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I I I BEAR TRACKS-PHOENIX JUNIOR COLLEGE Page I7 That Ole Black Magic Lookout! wherever you are. This is Friday the Thirteenth, oh child of Satan! The superstition which attributes ill luck to this day of the week may have origi- nated among the Norsemen. With them, Friday was sacred to the goddess Freya, the Northern Venus after whom it was named. Anyone who undertook a jour- ney or devoted himself to business on this day was looked upon as dishonor- ing her, and she was known to avenge herself by overwhelming him with mis- fortune. Among Christians, this irrational fear of Friday as day of ill Omen is DO doubt associated with the death of Christ. Friday, however, is but one of the many days which the strange fancies of astrol- ogy have declared unlucky. It is interesting to note in this con- nection, that Friday is the Moslem Sab- bath. Among the Mohammedans gener- ally, the day is regarded as especially lucky. The Mohammedan peasants in the northwest frontier of Hindustan are said to reverence the day particularly be- cause of the tradition that on that day God rested from the work of creation. ln nearly all civilized countries, this number thirteen is regarded as unlucky, not only by the simple and unlettered, but by many persons of education. By many authorities this superstitious dread is said to have had its origin in the fact that Christ and his disciples made a total of thirteen and that he was betrayed by one of them. Traces of the superstition are found, however, in the tradition of many ancient peoples as widely separated as the Norsemen and the Hindus. Among the Turks, aversion to the number thir- teen is strongly marked. The French and Italians and Latin races in general, have a distinct horror of this number. In many streets of Paris there is no house to be found bearing the number thirteen. Imposing lists of eminent people who were superstitions on this point have been dug up. Equal numbers could be cited who found good luck rather than ill in thirteen. Nevertheless, the belief still lin- gers as one of the ancient human follies that have resisted the attacks of satire and the admonitions of reason. For ex- ample, in America the hotel is excep- tional that has a floor or a room marked thirteen. We wonder what people sleep- ing on the fourteenth floor, with no floor marked thirteen, below them, feel like. THE DEAN'S OFFICE A If there is any Sophomore who has not filed his graduation petition, he should do so at once. ' The first grade period closes Oc- tober 28. Each report is complete from beginning of semester to date, as is the final report. The faculty is willing to counsel any student in need of advice. ' This week's bouquet goes to Her- man Lipow, E. L. Stone and those who promoted the sing festival last Wed- nesday. This was an outstanding suc- cess. Next time the auditorium will be used to take care of all students. Mr. Stone's voice was almost ruined but he is .gradually recovering. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Of course, you all know there has been a war going on for some time now. And naturally when we have a war, it's the male who does the fighting. Here at J. C., as the result, there are better than 2 to I odds in favor of females. All this has been in the way of show- ing the foundations for this beef. Now our gallant male population has been doing it's darndest to show you girls that there are still some fellas left here on the campus. They tried whistles, but the girls are on to that one by now. Next came loud speaker systems on the cars, but the Amazons didn't understand that kind of English. So now it has boiled down to brute force. Yes ma'm, you, too, can have a football hero. Glamorous, isn't it? But now all kidding aside. The fellows have some really good six-man teams in operation. We could beat North High? And so as the season is about to wind up, and we put away the Band-Aids till basketball season, why don't you girls come on out and give the lads something to FIGHT for? This will be about the last chance this season. How about it? Vic Pulis. AMS Holds Party Tonight A hayrack ride sponsored by the A. M. S. will be held at .the Cherry Ho, on North Seventh Street tonight from 8:30 to l2:00. Following the hayrack ride there wiIl,be dancing at the Cherry Ho and refreshments will be served. Bill Bridgewater is in charge of the party. ON THE SPOT lWe adopt this title with due apology and thanks to a Bear Tracks columnist of 'I938-39.l The rift in the President's cabinet brought about by Morgenth'au's excla- mations on the future foreign policy of reducing Germany to an agricultural stooge, truly warrants a bit of ruffled concern. We lament and renounce the philosophy of those who respect peace as a time to encourage the enforcement of slavery. Slaves, once free men, will rebel. Overheard in assembly: 'flf I have to see another hackneyed movie, l'll scream. Fifty lusty voices could make a lot of commotion in the auditorium. What's that about a word to the wise being sufficient? Heard on a radio soap opera: What am I going to do? What am I going to do? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? The announcer's elucidating comment - What is she' going to do? lf this column seems to be evidence of the 'nth degree in griping, observe an opportunity to retaliate. Bear Tracks has a letter to the editor column' blankly yearning for some student reaction. The evidence of cliques has not yet become blatantly obvious this year. Can the situation last? About the library--Can it be that commotion is sometimes aggravated by the spasmodic evidence of a strict policy? ' R. A. .-.i..iO COMING EVENTS Next Tuesday, October l7, from 3:00 to 5:00, the Associated Women Stu- dents will hold their first birthday party in the club room. This party will be for all the girls whose birthdays are during October and April. .,...O...1. Every student should be in his or her own seat in assembly. It will be considered a cut if he comes in late or leaves dur- ing the program . The day after assembly, Miss Miller will have published a list of tardies on the bulletin board. Every student should check this list and also the list of seats assigned for assembly. The assembly is a regular shool ac- tivity and all students and faculty should attend.
