quality with an ele­ment of strain. all add to Bridgewater that "air of Anna G. Walsh.

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CAMPUS COMMENT 3

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UN MONT DE FRANCE "~----(-'-<'-(J-_J_'-V--(l

J'ai souvent entendu parler I Club News ! I du Mont Blanc qui est Ie som- .:. _'_,)_(_._"_(_,) ....... , __ ~J_.~ .. met Ie plus eleve de t?ut~ l'~u: FRENCH CLUB

And how ,vas he to go through with the bout? He had blabbed to his one and only sweetheart that he was a great scientific fighter and very adept in the art of self-defense. But, alas and alack, he wasn't.

THE COURSE CRABBER In high school this insidious mem­

ber of the human species was usually known as a grind and as such was cordiallv disliked. "Disliked", I say, not hated or scorned, because by grinding habits he hurt nothing but his own social standing and was there­fore tolerated as one of the necessary evils of our educational environment.

Here in N onnal School the situa­tion is entirely changed. You al'e here for what you can get out of the course and you set your own stand­ards. If your class standard is high, vou must reach it or take the con­~equences, if it is low you are lucky, yea, very lucky-a veritable child of fate. Here one runs unsuspectingly and unguarded, into that nightmar­ish ogre, the bane of all normal "Normal Students", "THE NORMAL CURVE."

N ow the words "normal curve" have the same effect upon Normal Students ·as the crimson flag of the toreador has upon the pain-tortured bull-and why not? It is this system that makes an obscure grind into the loathsome and universally hated "course crabber." The marks of the course crabber are taken as best and they are far above those of the com­mon herd; those of his first cousins, "the Joe Plugs," are rated as good and the larger percentage of the class are given passing marks.

Just here lies the gross injust­ice. Those who are the possessors of a percentage, which under the old gradings would give them a good mark find themselves receiving empty congratulations 011 just having sneaked undel; the wire with a pass­ing mark and those poor struggling souls who under the old system would have been let by with the marks that they had managed to scrape up-why they find that they have flunked the course so completely that it will be days before the most buoy­ant and brazen of them will be able to look anyone in the face without blushing for shame.

Ha ving described the destruction and wailing' and gnashing of teeth that the creature leaves in his wake, I shall describe to you some of his characteristics so that you will be able to spot the demon at first glance and set afoot plans of extel'minating it in some horrible and violent manner,

Usually he is a sly deep person, not over talkative, but when he speaks he has a confident tone that arouses a slight suspicion which is heightened when you notice that every time you go by him; in the library before or after school, he is there arming him­self to the teeth with notes to be used in his class attack. He is usually friendly until he receives a pointed hint that you somehow or other failed to get any material on the lesson, and with this he either shuts up (like

rope. De toute rna VIe J e n:;l French Club has recently enjoyed j an1ais vu une montagne, mars two meetings of a distinctly social je suis sure que c'est-Ia u~e ~x- character: a Valentine party at the perience que l'on n'oubhe Ja- last February meeting, and a bridge mais. party at the first March meeting.

Le lVIont Blanc est vraiment Members brought guests to the majestueux avec son sommet annual bl'idge party. The prizes were couvert de neige pendant tout won by Ruth Marsden, Helen Robbins, l'ete. II ressemble beaucoup a Mario~ Ryder and Thomas Costello. une ancienne sentinelle aux che- GLEE CLUB veux blancs et it robe verte. The first annual concert of the Comme ce serait interessant si Glee Club will be held on Friday even­cette sentinelle pouvait nous ing April fifth.

But now he had to go through with the bout or else lose the confidence, and, may be the love, of this girl of his who had taken him at his word. So he shuffled to his room in sad­dened spirits and put himself through the motions of shadow boxing. ·With­in a few seconds, he was bathed in sweat. He therefore decided to give up this arduous exertion, and leave his doubtful future to the higher parter de tout ce qu'elle a Vtl In addition to the concert of the

pendant Ies annees qu'elle est club two soloists of note, Bernard po;~~:. evening he met the girl of restee lit a contempler tout ce Zighera, first harpist of Boston Sym- his dreams. She seemed very inter-qui se passe. Les civilisations phony Orchestra and Alfred Zighera ested in the approaching fight and sont venues et s"en sont allees ceUist of the same orchestl'a will play. positive that he would wade through mais ce mont est Ia seul chose, LIBRARY CLUB the victor, with his sheer strength qui rest intacte. C'est un des . Negotiations are now under way and knowledge. He listened attentive-chefs d'oeuvre eterneis que Dieu to secure the serVl'ces of three' stu- h h tIt d . f' ly and with a eavy ear re a e a a crees. Si J' amais J e alS un dent entertal'ner's from Emel'son f h h ld

