Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC April 1925 Daily Egyptian 1925 4-14-1925 The gE yptian, April 14, 1925 Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_April1925 Volume 5, Issue 27 Recommended Citation Egyptian Staff, "The gE yptian, April 14, 1925" (1925). April 1925. Paper 3. http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_April1925/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1925 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in April 1925 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WORK ON .SPRING P'L A Y S BEGINS "ICEBOUND" "THE INTIMATE ZETETI~ me: STRANGER" SPR1Nct SOCRATIC PLAY SPRING PLAY EOYPTIRead by Four Thousand St'.ldents, Faculty and Friends ..... of the School ? Volume V Carbondale. Illinois. April 14. 1925 Nl'mber 27 ~outhern 'Illinois Teachers Meet At S. I. N. U. SHERWOOD EDDY SENIOR COLLEGE SPEAKS HERE s. I. T. A. Members Inspired to STUDENTS GIVE APRIL 22, 23, 24 Bigger a~d, 6etter Work by Prom. 'DOUBLE-CROSSED' New Officers Plan for inent Educational Leaders Carl Smith, Leading Character, Clear4 Next Year. Thirty-five years ago, a small group of teachers of Southern Himself Illinois, inspired with a zeal to improve their profession, met and With the installation of officers in organized the first Southern Illinois Teachers' Association. The In one of the most clever comedies the y.');:. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. idea met with approval and the Southern Illinois Teachers' Assa- staged this year, arose a circum· last wJek, the two organizations be· f;:il": g'l:!! extensive .plans and preparations dation has become as characteristic of Southern lllinois as its' ;!~n~i:U~:~~ ~~:dt::ec::t~~: tor 'the coming to the S. 1. N. U. of wonderful fruit, its beautiful scenery and its well known Normal drawn aside, Smith, who played the Sherwood E)ddy on April 22, 23 and University. The growth has been phenomenal, almost rivaling leading part, sat in deep study, only 24. Owen E. Pence, state student sec· the growth of its best friend, our own S. L N. U. This remarkable to be interrupted by his room·mate, . retary of the Y. M. C. A., was on the . 'b th d t f ShIll" Th' played by Samnel Howe. It was an old time case of love of campus one afternoon aiding in the growth IS' a tn ute to e e uca ors o· out ern mOIS. IS double quantity, that drags the young prelimin~ry plans. phenomenal development is a self ev·ident proof of the success of Sherwood Eddy, author, world trav· any organization that is founded on such a. basis and for suc~ a lover into this predicament.') eler, lecturer, and foreign department purpose as the Southern lllinois Teachers' AS'sociation. Mrs. Crane of Carterville and Miss secretary of the International Y. M, Nineteen twenty-five is our banner year. Enrollment sur. Coleta O'Sullivan of Carbondale play· ed the parts. of the young' girls with C. A., will be an unus'!ally interesting passed the twenty-four hundred mark. This is especially remark- whom Smith was in love. Students, and instrnctive speaker for the stu· able in the light of the unfortunate postponement. More unusual you saw how it ended. Beware of dents and tbe friends of tbe scbool. Mr, FAdy's tour of the world in 1919 (han the heavy enrollment is' the program that\vas arranged by such predicaments, It's only a genius resulted in bis writing "Everybody's the com\ll1ittee. We usually judge a thing by the cost. 'Eighteen that can face a situation of this kind World," a discus~ion of post·war con, hundred dollars was the price paid for, the. two days' program. an? comoe °tutdvictDo°rldoduB. h d tb Ifl .LUrs, er ru e coac e e ,1,tions. you had been in attendance we are sure that you felt that so large play. Mr. Eddy. On the extensive lecture' a sum was weI! spent. From another standpoint, the norm Ofl tour which he is making, Is spending . .