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 THE TECH ORACLE BUY YOUR ANNUAL NOW Campaign for Subscriptions Will Close February 12th Tech students are about sold on the proposition of publishing an Annual this year. Up to Wednesday evening, February 3, 125 had subscribed and paid for one or more copies of the book. Subscriptions will not be solicited after February 12 so those who wish to be sure of obtaining a copy should get in their order at once. SYNOPSIS OF “TWELFTH NIGHT” Act I In a shipwreck the twins, Sebastian and Viola, are separated. Viola is cast upon the coast of Illyria where, in boy’s attire, she becomes page to the Duke of Orsino. He sends her to Olivia, a wealthy lady, with whom he is in love, to urge his suit. Olivia caring little for the duke, falls in love with the page. ACT II Olivia’s actions and favors show Viola plainly that she is in love with her, while Viola, in turn, is obliged to hide her growing love for Orsino. Maria, Olivia’s maid, plots with the comic characters. Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s uncle and Sir Andrew Agueecheek, to deliver to the haughty and arrogant steward. Malvolio, a veiled love letter which he shall think comes from Olivia, and which shall involved him in absurdities. ACT III Malvolio, reading what he thinks is a declaration of love from Olivia, follows the ridiculous directions in the letter, which include such items as wearing crossed yellow garters, so literally that Olivia, thinking him mad, has him confined. Olivia’s attentions to Viola are so marked that they are becoming embarrassing to the distinguished page. Sir Andrew is persuaded to challenge Viola to a duel, which though both of them are afraid of a sword, they are forced to begin. The entrance of officers with a prisoner halts the fight. This prisoner is Antonio, a sea captain, who has made his way with Sebastian to Illyria. ACT IV Sebastian, who is taken from Viola, continues to fight in man fashion, and routs the frightened Sir Andrew. Olivia meets Sebastian, takes him for his sister, and to his surprise urges him to an immediate marriage. Though he has never seen her before, Sebastian is delighted at her favor and goes off with her to a secret marriage () ACT V Olivia, meeting Viola, with the duke, calls the page “husband” Viola in great distress protests against this, and while she is trying to explain matters to the duke. Sebastian arrives, is rejoices to recognize in the page his siter, whom he had thought drowned. Mutual explanations follow, and the duke, finding that his beloved page is a woman, discovers that his former affections for his servant turns to love. Malvolio’s unfortunate predicament is explained and he is released. “EAGLES” SHOW IMPROVEMENT Both Squads Show Better Teamworks In Recent Games VARSITY IN WIN COLUMN Showing a decided change in form to that displayed in the Bowling Green Business University game of the preceding week, the Tech quint of “Golden Eagles” on Saturday, Jan. 23, decisively defeated the East Nashville “Y” team 23 to 12. Our passing and team-work was vastly improved and quite superior to that generally shown by the “Y”, who after the first quarter of brilliant playing, gradually subsided. Add to this our much heavier team and we get, as a result, the decisiveness. But for wretched luck o “crips” the score would have been much larger. However, we are compelled to say that the “Y” had the cleanest playing and most sportsmanlike team ever seen on the local court. They played basket ball and played it well, but seemingly because of lack of practice, were unable to stand the killing pace they set at the beginning of the game. For there was a basketball game without a star performer or an individual high scorer. The team worked as one man which is certainly to be commended. Keep it up. Tech Line Up Y.M.C.A. Jobe (4) R.F. (2) Gibbs Moss (2) L.F. (4) Wills Watson (5) R.G. (3) Jordan Davis L.G. (2) Montgomry Substitutions: Tech: Lewis (4) for Winningham; M.L Robbins (4) for Lewis: Lewis for Jobe for Moss; Winningham for Lewis; Moss for Robbins. Y.M.C.A.: McEwan for Willis: Wills for Montgomery; Montgomery for Anderson. Referee: Houtchens (Tulanue). Timer: Smith. Scorer: Robbins. CUMBERLAND DEFATS VARSITY On Wednesday, Jan. 27, in what was termed “the fastest and hardest fought game of the season,” Cumberland defeated the Tech varsity basketeers 28 to 26 –at Lebanon. Coach Overall said our bunch improved fifty per cent over their performance with the East Nashville “Y” and should have won but for a few minor calamities; all of which spells defats for Cumberland in the return game of the near future () Elam was high scorer for Cumberland with 13 points. Moss, for Tech, was next with 11. Tech Line-Up Cumberland Jobe (5) R.F. (1) McClain Winningham (2) R.F. (13) Elam Moss (11) C (6) Robinson Watson (5) R.G. (5) Felbaum Davis L.G. (1) Macey Substitutions: Tech: Robbins (3) for Winningham; Lewis for Ribbins; Winningham for Watson. Cumberland: Seller (1) for McClain; Camp for Elam; Peters for Macey CO-EDS DEFEAT “Y” Those basket ball fans and other wise of Tech and Cookeville who missed the Co-ed game, between Tech and Nashville Y.W.C.A. curtained missed a treat. It was one of those rare occasions when an entire team was “right” and going “big.” This revamped and rebuilt