Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 21

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Publication date: 1922-1927
Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Number of Pages: 1024

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Across the shimmering fields of grain, You see the lofty trees; While from the hills comes the re- frain Of many a gentle breeze.

And if you're fond of motoring,

When coming through from

Clear Spring, And by Monocacy.

"Where is this land?" you ask me now, "Of it we would hear more." This land where milk and honey flows

Is Maryland's Western Shore. Elizabeth Simpson.

POETRY.

Poetry may be the thoughts of the soul expressed,

But to write it leaves mine in a state harassed, For when I have a beautiful thought to repeat,

I haven't used the right number of feet.

Even the license of which all the poets boast, Doesn't help me so very much at the most.

For while I struggle with rhyme, rhythm and meter

The desire to write it in prose grows so much sweeter.

When I think that every line must be scanned,

And the most of it will have to be "canned," I think that each one should stick to-his line, And writing poetry' is surely not mine.

Poets are really born and not made, So why. continue this awful tirade? Let me express my thoughts in good old prose, Then my soul will be in a state of repose. N. E. K., 1922.

"They say that a carrier pigeon will go further than other hirds," said the boarder between bites.

The youth who has just come through his first love affair proba- bly feels as wise and blase as the gold-fish which has been all around "Well, I'll have to try one," said his little globe and thinks there is the landlady. "I notice a doesn't go very far."

Stranger: "Have you lived here all your life, my little boy?" Little Boy: "No, sir; not yet!"

FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.

It was during an informal dance

"Who is that disagreeable-looking old girl by the piano?"

"Why, that's my sister."

"Pardon me. I mean the one next to her."

"Oh, that's my wife."

Two convicts, one in for stealing a watch, the other for stealing a They disliked each other, and nuendos.

Thus the man who had stolen the cow said to the man who had stolen the watch:

"Jim, what time is it?" "Milking time, Joe."

What do you suppose has come over my husband this morning, Mag- gie, asked a conscientious little bride, to the new servant. "I never saw him start down town so happy. He's whistling like a bird."

"I'm afraid I am to blame, mum," said Maggie. I got the packages mixed this morning and gave him bird seed instead of his regulor breakfast food.

A NIGHT OF AWFUL ADVENTURE Willie's experience after over in- dulgence at a picnic.

I. Engulfed in a boundless marsh of ice-cream, with no voice nor strength to utter a single cry for help.

II. Chased by a hundred hot dogs over a field of smoking camp-fires. III. Wedged with a live pickle in the opening of a giant glass jar.

IV. Continuously gagged by banana longer than a garden hose. V. Drowned in a lake of lemonade after a desperate attempt to use a doughnut for a life preserver. -Contributed.

Englishman: I was on a train in England the other day and we were going so fast that the telephone poles looked like a continuous picket fence.

Irishman: "Faith, that's nothing -when I was on a train in Ireland one day, we went so fast by a cab- bage patch, potato patch, turnip patch, and a pond of water, that it looked like soup.

"About a year ago a holdup man knocked me completely senseless." "That's too bad. Why don't you

fowl nothing more in the world to dis- see if something can't be done about it?" cover.

Those on the front row listen he- cause they can't help it; those on the back row can't help it because they don't listen. Now and then you see a mouth open, that is be- cause she can't take in enough through her eyes and ears-just let her alone; she is unconsciously looking her ignorance.

The hand that is constantly in the air usually flags an empty head. They are always ready to talk but as far as saying anything,-that's another matter.

To look wise would seem a hard thing to do, and it is. One can hard- ly look wise- really wise, out of the eyes without something behind it. Learn the lesson of the owl-keep your eyes open when you are in the dark, but when you are in the light and all smooth sailing, it doesn't hurt to dose.

JOKES.

MARY'S LITTLE COLD

Mary had a little cold, It started in her head. And everywhere that Mary went That cold was sure to spread.

It followed her to school one day, Tere wasn't any rule.

It made the children cough and sneeze To have that cold in school.

The teacher tried to drive it out, She tried hard, but-kerchoo-oo! It didn't do a bit of good For teacher caught it, too. -Practical Druggist.

ESSAY ON LOOKING WISE.

Blanche Bounds.

