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December 1 0 , 1941 E* M. S . V o l . I l l No. IS
EDITORIALS
i t ia n *t ao bad to make mistakes sometimes*
However we should p r o fit by them* The other day
as I was about to w rit e the word ’’ c a n n o t,” I
stopped to th in k i f i t were "o a n not” or "c a n n
o t .” Like a f l a s h " cannot" came to my mind aa
the correct spelling® I refle c te d upon my past
mistake of w r it in g i t as two words in a te s t in
my freshman y ear of high sohool.
I f you have been making q uite a number of
mistakes in your s p e llin g , mathematics;, E n glish ,
or in l i f e in gen eral, p ic k y ourself up. Show
to y ourself and those about you that you have
been b e n e fited by your past experienceJ
— Martin
Dark, dark er, dark est—-darkness r e a l enough
to be fe lt,--inky darkness— y e a , that describes
a b la c k o u t. Gan you imagine how i t would be to
drive a c a r , ride a b ic y c le , or even walk in
such a gloom. That is ju st the way England,
Germany, and other European and A s ia t ic countrio
a w i l l spend a "Merry?” Christmas.
For them w i l l be no c o lo r fu lly lighted
stre ets, no g a ily decorated Christmas tre e s, no
cheerfixl gleams from candle-lighted windows,
b u t only depressing dark ness.
U . S . is at War* Maybe next Christmas or
the next we w i l l have to liv e i n blackout a l s o .
B u t ,— cheering thought—-we have the Light
of G od’ s love in our hearts® That need not be
blacked out.
— Lehman
At t h is time we are bein g advised by our
local papers "t o shop early and avoid the r u s h ."
Many are heeding the above admonition* The
buying p u b lic is going from store to store in
search fo r presents* This is the scone in
America, a land that is peace lo ving, but no
longer a t peace.
Our neighbors in Em’ ope, on the other hand,
are going about not in 3earch for presents, but
in saaroh fo r food* To quite a few Christmas
day w i l l be ju st another day— a day of added
hunger.
But in a l l th eir eaarohing many f a i l to
fin d the greatest G i f t o f a l l timesr-a g i f t that
cannot be bought w ith gold and s i l v e r . I t is
fre e J11
— Baer
TALK IS CHEAP!
" T a l k is oheap" as the expression goes, but
i t m y not be eo oheap a ft e r a l l * When you
know something good about someone share it w ith
others, but i f there is something undesirable
do not spread i t . T alk is not oheap when it
hurts someone's f e e lin g s * Here is a l i t t l e
verso that w i l l help us to remember that we
should be consistent in our ta lking*
I f Tfisdom’ a ways y o u 'd w is e ly seek
Five things observe w it h oara s
Of whom you speak
To whom you speak
And how, and when, and where.
— Rrby King
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LIERARY
Mostly negative this weeks
Books from now on to t a holidays i l l not
be dated ahead further than December 22
Books for English pare l e i reading w i l l be
cheoked out over the holids s only on t i e reo-oinraendation
of your Snglis) teacher a o I f you
are up to date with your raidin g* we prefer that
you do not a 3k to take boo a home*
There are s t i l l a few people who talk in
undertones in the library* Plea s e , please don * t £
Againj Studying that does not involve reserve
aricl reference books .b not to be done in
the library except by day* jtudent college folks*
And ega in a .Magazine and newspaper reading
is no t to oe d'one during evening study periods
And now a pat on the shoulder: So many of
you have cooperated so 8plend:Tdly tliat 1 die-like
having to publish the three last paragraphs
ju st preceding this one®
Have you noticed the l i s t of books ac c essioned
since September? Some on the l i s t are
not yet ready for c ir c u la t io n , however, and
some that are ready do not yet have cards in
the catalog®
— K artsie r
SOPHCMGRE TREAT
The Sophomores were roy ally entertained by
Miss Rohrer in the Art laboratory on Dec« 6c
The gay decorations around the room reminded us
that Christmas ie coming. We played " C o n g r e s s /1
"P o s t u r e ," " I t ’ s at Straw ," "The Organ-grinder
Man3" Miss Rohrer than read to us a Christaas
atory e n t i t l e d , "why the Chides Rang*" As we
l e f t we received a l i t t l e package c onsisting of
candy, popoorn, and nuts* W e , tho Sophomores*
wish to give Miss Rohrer a hearty "thank you"
for the n ic e time she .bowed ua«
-“E liza b e th Hostetter
NATURE SOCIETY
"B-r-r-r i t ia ooido You w i l l be warm in
about ten m i n u t e s T h u s ran the conversntion
as "we,*1 the Nature Society* made our way across
the campus, through Park Woods and to the r a i l road
tracks® What fun i t wan to see who could
walk tho track the longest without stopping off.-.
