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Senior Edition Au_gt1st 28_~ 1930

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Senior Issue Published by Graduating Class STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE Johnson City, Tennessee August, 1930

SPO JSOREO BY W. B. BIBLE 2 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

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(Special Staff) (Regular Staff) EDITORS-IN-CHIEF' L. CECIL GRAY E. N. ASLINGER

ASSOCIATE EDITORS CORDELL YOUNG CORDELL YOUNG CLAY EASTERLY RUTH SNEED

LITERARY EDITORS MARY HARSHBARGER THELMA WELLS EDNA WILLIAMS HELEN HAEMSCH

ATHLETIC EDITORS CLARENCEW.BRALLEY CLARENCEW.BRALLEY SILAS MILLER EDDYTH HAWKINS

ALUMNI EDITORS THOMAS McPHERSON V. V. EASLEY BETTY LONGMIRE L. CECIL GRAY

CAMPUS EDITORS NEBRASKA BROYLES LACY HARVILLE LOLA BARRY NELLIE ROGERS

JOKE EDITORS J. H. DAVIS MARY HARSHBARGER CARL LACKEY HALLEEN SNYDER

ORGANIZATIONS EDITORS LOIS P AJNTER IRENE HARRISON MRS. LILLIAN POE HOBART DA VIS MARGARET FAIN

CIRCULATION MANAGERS GLADYS SHARP AMANDA SEATON DENVER DYER RUBY BRABSON

BUSINESS MANAGERS EDDYTH HAWKINS MARGARET ROBINSON HELEN HAEMSCH JULIA BREWER

EXCHANGE EDITORS HELEN McLEOD SILAS MILLER KATHLEEN BARKER LOLA BARRY Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 3

DEDICATION

WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF AUGUST, 1930

DEDICATE THIS ISSUE OF THE CHALK LINE TO

Miss Jessie Ackerman

ONE OF TH E WARMEST FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE AND A RECENT DONOR 4 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

0 ~ O'> ,-; Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 5 ~rnior O.Hann Jorm Tribute

By CORDELL D. YOUNG A gaudy mass of livid flame heralds the day's end-the last, longed-for, wished-for, prayed-for, yet dreaded day ... How beautiful, those mounlains rearing their purple masses in the path of the sinking sun. They never looked so strong before, so fraught with meanings-meanings of unfathomable depth, of painful joy and joyous sorrow, of strength in weakness and impotency in power. How one loves these huge piles of rock and dirt, these giants that rise in rough, jagged splendor to kiss the day at its close, to greet it at its dawn . . . Havens of refuge, of rest! in your core lies the knowledge of all things unknown: of the poignancy of love, the loveliness of pathos, the cruelty of man to man, the truth that binds the finite to the infinite ... I sit at my window (the last time I shall sit here) and look with some­ what wearied eyes at the shadowed landscape. The last faint glow, the last roseate hue, is fading from the western sky .. . Long, uneven lines of birds wing their way through the gathering gloom ... Every spot and line and contour of this campus is known to me, every shrub, every bench, every blade of grass ... The little grass-em­ bowered brook that fusses and sings its way to some river and thence to some sea-ah, the many starlit hours I have spent there in silent contemplation, dreaming dreams, building castles, weeping over demolished towers and splintered fragments, laughing the nonchalant laughter of youth, the red-blooded, rebellious laughter of youth. Electric lights give forth a sickly glow, and like gigan tic ghosts the campus buildings loom grotesque and distorted. The silence of the tomb fills their dark halls, but muffled beats of feet, some stiff and cold in the dark mould of the grave, some treading strange places in foreign climes, echo through the quiet corridors ... A clock somewhere tolls the hour of nine. My eyes seek the long line of buildings across the railroad track-a tomb for the living, for those who knew the hell of war! .. . But is not all life war, the world a tomb? Struggles mixed with laughs and kisses and curses and groans and tears-we dig our graves with these. A short space of light in which to build our tomb-then darkness to lie in it ! My school, thou art a tomb-a tomb of the past, a tomb of the present, a tomb of the ages to come! Today I saw the vestments of the Dark Ages worn by the fathers and mothers of men tomorrow. But more than a tomb, a builder of tombs thou art, my school. Your buildings are t he life thought of many men, your aims and ideals the blood of men and women gone and yet to be. You put slabs in the caskets of romping youngsters and of babes yet unconceived, nice, smooth, durable slabs . .. Noble work, this tomb building, my Alma Mater. To leave a tomb is ambition's aim, to mock forgetfulness, to rear a monument of immortality to posterity; 'tis love's end, to purge the world of greed; 'tis education's ideal, to decorate the portals of oblivion. ti THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

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A.F.ROLLER Born 1886-Died 1930

AWAY! I cannot say, and I will not say Think of him faring on, as dear That he i:, dead. He is just away! In the love of There, as the love of Here. With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand Think of him still as the same, I say, He has wandered into an unknown land He is not dead-he is just away. J mnes W h-itconib Riley Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 7

L. CECIL GRAY Boones Creek, Tennessee

MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE President Bradley County Club, '27, '28, '29, '30; Campus Editor Chalk Line, '29; Editor-in-Chief Senior Edition, '30.

CORDELL DOUGLAS YOUNG Gainesboro, Tennessee

ENGLISH, H ISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE Business Manager, Chalk Line, '23, '24; L iterary Edi­ tor, Chalk Line, '26, '27, '29, '30; Associate Editor, Senior Edition, '30; President, Men's Glee Club, '26; Treasurer, Nocturne Club, '27; Varsity Tennis, '28, '29, '30; Captain and Manager of Tennis, '30; Winner Intermural Debating Cup, '28; "T" Club, '29, '30.

CLARENCE W. BRALLEY Johnson City, Tennessee I NDUSTRIAL ARTS, HISTORY, ENGLISH Football, '26, '27, '28, '29; Vice-President, Freshman Class, '27; PreJident, Sophomore Cla;s, • '29; Presi­ dent, Men's "T" Ciub, '29; Manager, Varsity Basket­ ball,' '30 ; Student Executive Council, '30; Vice-Presi­ dent, United Student Body, '30.

ELMER (BUNN) ASLINGER Sale Creek, Tennessee INDUSTRIAL ARTS, ENGL'.SH, AGRICULTURE Vice-President, Sophomore Class, '28; President, Junior Class, '29; President. Pestalozzian L'terary So:iety, '27, '29; Ch; plain, Pe!talozzian Society, '27, '28; J oke Editor, Chalk Line, '28, '29; Editor -in-chief, Ch·:i lk Line, Summer, '30; Tennis Squad, '27, '28, '29; Man­ ager, Tennis, 28, '29; Captain Tennis, '29; "T" Club, '28, '29; President, Hamilton Co. Club, 29, '30.

DENVER DYER Boone-, Creek, Tennessee MATHEMATI CS, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, HISTORY Vice-President Glee Club, '27; Secretary Sophomore Class, '28; Student Exewtive Committee, '30; Circu­ lating Editor Senior Edition Chalk Line, '30; Manager Football, '29; Basketball, '27, '28, '29, '30; Captain Basketball, '28, '30; Coach Basketball Train­ ing School, '30; Men's "T" Ciub, '27, '28, '29, '30; Vice-President Sophomore Class, '28; Secretary Junior Class, '29. 8 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

EDDYTHE HAWKI NS Johnson City, Tennessee LITERATURE, H ISTORY, FRENCH

HELEN HAEMSCH Johnson City, Tennessee HOME ECONOMICS, ENGLISH, HISTORY Pi Sigma; Home Economics Club; Treasurer, Pi Sigma, '29, '30; Literary Editor, Chalk Line, '29, '30; Busi­ ness Editor, Senior Edition, '30.

HALLEEN SNIDER Vonore, Tennessee HO~'IE ECONOMICS, HISTORY, ENGLISH AND SCIENCE Pi Sigma Literary Society. '27, '28; Orchestra, '27, '28, '29; T1·e"surer Pi Sigma, '28, '29; Y. W. C. A., '27, '28, '29, '30; Exchange Editor Chalk Line, '29·; P1·esi­ clent Pi Sigma, '29, '30; Manager Girls Basketball. '30; Assistant Manager Intermural Athletics, '30; D;:,rmitory Baseball Team, '30; Tennis Club.

LILLIAN ANTOINETTE DAVIS

HOME ECONOMICS, ENGLISH, SCIENCE Sapphonirn; Y. W. C. A.; Home Economics Club; Science Club; Hiking Club; Setretary Sapphonian Literar~, Society, '25, '26.

EMMA LOIS PAINTER Knoxville, Tennessee ENGLISH, SCIENCE, HISTORY Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 9

JAMES HOBART DAVIS Maryville, Tennessee ENGLISH, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE Vnsity Baseball, '28, '29, '30; Captain, Baseball, '28; "T" Club, '27, '28, '29, '30; President, Blount Co. Club, '30; Orirnnization Editor , Senior Edition, '30; Stu­ dent Executive Council, '29, '30; Chaplain, Pestaloz­ zian Literary Society, Spring, '29; President, United Student Body, '29, '30.

DAYTON I SAACS Butler, Tennessee I NDUSTRIAL ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, ENGLISH Pestalozzian Literary Society, '25, '26; Glee Club, '25, '26. '27; President, Carter Co. Club, '30.

JAMES CARL LACKEY Oldfort, Tennessee PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGIBAL SCIENCE, HISTORY, ENGUSH Varsity Football, 196, '27, '28, '29; Student Council, '28; President Polk Co. Club, '30; Vice-President, Science Club, '30 ; Joke Editor, Chalk Line, '30.

THOMAS ELLIOTT McPHERSON Leesburg, Virg inia SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ART Pestalozzian Literary Society. Member of Science Club.

SILAS E . MILLER Jonesboro, Tennessee ENGLISH, HISTORY, ART Critic, Pestalozzian Literary Society, '22; Chapl·,in, Pe, talozzian Society, '21, '25; S,:i~r-etary Pestalozzian Literary Society, '26; Athletic E:!itor, Chalk Line, Summer, '29; Exchrnge Editor, Chalk Line, Summer, '30. THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

JUANITA HALL Johnson City, Tennessee E NGLISH, SOCIAL SCIENCE, HOME ECONOMICS Sapphonian Literary Society, '23, '24,; Y. W. C. A., '23, '24; Glee Club, '23, '24, '29.

LOLA KATE BARRY Jonesboro, Tennessee HOME ECONOMICS, ENGLISH, HISTORY Deb"ating Team, '27; Latin Club, '29; Advertising Manager, Annual, '29; Exchange Editor, Chalk Line, '30.

MARGARET E. FAIN Johnson City, Tennessee HISTORY, ENGLISH, SCIENCE

KATHLEEN B ARKER Maryville, Tennessee ENGLISH, HISTORY

CATH ERINE BRABSON Sevierville, Tennessee Ho~1E ECONOM ICS, ENGLISH, ART Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 11

BETTY TRUMMELL LONGMIRE LaFollette, Tennessee HOME ECONOMICS, H ISTORY, ENGLISH

LUCY KATHERINE CLEMMER Benton, Tennessee ENGLISH, MUSIC, SCIENCE Sapphonian Literary Society; Y. W. C. A.; President, Polk Co. Club, '25, '28; Campus Editor, Ch ~lk Line, '30.

CLAY A. EASTERLY Mohawk, Tennessee INDUSTRIAL ARTS, AGRICULTURE, HISTORY AJSO SOCIAL SCIENCE Football, 1922, '23, '24; Baseball, 1922, '23, '24; Basket­ ball, 1923, '24; DJrmitory Club, 1923, '24; Pestoloz­ zian Society, 1923, '24; Assistant Literary Editor "Old Hickory/ 1924; "T" Club, 1930; Associate Editor Senior Edition "Chlik Line," 1930.