Looks are sometimes deceiving. Don't judge a book by its cover. al- ways. That's exactly what I'd like to say of people-don't judge them

But there are times when the cov- er is all we have to judge by, and it isn't always so hard to do.

Let us, for one moment, imagine ourselves the teacher before a class of Normal School girls. We will , have to admit that faces are pretty blank looking for the first few days, cow.

Some wondrous sights you'll see, but they gradually begin to take on their conversation was full of in- Old a wise look whether real or manu- factured.

THE ORIOLE

ODE TO POSTURE.

Good Posture is an asset Which very few possess Sad to relate, the favored ones Seem to be growing less.

We see the folks around us All slumped down in a heap And the way that people navigate Is enough to make you weep.

Some elevate their shoulders Some hollow in their backs Some stiffen up their muscles And some just plain relax.

The one who walks with grace and poise Is a spectacle so rare That even down on gay Broadway The people turn and stare.

If you would cut a figure In business, sport or school Just mind the Posture Precepts Obey the Posture Rule.

Don't thrust your head out turtle- wise

Don't hunch your shoulders so Don't sag and drag yourself around No style to that, you know.

Get Uplift in your bearing And strength and spring and vim No matter what your worries To slouch won't alter them.

Just square your shoulders to the world You're not the sort to quit "It isn't the load that breaks us down

It's the way we carry it."

The Physical Education. Depart- ment carried on a Posture Drive the week of November 20th. Posters pertaining to the subject were made by the Juniors. These posters are to be judged for excellence by Miss Greenlaw and Miss Woolsey.

The most important feature of the drive was a talk hy Miss Lillian Drew, of ,'e Central School of New York City. In her talk she gave the values of good posture as follows: the hygienic, economic, social and aesthetic values. E. S.

BOOST THE ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

This year the Alumni of the Mary- land State Normal School at Tow- son have given two complete schol- arships to our students. They have loaned money to five others. This is only a beginning if their future plans for education materialize.

Ilow can they do so much? This is one way. A Joint Recital for the benefit of the . Alumni Association 'chance to use it."

will be given at the State Normal BED TIME. Auditorium, Friday, January 12. 1923, at 8.15 P. M., by two well Charlotte Hostetter. known artists, Misses Esther After study hour 318 prepares for A.I Love, pianist, and Maude Albert, bed. Some docilely make all prepar- Mezzo-Soprano. Tickets will he sold ations and tuck themselves away

to the general public for fifty cents. fully fifteen minutes before the

Students' tickets, not transferable, lights go out. For the majority

will be twenty-five cents. Tell your there is a general scurry in and out friends about it, urge them to come. of

cubicles, returning borrowed Be there early yourself and secure a finery and speaking a parting good- first-class seat!

NEW BOOKS.

The library has made a beginning in building up a collection of books which will serve the double purpose of entertainment and value to vari- ous departments in their courses given.

New plays recently added are as follows:

Atlantic Book of Modern Plays. Wilde-Eight comedies for the little theatre.

Cohen -- One act plays by modern authors. Shay-Contemporary one-act plays of 1921.

Milne-Three plays: The Dover Road, etc.

O'Neill-The Hairy Ape.

Mantle-Best plays of 1920-21.

The last named contains some notable successes of the New York season such as "Deburau," "The First Year," ."Enter Madame',, "Lil- iam," "Emperor Jones," and others. Poetry is represented by a large and complete anthology "The Home Book of Verse," besides "New Voices," "Modern American Poetry," Perry's "Study of Poetry," and Lowes' "Convention and Revolt in Poetry."

The new volumes of essays are: Repplier-Essays in Idleness. Brooks-Chimney Pot Papers. Gerould-Modes and Morals. M. L. O.

"This is my car," exploded the you to Student Government." Si- irate tourist to the garage man, "and what I say about it goes-see ?"

Just then a begrimed machinist crawled out from under the 'dead' machine and implored, "Say 'engine,' mister."

"T have an appetite like a ca- nary." "Ves, I notice you eat a peck at 1 time."

"You are a singular sort of a girl," said he. "Well." she observed, "that's

easily altered."

"I wonder why they call our lan- guage the mother tongue ?" "Maybe because Dad hasn't a

night.

Above the rustle some one calls, "Who borrowed my hair curlers? Whoever has them, please return them right away. Where's my soap cup ?"