In a short time we had covered the two miles
to the Lime Kilnfit- The manager kindly took
time to tell us the story of lime* We saw hew
the rook is taken from the quarry', put into
small care and hauled to the ovens„ where i t i*?
burned. We also saw where the atone rms gotten
to make the back and fron t steps o f the school®
V/e returned to school fe e lin g ready tc do j u s tice
to our Saturday evening meal of soup and
ice cream® Who wouldn’ t a ft e r e fcur^miXe hike
led by Brother Hostetter?
--'Herman So Ropp
FULL MOOtl MEDITATIONS
My heart was th r ille d as a tr a in slowly
le ft Harrisonburg, on the eve of the last f u l l
raoono Vigorous and determinate sounded the
puffs and the clattering of steel against s t e e l.
The w h istle shrieked and warned the travelers
to fle e the wrath of the t r a i n 's furious power
or suffer destruction®
The lig h t from the fire b o x suggested that
someone was feeding in more c o a l. The man at
the controls did not fear to plunge on into the
darkness, fo r he trusted the r a ils beneath hiinu
The ringing testimony of one starting on
Sfche Journey, whose l i f e is on f i r e for God, fed
by the Word of God, and supplied by the Holy
S p i r i t , w ith C hrist at the controls, t h r ills
my l i f e the more, A l i f e thus equipped is capab
le cf pulling a large passenger load of twice-born
men along on it s journey to Heaven.
Are our lives pulling a large t r a in , or hav«
we only enough power to pull ourselves along?
— David Troyer
f r o m t i e c o o k i e j a r
A cross boar has been growling around the
"Cookie Ja r’* since last dewy bun n ig h t . We are
convinced that two golden brown buns covered wit!
sugar w i l l restore his good humor*
Friends of the sohool have showered us with
g if t s the last few weeks. The cookie ja r is
f u l l and running over® Our oongenial a s s is t a n t
from the K i n g ’ s ffclaoa is p artial to queen sandwiches
although we have sugar cookies,, spice
cookies, and sometimes ginger snaps. We have
pies too and only such as Nannie can b a k e . The
following lines by Slauson describe her luaciou*
apple p i e s .
A thing of beauty to my eye
le a deep d e lic io u s apple p ie .
W it h its crinkled edge and crust so brown
And fork m d e ventholes in the crowno
This gastronomies! perfection
In any vote gets my se le c t io n ,
With a mug of milk* a slab of cheese—
A meal refreshing as a summer breeze,.
Nothin'1 Much to Eat
(?<ith apologies to Gertrude W illiam s )
Turkey in the oven
A ll savory and brown
Ps-as and sweet potatoes
With butter drippin* down.
Mince pies nice and smelly,
Baked bean« in a pot,
Syrup and grape j e l l y ,
And b is c u it s p i p i n 3 hoto
Sson the b e l l ’ l l be c a l l i n '
"D i n n e r 's ready} take e geat—
Us folks here at Eo M« S 9
D o n 't have n o th in ' much to eetS"
— Mary Suter
December 1 0 , 1941 -3-
HE REAPED WHAT HE SOtfED— Part Four
The f a i t h f u l old clock on the s t a irs oalled
out the hour of f o u r . Charles had j u s t entered
h is room. Hu rriedly he prepared f o r b e d . ; He
tr ie d to sleep but could n o t . Haunting his
mind were the deeds of the nights h is stealing
the o a r, his dan cin g , his stopping at R a y ’ s
Place w ith a debauched g i r l , his d r in k in g , his
smoking, h is conduct in the presence of the
g i r l * But he reasoned to himself that i t gave
him ple asure , and i t was a l l a lot of f u n . He
smiled as he thought how cunningly ha had kept
his fath e r from knowing of i t .
