Don't Cry Over Spilled Salt
by Tom Sadoski
This morning as I was breakfasting, I
reached for the salt shaker to salt my egg.
The shaker was empty. I said to myself,
"Self," recalling an old Spanish saying,
"a kiss without a moustache is like an egg
without salt." Salt seasons all things.
Here at F , ehrend in our cafeteria we
should reckon with Cicero's, "Men must eat
many of peck of salt together before the
claims of friendships are fulfilled."
Games have originated because of salt.
One particular popular game at Behrend is
to spill a few salt grains on the table
and try to balance the octagonal-bottomed
shc)ker on edge. Some people fail to
master the skill of balancing and they dump
half the shaker in the center of the pile
and WOW, they think they have achieved a
balance. This last t;:pe of individual is
not worth his salt.
Let's not shed "salt tears" (Shakespeare--
A Midsummer's Night Dream) but instead quit
wasting this foodstuff NaCl. If there is
a s} - 'ortage of salt how else are boys going
to catch sparrows but by flinging salt
upon their tails.
Remember--let's prevent the salt from
being spilt.
Psi Sigma Upsilon had a meeting at noon
in the Memorial Room on Tuesday, March 1.
The first order of business was to elect a
girl to fill the position of secretary
which was vacated when Ann Peoples trans
ferred to the University Park Campus. Dee
Altmeyer was elected secretary.
Fnur girls were elected to serve on the
executive board, an advisory group to work
with the officers. These girls are
Ginnie Klavon, Marcia Lawrence, Jan Schindel,
and Paula Wydro.
The Club's constitution was accepted
as submitted to the club for approval. PSU
also moved to pledge $25 to the building
fund.
All girls are urged to support the
jammy being held tonight in Erie Hall.
Opir'^ns from the Experts
It was in the 0.8. lounge that I fell
asleep. But my slumber 'is interrupted
by my fellcws discussing tine phenmenome
Why was I so tired?
"I'd say it's a failure of enzymatic
syntesis to create the proper metabolic
balance," observed the Biology Major.
"A person's energy is directly pro
portional to sleep obtained provided
exercise and anxiety factors for two given
days are equal," spake the Math Hajor.
"Could it be the atmospherically
repressing smoke dispersed throughout the
room?" queried the Chemistry Major.
"Perhaps a botannical expedition to
probe nature's campus greenery would
prove refreshing," hypothesized the Botany
Major
"A good brisk run, that'll fix her.
She isn't in good enough physical condition
tc face college life," interjected the
Phys. Ed. Major.
"The whole thing probably stems from
delusions of intellectual inadequacy
causing apparent somnalent withdrawal
symptoms," said the Psychology Major.
"It probably is a withdrawal, or an
inability to act, similar to that
experienced by Hamlet," prophesied the
Lit. Major.
Offered the Fusness Major, "Her schedule
is insufficiently efficient. She should
set aside X hours for study, X hours for
relaxation, and X hours for sleep."
Ah, education.
by Carol DeArment