• . one week In Illinois. The first part quality, the program could not be rIvaled. Few orgamzatIons TRACK-BASEBALL of the week will be with the student~ have ever had such an opportunity to be entertained and ins'truct- at Normal, Iii., and the other part ed by an assemblage of intellectual leaders of America. ' The past week has been very favor· able for track and baseball. here. An attempt was made by Wasb· Edwin Markham, poet, philosopher, orator and author of Not much bard work has been done !ngton Universl.ty t~ secu~e Mr. ~ddy "The Man With the Hoe" and many other poems, was our "head- thus far in track. In about another for the same tIme tn whIch he IS to. !iner:' Let us quote the NashVille (Tennessee) "Banner": week wben all the men bave become. be here. The chapel periods of Wednesday, "Edwin Markham's lecture here was the literary event of the acquainted with their track suits and Iiave hardened up a little they will TbursdaY,and Friday, April 22, 23 and Season." have a chance to show their stulf. 24, will IJi! given over to Eddy to We'll go the Nashville Banner one better. Edwin Markham's Considering the fac.t that this is , speak to' the students and friends ot our first attempt at track, we are the school. In addition to tjlese lecture in Carbondale was the literary event of our life. It would r.ardly be fitting to let S'Uch an opportunity pass without printing making a good showing. Everyone talks there will be two other meet· seems to be taking interest in tbe ings 'in the afternoons or even'lngs. a quatrain from Edwin Markham's pen: work thus far. But we:~ust keep in "Hear Eddy, April 22, 23 and 24." He drew a cir-cle that shut me out- mlnd_ the fact tbat to \ avo; a good Heretic, a thing to flout, trMk team we mnst have plenty of Clarence Con noway to Loren An· But love and I had the wit to win; material. n' I hear poor Pyatt had to We drew a circle that took him in! If anyone can run the h.undred 10 derRo . 11 d" ' ten t\at or less we would hke to see give UP wearmg co ars an Cll .. B. son: Is that so? Other speakers of note were Dr. Emanuel Sternheim. of New them come ont and Bet a pace. Ander • • .• 11 The baseball team is handicapped Connaway: Yes, the ,doctor said b th I k f t h fi t IYork City; PreSident C. H. Rammelkamp, of TIhnOls Co ege; Dr. Y e ac 0 acacerora rs be had to cut out all starchy things. Paul, o~ the Universit~ of lllin?is, and Father Lon.egran, Natjonal baseman. Coach Purnell can play Chaplam of the American LeglOn and perB'onal frIend of the late leither position, but cannot pl~ both FreRhie----The doctor told me that S~muel Gompers. There is no doubt that 1925 was Our biggest of them. I! I didn't quit smoking I wpuld be' end best year. The S. I. T. A. is doing a work that any part of Tit" pitching staff Is strong. It Is half.wltted. I the United States might well take as a model. Well, S. I. T. A., Sopb.--Then wby didn't you stop? here's luck. May 1926 ~e bigger and better than 1925. (Contillued On Page Eight) · F':Ige Two THE ~ 'G Y P T I A N Better good neighbors near than relations far away.-Chinese Pro­ verb, .' S. I. N. U. Auditorit'.m 'Where All Sessions of the S, I. T. A. Were Held SPRING SONG Ha veo you ever tried for one day in -"-'-"-;;"-J'--"--"-"-'-"-". your life To tell whHt wr..~ exactly \true? Say, Ma, you know it's gettin awful HUMO~) And (1u you l'ernemuPI', l~ ev p l' }'OU __"_"_l'_t,_,_t'_C) __ "~~t~_ hot? tJ"ip<1. Jest playin one-old·cat I sweat a lot! The young- hride worshipped her hus­ H"w long tha~ (by seem ,d i) you', A frog wa~ craakin' in the pond last ktnd, night, \. And the), actually do say The truth is sometimes hdl'(l to tell, The poplar -'buds ~ gettin' mighty ;h~ laid burnt offerings before him For the lies pon out 'fore Y.)~I hno .... tight, Ahout three times a day, it. The pie-plants up a half a foot, I Sometimes they'I'" an awfu~ ';lirprl~~ know, .Jilted: "That woman is just like to lOU, The purple 1Iags was seen a week ago. \ aeroplane." But you've got to try not to ;·'lOW it. There's signs of spring around most He: "How is that?" Hewitt's Drug Store eYerywhere---- Jilled: "Ko good on earth." Still, though the truth IS 1',lr(i \u tell. wisht' at I could change my un- This we should always uo, THE REXALL STORE awares! Ma, kin I? rh<> melan('holy days have come, For I'd rather liave truth a<:nil'st my The saddest in our annals. name Leading Prescriptionists 't's far too cold for R. V. D-'s Than big, black lies, wouldn't )'ou? Cilrbondale, Illinois They's itchin' me to beat the very And far too h<'H for flannelS. band: 'i'_'I_'_'_'_C_"-'-'--'S;;:;-~;~--~~'-"-~-"'jt Say, Ma, it's gettin' more'n I kin Thelma Hal'\well: "You took those stand! ...