. thrilling story 0 ow e wou van-voyage en Europe je valS sans School of Oratory of Boston, for the quish the foe. doute faire l'ascension de ce evenl'ng of April 26. A program will

t . 'II d . . 1 ng At eight O'clock, his girl told him mon qUI Vel e epU1S Sl 0 - be gl'ven l'n the auditorium with a 1 F t Ur that it would be wise for him to go temps sur a rance e s reception and dance following in the

l'Italie. home and get some sleep in prepara-L F t ec gym. tion for the next evening's bout, so a rance ne peu pas r e- At the last meeting of the club . t tIl' d t . n he would not be so apt to fall asleep VOIr ou e a g OIre e ce anCle Lucy Bowen of Class A was elected

t "1 in the encounter, and thus give his monumen parce qu 1 y en a une vl'ce-president, as Kathleen Lund, the t · . t Itall' e et opponent a chance to win. So our par Ie qUI se rouve en . . for'mer Vl'ce-presl'dent is training. , d

' II M t M I hero took himself "chez-lui', an qui s appe e on usso Ini. GIRL SCOUTS b h N ous esperons que ce mont ser- decided that if he won this out, e vera comme ami mutuel entre The scouts have been learning would keep his tongue where it be-l d l' "unique methods to use in teaching longed". and exterminate these1f-_,,~, ,-,.':,-C""'T ~~nted~ia:i:e~~ ~~e cM¥rui~~nl~. t~el'v.Lor$'e·O<We-·to YOiilii~!i~!lp'ra~"·~ir"'e1tttim~·""!Ifi:~~~'P~";~~ " ":""~""'i~ paix de l'ancienne sentinelle. their regular Thursday night meet- The bout was about to start. His

Marion Ryder, Bl ings. . . girl was in a front seat, waving en-

the proverbial clam) or looks you brazenly in the eye and solemnly lies that he has none himself, and at the same time you notice that the atmos­phere in his vicinity undergoes a marked drop in temperature. The most conclusive test is his behavior in the classroom and from this he can never escape recognition, no matter how clever is the ruse with which he has previously concealed his true identity.

He listens calmly and with little interest to your halting recitation and on your frequent pauses in desperate attempts to recall badly jumbled and meager material, he looks pleadingly at the teacher, and when finally is called upon to recite, he supplements your inadequate explanation. He rises slowly and with a deprecatory smile in your direction, which makes him more offensive, he gliby rattles . off facts from a plump and neatly arranged notebook. Again, when you are fear­fully dragging yourself into a test, lamenting at your procrastinating habits and now reaping in full their fruits and preparing yourself for the worst, he, Friend Course Crabber, after expressing loudly fears that are obviously insincere and so false that they should be held against him on the Day of Judgment, sits down and practically gobbles up the test, and while you are in throes of agony and praying for inspiration, impatiently

Dorothy Beesley, Head of Scouts, IS couragement at him, while his oppon­also teaching the younger scouts how ent sat on a stool opposite him with to plan meetings. a steely glare in his blue eyes. At

DRAMATIC CLUB last the referee called them to the A farewell party was given to the center of the ring, whispered a few

graduates at the home of Miss Ade- meaningless words about rules, and laide Moffitt (coach of the club) on then sent them back to their corners. the evening of March 5. As five of \Vith a clang the bell rang for the the members are graduating, and start of the fight. The crowd cla­four of them officers: Anna Conant, mored for blood. Roy, our hero, got up, president, Sue Philips, vice president, but his hairy antagonist was already Grace Buckland, secretary, "Mim" Per- rushing across at him!What he was kins, wardrobe mistress, a delightful to do, he knew not. But as he beheld social was planned. Miss Priscilla Nye his opponent coming thus towards of the art department was guest of him, his fighting blood was aroused. honol'. The undergraduate members So he closed his eyes and stuck his of the club served the repast. hand out. The on-coming leather

he awaits the bell that will send him on to new fields of conquest.

After all don't you think that there is some good in his make-up? Don't you envy his capacity for study and wish that you possessed it to a less repulsive degree? How many times after receiving some reverse in the classroom have you sworn to your­self that from now on you are going to be a H J oe Plug" and crab all your courses?

Why not, instead of the easily broken promises and idle wishes, put the idea into practice and see if it does not pay more than does smoking oyer the idea in the boiler room, playmg cards in the men's room, or "caloop­ing"-the Bridgewater term for keep­ing a heavy date-:-I repeat, why not

pusher ran right into it, taking it flush on the chin. Down he went, like a rock in the water, and stayed there, while the referee tolled ten and our hero bewilderedly looked on.

It was in the parlor that Roy met his sweetheart that night and pro­posed. But his loved one said, "You'll ha ve to give up boxing if I mari'y you."