"C h a r l e s , you look sleepy this morning.
D i d n 't you sleop w e ll? ” There was concern
w ritte n on M rs. G i l b e r t ’ s f a c e .
" O h , I ’m a l l rig ht* I suppose I read too
long la s t n i g h t * " This untruth seemed to sati
s f y M rs. G ilb e r t for she asked no more. Charles
did his b e st to appear wide-awake, and he succeeded
remarkably w e l l .
This was not the la s t time Charles took the
oar and went out a t n ig h t fo r a good tim e. I t
occurred as often as he f e l t he oould go and
yet not have i t become no tic eab le to his parents
that he was losing s le e p . U su a lly he went to
Lycone or T illertow n which were some distance
from his home. This made him more oonfident
as h is parents could not learn of i t so e a s i l y .
In de e d , they were e n tir e ly un suspecting. But
a ft e r three months o f rowdy li v in g the end
came. Always, i t is tr u e , on e’ s e in w i l l fin d
him out.
(To be oontinued)
— J . Lester Brubaker
PUBLIC LITERARY
Those who were not a t Public L iterary on
F rida y evening missed a good time w ith the
story t e lle r s of Oral Expression C la s s .
Just a sample o f the program— "T h e l i t t l e
boy climbed higher and higher into the tree to
get away from the pursuing b e a r . The l i t t l e
fe llo w shot the bear and he f e l l to the ground
and broke h is four l e g s . And the b e a r— he
d i d n ’ t— he d i d n 't wont d e a d ."
G i r l s , i f your parents go f a r away and you
decide to have a good time by g iv in g a p arty ,
I advise you to ask Wayne H o ttenstein for suggestions
which might help you avoid some o f the
embarrassment a "naughty " young Mennonite maid
experienced*
To make sure you get a horse instead of a
hen, you had b e tter le t Orval Jantae give you
lig h t on the s u b je c t , or else i n the end y o u ’ re
l i a b l e to get a hen even though you p refer a
horse*
One of the greatest calamities of the sea,
the sinking of the T it a n i o , was c le a rly brought
before us by fourteen o f the story t e l l e r s .
-"-Esther Mast
AVIAN HIKE
On Saturday morning, December 6 , wo Aviana
were happy to have a b r i g h t , sunny day fo r our
third trip of the y e a r . Our sponsor Brother
Hostetter led the fourteen of ue equipped w ith
bin oculars and b ir d guides to Waterman's Woods*
Along the way wa saw many b ir d s we had met
on e a r l i e r trips and also fiv e new ones. In
the thick part o f the woods we heard some new
oa'lls, although many b ird s have not y et congregated
in protected parts since the weather has
been warm. The chirp of the golden-crowned
k in g let drew our a t te n tio n .
Those who had missed bre akfa st e a r lie r were
glad fo r the refreshin g persimmons brought into
th eir reach by Luke Shank. Miss Naomi Weber
was sorry the napkins were not passed, fo r she
T/ished fo r one to put in her scrapbook.
The white-breasted nuthatch performed fo r
us b y running down the tree in search fo r food.
The blue ja y fl e w away a ft e r our approach. We
heard a flo c k of orows fu s s in g and teasing
something in the trees and soon found that "some-thing'
5 to be a great hom ed owl. The last event
was seeing a red-tailed hawk on the h i l l s i d e as
we wended our way back to school.
— Mary Florence Shank
TREAT
The rostrum of our ohapel was occupied the
past two Wednesday mornings. N o , i t w a s n 't that
vro had such a large crowd, but that the Mixed
and Junior Choruses were going to sing fo r u s .
