FIAT
HLUX
A PAPER ABOUT THEMSELVES, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF ALFRED UNIVERSITY
VOL. IX ALFEED, N. Y., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921 NO. 4
Varsity Must Redeem Itself-In Five Days A. U. Must Raise $20,000
BUFFALO PLAYS SUPERIOR FOOTBALL AND WINS
14 TO 2
Purple Fights to Finish Scoring in Last Min- utes of Play
MORE THAN A HUNDRED CHEERING ALFREDIANS DISAPPOINTED
Alferi
Ailinger The Varsity suffered its first defeat ] U. of B of the season, when the University
of Buffalo eleven won a hard-fought game by a score of 14-2 on the new i
Buffalo gridiron. The combination j Cuddihy of a high wind, costly fumbles and
U. of B's. greater weight proved too much for the light Alfred team.
Alfred's alumni and friends, in large numbers cheered to the final whistle and showed more enthusiasm than 500 U. of B. fans.
Alfred was slow in getting started, and Buffalo, aided by the 50-mile wind, pushed over a touchdown in the first period. The Purple kept the ball near midfield during the second quarter, and in the third held the U.
of B. huskies for downs on the 5 yard mark, when Buffalo threatened to score again. A forward, one of the few attempted, netted Buffalo a touch- down in the final period. With five minutes to play, the Purple came back strong, earning two points by block- ing a Buffalo punt back of her line.
The wind was a big factor in every play. Passes from center sailed too high, forwards could not be caught and the punts were tricky. The Buf- falo quarter deserves credit for the brainy way he took advantage of the wind. Burns and Gardner showed best in Alfred's offense.
Lack of space prohibits a detailed story of the game.
Line up and summary:
L. E.
L. T.
L. G.
C.
Alfred Pharr Bliss Teal Fisher Fraser
R. G-.
Rasch Boyd R. T.
Helwig Ahern R. E.
Bardy Stryker Q. B.
Joor E. Campbell L. H. B.
Kibler Burns R. H. B.
Smith Witter F. B.
Jordan Gardner Touchdowns—U. of B., Jordan and Murphy goals from touchdown, U. of B., Smith 2.
Substitutions—U. of B., Vanini for Smith, Murphy for Jordan, Bender for Fisher, Grigoletti for Rasch, Taylor for Frigaletti, Morris for Bardy; Al- fred, McMahon for Stryker, Richards for Teal, Josephson for Boyd, Peck for Fraser, Horton for Josephson, R.
Campbell for E. Campbell.
Referee: Carson Umpire: Hammill Linesman: Worder
Time of quarters: 15 minutes.
FROSH AND SOPHS BATTLE TO 6 TO 6 TIE
Promising Material Uncovered
A creditable exhibition of underclass football was witnessed on the Athletic Field Friday afternoon when the plucky Freshmen team held their more experienced rivals to a score of 6 to 6. That there were many errors on both sides cannot be overlooked, yet a grim determination to win showed plainly as each play was run off. The teams were more or less eyenly match- etd, both suffered from lack of prac- tice and co-operation, but.both teams brought some promising football ma- terial to the limelight. For the Sopho- mores R. Clark and Smith starred while Hoehn, DeSalvo, and Motz cap- tured the laurels for the first-year men. Time and again the line plung- ing of Clark caused admiring com- ments from both side-lines, as did Smith's brilliant work at end. Hoehn, the plucky quarter back for the Frosh,
showed the best football training on either side. ' DeSalvo and Motz both played steadily and consistently in their respective positions.
During the whole of the first half the ball was kept in the Sophomores' territory, while the second half found the Freshman team battling with their backs to the wall during the greater part of that period. The Freshmen made their only score in the second quarter when Motz blocked a kick on the Sophs' five-yard line. The ball bounced over the line and a husky Freshman fell on it.
In the second half the second year men fought like tigers. Time after time, the Sophs made their downs and completed several pretty forward passes. In the third quarter Clark, carried the ball over the goal line and the score was 6 to 6. Sheerar's
ALFRED ROOTERS EX- PECT VARSITY TO PLAY
REAL FOOTBALL AGAINST GENEVA
FRIDAY
Sidelines Will Watch Play- ing More Than Score
Board
Geneva's heavy and experienced gridiron men will try to repeat their 34-0 victory of last year, when they face the Purple here Friday after- noon. The team which is picked to represent Alfred must show more brain work and fight than ever be- fore, if the game is to differ much from the 1920 struggle.
