Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Photos anC Frames P H OTO STUDIOS HIGH GRADE PORTRAITS AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 527 First Ave. S., Minneapolis 25-27 West 5th St., St. Paul -------and------- GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA

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Merriam Park Ice Co. lee. Wood and Coal Best service in town for the money. T. S. Phone (5462. 2196 CHARLES STREET, ST PAUL. J. F. WALLACE Our Motto: A. J. FRANKE LEGAL WEIGHTS WE OPERATE THREE STORES Wallace Franke GROCERS 990 Fifteenth Ave. S. E. 1311 County Road 602 Washington Ave. S. E. St. Anthony Park T.S.Spruce 263; N.W.B. 1587 T.S.Park 6904; N.W.M.703-7 T.S.Spruee 611; N.W.E. 628 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. University Farm Station CANDIES, MAGAZINES, CIGARS AND ATHLETIC GOODS. G. E. HEGBERG FUEL AND TRANSFER CO. Refresh yourselves at our SODA FOUNTAIN COUNTY ROAD AND CARTER AVE. CARL O. ERICSON PHOTO ARTIST OUR PRICES MUCH LOWER THA4 OUR WORK MERITS EXCLUSIVE FINE PHOTOS A SPECIALTY Phone T. S. 2618 171-173 EAST SEVENTH ST., ST. PAUL, MINN. 106 FIFTH ST. N. E. 1730 WASHINGTON ST. N. E. T.S. Spruce 778. N.W. East 799. T.S. 13747 IF ADVERTISED IN THE ACORN

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The Acorn VOL. III. MAY 1911 No. 8 ■£? % TRUE GREATNESS. One evening as I sat musing in a grove on the banks of the Mississippi as I am often wont to do, there occured one of the most memorable episodes in my experience. The sun had just disappeared beyond the hills and the western sky was all aflame. The fragrance of May flowers, the twittering of the birds, and the soft evening breeze lulled my senses into a sweet contentment. I felt that I was in the midst of nature where L was permitted to sip from rhe brimful cup of charming graces. “The birds around me hopped and played, Their thought I cannot measure:— But the least motion which they made It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The buddingtwigs spread out their fan. To catch the breezy air; And I most think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. Suddenly I was disturbed by somewhat sluggish foot-steps. A young man. seemingly morose and gloomy flung himself carelesly down on a near by bench and began soliloquizing in a most cheerless mood which grated up on my mind until I became conscious that the crown of nature is not all what the Great Architect intended it to be. “Cursed be everybody,” he said. “What’s the use of working and being honest? 1 have tried to do my level best for those people. I have faithfully worked day and night as a slave and they have given me reason to believe that I enjoyed their fullest confidence. But here came Smith, the Dude, born at the height of society, and of course I had to be kicked out. Honesty and ability probably will go a long way; but ability exchanged by a flattering tongue and guided by dishonesty, which is politely named shrewdness, goes all the way. They talk about great men, but what is greatness? Why, it is simply to be at the top. No matter how you got there. It goes against me; no I simply cannot go fawning and flattering in order to gain advantages, hut. I guess I have to. If I don’t I will not become anything but a mere machine.