Mixed Chorus sang one week and Junior
Chorus rendered the dessert to current event
talks giv en b y Brethren Gehman and Brurik the next
w eek.
— Sara Jane Weaver
FOR GIRLS C3TLY
Every day some of ua are obliged to commit
a rude offense that we would r e a lly w ish to
a v o id . You know, i t i s n 't n ic e or proper fo r us
to w alk between, when two of you are conversing,
but i f you are standing a t the sides o f a doorway
that we must pass through, t h e r e 's nothing
else to d o . Of course, we might w ait u n t il the
conversation is f i n is h e d but that would be
eavesdropping. O r, we might try slip p ing behind
you, b u t that would be pushing.
And a ft e r a l l , doors are fo r going through,
a r e n 't they? So, i f we come b re ez in g through
the middle of a spicy b i t of news, pardon u s .
In c i d e n t a lly mo3t offenses oocur a t cloakroom
doors, g i r l s . That passageway should
always be open, d o n ’ t you think?
— Ava M* Rohrer
GEM
Obedience to God’ s commandments is the beat
evidenoe of our love to Him. — Hiram Weaver
Submitted b y Emma Hietand
A PLEA
Those two ping-pong tabies ere weathe; ing
the storm o f antagonism on the basement f l e e r >
They are all over the h a l l o Worse than th e t,
~hey are being ruined & Everytime they are .set
up they take a beatings every time th e y 'r e put
rtway th e y fre abused and sh&kefu We have two
-ather new n e t s , but they are being torn b e cause
of being rolled up* (and what n o t ) , while
not in uaoo Dear f a c u lt y , may we not have
Room H for a recreational room? Two tables can
remain permanently there— and the h a ll w i l l b©
alearedo The afternoon sessions of anjatamy and
chemistry w i l l not be disturbed,, We need Room
H for a game roomdI
— Herbert Luehrs
BREEZES FROM THE DISHROOM
Did you wonder why the dishroom g ir l s have
been singing so muoh? W e l l , they are trying to
t e ll you that we have s o ft w ater, and also that
Christmas is coming!
— Helen Stau ffer
WEEK-END WITH BROTHER SMUCKER
Friday devotion, 9? 1 5 , What Doth I t P ro fit ME
to Be a Missionary?
Friday e v e ., 7 jOO* Big Game Hunting in I n d i a .
Saturday e v e * , 7 «30„ Re ligio u s and Sooiai
In co nsistencies in India®
Sunday, 6s0 0 , Why India?
Sunday, 1 1 sOO, Sermon
Sunday, 7 sOO, Opportunity fo r q u estio n s.
My Happiest Memories of India.
Miseionary Appea.1.
Ms T • B »
TOTIC , '
Sometime ago we had many suggestions on
"How to improve our worship in chapel.'* What
has been our reaction? Has i t been like a b it t e r
dose of medicine which w e 't o o k because we had to,
then soon forgot about i t , or have we thought of
it as a tonic to improve our drooping s p ir i t of
worships. "The Lord is in His Holy Temple * let
a l l the earth keep silen ce before Him.11
-‘ Emma Hi stand.
OFF THE SCHEDULE
On Saturday, December 6 , at seven o ’ clock
the Freshmen entered Room M which was decorated
w ith henlook and oandles for a s o c i a l o A t the
close of Prayer C irc le Miss Hartzier read ua the
«tory "Why The Chimes Rang*" A fte r fla y in g game*
and doing many other inte resting things, we were
served d e lic io u s refreshmentso 1 am sure a l l
the Freshmen extend to Mias Hartsler a hearty
"’Thank you” fo r the enjoyable time®
— Zelda Breeden
ATTENTION
f. Prison Workers' Meeting w i l l be held
S u m *.y afternoon, December 14,, in the chapel
from slB to 1 s45 p 0m0 Problems and nature of
t-.he prison work will be discussed* A ll .‘ re
Welcome,!
