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Description: 164THE NORMAL ADVANCECxcfjange Column/\NE of our popular monthly magazines
^-^ has a department—if we may dignify it
by such a high-sounding name—which appears
under the heading, interesting if not elucidat¬
ing, of Roses and Eggs. It becomes less
mysterious when one has read the page and
learned that the roses are compliments from the
various readers of the periodical and the eggs
are what in I. S. N. S. parlance goes under
the name of slams. We are taking the liberty
this month of borrowing that legend Roses and
Eggs for the sub-heading of our column. It
is sad but true that, while we find much, very
much indeed, to commend in the papers which
come to our desk each month, yet there are
also things which it wTould be well for these
papers to avoid. Every bunch of roses has its
egg or two and he is a wise man who knows
how to accept those eggs and make the most of
them.To begin at home, the one thing which we
have always most admired about the Rose
Technic is the accurate and faithful way in
which it reflects the spirit of the school. It is
essentially a paper published by students in a
technical school, and that fact is evident in
every line. So far, all is well. But when, in
ones perusal of the paper, one comes to the
section devoted to jokes, the effect is startling,
to say the least. If the paper is truly a re¬
flection of school spirit, then the spirit which
shines through these jokes is one which any
school might be thoroughly ashamed to own.
It is not that they lack point—no one expects
a college joke to have any point—but they are
wholly unrefined and vulgar. If there is no
censorship of humor in the publication of the
Technic we should advise that such a censor¬ship be at once established, and that it execute
its duties thoroughly.The M. H. Aerolith is one of our most faith¬
ful and interesting exchanges. The egg we
have for it is a very mild one, just a bit of
friendly advice in regard to drawings. The
few drawings which appear as hearings to the
various departments are not worthy of the
good literary material which follow them,
since we cannot draw at all ourselves, this is a
- tender point with us, but we would simply sug¬
gest that it might be worth while for the M. H.
people to spend a little more time developing
their artistic talent.It was roses, roses all the way, says
Browning—and so it is when it comes to the
Hope College Anchor. We have looked care¬
fully for some vulnerable spot at which to aim
an egg, but we cannot find it. The paper is
good from cover to cover—and including the
covers. Let us congratulate you and extend
our best wishes for many more such issues.The students of the Anderson High School
have had marked success with their paper, the
X-Ray. Perhaps the most noticeable thing
about it all is
the enthusiastic spirit which
pervades all the departments. There never
seems to be any lack of material and every
phase of school life is well represented. We
have been especially interested in watching the
monthly display of poetry which appears in
its pages. It is an excellent thing to try ones
hand at rhyming altho one knows he can never
be a really poet. It helps in understanding
and appreciating the music and rhythm of
true poetry.
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