"I saw one in the bath room," of- fered a visitor, "perhaps that was yours."

"Girls, please be quiet till I fin- ish my prayers; I can't think."

"I want a drink. So do I, and I,

and I." Practically every one troops off to the fountain or takes a glass to the bathroom.

All rush as the first bell rings. Frequently some person who is all ready for bed, and believes in doing things ahead of time, demands that the lights be turned out. Those who wait until the last minute, in- dignantly demand that they he left on. This debate sometimes ends

with the former coming out victor- ious. As the lights disappear groans go up from various corners. "I want to address a letter"; "I had just a paragraph to read in English." "I had just a few more verses in order to finish the fifteenth psalm." These people crawl reluctantly into bed.

Everything is quiet for about five minutes, when a wail is heard. "Oh! I have a toothache. Will some- body tell Miss Amberson? Os, it hurts, deed, honest, I have an aw- ful pain in my wisdom tooth." Faint giggles. The proctor says sh-h. "But I do have a pain." Giggles grow louder. "Be quiet, or I will report

lence again. "Who's that snoring? I can't stand it. I am going to find out." Then some one talks in her sleep. "Get out of my room. You can't sleep with me. You're not my partner."

For the tenth time we settle down for an eight-hour nap. Sleep comes sure and soon. Ah, reader, it is good to sleep, but it is better to be able to sleep.

A man had just recovered from an operation and was talking to a friend "The surgeon," he remarked, "said he'd have me on my feet again in three weeks."

"Well, he did it, didn't he?" asked the friend.

"He did, indeed," responded the man. "I had to sell my motor car to pay his bill.

THE ORIOLE

CONSERVATION OF FORESTS place of deposit and kept there in

the water until they can be sent to the mill. It happens in places that

State Forester Besley placed be- fore the students of Maryland State the current of the stream is not suf- Normal School the general forestry standing throughout sections of the United States.

ficiently strong to carry the logs down, in such cases, dams are built to hold back the water, then the water is released to let great floods loose in order to send the logs down the river.

In the matter of transportation, Mr. Besley said that it was interest- ing to note special characteristics with respect to certain sections of the United States, for instance, while we have seen that streams are

land States, in the Lake States, be- cause of the geography of the coun- try, the logs were hauled out of camp by horses to be carried to the railroad stations. He showed a pic- ture of a team loaded with 100,210 feet of lumber ready for delivery to a railroad station. In the Southern sections, especially the Appalachian section, because of the mountains, transportation is difficult both by rail and wagon road; therefore, in- stead of having one big mill where the logs are converted into lumber, you find many small mills.

Need of conservation is recognized ond protective measures have been adopted throughout the country.

Instead of letting trees remain

Logging operations resulting in enormous waste furnishes food for piled up on the ground as was fires. The whole country with the formerly done, the logs are turned exception of the Pacific Coast has into a pond so that insects cannot been wastefully cut as well as badly injured by fires.

Now a great deal of our lumber is brought in from the Pacific Coast. The greater the distance coupled with excessive freight rates neces- sarily means high priced lumber and stated, that as late as a few years the price of lumber is not going to be much less than it is today, hence the necessity of taking care of our forests.

Pictures of a New England Camp were shown. An interesting fact was the manner in which the geog- raphy of the country controlled the found the best of lumber. Realizing developing of the camp and the means employed in getting the logs

the great annual loss and waste, it became a law that no stump should to the mills. In the New England be higher than one and a half feet Camps the roads through the for- from the ground. Greater discrim- ests were graded wherever possible, ination is being used in cutting over a forest and more thought is given to the manner of handling the felled logs so that as little injury as pos-

so that when the lumber is piled upon sleds they make quick ascent so wherever possible the logs are sible is done to the remaining sent down the streams. Before they are sent down the stream they are growth. branded. At stations along the People living in sections that have route, the mill owners identify their own logs by means of these brands; often witness devastation of land their logs are side-tracked into theirland homes because of floods, these]

floods were the results of the great devastation of the surrounding for- ests. It was cited that in France to- day millions and millions of dollars are being spent in repairing just such damage as has been done our forests in this country. France is building dams to check the water on the mountain sides until the slopes can get hack the tree growth.

