-■AGE TWO
All Quiet On Campus;
Big Deep For Red Cross
Things were quiet oti the campus front as we
walked up the Mall this evening. There was a
i osv glow in the sky hack of Rec Hall and since
jt. was quiet you could hear the various harbing
ers of spring twitter their melancholy evening
j.ong.
It remined us of something that happened to
day as we stood over at Student Union and one
qmet, workmanlike coed quietly stepped up and
reported how her house was getting behind the
Red Cross drive. She was from one of the co-ops
down town and when they can get together and
pitch in an amount that exceeds their quota they
have something.
Sometimes the loud talkers and the shoulcrs
net the point, of a speech or editorial across the
best, but we think that the quiet words with some
real feeling behind them do the job in a far bertet
jumanner.
We’d like to reprint here a soft, quiet poem
that Dean Warnock used in his column in the
Centre Daily Times to show you what we mean.
He shied at noble words and would have said
He joined up “for the hell of it,” because
His friends were going and a man is lost
Without, his friends. He was no ruddy hero,
This war-made soldier; he was there to tight,
To follow orders, and—if possible—
'.Remain alive. Let others strive for glory
He saw the task; he knew, perhaps, the end.
And we who read his unfamiliar name
Are now and ever after in his debt.
What most he loved, as all men love, he gave—
The last sweet drop of blood, the last harsh breath,
Dig down, dig deep, and ask the question fair:
“How does my gift, with his of life, compare?”
In tiie past months we have made a pass at
doing our part by buying War Bonds land getting
;l basketball plus the bonds) or gone without some
canned food (and saved money by doing it). For
some reason or other the fraternity fellows feel
that they have made a great sacrifice. Ask your
self the question, “How does my gift compare?”
Then dig deep after you give the inevitable an-
Barney Boss is back in the hospital with a
touch of malaria because he wanted , to, do his
part when he got back to America to publicize
•the Red Cross drive. Ask yourself the. question,
“How does my gift compare?” Then' dig deep
after you give the inevitable answer. If you aren’t
approached walk a block to Student Union and
give your dollar. Dig deep. —RMF,
Commencement Advances
Moving Class Day to May instead of having it
next September when the accelerated class of 1944
would normally graduate, is a good idea. It will
give many male students who have one semester
left, an opportunity to get what they might' have
missed through going into service this Summer.
The plan started when the committee on gradu
ation exercises met and the student represehta
tiv suggested that commencement exei'cises be
changed to May to serve for the seniors who would
graduate both in May and September.
Brought to All-College Cabinet, the change was
unanimously approved and first measures were
taken to- complete selection -of class honor men
and women - so that keys could be engraved .be
fore the event. Already ten mfen have been nomin
ated for honors, and post'cards are being prepared
to register the votes for the selection of the live
to be chosen.
-Collegians feels the adjustment is a necessary
one and commends those who were responsible
for making this shift.
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The war moved just a little closer to us the
other night when we heard that Irvin Freed, who
was an instructor in economics here while work
ing on his master’s, was reported .lost when
those two ships were sunk in the Atlantic not so
long ago . . . Itsie, as he was known, lived at out
house, and this news gave us quite a wallop, for
he was someone we knew and liked . . . We’re won
dering how many other people in these parts
are sitting back complacently with this war still
in the abstract .... believe us, when something
like this hits you, it will make you start think
ing. ...
Gravy Grab
Now that the Class of ’44 is gonna have its ex
ercises early, we see the usual bloom of commit
tees . .. . just for the hell of it, we went through
the budget and looked to see who’s getting the
gravy .... we beg to report one J. Robert Hicks,
chairman of Tribunal, no compensation, is co
chairman of Jr.-Sr. Ball at $5O, member of cap
and gown at $3O, member of invitation com., $2O
.... another big grab we noted was Harry C.
Coleman, La Vie Editor, salary at aur estimate
(note l about S3OO chairman of Invitations at
$6O, and member of caps and gowns, $3O . . .
Harry was also co-chairman of one of the balls
last semester at the usual rates .... incidentally,
the statement required by Cabinet of all-college
dances has not yet been published by the Soph
Hop bunch
The Local Ruckus
Altho we think the editor went a bit overboard
on his Tuesday editorial, we gotta, hand it to him
for taking the wind out of the aforementioned J.
Robert Hicks whose letter appeared yesterday
. . . . we’re just weepin’ in our beer that those
poor boys had to get out and carry trunks and
bags, but then, neither do we think that Hicks
reflects the opinion of the fraternity men as a
whole .... we’cl much rather believe that the out
bursts were not so much indignation as the after
math of a flock of farewell parties . . . . no one
can deny that the wilful! damagfe done, was dis
graceful, but then, it has happened in the past in
college towns, and no* doubt will continue to hap
pen as long as there are four or five thousand
young men congregated in one spot .... regula
tion is what we need, not condemnation- and
“righteous indignation” such as the ruined house
holder expressed with his comments bn morons
accompanied by a stream of water just before
his trellis left the .pore . . . andh if that is the
house that is referred to as suffering several hun-
dred dollars damage, then the prices certainly
have gone way out of sight on lumber, and window
glass. • ■ —Campy.
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Today’s Best Women Prepare
For An All-Around Tomorrow
In their planning for tomorrow,
coeds should include time for a
discussion by Dr. Michael A. Far
rell in Women's Building lounge at
4:10 p.m. It’s a lecture that will
mean help later on.
Arranged through the office of
the dean of women, this talk, as
well as one scheduled for next
Thursday, will advise coeds on
emergency work which might
have to be done by them should
the war continue.
Although everything we do is in
contemplation of 'tomorrow and
every plan and success of life de
pends on tomorrow, practicality of
thought makes us realize that just
what we hope and prepare for to
day might not come tomorrow. We
have to expect a few unpleasan
tries in the light of the fact that
a majority of the peoples of the
world are bearing them all right
now.
All this doesn’t mean that. to
day’s education is silly and to no
avail. It merely means that infor
mation about emergency require
ments should supplement regular
preparatory courses.
No, we aren’t going to wear oui
Seniors Cast Votes
Senior women who will grad
uate in May and September and
have not yet handed in their
ballots for outstanding senior
women to receive class day hon
ors are urged to do so immedi
ately, Ruth M. Storer’ WSGA
president, announced last night.
Balloting has been extended to
Saturday noon, and Coeds may
hand their choice in at either
Student Union or to dormitory
hostesses.
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THURSDAY. MARCH 18, 1943
caps and gowns next week or any
thing like that, but we are having
our class day a semester ahead of
time and the balloting for the
senior honor women has to be
completed this week,- according to
Chairman Ruth D.' Storer of the
awards committee.
Because other year’s classes had
trouble in getting the seniors to
gether for the elections, and since
this meeting will be eliminated
through the new methods of pre
liminary balloting and post-card
elections, there should be 100 per
cent support.
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