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MEDITATIONS
DA[LY Then hear thou,i:llheaven
0 o SIS thy dwelling place, and for
s give, and do, and give to
B e i every man according to his
ways, whose heart thou
knowest, (for thou even thou only knowest
the hearts of all the children of men).
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A. F. Pledger, Holly Heights Chapel,
Sweden's Old King Gustav V
|s Symbol of Europe’s Hope
BY JAMES THRASHER
1t is a wonder that King Gustav V of Sweden was
able to stand up under the celebration which mark
ed his 90th birthday—ls hours of parades, speeches,
gifts, feasts and fireworks, and six changes of uni
form for the honored monarch. But the king has
stood up under many worse ordeals in his 40 years
on the throne. And his survival is, to a great extent,
10 his own credit.
When Gustav became king in 1907, such spectacles
as the one he went through on his birthday were
part of the usual trappings of monarchy. State visits
and the like were part of the bread-and-circuses
routine. %
But such pomp was not to Gustav's liking. Suc
ceeding to the throne as an “old man” of nearly 50,
he immediately tipped over the apple cart of tradi
tion by refusing to go through the elaborate cere
mony of a coronatlon. He set a democratic pattern
guite unusual for the period.
Today only one monarch, the retired Queen
‘Wilhe!mina of the Netherlands, remains of those
who sat on Europe's thrones when Gustav became
king. Not only the monarchs, but most of the mon
archies have vanished. King Gustav has seen the
slightly controlled despotism of Kaiser Wilhelm and
Czar Nicholas replaced by the uncontrolled des
potism of Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin.
Yet Sweden’s king has helped hold his country
steady against the tides of absolutism that have
threatened it on all sides. In two crises he stub
bornly resisted the attemps to make Sweden aban
don her neutrality. And by playing up the indepen
dence and indispensability of his country and its
people, he helped Sweden to escape invasion.
All this time the democratic simplicity of King
Gusgav’s life has mirrored the growing democracy
of his country. Though he liked to play tennis as
“Mr.. G.”—and did, until two years ago—and while
he enjoyed the theater and Riviera vacations, the
life of the king and the royal family has not been
one of useless luxury.
He has encouraged his family to be active and
useful. Many of his numerous progeny have dis
tinguished themselves in various fields—art, science,
busginess, athletics. Count Bernadotte, who is at
tempting to mediate the Palestine dispute, is his
nephew.
Sweden’s government has been controlled for
several years by the socialist Labor Party, which
is pledged to do away with the monarchy. But its
leaders apparently have had a hard time convincing
the Swedes that their aged king is a reactionary
menace to their well being. The evidence seems to
be all in the other direction.
At 90, King Gustav has lived longer—though not
reigned longer—than did the venerable Queen Vic
toria and the old Emperor Franz Josef of Austria.
But he is not of their time or temper, though he
was their contemporary. Rather he stands as an
enduring symbol of Europe’s change for the better,
and as a man who led rather than followed the trend
toward democracy. As such he is also a symbol of
hope, outside his country as well as within it, that
the freedom that he has fostered will prevail.
About 95 per cent of all rivers in North America
flow south, in a generally southern direction or into
streams that flow southward.
Several speéies of snakes kill and eat other snakes.
Asbestos is a mineral of crystaline flexible fibers,
resembling spun glass.
Canada produces about 60 per cent of the world’s
asbestos, while the United States produces some
thing less than five per cent.
According to tradition Charlemagne had an as
bestos tablecloth that was cleaned by throwing it
inte the fire. :
i fienjamin Franklin took an asbestos purse with
him to England in 1724 “to prevent money from
burning holes in his pockets.”
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More than 150 kinds of cheese are made in the
United States and Europe.
" The three greatest commercial fishing grounds in
the world are near the coasts of northwestern Eu
rope, northeastern North America and northeastern
Acsia,
The Salmon of British Cofumbia is the most
valuable produet of Canadian fisheries, with lobster
second; cod, third; halibut, fourth, and herring fifth.