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I Page I6 A BEAR TRACKS-PHOENIX JUNIOR COLLEGE BEAR TRACKS I Published By the Students of Phoenix Junior College Member Associate Collegiate Press SU PERSTITION VS. KNOWLEDGE TODAY IS FRIDAY THE l3TH . . . It seems only right and proper on such a widely acclaimed day of black magic to delve into the occult and into super- stition itself. For all of us, despite denials to the contrary, have pet beliefs which can be classified as superstition. You'll find an attempt here to convince you of their foolishness . . . for the key to solving the source of all such strange be- liefs follows. SUPERSTITION IS BASED on the com- mon logical fallacy often termed post hoc ergo propter hoc lafter this, there- fore, because of thisl. That is, the belief that a temporal sequence of events car- ries with it a casual relationship. THATS HIGH-POWERED language, so let's take an example such as the familiar black cat to illustrate this type cf thinking. Suppose a man was walking down a street when a black cat crossed his path. Immediately after he fell and broke his leg, and just as immediately laid the blame upon the cat. Thereafter, he avoided all black cats, deeming them a cause of misfortune. YOU CAN EASILY see how this idea originated and grew from those ignor- ant folk of long ago, who lacked rational or ,satisfying reasons in terms of cause and effect. Their ignorance of natural laws and their fear forced the explana- tions into the world of the supernatural, and regardless of much intellectual head- way since then, we still find ourselves bogged down in the mire of supersti- tion. HOW MANY OF YOU connect a square jaw with will power, red hair with temper, low forehead with crimi- nality, slender hands with artistic tem- perament? How many of you believe that fx lightning never strikes twice in the same place, that friends walking on opposite sides of a post will quarrel, that if a man can't look you in the eye he is dis- honest? HOW MANY OF YOU, through noth- ing but wishful thinking, place blame upon ladders, umbrellas, cats, the num- ber l3 or 3, a two-dollar bill, the moon, or a broken mirror? And how many, with the same wishful thinking, consider a wish made upon a falling star, a load of hay, the first evening star, or a white horse in- fallible? CHECK THE THEORY we mentioned above with any of the following super- stitions, and see how easily it could be applied to their origin, also . . . Tell a dream before breakfast and it will come true, expect company after dropping a fork, howling of a dog a sign of death, a person catching a bride's bouquet will be the next to marry, plant crops by the moon, sign of coming bad luck is a broken dish at a party, it is bad luck to take a broom when moving to a new house, a lost wedding ring means an un- happy married life. SO YOU SEE, we cannot place all the blame upon those primitive people, for we, too, despite our. culture , still fos- ter that line of thought. lt grows not only from wishful thinking and erroneous thought, but from emotional maladjust- ment and attempts to escape distasteful or painful reality. SUPERSTITION IS A PROBLEM, for superstition is ignorance. As knowledge grows, so does superstition wane, though it is far from being stamped out yet. Much of this fallacious type of thinking still persists, and it is a challenge to our search for truth and reason. IT SEEMS T0 ME ll am indebted to the late Hey- wood Brown for the title of this column.-E. L.l The assemblies this year have been particularly good. A repeat performance from the musicians which we have heard this year would be enthusiastically re- ceived. George Warner with his boogie- woogie and Messrs. Tretick and Redewill with their violin music would not be too hard to listen to. Where are the hands on the clock in front of the auditorium? Two stars in the political firmament have gone out with the death of Al Smith and Wendell Willkie. Both were also rans who had the fortitude to remain active in politics even after they were defeated for the presidency. Their influence was felt greatly and they will be' sorely missed. We are glad to see- that our old friends Fibber McGee and Molly back on the air waves on Tuesdays. Posted about the campus at strategic points are signs which read, Please fol- put up for to protect low the walks . These were a specific purpose, namely, the lawns from lazy students who would save a few steps by walking across the lawns. lt takes but a little while longer to follow the sidewalks. Those of us who were at J. C. last year can remember the paths on the front lawn between the doors of the Liberal Arts and the Science buildings. lt did not take long to wear the paths, but it took several months for the grass to grow back on the worn spots. Let this be a gentle reminder to those who look at the signs and then cut on across. E. L. 5 I S MUgTN'1' LET ,qN07,H 1 MAN cxosg MVPATHLZ? .-Us BAD Luck VHP
