San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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WHITE AND GOLD 23 his erstwhile eup companion, madcap Hal. was necessary, but there was too much truth in Danie Quicklefs remark. HThe king. hath killed his heartf7 to make it pleasant to think upon.-abut. then, what would you? You cannot find a merry ending for any of the troop. It was with them. as Wister says of the old times in Arizona. HThe years ended gray. After the hey-day and carousals and happy-go-luckiness were all gone, in the remaining years. what? hnpty youth is such a grand, easy thing, but empty age, is so grim.H Returning to the Defense of Fools in general. I find that the, best points in regard to their usefulness and industry come, from the, French. but America. probably be- cause exaggeration is a national trait, stands a close second, and we learn that ttGod created fools that men of wit might regret life less,H and that ttwhile the man of brains sees all difficulties, surmounts or avoids them, the fool knows no difficulties.H We like the fool because. with us. the Hsupertiuous is so ueeessaryll. and because a fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.H HIf people of wit could not use fools. what would be the use of their witT and ttwit is more powerful than strength of body. If you do not believe this. you are respectfully referred to the story of Sampson and Delilah.H ttVVit is as infinite as love and a good deal more lasting in its qualitiesf, The Fool is precise. Does not Richard Harding Davis say. in one of his novels. ttAny- one may make a mistake. but it takes a fool to make the same mistake twieem! And there is the Kipling epigrani: HThe sil- liest kind of a woman can manage. a elever man. but it takes a very clever woman to manage a foolf7 The only words of commendation given anyone by the melan- choly Jaques are those said in praise of Touchstone. the court fool, whom Rosalind and Celia took with them into the forest of Arden for cheer and protection. Best of all. perhaps. is the reli- ability of the Fool. for. as the New England farmer says. HYou can have your hay erop and your apple crop and your potato crop. but therets one crop there eanlt nothint touch. and that,s the Fool crop. You can count on that sartin as sinfy To eon- elude. and apropos of the old adage. HFools rush in where angels fear to tread? let me recall to your minds how ttOne fool sailed westward till he found a world. One found new worlds within the mind of man, The eynies called Columbus eharlatan, And burned Giordano Bruno !aWho unfurled The heavens like a scroll that men might know. But foolish Galileo? Who began Our new free art and thought and social plan But that poor outcast. crazy fool, Rousseau? There is one toast the future ages drink Standing! To those who dare rush in and die. Those who defy all rights and break all rules. Who hght impossible battles and who think True thoughtsaat whonl, with one aeeord. we, ery, tThe fools. the tools. the fools. God bless the fools.' t,

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22 WHITE AND GOLD is variously parodied, witness, ttOne touch of humor makes the Whole world grin , ttOne touch of gossip makes the whole world chin , and HOne touch of Adam ta deeply fatal touehll makes the whole world sin. The conversation of the two clowns and their songs and rid- dles in the earlier part of the churchyard scene in NHamletH were formerly considered humorous, but now they are termed ua mouldy impertinenee. Still they form a fitting prelude to Ham- letts soliloquy on the skull of poor Yorick, the kingk jester, Ha fellow of infinite jest. most excellent fancy? uA Midsummer Nightls Dream,H concerns itself entirely with the mistakes of a night. carried out by a whole handful of comic characters. from Puck. tithe songful and merry wanderer of the night , to that droll old Nick Bottom, ttwrho. like most of mankind would fain play the lions part and brags of the loud roar he will make, but who, unlike his fellow mortals, wears the assls ears quite openly? Do not. forget that gay group, too, in the park of the King of Navarre, in ttLovels Labour's Lostll, and the Hheavenly Rosa- line there who informs us, HThat a. jestls prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of him that makes itll. Leaving all this holiday humor, we now take up a philosoph- ical play, one intended to show pitilessly just what life is: ttDost thou- call me fool. boy? asks Lear. and truly and sadly the