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Show 10 THE ACORN Flocked the students out to dinner Dinner to be quickly eaten, Eaten in just five short minutes, And Room H they sought for refuge. At the first bite of the sandwich, Toward the door their eyes did wander; Saw the Elocution pupils, Saw them coming in for class work, Heard them talking, joking, laughing They had all been home to dinner They no sympathy could offer, So their friends, both faint and hungry, Bravely sought Room K to finish. They had just sat down in silence, And another bite had taken, When the English class came blustering In to take control of that room; And they laughed to see the fugitives Jump and run like hunted rabbits, Down the stairs to Mrs. Evans Went the girls to tell their trouble; While the boys thought safer refuge They would find in Labratory. "Don't you know," said Mrs. Evans "That you should not eat in this room? For the crumbs may grease the carpet, And so many feet will wear it. Girls, I do not like to say this. But you know Professor McKay Has forbidden girls to eat here," Now the boys were disappointed, For they found that H 2 S gas Which often's called "rotten egg" gas-Filled the atmosphere completely, And they were so nearly stiffled That they; most forgot their lunches, As they hurried back in sorrow, Hurried back to meet the ladies Sadly coming from the "green" room, They no longer looked expectant, But their looks were sad, dejected; Now the question was quite urgent, Where were they to eat their dinners? What with classes, gases, carpets, What with musty, micy odors, Where were they to eat their dinners? Down they sat upon the stairway, Sat upon the dusty stairway, And, once more, attempted eating. As they sat here with a longing, Longing for just time to finish, They were foundj by one who told them Of those by-laws which had stated That the students must not linger In the halls or on the stairway, Or they would be brought before The Student Body and be punished. THE ACORN 11 They before the court were taken, And did plead their cause most nobly: "In the halls we must not linger; But when class rooms are all taken. When the study hall is silent, When the Lab. is filled with gases, When the ante-rooms are mousy, Where are we to eat our dinners?" The Ideal Young Man. Ideal means fruitless, unreal, visionary. Could an ideal man live on the earth? Yes we have had one, Jesus Christ. He was faultness, he possessed piety, courtesy, valor, honor, humility. Perhaps he was the only one: but man can approach the ideal. The prophet Joseph Smith said that any man who had the Spirit of the Lord and the power of the Holy Ghost upon him would neccessarily be a gentlemen of the finest quality, for the Spirit of the Lord is refining and beautifying to the extent that we will permit it to operate upon ourselves. Self control is the highest and noblest form of dominion. "He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city." Did you ever see a man receive a cutting remark or an insult and only grow a little pale and then reply quietly? Did you ever see a man in anguish stand as if carved from solid rock mastering himself? Or one bearing a hopeless daily trial remain silent and never tell the world what cankered his feelings? He is a spiritual hero, he with the fire of indignation in him provoked, and yet restrain himself and forgive. Firmness of principle, both moral and religious, will ever command the highest praise of the intelligent world to the exclusion of every other thing connected with human existence. Character is power, is true in a much higher sense than knowledge is power, and this consists of two things, power of will, and power of self-restraint. A true gentlemen will restrain himself with his will power. If he be perfect master of self then restraint will be apparently easy for him. The true nobility of a man is virtue, then nakedness of truth. We are drawn toward such a man because he possesses qualities which ennoble him, and which |