16 THE ACORN Awk Reed "When the sands are deposited on the shore, Reads and other small rushes begin to grow." We suggest that he should present himself to Prof. Porter as a new kind of botany specimen perhaps a horse-tail. Prof. Hobson (in penmanship) "Now write 'Moon.'" Jack "Shall we write it full?" In our modern day of enlightment it matters not whether our registrar goes to sleep, for on the office table is an alarm clock, which rings at the end of every period. Miss Earl (in shorthand) "Mr. Schelin, will you explain the difference between pins and kiss ?" Schelin (perplexed) "I don't know, but pins stick." Miss Earl "Well, I will show you." Who was in the bookkeeping room when Isabell put her arm around one of the girls and the girl proved to be Willard Gardiner ? Prof. Hansen (in com. law), giving steps taken to cash a check "You take the check to the window, hand it to the bartender and he gives you--! Jimmie He runs for the locals. "Me, too" Nora. MUSIC The Virtue of Music Music is one of the fairest and most refining gifts of God. Music is one of the grandest arts; the notes give life to the text.; it lends secret sympathy, relief and expression to all moods, loves, longings and sorrows. It comes nearer to the soul or to the secret wound than any friend or healing sunshine from without can do; it nourishes and feeds the hidden springs of hope of love and of faith; it floods away the unsightly grounds of life's anxious doubting moments and makes immortality a present fact, lived in and realized. Luther says: "Music is a glorious gift of God and next to theology. I would not exchange my small musical talent for anything esteemed great. We should accustom the youth continually to this art." The word "music" is one with meaning, every letter expressing something vital to a definition of "the divine art." M, the first letter, stands for melody, the foundation rock of the tonal art. Music without melody is like a tree without its fruits, a play without its characters. It is melody that gives music its universal character. U, the second letter, stands for universaltiy. Music is a universal art by virtue of the fact that it is a language understood by all nations and races; it is a language of the emotions of the finer feelings. S, the next letter, stands for service, strength and simplicity. Music serves as a refining influence in life. There is no art that can mould and refine character as well. Music, while the most complex of fine arts, is the simplest, and in this simplicity lies its strength. From the simple scale of thirteen tones the mightiest masterpieces have been conceived. Music truly illustrates the proverb that "In simplicity there is strength."