January 12, 1.944 EASTERN ME I® OKI TS SCHOOL Vol. V, How 17
ORATORS IN THE MAXING TO K3HTUCKY
Only a moment the lix orators stood ' wafer
© vs, yet in thaw mo.-out we felt the % urill,
the convioticn, the pov» »r that grippe?. ;?e ih
cue.
Rack ha<? a srestsage for us -~yout.h .of the
i'arncnifce oht>.roho The s&rriestnees of the mes-delivered
helped us to realise a*, never
'(•9i or. e the. sr-orednosj and power of nom or-fom
Jty.
M-iltrla ’Teaver entitled Ids oration— ’’•life
,.n Gi»df* BanC” . Wo aa^> the deap paaoe that
inv.wella « life resting in God'e heard*
' uiy Only Regretw«~by Haul Pe&ohey, that
v.c I jv 3 but one life to give to Christ, c&ae aa
r ii i'dng eppet'l to no.
1.088 Goldfue— "The Cora <;<f I t " , Thu
lr-&rt» truly that 1 - •'-hs ao:'e«
” Fjouliar and, PsrBBonted” — the oratim / '
g„ten by Ralph Shank, brought us oe to
7 11h our searad heritage*
Lewrenot Bru:ol::‘ e oration, '‘Inward adorn-ing,
1*, gave m a pin tun- of true Christian
be* uty
Ixiater I ahl-mi.n e&rnestly spoke to u*
fs.y.'U' ‘Bira^ing the foroh*" "How rhall '•*» escape
i f wo iiegleot, so great-salvation?"
While tine judges retired. Bit or;. Martla
sang •?;..«> rolva*
After the judges had announced their de-oifi'.'.
on, Brother floatetrtwr, 'in the tu a© of the
faoult-y of E .K .5 ., gave to Ha ?pi Siianrt th-?
f'.r&t pri.c..®, five d liars, and to L* «,ce
E*hleran the. seocad prise of two do 2 l^ra and
fi.iey cents -
— Ruth Stauffer
YOUfK OTOPATCB CONFERENCE — progiwra of
aha Her ge« to yo t- , Thuvsday evening ?-nd
rrldf.y, • a. .uar'r 3 :.~d 3 - .
v ‘.. ;i i, F IS - ■ js1' 5 '' vi
~-::n-xy, Je ii y If ent’ 3*.
We went to Koniutiky over tnis, past week-end—
a quarter of us—-sent by trie Virginia
Mission Eoard> we are Alma Shcwalter,, Mary
' Kurtj., LiJoyd Hartaler, and Lewis Strlte0
Try to r:i« with us' cooh holJy leaf and
herry wi-uh its individual blanket of snow;
a rough, long, lay trail) joat Creek's dark,
slowly muving vsato..*a,5 long lololec clinging
to rooky ledge®,* the vivid flash of a cardinal*
t' a cruaoh sf bdrne’ a hoofs on the
rooky trail and feal hai slew, ^og.jing m.otioa
beneath y* u..
Pee, too, tht; g lm of a lantern’ s rays on
the enow^the lar^e goloen moon in clear
night .etfyj css.jcK-'evergreens against a anowy
hi.l-^K?.fl« >■*". .?«•••! a fre.-.ty snap in the sir*
th smiling, engar 1 ‘aoes of tha ohll-
. dre-i, the friendly .jlow of welcome in their
-parents* eyeti, the attention and interest
given a the sj-efkern, the p'eeaurj and ap»
prooifi’Mnn of the quartet iselrootioris and
and realisf) tsrith the Holy Spirit 's pre.-}e)ioc
with the speakers, the singers, and in the
audionoa .
These thoughts aro like strains of* :,nvsio
that v-are played, -\n:I with lingering, chorda
they will forever vibrate in cur -memories.
—Mery Kurt a
LIBRARY
Vhe new book; in the bookholder on the
Chargir,!!; Desk ere there for your perucal*
I f you wiuh to che< ic !*Jham out, you m.y do eo.
