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POTSDAM, N. Y., DEC. 15, 192,7. 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 Coughlin, Managing Editor Marline Smyder, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Laurena Ramsdell, '29 Grace Kelsey, Verlie Tuifctle, '29 Louise Theobald, Ruth Poor, '29 Isabelle Hymers, BUSINESS STAFF Business Manage^ Agnes Smith, : Circulation Manager. Earl J. Bailey, Advs. Mianager, Ruth Howe, ASSOCIATE MANAGERS Violet Henry, '29, Doris Lacey, Anne Shields, '29, Winifred Cook, Edna Harriman, '29, Dorothy G'arr, '28 '28 '29 '29 '29 '28 '2S 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, DECEMBER 15, 1927. PULL. Last week in this column .appeared an article entitled \Pep.\. This week we have another small but equally important word as the title of this article. It really is some- times these short words of three or four letters which are heaviest with meaning. Here at P. N. S. Freshmen and other newcomers to our school as well as visitors are puzzled by the words of upperclassmen; \Oh of course she would get a good mark; she has a pull.\ They think, \A pull, a pull, just what is meant \ Well, we stu- dents understand it something like this—a person who has a pull is one who \stands in\ well with the fac- ulty and students—a person who has a \gift of gab,\ as some term it, and who because of this extraordin- ary gift does a great deal of class- work, and who, as the ** es t of the students think, does little or no real studying, but who never-the-less, \gets by\ and gets the marks that he does not deserve. I wonder if this is true, if we really understand what we really mean when we say that this or that person has a pull In the first place, with a group of broad minded faculty, all working for the interests of our school, such as we have here, I think there is lit- tle chance for a person, who is so ir- responsible and carefree about doing assignments as we think the person with a pull to be, to \stand in\ very well with any faculty member—and surely if he did not stand in with one he could not with all. So let us elim- inate the idea of the people with high standin getting it by simply, by some hook or crook, \standing in with the faculty.\ Now for the next part of our def- inition—a person with a \gift of gab.\ There really are some who have such a gift and who use it to bluff—oh .yes we have bluffers—ev- ery school has them. But do the people who bluff and \get by\ in class still bluff when it comes to ex- aminations ? Well, perhaps once or twice, but not for long' will they be able to bluff and get the desired re- sults. Someone has said something to this effect: \You can fool all of the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.\ So it is with the bluffers. There are people in this school who have pulls and they are greatly to be envied. I do not think we would be making too broad a statement if we say that the people who have pulls have also the key to these pulls. ji->. • sonality. It is by virtue of these personalities that these people seem- ingly find \success handed to them on a silver platter\ without any trouble or work on their part. They do have to work for what they get but these people with these person- alities have, broadly speaking, a conscience, pep or enthusiasm, a love for their work and ambition. Be- sides these they possess other qual- ities. They can meet people easily and converse in a kindly way—can see ahead and above the narrow op- inions of the other folk. They can make friends. Some of us in a jealous sort of way judge others wrongfully, who obtain what we term success. In life we only get that which we earn. In school we only get that which we earn. If you have any other idea your whole philosophy of life is wrong. If one discouraged freshman or upperclassman who feels that she has no \pull\ and so might just as well give up trying for A's and B's should read this article, I think she should accept this new attitude and become encouraged. We ail have ,a \potential pull,\ our own personality. The extent to which it aids us depends upon the extent to which we improve it and allow it to work for us. SEASON'S GREETINGS. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year are the old but sincere greetings extended to the Faculty and Student Body by the Editorial Staff of the Racquette. THE HIKER'S HOT DOG SALE. Affair On Tuesday Proves Grtat Financial Success. Not long ago, a very artistic pos- ter, made by Mist, Weed appeared on the bulletin board. What did it an- nouce? Something pretty pleasing to the appetite. About 3:30 Wed- nesday afternoon a very delicious odor began to float out through the corridor. Some critic was known to remark \Too much smoke,\ but I no- tice that there was a jingling of coin also a few calls across the corridor. Everyone wanted one of those delic- ious brown doggies that fairly rolled inside its rolls. There were a few ahs! and ohs! of delight and then often, \I'll take another, pleas..'.