Ricker Classical Institute - Aquilo Yearbook (Houlton, ME)

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Page Twenty-two The Aquilo Bernard Porter-Dean's List at Colbyg Glee Club, Physics Assistant. Volney -Bell-Member of Football tcam of Defiance College, Ohio. Ruth Nadeau -Dean's List at Colby, Glee Club, Colby Night Play. MY MIND IS A QUEER STORAGE PLACE Now that I stop to puzzle it out, I see that my mind is indeed a queer storaige place. To me it consists of three separate departments - the sorting room, the orderly room, and the miscellany room. In one of these rooms may be placed' every fact I know, should know, or am trying to learn. However, I am dissatisfied with the proportion of these depart- ments. Therefore I am trying to enlarge the orderly room and establish a more efficient connection between it and the sorting room. To do this I must decrease the size of the mis- cellany room, The first department is the medium sized sorting room in which several iiny clerks are trying to classify and transfer to the proper place the facts that are continually crowding in. Just now they are seriously at work on a vast heap of physics formulas and laws concerning rotary motion, of trignometric functions, of German vocabularies, and of other complicat- ed tangles of facts that a college student is expected to straighten. To what fate these facts are doomed I have no idea, Just now their destiny depends mostly upon the weather, my and a telephone call. pocketbook, The small orderly room is a marvel. It is kept by an old gentleman of such brilliance of memory that he can, at a moment's fact that is notice, bring forth any packed snugly away in the precisely arranged racks. My only regret is that this department is not larger and more completely equipped. However, I have a skilled carpenter, 'College Education, tearing down the miscellany room, bit by bit, and transforming it into an extension of the orderly room. As long as I treat this carpenter well, I know he will work for me-even up to the time of my unavoidable destruction. The miscellany room, the largest but most useless of the three, will soon be reduced to meager proportions if my present reconstruction plan continues. You can glimpse the nature of the roomxif you imagine a room in which billions of small notes flutter aimlessly about, driven by the breeze from an electric fan. When a certain note is wanted, one search- es frantically, usually unsuccessfully, through the cloud until he quits in disgust. A few days later, when one has no use for it, the note will drop serenely into his hand. Such is the storage place of my mind, a place for things I am trying to learn, for facts I am certain I know, and for facts that I know only under certain conditions. PROCRASTINATION IN OUR CLASS During the past few weeks, the habit of procrastination has been steadily growing upon the class unitil it has become noticeable in nearly every course. In tracing this habit I come to the conclusion that it is a direct result of either laziness, a poor time schedule, or a weakness for diversions. I think that some students pro- crastinate because they? are really They 'have an indolent atti- lazy, tude toward studying that their ambi- tion tion cannot overcome. The prepara- of every subject that they do not like is put off until later. Later, it. To this also belong who always there is no time to do group of lazy students those unprincipled fefw wait for a classmate to do the work. Then a social call is in order and all the work that can be used is soon copied. In the work of the idle, we can find no signs of improvement or