bunch of humanity, whom nobody except the coach and themselves gave even an outsider’s chance to win, were hitting on “all live” from the beginning to the end. Their type of play was as daring as it was astonishing. It was simply that of playing at top speed and then taking time out for part of it was, that after the game started, no more were needed the remainder of the game. The second wind must have stuck. The “Y” had a good fast team, but seemingly couldn’t get started. They had previously beaten all comers with the exception of the strong team from M.T.T.C. If Miss Whitson’s play continues to be of the calibre shown in this game, she will undoubtedly be ranked the best in the state. Anybody who can frequently take the ball off both backboards, get the cage six field goals, and shoot five out of eight fouls, must necessarily be good. And we see no good reason why it can’t be kept up. Here’s hoping anyhow. The playing and scoring ability of Miss Shanks was also greatly improved. She added seven points to the evening totals Miss McKeel, substituting for Miss Shipley, worked the floor in great style and is going to fit well in the system which Miss McClanahan is trying to install. Nothing in particular need be said for the guard –the deficiency of the “Y” score is replete with significance –to their credit. The score was Tech 26; Y.W.C.A. 12 Tech Line-Up Y.W.C.A. Shanks (7) R.F. (6) Verchota McKeel (2) L.F. Barber L. Whitson (17) C (2) Hilliard Starmes R.G. Gupton Moore L.G. bayley Substitutions: tech: A.P. Whitson for Moore. Y.W.C.A. Jarredd (2) for Barber; Bayley for Hilliard for Bayley; Harrison (2) for Hilliard; Hendricks for Bayley. Referee: Wilhite (Transylvania) Timer: Clark (Tech). Scorer: Robbins. STUDENTS VOTE FOR TOURNAMENT Date, March 4th, 5th and 6th During the past two years, Tech has conducted two basket ball tournaments, both of which have been considered successful from almost every viewpoint. Recently, the school administration was in doubt concerning the advisability of continuing the tournament as an annual function. The question was referred to the student body, individually and collectively. The students responded by voting overwhelming in favor of the tournament. Plans have been made which will enable those in charge of arrangements to place the visiting teams in the two boys dormitories, without making it necessary for their rooms as was done last year. This tournament will bring to T.P.I. and Cookeville more than one hundred young men, of high school grade, who will compose the teams who participate. Other visitors will be here at the same time and T.P.I. is playing host to all. If you are at all interested in Tech, then you should be interested in the entertainment of these visitors and players. It is your duty to extend them every kindness and courtesy while they are here. Be prepared to do your park. COLLEGE STUDENTS MAY OBTAIN PRIZE Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 22 –The Commission on Interracial Cooperation, with headquarters in this city, announces the offer of three prizes of $75, $50, and $25 each, for the three best papers on race relations submitted by students of southern white colleges during the present school year. The announcement says: “Contestants will be free to choose any phase of the subject though preference will be given to practical discussions of conditions in the South, with suggestions for their improvement. Papers should not exceed 2500 wods in length and must be in the hands of the Commission on or before May 15. The contest is open to all college students in the thirteen Southern states, including Kentucky and Oklahoma and is for the purpose of encouraging study and discussion of race relations. Full information as to the contest, together with a reading list, will be supplied by the Commission to anyone interested.” Commission on Interracial Cooperation, 409 Palmer Building, Atlanta, Ga. Nearly every man believes in heredity until his son flunks in college. WHO SHOULD CHOOSE ENGINEERING AS A LIFE’S WORK By Jack Morrison ‘26 “It is better to choose a vocation than merely to hunt a job” –Frank Parsons. In choosing a vocation, there are two main considerations –the personal qualifications of the worker, and the requirements of the occupations. The following are thoughts taken from different authors concerning engineering. Engineering is concerned with a very broad and varied field which has been divided and subdivided into almost one hundred classifications, but the most important divisions are probably those of civil mechanical, electrical, chemical and mining engineering. Each of these fields lends itself to further subdivision according to special work which might be done in it. Civil engineering deals chiefly with the problems deals chiefly with the problems of design and the construction of such works as railroads, waterways, highways, harbors and municipal works for the control of water supply, irrigation systems and sanitation. The work of the civil engineer is most often concerned with overcoming or adopting natural forces to the needs of man. He builds roads over formerly inaccessible places, spans rivers with bridges, connects us by railroads with distant regions, dams great bodies of water to prevent floods, tunnels through mountains and constructs pipe lines