\ Miss Jessie Buskirk was chief- chairman of the Commtitee. Miss Gertrude Ames was her right hand assistant and Miss Erma Paquette was her left hand helper. Many of the other Hikers helped in supply- ing the people as their feet led them toward the kitchen. The Hikers' Club was also active liast Sata'dy. A very jolly group met at the Normal about two o'clock. Led by Miss Edna Harriman, their Vice President, 1 they hiked i(n the cool and bracing air out Leroy street and back to town by Market street. They are the girls who can enjoy fun, laughter, songs and jokes while hiking on the open road. SANTA'S THIN! CREWE TRAIN. Rev. Dabie, an unsociable widowed clergyman, takes his small daughter, JJenndm. and goes to Mallorea, Ire- lantt, wnere he believes he win be iree lioin people, ne finally takes shelter in Anuorra, a small Balkan repuulic, where he remarries and eventually dies, as we all do sooner or later, and leaves Denham at the mercy ox a step-mother and several hall brothers. i/eiihum's aunt and cousins come, and they take her back to England with them. They hope, rather vain- ly to educate this young woman who nas been brought up to \hate com- pany.-' To a certain extent they succeed and Denham marries Arnold Chapel, a young man of very social uenuencies. Denham and Arnold get on for a while but their ideas of enjoyment are veiy different and Arnold takes up life in London while Denham goes mcyciing up the Cornish coast. After several months she returns to Lon- don and takes up her life with Ar- nold once more trying desperately to adjust herseit to the life her husband enjoys. \(Jiewe Train\ is the story of a girl brought up in a natural \state.\ -Brought up\ is not the expression to be used, rather like Topsy she \growed.\ She is taken directly from the free and untrammeled life of a healthy, young animal and flung in- to the highest London society and a group of literary people. She refus- es to read, she hates to talk, she does not like people and she prefers to whittle out a boat to playing char- ades. What can be expected of a girl so reared, except that she constantly \im'ts her foot in it\ at every tu:\n; .•he does and her attempts to m..-.-e her life run in parallel lines to that of her husband are both ludicrous and pathetic. The novel ends with Denham still trying to find her place in the life before which she has been forced to bow. The book is best described by its dedication, \To the Philistines—To the Barbarians, and those who do not care to take any trouble.\ We always had a fire place, Where we used to be. But there is none in this house, Least none that I can see. I've looked up in the attic, I've looked behind the door, Santa can't get in at all, 'Less he comes through the floor. 0, joy, I've found the chimney, But it's awful, awful flat; .Santa can't come that way, 'Cause Santa's awful fat. Mother says that Santa can, She thinks perhaps he'll try it; 'Cause she heard from Santa yester- day, And Santa's on a diet! Mary G. Conboy. MARCELLING By Appointment Price 50 Cents Phone 142-W M. LALONE ANA-BELL'S \The Busy Corner\ Candy, Cigars Soda, Ice Cream Tobacco Lunches Telephone 205 30 Market St. Potsdam, N. Y. 2 Broad St. Potsdam, N. Y XOv/A SCHENECTADY ART EXHIBIT. Work Of Down State City Schools Is Shown Here. Art exhibit of work from the Schenectady Schools is to be found in the Drawing room. Potsdam Normal has been extremely fortunate in having an art exhibit from the Schen- ectady schools. Schenectady has long- been noted for its splendid art work. Dr. Stoddard who is at present the city Superintendent of schools is a very enthusiastic supporter of this work. He sees the great need of art in correlation with all the subjects in the curriculum. With his leader- ship and the very able guidance of Miss Knox, Ciiy Supervisor of t rt and her staff of drawing teachers, art teaching in the public schools of Schenectady is being placed on a very high plane. Miss Knox has studied at Colum- bia and is carrying out the methods as advocated there, that is, develop- ment of the expression in the child. From the first grade through the Junior High School, much of the time is devoted to figure drawing. As the children acquire ease in this form of drawing they also acquire skill in object drawing, thus learning to express their ideas in pictured form as readHy as in the written or spok- en word. The above type of work is being developed in the Potsdam Normal Training School in order that the students going out will be familiar with it, therefore all students inter- ested should visit the drawing rooms before the close of the exhibition. W. C. Bowman, Expert Haircutting Mary B. Bowman, French Marcelling THE BOWMAN BEAUTY SHOPPE Beauty Culture in all Branches Phone 270 dte Main St. Potsdam, N. Y. lOwfc CASH HARDWARE CO. House Wiring and Electrical Repairing Potsdam, N. Y. Thank It'ou Call Again FIRST CLASS SHOE REPAIRING S. Ronzella, Prop. All Work Guaranteed Under Fred Benson's Market, Ptotsdam Will They Come Back NOTICE ! All Kinds Of PLEATING and DRY CLEANING work first-class Prices Reasonable FRED J. LALONE 28% Market St. Potsdam. N. Y GEO. W. COOK The Jeweler Potsdam, N. Y. \The Store Where Things are Done Right\ Howard M. Smith INSURANCE Phone 420. 15 Market Street, 57 Market St po r Thirty Years Home of the Best in Music PIANOS ORTHOPHONY AMPICO RECORDS AND ROLLS POPULAR MUSIC AND BOOKS ' MUSICAL MERCHANDISE Willis, /AcGee & Co. 57 Market Street, Potsdam. POTSDAM FEED & COAL CO. (Incorporated) Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Anthracite COAL Bituminous Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Salt, Lime, Cement Reynolds /Pharmacx WHITE HARDWARE CO. If it's Hardware We have i': 13 Market Street, Potsdam Custom Grinding Potsdam, N. Y. lOwi? 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 I-L W. Van Camp Assistant Cashier AT CHRISTMAS TIME Your family would rather have your photograph than anything- you can give them, Make the appointment NOW The Studio Clarence E. Premo 58 MARKET STREET. TEL. 229-J POTSDAM, N Y 10 Eow
