University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-15
"CO-ED"PRONOUNCED
IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Accent on Go" in Winter
Session and ED" in
Summer.
PERSONNEL IS CHANGED
One Teacher Can't See Why
Regulars Want to
''Cut" Classes.
PERSONNEL IS CHANGED

Coed" is spelled the same way all
the year round, but at the University
of Chicago it is not always pronounced
in the same way. In the regular"
quarters. which stretch from October
to June, the accent is one the CO."
In the summer quarter the accent is on
the led" a--..
That is because the personnel of the
campus undergoes great and marvel
GUS change the third week in June.
The rah-rah boys and the college girls
60 away for much-needed rest and
opportunity for recuperatioR, and
swarming by the hundreds come school
teachers from the South to take their
places in the lecture rooms.
The time of undergraduate gayety
is past and the time of serious study
ing is begun.
They stuty-Yes, They DO.
They STUDY. That is what they, come
20 the university Tor, The regulars
loci; up0n studying as an annoying
daily necessity. without which the de-
tights OF the midway could not long
be enjoyed, but the volunteers" al
l.ost worship it as some kindly, il aw
f;Il. deity. Winter atudeiits are TOO
careless 10 recognize anything ridicu-
ious in their own search for pleasure
and summer students. on the 81 ifsr
hand, are too serious to find it. But
each class holds the other iii scOrr.
i few winter students remain on the
campus in summer, passing their tine
in vain yearnings after the golden ag
which they have seen fade away from
before their eyes, and providing terri
bic examples for the summer students.
A Texas school teacher who looks for
ward all the year to her twelve weeks.
of pleasant study in an atmosphere
of higher education. cannot understand
why there should be any Joy in, "cut-
ting" classes.
"You foolish people!' said such an
individual, drawing herself up to her
.nrim height, as some of the i:'regulars"
impatiently awaited the 1O-minute limit
of the instructors absence, beyond
which they would not be required to
remain for the class. "You are paying
for instruction here. twenty-five cents
Ia lecture. and you are just aching to
avoid getting what you have paid for
Foolish people!" -
Then the instruction came and saved
the situation.
"HequIars" VS.. "voIunteers."
Ii seems 10 he the belief among the
regulars that the volunteers" are
incapable OF being merry. Certainly
there is a straight line of demarcation
drawn between the students Of the two
sorts, and few care to step over the
hne from either side. It is not so
.nnch the difference in age, though that
otten is great. as it is the fact of a
dif1eT:".; outlook On life.
Tn rah-rah hey and the chocolate
fudge girl DC not intend to become i'll
from oteg'"or!. They have originated
She opinion, HOW adopted more and
more widely by the more liberal mind
ed educators of the country, that there
is a. m.uch to be learned on the cam
rns as n the classroom. They have
r2Gie 70 this conclusion h. an cmpir-
zeal method OF reasoning, something
perhaps nearer instinct thap formal
32gic. they nave decided that il choice
mast be made between calculus and
freedom Trou eye-strain, calculus is
The less ;:"Dor'ant.-ChiyGSo News.