University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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THE PUVIAN g ness by their more up-to-date methods. XYalk into a store, if there is 110 one right on the spot to wait on you. what tin you do? Do you wait until some- one shows up? Perhaps 50. but more likely you walk nut and go to another store to make yt-mr purchase. If the Salesmen had been efhcient in that Store they would have hecn on the lookout for customers and would have been ready to serve you the moment you entered. iliake another branch of business. the accounting department. A few years ago the :iierchant had as little as; pos- sible to do with hnokkeeping. He mayr have had a smail memorandum book in which he jotted down what he COuld re- member of the dayis transactions. That method got by because his ex- penses were small and he could get ennugh for his merchandise to cover the transactions which he forgot. To day things have changed. The mer- chant must have accurate information concerning his sales, purchases, and ex- penses. He must know what each arn tide costs him, and what he sells it for, in order to make it pay its proportion- ate RilEITE 0f the overhead or expenses. H one article is priced too low and is not making its share of the overhead, that is the article which will sail in preference to the one which is perhaps too high. and Slowly the profits de- crease. If allowed to continue the husiness is bankrupt. These leaks must be corrected if the husiiiese is to he snuml. In order to correct them an efficient system must he installed. in case of sickness which doctor is called? The one whom we think is the must eFFIcienti Again, I say. the man who is must el'hcient wins. it. W. 1-1 LINT. MISTAKES IN PUNCTUATION. A tourist writing from Switzerland said: The distance was too great for a donkey to travel therefore I did not attempt itU A local newspaper contained this statement: hWe have just built a. schoolhouse for girls four stories high.n A woman wrote: hi wish to seli my piano for I am going to Europe in a rosewood case with carved legs. A clergyman wrote: A young woman died yesterday while I was preaching in the street in a state of beastly intoxication'j Another minister wrote: uI well re- member when I was riding across the prairie with my beloved Wife who has long since gene to heaven in a buggy. A request was handed into the pulpit as follows: WA man going to sea his wife desires the prayers of the congre- gation for his safety. JUST A POEM. It was many years ago, When the woods were dark and tlrcar: The men put powder in their guns, And went to hunt the deer. But now that things have changed about, Upon a diHerent plain The clears put powder on their face And go to hunt the man. THE KAISER. Of all the faces we have seen in our newspapers and other current lite ratttre within the past few years, that of Wil- liam l'IOhenznllern, the former Kais-ci' of Germany, is the most familiar. During lhe war the greater part of the pictures showed him in uniform. with his imperial moustache twisted nu the ends: and turned up at a very

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9. T II R remarked to himself. l'onr Harold. l was beginning to think he was real clever. and then he Heps. Just 100k at them now! In a few minutesmoh. well! I am clever enough to know when to get out. THE SCHOOL SEAL. ilk' PHILIP B. SHARPE, '24. When Portland University hegan the school year in September. 1921, the school was without a seal. However, a few of the students considered that a seal was necessary to the welfare of Portland University. and discussed the matter with Dean Cunningham. Hi5 approval having been obtained. Philip R. Sharpe was appointed a committee of one tn obtain such a seal. After two mtmths nf cerrespomlenee with the artists and designers of The Metal Arth- Company of Rochester. New York. an appropriate design was submitted. The Dean and the faculty approved this design and the matter was passed on to the student body who were also in favor of it. The date of acceptance was; January 131h. Have you ever stopped to consider just what the design on the seal sig- nihes? The center contains a book. a quill, and a torch. The open book signifies Knowledge. and incidentally Powerefor Khowlet'lge is Power. The quill signifies the Bookkeeping. Accounting and Secretarial sciences. while the torch stands for Progress. Remember this and think at it the next time you see your seal. And when you receive your diploma bearing a gold sticker in the lower