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December 10* 1940
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EDITORIAL
Have you ovor spent none moments in your
neighbor's room? I ’m sure most of us would
answer such a question in the affirmative*
But have you ovor considered a ll the valuable
truths you c m learn or relearn just by pous*-
ing a short while to read the mottoes that are
hanging on their m i l s ?
I t m s just last week that one such motto
impressed me deeplyo It road, *Don*t worry-—
I t may never happen*** Hot; true this statement
is J Host of us would say that at school there
is ample room for worries to arise® but hardly
should it be said of students who are Christ
tianso I have also hoard it said?, ®Xf you
worrya you don’ t tr u s t*w L e t ?s take those v a luable
admonitions and daily make thorn aplioablo
to our cran lives* R em ember"God is s t i l l on
the throne I*1
«, ‘“-Sell
Students are to bo ocraaendod for tho m y so
many are spending a fow moments in silont prayer
at the beginning of Chapel exercises 0 This
pause pxits into us a spirit of x-rorahip and reverence
o
However it is to bo regretted that a l l arc
not affooted this way* One morning fora- d ifferent
groups wore seen whispering together
after they had bcwod their heads in prayer0
This not only disturbs others but also tends
to n u llify the good effects of tho prayer*,
us b a v e our lessons and other business
iutside tho Chapel and devote this short period
gmtirely to worship *
«-«Hertslor
Beacon
We appreciated the presence of Sister 11# C®
Lehman# a f o m e r missionary to In dia 3 in our
Chapel sservices on Sunday* In Mission Prayer
Mooting she gave a very enlightening discussion
cn the subject^ "What God hath wrought in In d ia 0*
Sho said that th® day of miracles is not past*.
Tho traditional heritage of the Indian is suoh
that a changed life is a miracle®
At tho close of the Sunday School period she
spoke briefly to tho whole schools She explain^
od how well the story of the Good Samaritan fitted
intc the conditions in India and thus provides a
point of contacts
At present j, sho is stationed at Ephratas Pe
helping with the European re lief work being done
there«
— George To Ilillor
BREEZE
Tho College Junior girls wore welcomed to Sharon
Cottage on Saturday evenings Eaoh m s given a
bag containing five peanuts. Every time w® were
hoard saying wyes* or "no” during tho evening*, we
had to fo rfeit m o of our peanuts® We assumed
the nenea of such personages as Hr* and Urs® Henry
Fordjs LlTo and Hrs* Edison*, and King George and
Queen Elisabeth® These pseudonyms however, did
not keep us froia indulging in such things as
taffy-pu11 ing 3 nuaioal Blind Han1s Bluffy and
Sleeping0
Our hostess;. Leah Kauffman-, offered two prizes s
one to tho person having the most peanuts, aadi4
one to th© person having the most blisters*
—»Sara Jane Weaver
Hurricane
Tho day for the Phi 1 CBiathosii--Amorion o on-tost
program fin a lly arrivede Tho closer the
time .for the program approached*, th© tenser
tho atmosphere became® At 7 130 the chapel w
well f i l l e d with friends and fellow aooiety
members eagerly offering through their presences
their moral supporV to their represents
atives an. the prograsn0 The entire program*,
consisting of music numbers# readings, orations
, pantomimes 9 and a debatea m s th.:* ughly
enjoyed by everyone • Since both societies
could not -win a l l the ambers*, we are happy to
congratulate you,? philematheans*, in the winn=»
ing of the musi*** - number^ reading, and oration,*
Armeriana,* oongratuiati aas to you in winning
the pantfsnime and the debate I
— Naomi Weber
*As Ithers See Us®
Recently the students heard the following
words mispronouncedi
pastoral^ accent should be on fir s t syllable
Pharaoh- ao is the equiva lent of oB
finance- the last syllable is accented*
* * is Ur
To a certain table host«*~*Th© conversation
fainted again* end again Mr® leapt forward
with rostorativeso'5* (not organaT)
* * * * *
The singing in our Dining Hall has improve
ed but how about choosing selections a lit t le
