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10 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 ? I CLOVER DALE DAIRY Pasteurized Milk and Cream ICE CREAM Raymond 3919 849 Gordon St., S.W. + i + —■