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TEMPORA ET MORES
path on the day before; one approaehes room B with a self-effacing smile, and one wisely slips into a back seat. JMiss Wells looks very
benignant—and then it happens.
The Unexpected Subscription Payment.—One is always out of
slips at such times.
The Unexpected Encounter.—One laughs easily and makes re
marks about an individual. Tlien one rounds a corner. Then one collides with the individual.
The Unexpected Desk Inspection.—One has always just turned out the contents of one’s book-bag into one’s desk, Avith papers enough
to fill an ordinary Avaste-basket, Avhen the sentence of doom is pro nounced. Of course, it is dreadfully embarrassing to comply, but one realh^ doesn’t like to refuse. Then, in consideration for such delicacA^
on one’s part, one gets a black mark.
The Unexpected is not (piite so—er—distressing at all times,
hoAA'ever. Occasionally—very occasionally—one gets 100 in an exam. Breathes there the man aaIio dares to saA" that this is not the Unex pected ?
Collecting
The zeal of the collector knoAvs no bounds. The true collector col lects all things; but there are various forms of collecting more or less in A'ogue even among the Auctims of the faculty.
For instance, there is the Collecting of Information. This is done in spite of the presence of a dictionary and encyclopedia. The col lector industriously examines the evidence of her previous knoAvledg’e, or lack of it, and then asks the Bright Girl of the class.
Also, there is the Collecting of Pencils. This is part of an unend ing’ Avarfare in Avhich only the brave desei’A’e the sharpened— and only
the brave get them, too.
There is a certain class of jjeople in this school aIiosc duty it is to collect Annual subscriptions. They are surely the most ovei’Avorked and underpaid class of executiA’es in the country.
The Collecting of Championships is a favorite relaxation of K. Shellabarger and C. StockaacII. It is more than most of us dare
aspire to, so here’s a fair field and no faAmr! Good luck to them! 18