more carefully for the devotion period before
breakfast* ”By Cool Siloamss Shady Rill** may
be sung cocas iomally but it re ally is a funeral
hymn for a tsjaall child®
* * * * *
"Tty collar is prone to atand up I® Uever I
Inanimate objects are never "proae* but may™
be *apt * *
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CLIMAX
Ho longer w il l you hear the ta p , tap of
balls resounding through the h a l ls » Friday
was the day to hand in our graphs & end a ll
the tilings we 3 as experimenters and subjects *
used in our laboratory work for General Psychology
» You may have thought it a l l seemed
like play and, in a sens©., i t m o f m to draw
stars by the uso of a mirror# placing balls in
their proper places^ figuring out puzclos (really
using t rial and error method) & learning
Japanese and Spanish words a and worfe, of sub“
stituting letters fo r numbers <> However, I
believe wo are glad that our 100 trials is
doing some of these experiments are finished
and we *re no longer human guinea pigso
— Margaret Hart in
HOTICE
Tho laundresses found some senior pictures in
boys® shirt pockets this week® It seems as i f
a few of the boys cannot stand much aoap and
waters But wo9re glad to say that not many of
the little pioturos got as fa r as the tub but
are now peacefully reclining in same second floox
art r?%«i£a
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The lamdresseg would b© vex*y glad i f "you
all® -would send your sheets to the laundry m
Friday evening or very early Saturday morning
for this week ouly7””“1[teo to the Holidays we
would like to do same of next week’ s laundry
cas Saturday«
Thank You I
Tho Laundresses
•»«‘py Edna Wenger
GOSPEL TOUR
On Saturday ^ Bovember 303 Miss Erb* Ruth Hess®
Mina Gliek^ Paul Martin^, David Shoxmlter® and
Henry Hurst left the school for Cottage City*
We keenly fe lt our responsibility aa we drove
away with the srng *Speo d A m y " ringing in our
ears* Arriving at Washington about lunch timo«,
xm decided to park by the airport to eat* We
enjoyed watching tho large airplanes come i u ;?
take m . piteei«xgerc9 try out their motors ^ end
then take off at a great speed* Programs were
given at Ellicott City cn Saturday evening and
Sunday afternoon^ The theme was "Gems from
Philippianse5* Sunday morning and evening,* programs
were given at Cottage City* The theses
wore *(''■"£.? from Philippians* and "P a u l9 s Holy
M b i t i o n w0. The prograaa included tnree eh ild«
ren3a meetingsa We were impressed by the larg®
number of children present« On Sunday evening
we were invited to Henry Drunk5 s for supper&
We certainly enjoyed the "good eats and nice
time* i n their home® The hospitality that m s
shorn to us by the mission workers and the
Brunk family m s greatly appreciated*, We r e turned
on Monday morning by m y of "Skyline
Drive*;, thankful to the Lord for the privilege
of witnessing for Him in this m y .
— Mina Glick and Ruth Hess
BEACON
Folks seem to be in doubt as to the whore=»
about of "Sharon Cottages,* So for your bene>^>
f i t * hero it cones»
First of a ll you go out the back entrance and
follow that road which you a ll knee so w ell— the
one which leads to Roo q Mb Havre vers you do not
stop at this building but continue your journey
until you reach the next place--—u cosy lit tle
house occupied by the ^nina roses of Sharon*0
Graciously submitted-
The ftoses of Sharmo
Glances
Shirts# shirts* shirts— what a pile 1 YJhite*
brown, blu ea purple, grocn, p in k , red—y e s , and
yellowi Did you over b o o such a variety? Eand“
kerchiefs of every else and hue— littlo flower-*
figured oixo§a big rod and blue ones, and p lain
white ones 1 All these and many more things wait«*
ing to be ironedo Ytfhat fun the ironing rocsa '
girls oust have with a ll this -variety and display
of color i I con aaagino too that they select certain
special shirts to iron at tines to be sure
that they get done just right* Four or fiv e girls
in a nice warn room among' such a display of olean3
colorful clothes with conversation f l o w i n g freely-what
a pleasant tsuy to spend one*s working hours?
