Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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TERMS OF AFFECTION I liacl been gluttonoushj devouring a book, when a celestial drowsiness, enhanced bu several periods of nocturnal wakefulness, most miraculouslij relegated me to incog it able re- gions. While thus hilariously floating along in rarified strata of air, an aerial monster of dia- bolical nature most intrusivehj joined me in mu precarious flight. With air-splitting and thun- derous voice, the diabolical monster roared these words: Sir, wmj do ijou call the president of ijour college ' Big Dick ' , the vice-president ' Spence., the professor of Bible ' Doc, the professor of Mathemathics, ' Mart. 1 , the professor of English ' Woodij., ' the professor of Latin ' Old B. Graham ' , the professor of Chemistrij ' Groves Howard , the professor of Iiistorvj ' Ken., the professor of Biology ' Old Bug ' and the Librarian ' Old Doc.? ' Monster, I discordantlij replied, these are merehj cogiiominal terms of professorial af- fection. From a labial standpoint theij mai) sound audaciously disrespectful, but from a pec- torial standpoint they are significant of an incomprehensibly profound affection. Such cog- nominal terms oi affection are invalidlij characteristic of twentieth centunj collegiate speci- mens. Yes, said the apparently paternalistic monster, you may dearly love your profes- sors, but ijou must remember that there are quite a number of people older than uou who do not fulhj understand the ways and customs of the twentieth centunj. In their uoung daus theij were more careful than the uoung people of the present daij as to the terms theij em- ployed when speaking of older people. Therefore, uou must be more careful about the terms ijou emploij when speaking of ijour professors lest some people interpret ijour so-called terms of affection as downright disrespect. I most graciously and unreseivedly thank you, I said, for your spontaneous and thun- derouslij pitched utterance, which ijou seem to purposelij give as paternalistic advice. Yon are most assuredhj right as to this being a most unspeakablij disrespectful age, but I candidlu assert, without even an infinitesimal trace of dubiousness, that ' Spence., ' Big Dick ' and all of the other most exceedingly venerable professors are acutelij cognizant of the waij in which such terms of professorial affection should be taken. I awoke to find that I had been dreaming. But it began to dawn upon me that per- haps 1 should be a little more careful as to the terms 1 emploij in speaking of mu dear old professors.

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acu ltti J davidson McDowell douglas, A. B.j M. A., D. D. President A.B., Davidson College; Student in Louis- ville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; B.D , Columbia Theological Seminaru ; M. A., Uni- versity of South Carolina; Princeton Theolog- ical Seminary; Johns Hopkins University; Min- ister Presbyterian Church in U. S.; President of PresLyterian College of South Carolina. ALMON EDWIN SPENCER, A.B., MA, LL.D. Vice-President and Professor of Greek and French A. B. and M. A., Central University; Princi- pal Reidville High School, Spartanburg, S. C; Professor of Greek and French, Presbyterian College of South Carolina; President Presbyte- rian College of South Carolina; Vice-President Presbyterian College of South Carolina. WILLIAM SMITH BEAN, A.B., M.A., D.D. Librarian and Assistant Professor in English A.B., and M.A., University of Georgia; Uni- versity of Leipzig; Columbia Theological Semi- nary; Princeton Theological Seminary; Univer- sity of South Carolina; Minister Presbyterian Church ill U. S.; Editor, Southem Presbyterian ; Author Teachings of The Lord Jesus ; Librarian and Assistant in English, Presbyterian College of South Carolina.