26 The Acorn soldier can seize a weapon he needs in an armory, or as a housewife brings the spice she needs from her store. Ruskin. "I believe the devil has his hold on you." exclaimed the irritated professor. "It feels like it," retorted the suffering pupil. Ex. U: "They tell me, Professor, that you have mastered all the modern tongues." Professor: "All but two my wife's and her mother's." Tit Bits Manager: We want a man for an information bureau, but he must be one who can answer all sorts of questions and not lose his head." Applicant: "That's me, I am the father of eight children " Tit Bits. Faith and Works. "Hello, Bub! Where's your mother?" "Doin' a wash so's she kin buy some bread." "Where' s your dad, at work too ?" "Nope, he's in the woodshed prayin' fer meat and potatoes." Harper's. Previously Learned. "Chalmot, I have just learned that your mother found it necessary to punish you yesterday," said Gunson, Sr. "Oh, dad, I'm a lesson ahead of you," cried Gunson, Jr. gleefully, "I learned that yesterday." Happy is he who can think of yesterday without regrets, and of tomorrow with hope. Ex. We are glad to see you again "Crimson," (Logan, Utah). "For two cents," said the policeman, angrily, "I'd run you in." "Good thing you said two," replied the bold, bad college youth, "because one copper couldn't do it." Ex. A new exchange just came to us, "The Student," (Clinton, Mass.) "The exchange editor may use his pen Till the ends of his fingers are sore, Yet some one is sure to remark with a sneer, "How stale! we've heard that before." Ex. "I am part of all that I have met'Tennyson. "Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world." Emerson. Of all nations at the opening of modern history, Spain had the grandest opportunity and most signally wasted it. While the Reformation and the Renaissance were striking the rest of Europe, the Spanish primate was publicly burning manuscripts suspected of hostility to the Church. "She remained," says Burke, "an old-fashioned tyrant, dreaded in the day of her power, merely contemptible when that power passed." The Acorn 27 A Geology Lesson The Geology class is doing some practical as well as book work. Saturday October 26th, they with a few of their friends took a trip to Observatory Peak. Fifteen students started at 7.30 a. m. and fifteen students returned somewhat changed at 7.30 p. m. Merrily they walked along through Taylor's canyon, but about half way up, rocks lost all their charms, especially as they came in contact with tired feet. Someone suggested, "A drink of cool water would taste mighty fine:" so up the side of the mountain to a spring went most of the party. There was a trail from there which connected with the road above, so fearing nothing, up went the Alps climbers. If anybody ever liter- ally went "straight up," they certainly did. At Main's Heights much of the lunch disappeared. After an hours rest, staff in hand, they continued the journey, determined to reach the "peak." Another spring was spied in a very steep place, but water must be had no matter what the cost. Three o'clock saw fifteen students of the W. S. A. on Observatory Peak eating sandwiches. The beautiful view was certainly worth the effort. Then half walking, half sliding, the crowd came down the mountain side and found that their lunch, which was left, had mysteriously disappeared. In spite of this, they came home singing, "We went to the top of the mountain to see what we could see."