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A :tudent - or was it a teacher? demanded
recently, "\''1hose bookisthis?"
'ilhat he really wantea-tO'"say was fl':,'hose
book is this'? 11 or DerhaDS 1I'.'lhose b oak
is this?" .I. ••
Tb...E: style of asking a question
with the accent :mtirely on the first
"rord. of a sentence seems to be growing.To.
an old-fashioned person. like the
"Tentative" i.t, is strangely offensive
to have 8. question fired point-blank:
"YVhe.t ,isY0t.lrna)'lc? Where doyonl:Lve?
Wn::ixv,':ereyoudoing?ll""A'i1cr one would
s hudde~r to think that Juliet, leaning
on the balcony, might ha.ve rnu.rTInlred,
II ,That I'S i nana.me ? if
~~e accentin~ of w;rds in a sentenQe
.is C'. nRlch more difficult a.ffair
than' the 8.ccenting of syllables in a
word. Yet Cl. carelessJ.y 8ccentGd sentence
will go as far toward bra.nding
you illiterate and uncultured as a
badly accented word. It is a m~tter
th2treceives far too little attention
'in A'nerican speech.
COUNCIL
FRIDAY, NOVl-)'lBER 21, 1947
In answer to many requests, a Glee
Club will formed in the ne2r future.
Watch for further devGlo?ments!
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As ;lreviou sly aa1ounceci, there is I If y'::m' consider you.rself aware
a need for an organi 2'E.tion repr8s~m- I and a.liV8 to the news behind the ne,fS,
tative of the student body. Th; SOl'''' JOH:::' written 01·'serV8.tions 1'rill be wel-ganization
will be ~alJ_ed" tne l";Gshman come in tile "Tent3.tiV8. II
Council. Each scction 'lIEl be re.pre- If there is no ne1'rs (nO NEHS ?
sented by 811 elected number. sl;outsthe editor- TT::;HE r S ALWAYS
Elections will be conducted in each Hgr~s! ;" then the n8jC't best thing' is
section on Wed.nG sday, r..:overnber 26, dur-:- to JJIAKE neVIS.
ing the first hour, 'Nhcrein each sec- An6 if no one no.kes any news,
tion will elect one represent~tive to then there dbcsn1t seem to be any point
the conncil, which will meet shortly in having a nZNSDCJ:oer.
in the future. Tho lITentative" v,lll have a pcr-
The duties of such a council are rn;:;nent name onlv when you are j.nterested
numerous: to 8.ppoint cOmJTd.ttees, oper-_ enou.gh to lPa!w the she~t sOHlething more
ate student 2.ctivitics, to represent than t::mt.a.tive. Sllf:westions are still
the needs and desires of the stu.dents 1";"olco]11e .- B.nd the best su!?pestion ~r.eans
to the administration, km dollars to the l'rinn81<'"
These duties are serious enough to I..,.~ _
warrant the responsible and thoughtful
choice of a rcpr.escntative who is
thoroughly capable of assuming and
carrying on important 'Nork. .
Th0 faculty advisor of the Fr~shman
Counci1 will be Father Robert Ma.cDonnell "
and his position will be strictly as
adviser.
The intramural basketball league is
almost completely organized. Competition
should begin next wGek. Thus 1'1011', six
teams have entered the race. If you do
not belong to ",ny of these quintets, sign
your nmne on the bulletin board list.
As the hucksters say, Today is the
last day for entering, so sign up NON
Sec you at the HCAA.
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