GLADYS MAY SHARP LaFollette, Tennessee HOME ECONOMICS, ENGTSH, SCIENCE Y. W. C. A.; Chapluin, Sapphon:an Literary Society, '30.

AMANDA JANE SEATON Cohutta, Georgia

ENGLISH, HISTORY, SCIENCE Treasurer. Sapphonian, '26, '27; Secretary Sapp]1onian Literary Society, '27, '28; Member of Soccial Com­ mittee, Y. W. C. A., '25, '26; Secr etary Y. W. C. A., '26, '27; Dramatic Club, '26, '27; Scienc.e Club, '26, '27, '28; Tennis Club. '26, '27, '27; Ch·, Jk Line Staff, SEmmer, '29, '30. 12 THE CHALK LINE Aug. i8, UJ80

SAMMA HELEN McLEOD Johnson City, Tennessee ENGLISH, HISTORY, LANGUAGES

MARY HARSHBARGER Kappa Delta Phi Sorority; Pi Sigma Literary Society; Exchange Editor Chalk Line, '25, '26; Secretary P i Sigma Literary Society, '26; Glee Club, '23, '26; Dramatic Club, '23, '26; Joke Editor Chalk Line, Summer '30; Literary Editor Chalk Line, (Senior Edition, Summer '30).

LILLIAN FIELD POE J ohnson City, Tennessee HISTORY, ENGLISH Supervi::;or of Grade Four, Training School.

NEBRASKA WILLIAMSON BROYLES Chuckey, Tennessee ENGLISH, LANGUAGE, HISTORY

EDNA WILLIAMS Limestone, Tennessee HIS1'ORY, ENGLISH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION Basketball, '27, '28, '29; Pi Sigma, '28, '29, '30; Captain Basketball, '28, '29; Member of Student Council, '29, '30; Varsity, Tennis, '30; Member, Women's "T" Club, '28, '29; French Club, '27, '28, '29; Athletic Editor, Chalk Line, '29, '30; Literary Editor, Chalk Line, '30; Glee Club, '28, '29; Dramatic Club, '27, '28. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 13

Seniors (,ail On!

0 Ho! Brave sailors, sail! 0 sail! You're welcome on life's sea, You never tackle jobs to fail­ Sail on to victory !

Be not content to idly drift The long, long years away, But always race; surpass the swift, Go faster day by day.

The little boats with rudders gone Float near the shallow shore. Hence, tarry not, sail on, sail on! And trust to wisdom's oar.

The first great battle has been won . But more are yet to fight. Leave not a task, though hard, undone, But keep your ship aright.

Your knowledge is your mighty ship, See that no rudder's gone,- And neatly rigged from tip to tip­ Sail on, sail on, sail on!

The seas are deep and waves are high But masters win their goal. Sail on, where castles touch the sky And ground not on the shoal.

The star of truth will guide your wa:y Across life's stormy sea, While wisdom's power, night and day Will drive your ship to lee. EDDYTHE HAWKINS. 14 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

WHO'S WHO IN THE SENIOR CLALSS the most enthusiastic manner the merits of the school and the progress that has been made.

Let me but boost my school from day to day, Elmer Aslinger ...... Most Humorous In field or forest, at desk or loom, Kathleen Barker ...... Quietest In roaring market place or tranquil room; Lola Barry ...... Best Cook Let me but find it in my heart to say, Catherine Brabson ...... Best Natured Where vagrant wishes beckon me astray- Clarence Bralley ...... Our Lawyer-to-be This is my school ; my blessing, not my doom. Nebraska Broyles ...... Happiest Of all who live, I am the one by whom Lucy Clemmer ...... Most Accurate This school can best be advertised in the right J. H. Davis ...... Most Bashful way. Lillian Davis ...... Most Artistic Denver Dyer ...... Handsomest Clay Easterly ...... Most "Shiekish" A SONG TO OUR ALMA MATER Margaret Fain ...... Most Pedagogical L. C. Gray ...... Most Ambitious From out the dreams of long ago- Juanita Hall ...... Most Modest The dreams of praise and wordly fame, Helen Haemsch ...... Most Business-Like We heard a voice-deep, sweet, and low, Mary Harshbarger ...... Most Talkative Our Alma Mater called our name. Eddythe Hawkins ...... Biggest Flapper Dayton Isaacs ...... Most Eloquent We say, with half awakened soul Carl Lackey ...... Most Conscientious The path, unknown, that led to life,­ Betty Longmire ...... Most Industrious The guide post pointing toward the goal, Helen McLeod ...... Most Thoughtful Beyond the realm of toil and strife. Thomas McPherson ...... Most Scientific Silas Miller ...... Most Forgetful "The quest is thine !"-again the voice, Emma Painter ...... Most Patient "But thou awhile must tarry here, Lillian Poe ...... Best Teacher Till Truth shall every heart rejoice Amanda Seaton ...... Best Natured And thou shalt see the vision clear." Halleen Snyder ...... Youngest Edna Williams ...... Most Athletic Cordell Young ...... Most Musical With faltering steps, but firm at last, We followed,-thou did'st hold our hand­ At fount~ of knowledge, deep and vast Did'st bid us drink and understand. BOOST YOUR SCHOOL Through years of doubt, thy strength was sure, Spirit of light, thy vision stood, Recently someone said with reference to the And bade our souls be strong and pure new drive in front of the Training School, "Isn't For highest, holiest manhood. that a magnificent sweep?" It is a most appropriate term for the new drive, but it is Dear Alma Mater, loved and blest, applicable too, to the progress made in a great Thy hand shall bind our armor on, many directions in our school. We have observed And lead us forth upon the quest- and enjoyed one "magnificent sweep" in educa­ Where aim and purpose in life are won. tion in our Teachers College in the last three or four years. It is not the purpose of this article Upon our hearts we wear thy sign, to enumerate all the things that have been done, With courage which shall never fail, nor what is on the program to follow- we all Lo ! nineteen-thirty, her hand in thine know it; we have heard it over and over again Shall find, at last, the Holy Grail. this summer, and not too many times. But those E. HAWKINS. on the outside have not yet compi:ehended it, and there is a diminishing few who are so prejudiced Would You Like A Loaf they don't want to comprehend it. To be college bred means a four-year loaf, re­ We hope fervently that every student will take quiring a gooj deal of dough, as well as plenty advantage of every opportunity to broadcast in of crust. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 15

YOUR FOUR YEARS POPULAR FACULTY MEMBERS LEAYING THIS YEAR You, who are known as seniors, have labored diligently, we hope, for four years for what is Three of our facculty members are leaving at known as the Bachelor of Science degree from t he end of this quarter, Miss Ruth Thomas to The East Tennessee State Teachers College. The enter the University of Chicago, Dr. Samuel C. Faculty and undergraduates have watched with Collins to go '~o the Massa£husetts Institute of the keenest interest your growth from 1m:levelop­ Technology and Mr. P. Wape Alexander to go ed and unvisioned youths to what is hoped to be abroad to the University of Edinburgh. All three women and men of vision, refinement, and ma­ are very popular with the students and are held tured thoughts. in high e_steem by their fellow faculty members. Not only have YOU developed from a smaa We regret to see them go. beginning, but the institution, which through all Miss Thomas goes to Chicago, where she will time w_ill be known as your Alma Mater, has do graduate work at the University of Chicago. developed with you to such an extent that you Dr. Collins has experimented with heat capaci- will forever be glad to claim her as such. Time -ties and has devised a means of determining was when your institution was little more than gaseous heat capacities, which does not allow a brick and mortar and a fitting place t:o while change in volume to take place. After hearing away TIME t hat was compulsory. Time is when of his experiment the Massachusetts Institute of you should feel thankful for the rare opportunity Technology, Boston, invited Dr. Collins to become of attending such efficient, congenial and com­ a member of the faculty of the institute-with fortable laboratories of life. Time has been when all of his time to be spent in experimental work a spirit of rebellion and disloyalty existed among and study. you. Time is now when cooperation, contentment Mr. Alexander has accepted an exchange fel­ and respect for your fellow-beings reigns supreme. lowship by Columbia University with Edinburgh All these changes have not taken place without University, Scotland. He will give four lectures much thought, worry and hard work on the part each week to young teachers enrolled at the uni­ of all connected wit h the institution. Neither versity, and during his year's work he will make w!ll great changes for good in your lives take a circuit, lecturing at Dundee, Aberdeen and place without a mind trained for logical t hinking, Glasglow Universities. He also plans to do gradu­ and a constant figh-.; ~gainst the forces which ate work at Edinburgh. seek to overcome you. Your intimate associations through these years No Pull, Either will be looked upon as the most pleasant of your lives, and many ties of fl.1,iendship have been A wealthy motorist, while touring thru woven so strongly that they can never be severed Georgia, drove up to a gasoline station and found by the ravages of time. the tender a lazy country boy. "Hey, bGy,'' said the motorist, "I want some Your going will make but little change for the institution, for its work must continue, but t he gasoline. Get a move on you. You'll never get anywhere in this world unless you push. Push separation one from another will long remai11 a dismal shadow. is the EJsential. When I was young, I pushed and that got me where I am." The paths of life are now stretched before you. "Well, Boss," said the boy, "I reckon as how Choose you this day that one which serves your you'll have to push again, 'cause we ain't got a talents best. Walk and faint not. Be courteous, drop of gas in the piace." kind, thoughtful and obedient. Remain on those which lead to a higher, nobler and fuller W. K. : "Don't you wish you could live your life life, and your Alma Mater will cherish your over?" memory forever. Eddythe: "No, indeed, I will get my degree in W. K. MAIN. August."

Miss Yoakley-"I've had a terrible premonition Old Timer-I once knew a man who stayed of approaching death." home with his wife every night for thirty years.'' Student-"No ! Really?" Old Timer's Wife-Ah that was true Jove! Miss Yoakley- "Yes, I've bought one of those Old Timer-Oh, no it wasn't; that was par­ lifetime fountain pens, and it's broken." alysis. THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