teit-hand comer. let it mean more to you than just a fancy decorationeit is the em- hlem of your school! P U TI A N- SHE GOT IT ALL. THOUGH! A poet dictated one of his poems to an inexperienced stenographer and this is what she handed him: In the church the bride was stande ing on her head. The orange blooms in her heart: and in her spirit were a dozen sweet perfumes. Down the aisle the groom came walking on his hand. There was a ring in his ear? The organ music made him think; his soul must sing through an alley. Sweet with flowers the band is on the march blowing bugies with their noses. They inhate the scent, the arch and the fiagstcnes in the Huor. Echo forth the happy day. Then the groom cuts of? her heart. One small tress to wear forever. Cam you correct her copy? A school papers 3. good invention, The staff gets all the fame, The printer all the money. And the Editor all the blame. EFFICIENCY. Efficiency! What does it mean? In these days of keen competition we hear everybody talking of ethciency lmt did you ever stop to think just what it nmans? Very briefly, it means do- i'ng the thing at hand in the best. the easiest. and the quickest way possible. In every walk of life the person who is must efheient wins. The student who plans his work. lays it out ahead and let; nothing- interfere with this pro- gram. is the one who is usually near the- heatl uf the class. The one who does his Studying when he has nothing else to tlo. works harder and doesn't accom- plish as much as the other. Take the business man, where is he today without efficiency? His com- petitors slowly crowd him out of busi-

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lll T H E forbidding angle. Gradually. how- cvcrl his hgure has lost its military hearing. and the moustache droops I'm'lomly. Today. as one glances at the pictures of the world-tametl leader who wrought such destruction but a short time ago. one does not set: the. harsh. impassive face of the man who. though somewhat like Napoleon, so far exceeded him in wanton cruelty and injustice that comparison goes no farther than 21 similarity of ambition: it is the face of a broken old man whose crafty eyes seem to be peering out from under his bushy eyebrows malevolently, both hating and tearing the powers that have brought-him to such degradation. h-A pitiful picture 1 some say. Pitiv ful! Does he deserve pity? Does he: even realize the meaning of the word? Certainly he never indulged in that emotion himself. Did he give even a thought to the sorrow he was causing. except as it promoted his interests? One who committed so many crimes against humanity and the world does not deserve the pity of even the most humble, H ILDA DthJ '25. If you have a bit of news Send it in; Or a joke that w. amuse Send it in; A story that is true A suggestion thatls new We want to hear from youh Send it in. Never mind about the style. It the news is worth the while It may help or cause a smile SEND IT IN. EIGHT SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. Christopher Columbus sold wool in Genoa in 1439: the output of his fatheris weaving plant. Napoleon Bonaparte was at one time a book salesman. PUVIAX Ulysses S. Grant sold real estate before he went into the army. Henry Clay sold corn and flour. and thus earned the sobriquet llThe Mill- boy of the Slashes. John Jacob Astor laid the foundation of his fortune by selling pianos and flutes. T hornets A Edison began his career as; a newsboy 0n the Grand Trunk Railway. J33; Gould at the age of Fifteen was a clerk in a tin shop. Phil. D. Armour sold groceries 0n commission before he went into the meat packing business. Breathes there a man with soul 50 dead, W'ho never to himself hath said, This load of books is as light as lead? If such there lives. g0. mark him good. He might be worsc.wf course he could! But to 115 he only is a dude. Vthn after a day's work is o'er And from the calendar he tore A sheet; and to himself hath said: Thi-t is the life-it is NOT dead! To me it is my tife. my bread. 0E such a man we shall not speak W'e're sure he'd nt-vcw: make a sheikh So let us close PHILIP Bi SHARPE. '24. SUCCESS-A MATTER .OF ABILITY, CONFIDENCE AND LOYALTY. What is the real meaning of success .7 Most people would say- that success is what you accomplish in your chosen line of work. But is that the very best tlehnition? Is it what you have accom- plished or the way in which you accom- Iished it? Let us apply success to something we all are interested is-our school paper. for instance. lVe are about to issue