The visitors, in their first game of the season, showed more strength against Pittsburgh than did Syracuse last Saturday. But the Purple team must show the world that more than a reputation is necessary for a Geneva victory.
Win or lose, the boosters of Alfred will back the team to the limit, if our light eleven "plays the g a m e "
STUDENT SENATE NOTES The third regular meeting of the Student Senate was held Oct. 18.
The Frosh-Soph football game was placed on the calendar for Friday, Oct. 21.
The different numbers of the Fra- ternities Club Entertainment Course were placed on the college calendar.
It was not mentioned in last week's notes that the Proc victory was voted to the Sophomores.
failure to kick the goal prevented the Sophomores from winning the game.
The fourth quarter found the ball in Freshman territory and close to the ten yard line. The line held, the ball was carried out of danger, and the rest of the period resulted in neither side making definite gains.
Finally the whistle blew, and under- class fotball for 1921-1922 passed on into college history.
1924 1925 L. E.
Preische Lahr L. T.
Ames Whipple L. G.
Wemett Scudder C
Danforth Moses R. G.
Dailey Rice R. T.
H. Clark Motz R. E.
Smith Burt Q. B.
Drummond Cady L. H. B.
Sanford Smallidge R. H. B.
Sheerar DeSalvo F. B.
R. Clark Dunbar Substitutions: 1924, Johnson for Preische, Cunningham for Dailey, Preische for H. Clark, DuBois for San- ford. 1925—Anderson for Dunbar, Hoehn for Cady, Grant for Rice, Stamp for Burt.
BIG DRIVE FOR ENDOWMENT FUND DRAWS TO CLOSE WITH
SUCCESS IN SIGHT
Strenuous Efforts Can Bring Total to $350,000 THE LAST CHANCE TO HELP
EDITH BENNETT, SO- PRANO, IN DELIGHT-
FUL RECITAL
Small Audience And Much Applause at A. A. Benefit
Concert
The students and townspeople who attended the concert given by Miss Bennett last Thursday evening, were afforded a rare treat. A fine, rich voice, combined with splendid tech- nique and a charming personality en- abled Miss Bennett to so entertain her listeners that every person left Ag Hall with the feeling that the even- ing could not have been more pleas- antly spent. The program was in- troduced by some Folk Songs of Old English and Old French type as well as a native American Folk Song taken from the region of the Kentucky moun- tains, "Frog Went a Courting." These were followed by four modern French songs and "Un bel di vedremo," a selection from "Madame Butterfly."
The remainder of the entertainment consisted of English songs: "Daddy's Sweetheart," "Pirate Dreams," "My Little House," and "Love is the Wind."
Each was a masterpiece and beauti- fully rendered. Hearty applause and encore after encore showed the ap- preciation of the audience.
Miss Bennett very kindly sang on the following morning to a joint as- sembly of Agricultural and College students and she certainly won them with her easy flow of tone and wonderful diction. The students were delighted when she consented to sing again the Aria from Madame Butter- fly. We hope to hear Miss Bennett in Alfred again.
President Davis and several other faculty members have been traveling , and speaking extensively during the j past month, in a last desperate at-
| tempt to raise the total o£ the En- i dowment and Improvement Fund to
1 $350,000 by Oct. 30. If the friends of Alfred before the end of the month, add $20,000 to the $230,000 already- pledged, the General Education Board
| will give the university $100,000 more.
This conditional gift means so much, to Alfred that she cannot afford to lose it, because of a few thousands lacking when the drive closes Mon- day.
If you have thus far failed to sub- scribe, the slip inside this issue is for you. If you have pledged something, try to increase your subscription be*
! fore it is too late. _ ^ DER DEUTSCHE VEREiN At a meeting of "Der deutsche Vere- in," last Wednesday evening, it was decided to take up a study of Ger- man authors, as, for instance, Goethe, Schiller, Wagner and Heine. Two members will be selected to act as a program committee for each month and will be expected to develop pro- grams for two consecutive meetings.
This will provide an opportunity for every member to take a part and will give originality to the meetings.