which bring to cities their necessary water supply. His work consists of the designing of these various works, and of supervising the carrying out of the plans, so that the completed structures shall be entirely safe and constructed as economically as possible. The mechanical engineer is a designer, constructor and inventor of machinery. He may be engaged in any kind of work from the design of tools to the construction of huge steam or hydraulic plants. Much of the work of the mechanical engineer is experimentation to improve upon former inventions. Some of the most important work of mechanical engineers is being done in the field of transportation facilities. Motors of various type for automobiles, aeroplanes, steamships and locomotives are being constantly worked upon and improved. The field of electrical engineering is an immense and practically unexplored one. In spite of all the new uses to which electrical energy has, in the past twenty-five years been put, we know that electrical engineering is as yet a comparatively undeveloped factor in modern industry. Many electrical engineers engage in the design and manufacture of electrical apparatus and others devote themselves to installing and utilizing this apparatus in lighting, heating and power plants, and in the fields of telegraphy and telephony. The chemical engineer is daily coming into greater –prominence, for at present there are more synthetic products in use than ever before. It is through his work in the laboratory that these products are made possible. Besides’ discovering new synthetic processes, it is his work, also, to design the proper machinery for carrying these processes to completion. For in manufacturing synthetic products of any kind, it is necessary to have special apparatus, composed of materials which will not be affected by the chemicals used. The chemical engineer is the man who has sufficient knowledge of both chemistry and engineering to design and construct such apparatus, and to install it in suitable places. The mining engineer makes possible the utilization of the mineral resources of a country. His work deals with the scientific and technical problems of mining –the testing of the soil for mineral deposits, the opening of mines and their proper equipment, and finally, the supervision of actual mining operations. Many boys think that, if they like to play with machinery, they have the necessary qualifications of an engineer. But there are a great many qualifications much more necessary than this. The first thing the engineer should have is imagination. Without imagination, there could be no invention. The engineer must be able to visualize a thing before it exists. He must be able to see, with his mind’s eye, each completed stage of whatever he is designing or constructing, long before that stage has been reached. The engineer has need also of a capacity for sound judgement, for in work such as he does, which affects so many people, and costs so much in money and in effort, poor judgement may result in great loss, and perhaps in disaster. He must be able to think with scientific precision, basing his conclusion upon definite information. There is no room in engineering for vague generalities or guess work. Very important also is a creative instinct. The engineer must be a man who loves to work things out, to plan and develop new and original ideas. With this should go ingenuity, the power to make the most out of little, and to adopt oneself to all circumstances. The engineer should be resourceful and a quick thinker. He should be able to handle men. The young man who wishes to study engineering should be fond of and proficient in mathematics and science, for engineering is built largely upon higher mathematics and physics. Good health and strength are also desirable, and in some phases of engineering absolutely essential. Briefly, the engineer is the all round person. Especially noteworthy is the close relation between engineering, invention, and business. The result is that for certain sorts of business and these among the most important, an engineering training is among the best of preparations. Conversely, the engineer who does not quite make a success of his profession can easily try again as a business man. The advantages and disadvantages of engineering as a profession are many. Unfortunately, “the cream rises thin at the top,” so that the great engineers of the world are a small group of men, who have something of a monopoly of large scale undertakings. But the unique thing about engineering is the combination within its ranks of great prizes for great men and a comfortable living for lesser men. