Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-11-13
REFLECTIONS
By Robin Goodfellow

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priety try to get the largest plate
of ice-cream at the dinner table:
An extra spoonful of desert often
brings out the Mr.. Hyde in some
students. Seems as if our desire for
food often finds strange outlets.
Human nature is some times as
endless a riddle as the sphinx.
The simile is rapidly becoming a
national habit, every punk writer
interpreting his scribblings with
at least two SMILES every line. A.
one columnist has said: "It's as
common and as bad as most sim
lilies" which is carrying the
thing just a bit too far. To add
our share to your misery: AS I'M
breakable as DR.. Ramsey's reserve;
he had that hopeless look on his
face as if the mail had all gone up
without a letter arriving from his
loved one.
Passing thought: One of the
campus lovers is going to rebel and
heave a stone through those new
flood-lights. Pity to see all those
crannies and lovers nooks made
bright by one of mans own inven-
tons. Edison, the humanitarian
that he was, would never have ap-
proved of our latest illumination,
'Twould be a great thing if some
of the spirit that is displayed heck
ling local stage-shows would be
transported to our grid stadium,
Our cheering is punk; but SO are
some of those sitting in the stands
protesting to be loyal sons of Ca
tawba. Ever notice that the group
who grippe the most about condi-
lions here are the same people who
never open their mouths to cheer
down at Shuford Field.
Suggestion: Why couldn't a few
lecturers be engaged to provide in
tellectual stimulation and enter
tainment On our campus. Need we
always journey owe to Livingstone
to hear such men as Edward Mark
ham? Wonder if the community
concerts are to be revived this
year? Some individuals are content
to find their amusement at the
cinema-others though, do appre-
ciate art lectures and good music:
not of the swing Or jazz music
variety either.
Victim of the times: Catawb:
used to boast of two literary socie.
ties, the Philomathean and the
Athenean. These groups seem rc
have gone the way of all flesh to-
gether with debating, which SO far
this year remains a dormant topic.
Noteworthy statement: DR.. A
Faust in class: "I'm not a bet
ting man but I'd be willing to
back my contention with a pen
ny"
A course in journalism has long
been needed at Catawba, as many
of the Pioneer editors will testify.
knowledge of newspaper work is
as scarce on our campus as a spend
thrift in Edinburgh. Perhaps
such a course of study could be
given second semester,
The need for a few cats has long
been felt in South Hall; we've had
our share of dogs and that eve to
be forgotten chicken, which was
saved from Jim's axe for a few
days. Anyway the felines would
help to reduce the mouse popula-
tons. I refrain from saying a
thing about rats. So, Messrs
Gehring, Maggiolo, and Boley have
devised a scheme to end the night
w excursions of these unwelcome
visitors. A tin waste-paper
basket containing some bread as
bait is placed along side of Tony's
bed. Above the refuse c%ontainer
are supported two Esquire maya
zines Unjust be a gentleman in the
room), which are held up by a
string, which in turn is attached
to our fullback's bed. AS soon as
a wee mousse is heard in the paper
receptacle, Tony interrupts his
snoring, takes a razor blade, cuts
the string, and the magazines fall
and cover the can-trapping the
vermin in a manne befitting one
who is such an ardent reader of
"'True African Tales" Now Geh-
ring and Boley enter the scene. The
mice take one look at our senior
prexy with his three day stubble,
and lapse into a state of coma
caused by fright. Next Boley dis
poses of the rats gently by twist