THAHK YOU
The boys vtiia take Industrial Arte oft an. eanplain
about not getting their 3haro of ^tt^pntion in
their work® R e m e m b e r b o y s 3 you are not the .mly
eaesi in the class and same of the rest are think**
ing the score thing when you get h e lp . Also# tfjhen
you are given materials or a word of advice^ do n 't
taka it for granted* A kind "Thank you" helps a
lot a
— Merle Ilolliagor
FOCr
Jotf.ni KflW'.yl brought' n r&bbit to th® h-jbdhtsu .
one morning for the cooks to prepare, On arriving
in the kitchen he mistook baked salmon
dishes for custard p ies.
— Dorothy Longenecker
Hews
Mrs. Oliver Wenger has been helping in the
kitchen*
* * *
Pour county teaohers have been taking a
course in Astronomy^ meeting each Saturday
evening in the Physics Laboratory from seven
to ten o ’ clock*
* >o *
Monday evening the Soienoe club of the Harrisonburg
High School sp<..vt a ooup'-e hours at the
Observatory.
M .T .B .
Bits of Sunshine h ^ a r d in Chapel
Brother Staufferi "Confession of ain is d is owning
sin *”
Lola Weavert “ Peter i3 s t il l catching fis h
with his F irst and Second E p i3tla ."
Mark Bumbaughj "The death of Stephen made a
greater impression upon the people than his l i f e ."
Brother Gehmanj "tve’-rnity begins where computation
ends. Newton-*0 God, I am but a man picking
up pebbles on the seashore of the oooan of knowledge
Submitted by
George T» Miller
ASTR0N0GRAFHS
Did you ever take a tumble without hurting
yourself? You were grateful that you were not
injured® You should have been grateful too
that you oould rise to your feet again* Because
i f you lived on Jupiter, you would have
to l i f t two and one-half tisses your earth
weight. For i f you weigh l v>0 l b s . # on Jupiter
you would weigh over 375 lbs<> Also on Jupiter
you would f a l l two and one-half times as fast
and hard. And i f you lived on the Sun (assuming
for the argument that that were possible)
your 160 lbs» would weigh over two tons s and
'’’ you oould neither stand up or even so muoh as
l i f t an a m * An ordinary automobile would be
a a. heavy or heavier than a huge */my tank,, and
the tiros and springs and supporting members of
the chassis would immediately orgok up under
the load#
Perhaps you have fe lt proud of a good broad-juoipo.
I f you lived on 6erea, one of the planetoids,
you oould jump a thousand times as f a r .
But we mustn’ t jump to ooncluaiona about such
an advantage for one might jump too hard and
jump o ff the planet altogetherJ The esoape
velocity is very low and it would be impracticable
to play such games as baseball or golS^
for instead of the balls being lost ir. t&e
grass they would be lost In the sky I Yes, on
Ceres, i f the postal rates would be the same
as on earth you oould send 600 pounds first
class for a throe-sent stamp. You could l if t
your automobile with your little fin g e rs but
i f you wanted to run it* you would have to
have spikes in the tiros to produo© enough
frictio n to keep the wheels from spinning^
or to stop when you put the brakes one I f
you were not extremely careful in pouring
your tea it would splash the oeiling* and if
you lifted too heartily a basket of eggs they
would bound out of the basket like jumping
jacks® Of course you would not hurt yourself
fa llin g , indeed you oould not f a ll j it would
be a very slow reclining process, sinoe a body
would require about 18 seo. to f a l l only five
fe e t. A ll in a ll the gravity of earth is just
about ideal*,
— M* T=. Braokbill
D r ift
In N® T» Bk. J s Deoomber 5 , the olass was
surprised when they heard a "Tweet I Tweet3?’
in the room. What was it? I t was a little
bird in a oage. Maybe he wanted to help in
the discussion of our lesson.
— Ruth Weaver
SUNBEAMS
"God has His best for those who would have
it so$ and. Hia seoond best for all the r e s t."