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF AMERICAN STUDENTS By Lewis Fox, Princeton ’26 President In nearly every college is heard youth’s demand for expansion. The undergraduate protests against artificial conventions; educational, social, political. His range of vision has transcended the petty fields of local college dispute and has included the entire student body of the nation. Beneath the veneer of cynicism, criticism and revolt exists a positive desire for achievement. The Conference of two hundred and fifty colleges from forty states meeting at Princeton, New Jersey December eleventh and twelfth, expressed this demand for action by the formation of a National Federation of American students. This organization purposes, first, to secure an increased interest and influences upon national and international affairs in the colleges and universities of this country; second, to achieve a closer unity between the colleges of the United States and to promote sympathy and understanding between the sympathy and understanding between the students of this country and those of the rest of the world. One of the predominating characteristics of student life today is the desire to reach beyond bonds of section, class or creed and to unite as students. The undergraduates have become impatient of the old prejudices and conventions of the Victorian period. There has growth an increased realization of the value of student opinion from all sections of the country. Each has its peculiar problem, but the ideas and aims common to all transcend each local question. It is the aim of the Federation to marshal the opinions of the nation’s student body and focus them on the following specific objectives. 1. The establishment of scholarships between the colleges of American and Europa similar to the Rhodes and Davison now in operation. These scholarships would be for the duration of one year and would be held by Juniors who could return to their own college after their term abroad. Plans are being made whereby cooperation can be achieved between the various colleges and organizations such as the international institute of education and Rockefeller foundation. In this first-hand knowledge of European conditions and will bring back to their colleges the mature thought and observation acquired from their year in a European conditions and will bring back to their colleges the mature thought and observation acquired from this year in a European university. Along the same lines it is hoped to exchange students between Eastern and Western universities. This will give both sections an idea of the thoughts and problems of another part of the country. Unfortunately, at the present time the main source of contact between different universities is one acquired in athletic contests or dances. While these are excellent in themselves, there must be a more permanently and regular meeting of minds. These exchange scholarships purpose the achievement of this end. 2. Student tours to Europe during the summer are planned. The men and women on the trips would study the social, political, and economic conditions of Europe and would attend a short course at some European university. The international Confederation of students is planning to send three hundred American students abroad during the summer in parties of eight and ten apiece. They will join with two or three European students abroad and investigate conditions in the various countries. Full details regarding these tours are being studies and will be submitted to the various colleges in about six or eight weeks. 3. The Federation will prove a central house for all information regarding student conditions I Europe and information on fellowships in the United States and in foreign countries. There are many interesting movements in European life of which all of us are totally ignorant. It is our aim to acquire information regarding the student activities in order that we may judge more intelligently concerning international problems. 4. Co-operation between the faculty and undergraduates in American colleges on matters relating to courses of study, student government and the administration of discipline. Fundamentally, there is no antagonism between teacher and student. We must share together to achieve the best education. It is the desire of the federation to promote cooperation through Student Councils, student representation on committees arranging the curriculum and in other ways that may prove feasible. The so-called revolt of youth is nothing more than a desire to share with the faculty the responsibilities and privileges of educational administration. We must sit down and reason together. The maturity of the teacher and the zeal of the student together will aid the power and influence of the American college. 5. The creation of public opinion to militate against commercialism in college athletics. The average undergraduate body has a sensible attitude towards football and other sports. We must unite and consort together lest the alumni and newspaper misinterpret our attitude. Such matters as regulation of intersectional contests, eligibility rules, length of schedules and prohibitions against the athletic tramp are questions of common concern and must be dealt with by the students themselves. 6. The establishment of a central bureau whose purpose will be to furnish colleges the prominent speakers on national and international problems. The conference at Princeton heard men outstanding in their fields. The leading lawyers, business men and statesmen at different times throughout the year. The Oxford and Cambridge Unions listen to Prime Ministers and other leaders of Parliament there is no reason why the American student can’t do likewise. 