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P59918 ' BEAR TRACKS-PHOENIX JUNIOR COLLEGE . S , .-l Hostesses and guests of honor at fast Tuesday's faculty tea are, L. to R., Miss Stevens, Mrs. Cocanower, Mrs. Schlag, Mrs. Newnam, and Miss Miller. NEW TEACHERS ARE HONORED AT TEA Mrs. Newnam's home was the scene of a tea given last Tuesday to honor the new women teachers on the Junior Col- lege faculty. Hostesses were Mrs, New- nam and Mrs. Cocanower. Guests of honor were Miss Edith C. Stevens of the home economics department, Mrs. Rhea Schlag of the art department, Miss Mary Montgomery of the foreign language de- partment, and Miss Ruth P. Miller, sec- retary to Dean Wyman. included Misses Elizabeth Guests Campbell, Laura Herron, Imogene Hoop- er, Helen Hubbard, Jean Hunter, and Mesdames Eastburn, Hannelly, Laird, Montgomery, Myers, Phelps, Smelser, Stewart, D. F. Stone, E. L. Stone, Wy- man, Gibson, Heisser, Trevillian, Mon- roe, and Andres. The tea lasted from 3:00 to 5:00 and a lunch consisting of sandwiches, cookies, candies, coffee, and tea was served. ETA CHI EPSILON Thursday, October 5, Eta Chi Epsilon members met with a new sponsor, Miss Stevens, to plan this year's program. ln anticipation of a very active and inter- esting year the program committee will meet Friday, October I3, at the home of Miss Stevens to plan the activities of the year, ,...o. THETA CHI DELTA Theta met with their sponsor, Miss Campbell, during the activity period Mon- day, October 2, to study the Inter-Society Constitution. The favorite topic of con- versation of this small group is, Whom shall we rush? The New Books The English reading room presents Dangling Man , a realistic book of ideas and impressions belonging to a man who hangs in a void between the set rou- tine of normal existence and conscription ihto the U. S. Army. The dangling man finds himself and spirit downcast by a freedom limited by uncertainty. He has given up his iob and is being supported by his wife. He finds this has wrought in him a psychological change which causes him to shun un- willingly academic mental pursuits and willingly social pursuits. He stands alone, unable to feel security or interest in his agonized existence. Joseph experiences waiting until it be- comes unbearable and the thread from which he dangles breaks. He resolutely decides where he must fall to free him- self from his impossible freedom, whether his decision means the betrayal of his convictions or not. So realistically cited through the daily chronicle of this man are his experiences among friends, acquaintances, and fam- ily that the reader is deeply impressed by the smallness, sordidness, and hope- lessness of his environment. Sam Bellow, the twenty-eight year old author, former teacher of anthropology at the University of Chicago, reveals a talent for creating a novel of originality and thought which is at times ponderous but never uninteresting. V THIS WEEK'S EDITORIAL BOARD l Editor .....,.....,........................................ Pat Haire Editorial Staff-Rosemary Annon, Elizabeth Land, Ruth Condrev, Gertrude Mack. Reporters - Mary Fitzgerald, Billie Axline, Dora Kline, Ellen Rex, Leona Walters, Lulu McCausIand, h A Photographer ..,,,..................,...............,.. Vic Pulls Faculty Adviser ......... ......... J ames l. Stewart Mr. Cook Reminisces On Good Old Days Don't be a kitten. That was the moral of the speech, The Good Old Days , given by Mr. Neil Cook, former Junior College director of English, in assembly Tuesday. He told some of what Phoenix and J. C. used to be like, say- ing that we should know about its his- tory and not be like the kitten who ac- cepted the cream without wondering where it, or the saucer, came from. Mr. Cook spoke of when the college was nothing but a group of shacks and traced its development in reverse from a frame and brick house to the old Junior College building on Seventh street, and finally to the comparatively new plant which we now have. An amusing anecdote in Mr. Cook's speech was the story of the original Bum- stead. Who got the bear meat? he asked. When the bear, which had been purchased as a cub from some hunters, got to be too large to handle, it was given to the Apache Junction zoo. The bear never reached its destination, and some- one, Mr. Cook claims, probably had a good meal. Mr. Cook described what Phoenix used to be. He drew a verbal picture of Phoe- nix when it was bounded on the north by Van Buren, on the south by the rail- road track, on the west by Seventh ave- nue, and on the east by Seventh street. He told of the difficulties involved in travelling to Los Angeles and to Pres- cott in a humorous fashion. Mr. Cook closed by speaking of the mz-ny coats of paint on the bear, He said, lf you're going to paint anything, paint Bumstead. He's used to it. ALPHA SIGMA GAMMA New officers were elected at a pot luck supper held at the home of Miss Hubbard, Monday, October 2, The offi- cers are: president, Pat Hairej vice-presi- dent, Rosemary Annon, secretary, Ro- berta Kelsey, treasurer, Eleanor Bassfordg sergeant-at-arms, Dorothy Wood, and pledge mistress, Phyllis Barabe. After the election the club discussed rush party plans. ln the traditional manner, Marjory Menard announced her engagement by presenting the group with a box of choc- olates, - ALPHA A pot luck supper was held in connec- tion with the last meeting of Alpha. This group met at the home of the sponsor, Miss Hunter, and discussed plans for the fall rush season. Tentative plans were made for a theatre party. il
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