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22 THE BEACON p Believe me, when I write a novel-l I just saw an ad in the paper. Young boy wanted as salesman. Must know his books. He will sell novels at a com- mission of 2 per cent. Great book po'- traying the character of men. Easy To sell. Report at once. VVell, I guess I've found a suitable position after all! THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY Dorothy Rae When I was in Washington one of the most beautiful buildings that I saw was the Congressional Library. It is one of the most famous buildings in the capital. It is constructed of marble. There is much gold leaf as an overlay on the ceilings, walls, and in the many deco- rations. The floors of some of the rooms are mosaic. They are very beautiful. The floor of the entrance hall is made of marble. The stairs are marble. They are very shallow and wide. At the foot of the mai11 staircase are two statues, placed 011 the ends of the bannisters, which are very beautiful. At the first land- ing a high mosaic picture of Athens confronts one. It is done in very vivid colors. It ranks as the finest mosaic in many countries. The stairs continue up. They form, two stairways at the la11di11g a11d they lead to separate parts of the upper floor. Old original manuscripts of all kinds are all on the upper floor, on the left hand side. Books of VVashington and Lincoln, the oldest Bible in the world, pictures of many presidents, and the diaries of important men are there under glass cases. -There are Chinese maps in special cases. The different towns, seas, moun- tains and roads are illustrated by typi- cal pictures. Dragons signify the seas and goats the mountains. The Constitution of the United States is in a gold case on a marble pedestal. The glass front of the case is gold glass. In front of the pedestal is a toot stool of marble. The whole case is in the middle of the upper floor near the back wall in a very conspicuous place. The names of the signers of the Constitution can still be read on it, as they have faded little. There is also a room where the news- papers of many years and many cou - tries are kept in great books. Anyone who goes i11to this room may take any book of new or old papers and read as as he wishes. There are files of papers way back to the Civil NVar. There are also daily papers on sepa- long rate tables. The newspaper books are kept in racks. The entrance hall has many drini- ing fountains and it is very lofty. From this hall extend corridors to private I'621dll1g.Z' rooms for senators and representatives. Across a court the windows of the book rooms can be seen. The book shelves extend from the floor to the ceiling. There are all types of literary works here. The library is awe inspiring in its beauty, size, and contents. Many peo- ple can only spend one or two hours there, but it can not be grasped in less than a month. It is wonderful, beautiful, and magnificent, especially at night when the lights emphasize its beauty. p
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THE BEACON 21 ty towns in Massachusetts and even penetrated into Maine, Salem suffered the worst eifects of it and thus it has gone down in history as the Witch Cityn. S. O. S. Wilfred Lawrence This message is for all readers of lit- erature who want a change in the sys- tem of writing books. Some day, very soon, I shall write a novel that will startle the world and show these present day petty authors a tl1i11g or two. They have been sui- focating the public with a lot of hot air and choking them with Hindi- gestible baloney and calling it lif- erature . VVhen my book is placed on the market, every reader will realize the best-sellers are trash-just that, and nothing more. The story will be a romance, of course, and in that one point it will resemble the present-day tales. In the first place, my characters will be altogether different. In books writ- ten these so-called authors, the hero- ine is young and beautiful. Her tress es may be golden, raven, or coppery, but they are always wavy or down- right curly. Her eyes may be blue, fir black, if she goes out with another man, but they are always fringed with luxurious eyelashes. When she takes a coy glance at her lover, his heart turns a flip-flop. fPardon me for the indelicacy, but so does my stomachi The heroes of such stories as these possess resemble a handsome Apollo. He is the type that girls, women, and old maids look at once, then look ai again. Villains are invariably dark anl vicious looking, with a corkscrew mus- tache. They are the trouble-makers and many times the money-makers. Of course, there will be incidental characters to speak the necessary lines when the main characters are too pre- occupied to do so, but I doubt if I shall even bother to give those bodies any consideration--heads will be quite enough! Now, as to the plot of the play or masterpiece or something-that is where I excel. Mine will be far differ- ent from any others. Oh! Time out. The telephone is ring- ing. Hello, yes, -bang. Did you hear that? The boss just fired me. I guess I committed a person- al foul, and you know something, my boss doesn't wait until you get four fouls before he throws you out. Now back to the subject which will bri11g success to me. Since I am out ol? a job, I might as well offer my book and make some competition in this racket. As I was saying, my charac- ters and their qualities, habits, and customs will be very much contrary to those commonly portrayed, and thc plot will be changed. Miss Alley fthe heroinej will meet Mr. Durgin fthe heroj at some place never before used for a setting fI have yet to find that placej, but Harry C. Dorr fthe vil- lainj appears upon the scene, and the fireworks, or battle, or baseball game, or wrestling match, if you can imag- ine such maneuvers, will begin. Of course there will be battles of wits and even iist-fights, but, in the crisis, the villain will kill the hero. In gratitude. the heroine fwho has tried her best to faint, but can 't-she had never fainted in her life, and had neglected to practice before the crisisj will con- sent to be-his sister forever and ever and even ever.
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THE BEACON 23 MY FIRST DANCE Eloise Webb We were having our first dance of the year, and I had decided to go. I had never before danced in my life, but I thought that this would be a good time to learn. The dance started about eight o'clock, but I wanted to be sure and be there on timeg so I left at quarter of seve11. I was there before anyone else, and I thought it would be a good time to practiceg so I got the janitor to dance with me. Before I knew it the hall was crowded with people, so I sat down in the side lines. I hadn't been there more than five minutes before I was asked to dance. I thought I might as well take a chance Clater my partner found out that it was he who took a I was never more embarrassed in my life. Between stepping on my part- ner's toes and making him bump into people, I guess he was ready to give up. As for myself-I wished the floor would open up and swallow me. He tried to talk to me to cover up his embarrassment, but every time he did I would stumble, and it would take about ten minutes to get back in step again. Before the dance was half over he escorted me to my seat and mumbled something about being tired. I could understand just how he felt, like two cents, and I felt even less. From then on I sat out the rest of the dance and determined never to go to another dance until I had learned ehancel: so I accepted. how to dance. REMINISCENCES OF THE CLASS OF 1934 Amy Noyes The members of the Class of 193-l had determined to meet at least once every year, following graduation. Ten years have passed and now we see George Hughes, Eloise VVebb, Leo Camara, Amy Noyes, Francis Ma- deiras, Barbara Bowman, Baron Den- niston, Kathleen Alley, Ida Gonsalves, and Crystell Luce gathered together on the S. S. Rex-bound from London back to the United States. The ex- students had gone in a body to Eu- rope. On the way over they had talked of their accomplishments tread them in the Class Prophecyj and now, on their way back to the United States, they are reminiscing of old times. Let us join in the conversation: George-XVell, here we are home- waid bound. Baron-Yes, just the opposite of our position ten years ago, we had just graduated from high school, and we were headed for the open sea-not knowing where we should go or what we should do! Leo-But we had done plenty be- fore tl1at! Barbara-Oh, I guess we had! Amy-I.et's go over everything We did in high school that amounted ti anything at all or concerned us in any way. Baron-IVell, I can start off by say- ing that our class was proven by rec- ords to be the highest ranking fresh- man class that had entered for years. Ida-I am quite sure we lived Uhard by our reputation, for we ' ad a higher average rank than graduat-
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