East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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The Book Digest THE SUN CURE -Alfred Noyes From one of the outstanding English poets comes the clever, witty novel, The Sun Cure. It is the story of a village curate, who, rather disconsolatze at being rejected by Barbara Lane, the girl he loves, decides to try the sun cure. How he gets back into the village after his cloth- ing is stolen by Double Dick makes a most humorous story. This story shows Noyes to be a good novelist as well as a good poet. Despite the fact that humor and cleverness are the outstanding character- istics of the story, a philosophic strain runs through it all. ERMA RoM.ANs, '30. ' SILVER IN THE SUN -Grace Noll Crowell I Grace Noll Crowell, a former Iowa poet and now a resident of Dallas, Texas, has given us Silver in the Sun. In this book of verse, Mrs. Crowell converts the simple things of every day into shining bits of beauty. For those who read these poems. there is an hour of light enjoy- mentg the fullest understanding of their depth and beauty is disclosed only to those who feel them. There are some readers who will iind these lyrics etched upon the pages of their pleasanter hours and will remember the words of their author- As I look back the old, rernembered ways- Some hours shine out like silver in the sun: A spangled brightness lighting up-the days, And marking them with beauty, one by one-. Mrs. Crowell contributes verse to several leading magazines. Her first volume of poems was Wl1ite Fire g Silver in the Sun is her second, published in 1928. I-Ier third book is for childreng her fourth, Flame in the WVind, is expected to appear next spring. IVIARGARET PECK. 1. THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD -Philip Gibbs Q A man pulled on one side by that which his own conscience thoughts right and on the other by the ideas and traditions of his beautiful wifeg a man striving to walk in the middle of the road, yet truly believing the opposite of what his wife believed right-thus was Bertram Pollard's position. Pollard's sympathy for the poor and striking class of England and Ire- land, and Ioyce's feeling toward the aristocracy make up the plot for this interesting novel. The trials and beliefs of the man and his friends and the condition of all Europe after the Great War are given in an in- teresting manner. . The novel not only gives us a good account of the condition of Europe and the views of the different classes of people, but it also shows how this man was loyallto the last to that which he believed' and to those whom he loved. JEANNE SWEENEY, '3O. - Page Twenty-thnee

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BITS Cf ITE MEAT . . A Gummy Question A e T The horrors of chewing gum have been lectured, sung, taught, and preached to students since the days of the hoop skirt and have impressed them so much that they now chew twice as much! Contrary to popular belief, highschool pupils are no different from other human beings, and as human beings they enjoy doing something that is generally' believed to be a little naughty. It appeals to their spirit of adventure and in their own estimation raises them high above their humdrum fraidy catf' fel- lows. The average student knows that the teacher holds nothing in such low esteem as she does a stick of gum. She says, lt's awful stuff. As it is awful, and as it is a little naughty to chew it, most students go the way of all flesh and indulge in this habit for reasons that have just been mentioned. - In Lebanon, Illinois, Time tells of a chewing gum enthusiast that chewed 45 sticks of gum, broke the wo1'ld's chewing gum record, and got diabetes as the result. This is an extreme example, however, for gum is really not 'tawful stuff as far as the ingredients are concerned, but the habit is awful One does not fully comprehend how degrading gum can be. Neither does he realize that this habit might be a deciding fac- tor in securing a position. It is universally considered boorish and un'- couth, and it is a certainty that no person could ever hope to gain social eminence with a wad of gum in his mouth. Faux WILLIAMS. The Coal Bill - p Back in the Good old daysi' when education was intiicted by the per- suasive powers of a well managed hickory switch and school was'a luxury to many, the problem of the fuel bill was negligible. A day in the timber with bucksaw and axe, skillfully manned by a group ofthe least situdious boys, furnished the season's fuel for the big iron stove. But the younger generation, Oh! Attending school in a modern three story structure with 110 rooms to be heated, the fuel problem is infinitely greater. In fact, East High burns enough coal annually to supply an average home for better than 180 years. A truck hauling 10 tons of coal per trip would have to make 180 trips to haul the winter supply of coal for East. At 32.75 per ton this coal supply would place in circulation approximately 34,950 every year. - ' ' Discontented fathers should read these figures and rejoice exceedingly that they do not have to pay East I-Iigh's coal bill. . I .LL ,. . . . A LLOYD REISE. H Page Twefaty-five