Page 12 Scribulus Winter Issue WHY BE ON TIME By Louise Linton The virtues of promptness are taught at home, in school, and in church, but has anyone ever extolled the virtues and advantages of being late? Think of the worm that was caught by the early bird. Poor, crawling, bird's breakfast if he had been a late sleeper, he may have completely avoided the voracious clutches of the early bird. The really clever Romeo is he who is from five to fifteen minutes late in his call upon his Juliet. He relieves himself of the annoying wait for his tardy lady, and is greeted not only by a more agreeable Juliet, who has been saved the last minute hurry, but also by a more beautiful Juliet, who has had several unlooked-for moments to add one more pat and one more drop of perfume to her already delightful hair, one more puff of powder to her already exquisite nose, and one more touch of lipstick to her already bewitching mouth. Juliet herself shows ingenuity by arriving last at a party. She not only escapes the somewhat boring wait for her artful sisters, but also has a chance to give a dramatic exhibition of her new gown. We have in our school several exceedingly clever teachers. They oversleep five min-uts every morning and arrive just in time to find their loyal but anxious students all together and ready for work (if they have not left)! But we also have here some very perhaps I'd better say it in French "stupides" students who persist in arriving at school promptly at eight o'clock. If they could only realize the advantage of timing their entrance just as their name is called! Think, yourself, of the advantages of an extra ten or fifteen minutes in the morning the de-liciousness of the third piece of toast, the delightfulness of extra sleep, the tantalizing effect on the handsome blonde of the five extra curls that can be made, the uplifting influence of the six French verbs that can be mastered, the date which can be made by the casting-out of a certain line to the boy friend in the hall, and the escape from the unimportant and exhausting preliminaries of the class. The exponents of the never-be-late doctrine quote repeatedly the story of the man who missed his train. As for me, I always feel sorry for the railroad company. Think how many customers it loses by being prompt and leaving without its tardy patrons. Be late to a meeting, and you will arrive when the others are weary and already covered with the dust of the argument. You, fresh and eager, will arrive just in time to solve the problem in, of course, the most satisfactory manner possible. The secret of being a successful politician is a proper timing of entrances. Arrive at a meeting at the moment when a fellow member is making the decisive motion, modestly second it, and your success is assured. You, by an artful manipulation of responsibility, will receive a liberal salary and will hold a coveted position in the eyes of the public all of your life, while your friend whose unfortunate respect for responsibility led him to arrive at the meeting on time will receive but half as much and because of his "radical" views will, in a short time, fall into public disfavor. Winter Issue Scribulus Page 13 Weberania COED CHARACTER: PLAYFULNESS To a young man in college an education and a career are his first and only interests until he meets a charming exponent of "all work and no play makes Jill a dull girl." After that his belief, aphoristically enough, has changed to, "We're only young once." Anyway, a fellow has to have a social education who knows of a more pleasant way to acquire the art of small talk and other little things which make for one's success? Affect his grades? Pooh! and tosh! . . . "Well, not so noticeably, anyway. And besides, we have some of the swellest times together. She knows how to do things, socially, that is, in a big way. Pleasant in conversation, broad-minded aw, gee! A fellow can get facts any time!" The only true leader in student life.