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The Aquilo Page Twenty-one our lives. The spiritual and educa- tional 'benefits that the class derives from them are well worth the twenty minutes that are set apart each week. ATHLETICS The Junior College Class this year has proven very strong in athletics. At the 'beginning of the fall term the College outstripped its nearest com- petitors, the Seniors, by a scant mar- Kin to win the annual inter-mural Pumpkin Meet. Tidd, Bates, Reed, McLaughlin, Jenkins, Carver, Green- law,'and Lucia Rose all contributed largely 'to piling u.p the points for the College. The College also placed' six men on the regular football line-up. They were Bates, Prince, Reed, Jenkins, Pullen, and Putnam. At the end of the season Bobi Jenkins, full-back, was elected captain, an honor which he richly deserved, He was outstanding all the season for his vicious line plunging on offence, and his tackling on defence. According to present prospects the Junior College will prove a valuable aid in the basketball session about to begin. Aside from the varsity squad, the College expects to have a separ- ate team to compete with other near- by teams and in the .interclass sche- dule. This team will also .have for its Objective the overthrow of its old basketball rival-the Faculty. SOCIAL EVENTS On Wedesday evening, October 14, Principal and Mrs. Roy M. Hayes in- vited the Junior College class to their home for a delightful party. The party started at 7.30 with several tables of card -games of various kinds going at full blast and excellent music being furnished by the radio. Then followed games which required ex- tensive effort with brain, pencil, and paper. The winners were rewarded for their cleverness and mighty labor by some such prize as a shiny tin whistle or a toy elephant. At 8.30 time was taken out to elect class officers. The following were chosen by vote: President Robert Jenkins Vice-President John Pullen Secretary Marjorie McCain Treasurer Carl Reed Immediately after the election the class was divided into four groupi, 'each group playing a different kind of game, The winners, one from each group, were rewarded by being com- pelled to serve refreshments, which consisted of cake, ice cream, and cookies. After everyone had enjoyed the refreshments, we all gathered around the piano and sang popular songs. The time to go 'home came all too quickly, and' as we bade Mr. and Mrs. Hayes good-night, we declared that it had been a truly successful and enjoyable party. ALUMNI Owing to lack of time we have been unable to complete a detailed Alumni department with an accurate account of the doings of each and every one. However, we have had many good reports of Ricker Junior College students who have gone on to other colleges, and in this issue we record some of the special distinctions that have come to them. Following are a few of the honors that they have achieved: Leon Bradbury-Colby Y. M. C. A. Secretary, Goodwin Public Speaking, 2nd prizeg Hallowell Public Speaking, 2nd prize, member of winning team in the Murray Debating Contest. Mary Dudley-Dean's List, Library Assistant at Colby. Don Matheson-Member of Spring- field College football squad. Ruth Pullen-Vice-President of the Aroostook Club at Colby, member of Junior Class Hockey teamg Mgr. of Junior Class Basketball team.

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The Aquilo Page Twenty-three originality, only very evident marks of procrastination. .And then, too, I know that there are students who continually delay the preparation of their work because they do not have or do not follow' a proper time schedule. General stu- dents I know have a habit of taking things easy during spare periods, little realizing that there may be no more spare periods in wvhich to pre- pare other assignments. It seems that they are too confident of their ability to do a long assignment in a s-hort time. As a result they delay doing the work until just before class- time. When the ranks are issued, I think it will be very evident that they are defeating the very purpose of going to college. Another cause for procrastination is that a weakness to diversions makes it easy for nearly everyone to leave duty for pleasure. A desire for pleasure easily overcomes an in- clination to work. Tennis is much more attractive than physics pro- blems, An English theme looks very trivial when compared directly to a good social. But, as a general rule, we should overrule the desire for pleasure and do our work. If we do not, there soon will be no pleasure of any sort for us because there will be a barrier of work always before us, a 'barrier erected through our own procrastination. i- i WHAT PRICE STUDY? The primary object of every col- lege student should be his studies. Whatever else 'he may choose to do while at school, his studies should receive his first consideration. Study- ing is the essential factor in getting high grades, and those grades deter- mine one's start in life. There are several short cuts to high grades, and every student should take ad- vantage of them. The first short cut is much talked about, but seldom followed- concen- tration. If one's work is to be done 'well,,it must be given the undivided attention of the student. This can- not be given by alternating a few minutes of study with a few minutes of play. These two activities have their part in college life, but they should not be mingled. Then, too, another short cut is to be prepared always to recite on Monday. After a couple of days of rest, few students have the ambition to prepare their lessons for Monday. The time for a small star to shine is when others are dim. Few students recite well on the first day of the week. Monday's lessons should be prepared on Saturday leaving Sunday for rest. If the lessons are left until Sunday, time may not be found to prepare them at all. Finally, when all lessons are pre- pared, an extra ten minutes Slwllld be spent in looking each over. One should especially note the important points of the assignment. This gives a polished recitation. If these things are followed faith- fully, a high grade results. The stu- dent who is determined to do well in his Studies will do well. He is the one who will be a success in life. As his grades 'were high .in college, so will they be in -the school of life. PERSEVERANCE, A NECESSARY CHARACTERISTIC Some young people go through college in a sort of listless and lazy manner. Studying is apparently very dull and monotonous for them. We all admit that there are often things more attractive for us than tiresome outside reading assignments and