ANOTHER TEACHER AT STATE TEACHERS A TRIP TO A NEWSPAPER PLANT COLLEGE We do not realize the many operations involved Will Visit Schools in Winter; Teach in Summer in the course of printing an edition of a news­ paper until we have occasion to visit a newspaper This fall t he college will add or,ie to their num­ plant. Our journalism class was fortunate ber of faculty members. The new member will enough to be extended the courtesy of a visit to not stay at the college as a teacher during the the Chronicle-Staff News plant. This visit was fall and winter months, but will visit the schools edt:cational as well as interesting. of East Tennessee. In the schools he will observe There are nineteen steps in the publishing of the conditions and the methods and manners of news, that is from the time the event happens the work, and give each teacher helpful sugges­ until it is printed and sold on the street as news. tions. In explaining the objectives of the new First we visit the circulation and advertise­ work, Dr. Sherrod said he had long hoped to have ment departments. These departments look after someone to do such work for the college, because the circulation of the paper and the gaining of he thought the college could give more real serv­ advertisements by the paper. Next we come to· ice to the school bJ'.' observing the real situations the editorial offices, here the reporters write the of the indiviqual schools and thereby determin­ news and send it in to the composing room, we ing both the individual and common needs of the will also mention the typewriters that are con­ schools, before attempting to give instructions. nected with wires from different news associa­ The visiting teacher will bring much informa­ tions, this news comes over the wires and is tion back to the college that will be useful to the automatically written by the typewriters, there­ authorities, when planning the curriculum and fore, the news that is thought desirable is pub­ the different units of work for each study. lished. Now we come to the composing room. As it is impossible for the state inspector to be Here all the news from the editors are made into at each school every year, this new work will lead types. The machines that perform this oper­ supplement the state's activities and thereby not ation is called the Linotype machines. The oper­ only furnish information for our own college, but ators of these machines are highly skilled work­ the gathered facts will be of use to other similar men. The Linotype machine is very complicated. institutions and officials of the state. It melts the lead and casts it into the type that is The same person who will do t he work de­ used in the stereotype room; in the stereotype scribed will teach at the college during the sum­ room the type from the Linotype room is pressed mer in the Department of Education. on an asbestos sheet; the impression is left on the The man who has been chosen for this work is asbestos sheet by pressure applied by a pressing Mr. Vance of Nashville, a cousin of Mr. Mathes, machine. Then this asbesto~ sheet, with the im­ who has held different positions at the college pressions, is placed in a cylinderical steel drum, for many years. then melted lead is poured in. After cooling, the drum is then opened thereby disclosing a half cylinderical lead slab with the impressions that HOW TO KILL A SCHOOL PAPER were made in the linotype room. Now the im­ pressions are ready for the printing machine. These lead slabs or half drums are mounted on 1. Take no interest in this or any other the printing machine and the machine is now activity. The effort might kill you- Be a ready to print the newspaper. This machine is DROOP. capable of printing thirty-thousand copies per 2. Read the ads in this paper. Then go hour, that is at top speed. But at half speed it and trade somewhere else. BE A CHUMP. prints about eighteen thousand copies per hour. Now the finished paper is given to the news boys 3. Borrow somebody else's paper. BE A for delivery on t he street. SPONGE. 4. Knock the paper ~nd everything in it. Gladys Sell- "Mama, I can't go to school to- Nobody knows anything clever but you. You day." are the bright light on the campus. Be­ Mrs. Sell--"W'hy not?" what you should have been long ago­ Gladys-I don't feel well.'" A CORPSE. Mrs. Sell-"Where don't you feel well?'' Gladys-"In school." Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 17

A DUTCH WATERMELON FEAST DR. SHERROD ENJOYS RECREATION PERIOD On Frday, August first, Mr. Wheeler announc­ ed in assembly that since things were so dry During the summer quarter the recreation hour around the State Teachers College there would sponsored by Coach Batey has added much to the be a new kind of social activity on Monday even­ lives of the girls in the dormitory. Each Wednes­ ing at 7 :30 o'clock. This would be a Dutch water­ day and Friday evening from six until eight base­ melon feast. There were three regulations with ball is enjoyed by a large number of the girls. which all must comply: "ability to pay, ability About eighteen girls play, and there is always a to tote, and ability to eat." Watermelon was not large number of enthusiastic fans. served in the cafeteria for about two days previ­ "Run, run" and ''Come home" can be heard ous so that it could be enjoyed to the fullest ex­ several blocks off the campus. To add interest, tent when the students and faculty met in front two girls "choose up" and score is kept. Good of the Girls' Dormitory Monday evening._ pitchers, catchers and batters are being develop­ ed ; and especially good runners. Dr. Wheeler and Miss Yoakley were masters of • On several occasions Dr. Sherrod has come ceremonies. The first contest was that of eating over to the Girls' Dormitory, to get his share of a slice of watermelon quickly and artistically. the fun and excitement. A few more of the girls There were eight participants: Ethel Clotfelter, come out to see him bat and make home runs. Desma Long, Elsie Lou Hamby, Jewel Frick, They are never disappointed. Although he has Frank Fields, Jr., Dr. Sherrod, Lillian Lockwood, never told us of his career as a baseball player and Mr. Brading. Jewel Frick and Dr. Sherrod we feel sure that, as a younger man, he must finished at the same time, but all agreed that Dr. have been on the high school and college baseball Sherrod would have easily won if he hadn't teams. When we hear him yelling, "Rah, tap it "choked." After drawing straws for the prize it gently" and "Come home, Sarah, come home!" We was awarded to the young lady, the prize being know he must be in the past, living again those a large butcher knife. This prize was presented happy days when hair covered his head and re­ to Miss Frick in a very amusing manner by Miss sponsibilities rested light on his shoulders. Jessie Ackerman. L. C. A guessing contest was held. About one-tenth of a large melon w,:.ts held up by Dr. Wheeler and each person was asked to guess the number of · NEW DRIVEWAY COMPLETED seeds in it. Mrs. Sherrod won in this contest and was presented with a small bank by way of en­ One of the outstanding improv~ments made at couraging her to save her p~nnies. the S. T. C. recently is the new driveway. This The last game consisted in dividing the guests project cost thousands of dollars, but is only in into groups of about four members each to cut keeping with the progress of the college. and eat the melon i.hey had bought and "toted." The present system will, not only be adquate, The affair was enjoyed by more than one hundred but will insure safety. The old system of drive­ students, faculty members, and visitors. ways on the college grounds were found to be L. C. inadequate with the large number of cars used by the students and accidents would probably Recreational Hour result; therefore an appropriation for this pur­ The recreation hour which is held twice a week, pose was secured by the school authorities. Wednesday and Friday, under the supervision of The old training school was torn away and Mr. Batey has met a long felt need in the lives sold to a Johnson City bidder. This was made of the dormitory girls. This recreation hour of­ necessary since the new driveway was to be fers to each an opportunity to engage in some routed via the new training school. The new wholesome sport, besides relieving the monotony piece of road leads to the new training school of walking around the campus. We do not have from the main entrance at the college campus and enough tennis courts or golf clubs to accommo­ joins the old driveway north of the administra­ date all who might wish to use them, but the tion building. recreation hour offers a play time for all who Many students are of the opinion parking need and wish exercise. It is surprising how sheds should be constructed at the rear of the much interest is being shown by the girls, and administration building to accommodate the large their cooperation and enjoyment shows that Mr. number of cars used by both faculty and stu­ Batey's efforts have not been in vain. dents. us THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

TRAINING SCHOOL LOSES DIRECTOR JESSIE ACKERMAN GIFT AND SCHOLARS HIP FUND Prof. Alexander Will Study at Edinburgh Scotland Miss Ackerman, who has been a loyal friend to Professor P. W. Alexander, director of the the State Teachers College, donates her entire training school, and Mrs. Alexander, will sail for personal library which will be in our new Europe the first of September. Mr. Alexander museum. There are over two thousand volumes has received an exchange scholarship from of books in:::l uding History, Fiction, Biography, Columbia University, New York City, to the Uni­ Literature, Science,Religion, and various collec­ versity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. tions which she has accumulated from yc-:trs of Mr. Alexander has received this scholarship reading and study. for his outstanding work and interest in the field She has given a large number of relics from of education. While studying his schedule will include four lectures a week to be given in the practically every country of importance in Eu­ Teachers Training Departm~nt. -He will special­ rope and Asia. Some are as old as 750 years. ize in teacher's training. This donation will be available to the college and Prof. Alexander will observe work in differ­ 1.:0 the public in the college museum in the new ent schools and colleges, among which are the library building. Miss Ackerman has also do­ schools of Aberdeen and Glasgow. Next summer nated $5,000.00 to be used as a scholarship fund he is planning to study the school conditions of for deserving students. Europe with a class from Columbia University. Space will not permit us to give a complete Before going to Scotland Mr. and Mrs. Alex­ description of this wonderful contribution to the ander will tour Norway and Sweden, beginning lovers of truth and high scholastic standing. his work the first of October. This marks an unusual epoch in the history of The Teachers College regrets very much to lose this college and should suggest other contribu­ Mr. Alexander. For the past three years he has tions to the State Teachers Colleges. been a popular and successful director of the Training School. His friendliness and sym­ HOW TO STUDY pathetic understanding, along with his success­ ful and helpful work, will not easily be forgotten. Study is an ideal habit; Prof. Alexander will be succeeded b:y Mr. Clar­ Those who have it must acquire it. ence Hope of Texas. Mr. Hope comes highly I may inherit brains, but see recommended as a teacher's supervisor. Mr. The use of them is left to me. Hope holds a B. A. degree from the State Teach­ ers College, Canyon, Texas, and an M. A. degree Some folks study all the time, from Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn. The But few of those live in my clime. Teachers College feels very fortunate in having Others seem so socialistic obtained his services. Books tend to make them pessimistic.

There Was A Fool I remember very well A fool there was and he stayed up late, One morning at the second bell Even as you and I, T1,e Dean began to give a test And all he did was procrastinate When through the window came sounds of jh;t. Even as you and I; He left his work to meet its fate, SE:ated beneath the old oak tree Until exams made him hesitate, Was a company of those who would idle be, The highest be got was 68, Laughing and talking without discretion Even as you and I. Almost disturbing the whole creation.

A fool there was and he studied late, To them an order was directed Maybe as you and I; The Dean had not miscalculated He'd never loaf or dissipate, I mean it was an order, 'Buddy'- Maybe as you, not I; "Write me a theme on 'How to Study'." His Prof. he tried to imitate, Alibis he'd never relate, The pessimest says times are hard and blames The lowest he got was 98. Hoover. The optomist thinks times have been It might have been you, not I. worst and doesn't worry. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 19

PRESIDENT RECEIVES NEW TITLE The present building was erected in 1922 and has become entirely too small for the library and Dr. Sherrod Becomes a "Babe Ruth" the students who must use it. Before having plans for this building drawn Friday evening as the girls were assembling up Dr. Sherrod visited a large number of the best for the regular game, Dr. Sherrod walked into libraries of the country and made a special study our midst. He was dressed in running shoes but of their best and most desirable features. He still wearing the president's dignified black bow then chose the best of those features and conveni­ tie. ences suitable for our libra,ry and had them in­ Mr. Batey looking no less surprised than the corporated in the plans for our new building. rest, suggested Dr. Sherrod be taken on one side. The plans have all been made for the new Finally the teams were selected and began play $175,000 library at Teachers College. The work­ on the improvised diamond in front of the Girls' ers will soon begin working on it. They will have Dormitory. it ready for use before this time next year. The president went into action first as a catch­ This library will be one of the most modern er. Here he did not shine as a brilliant player. that can be found anywhere. It will meet all the Fouls fell through his hands and rained about his requirements for an up-to-date library. feet like apples shaken from a tree. By the The entire building will be as large as the ad­ efforts of the able pitcher and the unable base­ ministration building. It will be a brick struc­ man and outfielders, the president comes to the ture and will be located two or three hundred bat. feet from the south end of the administra tion The president at the bat! the way he swung building. It has been said that the library would the bat made you think he was a baseball pro­ bf. placed there so the Dean could see from his fessional rather than a college president. He class room all those who are loafers. • proved a real "Babe Ruth." Each time he came In this library there will be four floor s with to the bat the outfielders fled to the edge of the the basement. This library will have a small ravine, ran fast, threw hard, but the ball usually theatre, which will be used for literary society reached the yelping Mr. Batey after the Presi­ programs and for plays. dent ha-:1 touched home plate. Despite the desper­ There will be a large reading room, which will ate effort the "Home Run King" was always accommodate one-third of the one thousand and comfortably seated on the side line mopping the more summer students. perspiration from his brow when the ball reached It will have a large and well equipped museum home. and conference rooms for the students to hold If the president continues the practice with · t!·,eir study conferences in, and not disturb others. the very able teams which Mr. Batey has trained There will be many, many more volumes of from Mrs. Slack's very quiet and dignified Dormi­ books placed in the new library. tory girls, it is thought by the end of the season And last but not least there will be an elevator he will be a rival to Babe Ruth himself, and may­ for the use of the students and faculty. be an able catcher. We're waiting jubilantly for this new library to be completed. NEW LIBRARY FOR TEACHERS COLLEGE Can You Beat It Growth of College Demands a Larger Library. Work Will Soon Begin Prof. Cox in Assembly: "Now, Miss Long will sing a piano solo, accompanied by Miss "Schwu­ Owing to the rapid growth of the Teachers Col­ chow." lege a new building is now under construction for a library. This building will have a large reading If a woman's face is a fortune some of the col­ room, stacks to hold one hundred thousand vol­ lege girls would be arrested for counterfeiting. umes, work rooms, class rooms, and consultation rooms to which groups of students may retire for the purpose of discussing problems. There will Mrs. Prince: Just think dear, I weigh 300 be a museum on the third floor of the building. pounds. During the past four years more than eleven Mr. Prince: And to think that it all belongs to thousand books have been added to the library, me. What have I done to be worthy of such a making the total in excess of fifteen thousand. great blessing? 20 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

