Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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JlllMIMHIIIIMIIHMMIIMIIIIIIIinilltlltMHIIIIHIIIIUIIIIIIIinUIIIMIIIIIII The yearling IIIMmillllllllllllllllllHMIIIIIMIillllllllHIIMIMIinHlllllllHI-IIIIMIIIII ' i ' jflr. €. 3L OTfcttSttt Would Aggie be Aggie without Mr. Whitsitt? One ' s first introduction to the school is through the Registrar ' s office, and it is there we meet him. About the first question he asks you is What do you want to take ? You tell him and he says, Show me what you have already taken . It is up to you to produce evidence then that you are prepared to do the work you are asking for. It is not with fear and trembling you talk to him, for from the very first you feel that Mr. Whitsitt is your friend and is going to do the best he can for you. In coming days you find him ready ever to counsel you when difficult problems affront you and from his own practical experience, he has goodly advice to render. Perhaps in chapel Mr. Whitsitt furnishes as much interest as any one else. When he rises to make an announcement, you anticipate some- thing different, for he is so witty that his announcements take on an un- usual form and always create interest. His classes enjoy the time spent under his instruction ; he presents the subject matter in such a lively form that he creates more than a pass- ing interest. Many boys and girls will leave his classes imbued with the idea that instruction can be presented in such an attractive way that it will be taken like those medicines, that are so disguised that one is un- aware of what he is taking. He believes in that kind of instruction that better prepares boys and girls to live. Doubtless many of you have read Whistling in Heaven . If you remember, the pioneer ' s wife felt that unless there was whistling there, that the music would be incomplete. Without Mr. Whitsitt ' s whistling Aggie Hill would be bereft of some of its brightness. Early in the morn- ing and late in the evening one can hear Mr. Whitsitt whistling. Some one has said that the first of the week he whistles Sunday School songs, and the latter part of the week, popular airs; but regardless of what they are we enjoy The Music in the Air . It seems wonderful that a person can meet the problems of life with so much bright philosophy as Mr. Whitsitt does. -.IIIIIIMMIIIIIIMIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIUII M IIMII IIH ' U I ■ 1 1 Illtilllll 1925 iiiuiiMiiiliiiMiuiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiinifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiluiHn Twenty -one