10 THE ACORN Theme Department Every school should develop its students morally, intellectually, and physically. Our school has the Theology department for the moral development, the high school courses for the intellectual development, but we have no gymnasium for the physical development of the students. Of course we play basket ball and wrestle some but we have not the facilities for these sports which we should have. Students who get no exercise become "dead ones." Their muscles get stiff and lose their flexibility. But if these same students would exercise every day, their muscles would not only be better, but their brains would become more lively, and the school would turn out better students. A school with a good course of athletics is more generally known than a school just as good in other respects, but without such a course. To have good physical training we must have the facilities, and therefore we need a school gymnasium. Fred Jensen '09 An Incident One bright, sunny, afternoon in June, I took a car ride out to the northern part of the city. As the car stopped at every crossing I did not pay much attention to my fellow passengers, until I noticed a large negro lady who was just entering balancing a heavy basket filled with clothes, on her head. The conductor did not notice her at first, but later when she took a seat in the car he saw everyone moving away from her, because the basket took up so much room and the people were afraid it was going to fall. So he stepped up to her and said, "We do not allow passengers to carry baskets on their heads while riding." As the woman objected he threatened to put her off the car, so with great astonishment she looked up at him and said, "Ah, go long, this is my 'Merry Widow.'" Alberta Wright. Tickets for Sale As we came closer to the door our courage almost failed us but we had resolved to visit the first place we came to, so we pressed the bell. We tried to arrange a little speech that would entice the person however gruff or gentle he might be, to buy a ticket. It was my turn to do the talking, so as the door opened I faced the man and recited my little piece. Evidently my speech was not very brilliant and the door shut with a bang. Inside there was a low mumbling sounding much like, "Not much, none o' them tickets here." Rae Barlow '11 THE ACORN 11 Miscellaneous While Bulgaria snaps her fingers at Constantinople, and Constantinople glares at the new kingdom of the Balkans, the rich and beautiful province that has refused to be vassal any longer, the press of Europe are trying to fathom the motives that inspired Bulgaria's astounding secession. Many see Austria's hand in it. We are told that the revolt of the Young Turks was a great blow to Austrian ambition, and that the then Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria was stirred up and used by the Court at Vienna as an instrument of Austrian revenge and retaliation. The old regime of that Sultan was far more favorable to Austrian commercial and political ascendency than that of the new constitutional party. Thus while England supports Turkey, Austria is presumed to be at the back of Bulgaria. However the great aim of European diplomacy is to bring things to a peaceable adjustment. "Literary Digest." Today the Bible exists in five hundred languages. At the beginning of the last century it existed in only fifty different tongues at the most. In some cases the Bible is the means of creating the first written form of a language, and in others the only method of preserving them. "You cannot write a man down by writing him up." Elbert Hubbard. According to "The Electrical Age," examinations have shown that 8,000 to 10,000 children in the New York public schools have defective vision. This condition has aroused the interest of the school Board, the health authorities, and the general public. A self-constituted committee, after considering the subject, advised that all text books be printed on unglazed paper, and that line cuts or wood engravings be used for illustrations in place of half tones. We are in great danger of losing our chestnut forests at least in the Eastern United States. A blight or fungus that was first noted about four years ago has spread so rapidly that it has already killed thousands of fine trees, and as no remedy has been found, it is possible that they may all have to go. Recent reports from Panama are very encouraging, and show that the men employed on the canal are taking considerable interest in their work. A good natured rivalry has arisen among the crews in charge of the different steam