7. The encouragement of a spirit of individual initiative as opposed to the prevalent tendency toward standardized mediocrity. A man’s clothes social position and ancestors should not determine his standing in college. There must be a more durable recognition of worth. We agree with Herbert Hoover that demanding that a man’s sole qualification for leadership should be his personal ability and character. Under this topic, there are many problems such as the place of fraternities in college life, means of working one’s way through college, etc. The federation is divided into seven geographical divisions, each being represented by two members of the Executive Committee. Each representative will have under him the colleges of his district from which some person of organization will be picked or elected to handle the work of the Federation in his own college. The committee members will also furnish the college papers information of student activities here and abroad. There will be regional conferences to discuss matters of sectional importance; the first of these will probably be held in April. The success of the Federation depends upon the support given by each individual college. It can be no bureaucratic organization. On each campus, there must be a group of men and women interested in the success and purposes of the Federation. Every college in the country is ipso facto a member of the National Federation of American Students. Ever since 1917, the American students have desired to take a stand against the recurrence of the war. The Federation of American Students is a definite attempt to unite the undergraduates of the nation in an effective body that will militate against the prejudices and misunderstandings of Jingoistic patriots, and will promote tolerance and sympathy between the students of America and the rest of the world. As first president of the Federation. I would summon the undergraduates of the nation to the attainment of these ends. In a spirit of humility and consecration we must enter upon this new era in our educational life. The Federation has much to learn and many things to change but with the cooperation and support of every college and every student the undergraduates of America will attain recognition and will prove an effective and beneficial force in the education and political affairs of the United States. –The New Student WHY MEN FAIL “there is a cause for everything” Nothing ever “just happens” If a man is promoted to a better job, there is a cause. if a man loses his job there is also a cause. There are many causes that lead to failure. There is a list of the most common causes. Finding fault with the other fellow, but never seeing your own. Doing as little as possible trying to get as much as possible for it. Spending too much time showing up the other fellow’s weak points and too little time correcting your own. Slandering those we do not like as Procrastination –putting off until tomorrow something we should have done day before yesterday. Deceit –talking friendly to the him in the back as soon as he turns around. False beliefs that we are smart enough to reap a harvest of pay before sowing a crop of honest service. Disloyalty to those who have rusted us. Egotism –the belief that we know it all and no one can teach us anything. Last, but not least, lack of necessary training and education to enable us to stand at the head in our line of work. Look this list over and check yourself up by it. if none of these causes for apply to you, then you are to be congratulated, because you are a success. Bridge: another game where you hold hands THE TECH ORACLE Official Publication of the Students of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Printed by The Herald Publishing Co. Entered as Second Class matter at the Cookeville Postoffice, Cookeville, Tenn. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Bryce D. Stone ‘26 Assistant Editor Edward McKay ‘27 Assistant Editor Nola Quarles ‘27 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Athletics M. Douglas Robbins ‘27 Wit and Humor Robert Cox ‘30 Exchange Elizabeth Ensor ‘28 Glasses Martha Sedivak ‘27 Society Shelia Officer ‘29 Alumni Hazel Wall ‘27 Literary Mary Crenshaw ‘27 Faculty Advisor Thos. L. Passons BUSINESS Business Manager Lee S. Darwin ‘27 Assistant Bus. Mgr J. Fred Terry ‘27 CIRCULATION Circulation Manager J.D. Miller ‘27 Asst. Cir. Manager Robt. Smith ‘27 Asst. Cir. Manager David Terry ‘29 Subscription Rates $1.50 per year PUBLISHED SEMI MONTHLY EDUCATION The aim of education should be to teach us rather than to think than what to think –rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men. –Beattie. If you suffer your people to be ill educated, and their manner to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first educational disposed them –you first make thieves and then punish them. –Sir Thomas Moore. A college education shows a man how little other people know. –Haliburton. Education is the apprenticeship of life. –Wilmott. Love is the greatest of education. –Mrs. Osgood. The real object of education is to give children resources that will endure as long as life endures; habits that time will ameliorate, not destroy; occupation that will render sickness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, life store dignified and useful, and death less terrible. –Sydney Smith JOKES Most women hope for joy in the sweet buy and buy. There was a young man from White’s bend, Who planned a wedding to attend; But while he was moping, His bride (to-be) was eloping And