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THE BEACON, KINGSTON, R. I., THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1926
Assembly Notes
Speakerless Many Present at Military Club Doings Mass Meeti.ng E. E.'s First Meeting
P r esid e nt Howard E d wards o pen ed t he fir s t assemb ly of t he yea r with T h e R ho d e I s land State C ollege t he remark that he would t r y to ·t s peak lou d e no ugh , so t hat h is vo ice b ran c h o f the A. I. E'· E' · h e ld 1 s would ca rry over the e ntire hall. firs t m eeting of the year in Prof . Anderso n' s lec ture room , Oct. 1. Geo r ~e After a s h or.c r eli gious ser vic e , h e o s p ok e of students b e ing ex pell ed f ro m E ddy p resided a t t h e meeting , w hich t he co llege o n aec ount of f ailu re in r eally ac t ed as an a g ent to reas t h eh· stu di es. T h ese r e marks sho ul d sembl e t he c lub o f last year. T h is branc h of the A . I. E. E . had b e of es p ec ia l interes t t o th e new m en. never h a d a wri t ten c onstituti on ·and P1·esident Edwa rd s to ld h ow student s a t t he firs t m eeting t he prospe c ts of com e to h im and say that it would one WE)re d iscussed. A suggestion b rea k their parents' h earts if t h ey w e r e exp e lled . The preside n t remind - was made by th e p arent asso ciation r egar di ng this point a nd i mmediat ely ed t.he s t u dent body that it was th ei r a cted upo n by t he l oca l bran ch. To· d u ty to th i nk of th ese things before any such ca lamity befell t hem. He a id t he R hode Island e rs in fr a ming p unctuated t h is p a rt of h is ad dr ess t heir con s tit u tion t h e national organwi th well c h nsen quo:ations from t he izati on se n t do w n a model one a ft er Bible. w h ic h th e locals may fas h ion theirs . T his bra nc h soc iety is foster e d b y He t hen took. the opport u nity o f the Ame 1· 1·ca n Inst ,·tutl·o n o f E' l ect rica l co ngratulating the t eam for t h e ir Engineers , a n organization wholly for
The Officers' Club of the R. 0 . 'I'.
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t h e ir fi r st m eet in g of the The s econd mass m eeti ng of this y ear Tuesday aft ernoon, Sept. 28 , at year h e ld in Lipp itt Hall on Thursda y, Sept. 30 , in prepara tion for the Maine t he Military Rooms . I mp ortant b usigame , was marked by as gr eat e nthu si- ness w as transact ed and it is p ositiv e• a s m as was dis played at t h e firs t meet- that t h e club is heading fo r a ver y ing . s uccessf u l y ear. The show of spir it was a ided by the The Military Ball , which a pp ear s-. b and, whose harm ony, if no t a lways : 0 be one of the grea test s ocia l fea tquite p e rfect, was v ery voluminous. T he band was handicap ped by absence ures of th e schoo l year, was bo o ke ~ of s everal d a y-stu den t membe rs and f or Friday, Feb . 25 . Plans are n O'\!.,. when th ese a re present, i mpro v e d r e - u n derway to mak e th is a ffa ir b y far · su lts will b e obtained .
greater than any other in recen t year s •.
No speeches w ere m a de , the halfhour program co nsisting solely .o f c h ee rs, led b y th e in defatigable H. eaton; and band selecti ons, directed by D e l Nevins, who, in t he abs ence of
The off icers f or t he co mi ng y ear were then elect ed . James Hols t on w a s named pr esident u n anim ou sly. The vice president wa.s Wilhelm .J ohnson. N oel S mi t h was elected s ecretary and Fred Hammett the treasurer . W ith s uch an ab le S(el ection of offic ers , the, Officers' C lub r;r omises t o have g reat activities, especially s pealzers of n a -·· tiona! note .
Don Kinzie , also l ed th e s inging.