GIFTS OF THE MOUNTAIN where God wished to test his faith. God spoke to Moses from the burning bush as he tended his flock upon the mountain. It was from the moun­ To many of us the word mountains suggest an tain that Moses viewed the promised land. inspiring picture of nature given by an impartial Our Saviour's life on earth was intimately con­ hand. To others it may suggest something far nected with the mountain. He gained victory away, strangeness, or wildness. over sin and temptation on a mountain. The We are told that all the earth is equal in the greatest sermon ever preached is called Christ's value of her gifts, that the universe is ruled by Sermon on the mount. the law of compensation and no part is favored Another gift of the mountains is the air. It above another. Although this may be true, the is so pure that it is a tonic, which so frequently mountains are nature's treasure houses, where restores the invalid to health. It has also proved the choiciest gifts are stored. to be natures remedy for tired minds and bodies. The mountains have always been a refuge and Whenever we have a few holidays we usually go shelter to the conqueroring race. It is not exagger­ to the mountains. ating to say that there are no physical feature of One of the most im~ortant, and most abused the surface of the earth which renders such a gifts of the mountains are the fqrests. There is variety of service as the mountains. The valleys nothing more inspiring than a lofty mountain only feed; the mountains feed, guard and covered with sturdy oaks and majestic pines. strengthen us. The mountains are the main­ springs of the world as far as surface is concern­ ed. It would fare ill with mankind if the moun­ SHE DIDN'T CHOOSE TO SAY "YES" tains were removed or destroyed in some way. Things would come to a standstill. The soil would become exhausted, streams would cease to flow, We have been told that opportunity knocks at rhe world would become a stagnant pool. our door only once. Very few of us realize this The mountains serve us as an elevated reser­ until it is too late. Too late! That is a dreadful voir of water in some form or another. Water word and it has a weighty significance in the lives is so common that few of us ever stop to think of some of us, especially, in the case of single of this great gift. maids. But the greatest gift of the mountains is the I happened to be talking with one the other man and womanhood they have given to the day who thought it necessary to explain why she world. Men of courage and honesty, who are had remained in the state of single bliss. I knew, not afraid to stand up for right and fight for it but nevertheless, I listened sympathetically. She if necessary. The men of the mountains have had had several good chances to say, "yes" but blazed the trail through the wilderness, sown the she preferred to have Miss attached to her name. seed of civilization, and planted the flag of So long as she remained single, she was free to freedom where civilized man had never trodden. It do as she pleased, she could go when and where was their courage, endurance and heroism that she wanted to, she could pursue happiness after helped make our nation what it is today. In time her own fashion and not be bothered with a of danger the mountains have furnished their grouchy husband. hero. The mountains gave the men that won the You never could tell about men, anyway. Some Battle of Kings Mountain, which turned the tide of them might be all right, but very few of them of the Revolution, and Alvin York the hero of could be trusted. True, most married women the World War was a gift from the mountains. pretended to prefer washing dishes, cooking, and Since the beginning of time the mountains noisy children to a career; but they were just too have stood as· a symbol of high and holy things. proud to admit their mistake. Many of the most notable events in the history Well, let everyone, who wanted to get married, of christianity have the mountains as a back­ but if any man ever did have the nerve to ask ground. The ark rested on a mountain top. Abra­ her to be his wife she would say- well, she ham was sent to a mountain to build an altar thought she would say no! Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 21

THE SOCIAL· OUTCAST tions to which she was invited. She understood at last why she could never fit in. To be a social Marian Calmly pulled her chic hat over her s~ccess, one must have had an operation, be on a auburn curls, tucked a stray lock back into place, diet, or have a perfectly wonderful h usband. gave her nose one last pat with the powder puff Which way could she turn now? Which would and then, despite the fact that she was now thirty be the lesser of the three evils? minutes late, stopped for a critical survey of her­ self in the mirror. She saw nothing wrong. Her THE FIRESIDE dress was the very latest style and it fit her perfectly; so with an approving nod to her reflec­ By C. A. Easterly tion, she started to walk the two blocks to the In this modern age, the age of noise and money scene of action which was another bridge party, distractions, when so few people are satisfied to the fourth for that week, and it was now only be at home, t he increasing tendency is to pull Wednesday. the home apart. Here is the teacher's great op­ The other guests were assembled. They gave portunity and privilege to emphasize the value a sigh of relief as Marian slipped into her chair. of the home. No one ever knew just how long the party would The fireside of the American home is to seem­ be delayed on her account; yet each hostess al­ ingly of infinite importance. It is important be­ ways gave her a most cordial invitation. Her cause it is universal, and because the education father was city superintendent. it bestows, woven in with the activities of child­ The game swung into action with all the hustle hood, gives form and color to whole texture of and enthusiasm that attends a bridge game on life. There are very few who go far enough to an afternoon in July. During the first hand Mrs. receive a college degree, but all are graduates of Perkins gave all the details about her favorite the home hearth. The learning from a college or operation. Determined to have her share of the university may fade from recollection their spot light, Miss Elvira Simpkins, told how to keep classic lure may moulder in the halls of m'emory ; a trim figure. In fact, when she had finished but the simple lessons of home, firmly planted telling the things that she left out of her diet in the hearts of childhood, defy the rust of years no one w::mdered why she ate so much when in~ and outlive the more mature, but less vivid pic­ vited out to dinner. When the next hand came tures of after days. So deep, so lasting indeed round, Mrs. Jones just had to tell about how are the impressions of early life, that you often wonderful her husband was. She had been see a man in the autum of age holding fresh married only three months. in his memory the events of childhood, while a wide space between that and the present hour Marion knew that it was her time to talk while has departed and is a forgotten waste. the fourth hand was being played. But what Many times have we seen an old and possibly could she talk about? She had never had an half obliterated portrait, and in the attempt to operation, she ate anything she wanted without have it cleaned and restored, we have seen it fade fear of losing her pretty figure, and she didn't away. Then we see a brighter and much more have a husband. Well, perhaps, for once, all perfected picture painted and revealed to view. would be content to keep their minds on the The portrait first thrown upon the canvas is no game. No, Mrs. Perkins had forgotten to tell apt illustration of youth, and though it may be how handsome her doctor was and what lovely concealed by some after design, still the original things he said to her. Of course he talked the traits will shine through the outward picture same way to all of his patients, but still, it help­ giving it tone; while fresh and surviving it in de~ ed so much to know that someone took an inter­ cay. Such may be said of the American fireside, est. Before she had finished, Mrs. Jones was the great institution that Providence has pro­ bubbling over with something else about John vided for the education of all men. and then Miss Simpkins joined in with more diet. And so it was during the entire afternoon. Every Prof. Billy Flynn: "Does anyone know what lady present had either had an operation or they the Sherman Act was?" were dieting, or better still, they could talk about Kathleen Barker: "Marching through Georgia." their husbands. Marion walked slowly home pondering many Cordell : How did you learn to stay under water things in her mind. At last every thing was so long? clear to her. She saw now why she could never Bralley: I spent a week at the beach with one join in the conversation at the various social func- of my heaviest creditors. 22 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

FEET IDEAL TEACHER TRAINING

That the human race had feet of course I knew, By C. A. Easterly but that there were so many different kinds of No objective appraisal of higher education for feet, feet that told so much about their owners, the past twenty-five years in th~ United States is a fact of which I was ignorant, as perhaps most can fail to give a significant place to those insti­ people are unless they, too, have made a failure tutions devoted to teacher training. According in an attempt to write an essay on these members to the Virginia Journal of Education, there were of our anatomy. devoted to this work in 1928, 234 institutions, I found when I began looking at feet that there with an enrollment of 274,348 students. The were little feet and big feet, long feet and short growth and development of the teacher's colleges feet, wide feet and narrow feet, real feet and have been outstanding in th~ realm of education artificial feet, happy feet and sad feet, comfort­ during the past ten years. So rapidly have the able feet, and uncomfortable feet, and many colleges advanced in the field of education that it others. is almost impossible as yet to evaluate their con­ Some one has said, "Man's feet are of tribution. It may be they represent the "new" a thing apart; they're woman's whole existence." in higher education. They may be the institu­ This is not true now if it ever was. The tions which, unaffected by tradition, are able to adjectives in the foregoing paragraph may be take the best from the old and make it into the applied equally as well to the feet of man new, they may be institutions unusual in them­ as of woman. Man, who has ridiculed woman selves while combining all that is desirable from because of the pride with which she beheld her the past. This development provides one of the feet, if they were worthy of such a feeling, has interesting studies for the modern educator. come to regard these lowly members of his Included in the number of teacher training in­ anatomy with more respect. And why should not stitutions mentioned there are today 137 State both men and women consider the feet that have Teachers Colleges, all of which confer a Bachelor carried them from place to place for-I was about degree. The degree is based upon four years of to say, "for lo, these many years," but that is a collegiate professional training. The entrance trite expression and one not used in the "Atlan­ requirements are becoming more rigid each year. tic," so I shall say since the beginning of time­ Many states are not accepting students by meaning my time and your time, whenever that examination or certification. The strict enforce­ began. ment in most colleges is sixteen units of work Our feet obey our will. It is only in fiction from an accredited four-year high school. Many that the feet refuse to move when the brain de­ states are going so far as to make admission mands that the individual flee from danger or a selective ; only those students who stand in the scene of horror. upper quartile, or above the mean are admitted. Haven't you seen feet that fairly tinkle when There are qualities which can not yet be measur­ they move? They are so full of life, and pep, and ed, such as: Personality, Character, and Profes­ vigor that they seemed to radiate these qualities. sional Promise. These abstract qualities are These are necessarily comfortable feet. They evaluated by judges who hold personal interviews may be large or small; they ~ay be long or with the students. These qualities will be con­ short; they may be wide or narrow; but what sidered by the superintendents and boards of edu­ ever they may be, they must be real feet. They cation before any teacher is employed ; therefore, may be male or female and I doubt if owner ap­ is it only fair that the student be subjected to preciates them any the less in the one case than the tests? We as teachers graduating from one in the other. But I must not sermonize in this of the mentioned State Teachers Colleges should essay. accept this new idea of education and lend our Feet may sometimes tell us that danger is near. aid in helping put it on a standardized basis. In a certain building, on a certain campus, the When we do this we have helped to advance this feet of a certain lady have, more than once, great nation of ours to a higher level in the field warned transgressors "to flee from the wrath to of Teacher Training. come." Is this not a legitimate use of feet even if they are the feet of another? It promotes close Lady- "Why don't you go to work if you are observance of sound and the art of distinguishing hungry/' between sounds. Some have become connaisseurs Kinkead-On bumming trip-"I tried that in this art. once, and it only made me hungrier." Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 23

