The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-01
The
Souihernmost
Corner
BY
Cherries Duerkes

sGASisy VI I2lica2o has been able
20 get almost as much publicity
oy not having its young men boot
pigskln around and about as it
would If it turned out team that
could play in the Rose Bowl.
The U. of c. has pretty well
established the amazing fact that
young person con sop I'D quite
an education in the halls of learn
ing without the help of football
Coaching staff and helpful train
erss
This system also prevents, to
some extent, broken noses. black
eyes, loose teeth and trick knees.
One of the campus heroes is a
professor instead of a four letter
student. He is DR.. Mortimer J.
Adler "a good looking fellow who
smokes pipe and is dubbed the
Great Bookie" as he is a most
highly regarded expert when il
comes TO great books.
Recently he went to work on
the old Darwinian theory and
tore il into Shreds. II took him an
hour to make so much confetti
out Of the theory that our ances-
tors were apes. He proclaimed
that the missing link is a myth DR..
Adler let II be known that as far
as apes are concerned we Just
cannot claim them as relatives Of
ours.
The students peited him with
questions in the discussion period
after his speech and beside that
session a football rally would
have to pale into insignificance.
He kept proving his points under
fire.
Sometimes the difference be-
twen a child and a pig is not
very noticeable" he said," but
the child grows UP to be man
and the pig seldom does"
Well, the good Doctors speech
got noisec abroad and most peo-
pie are inclined to agree with
him.
OF course there are still citizens
who win go all out on claiming
that we are descended from
monkeys, or apes.I do not know
how the apes feel about this as ]
have never been on speaking
terms with any, but ] do not feel
that they cotton to the theory
any more than I do. Or DR.. Ad-
Ter. Maybe the reason monkeys
like TO throw coconuts at people
Is because they have been irked
BY the comparison.
( do not belisye thai 4 am any
relation 70 sny monkey | ever
met, even though there may be
monkeys better looking than me.
I am Of another breed. And II
anybody is any relation to any
monkey then ii is a cinch that
that person is no relation of mine.
At any rate ii is nice to know
that the University of Chicago is
keeping in the lirnehght.
Another Of my favorite institu-
tons of higher learning is rnyth-
ical Ivy College. Mr.. Ronald
Coleman is president You see,
Malls NJ Ivy. one of the few ra-
DO shows today that is slanted at
people With better than a twelve
year old mental capacity, stars
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman as PreSi-
dent Hall and his wife, Mrs. Hall.
II is an extremely well written
half hour, crammed with intelli-
gent hunnor, good grammar and
splendid food for thought.
It is sponsored by beer com
pany. I guess radio bigwigs final
" have realized that II is unlaw-
ful TO sell beer 10 twelve year
old listeners.
A few weeks ago the plot foam
ed politely around the unveiling
Of i new theological building on
TSy's campus. The architect was
a young lady well liked by the
Halls. But she had sneaked in an
inscription, chiseiled III stone
above the entrance, which threw
the board Of directors and the
faculty in an uproar. AT The I'M
yelling the startled throng read
these words, above the main en-
trance:
.'The Eleventh Commandment
With Coleman's subtle assist
ar1ce, all concerned were forced
to turn to their Bibles to solve
the puzzle these words presented.
II resulted in d boom IN the BIZ
bic sales.
The Eleventh Commandment
has long ben pet topic If mine
In the radio show the young lady
refused 10 explain her caper. in
sisting that it was something
people should find out for them
selves.
Well, cousins, there IS an elev-
eath commandment. and suggest
that YOU look it up II is in the
New Testament. Sesching tor u
vii do you a world of good. II
YOU cannot find it, consult your
pastor. Or drop me line.
Interesting Notes