College of St Scholastica - Towers Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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II T RAN G E FAC E S are a gallery of pictures until a smile of friendliness awakens them to life. This merely de- scribes the power of friendliness to dispel the sense of loneliness which one naturally feels in the midst of a crowd of strangers. Someone has said that friendli- ness, like kindness, is a language which even the dumb can speak and the deaf can understand. Surely it was friendliness that Garrick meant when he praised the fellow-feeling that makes us wondrous kind. This happy quality works its charm, net only in the wider circles of human- kind, but in the little gatherings of daily life. Whether this be the family, the group of workers, the club, the social circle, it takes friendliness to bring about that reciprocal good-fellowship which makes everybody do his best. Friendliness makes wit good- natured, and intercourse gay. It is the universal recipe for sorrow and depression, giving all the direction needed to make happy and be happy. 1 5W KW WWWWWk ,Wwawmeaaeamm HM

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v memmmwmm R U E C O U R T E S Y has been defined as the ability to ask favors with consideration, and to give thanks from the heart. I would say that courtesy presupposes three elements: The humility to give others prece- dence, the desire to please, and a knowledge of the forms of breeding. By nature we are self-centered; by nature we look for our own preferment, for- getting that our neighbors also prefer the honored place. Courtesy comes only by long training. It requires practice to cultivate the low, sweet voice that is uan excellent thing in a woman ; to acquire the gracious charm that puts everyOne at ease. Most of all it takes prac- tice from childhood up to make the technique of courtesy one's constant habit. Yet courtesy is so conducive to human happiness and so effec- tive in making the wheels of intercourse run smoothly that it is worth possessing at any cost.

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NE'S APPRECIATIVENESS depends on one's ability to find truth and beauty and goodness in obiective things instead of trying to Find them subiectively. It is an interior quality of the heart, somewhat akin to piety and reverence. One may cul- tivate good taste; but taste is an adiunct to appreciation not its equal or its counterpart. The appreciative soul experi- ences joy in the companionship of great books, inspiration in the beauties of nature, happiness in the association of friends, de- light in the naivete of little children, and humility in the sublime order of the universe. Small blessings as well as large inspire her admiration. She places high value on the smallest favor; and shows her gratitude in word and look. All this bespeaks for her a rare cul- ture of mind and heart which depend on depth of insight and power to enioy. g KW Km WW9AWWEhWWW$3WWW$ APPRt IA Wt