Scar «xo.»rpt» frosr, *ac'® wHow tc' I5n,joy
Raad:'ing'f
wfieading in m'voh jf.ore than s ticking
yovr rusi into or above u no^kow
":Jet;diny la canoentrated llvi.ag»n
"Good r^adi-ig is good living.'-*
: h more • h*n a fulI man*
Vi ttakmn a ofiari tab-1 *■ men, a high-r'
-ed ar d aa-u, *'—
Librarian
WKAKHER VAH3
Janxbtry 12, li?44 t'o;U ? , No. ‘17
Staff
HsCJljLisoi* «- * © ( * « « w J* Lester Brubaker
Ao0 ooiQv3 Editors » « » «» . * Rvith Mo Krady
© # * * . Anna Sov:d©r
Typ3 a o * o o > «k wv •a . 31va Newowanger
v « e # a ■ v » a » iliriasa Kif-etand
> a e i. « o * <» » » Laura L. Couloon
A.rtist 9 o # # » so « a e o . . Grace E . Groas
Prescnnan f- & 0 . . Robert Keener
Sponsor « . * • * » • ® . Me T» Braokbill
W o Woather Vc.ra« i*s ef r.-eHy amrepaper
published by the students if Eastern Menno-iite
Sol tool o ___ ^ ____ __ _____
I wish the flu would j8 a j mv jh bored
*ri ;fc mi as I aa wi th it* b.it then bhe kind
help a ad ercreot wishes of ou2' trioiAa ha Ip muoh
tc jvjnke it endurable.
** .Ui » . . *.<□ «
Seduced, Secured
"Sinr-er?"
"S o ."
t! Solui”
’‘Saint?"
"SureI"
” Caved I"
— M.T.B.
EDI TOiilAL
"MAN? PEOPLE IN ordinary cirvunatances
are milli<*>nairea of oheerfulness. They make
their neighborhood brighter, happier, and a
batter plao-3 tc live in by their pronojaoe*
they raise the w i v e of every lot for blooka
around
E .M .S . ia the neighborhood we are at
present living i a . Mowt of ua are in rather
orcimry circumstanceaa New, the question is j
Are we Billionaire® of oheerfulneaa? Do wo
inciJ ea se the value of aver/ room nee r our
ova? D(j re make .M .S .s cor neighborhood, a
bet- or plaow to live in?
Corae on, follow oitisena of this neighborhood!
How that erana a *e over, let 'a got rid
of our depressive spirits and bj genuine
sr.dllionair®s—millionaire;! of ohearfulna* -jJ
— J .L .B .
Mozart tel/u the ator/ of the bars in
his f rook coat,. Says he* ”I t web like this,
you e«Oo A .ton long tire ago all the birds
had a war.. Of course tho^ had to hov? aome-thing
silly to fight over, nee rly as silly
as the things m n fight over. It wc-a a war
between the good birds and tho bad bird;;.
I t appears fron the record* thac th.; bed
birds had do aid-, d to store all the cotton
w w i in a ov ain fenc 3 aortm* in this
neighborhood c?> :o to whero tha doriastio
ooionot building now stands, and all the good
birds decided tb-y ware not going to oilow it#
£»d &o there wiv- a bird rur. fcw tbs good
birds wanted to o able to Identify eaoh
other bc they all agreed to wear barn and
t'trip'« of diffc ent patterns, ct different
patte n for evei r kind of good bird. That
m y the good birds - ould e l i t e ? ! who wi e on
their side* Well, it just worked fine, and
today all good X irda still have apote or.
atripas or both and the bad blr- c c t f. wivh
one o cooption j the starlings'*— -.And* o..i dear,
at tbs thought >C. the starlings Moti&rt kvmbled
off t.ie Jin© rmr ‘airly rolled <;n the ground.,
Ho iihriekod and <uffawed t i l l 1 thought ha
had a f i t . But l.o aubcided finally and continue
i w "Yea, tl a starlings were bad birds,
l’hey always were but they thonght they could
fool the good birds so they covered thomaalvwa
a ll o w with spats." Says he, "P e i going
to write a song .bout tho starlings some tine
with dote and dt. ;hes to be sung with spits
ard aputs, hisses, oaoklee, and screechos,
deaig::ed to give till tho etarli iga headache
Sfcys I , " I sure hops' they listeu loig enough
that 'ihoy a ll die of it while they'~e at i t .