THREE DON'TS quite as satisfactory. Any'Yay, I never saw or heard of a teacher in an alms house, did you? Perhaps like Naaman of old you feel that my In studying school methods, one is often warn­ three don'ts are commonplace, that I should have ed to avoid the use of the word don't. There are given you some wonderful prescription. exceptions to all rules and as my parting gift to the students who are in Teachers College, I wish Well, I can't guarantee that they will make an to offer three "Don'ts." Alice Freeman Palmer, or a Charles W. Eliot out of you, but I do believe that the first will keep I Don't get in a rut. you from being too much of a "moss-back" in the The first year I began teaching, I was given teaching profession ; I believe the second will help this above advice by the gentleman at whose you make good useful men and women, the back­ home I boarded. He was a man who thought bone of ours, or any other nation; and I believe deeply and from his keen observation he had that a joy and pride in your work will make peo­ found that getting in a rut was a common tend­ ple envy you rather than feel sorry for you. The ency of the teaching profession. He wanted me public will no longer look on teaching as a job, but to avoid it. I have not followeg his advice as take it to be what it really is, a high and honor­ carefully as I might but I do feel those few words able profession. have helped me. II Don't over emphasize the famous, the rich, NOW! the near great, or even the great. It is fine to bring to the boys and girls the lives Let's think what this little word of three let­ of men and women who have done big things ters could mean to us and see if we perform our throughout the ages, but be sure you set before tasks NOW or do we always say that we will them the example of the wholesome men and wait a few minutes? We seem to forget that we women of their neighborhood. Make your pupils promised ourselves to work in a few minutes and know that these P.eople are doing things in the there we sit to gossip, or to while away our time world and are very much worth while. in some way that is not profitable. I recall hearing my father say one day that Now-the present time or moment, at once, he believ_ed Mr. L. would die before he would tell presently, immediately, instantly, without delay! a lie. I thought that a mighty big test. Would It is said that it is not always easy I be able to stand it? Well I am not saying that - to apologize I have lived up to Mr. L's high standard, but my - to begin over father's statement made more impression on me - to admit error than George Washington and his cherry tree. I - to be unselfish knew Mr. Joe L. and the life he lived. - to take advice III Don't ever let anyone be sorry for you - to be charitable because you are a teacher. - to keep on trying In "Pollyanna, the Glad Book," we read of the - but it always pays. preacher whom Pollyanna found in the woods one Think! Does it pay? It is not going to pay if day in a most despondent mo9d. She cheered him we keep on waiting- the time must be NOW! up by telling him that she thought preaching Now is the time to go to the library and work! must be one of the gladdest jobs. Now from one Now is the time to get up your term paper in­ who has tried teaching let me say to you that stead of waiting until the last of the term! Now teaching is one of the "gladdest" jobs, and I be­ is the time to work out your science unit! No lieve if you work hard and look for the gladness matter what task you have to perform, now is the you will find it that way too. time. Check up and see if you are working NOW! An old gentleman who placed great emphasis on money making (and it is fine, I wish I could) asked me why I didn't follow the example of one A Close Call who was making a lot of money._, He reminded The parlor sofa held the twain me of the fact that I would never make money Fair damsel and her lovely swain; teaching. I replied, "No, and that man, will He and she (connected) never save a boy from the penitentiary." But hark! a step upon the stair, Making strong men and good women is as fine And mother finds them sitting there as making money, and in the long run, I think He and she. · 24 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

THE MIGHT OF LITTLE THINGS KNOW YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS

It was but a little thing for a cow to kick over a lantern left in a shanty, but it laid Chicago in Social Hour Observed ashes and rendered thousands of people home­ The faculty as well as the student body are less. It was a little thing for a janitor to leave a realizing the need of a social hour, not for the lamp swining in a cathedral, but in that shadowy sake of health alone, but that the student body swaying motion the boy Galileo saw the pendu­ may be able to know each other. As a result lum and conceived the idea of the clock as a the social hour has become one of the outstanding measuring piece of time. The absence of a com­ features of the summer quarter. ma in a bill which passed t hru Congress several :vears ago cost our government a million dollars. The social hour is observed on the campus in front of the girls dormitory, in the evening when So we see that "little strokes fell great oaks." the air is cool and everyone is seeking rest. It may be the most trivial thing which turns the tide of the day. A single remark dropped by It is a well-known fact that the mind be~omes a thoughtless person may cause someone hours fatigued as well as the body and when this point of misery. S_ome little weakness, some self-in­ is reached there must be a period of rest in order dulgence, a quick temper, are little things, one that the mind may be able to function clearly. may say, but they have wrecked many a career. The social hour gives the students an oppo1·­ And trifles, light as the air, often suggest to the tunity to get the school work off their mind for thinking world ideas that have revolutionized the a snort time at least and gives them an oppor­ world. t unity to cultivate the spirit of play and recrea­ Of what is the happiness of one's life made? tion and become better acquainted with their fel­ Little courtesies, little smiles of friendliness, low students. pleasant words, good deeds, and good wishes. After each person participates in the games One of the great laws of nature is : "Least of all and gets into the spirit of the hour he finds him­ seeds produces greatest of all harvests. All of self cooperating better, not only with the recrea­ nature's laws concern the smallest atoms, and a tion program but it allows him to feel the need of single drop of water is a miniature ocean. cooperation in the class room and enables him to The truly great person is one who sees great feel free to express himself better with the things where others see little things. Small faculty as well as the student body. things become great when a great soul sees them. Once this college spirit is aroused the student­ Many an honorable career has grown out of a body and the faculty will be working together kind word and a warm grasp of a friendly hand. toward one goal, each trying to make the college Perhaps you consider it a small thing to turn a the best that it can possibly be and ii:i this way cold shoulder just once, to make one stinging re­ they will be increasing the opportunities to help mark, yet in that small friend you may have lost the students to become more broad minded by a friend forever. seeing the many different sides of life. And so may fellow-students let us strive to re­ Not only will the social benefit the immediate member that li ttle things count tremendously in student-body, but it will give the prospective our lives. How often do we hear some student teacher ideas that she can carry to her com­ say, "Oh, well, it's only ten or fifteen minutes munity. till dinner time, there's no use doing anything? Let's just sit here on the bench and wait." "A In fact the social hour can be made the most short time?" Yes- but it is just in these spare pleasant as well as the most beneficial hour of the bits of time, these odd moments, which most peo­ day. And each student shoul,d be willing to con­ ole throw away, that those who have become tribute to the development of this feature of his truly great have gotten THEIR education, writ­ school work and take advantage of the many ten books, and made themselves Jive in History. opportunities it offers. Let us remember the old adage from Franklin's, "Poor Richard:" Prof. Stout-So you had to have an operation For want of a horse the rider was lost, and all." on your nose. For want of a shoe t he porse was lost, Dr. Wheeler-Yes, it was getting so I couldn't For want of a horse the rider waas lost, and all." hardly talk thru it. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 25 26 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930 r-·····---········-·-·-·············--·--·---··-·1 Societies, Clubs and Organizations I

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Introduction the Science Hill Home Economics Club. The When grandmother went to school the children memory of that club's gracious hospitality will had to learn their A, B, C's. Times have changed linger long in our memory. and boys and girls no longer learn the alphabet Prospective members are urged to investigate when first they enter school. There still remains, our club and, if qualifiej for membership, invited however, one alphabet that all students should to join. learn when first they enter college, the alphabet Dramatic Club of their college organizations. There are a num­ The Dramatic Club was exceedingly fortunate ber of these organizations and it is a mistake during the last year in having Miss Irene Bewley from any standpoint for a student not to learn to direct its activities. Miss Bewley, a native of the A, B, C's of one or more. Tennessee, enjoys a national repu tation for her This is the age when provision is made for in­ true portrayal of mountain character. dividual differences so there is a club, a team, or The plays presented by the club were both in­ a society to fit the taste and pocket-book of every structive and entertaining. Many enjoyable one. Would you shine like a Mencken in the plays were given at Teachers College as well as in world of letters? J oin one of the literary socie­ the neighboring cities. One program was broad­ ties. Have the "talkies" a lure for you? Investi­ casted from station WOP!, Bristol. gate the Dramatic Club. Have you a hidden de­ The organization is new; yet its future is full sire to move an audience to tears or to laughter? of promise. The club offers an opportunity to Try debating. Does the title, Master Home Build­ each one to gain a deeper insight into human na­ er appeal to you? Seek t}:le Home Economics ture by means of the study and portrayal of Club. Are you thrilled by Royal North West characters. The new members will be given a Mounted Police? Become a member of the Royal cordial welcome. Force of the Kitchen Police. Would you rival The Young Women's Christian Association Helen Wills? Try for the Varsity T awarded un­ The Young Women's Christian Association has der the Women's Athletic Honor System. In its place on the campus for the purpose of em­ other words know the A, B, C's of your college phasizing the christian way of life in the midst organizations. Learn them by heart as they of educational pursuits and college activities. The made grandmother learn her's in that long ago. association stands for the "development of chriS•· Home Economics Club tian character, the promotion of friendliness The youngest member of our organizations­ among all students in the college, and the train­ The Home Economics Club merits high praise. ing for service through the various activities of October 5, 1930 it will celebrate its second birth­ the association." It endeavors to help girls see day, yet already it has made itself felt in the life life in its wholeness and to adopt a balanced pro­ of the college and has become affiliated with the gram of living during college days. American Home Economics Association. This During the past year regular meetings were rapid progress is no doubt due, in great part, to held every Wednesday evening; every Sunday at the efficient and enthusiastic leadership of its five vespers were conducted. Many of the pro­ sponsor, Mrs. Ada Hornsby Earnest. grams were given by the girls themselves; how­ One of the most inspiring pieces of work un­ ever excellent speakers were secured for many of dertaken this year was an extensive research into the occasions. the life and principles of Miss Richards, the "Service" is the motto of the Y. W. and in founder of Home Economics. The life and works every possible way the association has tried to of other outstanding leaders were also studied. make itself felt in the student life of the college. Splendid lectures on various topics of interest in A loan fund of one hundred dollars has been set the field of Home Economics were also greatly aside; it is the plan to increase t his amount each appreciated. year. The Y. W. was responsible for the installa­ The club's programs did not all consist of re­ tion of an electric radio for the entertainment of search and lectures only, for several social func­ the students of the dormitor:y. tions were enjoyed. One of the most pleasant When Teachers College opens in September the was the Saint Patrick's Party given the club by Young Women's Christian Association will we!- Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE come the women of the student body. The former shine, and because of the dim light the wagon has students know our worth; we trust that the new become lost. Even the stirring pass words "Once ones will give us an opportunity to serve them in a Pestalozzian always a Pestalozzian" have failed any way within our power. to bring forth a glimmer of light. Literary Societies It is the sincere wish of its many loyal friends Tgere are three literary organizations of great that the immediate future of the organization usefulness, both to the college and to the indi­ may be much brighter than the immediate past. vidual members. They are managed by the stu­ We hope that the star of Perfection may shine dents themselves, and members of the Faculty forth again this year in all its splendor, and light have no connection with them, except honorary the way for Pestalozzian to take its former place membership. Besides the literary work, they in the intellectual and social life of the college. give to students a training in self-control, and in Smoky Mountain Science Club the power to influence others which the regular The 1929 "Old Hickory" has this to say about work of the college cannot give. the Science Club: "Realizing that our interest in Pi Sigma Literary Society science is a vital interest- the Smoky Mountain Pi Sigma is the baby organization of the liter­ Science Club has endeavored to stimulate a ary societies. However it is more t he name than spontaneous interest in the several sciences. the organization that is young. The organization through its activities the club has endeavored to dates from the spring term of year 1912-13, and be a help and inspiration to the students of sci­ it was re-organized a::: Pi Sigma Society in 1916- ence in their work, to encourage them in investi­ 17. gations and research, as well as to give practical The Chalk Line, June 16, 1930 had this to say knowledge." of Pi Sigma: "The by-laws and constitution were The programs of this year have been outstand­ rewritten this year, to provide for its changing ing-Talks, demonstrations, motion pictures, and needs and ever-increasing requirements." field trips were an efficient aid in carrying out The society has as many members as it is the work of the club. Dr. Schut from Bemberg allowed to have-all these being brought in un­ gave a most interesting lecture on "Glass Blow­ der a very severe initiation, which is believed to ing;" Dr. Van Brackle spoke on "Oral Hygien€ ;" have made them more appreciative of their or­ an:l Mr. Brown gave an illustrated lecture on ganization." "Spring Flora of this Region." Sapphonian Literary Society The death of Professor Roller brought great The Sapphonian Literary Society was organi­ sadness to the members of the club. Professor zed during year 1911-12. The motto chosen was Roller was one of our most loyal friends. In the "Service'' and during the year 1929-30 the society early days of our history he acted as counselor has carried out the motto in a marked degree in and guide. His memory will ever live in our the intellectual and social life of the college. The hearts. members of this organization have received much Debaters valuable social training, as well as intellectual The year 1929-1930 has been the most success­ benefit, from the well planned educational and ful year in the history of debating at Teachers recreational programs that have been presented. College. There were a larger number taking A large number of students are initiated into part than ever before; Teachers College won the society each quarter and never fail to add more of the decisions than in former years ; a new honor to the name Sapphonian. deeper interest was manifested both by the stu­ Pestalozzian Literary Society dent'3 and members of the faculty. The Pestalozzian Literary Society was organi­ The following composed the girls teams: Mary zed during the year 1911-12 by the young men of Louise Mundy, Margarey Pouder, Gladys Pres­ the college. During its early and middle years ley, and Isabel Guy. its activities were without number and it played Debates were held with Carson-Newman, an impo~·tant part in the intellectual and social Emory-Henry, Virginia Intermont, and State life of the college. While it had no motto it Teachers College at Memphis. The girls took "hitched its wagon to the star" of perfection and part in six debates and met only one defeat. sought for unity, actiop, happiness, good cheer, Margarey Pouder and Gladys Presley were un­ intellectual uplift, and broad literary education. defeated throughout the entire s~ason. The members of this society confess that dur­ The boys who represented th~ college were: ing the immediate past the light of the star has George Fox, Robert Hickey, Sevier Sabin, Frank become dim; in fact the star has almost ceased to Bryant, Raymond Barry, William May, Price 28 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

