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WEEK-ENDS A LA MODE

“The old order changeth, yielding
place to new.”’ How correct, in their
less original moments, even poets
can be! And the familiar old line
never held truer than as regards the
changing fashion in week-ends. Last
year, to get away from college; to
be seen outside of classes, as- seldom
as possible; to avoid, particularly,
the awful solemnity of Sunday din-
ner, were the outstanding ideas of
the ambitious young college girl. If

“you were not asked to a Prom or

football game, some distant relative
or old friend» of your mother’s
would be raked up; you were will-
ing to accept any invitation from
friend or foe—just so long as. it
took you away from the “venerable
walls, for some part of the time
between one-thirty on Friday and
eight-thirty Sunday evening. If you
aspired at all to fhe heights of fash-
ionable conventionality, you took
care to have some escape always
planned ; but occasionally, by some
unavoidable slip, like a death in the
family you intended to visit, or a
shortage of funds on your part, you
found yourself stranded in college.
Then, sad indeed was your plight,
for unbelieveable loneliness was
visited upon you. ‘The hall corri-
dors re-echoed hollowly to your
footsteps ; the library chairs held out
sad, empty arms; except for the
centipedes, you were alone—and oh,

_ how alone! .

But this year, we hear that while
eek-ends are still popular. with the
ninitidted, it is becoming a little

more “the thing,” a trifle more re-

_cherche among the extreme leaders

in fashion, the creme de la creme,

. those exclusive few who are always

a little ahead of Paris, to take quiet
week-ends of rest at college. Such
an original, quaint idea! And how
restful! It gives one time to think!
And it makes a pleasant change
from the continual rushing in vogue
last year. While we might seem far
too radical to. suggest that such a
custom ever become universal there
is always that possibility and we
should not be surprised if, in visiting
college in 1940 (to take our German
oral), we should find the students
returning on Saturday to rest after
their midweék activities.

THE BABBITS OF BANBURY

Some weeks ago’ the New York
Times published an article on Ban-
bury Cross which is of interest,
surely, to all the imaginative Eng-
lish-speaking world.

There are’ few people in America
who have had the good fortune to



actually see Banbury Cross, but who

has not, as a child, ridden there in
dreams? One must feel sorry for
the. child who has..missed the joy

-of being carried around the nur-

sery on some doting relation’sback
to the tune of
“Ride a cock horse

Mi To Banbury Cross,

To see a fine lady
pon a white horse,

rings on her fingers



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| Geld, an allied field, as well as a nar-

co

fic, Moreover, ,they say, it is not
the original Cross, but is merely
erected on or near the spot Where

that once stood. .

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-America has alfays been accused
of,"destroying beauty for the sake
of progress, but’ even in America
we have our village squares With far
less picturesque or historical statues
standing, unmolested, in their cen:
ters. Can it be that the citizens of
Banbury are striving to emulate one
of our greatest faults under the de-
lusion that it is a-virtue? If so, we
should hasten to rise up and ‘join

|England in its protest against such

foolishness.
The writer*to the Times has

_|drawn a very touching picture of
distress which: would — occurs

the
among the nursery rhyme folk ; the
beautiful lady of Banbury Cross
riding to her execution, followed by
a train of weeping ¢ompanions,
Mother Goose, Little Boy Blue, The
Dog, The Cat, and The Fiddle, Old
King Cole, The Mouse that ran up
the clock, and a host of others.
Fancy the distress in nurseries all
ove the world when the news got
out that Banbury Cross was no
more. :

But more than this would hap-
pen, something which the Times
failed to mention. America has al-
ways looked to England as the pre-
server of traditions; we are as yet
too young a nation to have many.
And so London Bridge, The Tower,
Big Ben, and Banbury. Cross are
as much American traditions as they
are English. Before the citizens of
Banbury tear down their one claim
to fame, let them consider that they
will be condemned not only by their
own people, but by all the English-
speaking world as well.

“HONORS”

A system of honors courses re-
sembling that of English universities
is receiving consideration from an
increasingly large number of col-
leges. In some places it is already
in force, in others, it is proposed for
next year. For example, the student
curriculum committees at Mt. Holy-
‘oke and at Haverford, the Barnard
Bulletin informs us, are “urging a
better opportunity for taking honors,
and that certain academic privileges
be accorded high-grade work.”
Barnard itself is experimenting with
honors.

Northwestern University is offer-
ing a modified-form of honors. In-
dependent study in their major sub-
ject i8 to be fostered in certain stu-
dents who have shown sufficient
qualifications. These students are
to be exempt from regulation class
attendance and from regular exami-
nations. ‘They will be given a com-
prehensive examination at the end
of the senior year.

