Littleton College - Chatterbox Yearbook (Littleton, NC)

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HTHE CHATTERBOX. 243 reason for the blame of conscience. King Lear is often smitten in conscience by the ever-arising thought of Wrong to Cordelia, his best loved child in former days. Con- science is one Witness Whose sweet argument it is impossible to refute as to the alternative powers of the Will. ' One does not need further proof of the fact that the value of the study of Shakespeare is very great since there is men- tal development in the training of memory, character study, and, too, for the code of ethics. Much is involved in how it is studied to get the greatest good. 3

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242 THE CHATTERBOX. seem to be moving in the Hood of excitement or standing off' just enough to see all that is going on and yet not be involved in the commotion. All this reality of character teaches us how many kinds of nature we may have to deal with after- we have passed out from our Colleges to meet the world, for human nature still has its passions to be battled with. There is an inestimable value to be put on the study of Shakespeare from the viewpoint of Shakespeare as an ethical teacher. The moral side of man's life is portrayed as dis- tinct from the physical, even from the intellectual. Some one has said, t4The physical is the material or visible, the intellect is of the reason, the aesthetic of the imagination, the moral of the consciencef' This is plainly shown through all the characters of Shakespeare. His people mean some- thing, they are not put in just to fill up a gap, but they are for a purpose. All the physical is made a. means to subserve a higher end. 'fThe reason Ends in the perfect good its highest end and beauty reaches its perfection in moral char- acters may well be applied in Shakesp-eare. In all of Shakespearels works never is man shown other than as a free moral agent. Every man, they say, knows in himself that he is free, he knows himself as possessing the power of choice, of choosing one from two or more ob-jects or ways which may be before his mind. So in the case of Macbeth: he was free to choose, and he chooses evil so gradually and his downfall is so gradual at first that it is scarcely percepti- ble, but just as surely as his downfall came, there was a time when he was free to choose. Macbeth who violated the obli- gation placed by his conscinece, knew in himself that he might have fulfilled the obligation and done right. In the case of King Lear in this power of contrary choice which is implied in the exercise of the will in its relation to right and wrong, is found the basis of moral responsibility and the

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Gfbe ibatterbo . PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE STUDENT BODY OF LITTLETON COLLEGE. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, SL00: Single Copy, 15 Cents, For sale at Room 150, Music Hall. Application has been made for entrance at Littleton, N. C., as second class matter, under act of Congress, July 16, 1894. All former students, alumnae and friends of the College are invited to contribute literary articles, personals and items to our columns. All contributions, accom- panied by the Writer's name, should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief. STAFF: MARY TNIAYO, '08, . . Editor-in-Chief. CLARA HEARNE, '08, Business Manager. gffI3EEI?,?,fb1gf,' ,09 ,LAssistant Business Managers. , . Associate Editors: BLANCH HOLT, '09,? Litemr EDITH SIMMONS, .... . . Abroad. BEssrE BOONE, '09, y' PAULINE HERRING, '08, . . Among Us. MfOLLIE S'rEPHENsoN, '09, . Y W. C A. HELEN EARNHARDT,'08, . Exchange. BERNICE HORNAD.-xY,'08. From the Editor's EasyC?D Choir. MARY FRANCIS MAYO. As this the last number of THE CHATTERBOIX go-es to press, We naturally look back over the Work of the journal during the present scholastic year. It is With a feeling of pride, and, we trust, pardonable pride, that We read success Written on each page of the recordf It was not until April, 1907, We decided it a Wise plan to have a College Magazine. And it Was with fear and trem- bling that the staif placed the irst issue in the hands of the publishers. They realized full Well the immense responsi- bility that Was resting upon them, they also realized that they were laying the foundation of what might prove a source of great pleasure as Well as benefit to all the College and friends of the College, Were it properly managed. The pres-