now he’s come to a sad end. EXCHANGES Worth remembering You can’t make a real success without making real enemies. You can’t hold a strong position without strong opposition. You can’t seem right to any if you don’t seem wrong to many. A useful life can’t be entirely peaceful and carefree. You must do your duty as you see it. Every earnest man in every generation has paid the price of individuality. You can’t dodge. In every sphere men give and sneer –even the peace of the ditch-digger is threatened by the unemployed laborer who covets his job. So long as you aspire, others will conspire –so long as you try, others will vie. –the blue and gray. Bu$in$$ Manager$ $ong How dear to my heart I$ the cash of $ub$cripter$ When the generous$ $ub$criber$ Pre$ent it to view; Of the one who $ub$cribe$ not I refrain $ub$crib$ not I refrain from de$cription, For perhap$, gentle reader That one may be –you! --The Huntingtonian. Some students wash their faces While standing at the sink, But more wash at the fountain When they go to get a drink. --Highland Echo. A gum chewing girl And a cud chewing cow— There is some difference, You must allow. What is the difference? I have it now— It’s the thoughtful expression On the face of the cow. --Exchange What A College Stands For “To be at home in all lands and ages; to count nature a familiar acquaintance and art an intimate friend; to gain a standard for the appreciation of other men’s work and the criticism of your own; to carry the keys of the world’s library in your pocket, and feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake; to make hosts of friends among the men of your own age who are to be yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends; to learn manners from students who are gentlemen and form character under professors who are Christians –this is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life. –Bethany Collegian. Editor’s Secret of Success A Texas editor has just retired with $50,000 in the bank. Someone asked him how he did it. “I attribute my ability to quit with a $50,000 bank account after thirty years’ work,” he said, “to close application to duty, always hewing to the mark and letting the chips fall where they may, the most rigorous rules of economy, never spending a cent foolishly, everlastingly keeping at my job with a whole heart –and the death of an uncle who left me $49,999.50.” –Exchange Deep malice makes too deep incision. –Shakespeare. Wear A Smile Like a house without a dooryard, Like a yard without a flower; Like a clock without a mainspring, That will never tell the hour. A thing that sort o’ makes you feel A hunger all the while— Oh, the saddest thing there ever was Is the face without a smile Right Back At Him An opulent-looking man drove up to the curb in a car that was not so opulent and was accosted by a small boy. “Watch yer auto fer a nickle, mister.” “Beat it, kid, this machine won’t run away.” “Naw, but I could tell you when it starts to fall to pieces.” –Exchange Fishy “The other day I went fishing and caught one of those great big fish –let’s see, what is you call them? “Oh, you mean a whale?” “No, that couldn’t have been it; I was using whales as bait.” Help Wanted “This is my car,” exploded the irate tourist to the garage man, “and what I say about it goes –see?” Just then a dirty faced machinist crawled out from under the dead machine and said, “Say, ‘Engine,’ mister.” Just so A man asked for a pullman berth, and was told there was a difference of 50 cents between an upper berth and a lower berth. The conductor pointed out: “The lower is higher than the upper. The higher price is for the lower, if you want it lower you’ll have to go higher. We sell the upper lower than the lower. Most people don’t like the upper, although it is lower on account of being higher. When you occupy an upper you have to get up to go to bed and get down to get up.” TO A FRIEND If nothing else in all the world Remained, but just a glimpse of you I’d still believe the world was good And life worth living, too. If every friend had proven false But you, I’d still have faith to know That God could raise up other friends To stand by me in weal or woe. If over all the world a cloud Had settled deeper than the night, And I should see your smile, I’d know Somewhere, sometime, there would be light. If every bird that ever sang Had lost the note it sang before, One word of yours would make me feel That music would peal forth once more. If every lovely flower that grew Had perished in a world of pain, I’d trust the power that made you, dear, To bring back loveliness again. If no one else believed in God, And no one else believed in me, Your joy in life, your faith, your love, Would make me feel eternity. --Brooklyn Eagle. Patronize Tech Oracle Advertisers. UPPER CUMBERLANDS AND PALLADIANS The old Maid’s and Bachelor’s Convention convened last Monday in the joint meeting of the Upper Cumberland and Palladian Literary Societies. Interesting subjects were discussed, first by old maids, then old bachelors. The old maids were represented in costume by: Amy Shipley –“Why I am an Old Maid.” Elizabeth Foster –“How to Manage a Husband.” Martha Sedivak –“How to rear Children.” This closed the discussion for Old Maids. Then the Bachelors took the platform in the person of: Chars Davis –“Origin