McCormi:::'.,, Charles Slade, Robert Grindstaff, It's a terrible thing to think of a world lacking and Akard Sell. :n loyalty. Yet we often wonder. The boys teams too:( part most credibly and won a pleasing number. They put over the most A young man nowadays is considered a "flat ambitious program ever undertaken by any de­ tire" unless he has a flock of "slick" wisecracks bating team of the college. They made an ex­ to show how brilliant he is. As to whether tensive tour of the State and debated in a t~ey'1e original makes no difference. r.-1a iority of colleges in Tennessee. The successful year of both teams was due in Many people have convictions, but few have the no small part to the untiring and loyal work of courage of them. We f ind no word to describe Mr. Robert B. C::>x, coach of t he teams. that condition--just call it pure pusillanimity. That's where politics comes in! COBBLESTONES AND FLINT This life's a helluva mess . . . When we're By Cordell D. Young LITTLE.:, BIG girls kiss us and say we're "cute ;" when we're BIG, LITTLE girls kiss us and ask Every person should know one thing : That he for a lollypop ... There you are .... Life's one is of tremendous importance to himself. And if big mess ! he is wise, he will acknowledge the futility of trying to know anything else. Almost everyone admits that politics is a fascinat ing game. Is it so gripping because man No one should believe t he t hings he is taught is inherently bad and it appeals t o his worst side in college. Our institutions of higher learning or is it because he is afraid of losing his bread are merely Dark Age piles. The students are and butter? Usually a game is interesting be­ merely novices working out t heir destruction in cause it appeals to the best in man, his sense of "riotous" ( ?) living, and college professors are honor, of fair play; a game usually means opposi­ just reincarnated monks of whom celibacy is not tion to be overcome by sportsman-like endeavor, required. a series of obstacles to be legitimately removed. But politics, if it can be called a game in the true There's only one lesson to be learned from liv­ sense of the word, is stranger to that sort of ing, and that is that there's no lesson to be thing. It is t he lowest type degenerate hybrid leai ned from life. known to mankind. It fakes the robes of Truth, eats at the table of Falsehood, sups the drink of All hail the pessimist! Persecuted and damned rank Intrigue, and wallows in t he foul sloughs of by the majority of people (unt hinking people), Treachery. It is the one game ( ?) that thrives he is at least true to himself. (Yes. I insinu­ on gilt-edged lies and highbrow rottenness. ate!) His outlook, his attitude, is far more con­ ducive to progress than that of the conceited, Soiled shoes never look so bad until we put on chicken-hearted optimist who always goes about a nicely cleaned and pressed suit. "wagging his tail." Anyway, he gives us some­ thing to think about. He never puts an end to a Teachers College has been a second mother to spirited conversation with the pious and oft-ex­ me: She's spanked the back of my trousers quite pressed ejaculation : "The world is all right: it's often (figuratively speaking, of course) . better than it ever was."

Despite the dreams of men, little and big, there If women continue to become more masculine, never was and never shall be such a thing as men will be forced to become ladies-and wear absolute justice. dresses!

"It's a man's world !" mourns the woman, when mere man rebels. Hushers ! Hush! Teacher's College don't you cry, you'll When honesty is accepted as the best policy, it have a beautiful drive way by and by. is no longer a virtue. Hush! College students don't cry you'll have a new library by and by. Poignancy is the secret of all beauty. CARMEL WHITE. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHA LK LINE 29 30 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

('##############,..,######################## ####################################### ~# # ###-######### ###############1 A L U ·M N I N E W S l##############,...,..,.,,,,....,.,,,~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,....,.,,,,##############.,.,,...,.##############################J A SUGGESTION of one of our deserving countrymen. Second it would serve as an inspiration to all students of Upper East Tennessee, (and) third it would Whenever the Teachers College is spoken Df a mark the beginning of the first progressive move­ magnificent picture is painted. This impression ment of our Alumni Association and add dignity comes· to mind, because of the beauty of the to the campus of our Alma Mater. campus and the harmony of the entire landscape composing it. Beautiful though it is, the appear­ MOONEY, THE ALUMNI "GIANT" ance is constantly being improved. Buildings are being erected that command the attention of any The sale of Jim Mooney, the strike out king passer-by. Road ways are being constructed of the South Atlantic, was confirmed recently by that not only add to the convenience, but also to t he officials of the Charlotte Club. the appearance of t he whole campus. We b-3- Fitching in sixteen games this season Mooney lieve the Alumni Association can assist materially struck out two hundred t!;>irty-two men. He in the further improvement of the lawns. established a league record in a recent game with In every organization t he interest is in propor­ Augusta, during which he struck out twenty­ tion to the amount of activity and personal part three men. In another game he struck out of each individual. Every organization should thirteen men, and it was during this game that haw~ some unifying force; a!ld we believe that if John McGraw, veteran manager of The New York our suggestion is followed there may be such a Giants, was a spectator. Mr. McGraw immedi­ force within our own Alumni Association. ately made a move to acquire Mooney's service for The institution is here as a result of the efforts the New York Giants. The price paid by McGraw of men who have made history. We are a part of was not made public but is reported to be a high this institution, enjoying t he benefits made possi­ figure. ble by the contributions of the men of history. Jim Mooney started his baseball career at the Should we as graduates of the college be willing Teachers College in the spring of 1923 under the to call this our Alma Mater and not leave our directions of Coach J. K. Luck. Later he played marker on the campus? Since the college is situ­ under Coach J. S. Robinson. These two splendid ated in the heart of a section which is rich in coaches deserve much credit for his success. historical events, we wonder if there is anything Mooney went direct from the East Tennessee which would add more and mean more than a Teachers College to t he Chattanooga Lookouts of monument to some famous and deserving Tennes­ the Southern League. There he remained until sean. last year, when he was sold to Charlotte of the The Alumni Association now has t1" e Golden South Atlantic League. Mr. McGraw went to Cpportunity- a challenge t~ contribute to the Charlotte to see Mooney work. This is unusual, beauty of the lawn, and by so doing to show their since the gr_eat manager seldom goes out to see appreciation to their Dear Old Alma Mater and a young player. This work is usually done by an to the men who made possible the grand old official scout. Institution. This opportunity is for each member Mooney is a native of Hawkins County. He of the association to j.oin hands and assist in received his high school training at Mooresburg placing an appropriate bronze statue in a suitable High School. He graduated from the Teachers location on the campus. Thus fa- there has been College in 1929. Last year he was employed as no definite or permanent recognition of George teacher and coach of athletics at Erwin High L. Carter, who donated our beautiful campus. School. Then too, in thinking of this noble undertaking, a statue of whom would be more appropriate than Wanted that of Andrew Jackson or Samuel Doak, the All members of the East Tennessee State pioneer educator? Would it not be a wise policy Teachers Alumni Association to send their dues to erect such a structure in the most suitable to Miss Ruth McNeil, who is T,reasurer of the place in East Tennessee? Association. This project would serve a three-fold purpose. Miss McNeil's address is 721 West Pine Street, First it would commemorate the deeds and valor Johnson City, Tennessee. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE. 31

ALUMNI NEWS the Junior High School of Chattanooga, Tennes­ see. Miss Choate graduated in June, 1930. Miss Annabel Aslinger of Sale Creek, is The last annual business meeting of the State working toward the M. A. degree at Peabody Col­ Teachers College Alumni Association was held lege. Miss Aslinger graduated in 1928. June 6, 1930. The meeting was held in the Train­ Mr. Emmett Lewis Conner of Johnson City, is ing School building, Teachers College, Johnson studying law at Duke University. City, Tennessee. Miss Ella Virginia Ross of Johnson City, is a Mr. Claud M. Mitchell was elected president of teacher of Latin in the Junior High School, John­ the association, succeeding Mr. Frank Alexander son City, Tennessee. of Greeneville, Tennessee. Mr. K. P. Banks of Miss Vera Elizabeth Ross is returning from Elizabethton, was elected vice-president to suc­ Duke University to teach in Elizabethton. Miss ceed Mr. C. M. Mitchell. Miss Mattie Shipley was Ross is working for her masters degree. elected secretary, succeeding Miss Velma Cloyd. Mr. Isaac D. Eggers graduated in August, 1927. Miss Ruth McNeil was elected treasurer to suc­ Since that time he has been t_eaching in the ceed Miss Margaret Lusk. Bristol, Tennessee High School, where he will be Miss Edyth Johnson of Mooresburg, Tennessee, again the coming year. graduated in 1927. Since that time she has been Mrs. Lenoir Weeks Eggers, also graduated in teaching Social Science in Dobyns Bennett High '27. Mrs. Eggers taught in the Virginia High School, Kingsport, Tennessee. School last year and will probably be in the same Miss Lucy Crookshank is doing graduate work system again this year. .at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. The Mr. Charles H. Nave graduated in 1926. Since coming year she will be supervisor at the State 1927 he has been head of the Industrial Arts Teachers College, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Miss Department in the Dobyns Bennett High School Crookshank graduated in 1929. at Kingsport, 'l'ennessee. Mr. Nave is also work­ Mr. Robert Henry Burkhart is working for The ing toward the M. A. degree at the University of American Book Company in Ohio during his vaca­ Tennessee. tion. He is a teacher in the Senior High School Mr. Ancil Baird of Elk Valley, Tennessee, will at Johnson City. Mr. Burkhart graduated with continue to teach Mechanical Drawing in the the June class of '30. High School at Gastonia, North Carolina, where Miss Helen Bowman of Johnson City, who also he has been for the past two years. Mr. Baird graduated in 1930, will teach Mathematics in the graduated in 1927. Junior High School at Alcoa, Tennessee. Miss Ina Kate Yoakley teaches Music at the Mrs. Gertrude Stafford Boren of the June class West Side School in Johnson City. of '30 is teacher of history at the Training School, Miss Ida Alma Barnes is teacher of Home Eco­ East Tennessee Teachers College, Johnson City. nomics at Sulphur Springs. Miss Barnes gradu­ nessee Teachers College, Johnson City. ated in 1927. Her home is in Johnson City, Ten­ Miss Ruth Madlin McNeil of the class of '27, nessee. is teacher of Algebra in the Junior High School Miss Sibyl Lucile Cloyd of Nashville, Tennes­ of Johnson City. see, class of '27, will return to Bluff City, Tennes­ see this year, beginning her fourth year there as Mr. Curtis Erastis Donahue of Luttrell, Ten­ teacher of Mathematics and Science. Miss Cloyd nessee has been principal of Range High School coaches athletics. in Carter County since his graduation in 1929. Mrs. Glenna Cloyd Proper of the class of '23 This year he will teach Mathematics and Manual resides at Scenery Hill, Penna. During the past Training in the Kingsport J unior High School. year she did substitute teaching in Washington Mr. Donahue rep9rts that, as a result of circum­ County schools. She will do regular kindergarten stances beyond his control he is still in the realms work this year because of the arrival of William of "Bachelordom" but is ready to sail on the sea Stewart Proper on May 17th. of Matrimony as soon as be can secure a passport. Mr. Jack Painter will teach History at North Miss Helen Hodges of the class of '30 will teach Fork, West Virginia. Mr. Painter graduated in in the Columbus Powell School, Johnson City, '29. Tennessee. Mr. Trent Huff of Clinton, Tennessee, is now Miss Mary Wilson of the same class will be County Superintendent of schools in Polk County. principal of the Dewey school in Doe Valley. Miss Genora Elizabeth Morrison, class of '28 is Miss Esther Choate will teach Geography in principal of Waynesboro Elementary School, 32 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