This lecture was such a splendid follow-up of studies made in geog- raphy classes, that it was with re- gret we saw Mr. Besley leave this subject but partly finished. We ex- pect, however, that he will come again.

Assembly Reporter.

"Why do you turn out of the road for every hog you meet?" she asked rather crossly. "The right of way is yours."

"Surely," said her husband calm- ly, "but my reason is suggested by an epitaph I recently saw:

'Here lies the body of William Jay; He died maintaining his right of way;

He was right, dead right, as he sped along ;

But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.' "

"Sistah Smith, I'se sorry, but I needs must depaht." "Oh, Mr. Johnsing - needsyou must?"-Nashville Tennessean.

Two negroes watching a buxom negro woman striding along with the air of superiority said:

"Jim, who is that pouter pigeon woman yonder carrying herself so pertubrunt?"

"Why dat's Miss Many Johnson, down here fum Roanoke on a visit to Reverent Morris."

"Well," said Sam, "she shore do present herself, don't she?"

-Elks' Magazine.

GEOGRAPHY:

When a country is shaped like the leg of a boot, would you call it a bootlegger?

Where is the (a) "Mother of Wa- ters?" (b) "Father of Presidents?" What are they doing there? A certain monarchy, much in vogue for peace conferences, has been described as "a low-lying coun- try, damned on all sides." Is this right ?

Teacher: Name the seasons.

Junior: Pepper, salt, vinegar and mustard .- Hollywood High School News.

"What does a volcano do with

been ruthlessly and carelessly cut lava?" asked Freddie.

"Give it up," replied his father. "That's right," said Freddle.

We feel indebted to Mr. Besley, because he made us conscous of the important part trees play in the economy and development of our country.

Our lumber area has been reduced from 825,000,000 acres to 425,000,- 000 acres. This conditoin is at- tributable to the waste in cutting

the trees, and failure to protect our greatly made use of in the New Eng- forests from fires. Forests have been so badly burned by fires and so ruthlessly cut over that we are now in danger of facing a temporary shortage within the next fifteen years.

From 1830 up to 1840 the New England States produced more lum- ber than any other section of the country. 1840 up to 1850 New York State produced most; from 1850 to 1860 Pennsylvania took the lead; from 1860 to 1880 the centre of lumber production moved to the Lake States, and in the Lake States was produced the bulk of the lum- ber. It culminated in 1909. Since

Speaking of the by-products of wood, Mr. Besley said pulp is a 1909 it has moved to the Pacific very importont consideration It is

Coast, the only large remaining 'estimated that in the United States area of the United States. And so we might go on finding where lum- ber has reached its maximum pro-Most of the pulp is made from wood, the amount of pulp used averages thirty pounds per capita per annum. and spruce is the chief material.

duction and decline. With the ex- ception of the Pacific Coast region the forests have been cut over and left in pretty bad shape.

injure the trees while they are in the water. Another point that was observed that tended to show meas- ures are being adopted to conserve the production of lumber, was the matter of cutting the trees. It was

ago, in order to more comfortably cut the tree, the cutters would leave a stump standing in the ground as high as three feet. True this saved back ache, but it also caused a great loss and waste of valuable lumber, because at the butt of the tree is

THE ORIOLE

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D. B. D. DELTA, BETA, DELTA,

President-Miriam Arthur. Vice-President-Betty Worthington. Sec .- Treas .- Peggy Owens.

We, the Delta Beta Delta, are sup- porting the school in every under- taking and we will carry on our work throughout the year. We have as our ideal, the creation and main- tenance of sisterly feeling, and this we try to attain at all times. Our meetings tend to help us to give

we plan for the future with much joy. Believing that social features are conducive to a better spirit, we are planning many affairs that will make the name of our sorority one to be long remembered in the Nor- mal School. We are looking for-

ward to a successful season and would like to take this opportunity to extend good wishes to the "N. S." and "A. K. D. Sororities.

D. B. D., '23.

THE ELEMENTARY MONTHLY

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.

We say that good sportsmanship is the thing that counts in teamwork. Maybe it is not and maybe it is. The soccer team that wins is happy, the team that loses is sad. For in- stance, when the seventh grade soc- cer team was beaten by Towson School they said, "Oh! they cheated; they moved the lines."