“ “ Prison W orkersf Committee
JASUAL COMMENTS
Sometimes more bitterness is sown in five
minutes than oan be gotten rid of in a whole
life., -»The Return of the N ative
From a Lecture at the Brethren Churoh,
Harrisonburg«
Family Relations — Dr« Myera
I f another person is successful in your
chosen profession and you are prone to be j e a l ous*
muster up courage to sin cerely say something
kind to him«
Bring out the best in others® T h a t ’ s liv-ing
w ith peoples I t ' s the Jesus wayo Jesus
never met an unimportant person. He made every
one fe e l worth w h i l e *
I t ’i a n 8t necessary to promise to remind
people of their faults,. You oan do i t easily
enough without a p led ge 3
Radio doesn’ t allow togetherness in faml™
lie s except working together to keep the others
quieto
F i r a t thing in oharacter development its to
learn the meaning o f "N o „n
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December Calendar from Brother Hoststter
1 . The ground pine t r a il i n g through the leaves®
adds a touch of green to midwinter scenery.,
2 . On clear December evenings when there is no
moon ths stars show xip b e a u t i f u l l y . The c o n ste
lla t io n s are bright end oonapiolous.
Monthly star maps are published in each issue
of the Nature Magazines
3 U The b ird s w intering w ith us now are mor©
concerned w ith the food problem than with the
temperature. Appreciated foods are cracked
corn, r a i s i n s , peanut b u t t e r <>
(To be oontinued)
Submitted by Margaret Horst
WHIuUOND
Saturday evening found a number of us climb
ing the h i l l baok of the school. Where were we
going? Not to the observatory but a l i t t l e
farth e r south. N o r not to the reservoir but
( s t i l l ) a l i t t l e b i t farther south. Due to our
southern position by this time, we received a
taste of southern h o sp ita lity a t Hartman"s*home>
A more enjoyable time oould not have been ant
i c ip a t e d . Only one thing we regret and this
is "we c o u ld n 't get late permission*1*
— I . Lester Sauder
. ..December lOj 1941
kidnaped: 11
On Friday evening while out fo r a walk w ith
a frien d (e v id e n tly sn accomplice in the p lo t)
an attrac tiv e g ir l w ith medium brown liair, and
brown eyea waa ” kidnaped" by four person® in a
183e Chevrolet*
The g ir l returned to school ag a in Saturday
morning reporting e d e lig h t fu l tine w h ile being
held for ^ansomo A lew of her f r i e n d s p Margaret
and Leah* planned the episode in honor of her
birthdayo So Margaret took Fern for a walk and
soon Leah„ G rac e# Fannie,, and Sara came along
w ith everything loaded for a t r ip to the mountains
over nighto Margaret convinced reluctant
Fern that it m e a l l right to go along* Overcome
with a mar emen t Fern soon r e a lize d that sthe
was in the hands of a ruthless group and must
y ie ld to th e ir w i s h e s 0 Thus started a most
enjoyable trip to Sparkling Springso Supper
consisted of hamburgers w ith o n io n s„ baked pota
to e s , a p p le s , tea* and co o k ie sa
Prayer C ir c le around the fir e p la c e w ith
glowing embers was a f i t t i n g climax of th is
grand evening©
Next morning soon a ft e r sunrise we enjoyed
a season of devotion followed by b re ak fa st of
pan cakes w ith syrup, postum, and bananas* Fern
saya i t ' s fun to go for a walki
■— Sara Rush
nAS ITHERS SEE US"
I am told that Northwestern U n iversity has