The first transcontinental telephone line was com
‘lewd in 1915. ~
Women In The
United States Senate
There will be a woman elected to the
United States Senate in November. Mrs.
Margaret Chase Smith has won the Re
publican nomination over three male con
testants and that, of course, in Maine is
tantamount to election. Mrs. Smith will be
the first woman elected to the upper
chamber of the American Congress. She
has served several years as a member of
Congress from the Maine Sécond District.
But she will not be the first woman to
serve in the Senate. The press in telling of
Mrs. Shith’s success, is saying that Mrs.
Hattie Caraway, of Arkansas, was the
first woman to be appointed to a seat in
that August body. She was named to suc
ceed her husband at the time of his death,
but she did not go before the people and
be elected to that office. She simply filled
an unexpired term by appointment.
This statement in the press, however,
is incorrect. The first woman to fill the
office of United States Senator was Mrs.
Rebecca Latimer Felton, who was ap
pointed by the late Governor Hardwick to
till an unexpired term. When the appoint
ment was made Congress was in recess,
s 0 Mrs. Felton did not have the privilege
of actually attending the sessions of the
Senate, as the time of the unexpired term
was short. However, Senator George,
when he came to take his seat as the
chosen senator for a full term, de
¢lined to talie the oath untit Mrs. Felton,
the retiring senator, could sit in the Sen
ate on its opening day and be greeted by
her colleagues. It was a very pleasant oc
casion, lasting only a few minutes, after
which Senator George was sworn.
Just to keep the record straight, Mrs.
Caraway was not the first woman to be
appointed to a seat in the Senate. As
stated above, Mrs. Felton enjoyed that
distinction under the appointment of Gov
ernor Hardwick, even though the Senate
was at the time of the appointment not in
session,
American And
European Libraries.
The use of libraries is necessary in the
advancement of any civilization. The
libraries of Europe are of the greatest im
portance in furnishing necessary informa
tion concerning the development of the
world, but not accessible like our Ameri
can libraries. ' : |
A comparison of “American and Euro
pean libraries shows that in this country
they can be put to much more effective
use than those in Europe. In America all
the great libraries enjoy the advantage of
the best cataloguing and the easiest way
of utilizing them. There is no trouble in
‘getting the books you want and every
thing is open to the use of those who are
inclined to read.
It is quite different in Europe. Over
there the most important books are kept
under lock and little attention is paid to
making them available for general use.
Some of the big libraries are now making
their books more accessible, but much re
mains to be done before they can be of
service comparable to the American
library. o gL
We who fail to prevent wars must
ghare in the guilt for the dead.—General
Omar N. Bradléy, Army Chief of Staff. .
I do not know a person either on or off
the floor of the Senate who has given
more aid and comfort to the Kremlin than
the Senator from Idaho. — Senator Wil
liam Knowland (R), California, denounc
ing Senator Taylor’s attack on the Presi
dent. candmis
Norway wants as close relations as pos
sible with our grest neighbor to the east
— Russia—but we are and will continue to
be a western democracy.— Wilhelm Mor
genstierne, Norwegian Ambassador to the
U. /8. s i
Secretary of State Marshall takes the
same attitude toward Congress as he
would toward a soldier who fails to put
the proper polish on his shoes.—Senator
Eugene Millikin (R) of Colorado charg
ing Marshall delivers “ultimatums” to
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ECHOES FROM MEMORYLAND
Poetic Effusion On Summey Fouse
Butter—Using Giant Fire Crackers.
BY I. W. REED !
Continuing the siory of Uncle
Pete Summey and his good wife
Aunt Jane.
Occasionally a friend or rela
tive would visit Mr. and Mrs.
Summey and would be lodged in
the guest room.