It is hoped that a pianist will be se- cured to play for the club some of the German operas in connection with the composers.
REV. M. G. SMITH OF HORNELL STIRS
STUDENTS AT ASSEMBLY
Pieads for Stronger Char- acter
Rev. M. G. Smith of Christ Episco- pal Church, Hornell, addressed in a very interesting manner the student body, in Assembly last Wednesday morning. Mr. Smith is a man of strong personality and his talk found a ready ear in those who gathered to hear him.
Rev. Smith has had a broad ex- perience among the student body of various colleges and universities throughout the country. His deep understanding of college life and his
, sympathy with the students make him a personality well worth listening to In his talk he brought the fact that the college is a mould shop in which character is fashioned. He said that books, however important, are merely the mark of the student; they do not make one. What one learns in college is merely the stepping stone to the mastery of the greater problems of life.
He urged every student present to be able to recognize his own limita- tions, for only by so doing can one progress. Too many are eager to overlook their own shortcomings in an attempt to discover those of others.
Too many are failures because they are content with themselves as they are.
The great question facing each student is, "What am I to give to the world?" and not "What is the world to give to me?" The greatest thing in life is character, real manhood and womanhood.
Mr. Smith said that when Europeans come to our universities they discover one thing that they lack, and that is
"spirit" or character, which cannot be translated. It is this spirit that makes the real manhood and womanhood.
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Itruismdvancementmbition ATHLETIC COUNCIL MEETING iCOUNTRY LIFE—CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Sunday evening, Oct. 16th, the Country Life Christian Association of Ag School held a short meeting. Helen Chaffee took charge of singing and i Prof. Camenga gave a short talk on j N. Y. S. A's. Christian Associations of the past. He outlined the topics that were discussed and also gave sug- gestions as to what the present or-;
ganization should do this winter. Plans I were also made for increasing t h e : membership and for holding the at-j tendance. It was decided that the next meeting should be given to an outside speaker and that every one present make special efforts to bring in at least one more member. Near the close of each meeting there will be an opportunity to discuss the speaker's topic. The question of how much space should be had in the 1923 Kanakadea was discussed and a col- lection was taken to help defray ex- penses connected with it.
Every member of Ag School who does not go home over the week- end is urged to make a special effort to attend the Christian Association meetings in Ag Hall every Sunday evening. Subjects covering religious and social problems of the rural com- munities will be on the program for the coming winter meetings. These topics should prove interesting to all who reside in rural communities and beneficial to all students of Ag School.
A larger and more regular attendance at C. L. C. A. is expected for the coming year. Every Ag student can help by turning out for the Sunday evening meetings.
THETA GAMMA FURNITURE ARRIVES
Tuesday morning a truck load of furniture from Elmira arrived in Al- fred for the Theta Gamma fraternity house. The load consisted mostly j of chiffoniers, tables and chairs, and the new furniture adds much to the i appearance of the house. Entertain-i ments are planned to soon start at the ' fraternity home. The following mem-1 bers compose the entertainment com- mittee: Ed Harnes, Ray Tuttle, and
Earl Brookins.
EDITH BENNET SINGS IN AG ASSEMBLY
Probably the most delightful as- sembly that has been held in Ag Hall this year came last Friday, when Miss Edith Bennet sang . It was also the biggest assembly held so far this year, more than a hundred students from college attending also. Miss Bennet, a lyric soprano from New York City, was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Seidlin. She rendered a very pleasing selection of songs of which a few were taken from her program of the preceding evening. Her ap- pearance in the Hall called for the singing of "Here We Are" by the stu- dents and a long ray yell for her.
Miss Bennet's first number was an old French melody sung in the original language. The next song was "A Frog Went a-Courting" and her third selection was from "Madame Butter- fly." The students would not allow her to stop •with three songs, so she gave the favorite of the night before,
"Apples on The Lilac Tree," and "Love is the Wind."
Before Miss Bennet sang, "Scotty"
Ahern spoke briefly on the financial standing of the Athletic Association, during which he read Graduate Man- ager Champlin's report of finances. He j urged all of the Ag students to se- j cure football season tickets, if they' had not alrea'dy bought. These tickets j may be procured from any Ag member of the Athletic Council, namely, Helen Chaffee, Ray Tuttle, Earl Brookins and Donald Atwater. The above named Councillors join with "Scotty"
in urging all Ag students to buy these tickets and help support athletics in Alfred.