Fool tealled his outward eonseieneel replies. HAll thy other titles, thou has given away; that thou waslt born withW A well known critic has said that what you think of the play of ttKing Learlt will depend upon what you have thought of King Leafs Fool. Certainly the play offers a Wide field for discussion, in its great trio of madness; presented by the real insanity of the King, the feigned craziness of Edgar and the professional folly of the Fool. My own opinion is, that while of all the books I ever read the saddest proved to be the humorous Don Quixote. so is Learls Fool.wout in the raging storm, shorn of all of his fool dignity, nothing left in fact but his heroic devotion to a mad old man,- the saddest person 1 ever met. No other character, either in book life or real life. has seemed to me shrewder or more pathetic, nobler or more tender than this faithful soul, disguised in its court dress of motley wear. and carrying its eoxcomh, the symbol of Folly. Lastly, we come to that greatest glory of the English speaking stage, Falstaff:m and his group of merry satellites. Ile belongs to comedy, ttbeeause his big frame is so inoculated with laughter that his faults cannot take the contagion of tragedy. He is built to brag and is too fat to be brave. So large a man is seldom able to do such quick trapeze work mentally or to wrig- gle so unctuously through such narrow places morally. Con- demn him utterly, if you will, he certainly could say With Puck, HThose things do best please me that befall preposterouslyll, but, here is his own apology: HThou knowest in the state of in- noeeney, Adam fell; and what should poor Jack Falstaff do in the days of villainyW, lgrant that his dismissal by the King, tt

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Z-I- WHITE AND GOLD The Modern Girl BY RUTH WILCOX 'llhe commonly accepted idea of the modern Ameriean girl is that one we so often see pictured on the covers of the eurrent mag- azines. Gibson, Harrison Fisher, Boileau and other popular 'tgirls' headsi, artists have shown her there to he a perfect model of Lady Fashion. She wears elaborate hats with feathers, wonderful and expensive gowns heavily trimmed with laces: a beautiful Persian kitten rests on her arm and stares lazily out at you from over- the vain shoulder of its mistress: often a hairy Freneh poodle sits in her lap and blinks saueily. As a matter of fact. the Amerivan girl spends very little of her time in tlmothering dogs . She is not the insipid society beauty, but she is, rather. an active, healthy girl. with a keen ap- preciation for athletics and all out-door life. She thoroughly enjoys an evening at the theater or a danee, yet. on the other hand, she. sews. cooks, and attends to all the duties of a woman. She meets the business world with a level. steady glanee; her mind is elear and capable. How different she is from the girls of past ages! Think of Louis the Fourteenthls petted beauty. whose only thoughts were the Huffiness of her hair or the turn of her slender ankle! Think of the demure little Puritan maid who lived within the four walls of her home and scarcely dared to look outside! Then think of our American girl twith pridel ! ls not she the, tthappy mediunill of all time? fuhef The Process of Eating Candy Candy is a divine gift of the gods destined to rot the teeth tcanines, incisors, hieuspids and Inolarsl. Some is exceedingly affectionate, clinging to the hands in a most caressing manner. Some is gooey and some is dry. Yet all is acceptable to a 103 English class. Some is in the form of kisses and some is in the Form of hearts, but all are better than tarts. The process of eating is very simple tto those initiated into the arty First the proboscis is greeted by a fragrant odor wafted hy the gentle zephyrs. Then the organ of taste tthe tonguel begins to swim in the digestive juices which now freely flow from the mucous membrane of the mouth and surrounding regions. With one fell swoop, the digits ttingersl clutch the unresisting carbohydrates and convey it swiftly to the, waiting organ of. mastication and partial digestion, which with one relaxation of the muscles, discloses a gaping cavernous depth. into which the unfortunate sweet is thrust. With a resounding smack. the jaws fly together. The. tongue begins a rhythmical motion. rotating freely about the captured dainty. With a crushing and crunch- ing motion, the jaws endeavor to demolish and utterly ruin the Inouth-watering delieaey. slowly dissolving the ruins in the gurg-