One of the chimney flues was
open in that room from the fire
place to the top of the chimney
znd in a third story room there
was a hole in that flue. One night
a nephew of Mr. Summey was in
that guest room and. about one
o'clock in the morning one of the
boys in that third story room de
cided to wake him up,
So a great big giant fire crack
er was dropped through that open
flue, reached its destination, ex
ploded with a terrific noise,
broke up the slumbers of the
dreamer, who hastily decamped
in his night garments, and
brought numbers of students in
thet end of the building out of
their beds to see what had hap
pened.
‘Among the favorite pranks of
the Summey House boys was to
steal biscuit from the table in
order to prevent their being
warmed over and served again
at mealtime. They would then
string them on picture wire and
once when they had accumulated
‘several hundred they cdraped the
string of biscuit eround the his
toric arch at the campus entrance
and then looped the remaining
part of the unique decoration
through the trees and on up to
the chapel during commencement
week. ’ 4
One night at supper time, Ar
thur MecCerrel, of Augusta, the
roted fun-maker of the Senior
Class, who did not live at the
Summey House, manufactured a
emall bomb, well loaded with
powher, then wyundcord around
it until it was about three times
as lerge as a man’s fist, and
when the boys were at the supper
table, rolled it down the stair
way that led down to the dining
hall in the basement. It exploded
about half way down the steps,
tore off a good-sized hunk of the
rlestering, shattered the lamp
chimneys on the table, left the
room in total darkness and pro
duced some consternation for a
few minutes.
The bovs were always jibing
at Uncle Pete in the Pandora. In
the first issue of the Pandora in
June 1886 one page was devoted
to a poetic diatribe against Sum.
mey House butter as follows.
OLEOMARGERINE
Faminhed Students
1 do not rise to waste the lime
in words;
Tis not my trade; let old Pete
Summey talk:
But here I stand for right—llet
him give butter.
For student’s rights, though none
¢ there are for him to have.
Av cluster there.
Cling to the butter, bugs, flies,
roaches!
Thy name is false — 1 dare
him to his proofs
Tis oleomargerine. Let its odor
speak.
Put this I will avow, that 1
have feared
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GENUINE
—acne pimples,
bumps (black=-
?e&gs,, Cezema, BLACKER Llll3
etter and ugly
broken-out skin {(ex= DINTMEN
ternally caused).
Biack and White
Ointment is soothing, antiseptic, aids
healing. 25¢, 60¢ andvsl sizes. Cleanse
daily with Black and White Skin Soap.
And still do fear to eat that
l.arry mixture,
Who lays the grisly beef be
fore me or
Places the senile ham upon the
festnl board
Wrongs me not half so much
as he who
Wishes me to devour that anti
quated mess.
Come, honored trustees, from
your homes,
Search well the Summey-—take
Pete in hand
And gorge him wupon what's
meant for better men. ]
STRAYED OR STOLEN
—From the Summey House one
cake of Butter. Wes about three
years old, has a straggling beard,
color briglat mullto; ptrength
limitless. A liberal reward for its
return.
N. B.—Mr: Butter’s real name
ir O. Lee O’Margerine,
In the spring of 1888 when old
men John Pridgeon preached his
cwn funeraiout in the woeds at
Mars Hill, Oconee countyv, all the
Summey House boys hired two
or three big farm wagons and
went out to witness that event
which attracted fully ten thous~
and people from all around this
section Practically all the stu
dents in .the University were
there. Everv vehicle in Athens
had been called into service.
That was on Sunday and Aunt
Jane always served dessert on
Sundays.
The boys determined that Aunt
Jane was not to be allowed to
save that Sunday dessert. So a
committee stole the desert, which
consisted of three huge pound
cakes end a half dozen cans of
the most delicious peaches. Out
at Mars Hill they made their din
ner off that dessert. The writer
was not a member of thieving
Summey House boarders but he
did not hestitate to stow away in
his stomach a portion of the
stolen goods.