At Smith, the Swarthmore Phoe-
nix tells us the system works in this
wise: “At the end of her sophomore
year, a student having a general
average of B, or exceptional grades
in a particular department, may read
for honors. If approved she begins
reading intensively under special in-
structors. Examinations are given
over the entire period of two years
work, and a thesis is exacted. Those
honoring in French, spend a year
abroad studying.” ane

Douglass Orr, ex-'27, from the
University of Nebraska, describes



the honors courses at Swarthmore :]

“About 50 juniors ‘and seniors read
for honors, being admitted at the be-
ginning of the junior year with a B
averdge. ‘The work is done in a
minor, a two hour seminar every
two weeks, a major, a two-hour
seminar every week, and a special
topic, also with a two-hour seminar
every two weeks. The freedom
from classes and lectures, while it
means much more time for reading
widely, and’ thoroughly, does not
mean a lack of guidance and super-
vision; we are responsible to a board
of examiners from other colleges
who will question us at the end of
two years. Honors work offers a

chance for picking out an interesting



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and so in the position to get a good
job. ‘They are trying to get away

back to.scholarliness. Sorhe of the
“institutions of higher learning re-
|fuse to be longer glorified high
schools.” d

’ The junior colleges,. rapidly
growing in number, will supply the
demand . for general culture, and
their graduates will not be honored
with an A. B. An A. B. ought to
mean much more than it frequently
does’; ‘it ought not to stand for so
may subjects taken, so many lec-
tures. atteaded, so many quizzes:
passed, but for intelligent scholar-
ship of an individual natur¢.

. THE CHANGING SEASON

. The first fall of snow 1s an event
that should not be allowed to pass
unnoticed in an otherwisé quiet
week. On Friday, December 3, at
four o’clock the first flakes stole
timidly down from a winter sky. At
about the same time the jury for the
Hall-Mills case at last brought in
a verdict of not guilty. A thought-
ful mind might see a connection be-
tween the two.

A year ago, at any rate, the first
blizzard blew on Hallowe’en and the
witch’s traditional broom was chang-
ed for a snow shovel. But this fall
all the usual occasions for snow
were passed up. Football Satur-
days came and went, a new genera-
tion of turkeys fattened and fell,
even the Queen of Rumania sailed
for home, and still the seasons held
their hand. But when at length the
heat of argument in the New Jersey
‘court house cooled into ashes the
gods relented. With the snow for
a_winding-sheet the dead past was
allowed to bury its dead, and Willie
and the pig woman and the rest of
them passed into obscurity. -

The last event of the autumn is
therefore-over, and winter has real-
ly come. Time to count your change
and your little nephews and get
ready for an expedition to Wana-,
maker’s toy department. Midyears
will be along in a few weeks, but
thank heaven, Christmas —- comes
first ! :





ADVERTISE!

The opening song of one of
Broadway’s biggest hits of the sea-
son is entitled “It Pays to Adver-
tise” —a slogan which a great many
peoplemight— profitably adopt. In
the song mentioned, the advertising
is confined to purely material things
such ‘as garters and the gifts God
gave you. But consider how it
might be applied in a much broader

sepise.
@iever since man first conceived of
the idea, people the world over have
acknowledged the benefits of adver-
tising; their only fault has been
limiting it. And yet the first adver-
tising that was ever done was not
concerned primarily with material
things; when the serpent boomed
the apple in the Garden of Eden, he
did not stress its health qualities ;
Eve and Adam were not interested
in keeping the doctor away. But
they were interested in acquiring
knowledge, as soon as the serpent
had informed them of their lack
of it. And herein lies the secret of
all good advertising ; to make people
aware’ of- what they haven’t and to
make them wish they had it.
Examples of what advertising can
do to one are innumerable ; you have
only to read the magazines to realize
the apalling number of lives that
would be ruined without Pepsodent
or saxophones or Listerine. Now
imagine the effects it might produce
if applied to some of the things
which at present it overlooks; for
example, education. This is to
some extent advertised, but in noth-
ing like the way it might be. —_-
College courses, especially, offer a
tncdbdattsh field for publicity. There
are any number of systems which
might be followed, but perhaps the
simplest would be for professors to
print posters which could be placed
in conspicuous places around the
campus. Think how attendance
would be increased in the various

from ‘mass standardized education} *

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Before long the athletic fields and
dance floots would be deserted. —

Education;* of course, is not the
only thing which might profit by ad-
vertising.. Individuals ought to take
Lit up; this would. silence forever all
talk about supression and inferior-
ity. complexes. It would also be a
great help. to hostesses, when plan-
ning a party, to be able to step out-
side the door and consult such pos-
ters as these: “Try Cissy Centipede’s
Table Talk,” or “M. Smith, Dancer
de Luxe, No Party Is Complete
Without Her.”

These are only a few. suggestions.
But. with the infinite possibilities
now open to advertisers it is posi-
tively. heart breaking to listen to
those unenlightened souls . who
would. do away: with sign boards
forever." Why! who knows? Sign
‘boards may prove to be the. salva-
tion of the world. We=:should be
careful of coridemning a thing until
we have studied its possibilities from
all angles.

ENGAGED
D. Lee, 25, to G. Greville’ Haslam.
~-M, Okie, 28, to George Metcalf.
G. Jenkins, ex. ’27, to William Stev-
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MARRIED
M. Angell, ’24, to William Rocker-

4, at Trinity Church, New Haven. .