of an Old Bachelor.” Douglas Robbins –What a woman means to me Sewell Brown –“Art of Rearing Children.” The hearty laughs produced heat which was cooled off by the Eskimo Pie served after the program. BELLES LETTRES LITERARY SOCIETY The Belles Lettres Literary Society met in their regular meeting room on Jan. 18th. A motion was carried that we dispense with the program for every other meeting, using this as a business meeting. The committees met to discuss plans for the Valentine party. The Belles Lettres Literary Society met in their regular meeting room on Jan. 25th and rendered the following program. Devotional Chaplain Reading Vallie Huddleston Poem Beulah Clark Pen Picture Juanita Montgomery Jokes Lucile Lee Reading Wilma Atnip The following new members were sworn in: Elizabeth Rogers Christine Settle, Ethel Anderson and Lucy Pryce Mitchell NEW NOTES The tech glee club sang in chapel on Wednesday, Jan. 20th. One selection was given, “Fiddle and I.” Benton Cantrell ’25 was a recent visitor on the campus. Benton Carr, who has been teaching in Overton county, has returned to Tech, entering the sophomore college class. The picture, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. was shown Friday evening, Jan. 22. This was a splendid picture and only one of the good pictures that has been, and will be here this year. A feature of much interest at this show was a slide introduction “Mr. Barnes’ Hair Tonic.” Which no doubt will prove wonderful. You are missing things of much interest when you fail to see these shows. Contributor—I have an original joke here which I— Editor –My dear man, you don’t look that old. SHERWOOD LITERARY SOCIETY The Sherwood literary society is doing very efficient work under the administration of the officers for this term who are: Luke Medley President W.E. Gentle Vice-President Robt. Rose Secretary Tim Huddleston Treasurer Armon Clark Chaplain C.W. Davis Critic Frank Loomis Atty. General Hugh Dowell Sgt.-at-arms Bryce D. Stone Historian Everyone is interested in the work of the society and all are anxious to take part in it. Representatives for the annual inter-society debate have been selected and tryout for the Orators and Declaimers will be held at an early date. The annual Valentine party will be held on Saturday, February 13th. WHAT THE ALUMNI THINK OF US We are printing a letter from a Tech Alumni, in which he comments at length upon the work of our paper. Constructive criticism is always welcome, whether favorable or unfavorable. We should be glad to receive the opinions of other Alumni on the Oracle. –editor. Mr. Bryce D. Stone Editor-in-Chief The Tech Oracle, Cookeville, Tenn. Cookeville, Tenn. Dear Mr. Stone; It is a genuine pleasure to see the progress that the Oracle is making toward perfection. And I am glad to take this opportunity and method of commending you, your staff, and the contributors, for the excellency of the Description of January 5, 1926. The whole “tone” of the paper seems to indicate the selection and apportionment of space given to the various subjects. As an illustration of this fact I will refer to various articles, touching upon various phases of college life. The section devoted to Athletics was sufficient, since it gave the line-up, the results of the game, a few pointed and constructive criticisms and such other information as is necessary for a complete report of a basketball game. It did not try to give such a report as would be expected in a daily newspaper that has more space to give to sports than you have in the entire paper. From this it is easily seen that it is not over-balanced with athletics. The news of the world outside the local campus such as “News from other colleges,” “World Court Wins Out in Poll,” and “New Rulings for College Athletics,” gives both students and Alumni an opportunity to compare their own school with those of other places. Thru the school publication these things can be emphasized more forcefully than they otherwise would be. Probably the articles contributed by individuals from the departments of Engineering, Literature and Music deserve the most praise. They are of good material and admirably compared. But best of all, they show that their authors are willing to do their best for the sake of the departments, thereby lending material assistance to the efforts of the school administration and the student body in making a better institution of their school. No better work could be done by a student than to write an article such as these of some department in which he is interested. I could not do you justice in failing to comment on the wholesome humor in the “Oracle.” I am very glad that the paper has never been lowered by the filthy humor that is prevalent among our sister colleges in the form of student publications. “News From Alumni” is always good. The editorials and paragraph insertions serve a good purpose in giving sound doctrine in regard to education. Even the advertisements are so arranged as to add neatness and dignity to the appearance of the “Oracle.” I am very proud of the fact that I can make such statements as these, and do I sincerely. Yours very truly, John M. frazier, ’22 ‘25 “How did you like the sermon” “I think it was perfectly lovely,” was the enthusiastic reply. “But there were so few of us that every time the arson