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POTSDAM, NT. Y., NOV. 10, 19V/,\ THE NORMAL RACQUETTE Entered as second class matter at the post office at Potsdam, New York. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief, Helen Stiles, Asst. Editor, Mary Goughlin, Managing Editor Marline Snyder, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Laurena Ramsdell, '29 Grace Kelsey, Verlie Tuittle, '29 Louise Theobald, Ruth Poor, '29 Isabelle Hymers, BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager, Agnes Smith, Circulation Manager, Earl J. Bailey, Advs. jVEanager, Ruth Howe, ASSOCIATE MANAGERS Violet Henry, '29, Doris Lucey, Anne Shields, '29, Winifred Cook, Edna Harriman, '29, Dorothy Cam-, '2S '28 \A9 '29 >2S '28 '28 29 '29 TERMS One school year, one dollar and a half PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Single copies, five cents Address all business correspondence to the Business Manager; all changes of address to Circulation Manager; all other communications to the Editor- in-Chief. No anonymous contributions will be accepted for publication. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1927 joke or an opinion on some phase of school life? Let the Noi-mal Racquette help you share it. Ours for a better and louder \Racquette.\ SOMETHING A'ERSUS NOTHING. What do you get out of ]if,-? \Just what you put into it,\ you will agree. Well, 'what are you get- ting out of school—good times, happiness and something you will c:u'ry with you always ? If you ure not, why not? This is a part of your life—a big part—tt e best part and if it is not you are not put- ting anything into it. Do you gv 1 n classes with a \Well one more CI-MS to sit through.\ If you do you are lorning away from that class with exactly what you put into it—-noth- ing. Are you attending social func- tions with no part in them? If you are you are going to get just ex- actly wha you put into them—noth- ing:. Are you wondering why y>u do no,t get the joy of friendship some have here? WTiat are yoi putting into it ? Nothing _ What you are to day is what you will be tomorrow-—do not be \Noth- ing\. Give, put yourself into your classes, into your fun, into your friendships, and get the things you need, the things you enjoy, the things you love—life! ''Oh, there's Joan!\ \Does she come from a good fam- ily?\ \Does she? Why her parents are the two ciphers in the city's 400.\ The More The Merrier. Mrs. Jordan—\I take pleasure in giving you 81 in Math.\ Student—\Make it 100 and thor- oughly enjoy yoiirself\ Problem Of Hygiene. •Mass Bush—\Deep breathing, you understand, destroys microbes.\ Student—\But Miss Bush, how can I force them to breath deeply. 1 ' Hit The Nail On The Head. \There is no such word as fale,\ wrote a young fellow on the school blackboard.\ Why don't you correct him?\ asked a visitor, of the teach- er. \His statement is absolutely cor- rect \ she answered. A PLAINT TO THE POSTER ARTIST. NEWS GATHERING AT P N S We know that our school is just what we the students help to make it. So also our school paper is just what we the students help to make it. It is our paper and it is we students of P N S who will make it one of the best school papers in New York State or one of the poorest. This intro- duction will seem all very abstract to you. I will endeavor to make the same thought concrete. The mem- bers of the staff have not been re- ceiving the cooperation from the student body that is desired. We send a reporter to this or that club and he is turned away with scarcely no news when we know that the club has been doing things about which we want to tell the rest of the school. Reasons for this seeming- ly discourteous attitude on the part of some of the clubs officers are ob- vious. One, the customary avoidance of a reporter, another they th.rk that they do not have time or that there has been nothing of interest to report from their club. Someone has said that any news topic of in- terest to three people is worth print- ing. This is true. You may not be doing big things but let us tell about th e Ittle things which you are doing. If you haven't time to write it give an outline of the facts to the report- er—that is all he will need. He will \dress\ these up and in th e next issue of the Normal Racquette your club or society will be given public'.';/. You say you don't want public!'y-- yes you do—everyone does. Some of you people have the wrong attitude toward the paper. It is not a Commercial newspaper and our re- porters do not need to be met with the same ai r of avoidance as these reporters are. We are asking for your 'Co-opera- tion—not only societies and club members but every Normal student. Hav e you an alumni note, a good Oh, I want to see the country, Like when I was a boy— When the sky was blue and \h\ clouds was white And the green fields was a joy. I want to see the country, But the posters seem to show The country ain't no more the place Like what I used to know. For the sky is pink And the fields are mauve, And the cottages all turned yellow, And the sheep all green Or tangerine, Enough to stun a fellow. Oh, I want to see the country, And I wouldn't mind where I we ni- ter, So long as I knew The trees weren't blue, And the cows all turned magenter! —M. E. Durham in Manchester Guardian. SMIlfJIILE Pasted on the window of the b\nk publisher's store was the sign, \Pos- ter wanted,\ and in the window It- self on a pile of books, the placard: '•Dickens' Works All This Week for $4.\ The able-looking Irishman read the sign and then the placard. He blurted out: \Dickens m-iy lake the job! Dickens can wurk all the week fer foor dollars if he wants to, but I'll not touch it. Ye'd better kape Dickens.