s p len d i d work on Sat urday aga inst advan cement of ele ctrical e ngine e ring. Brown . He Ra:ct, hu m orous ly , t h at '.rhe presid e nt o f th e R. I. S . C. divb ecaus e our t eam \Va s lighter t h an isi o n fo r th is year is George Eddy, B r own's we should h ave bee n m or e t he secr e tary, C. F . Easte1·brooks, and g entl e ( ? ) w ith t hem in th e extrem e the councelor, Pr of ess or A nderson. T h e c l u b inten ds to bring the enh ea t and not cause them t o lo se ex::;ine erin g students togeth er in an efcess w eig ht . T h e asserr..bly hour shou.ld lake as f o r t t o cr eate a genui n e inter est in engi n eeri n g . At t he m eeting s all sorts m u ch r eq uirem ent a s a n y oth er class exer cises, for it is the on ly place th a t of ne wly - mad e advances are discussed . t h e preside nt ca n meet t he s t ud e nt 'vVith t h e students interes ted in th e b o d y a s a whcle. President E d w ards f e els certain t hat i f thi s ex e r c is e w ere with d r awn the college wo uld lose a grea t ,d eal of it s un ity a nd s p ir it . Alth ough the coll e ge f unds a r e very lo w t h is y ear and we wiH be unable to get any ou ts ide speaker for the assemb ly ex e r cis es. T h is p eri o d will n ot b e devoid of inte rest b y a n y m eans, f or Presi de nt Edwar d s will speak to t h e stud e nts about matters o f current in t_e r est . . I f_ we d o not listen t o t h e m it will b e o u r o w n fault and n ot that o f the presid e nt . The subj ect f or next week's d isc ussi on is the World Deb t. T h e pr~si d ent v ery ki n d ly informed the n ew m e n that lt will n ot pay t o cut assembly u n less they are lit erary gen uis es a n d lik e to w r it e 2000word themes.
The Tale of a Mouse
Th e moonlight sifted t hroug h t he p a nes R. 0. T. C. PLANS Th e world w a s millry w h ite, And drea ms wer e flo ati n g to and fro (Continued from Pag e l ) I n the s tillness of t he nig ht. given a sp e cia.l reco mmen d a tion b y th e i n s pecting officers f rom W ashingA g hastly gra veya rd silence ton, D . C. A s w e have th e same b a nd' Now lay upon th e house t h is y ear, and in a d ditio n a re reinwork it is m uch easie r to keep pac e And through t he creaky building f orced by more t h an a, score of f reshwit h th e r a pid a dvanceme nts being There ventur e d f orth a m o u s e . m en, t h e t eam s ho u l d m eet with evenm a d e i n the e l e c tl·ica l world . greate r su cce8'1!. Th e R. 0. T . C. band A ll e ngine ering students are cor- H e wande'r ed h e re and wand e r e d w ill als o s erve a s the offi c ta l college· d iall y inv it e d to a ttend th e bi-weel{]y there ' b ar,d, and will p lay a t a ll th e f ootball·· me eting s w hich wi ll tak e place in I n search of food to e;tt. ga.m es, a s w e ll a s at oth er activities . A Professo r Anders o n' s lecl m·e r oom in At last a senior's trunk he s pied; special open ait concert was rendered L ip pitt Build ing. The day of th e Ins id e he saw a treat. last year, and it is p r obab l e t hat thi!! m e e ti ngs will soon be s e t at some I will be rep eated, a s weU as sliveral in~ , t im e con v e nient to a ll. H e nibbled first , then , getti n g . bold door concer t s. He chewed, as though i n fear On Thurs day e vening t he b artd as Th a t if he didn't eat it all CAMPUS CUTS . ,siS't ed a t m .e _m ass .m eetiirg, _arousing · - --·---·-- I-Iis-·friend·s Trrigl1t soon appear. By W. G . M. interest for the M a ill e footba ll g a me .. s· 1 t 1, t f · n1c e as · wee { s an nou nc em en · 0 · N ext day all Mouse-Town \ V'as a stir , T h e band cer tainly m ad e a h it, a nd d' h t'l1'ea.fter no mass meeting wiH be the los t van ity case, an extraor m ary Fio r Mister Mouse had died . , co mplete with out o n e. Under ])el'l i la>·ge number of girls have attempted , Old D octor Rat examined hbn , to recover their " f ace:" S-ince n o n e Th en shook his head and siglu ·d. i N eiiins, who a cted a s · b a n d master, ca me a n ywher e n ear d esc ribin g thiS l song l eader , and m a st lir of cerem o rtieS>, Fra nk Kresge articl e, i t hasn't been He studied every vein an d- chord ·the l1and h e l'plid t o fill the hall With r eturned yet. m ttsic. Mitn y who have h ear d t l'ie And after quite a pause BrC>wn b a n a play a re of the opinio fi He slowly blinke d and then An Irishman tells us this story: 'that t h e :R. ~ , State group has it a 1t noun ce d , 'l'wo Scotclrmen had a bet to see "Diabet es was the cause ." over the :Brown team. We cerfainfy who could stay beneath the water . are t here i n p ep and s pir it -a nd size. the longest. According to our in·The