vYayn€sboro, Tennessee. She also coaches girls' The Circle Is Broken athletics. Miss Morrison's home is in Covington, The first break in the ranks of the Alumni of Oklahoma. the Tea'.!hers College occured recently when Mr. Mr. Raymond Phillippi is teaching at Copper Samuel Adkins Bertram passed away at his home Hill, and also coaching athletics. at Sunbright, Tennessee. Mr. Hugh Leonard Yaokum of LaFollette, Ten­ Mr. Bertram received his degree in 1927 and nessee, is a teacher of Industrial Arts at Duck­ was teacher of science and history in the Robbins town. High School last year. He was previously mayor Miss Zalea Rue Patterson is also a teacher in of Oneida, but most of his life had been spent in the schools of Ducktown. Miss Patterson tea:::hes the schools of Morgan and Scott counties. Home Economics. Mr. Bertram was a strong teacher, a skillful principal, and a man of exceptional breadth of Mr. Walter Glenn Bettis of Jefferson City, Ten­ culture. He was a life long student and a wide nessee, is teaching Manual Training in the reader. He was unusually familiar with the Charleston High School, Charleston, Tennessee. whole field of scien'.!e an:l was in a true sense a Miss Margarett~ Edna McDonald of Johnson philosopher. City, is connected with the Southern Gas Com­ His personal and home life were beautiful, and pany, Johnson City, Tennessee. his impress upon the lives of pupils and friends. Miss Bethany Elizabeth Mackey of Charleston, was wholesome and stimulating. His death is a Tennessee, teaches History and English in the distinct loss to the cause of education in his Charleston High School. Miss Mackey is also native state. working toward the masters degree at Columbia University. THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. John Toy Gray of the class of '28 is assis­ tant principal and head of the Mathematic Depart­ ment of Bradley High School of Cleveland. Mr. By C. W. Bralley Gray is from Johnson City. It was truly said that mortar and brick do not Miss Lorraine Gray, who is also from Johnson make the school, neither c~n a school be pro­ City, is teaching English and doing library work gressive without sufficient equipment; people ad­ in the Columbus Powell School at Johnson City. mire our beautiful buildings, but the public Miss Mary Elsie White is teaching Literature judges our school by the type of alumnus it turns at the Junior High School of Johnson City, Ten­ out. A school is particularly judged by the loyalty nessee. Miss White's home is in Johnson City. of the Alumni. Mr. Ross Donnelly Fritts of Mountain City, is To be a progressive school we will have to de­ now Superintendent of schools in Johnson County. velop a strong alumni association. By a strong Nffss Mary E:lyth Snider of Johnson City, Ten­ alumni association we mean an organization that nessee, is teaching in Elizabethton. will make a favorable contact with the public, an Mr. Joseph Urban Crum is teaching in Eliza­ organization that will influence the public in all bethton. Mr. Crum's home is in Greeneville, parts of the state. Tennessee. The degree mill, and a school, are two different Miss Georgia Louise Ogden will teach in institutions altogether. In the degree mill we do Madisonville. Miss Ogden is from Johnson City. four years of residence work, get a life time cer­ tificate, and forget the institution. But our college Miss Grace Pauline Williams is teaching in the or Alma Mater hold a life-time of happy Elizabethton H igh School. memories. The sentiment we hold for our Alma Mr. Wilbur Cyrus Morrison is City Superin­ Mater is not dimmed by the passing of years; tendent of schools at Jonesboro, Tennessee. magnified through retrospection they become Miss Velma Louise Cloyd of Johnson City, is sweeter. teacher of Mathematics in the Training School, Therefore let us strive for a stronger Alumni East Tennessee Teachers College, Johnson City. association that will back the school in all her Miss Cloyd has been working toward the M. A. undertakings. degree this summer at Greely, Colorado. Miss Ola Mae Bullington of the class of '28 is now in Woodbine, Georgia, doing Home Demon­ A Solution stration work. Miss Bullington's home is in If a man should sell his shoes to pay his debts, Cleveland, Tennessee. that would foot the bills. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 33

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Boys Athletics the school itself. We cannot but hope that great headway will be made in regard to our athletic activities. GRADUATING LETTER-MEN This school is an excellent one in every way, The number of letter men graduating from other than in athletics. It is our hope, it is our Teachers College this year is comparatively small. most earnest desire that our Alma M~ter be one Although their loss will be as keenly felt as was of the best schools in the South. But in order to do the loss of any previous class. These men were this the realization must come that our athletic all stars in the branches of athletics in which they program must be ccommensurate with that of our participated. They were all leaders in the move­ other activities. This is a fact recognized by all men ts to place athletics on an ideal basis at colleges and universities. And it is most earnest­ Teachers College. ly urged that our school fall in line. The loss of the many lettermen is indeed a Training camp will open for football this fall great handicap to the college in every respect, as as usual; many of the old men will report for fall well as in the athletic field. They came to this training, but as yet it is not known how many institution with the true spirit and right attitude; new men will report; it is hoped that many new and they have endeavored to hold these ideals men will be attracted by the promised athletic before the Student Body and the Public. program. These men participated, not only in athletics, The football schedule has not been c0mpleted but in very beneficial college activity with the as yet, but we think that about seven games will same vigor and determination that was so com­ be scheduled with the colleges in this section. mon in their athletic activities. They proved themselves true sportsmen, and they always play­ This section around, and in Johnson City, has ed to win and bring honor to their Alma Mater, much available football materia!, and it is hoped never for individual glory. When losers they that the Teachers College will .:,ffer adequate in­ accepted their defeat in a spirit that brought ducements so as to attract a number of these faith even greater honor and admiration for them, men. We do not mean by the above statement and for the school for which they represented. that financial inducements will be made, but that When winners they took the hands of their the men who engage in athletics shall have prefer­ opponents in grip that was not mere indiffen:mce; ence in regard to jobs on the campus, and further­ but with a grasp that radiated with sympathy more that efforts shall be made to procure, for and encouragement. They were great as losers; these men, jobs in town. they were great as winners ; they were all men. It is felt by the student body that the emphasis To you: Bralley, Young, Aslinger, Dyer, Davis, to be given athletic activities hereafter will serve and Lackey, we give our hearty wishes for suc­ to attract to our school many of the desirable cess in those fields of life which you may choose. young men and women, who heretofore have gone You have been examples of all that is good and to other schools to get that which should have great. To you, we will refer with voices which been offered at the Teachers College. While we are full of admiration and respect. Your names realize that athletic activities are in no wise the stand for all that is considered a true Sportsman, most important part of any school system, we and for that you will be remembered. do know that it is most essentiallY. a very import­ ant part. WE note with great pride the great progress made in our school during the present FOOTBALL administration. A beautiful new training school stands as a monument of Dr. C. C. Sherrod's Coach Baty "chooses not to talk;" therefore in­ indefatigible progressiveness. At an early date, formation concerning the forthcoming fall foot­ a corner stone of a majestic college library will ball program is "beautifully indefinite." But notic­ be I.~id, which will further crown his ceaseless ing other evidences of progress on the campus, efforts in behalf of bettering conditions at the such as the building of more driveways, the erec­ Teachers College. All of which we commend most tion of numerous buildings, and the increasingly highly. The rating of our school is unsurpassed high standards being made in the personnel of in a purely academic sense. We are proud of 34 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

our academic rating, and as a student body we and enjoy the game. Many girls enter this insti­ acknowledge our gratitude to the one to whom tution who have never played baseball, and this school owes so much. But we want our consequently donot have an intelligent speak­ school to be a well rounded institution. We realize ing knowledge of this nation-wide sport. that this can be attained in no way other than by Along with the sports already mentioned, balancing our athletic program with our splendid special instruction was offered in horse shoes, academic activities. track, and hiking. All people, who are intereste::l, may enter these activities, and by so doing, sponsor these sports, and also get enjoyment for SUMMER ATHLETICS themselves. The advantage of being taught these games in Girls Athletics class is that the students have every benefit. She During the Summer Quarter the girls have ha::1 is learning something practical, and is learning it a slack season compared with the Spring pro­ the right way. gram. That is, there have been no tournaments "Bigger and better athletics is the cry for the run for women in any of the sports. Although Teacherettes." we outwardly haven't done so much, we might say that an excellent beginning has been made toward what the girls department is sponsoring GOLF LEADS -Intramural Athletics. This is being done by Play Golf teaching these respective sports in classes: golf, Golf is now leading all sports at the Teachers tennis, baseball and archery. College. If you have driven around the campus The class in golf is large and goes so far as to after dinner, you have probably noticed how the include two faculty members. The students of golf links were infested with students. If you this class are progressing beautifully with each have not, a hint to the wise should be suff bent. class period. With instructions two hours a week Look out for the ball, they have no eyes. these persons should learn t9 be good golfers, in Golf is now reaching its zenith here, nine­ that they not onl y have this time, but they also tenths of the students are taking advantage of have the opportunity to play at any other hour the wonderful opportunity. We want to en­ during the day, that is convenient. Golf clubs are courage the remaining numl;>er to take part, not furnished by the school, and all that the students :>~1ly for the exercise, but to help raise golf are required to furnish is their own balls. stant ards of this college. Archery was introduced this quarter for the Don't hesitate because you have never playe::1 first time; and as a result, this class is composed golf, but get you a bail; come on out. The college of fifty members. None of these girls had ever will furnish the clubs. There are scores of good held a bow and arrow until they entere:.l this g-:>lfers here every afternoon, who will gladly class. With constant practice they are making 2ssist you in learning to master t_he game. excellent progress for beginners. During the Be sure you take advantage of all the exhibi­ first six weeks the students were instructed in tion shown each afternoon. There is only one form and technique; and then the remaining time way to improve your playing, and that is by see­ was spent on the development of skill. As every­ ing an-:l matching people with skill and techni­ thing must have a beginning-archery has been que. introduced, and by next spring the Wome~'s De­ partment can add an Archery Tournament to the Miss Yoakley-Dorothy, can you tell me one list of other tourneys. of the uses of cowhides? There are two classes being taught in tennis Dorothy-Yes, ma'am. It keeps the cow to­ this summer. Of the fifteen tennis students none gether. had ever played before taking this course; but, never-the-less, these girls are out to learn tennis, Miss Wells had been trying for days to teach and they are learning fast. Our tennis toarna­ the children the difference in present and past ment next spring should be a larger one, due to tense. On this particular day the verb, fight, a larger number of enlightened girls. was in the lesson. The baseball class which was taught the first Howell insisted on using fight for fought. six weeks was the largest gym class. It was Miss Wells: Howell, suppose you and Charles made up of about eighty-three girls. Instruction had been fighting yesterday and you told me in this game enables the girls to have the oppor­ about it, what would say? tunity to understand the game, play the game, "I whipped him," came the quick response. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 35

