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The Campus Mirror
The Junior Class
May and November
Mabel Clayton, ’33
May and November is the title Hawthorne
lias used for one of his chapters in I he
House of the Seven Gables. In this chapter,
Phoebe, who is young and full of hopes and
aspirations, represents May; Ilepzibah, who
is old, worn, near-sighted, and scowling at
life, represents November.
The four years’ course in college might
well be suggested by May and November.
May is the time when one comes as a Fresh
man, just beginning. He is full of hopes,
aspirations, and anticipations, yet ignorant
of the cost. The Sophomore year does not
remove him far from this outlook. The
“wise Sophomore,” as he is called, is in
reality not wise, but merely feels himself
to be so. He thinks that his one year in col
lege has made him the “man of affairs ,
and he feels that he knows “what it is all
about.”
When he comes to be a Junior he begins
to realize what the nature of his chosen
path really is. This is the point at which
he begins to doubt himself. He wonders if
his choices have all been wise, and now he
thinks more than ever of the final outcome.
This questioning attitude follows him into
his Senior year. This period is November.
The period of his undergraduate life is draw
ing to a close, and he awakens to the
realization of what is before him. He de
sires to go out and face the various issues
of life from which he has been sheltered and
shielded, yet he feels that lie is incapable.
What is to be done? That is his question.
Mail and November—the former offers
life and the latter offers life, lint to a dif
ferent and a more complex degree. Now that
it is November, let us take the experiences
of May and combine them so as to create
new ones.
Customer (In beauty parlor): AN hat is
your price for a wave?
Hair Dresser: One dollar.
Customer: A whole big dollar for a wave?
Hair Dresser: It does not matter whether
it is whole or not; I always accept change.
Bird Hunts and Field Trips
Mary Reddick, ’34
This semester many of the aspirations
of the Biology Department have been ful
filled. Groups have been on field trips,
early morning bird hunts, and outings.
Many of us did not know the birds that
live on our campus in the spring. In order
to stimulate interest a place w r as made on
the bulletin board, where each time some
one saw a new bird she could record its
common and scientific names. Her name
would be placed after the bird’s name to
show who had seen the bird. Many girls
could sign under one bird, if they, too,
had seen it. Many were interested and
we observed about fifteen different species.
Probably there were many Avhich our eyes
were not keen enough to see. Among the
most outstanding ones were robins, spar
row's, starlings, blue-jays, cardinals, cat
birds, mocking birds, goldfinches, and blue
birds.
Three early morning trips were made
by different groups, and on an average of
twenty-three birds were seen each time.
The best way to identify birds is by their
color and the arrangement of the different
colors. As one becomes more and more
familiar with them she can distinguish one
bird's song from another. Some birds look
very much alike, but there is always a
difference. The cat-bird and mocking-bird
look very much alike, but in flight one
sees that the mocking-bird has tips of w'hite
on the long tail feathers. A very dignified
bird which lives up to its name is the
king bird. It is black with a white breast
and a tiny crest of bright colors. Other
lovely birds w r ere swallows, thrushes, tow-
hees, wrens, Maryland yellow throats and
scarlet tanagers.
“Constitution Lakes” is an ideal place
for the aspiring young biologist who must
have two hundred insects by the last of
May. If one could stay long enough she
could get all of hers there. It is great
fun collecting, and between dodging bees,
walking over frail-looking, but strong
bridges, and slipping into the water, she
comes out triumphantly with a mixture of
turtles, bees, whirligig beetles, dragon
flies, and grasshoppers.
College Personalities
Carrie Adams, ’35
Every college community is made up of
varying kinds of personalities, much as a
library is made up of varying kinds of
volumes. Regardless of the particular con
tent of the different volumes, they are
somewhere in the library in their respective
places, if not out for use.
Personalities, like books, afford more for
some people than for others. This fact is
due to different reasons; and so personali
ties, like books, may be grouped both on
the principle of the different interests of
readers and on the principle of the material
the book affords.
In the magazine room of college personali
ties, we find the “all-the-way-round” per-
some who always afford pleasure,—the
jocose persons. Some serve as reservoirs of
gossip or of propaganda—and oh, how they
do keep things going. There is the “Will-
Rogers” type who always makes you
chuckle, oi', even “clip a grin,” if you’re
late in catching the point.
Next, we come to the reserve room type.
There are those who have been found useful
and are pointed out for certain occasions
during the year. So important are they,
that they must be signed for, (by special
appointment, as it were). They are the
“handle-with-care”. They must be gotten
out (by regular procedure) by one who
knows them, and be “placed up” for use.
In the general reading room of personali
ties, we find the “all-the-way-round” per
sonalities so prominent that they need no
special bringing out. People seem to know
where to go for them, in what section and
on what shelf to look. The general reading-
room type is a variety type, consisting of
volumes of “encyclos”, which are able to
handle various situations. They are full of
material and suggestions; and if they lack
the specific thing you need, they usually
can say where you might find what you
want.
Perhaps the least thought of is the stack-
room type—a safety group—a supply room.
Some of these supply knowledge that no
others can. Suggestions are offered for af
fairs at some time during the year. Others
are never touched and are never called for
year in and year out. They are there merely
to be dusted and are checked in at the
beginning of the year; they increase the
count of volumes.
How many of your friends can you classi
fy as reserve-room material, magazine-room
material, general-reading room, or stack-
room ?
Can those who read you, classify you ?
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