ba n d helped out the cheering secJm·Inant, nei.lfiber came up. That very day a seni or rose An d swore by th e stars ab ov e 'tion, a nd gave p l enty of punch t o t he :Bowd oin, we are to ld, takes great To kill the mguse tha t ate t he note :singing. T h e band d id m a ke one break;,. p r ide in having such names as Milton He'd written to h is love . however: Nevins a n nounced that there and Sha kespf>are w i th in t heir i ncom~B.. C . K. · wo·u l d be a c ompetition between the ing "frosh" class. However, "Rhody" men a n d t h e eo•eds t & S'ee who could can boast of such literary distinctions mak;e t he most noise---the song was as Sc ot t,. Sha w and Brown. :the ' ' R.I. Cheer Song." The men sang
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P r esident E dward s sp oke of o u r college tradi tio ns and asked the peo ple who have a u tomobil es to registe-r them a t tbe c oll ege office and to drive ver y carefu lly on the Ct)!lege grt~utrds . The president t hen r ead our co n tract with th e co ll ege. He · especially stressed 'the p oi n t on rn.e U.S'e or ltqUors. When t h e cont r act is b roken n o t only i'S" t h e' J'Jr o·h ii!Jiti<li,P la>W broken, but the f undame n t a l o f all law iS' broken, the sanc tity of contract. The· ... ::fil·st, 8;€Compan,i ed by tbe terld:fic v-vl• P rexy •s t ex t a t a ssem b l Y w a"" : ,...,.. llrohibftion law was made by t h e peo• .,.,Hot stuff ," cried the bather a s he .o., 1 n ot w is e in thine own eyes"~iH~ · ume -of a 4'().- p,isee • D!lilld~e:r :IW ell}scalded his hand. :ille and as long a s t he peopl e ·flo not ---F reshman way up b ack t l'iough t eds h ave a s yet ~applied ft~r ll>dmiss-i on with draw ict, th e la w sh&illd be o b eyed. Ou.t• students want to know for "Prexy didn't lik 'l to hav-e t he gi:t'ts t a.s a band - member. H was the eoTo be fair to th e state, students of r·o]l their e·y· es. · eds' tur n n ext, "and' 'the. ·ba.nd swung ,w h at c o11ege D, r . P. o tter h. as carth is college s hould get a s m u ch aS' ried water. He knows well that Persona lly, we don' t m in d - a"S · t ong·: tne girls into the op·ening strain-an d tlossible out 'OI f he course for the saturday's w o'l'k was very imas it's o nly t heir eyes t h a t they roll. , JYUddenly , to a m~tt~opp~d. The ·constate s:pet;~. d s from $1800 to $2 000 on' pressiv-e. Another "Fro s h " who was hard of :fusio,n w a s pitifut lnde~d, but tire v!Lle ach man t hat a ttends this college. hearing thought the text was "])rink 't.tnt daUglrlel's' o:I' Rh ody called' tn e The a sslim b ly exercise was c losed by The :bana na p·eel is not t h e only t o me only with thine eyes." , bluff and fi t!l'Shed Up strong· with()U.t the s-inging of t h e "Alma Mater.'' S'ig :n of a faiL He was sure or it w h en Prexy :: tlHi ::tf<f ot Bt'MS'. 1'1\.e genetal vet dieti Business Advice spoke .about the evils of drinking. hbwever , was th a t between the" me~ When you m a ke a m istak e f orget Dea r Bin: li ~&'.li co~ed&, t h e band captured the lau,it a n d go on · to the next job. Ddfi't While tead.ing: Pt'of. Churchill's Now that Octo b in" is her e we''ll n&w · rei§ tor· the evening. , putter aro und a il d a y ad ding a lot of Fr~~ch History a ssignment, I came h ave to hang u p this sig n each morn- ,. acr oss the nam e of Mlle. Pompadour. ing: "Good-b y Se ptember Mor n !" ' f inishing t o uch es. Qui~ So Ca n you t ell m e If she had anyt hing ' O n e w oul d think t hat th ey were He Knew Her t o do with the invention of stacomb? Famous Last \Vords a lw a ys r ich. Wife-Ah , if we on ly k n ew what A "Frosh." "Le1ls bQw our hea.ds toget!bei'!' Well, th er e 's noth ing one can ge~ the future has in store f o r us. A nswer- Yes, sh e smeared it on t he accustomed t o more q uickly thad H ub- Well , d on't !'worr y, dear. knife when Ro·l9esp fere was gumoCome and Learn the Way luxury. W h atever it is you will get it a t a tined .
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Minn esota paper: "The Devn h:'is H aving had a.ll t h a t r ain in Kings-~ a ll kinds of agencies pointing the Eyes Front ton last week, we are made to ask road to destruction. '.rhere is only Take care of the to m or rows and t h ose sta u nch anti- prohib itionists if one sure guide t o t h e r oa d. Come t o the yesterda ys will take care of t h is isn't the wettest state in the the Presbyterian Sunda y Sc hol and t fle m !'<P. ] VP!'I.. Unio n . 1 l et us stu d y tog ether."
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Just So 'Twixt 'a sailor a nd a. jewe ler The diffe r e n ce is, says Wells, That one of them sells watches, And the other watches cells.