When we came back the empty
cans were dropped beneath the
kijchen windows of the ©ther
»oarding house run by Mrs.
Rirhardson in the New College
building. Aunt Jane believed that
the Richardson House boys had
stolen her dessert. She didn't
know any better until fully a
vear later, when she gave an ele
gant dinner in her home to
which she had moved after giv.
ing up the Summey House board
ing house in 1889 She had invi
ted a number of her special pets
from among the number of her
former boarders, when she was
told the whole story of the theft
of Summeyv House dessert. The
chairman of the committee that
did the stezling was sitting at the
table.” Across a half century my
memory may fail me, but as I
remember now that Chairman
HEARING AIDS
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Home Demonstration By Appointment Any Day.
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FAY HOLLIDAY
DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE
Just Out — A New Lower Priced Acousticon
Acousticon of Atlanta, W, Davis Hamiiton, Mgr.
Suite 606 - 101 Marietta St. Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
!was Billie Barnett, who later on
became chairman of the Georgia
}State Highway Board and who
is now a distinguished citizen of
lAtlantz—:, having reached his cigh~
| tieth year. Aunt Jane was horri
| fied to learn that & number of the
i members of that thieving com
l mittee were among her pet board
|\ ers; some of whom sat at the
' dinner given in their honor, but
she took it like a good sport
and enjoved being enlightened on
the subject. And thus the repu.
tation of the Richardson House
boys was cleared.
And now I will hahg back on
Memory’s walls the pictures of
Aune Jane and Uncle Pete, to
remain their until T greet their
loving spirits some dey “just over
in the Morning Land.”
MOVIE PROGRAMS
FOR THE WEEFEK
PALACE—
Sun. - Mon.-Tues. — “Summer
Holiday,” starring Mickey Roo
ney, Gloria DeHaven, Frank
Mogan, Butch Jenkins, March
of Time. News.
Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.—“Green
Grass of Wyoming,” starring Peg
gy Cummins, Charles Coburn,
Robert Arthur. Saturday Night
Swing Club. Model is Born. News.
GEORGIA—
Sun.-Mon. - Tues, — “Panhan
dle,” starring Rod Cameron,
Cathy Downs. Squareheads of the
Round Table. News.
Wed.-Thurs. — “You Were
Meant For Me,” . starring Jeanne
Crain, Dan Dailey. Screen Snap
shot. News.
Fri-Sat — “The Return of
Rin Tin Tin,” starring Donzld
Woods, Bobby Blake. Dig That
Gold. Little Ophan Airdale.
STRAND—
Mon.-Tues. — “Glamour Girl,”
starring Virginia Grey, Gene
Krupa, Michael Duane. Just
Plain Folks. Flicker Flashback.
Wed. — “Grand ’Ole Opry,”
starring Roy Acuff. Let’s. Sing a
Stephen Foster Song. Dsngers of
Canadian Mounted No. 9.
Thurs. — “The Noose Hangs
High,” starring Bud Abbott, Lou
Costello. March of Time. Unus
ual Occupations.
Fri.-Sat. — “Western Heritage,”
starring Tim Holt, Richard Mar.
tin. Blue Blackbirds. Brick Brad
ford No, 3.
RITZ—
Sun. - Mon. - Tues. — “Under
Colorado Skies,”” starring Monte
Hale, Adrian Booth. Man or
Mouse. Champions in the Mak
ing.
Wed. - Thurs. — “That Hagen
Girl,” starring Ronald Reagan,
Shirley Temple. Dying to Live.
Wolf’s Pardon.
Fri.-Sat. — “Pioneers of the
West,” starring (3 Mosquiteers)
Robert Livington, Raymond Hat.
ton, Duncan Rengaldo. Doctor’s
Orders. Tex Granger No. 12.
Moths love animal fibers. The
larvae of she moth or carpet
beetle feed upon fur, feathers,
hair, wool, bristles and fabrics
made from them.
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