Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-04-15


the campus paths, her thoughtful head
bent over book as she hurried to q
classroom. This was bearable; and In
the fattering agitations Of being
sought, and even hunted. by several
"fraternities" simultaneously desircus
Of his becoming a sworn Brother, he
almost forgot her. After hazardous
month the roommates fell into the
arms Of the last "frat' to seek them.
and having undergone an evening OF
outrage which concluded with touch
ing rhetoric and an oath taken AZ
midnight, they proudly wore Jeweled
symbols on their breasts and were
| free to turn part of their attention
to other affairs, especially the affairs
of the Eleven.
However, they were instructed by
| the older brethren Of their Order.
whose duty 1t was to assist In the
proper maneuvering OF their young ca
reers, that. although support OF the
must neglect neither the spiritual nor
the intellectual by-products Of UNDER
| graduate dolngs. Therefore they be-
| came members OF the college X. nj. O.
A. and of the 'Tumen Society"
According to the charter which It'd
had granted itself, the aLumen Soci-
ETY." was an Organization OF male
and female students"--so advanced"
| was this university--'for the develop
ment OF the powers OF debate and or
atory, intellectual and sociological
progress, and the discussion OF all mat
tiers relating to philosophy, metaphys-
les, literature, art, and current events"
| A statement so formidable was not
without hushing effect upon Messrs.
Milholland and MITCHELL they went
to their first "Lumen" meeting In
state OF fear and came away little
treasured.
II couldn't get up there Ramsey
declared, II couldn't stand up there
before all that crowd and make
speech, or debate In a debate, to save
my soul and glzzardi Why, I'd just
keel right over and haf to be carried
out"
"Weil, the way understand It,"
said Fred, 1--WE can't get out of 1t. The
seniors In the frat said we had to
Join, and they said we couldn't resign,
either, after we had joined. They
said we just had to 20 through 1t, and
after while we'd get used TO II and
not mind 1t so much"
II VIM" Ramsey insisted. II
couldn't any more stand up there on
my feet and get to spoutin' about
sociology and the radical metempsy-
chorus Of the metaphysical bazoozum
than could fly tiyin' machine. Why,
="
ooh, that wasn't anything Fred
interrupted. "The only one that talked
like that, he wes that Dickens; he's
tutor, or something, and really a
member OF the faculty. Most o. the
others Just kind OF blah-blahhed
around. and what any Of 'em tried
to get Off their chests hardly amount
ed to terribly much
II don't care. I couldn't do II at
ALI"
"well, the way II looks to me-" Fred
observed, 1--WE simply got tot From
what they tell me, the freshmen got
to do more than anybody. Every 9TH
err Friday night, it's all freshmen and
nothIn' else. You get postal card
: on Monday morning In your mail, and
1t says Assignment on 1t and--and--
then it's got written underneath what
, you hat to do the next Friday night
. --oration or debate, or maybe just
read from some old book or something
, | guess we got to stand up there and
try, anyway"
"All right" said Ramsey. IF they
: want me to commit suicide they can
send me one o. their ole Assignments.
3 won't need to commit suicide, though,
guess. All I'll do, I'll just fall over
! In At, and stay In It,"
: And, In truth, when he received his
first Assignment" one Monday morn
ing. q month later, he seemed In a
+ fair way to fulfill his prophecy. The
: attention of his roommate, who sat
: at window Of their study, was at
0 tracted by sounds OF strangulation.
5 "What on earth's the matter, Ram
: seyT"
Look! Look at this "
[ Fred took the card and examined II
I with an amazement gradually merg-
ing into a pleasure altogether too per
z ceptible:
/, ASSIGNMENT
Tweive.Mnute Debate. Glass Of 1918
Subject, Resolved: That Germany
Is both legally and morally justlned
! In her Invasion of Belgium.
(Debaters are notified that each VIII
!. be held strictly to the following sched'
:, ule: Affirmative, min, first. Mega
: tive, 4 min, first. Affirm, min, sec
ond. Neg, Q min. secondly
Affirmative, n. MrLHoLLAND, '1s
: Negative. D. YoCUM IS.