— E» G. Gehman
"The election of Christians is a choice of
God
— John R» Mumew
HOSPITALITY OF SHARON COTTAGE
Violet a 3lead me down to dinner on© day0
Of courne, then, I had to obey.
V.'e fries » ome eggs and roasted soma c/ioos 3;
And we both ate so much i t mad< ue sneeze»
Pears for dessert, was a bad mit> \ko
But of them., we hungrily, eag© iy , did tak *
"Hi-Ro" cakes were in order
With salt on a plenty;
But tny dear, they wore good,,
Wherefore w© did eat many®
A glass of milk was our next la ;e oourse-
Until it was down we both war hoarse.
The last on the program* was an orange to squeeze
And then as before, we had tc sneeado
— Gr&aa f Gross
Thin I qq
’ Tie a ll in fun
As round the pond
On skates wo run*
The ioe at last
Begins to oraok 0 '
As v/e go past
IZWH i c c j
Ha rrjT before- ^
And I..behind---
( I t or&oks soma morel)
The ioe does hoave
And craok and groan
And howl and grieve.,
But oh, worse yet
V/e break down through
And get a ll wet»
Now, Friend or Foe,
Take our advice*
Beware your step—
Stay o ff thin ioe®
-“Milton Landis
Drifts
When it was proposed in Mixed Chorus that the
date for the Christmas program be ohanged, a
serious objection was raised by the director*—
— — The ohange, he said, would' involve a conflic
t with his hair-cut fsoheduleo
—-Edith Showalter
Heard in class; " I t surely gets me when I
don’ t get what the speaker says*
15Some people put it on so thiok
i t falls o f f ,"
" I t is the mind that makes the body rioho"
— Shakespeare
LINGERING SUNSET RAYS
Memories of -fche v is it of the College Seniors
at Brother Hostett&rss®
1* A merry crowd of twenty College Seniors troops
ing dams the road; a warm welcome at the brick
house of the ^lass Adviser
2® A unique roll-call
3 , A v is it to th© upstairs museum
Brother Hostetter's baby pioture
Curios from Africa
Antiquated laboratory equipment
A toy dog that wagged (? ) his tail
4» A short program in the parlor
Mua ic
Chester Shank's bumble-bee experience and re»
suiting hay-staok nose
Mnhlon Hess and Harry Hertsler singing-, " 0
doar, Mamma,, I cannot say my alpha, beta,
gamma 0"
5o Deliolous food from tho ends of the earthj
Pineapples from Hawaii
Home grown celery
African tea
Californian grapes
American tangerines and bananas
~“^p9*1}© orgian peanuts .
'^^~~Snrooado0 from Central America
All these things helped to make the evening
Sjnost plaasant* but the thing that w ill linger
longest in our minds is the oongeniality and
good cheer that radiated from the Iloetettera to
u s » May their home continue to bless those who
orosfc their threshold®
— Edith Showalter
Extra
These were a few of the remarks and exolama*
tions which wore he ard in the Home Ecu kitchen
aa the girls were making the cookies for Open
House» "Deed we better go and aak her® Yfe don’t
want a ll of these to be a flop®"
* * * *
"These taate like flour o'*
* * ¥ *
"Hurry up, Kurtz3 these things are burning,"
* * * *
“You go up and t ell Miss Rohrsr that she had
better hurry down hero
* » * *
"There's too much nutmeg in this stuff:,'1
* * * *
"D o n ’t eat them all®"
• * * * *
"What am I trampling in anyhow?"
" 0 h s probably some cookie dough®"
"Wells I hope not; I*ve got my Sunday shoes on*"
* * * *
" I f these are diamond ehaped„ I never saw a
diamond I"
* * * *
We hope you enjoyed them anyway,, boys H I
— Ruth Kurt*
Shower «5*
nave you ovor ooon a boy malco candy? I f you
nover have, you should have been with uc on
Saturday night* The Sophomoro boys—w it h a
litt le help from the girls-«<iixod up some of the
best candy ever tasted. I f they con cook as
■well ae they can make cancer, they m y be able
to get along as bacholorG.