But Mozart, you don’ t suppoGo fir a minute
that I ’m going to believe that i;his tale ia
sll wool and a yard wido?'" Mosart gave ms a
look out of two fishy eyee* xrhioh then took
on a strange twiiikle, the.t rose up or t of a
barrel of laughter, and rays he, "2 must ocm**
faaa, sriy friend, that I Stave wondeved about
the story rayaelf in & few of its dataila®
For oVu&mple, jut ; why th«y wmtsd to etore
bsstlea in a fei. »e corner and how ‘they would
do it , and wherever they would get oottcn
weevils, for no cotton over Jjre - around hare.
Ai.<d you oan't rt.ise cotton boil waeviio on
com tasaels or milk weed pode.”
Says I , "S- tha spots for .,aoh birl
fasaily ax’e a sort of ai-p of he jld.y?” "Why
yea," says ho, tiign o f so.uethlng myway*"
—M .T.B .
3'i;4RRWOODNCIE§
COULD YOU T VAGINS *
Samuel St»bar e o :; bav.l,;tuaj -hlae >v *-ty?
Daniel ‘Sain'’ '.a »in-r iotsas-r'?
Nelson Alger in a sorap?
Alphie S-JOk error; sight'
Rowland -Shank in knee breeches^
Wilbur Mellingar sleep;.ig?
JBaul Enisa "gstting rad behind his ears"?
John Miller loafing in the hall?
WJL'Mr Huddle and Leor&rd Brilh&rt having
their i’ocm "topsy tunrys' ?
Kenneth Ziegl&r Binging firat tranr?
Ro b s Ooldfua spending ■< lv on tier in
Virginia ?
Roscoe .10 1 playing tab.’ © tennis?
Russell Baer with surly hair’*
Kenneth Keatwole gettlr.g to the dining
room first?
Earl Mohler on a reducing diet?
-■"Elevator operator
AURORA.
The Stellaboratory vaa full and over-flowing
wh?m the Aatralitee and th ir ^uc aba
'cam* to hear the Christmas Muaio Program
which waa given by the Aatral Society on
January sixths
A otioral ifrom ’’D^ri'd the Shepherd Woyn
;iven \y a \quarteje i\ caro/of Ethol Yake*
A s V i tr; film 4 4 r. 'Via * *» ,-rtf UVAnvr
ants g
A spea&ingj ohoif in e /&f Grace Wenger
recited tho beautiful etoi^y of tl& idLse men
as wri1&®T~-by Vatt^rw,, Thin r.'&/> fo^lorrs'd by
prayer and three more musiA mmbefat
■ .hcp^^fcfcr-arw tho wi»e\ffitn~’ « Mrs. Braok-
N‘b H l » the soloist*
"TftSk^Shepharde • Christmas" ii o a r ^ o f
—JSthei* -Xak® ®
"As 2*;te^r Watohed" in o^e^o£‘-*6rsro©-*“
1g&tfrorh
^-^f!>e apeaking ohoir caufiaduus t d ^ p a r
'bells, j*s W lietei£adf%<? tin? " $ * » ?;®ar*o
Chime/y.rt /. | X , \
This m&z •tfollravrep \>y m^ce liueiV, !fS«
Gloats My ifeart"/ "Stmbea^i out-*«f Heaven",
and "Crystal Ki&ht" « i \
• Misa Kemrer, in a ahor\ talk, 'brought
out many interesting meanings frea thoss utara
and constellations! associated with the Advent*
We ware eapeoially thrilled with the
last nuab@r— "On© Star is Trembling", in care
of laura Coulaens. We T-satchsd the r.oon aid
-itbar«- come out, then gradually disr ppear,
only one s 'a r ^reiriblinf: in the aly*
hope our gne&tc enjoyed the program.