Let us stop this by saying, "We are beaten." There may have been unfair gains. Be manly though, and do not forget this: Good sportsman- ship counts.

ASA BIRD GARDINER.

A PAL.

A pal is in the diamond, pearl, or ruby class, rare and precious, but different in this way: that rare as a real pal is, he is also priceless. A pal loves, forgives, forgets, sympa- thizes, understands; you don't have to excuse or explain to him. He al- ways comes to you when you need him most, and he isn't afraid if the whole world deserts you-he is there to stay. Don't you see he is your pal and you want him and he wants you? He doesn't keep things back, he is honest, above board, open, and expressive. A pal can make mis- takes and they are just mistakes, but if he isn't your pal then they are blunders instead-and you may resent them and be unhappy. But somehow with a pal one doesn't mind. Friendship is the basis of true happiness. Pals are true and steadfast. In trouble as in joy they are ever ready to share with each other what may come. These are the only true pals.

BERNARD ANTHONY.

WE WONDER

How many Juniors will support the Senior play? Why Sacra likes Rice? Why the Seniors are still raving about Saturday night?

Why Miriam Arthur approves of Lynch ?

Why Joe Simmonds and Menaris France were so happy on December Ninth?

Why Juniors are getting busy? Why Superintendent Cooks likes comfort and pleasure to others, and The Oriole?

Why Miss Munn is so happy over The Oriole?

Why Rice Can't eat?

Which section will furnish the music for next month's dance?

Why Fuss Smith gets advice of the "Bishop"?

Why Craft Club is working so hard? Who will "Stoop to Conquer" in the Senior play ?

Why Cecelia Seipp likes prize- fighters? Who sent M. Arthur the flower? Where the Xmas tree will be? B. WORTHINGTON.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: When he can't afford it and when he can .- Mar kTwain.

"De big pertaters are allus found at the top of the heap," philoso- phised the darkey, "but if it wasn't fo' the rest of us dere'd be no heap."

"Don't you enjoy listening to the ¡honk of the wild goose?" ""Not when he's driving an auto- mobile."

A Friend of the Senior Class at M. S. N. S.

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THE ORIOLE

ACTIVITIES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

As Christmas draws near the spirit S. Little, Sr. V. Upper Grades. of Yuletide is evident in the Ele- mentary School. If you were to go The upper grades of the elemen- tary school, after much planning have at last settled down to work and are accomplishing some real, good, educative work, into the school you would find the children at work learning Christmas Carols for their Carol service, which they expect to give in the Assembly. The children in Mrs. Sibley's The seventh grade are still carry- Ing on their project of publishing a monthly newspaper. The November room are making toys for their Christmas tree which they already have on their sand table. They are Issue has been published and the making gifts which they expect to take home to their mothers.

In one corner of the room there is a doll house which has not been furnished yet. It will not be in this condition long, because the children have already made the curtains and some of the furniture.

On entering Miss Hillhouse's room, the first things that greet our eyes are two large pictures of Santa Claus with his bundles pasted on the window panes. The children of the Second Grade are making Christmas booklets in which they expect to write their Christmas stories.

If you were to walk into Miss Buckley's room on Thursday morn- ing at the last period, you would find the pupils of the Third and Fourth Grades busily at work, for Miss Buckley has a free work period in which each child has the privilege of choosing his own work. The children are divided into different committees, appointed by the chil- dren themselves.

There are two cooking commit- tees. Eliza Horner is chairman of one and James Leslie is chairman of the other. These committees have made butter scotch, fudge and pea- nut butter candy. The candy is made in the class room and cooked in Miss Amberson's room. All the materials and utensils are brought by the children from their homes.

There is a building committee, with Wilson Andrew as chairman. This committee is making a toy slide for the First Grade. They have the steps completed and are now sanding the board for the slide.

There are three printing commit- tees, with Jack Byrne, Robert John- son and Royston Green as chairmen. These committees hope to be able to print some posters.

There is a joint activity of all the different grades. Under the aus- pices of the Children's Aid, the school has taken a poor family and are planning to give the children of this family a "Merry Christmas." GRACE MARTIN, Sr. III.

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Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 21

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.) Publication date: 1922-1927 Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.) Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Publication date: 1922-1927
Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Number of Pages: 1024