GONDOLIERS TO BE SHOWN
~~At a meeting of Glee Club on Monday.
December .6, it was announced that the
operetta chosen for “presentation next
spring is Gilbert and Sulivan’s The Gon-
doliers.. The dates for the performance
are April 22 and 23. Glee Club will hold

its next practice on Thursday,-December
9. Ps



CALENDAR

Miss Emma Hirth, Director of the
Pureau of Vocational Information in
New York City, will speak in chapel on
Friday morning, December 10th, on
“Professional Opportunities to Women
With Scientific Training.”

Professor Georgiana King will speak
on ‘Wednesday morning, December 15th,
about Claude Monet. — :

Professor ‘William Roy Smith will
speak in chapel on Monday morning, De-
cember - 20th.

The children from the Phebe Anna
Thorne School will sing Christmas carols
in_chapel_on_ Friday morning, December
17th. ; :



LABOR LEADER TO TALK

Subject is “(Modern Approaches to
Socialism.”’

Kenneth Lindsay, recent graduate of
Oxford and member of the Oxford de-
abting team which toured America in
1922-23, will speak in Taylor on Tuesday
evening, December 14th, at 8 o’clock. His
‘subject will be “Modern Approaches to
Socialism.”

Mr. Lindsay fought in the war as a
private and later rose to the rank of of-
ficer. When he returned home in 1919,
he founded the “Blighty League,” an or-
gattization of ex-soldiers, to work for in-
dustrial democracy in post-war England.

From.1919. to 1922, Mr. Lindsay was an
undergraduate at Oxford and assisted in
founding ‘the Oxford University Labor
Club. From then on he has taken more
and more part in the Labor movement,

liament to contest an Oxford seat.



CONTEST RULES

Second prize
There are a number of muis-
spelled words in the advertise-
ments throughout this: issue of
the Cor.ece News. Here are the
rules to be followed in compet-
ing for the prizes:
1. On a sheet of paper write:

- 1. The names of the advertis-
ers in whose advertisements
you find the misspelled
words.

2. The misspelled words.

3. Correct ‘Versions of
misspelled words.

2, Give your answers to M. Gail-

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Hm-m-m—Well; What Do YOU Think
of This? ‘- :

Dear’ Madam : ee Sy ee
Of late your publication ‘has been full
of propaganda against the prevailing sys-
tem of €ompulsory athletics. Since you
have not yet taken any. stand in the
matfer, I hope—oh! say it is not'a futile.
hope—that you are not in agreement with
I have been
one of your most devoted admirers, and
it would grieve *me bitterly to find that
you, too, feel that the regulations are
too stringent. I ‘consider
regulation, compulsion of this sort, to be
the most important part of college life;
but why, why is ft confined only to the
Department of Athletics? Don’t you
think that in every way the students
would benefit by a little more super- .-

vision?: Take the question of health—
having all lights turned out at the power-
house, promptly at 10:30 every night,
would induce the girls to sleep more, and
what could be more Advantageous than
sleep? Daily tooth-brush inspection
would surely encourage correct habit
formation. You will certainly agree in
this, after your noble campaign against
the deplorable bath situation among -the
freshmen: I should recommend at least
three required baths a week for all under-
graduates, upperclassmen included. At-
tendance \at meals might be advisable,
and perhaps also a limitation of the
amount—of—food-each- student-may—pur-
chase between meals. If*I had my way
I should introduce a systém of required
Social Graces, to include optional periods.
of table etiquette and clever repartee, and
required periods of “how to behave
toward’ the opposite sex.” Training in
these fields would have a lasting and.
valuable result. :
Yours for more requirements,
Hyceta.

the sentiments expressed.

Personally,

—_—

'How shall we respond? We do so
hate to hurt any one’s feelings! At least
one of her innovations might be greeted
with approval ; witness this pathetic cry,
evidently the result of one of those mar-
riage versus education controversies:

My friends all said to me, “My dear,
Don’t let a mere man interfere.”
. I'd like a man, however mere
To..put an end to my career. |
Caution.
BY R. S. V. P.

Hi-s-t!
Pi-s-t!
It’s a night in the cookie jar;
The raisins and the nuts are
Sound,
Sound
Asleep.

Pi-s-t!
Whi-s-t!
You must be very quiet,
And pretend you're on a diet,
When
=—» Vou fs
Peep!



The fad of naming toys, hockey sticks,
capes, furs and other impedimenta has
reached its extreme. We know a man
who names his socks! One particularly

‘loud pair, of which (pardon, “whom”)

he is especially fond, he has christened
“Heatola” and “Firefly,” though how he
tells which is which is a mystery to’ us.
Perhaps it’s like twins, though—you cam
tell them apart when you really get to
know them. : j

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Headline in the New York Sun:
“Thursday Is Bath Day in Siberia.” The
charm of this thought is only excelled
by the cadence of the line. How’s this
for an ex tempore effusion?—

| Though all the world be white with

driven snow,

Though to the South wild geese and blue-

_ birds go,
Though winter drag on, drearier and
drearier—

Thursday is bath day in Siberia.

heart. be torn with