a " P i t y Sakes" class in sp e llin g * An i n t e l l i gent
glance at our b u l l e t i n board reveals that
we have some candidates for a s ’stiilar olass*
*■>:**
The Nature Society must be going to have
something d if f e r e n t fo r their seasonal program,
unless they have not yet learned how to spell
YULETIDE correctly* And I doubt very much that
Raymond Kramer lias authorized the spellin g of
"Kramar" on the same program®
In c id e n t a lly some others should ask Fred
personally how to spell h is "h e f t y " la s t name*
Augsberger ju st i s n ’ t correct*
****■
Room H ’ a appearanoe oould be improved i f
the person who started to clean tho windows
w ith Dutch Cleanser (or whatever i t may b e )
would f i n i s h h is job*
* *# *
The museum oase or the flo o r i s n ’ t a proper
place fo r the Weather Vane* ^
**♦# i
Imagine a third or fo urth year fight sohooi
student drawing I s sac for Isaao«
" ' " V ' V
GEM — L it t le time to pray and less time to
watch b rin g s defeat in the c o n flio t of l i f e 3
— Amos Horst
TO A PAL
Together did we spend many an hourj
Though my mind and hand would lim it your power0
You later showed me what 1 did think
you bound past and present w ith a firm lin k
You helped in making and seeping a friend
Because of y ou, too, some wee a had their end®
On you i leaned hard thru testa severe *
Your help meant much to *ny future aareer0
But-, alas., ho?/ you have changed nowi
Many yrrinkles form upon my brow0
Because of you my hands are stained,,
You annoy and scratchs t h e r e ’ s nothing
You cause my frien ds to look and atare
And wonder i f I am aware
That, fo u n ta in penp your day is done
I ' l l have to buy another one
-^Caroline Plank
gainedo
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METEOR
The " grinding->ooffae” quartette extends
thanks tc David Ho b tetter fo r the splendid time
accorded i t on Sunday eveningo
-“ Editor
FROM ME TO YOU
(To those in t e r e s t e d : Susie is a f i c t i tious
name fo r tny person, who anytime, anywhere,
may come across my wayo S u s i e ’ s adventu
re s, however, are a c t u a l , f a i r l y current
eventa* You may be Susie y o u r s e l f . Who knows?)
Door Mary, A smile fo r you and a g r e e t in gil
Susie came by today* She «said, " I ju s t came to
buy some stamps so I could say " H e l l o ." W asn’ t
that nice?
Oh, i t r e a lly w a s n ’ t nucha Ju st a word
and a smile that made l i f e b rig h te r for a second.
I t w a s n ’ t much, n o , but I lik e to th ink just
such small things are e t e r n a l, d o n ’ t you?
Yours,
Iona
SUN---“ -RISE
Tomorrow’ s sun may never r i s e — fo r you0 I
once knew a man who had this motto on the w all*
at the foot of his bod» I t was the last thing
he saw in the evening, and the f i r s t thing in
the morning,, I t is gripping and in sp irin g to
think that although Christ may not come to the
whole world today, He many come to you or me
any minute* In the face o f this truth* wo
should think only pure thoughts, t a lk only of
ed ify in g things, and do only virtuous deeds *
-“ Herman Ropp
"A p erson’ s asso ciates usu a lly betray his
c h a r a c t e r ."
— Luke Shank
INTERIM I Qj AL OR SIS
"T h is know a l s o , that ix the last days perilous
times sh all o o m . " So -@ad Brothar St a u ffe
r in our Monday’ s chapel ©3 ircisas* He was
reading from I I Timothy* He Jould, i n truth,
havo been reading from the D ily Hews Record.