"Give it up!" said Roy, "You said it. I will."

Montebello

try for a while a little of this "course crabbing" act? It may be a new role to you but I think that the wonderful dividends that it pays will more than make ·up for the time invested in it.

Frank Desmond, D4·

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CAMPUS COMMENT OFFICIAL ATTENDS CONFERENCE AT

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Continued from page 1)

in-chief of the "State College News" of the State Teachers' College in Albany, New York. The second sec-tional meeting I attended was con-

Is the next dance going td be ducted by Mr. Porter Caruthers, formal or can we wear our own assistant business manager of the clothes??? New York Herald Tribune, who spoke

Fairy Tales used to begin with, "Once upon a time,-" Now they be­gin with, "My dear, I have been de­tained at the office again tonight."

on the general make-up of a paper. During the afternoon we attended

a moving picture lecture "Around the World \vith the United Press." We then dined in the delightful Fountain Room and later attended the Zieg­field Theatre when we saw the pro- I

duction "Show Boat." , Saturday morning a pleasant voice,

he over the room-telephone saying, : "Seven o'clock," awoke us. Thus

Dad; "Johnny. I'm ashamed of your report card. When George vVashington was a boy of your age he led his class."

Johnny; "Yes, dad, and when was your age he was President." started another morning of meetings

The trouble with this country is at the University, ended with a con-; that too many are trying to satisfy a ference of Teachers College-Normal bricklayer'S appetite on a school- School delegates at which we planned

t i.'", salarv l11an~r impl'overnents and discussed eaCl1eI U J • l ' b'l' f . t'

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t 1e practIca 1 Ity 0 an orgamza 1011 I

A THan living in the heart of Bridge- of papers of such professional insti-: water recently bought a cow which he tutions. . keeps in his backyard. Thirty milk- The subsequent business meeting men from Snl'l'OlllHling towns have was followed by a trip to the Mecca been 110ticed looking over the fence Temple. Here a delicious luncheon to see what a co"..',' 1001-::s like. was served. ,

We left directly after for the vVal.1 Speak well of Y01.U· enemif2f}-YOU dori-Astoria. In' first tier box seats i

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A Yankee and an Englishman were plauded tho fine pel'fonnance of "Oh conversing. Hectol'," the Columbia Varsity Show.; Honle Baking "Wh~isiliefu~ili~ga~nd~al H~~~dI~h~iliAbri~_~~= __ ~_. _____ ._~ ___ .~_~ __ ~~_~~~~~~._~~.~~.~ __ ~

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Yankee. shoPl)ing-, aiul our attention was so The Englishman thought long and riveted to the fascinations of Fifth

hard and finally gave up. A ve. and 34th St. shop windows that "vVhy it looks round," laughingly we almost passed our hotel. We

l'epiied the Yank. changed our clothes, and departed for The Englishman laughed heartily dinner and Roxy's theatre. The show I

and that night decided to try the same was gorgeous, more so because it was joke 011 his wife. the last night of the second anniver-'

"What is the first thing a ball does sary of the theatre. i when it stops rolling"? queried he. 1 The next morning, Sunda~7, we slept:

After a fe,,, minutes of weighty. late, chiefly because we '\\~ere not a·: thought she of course admitted her I wakened. We ate in the beautiful! inability to guess the answer. main dining room of the hotel. We I

"'Why, it looks about, You silly ass." spent the morning sight·seeing on he told her triumphantly. Fifth Ave.-Riverside Drive-busses,

Once and for all, freshman, let us tell you the difference between Cap­ital and Labol'.

with a guide-book on our laps and trying to see both sides of the street at once. Also at this time we visited St. Patrick's Cathedral.

If you lent a sophomore five dollars \Ve had dinner in the grill room of THAT the McAlpin. The night before we

hadn't been able to understand the

THAT would be capital. If you tried to get it back

would be labor. waiter in the uptown grill, here we As the man who \vas about to be I could understand neither the waiter hanged said, "This is going to be a nor the menu, but we managed to en-mighty good lesson to me." joy an excellent meal.

A salesman was trying to persuade a farmer to buy a bicycle.

Said the Farmer, "I'd rather spend my money on a cow."

"But think", said the salesman, what a fool you'd look trying to ride a CO\v."

"N ot half such a fool, as I'd look trying to milk that bicycle," replied the farmer.

Then we reluctantly mounted to the 12th floor again. Packed, and left by the inevitable subway for the Fall River Boat. Fortunately the return trip was calm and we slept soundly. After a hurried breakfast on board, \ve took the tl'ain which reached Bridgewater at 8 :15 Monday morn­ing, just in time for us to compose our minds and spirits for chapel and classes.

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