Continued on page three
On Wednesday the regular weekly meeting of the Athletic Council was held in the N. Y. S. A. office with all members present. Graduate Manager Champlin [read a detailed financial report to date. Nominations were re- ceived for faculty manager of the Jumph Injury Fund and Prof. Shaw was elected to that position. Three nominations were received for Stu- dent Trainer and Don Burdick '22, who has been doing that work so far this fall, was elected Graduate-Manager, Champlin then gave information in regard to weather insurance for the balance of the home games of foot- ball and it was voted that the three football games yet to be held under Alfred's management, be insured. This plan has proved successful in other places and will help the council re- duce the financial loss caused by bad weather and poor attendance. Permis- sion to wear class numerals was grant- ed Leon Smith and Elzora Claire.
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Tuesday proved a busy day at Ag School, it being the day for photos for the Kanakadea. Assembly was postponed and Mr. Taylor was a busy man for the rest of the morning. Prob- ably the most interesting news in re- gard to photos was the selection of new backgrounds for the different groups. The Domestic Science pic- ture should easily prove to be the most interesting of all the Ag pictures.
Director Champlin, noting that the photographer was progressing well im- mediately postponed all morning clases so that the pictures were taken in record time during the fore- noon.
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OFFICERS ELECTED IN STUDENT SENATE
During assembly period Wednes- day morning, the Student Senate held its first meeting of this year with all members present: Seniors—Raymond Tuttle, William Newcomb and Frances j Witter; Juniors—J. E. Cornwall and Duncan Munro; Freshman—Lawrence Gaynor.
Several questions were awaiting the action of the Senate and were settled favorably. Following are the offi- cers elected for the year: president, Frances Witter; secretary, J. E. Corn- wall.
Genevieve Button, Ag '22, has re- turned to Alfred to resume her studies on the third floor.
Jo Anderson '21, wno is now teach- ing school near Dansville, spent the week-end in Alfred renewing acquaint- ances with old Aggies and other friends.
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FIAT LUX
Published weekly by the students of Alfred University
Alfred, N. Y., October 25, 1921
EDITOU-IN-CHIEF Robert P. Clark '22 ASSISTANT EDITOR Lloyd N. Lanphere '2:!
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Earl F. BrooMns, Ag '2S Irwin C'onroe '23 George Stearns '23
ALUMNI EDITORS
Clirforil M. Potter 'IS Norah Rinns '12 EXCHANGE EDITOR
Paul V. Johnson '24 REPORTERS
Julia O'Brien '2.T Max Jordan '24 Blakeslee Barron '24 Verda Paul, Ag '22
BUSINESS MANAGER Charles C. Lake '23 ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS R. R. Brown, Ag '23 John McMahon '23
The Varsity lost a hard fought game to the heavier University of Buffalo eleven hy a score of 14-2, when the rival teams met on Buffalo's new gridiron last Saturday afternoon. Al- fred's defeat might he explained in a dozen ways hy the hundred Purple and Gold fans who watched the game.
However, alihis are not popular at A. U., so there is little talk of the 50-mile gale, hard luck, too much travel, careless officials and other troubles, real and imaginary.
That Buffalo game is history. It will be recorded as an Alfred defeat at the hands of a heavier team. It will be remembered as the greatest display of alumni and student inter- est at any ^Alfred game played a hundred miles from home.
The Brick Tea on Thursday will bo in charge of Betty Houghtaling and Elizabeth Moore. Everybody come and help a bit toward the Endowment Fund.
WE ARE SORRY
With enough material to fill six pages but with no funds to pay for the larger paper, this issue appears decapitated, abbreviated and other- wise deformed. But do not despair;
a six page issue is promised for next week, and if the alumni and Ag stu-
dents send in a hundred new sub- scriptions by Nov. 4, the Fiat Lux can look like a real paper every week.
Here's another apology: due to mis- takes in the mailing list, dozens of last week's Fiats found their rightful owners a few days late. Just to prove how sorry -Tve are—we promise to never allow such a slip again.