—Miriam Barge
•Jb * .,
> -S
n iiM *.ss c c^iii <sm
%* can't it a" We *?">.: r these f c r
•word* uued quite frequently. By the
the v-mr is over jX $n ^09l2' ^ thread-b-.are*
go to ana gatp'nt tl.a an j>ty
candy oounte^#^ t K i^S 5 o ie i4 V e .. cocoa leas,
taj icc&loe/ij'' pineappleleaa, riceleua aholt ;a
•ad ttuurrnn aa“**£.yy with a *:igh« fie, of-n ‘t |-st i-I
The Dekn put this oommrtzjm t*> ^a*
"What la mo^t like a Montgomt^y, Ward C a'm -
logue?" Hi a', answer, "Th® kiixhen grocery
liat-*-aot wfiilable."
I/iot we oik I heard atudesats, whc were
carrying little-blue Vooks^tay, ”Vfe oan*t
get i t . ” I wonddreafcspihat they were lookii:.^
for, »md I discovered it wat? *n anava- thoy
wanted to put into th<< little blue look.,
Well, l i f e ’ s like that— ill
— Mary outer
MAMKAL QUIZ*
Can you name the mansmalK wnioh are
referred to in the following b.ritf descriptive
statements?
Deaert piga ia auita of pap per and 3a.it
Hugo, ungainly, and tulle at of our
namtnala
White-fceard dignitary r.ho is a determined
iaola t-j.oiii at
A good swiiijmor, atreamlii'.sd an ’«ri ,h
webbed feet
A gentleman of evil repute
A Magnified bobtailed house oat
Th^ moat sooiable apooiea of maimmls
The Beau Brummel of the squirrel tribs?
A kleptomaniac
Remarkable engineer by rame of Cantor
an animatsd pinoushio:-i
Mamina la with wh'.to, pouder«puff tai^a
I f you oannot, consult ^iotor Cahalsmo'a
recent boc:1:, "Meeting the .'sSaamla" in ouc
National Parks. I t ia intensely interesting
end fortunately it ia in. cur Library.
— D .R .H .
TEA Pi-RTY
On Saturday afternoon,, Betty Moesmann
and MiasRohrer reived t*ia to some of t!v«
College girls and Faculty ladiea<, Upjn
arrival, each waa ahom to the dining room
where lira. Jo R« Mumaw poured tea. E»ainty
randwiohea and cookie a were served. A
cheery fira burned in the fire-place aa we
chatted over our oupa of'taa,. Tijae to leave
came all too aoon« Our pleasant hoBteaaaa
reoeivei many invitation^ to visit in our
dormit/ry room.3c We iicfca ti.jy n ill aoaept.
\ \ f “V,oma 31imorJ
V \o
Plaaf.©, plaatse, someone get a cook book
for J» i*ml Sauderj ha seems to have slight
difficulties a long tha line of the culinary
arts. I overboard that ea he -wan cooking rice
one evening at Ucs*isan Kraus’ kitohenetts, he
remarked quite seriously, ”1 perceive that
thia r?oe hae a groat affinity for the pan ."
Do you think ho night have the aamo trouble
if hi tried to ocok urator?
The nsw sliverwara in the dini&g hall
fflsaroa to add to the varioty.of conversation*
Paul Faeahay augge^ad.Jjhat the abort blades
s»cre invar; tad fr.;-^Che purpfr^eof licking the
whole of It foi’ oMS-wleiJt^Bpbarrassment
and aura gr^oefylriess* Th&aa JLvltials on the
fcrk handles t /o , aren’ t the}\puY: ling?
