The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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tiecause IVe teel It.”
to get a
i Your brother,
Cha-. Cakti.u, M. D.
Mrs. McGee You can never
guess what I w< nt thro' last night.
Mi. Ml' <■ < Hi, yea I 4ML
You went thru' mv pockets.
your thought- refuse t<> come.
If \oiir Hrnln ate loose and lazy a d
your eloquence is nni'ti:
11 y out chair gets sotne s .viv. led 'round
to where your rov ing eye
i an cone‘utrate comph tely on a little
strip of jky ;
If you s' .-tn to see a brooklet, if you
seem to bear a bird,
If of the business jat yon you can't
understand a word,
If from your boss anddut'es am! from
your bills to pay
You feel, approximately, seven thous-
and miles away;
If all your blood is tire and all the
air is wine.
if you're absolult*)y crazy
hook and line.
If you smile upon the city—that in-
human. heartless jailer
If you don't dislike your landlord and
distinctly like your tailor:
If dancing - jnlieatns brighten up most
unattractive •tnvts,
If clouds are silver lined until they
look like tin foil sheets.
if all your grouches dwindle to a last
expiring ember
the time's not winter, and
the month is not |) cumber
■ It’s S' ring."
The East Texan
Published wtfkly by Student# of East Texas Nor-
mal Colletre. Commerce, Texas
F 1HT01UAL STAFF
Editor*in>Chi< f Mis» .Myrtle Morris
Assistant Editor
Alumnal Editor B. H. Miller
Athletic Editor Allen Hitch
I, a i <> F. Hudspeth, > I— Lut • Moult--n
Sub»< ni»t • n Manager#, E. L. Taylor. Misa Jcw»l 1
Tuttle.
to vott most worth while; then
think of the one who seems to you
least worth while. A few years
from now the place of each of
these will be filled by one who is' Her.ay'
now a young person. Which ot
t h e s e pl aces a re you t r a ini n g to fi 11 ?
How much of the best in life is
called to mind by the special days
in May.
kets bear their message of the:
light heart of youth, in which we
are
I should share.
Be loyal to carn;ltjons o| Mother':
d° mind
bit" if your country needs
Well it needs it right now,
but as we have been hearing from
all our teachers at chapel or any
place w here they have the op|M>r-
tunity of saying so. it is doing
that “bit" that is worth the doing.
It is a plea that perhaps, in a
few months, we are going to rei-
lize this need of efficient men.
i* up to the students at this time
whether or not we w ill have men
capable of efficiency. Stay with
your job.
Ki-Chea nos —for that is the
wav recreation should be consid-
ered. Our recreations are sup- l( youi're working at the ollies ami
p >sed to re-create us. Every
voting person who is worth while
enjoys in-d' or and out-door team
games. As in these games you
learn loya'tv and sacrifice and
subscription kates I the ability’ to work with others.
B-Kinninc Man i, i ' do you remem ber t hat t lies- a i e
Addr.-.all 1 oinraa to The Boat Texan, or to .u(, verv qualities which YOU are
... , , needing in the service of your
Enteivd as second-class matter Jan. m ,
12. It'll, at the post oilice at < omm< rec. school and society? The boys
Texas, under Act of March 3, an(j gjr]8Of the next generation
Tuts is a time when everybody are Koin* to be a ',er cent
should be discreet and not in-1 mo,’e efficient, because of team
dulge in idle words. This doesn't work which thev are Arning tn
mean that the truth should not ir *Ports’
be spoken vigorously if it needs There is another phase of this
to be spoken. Those who have -lotion that is worth thinking
the habit of talking just to hear about- The young people are
themselves talk should refrain. imposed to re-create in thi«
Wagging tongues are aiwayB | sense; think of the woman or man
getting people into trouble, and |‘“-Vourown home town whoaeems
that is especially liable to be so in
troubled times like these. Do a
lot of thinking, but be chary of
your words.
Some of the placard sayings
could well be adopted bv our
citizens as well as the soldiers.
“Keep your ears open and your
mouth shut." another
“A wise old owl lived in an oak:
The more lie saw the les*, he -poke:
The les. he spoke the more he heard:
Soldi* rs should imitate ’haloid bird.''
This caution is also good ad-
vice. Devote your powers to
thinking and acting,
the government, ready to
your
it.
Mi*s Neal—“My face i« my
fortune."
Mr. Story -"Heavens! What
bus kept you out of bangrupti y?"
Naval Station. 1
New Orleans. La.,
April lf<, 1'117 I
Flower filled May has- Mr. Wiley Carter,
Commerce, Texas.
Dear Brother: 1 guess you
beginning to see that each wj]| i,e surprised to know that
The pink or white your noble brother is a warrior,
s Day re- ; was appointed on the coast re
us of tenderness, patience. s.>rve ot thel'.S. Navy some time
love past understanding, high and when the war was de-
hopes that only our ever-growing e|dre(i they sent me here to ex
beat can possibly fulfill. And amine recruits I sure do like it,
then the flag* and music of Me- [<K> ] ain H1 no danger. I ain
mortal Day'. I low they summon working in the dispensary of the
our hearts to an increased devo- navy yard. I also get £205 (Mi per
lion" to all that American ideal* month and clothing, answer me
of liberty have meant in the past, at 2*12 St t'harE* Avenue. New
to the yet greater things they Orleans, La Your brother.
It may mean in the years to come. Ch as. (' ahtt.i:. M. D.
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