MASS MEETING IN GYM
Last Thursday's mass meeting was held in the gym because Ag Hall was to be used for Miss Edith Bennett's recital. As the bleachers filled nearly to capacity the team was urged up front on the platform, and chairman Ahern took his stand in the middle of the floor by the piano. Students were called upon to speak and re- sponded nobly. Cheers and songs made the gym ring as in basketball season.
SEND OFF
The morning was ideal for those who toured to Buffalo to the game.
7:45 A. M. did not seem to be a popular hour for a send off as few students turned out. However, the old spirit remained true, and snappy cheers accompanied our gridiron men out of town.
Two auto loads of fans left town soon after the bus, and helped make the Alfred representation at Buffalo most inspiring.
Director Wingate has been called to Boston, Mass., by the death of his
NOW SMILE ! PLEASE !
* * * *
* A little argument arose from *
* a game of African golf. One
* colored fellow said to the other. *
* "If you don't stop that cheating *
* I will tear your head from your *
* shoulders and throw it in your *
* face." *
* * * *
* A farmer asked a Third Ave. *
* clothier of New York "Are you *
* a high brow?" "No," said the *
* clothier, "I am a Hebrew."
* * * *
* The same farmer said to his *
* wife "Cymantha, have you no- *
* ticed what good work the Y. M. *
* C. A. is doing? See those signs *
* saying 'Keep to the right.' I *
* would not be a bit afraid to let *
* our son come here to the city *
* now." *
* * * *
* Wanted - - a n esculator, be- *
* tween Burdick Hall and Kanaka- *
* dea, by the bachelors of the col- *
* lege for icy weather. *
* Wanted — no esculator be- *
* tween Burdick Hall and Kanaka- *
* dea by the suitors of the college *
* who also want lots of icy *
* weather. *
* * * *
* "Ah," said the dude, "I am *
* going to have a party for my *
* clothes. I will invite my shoe- *
* strings, and my collar band in. *
* And, yes, I shall invite my socks *
* up. But my trousers (I do not *
* care much about them). I will *
* give them a cuff. My shirt may *
* act as bouncer, for it can put on *
* a stiff front, and the cuffs can *
* link in with anything. Maybe *
* my tie pin will acquire a polish *
* that it never had before. My *
* tie is very bad but I will try to *
* keep it straight." *
* * * * 1* This is the way the blessing *
* was asked at the Eta Phi Gam- *
* ma house last evening. "May *
* we be grateful to—Scratch *
* Cookie!—and may we say—Hel- *
* lot, Cockie!—and may we be *
* good to—Nice Cockie!—." Then *
* some one threw a plate. The *
* meal proceeded with "Please *
* pass the—hot dogs!—." *
* * * *
* By the way, threats of murder *
* have been heard from Eta Phi *
* men. The intended victim is *
* a white cockatoo, which can be *
* leased for extended periods by *
* S. P. C. A. members, to prevent *
* cruel fate from overtaking "nice *
* Cockie." *
* * * 4t
* Frosh—"Here's your watch, *
* Prof. Whitford; you just drop- *
* it on the floor. Did it stop, *
* sir?" *
* Prof. W.—•"Of course, son; if *
* it had not stopped at the floor, *
* how could you have recovered *
* it?" *
* * * *
* Speaking of watches, — we *
* have heard of dollar Ingersolls, *
* but the nickel Elgin, that a stu- *
* dent lost last week, was a real *
* bargain. * brother-in-law, Dr. Frank V. Thomp- son, Superintendent of Public Schools.
There will not be any classes m the vocal department during the week.
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL NOTES
Continued from page two THE PROFS'. QUARTET ENTER-
TAINS
Assembly on Monday morning was in charge of Prof. Place who was ably assisted in singing by Profs. Robin- son, Wingate and iCamenga... The quartet entertained the students and faculty with numerous songs which were well received by the audience.
The Profs, quartet may expect an- other call during the year. The Aggies believe they have the best Profs' quartet ever produced.
TEST FOR MENTAL GENIUS HELD IN AG SCHOOL
Miss Bennett was in charge of As- sembly on Thursday morning, ',and she surprised both the student body and the faculty by giving us all the Treman Group test of mental ability.
The test consisted of a booklet con- taining ten pages. Each one con- tained a different test. Desirable or undesirable words were to be under- lined or crossed out in a certain length of time. No one was allowed to look over the paper before beginning the test. On the top of each page were directions which were read by all, and then the signal was given to go.