There v/ero five groups and each group m d o a
different kind of candy. Wo made chocolate covered
nuts (hard and s o f t ), coconut candy, nut f i l led
fudge, stuffed ITEod, and a delicious mixture
of n uts, kicks, marshmallow, and chocolate.
Hiss Rohrer, our capable class sponsor, %ms
kept busy, running from one porson to another as
she heard their crio3 for h elp. Everyone vjas
responsible for washing his own dishes; however
Ruth Weber was kind enough to wash most of them.
TJliile the candy was cooling m d the dishes were
being washed, everyone took part in singing
Christmas carols. The delicacies were then
divided and each of us received a generous share.
We appreciate Hiss Rohrer's originality and
thoughtfulness and sincerely thank hor for a
very enjoyable evening.
-*»Ruth Crunk.
Behave Yourselfi
Push no t,
Rush not,
Yfticn you cone to school.
Loaf n et.
Boast not,
Make that your rule.
Run not,
Poke not,
Then you’ ll be on tine*
Giggle n o t,
Sniggle not.
And you’ l l bo doing f in e .
Gwendolyn Churchill
CAUGHT BY T E . EDITOR
Us American people sing
fEe tree through the north window
A delicious ordor upon the a ir
Each have
To they" who are not -watching I seen
To Happily live lie done
sufficient enough pantominod
noramory work baton©
meet 'to have a meeting moovies
Twenty Years Ago
The fir s t E . II. S . College English Ccnposition
Class gave a public program«
Ernest G . Gehman i Pro Littoris
Lena Burkholder (Brunk)i Immigration
Beulah Smith (Fowler): Character
Fannie IIo 1 singer (Cood)« V irgin ia
Gertrude Hissley (Gehman)t Building
“••“lie t . b *
Overheard pn The Cottage city Tour
Ilenry H.- ’’I ’m'hungry.18
Paul K . to Henry- ttl would give a nickel i f I had
my ovorcoat." So Henry gives the driver
orders to stop. Ho gets P au l’ s overcoat
from tho trunk, and also gets a n ick el.
After tha t, Honry wanted to stop for a sandwich.
He fin ally purchased some peanuts to
satisfy his hunger, as a sandwich was not
available*
To Harold Shenk- ’’How large is Cottage City?®
Harold- "Sixty-five a c r e s .w
Hiss Erb- "Why do thoy have those red lights in
the top of the Washington Monument ?*
Henry H . -WI guoss so tho airplanes don’ t mow it
d o m .*
David S.- "There comes a man.10
Ruth II.- '’Oh l e t ’ s get him, quickl” (when giving
out tracts)
Esther Histand- (passing a graveyard) *They
don’ t bury in this graveyard anyone living
within ten milos. Some of us wondered why,
until it dawned upon us that no living perso:
is buried.
David S.- !RFilX mo up with gaso line.’5*
Henry H.- "D id n ’ t you have enough breakfast?®
— Ilina Glick
Echoes from tho Revival messages
^God’ s judgments come at the eveningtido of his
providential mercies.**
“The supreme purpose of Christ’ s death is that
we might have l i f e — abundant l i f e . "
"Righteousness is fa llin g in lino with the vri.ll
of God.®
"When Jesus comes, ho m i l not tarry.®
"Tho great legacy of tho churoh is p eace.”
■"Restitution is very humiliating but— don’ t you
want to be humble . ? ’'"
^Separation rests on the new b i r t h .”
"Failure comes in our Christian lives vjhen vro
place ourselves to close to the D ev il. ”
"Two momentous questions:
Does the world feel at ease in your presence?
Do you feel at ease in their presence?*3
— Goorgo H iller
Debut
TTould you like to have your frie n d’ s birthday
recorded in the Weather Vane? We’ l l try to run
this column i f you w ill help. L e t’ s not miss
anyone. Put these birthdays from the previous
week into the Weather Vane Post Office box before
Llonday noon of each week.
Last week's birthdays*
Clara Eshlesan— Doc . 2
Chester Shank— Dec. 2
Edna Wenger— Doc. 3
Doris Suter— Doc. 6