Perilous times have indeed o me to our land*
America has slowly, but over more su re ly , beoome
involved in the great and complex web o f inter-na
tio na l politics®
Some say that she had to» Some say that
Germany, I t a l y , and Japan have determined to rule
the w o rld, that we must f i g h t while we s t i l l have
a l l i e s to f i g h t w i t h . They say that d ic ta to rships
and democracies could not live side by side
in so small a w o rld, even i f no attempts wero
made by the former to conquer the latter*
Others say that no combination of powers
could ever de feat the United States and that we
should live to ourselves* They say, moreover,
that even i f the d ictatorships would oonqu&r a l l
the other nations that they s t i l l would not
d ir e c t ly attack us* So , say they, wo should
mind our own busin ess* These say, too, that
America is going to war needlosaly* They say
that America has developed a s i l l y sentimentality
over helping England and they say t h a t , in
a d d it io n , America has acquired a superiority
oomplax and wants to a c t as a foreman over the
a c t i v i t ie s of other n a t io n s »
Yihich viewpoint is right? L ikely no one
knows, though some people, of course,, think they
do*
I t d o e s n 't , however, make much diffe re n c e
now any more about which is (or w as) the rig h t
viewpoint because regardlasa of whatever reason
America may have had for going to war the fac t
remains that she hajs gon»'e An Amerioan de stro y er
has been sunk Tn~*the A tla n tic and another
has been torpedoed though not sunko American
naval vessels are now scouring the A tla n tia for
,ennan submarines9 Japan has struok in the west
by bombing Haw aii, the P h i l l i p i n e s p Guam, and
y>y capturing the tiny Wake Islands America is
s triking back* Tho arguments are largely over0
The country is at war<>
W i l l a l l these arguments and attack® and
counter-attacks mean anything to ua? Y e s , i t
«eems that they w illo I t is quite l i k e l y that
the d r a ft age w i l l be lowered;, that the oamf
period w i l l be lengthened and that male collftg*
students w i l l largely diaappea-1 irom Eo So
Likely some of our fr ie n d * in tho C* Oo camp#
w i l l be sent abroad fo r reconstruction worko
There they may face dsatho We at h m»* w i l l likw’ly
be confronted by ris in g prices ana by & general
scarcity of many things that we nave always
taken for granted-, I f America undertakes to feed
the world as she did in the la s t war it may mean
meatless days and augariass days and whatnot days*
We shall have to pull in our beltso The very
futu re b u ild in g program of our school may bo
delayed or even stopped completely for this war
may last fo r 8 or 10 or 12 y e a r s » The young
married men of our acquaintance may be forced to
to to oampo
This war may mean a l l of t h is * I t may not*
I t should, however, mean to a l l of us two great
th in g 3 i f i r s t , a greater prayer burden for
others and for nations that God'a w i l l nay be
don© in a world of ev il men who have brought
this war upon themselves, an d, second* that
though material things may s lip away, that life
can be ju s t as rioh in s p ir itu a l possessions as
we, by G o d 's graoe, w i l l make it®
— Stanley Shank
BY THE FIRESIDE
I t is pleasant to watch the fireworks play
from the burning logs* and the l i t t l e gusts of
wind suck up the rocketing sparks. L i f e ’ s a
l i t t l e like that when f i r e leaps from burning
traoks of eeal and ardor. There is beauty*
warmth* glory and lig h t when the soul is fervent
in pursuit of its high purposes®
My dear Children* L i f e ’ s lik e that when
you are around,> I t is b r ig h t and warm and cheerf
u l . I like to see you w o r k ,— with your heart
in i t . You are d riv e n , not by fa a r of fa ilu r e ^
not by fe a r of taacher, not by fe a r at a l l , but
by your love for the work« You are ambitious
to f u l f i l l high hopes and you are getting somewhere
and something0 I t ’ s a pleasure to have
you in c la s s , to hear you give a program number
j,-~for you put into your preparation your
best efforto I lik e your enthusiasm,, your respectful
and receptive sp ir it* You are as good
as a skyrocket to watch* And you are shooting
up in more way# than two® You carry dream# in
your hearts and they gleam in your e y es. I
know them j
I like the r e silie n c y in your in te lle c tu a l
step* The teacher says "H o $” You meet i t like
a challenge,, and up you come w ith a bounce end
a better answer or a batter thought or a r e -
solve* You are laid low w ith a disappointment*
But you don°t lie there* The spring in your
heart «naps you baok to a w histle and a smile
again* Beautiful.! Y o u 're a sight for a h o li day
w ith bo nfires and rockets. Every day is a
holiday for youc Why? Why* y o u T e a l l out for
success® God blows you® ’
Alma Mater
FLASHi 11 (Tuesday n ig h t , i 0 » 0 0 pom,»)
tKeUeTst Coast, there Is a p a r t ia l blackout
jh -r ight a * precautionary move* That is cau*e
by the presence of 30 to 60 planes ju st o ff fro®
Golden Gate, which are Japanese p lan es. I t is
believed that they are operated from an a i r
c raft c arrier in the P a c ific * On the East Coaat
there were alarm** in Boston and New York, but
they were Raid to b© mistaken® President asks
for a aevan-day we«k fo r labor*
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