At the end of the specified time the signal was given to stop and all pen- cils were raised and so on until the whole test was completed. The papers were collected at once, thus giving no one a chance to go over the test to correct mistakes. The score of each paper was determined by the age of the person taking the test and the number of mistakes made on each page.
Miss Bennett does not think it wise to publish the list of the winners or even tell who has the quickest brain in Ag School, but whoever scored highest deserves to be congratulated.
Tests like this would prove very help- ful and interesting if held about once a month because they train the tested persons to think with more speed and accuracy.
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1921 FOOTBALL Sept. 30. Alfred 14 Oct. 8. Alfred 0 Oct. 14. Alfred 0 Oct. 22. Alfred 2 Oct. 28. Alfred vs.
Nov. 5. Alfred vs.
Nov. 11. Alfred vs Nov. 18. Alfred vs.
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CLIFFORD POTTER, EDITOR NORAH W. BINNS, SEC.-TREAS.
of our Alma Mater reposing serenely in a back eddy of the stream of prog- ress. What we need is a few ex- pansion joints in our thinking, for Alfred is growing. The time is just about here when the question must be CONGRATULATIONS ; m et whether the student body is to be
. ' restricted to the present physical A Message From Some of the Alumni limits of the college, or whether the to the Student Body : capacity is to be extended to meet the Bertha Riblet '08, was married to! ; p a tronage.
Ward L. Pire on Oct. 17, at Erie, Pa. T h e d e c e n t d e b a t i n g b e t w e e n the stu- C a n w e > „ w e w o u l d > t e l l t h e 1 8. Mr. and Mrs. (Eva Greene U4) Ern-j dents, faculty, townspeople, and any- y e a r b o y w i s t l u l l y gazing at a 20-year est White '17 are in Poughkeepsie, N
Y., this year.
PERSONALITIES
Lawrence M. Babcock '15, is teach- ing in Trenton, N. J.
Anna Wallace '14, and her friend,
Sheppard a few days. , ^ ^ ^ ^ Q{ ^ b a n q u e t ^ ^ Alumni who are changing their posi-|a n ij s 0 few advantages derived there- tions or doing anything of interest to fronl) that we are thankful the time their classmates, will please notify! f o r abolishing them has come. It
one else who could get in a word, g i z e d g u i t o f c l o t h e s t h a t t h e pr o p e r
has been followed with interest. r e m e d y f o r h i s ( j is.e a s e i s to shrink Looking back over the years of our Q r t Q s t o p g r o w m g9
own college course and those sub- sequent, we can see so many unwhole-
the Alumni editor or the secretary of the Twentieth Century Club.
THE OBELISK
The dog is in the hammock,
does not take ten, or even five, years out of college to get this point of view^ whereas in other things we are as sympathetic with students as when we were among the worst. We think we put the chief in mischief, as
In consequence of Alfred's present situation we as alumni must adjust our thinking to the new conditions, must arouse ourselves to a new at- titude. It is not only an affair of stimulating our financial enthusiasm to meet new demands, it is a matter of giving Alfred an increased support for its greater administrative, scho- lastic, and moral problems.
When as a lad I lived in central The cow is in the lake, a matter of fact. What we are trying Florida, I remember my father's dig- The children in the garbage pail,—' to say is that the .present student Sing out, at the time of the sweet What difference does it make? | body is to be congratulated on seeing Potato harvest, a stupendous spherical This bit of philosophy has helped' the banquet season in a proper light, Potato that seemed to us a wonder, the Obeliskeen over many a [hard I while they are still students. After 'or it was three or four times the nor- place We were glad to find it in I the present generation has graduated, mal size. When we scrutinized it, Carolyn Wells' Book of Humorous no one will know what joys they are however, we found it a mere shell the Verse, a tome containing 951 pages
of banter, nonsense, cynicism, satire,
missing and the benefits will be con- interior having been eaten out clean, tinued for years to come. Some class While we here, of necessity, talk and other branches of the great river ; had to relinquish the chance for re- much of money needs, we are keenly of Humor Among the blessings con- • venge. We congratulate the class of aware that, unless Alfred is to be only ferred by the author, is the blessing 1924 on the strength of character a shell, big on the outside merely, its of finding out for sure that the poem shown in submerging the present de- interior braces must be adapted to its you always thought was funny really • sire for rivalry for the sake of the greater size, its content made rich
is funny and has been awarded a place in the book. Taking it serious- ly, which is hard enough, the volume is a treasure and ought to find a place
greater good of the future. and meaty. Its faculty must be in- creased, and maintained at a high level of enthusiasm and attainment.