\ Peculiar. Traffic laws in Ireland compel drivers to keep to the left of the road-, hence: The law of the road is a paradox quite When riding or driving along, If you go to the left you're sure to go right, If you go to the right you go wrong. —Bernard F. Brady. \You the 'stalhnent man?\ \Yen.\ \Well Mom sent me to stall you off aa'ain.\ Surprise. They strolled through the twilight together, The heavens were blossomed with stars; She paused for a moment in si- lence, As he lowered for her the bars; She cast her sof-e eyes upon him, But he uttered no loving vow, For he was a rustic laddie, And she was a Jersey Cow. —Roy Payne. Fairy Tale. Once there was a young man who said, \When I get a hundred dollars a week I'll be satisfied.\ And 1 when he did he was. —Life. Not A City. Colored Mammy: \Ah wants a ticket fo' Florence.'' Agent (after looking over rail- road guides): \Where is Florence, Madam?\ Mammy: \Sittin' on de bench, suh.\ Debts. Customer: \I've brought that last pair of trousers to be reseated. You know I sit a lot.'' Clothier: \Yes and perhaps you've brought the bill to be re- ceipted, too. You know, I've stood a Int.\ THE DREAM MAKER MAN By Fanny Keaslip Lee When, oh when will authors stop handing the reading public the story of the humble young stenographer pationized by a wealthy old gentle- woman almost invariably known as the \Marchessa?\ To get back to our story, the hero- ine of the novel treads ruthlessly over the hearts <of her numerous ad- mirers and finally afte r leaving be- hind all the wealthy young of New York City decides to marry a strug- gling political minded lawyer from the South. Of course they met un- expectedly and fell in love at once, that is at least spontaneous but the rest of the story is forced to th e de- gree that it becomes painful to fol- low the devious by-ways and alley's into which it wanders. The only natural character in the book is th e old Marchessa Through the dimming, gray, uninteresting nar- rative she struggles valantly to let he r \light so shine\ that the rest of the story will not go to pieces en- tirely. ' ' The male characters of the book and they are numerous are sources of some variety. But even they prove weak and ineffectual in making the book anything but a weak watery sentimental tale. D Graves WHITE HARDWARE CO. If it's Hardware We have it 13 Market Street, Potsdam ANA-BELL'S \The Busy Corner\ Candy, Cigars Soda, Ice Cream Tobacco Lunches Telephone 205 30 Market St. Potsdam, N. Y. Mr. Newlywed: Did you sew the button on my coat, dear? Mrs. Newlywed: No darling, I couldn't find ihe button, so I just sewed up the buttonhole. \Mother.\ said Betty, \is Aunt Grace any relation to me?\ \Why of course; she's your ami\:.\ replied mother. \Then I wish she'd send me some- thing once in a while to 'm'- of it,\ said Betty.—Boston Trans- cript. A paint manufacturer recently re- ceived the following letter: N'V. you please send us some of yuv striped paint? We want just enough for one barber pole.\—Western Christian Advocate, Two Scotchmen were walking down the street one. afternoon when jne saw fifty cents- and picked it up. The other borrowed it of him and had his eyes tested.—Selected. \I slept like a log last night.\ One who was near: \Yes—a long one with a saw going through it,\— Good Hardware, Fie: \Is this train day?\ Nic: \Say boy, it's so dry you have to pin on your postage stamps.' Marge Stone: \Mother it is right to say Bill or William?\ Mrs. Stone: \William of course.\ Marge Stone: \Well you woud- n't say a duck stuck his William through the fence, would you?\ Hugh Shim-rick: \What are you doing for a living?\ Joe Collins: \Breathing.\ Miss Able: \Are you learning anything hack there,Mr. Callahan?\ Joe: \No ma'am, I'm just listen- ing to you.\ Dumb: \Got a thumb tack?\ Bell: \No. but I have a tinge/ nail.\ A little Alabama boy after his thirtieth or -fortieth lesson said to bis professor m such a dispairing way: \Dey aren't no aint you, is dey? It's aren't you, aint it?\ Prof: \What are some commer- cial uses of salt?\ Bright Boy: \Well salted pea- nuts.\ THE PEOPLES BANK OF POTSDAM, N. Y. Established in 1889 A Banking Institution of Strength And Service OFFICERS Rufus L. Sisson Chairman of Board Frederic R. Woodruff - President W. O. Daniels - - Vice-President Leon L. Gibson - Vice-President C. Franklin De Rosia - - Cashier H. W. Van Camp Assistant Cashier Poster Game Coniesi For BOYS and GIRLS PRIZES for the best GORDON HOSIERY POSTERS Can you tell a good advertis- ing poster when you see it? If you can, then you can make a good one by the method in- vented by Gordon. Every boy and girl in school is eligible to compete in this en- tertaining game. It is the new- est craze, and one well worth the effort. Gordon Hosiery Poster Packets containing materials and in- structions worth fully a dollar, may be had at Contest price of 10c. Contest closes December 15 Store exhibition of completed posters. Duffy-Rivers Co. OLIVER HAT & DRESS SHOP Smart hats and dresses at Popular Prices You are always welcome to call and inspect Over Wells Store 10w8 ADIRONDACK RESTAURANT Phone 231-W Thomaris & DoKIANOS, Proprietors 10-12 Market Street Potsdam, N. Y. Howard M. Smith INSURANCE Phone 420. 15 Market Street, c/luto and c Radio SUPPLIES Atwater Kent \Reliable .Radio\ ROY C. CLARK 20 Main St. Phone 214 Potsdam, N. Y. 10 wS POTSDAM FEED & COAL CO, (Incorporated) Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Anthracite COAL Bituminous Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Salt, Lime, Cement Custom Grinding Potsdam, N. Y. J.0w8 DR. STURTEVANT, OCULIST. Albion Hotel, Potsdam Wednesday, Oct. 5th Wednesday, Nov. 2nd Wednesday, Nov. 30th FACTS The Busy Woman Should Know About Shari-Cara Nome Toilet Preparations The Rexall Store offers its pat- rons the exclusive service of Miss M. R_ Bourgoin, the Toilet Goods Specialist, during the week of No r. 1 to 12. There is absolutely no charge for this service. T. H. PERRIN & CO. 77i« flexolig, Store