said ‘dearly beloved’ I positively blushed.” The Sou’wester. To other’s faults I’ll gladly shut my eyes; Therein I think the joy of friendship lies.” –Guest. WHY GO TO COLLEGE The above question is an important one in the minds of high school students who are nearing graduation from high school and cannot immediately see the reward of their high school training. The statistics printed below should dispel any doubts along that line. And if high school training is justified when considered merely from a financial standpoint, then, what of college with it’s improved equipment, better teachers, finer associations, and immensely greater facilities for training men and women? Every day that you stay in school is worth $9.02 to you. Worth $9.02 over $45.00 a week, over $1,600.00 for each school year. Unless you can get a job that pays you $45.00 a week, right now— You’re losing money if you quit school. An educated laborer will earn, on average, $500 a year. If he works for 40 years, he has earned a total of $20,000. A high school graduate earns an average of $1,000 a year, just twice as much. So that in 40 years, he will earn $40,000. You stay in school about 2,160 days in order to graduate from high school. By doing so, you earn $20,000 more than if you didn’t. Divide the $20,000 by 2,160 you get $0.02 Each day in school means $9.02 more money earned in the end. Do you see how EXPENSIVE it is to quit school soon? The boy who stays out of school to earn less than nine dollars a day is losing money, not making money. (The above figures are taken from one of our exchanges.) –Editor College News Queens university, Canada, will debate a British team composed of the best orators of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Dublin and Edinburgh. Lew Sarrett poet and professor at Northwestern University declares he is nauseated with modern life, it’s complexities, it’s super financially. He will leave for the woods of northern Wisconsin where he will live with nature. For one semester of the year he will teacher at Northwestern commuting each week end to his cabin 600 miles away. Baylor University is attempting to arrange a debate with the University of Sidney, Australia. The Sidney team will arrive in San Francisco on April 6, and will debate several American teams. Military training has abolished from Cleveland schools by the Cleveland Board of Education. Two football scholarships will be established at the University of California as provided by the will of the late Andrew L. Smith, who was head coach at that institution. $10,000 has been provided. The scholarships will go to men on the football squad. Harvard: All seniors in college who are in good standings have been granted unlimited cuts by the faculty. This regulation, which goes into effect after the mid year exams is in accord with Harvard’s program of a gradual extension of freedom. Hitherto this privilege has only been accorded a “Dean’s list” of exceptional students. University of Colorado: the lecture system, mass education and the evils of large classes have been discussed in editorials in the “Silver and Gold” and in the correspondence columns. The undergraduate paper deplores the common practice of asking of the student nothing but a knowledge of facts. Bowdoin: and undergraduate committee is cooperating with a faculty and an alumni committee in examining Bowdoin’s education system with a view to overhauling it. questionnaires on various college problems have been sent to students. Ohio State University: The university student publication is attempting to save “many a stubbed toe and stone bruise” along the path of learning by explaining at the beginning of the quarter just what several progressive instructors are trying to do in their classes. Professors at Tuffs college will be graded by their students. The student council has approved the idea and will set to work devising a suitable plan. The faculty will probably be marked for knowledge of their subject, ability to tech it, general intelligence, personal force and personality. A PROBLEM A young woman goes upstairs at 7:45 pm to dress for the evening. She is nineteen years old and weighs 102 pounds. State the wait of the young man down stairs. The latest radio hit is “Bedtime Stories for Collegians” broadcasted at six o’clock in the morning. JOKES Shelal –I’ve just come from the beauty parlor. Jobe – You didn’t get waited on did you? Doctor –You temperature is 103 degrees. C.W. Davis –Doc, is that in the shade? Aubrey –I see here in the paper that a man turned over in his sleep and it killed him Amy –impossible. Aubrey –No, he was driving at night, went to sleep and his car turned turtle. I understand that the gym will be equipped with wheel-barrows next year. Why is that? That’s to teach the incoming freshmen to walk on their hind legs. Jackson –Our halfback is about to kick off Letha Capps –How terrible, was he injured in the last game? “What’s the difference between an old bachelor and a married man?” “I don’t know.” “The old bachelor is not married.” We know a young man from Burns. A lad whom nothing concerns, his countenance is straight And his character’s first rate: He’s lover and heartbreaker by turns. Man proposes, woman exposes. –exchange. What’s a pessimist? Oh, he’s a fellow who can’t see the joke when it’s on him.