DO WE NEED RE-TAILORING?
Last week I saw in Albany a being Its teachers must be progressive and on the family center table, removing —naif boy, half man—who was look- characterful. Student public opinion if necessary the shells from Point! ing wistfully in a clothier's window, must be kept sane and strong.
Judith and the crocheted lamp mat * Evidently his instincts had led him in in other words, for Alfred to suc-
* * As we write this, everyone but the right direction, for there was just Ceed in coping with all the problems ourselves is in Buffalo getting ready a suggestion of shortishness to his
for the kick-off. We wish we were trousers and his sleeves and just a but we are not for financial reasons \ hint of tightness in the fit of his coat and because we had to write the Obe-, across the back.
lisk. If Alfred is beaten, we shall feel ] The aspect of this youth reminded personally responsible and another me of Alfred University with its 100 time the Obelisk will be tipped over freshmen, its crowded class rooms, its and smashed into a million solid! laboratory facilities that are be- ivory chips before it is allowed to'ginning to grow "tightish across the
that bulk so hugely just now on her horizon, she must have, not fossilized, non-expanding friends, but such as she already is proud to boast so many of—friends that grow as she grows. While you personally may possibly be an isolated alumnus, who thinks that his opinion and sympathy is of negligible value, we at the cen- interfere. * * * Two of our young- back," its large courses divided, in I ter constantly feel beating in upon us est, one of our middle-aged, and one several (instances, into sections. (I j that unseen and unmeasured force of our "getting along" alumni, have | told my sophomore literature class the denominated alumni opinion. It written to say they like the alumni other day—it counts fifty-five mem-j cheers; it encourages; it gives us page. No one has said he does not hers—that I felt when I stood before ] pause; it acts, not only upon trustees like it, but many, far too many, have | them more as if I were presiding over
not seized the priceless opportunity j a mass meeting rather than conduct- of paying the price of the Fiat. If' ing a recitation.) Alfred needs tailor- you do not expect to have $2.25 to I ing.
spare until after Christmas, order the This condition of affairs few of us Fiat anyway and let us do the wait-' in Alfred expected so soon. It rather ing. If this page fails this term, it makes us gasp with surprise—and will be buried, burned, and banished j pleasure. We are now wondering
and faculty, but as well upon students.
When we were graduated from or attended Alfred University, we mar- ried into the family. Such a relation- ship as we sustain to Alfred must call out the most loyal support that perhaps any body of alumni ever put at the disposal of its Fostering Mo-
PAUL E. TITSWORTH, '04.
It pays to advertise. Do it now.
forever. So if you like it at all, what Alfred campus and class rooms ther. This aid and sympathy must please say so and take the poor little WJ H be like when they are decorated and will wax bigger and stronger as paper to your bosom and your sec- j wjth four hundred integrated bunches Alfred outgrows its present tightish tional book-case. We are doing our of protoplasm making noises like col- clothes and puts on such as better share of worrying, won't you worry | ie g e students. We are beginning wist- adapt themselves to comfort and wider
$2.25 worth? * * * We did n o t funy to look for the tailor. usefulness, mean to allow business to protrude, Sometimes I talk with alumni who j
its ugly head into this colyume. Ex-! appear not to sense Alfred's growth i cuse it * * * Recently we have j Or the increasing demands its patron- ' been having correspondence with an j age is making upon it. We think erstwhile Alfred supporter who is now
witnessing football games where 18,-
000 spectators spectate, where they j ' have a student band of 105 pieces,
with a gorgeous major domo who doesn't play anything except a part, and where nothing is thought of $2500 to send the band away with the team.
We thought of what that amount would mean to Alfred and we were almost jealous. But the description ended with these words: "All this, however, does not have the heart in- terest that the games at Alfred have for us." Then we felt all better again.
Heart interest is what counts, and Al- fred's heart always was and always will be bigger than bands and uni- forms, bigger than endowment and funds, and just as big as the hearts of her students, faculty, and alumni.
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