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"We also have some nice horseradish today," Miss Yoakley in Geography class : "Tell us the grocer was explaining to Mrs. Dr. Sherrod out what you can about the manners and customs of on a shopping trip. the people of India. "Oh, but we keep a car," she explained sweetly. Anita Elliott: "Th8y ain't got no manners and they don't wear no costumes." Mr. Brown entertains a good opinion of him­ Even As You And I self . Wh en Noah sailed the ocean blue, "Well that's alright: his good opinion of him­ He had h is troul::les same as you. self entertains Brown." For days and days he drove his ark Before he found a place to park. Prof. Mathes-Old man, if you only told your wife the truth about everything, you'd get some There was a young lady named Hall place. Who fell in the spring in the fall. P rof. Cox-Yeah, and I'd get there in an "It would have been a sad thing ambulance. Ha:l she died in the spring, But she didn't, she died in the fall. The original gold diggers were forty-niners, Boys, Be Prepared but the modern variety are thirty-sixes or smaller. "Don't bring me any more bills," said Cecil Gray in despair. "I can't face them." "I don't want you to face them, darling" re­ Nowadays mother's little pet is known as plied Mrs. Gray. "I only want you to foot them." mother's little petter. You would not knock Miss Mathews-There is no doubt that The jokes we use, Congressman Reece is :r;ai1 more than he is Could you but see worth. Those we refuse. P!of. Rogers-How much is he paid? Miss Mathews- I don't know. SQUIES A chair has been invented that can be a:ljusted to more than 400 positions. We suggest that a Now I guess the girls are satisfied; the faculty supply be ordered for our use at assembly. defeated t hem twice in the archey contest. Mr. Batey and Dr. Wheeler hit the Bull's eye In marriage he who hesitates is bossed. but thats nothing. Mr. Carson and Dean Bur­ leson tried to. The girl who kisses promiscuously isn't bad­ "Motorists in India are urging headlights for she's mere;y generous. elephants and also fr.ii lights, which are the kind of pedestrians t hey can't bump off. A New Invention Mary Harshbarger came back from the circus This seems to be an era of over pro::luction­ very much excited. "Oh, J. Will," she cried as even over production of heat. soon as she came on the campus, ''Eddyth spilt Why talk about tree sitting contests? the un­ some peanuts and what do you think the elephant employed endurance contestants have the record. did? He picked t hem up with his vacuum clean­ er." The faculty is trying to supply every need fo the students except gray matter. "Marriage," said Dr. Wheeler, "is like a rail­ Admiral Bird is said to be looking for a quiet road sign. When you see a prett y girl you stop; place in which he can write his book. He should then you look, and after your married, you listen." ask Miss Taylor fo_r a seat in the library. Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 37

IN THE "SEATS OF THE MIGHTY" 5. As the north wind lighteth thy cheek in winter, is she who sayeth unto her sorrowful stu­ dents: Chapter 1 6. The skillful use of sarcasm is a rare gift ; 1. The Faculty is a complex thing-fear­ yea few there be that excel it in excellenccy: fully and wonderfully made; swift in judgment, 7. Yet be ye careful to discriminate, for often, and mighty in wrath. AS IN MY OWN CASE, that which is mistakenly 2. Wherefore be not cast down, 0 college railed sarcasm, is SHEER WIT. mates, but hearken unto the words of the sages; 8. Is there a man who compelleth thee to hearken, and GET UNDERSTANDING. write daily themes? Hear my words and heed 3. As an alarm clock that goeth off at five them. a. m., so is he that sayeth continually: read the 9. He is as a drop of cold water, trickling question. down t he neck, and evil shall surely befall him. 4. Lo, he pursueth the even tenor of his ways, 10. He thinketh in his heart-on English - he looketh neither to the right hand, nor to the will I flunk thee, and thou shalt not get t hy left, though the CHEMISTRY PEOPLE weep and "dip;" but take courage-for the future doth not rave in wild despair. · reveal itself, and ONE QAN NEVER TELL! 5. And it shall come to pass that whensoever Chapter III a wretched student shall gaze long into a micro­ scope in the vain hope of finding an AMOEBA, 1. The fool saith to her companion, let us a still small voice shall cheer -him mightily: CUT Bible,-perchance he will think we are ill. Focus carefully up and down. 2. But the wise virgin yieldeth not to tempta­ 6. There came a woman, flourishing the tion and is admonished after this fashion. brush, and say within herself: 3. Behold, rats are an abomination to the 7. Marriage is like unto a besieged fortress; wise; blessed is she who escheweth them, that he who is on the outside desireth to enter and he her brain may be unfettered. who is within struggleth mightily to escape. 4. In the midst of chapel service, came a 8. Hearken unto me, 0 ye damsels whose voice, as of one crying from afar: hearts desire a swain : 5. Woe unto him who handeth not in his High 9. Eled not Psychology, for verily thy joy S::hool Credits, and she who SURREPTITIOUS­ shall be turned into mourning, and thy songs to I Y AND UNBEKNOWNST payeth not her lamentations. Lii:: rary F ine, shall be cast ip.b outer darkness. 10. For strange things shalt thou hear there­ 12. 011e there is who haunteth thy dreams by- even on this wise: continually. 11. No man knoweth where be the seat of his 13. She riseth up early to speak to our Ruler, affections-verily I say unto you they are less and lieth not down till all the lights be extingu­ likely to lie in the HEART than in the SOLAR ished. PLEXUS, back of the stomach. 14. She saith, Lo, it is not seemly for a young 6. And there went forth a call into the north­ n·2n to pay a maid's car fare, and when thou west, and in answer came a man proclaiming seest thy COUSIN in the street than shalt pass doom to whomsoever playeth ragtime. by on the other side. 7. He aideth the CHAPEL MUSIC, though 15. Finally, 0 ye maidens and men, of these suppressed many times, and to the Senate he de­ things be admonished; much study is a weariness clareth : Behold, how I make the students sing. of the flesh, and the faculty can be WORKED. 16. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole Chapter II matter: 1. A man famed in history, cometh and 17. Inasmuch as lieth in you BE GOOD, and lectureth to the Seniors thus : if ye fail in this, BE CAREFUL. 2. Slothful is he who keepeth not his notes E. HAWKINS. NEATLY, and CORRECTLY in order, and the use of a pencil is an abomination unto me. We restless students think there is no place 3. He sayeth : Lo, FOOT-NOTES should be a iike home, but we first want to make a practical delight unto thy soul, and in bibliographies investigation. shouldst thou revel; but a girl who WRITETH The summer term will soon end. Worse things ILLEGIBLY-she shall fail. could happen. 4. And there cometh another, equally famed What language is most used on the golf coursf' in: AMERICAN or ENGLISH? THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

ALMA MATER

In the shado'l>v of the mountain, In the halls we fo: m:;:l our friendships, Under skies so blue, Dear old college home, Stands our dear old Alma Mater, And b thee we piedge our hearts, Glorious to view. Wherever we may roam!

Chorus : Sound the chorus, speed it onward, Thee we'll never fail, Hail to thee, our Alma Mater! Hail to thee! all hail ! Aug. 28, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 39

THE SENIORS BID YOU "GOOD EVENING" made you unhappy, we know. Yet in our hearts we have always wanted to do as yo'u have wished. At last it has come, the hour for which we have We can never forget or cease to be thankful to longed! But why does it fail to bring with it the you. fabled happiness? No longer are we the helpless Students, Friends of T. C., we must go, though victims of Education and Science; but even that we would stay with you. Duty beckons. Out fails to give the promised joy. Like the prisoner yonder in life we will wait for you. of Chillon, we have found that the doors of our Classmates, it is not "goodbye," but "good cell are open, but that we do not care to go. And evening," that we must say to each other, for like the same prisoner we have found that these tomorrow. we begin. another task together in love , four years have not been spent in a gloomy prison, m heart, and m purpose. but in a sunshiny home. E. N. ASLINGER During these four years we have undergone miraculous changes. Patient teachers have some­ "THOUGHTS" times been pleased, but quite as often displeased by these transformations. We have shortened .our dresses; we have lengthened them; we have In the early May of life transferred our affections from one teacher to The birds sang sweetly to me. .another during the space of one night. But these Then I knew no pain nor strife ; changes are mere nothings in comparison to the My heart was happy and free. great evolutionary process which has furnished us with the heads you see upon our shoulders I fished in all the streams today. Four years ago some of us had never c:m­ That flowed close to our land, jugated a French verb; some of us had never had l'ished and dreamed happy dreams .a class in Education; many of us had never even ,, hile building castles of sand. tad a sweetheart. But all these trivialities seem to be put far behind us. Nor do we give our­ V.7aves would sometimes wash away selves all the credit for our unusual achievements My little castles of sand; -the teachers, and perhaps the authors of our Tn my failures of today various text-books have done their respective bits. For t his assistance, small though it may Thoughts drift back to child-hood land. be, we extend our most hearty thanks. Perhaps fo the shadowy future when we have taken our I was eager to rebuild, place with the high and mighty of the land they Made them stronger than before; will receive the satisfaction of knowing that their This thought was to me instilled­ task was well done. Until then they must wait Try again was its implore. .an:l watch, for "all things come to him that waiteth." Waves will wash upon the beach Unfortunately this great improvement has not Many bright and sparkling pearls, been done without tears and pains. We have But before they are in reach often done without food and without sleep in Into the deep destiny hurls. order that we might grow fat or thin, whichever our physician, the teachers, might demand at the I must quit building of sand; minute. Many rose-colored dreams, in well . Thrust my hands out for a pearl, wrought castles have fallen into ruin since we Grasp something that makes a man started our four-year diet. Whether or not these More valuable to his world. dream castles would have ever housed children of genius, none can ever say. Very likely little \Vh~n the sea was white with foam has been lost in this manner, for like the far­ And dark and foggy the shore, seeing bird, the phoenix, new and wonderful Then a child, I sought my home dreams have sprung from the ashes of the old Till the raging storm was o'er. ones. To those who would know them, again we say, "wait and watch." Let the billows lash and roar Teachers, Kind Guardians, as we leave our All my fear of them has past; joyous home of four years, we beg that you will I smile at the gloomy shore remember only our virtues. That we have often While the pearl I firmly clasp. 40 THE CHALK LINE Aug. 28, 1930

TO THE August Graduating Class

OF 1930

MY COl\tIPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES I !

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