Ruth fa ‘a.<fr in evidently tte jty-ing in
poetry Arm o’/jei'vnition of^ocaat|n ifp.ota * With
a aoient/Fir/look|at the fjufjp on her
plate, i /a "Now thia t/gg is on my
plate, t |.t soon it -trill be on ay weight/’
Ths "© .Warns to bs an atfioiafThera of terror
pervading th\ ha H r th&V* d a ^ students
oIansrooms alinl: in-'. with pe&« and bluebooka*
One poor
flunked be
►irtal reiaa rSsd'r^!I ' should have
lota a:\d avoidad the r u s h .”
/-The Eavesdropper
y
MORE 7HAJ FUN!
Things hum aroiad the Brsxiner hoae viien
Fhoeba ie throwing a party. At leaat, thara
isas; never a dull mement last Saturday night
when a group of college students were entertained
there* "font th® D aa~diaa family” , ,
paper-bag relay and neadle-threading contest
tnd r» iy otfc?r g-.mes made tho evening literally
fly by.
I must not forget to mention the buffat
supper* Kino® pie, Ice-cream, ham and choose
aaudwiohec, piokles• cake® £ oandy aro only
a faw of the delicacies swrvacij we didn't
hositsts to eat them ^ithfer.
"hen, in spite of out' vlehee to th? oo:a-trary,
it wus time to go back to School and
to the thoughe of oncoming ex&ma* fhantea,
Phoebe, for successfully taking cur minds
away from impending disaster for on® evening
at least*
— Ruth Krady
< 3 t c S fCdsryuf/
I C0KTBNTMM1V
We tire- oon Sont-,u®at s
A hasy-tsxtured aky,
blue flecked with whitej
A woo^ad knollt
A pasture doll,
Quiet with dalay heads,
Slow-sating cow a,
An old,rail fenoa,
.tod lulling stream,
With bullraahea,
Alighting birds,
Cor*.' printed bank,
Milk vaad growing tall,
A willow tree at prayer;
A peaceful girl*
-“ Ethel Take
SKATING
Are you going o'.
May I go a long T la the 1
m n y other q&##<&iona war3
halls these[{$f|8$j{'ow days
S'kati
098698’, tO
aor&se the
picking yoj
We r< 1
for hip
wo h u ^
fttljiA\thia evening?
4 f . The Tie and
tl^ro ;gh the
•ri :acc« (prin-
•'harN^ki't.’aiRg
A ll y , ip u
pip sport oi
3#t la mora
".e, f i l i n g oocas'JU- •>- v # y
'ialf /up again? ^
i’l y fd-sl thankful Ti.^iter
ior.^liTy 'vith colti/1 /©uV.hfii #
. cur
, ______ _____*jgjvar.na.
rrados wonjH; be J?s-
Iberal. / ^ “V /
<‘c. Yoder
. ^ 7•'T'^S^vv . € i ' . ■ HO-uj£o (ASY 4&S 11 ' C S (s
"AS ITHERS SEE Oon
Not only beoauco of raj How \,eart3 reaola-tion
to do more complimenting, but because I
really feal like it , hera is a handful of
roues to the Borean andyfisnnovlcn literary
thiu
only reason
ban ashamed is
(anfigi
waek) should
I d id n ’ t use a i ^ o n g e r wc
that I dozi’ t iVurw angW —' __/ /
. From the ni^_yo'U ohildrasO»;^e
sksting, X sroridjir what y o i r ^ ^ y ^ ^ e J / 'i f ^ S u
could fly aa i fea&a. At » oy v M ^ It
while it leats,\H(Scause it i r ^ ^ r ^ 1 ^ ^ » Two
words of o«utioni^V®Kn51 fp ilv ^ ^ o u ^w fc a lea
and don’ t forget ohoc^vjv^^jdy,
primarily, and to a ^ ^ ^W e o o n d a r ily ^ V ^
For wt to g^Sr tlj^^^h a c^n^c^^c^'‘*liull is
about as diffi^uiya 'j rough
a oonge»ted t h r o ^ » Let’ s h stv ^^m 3‘'raora
cooperation, PLSASE* ■
.I ? ave a c- a ■; aeoret '..’ 11 let you in on,
e i e —
-The O-.tU
