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

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THE PUYJAN 11 the first number of the thian and we all want to see this he a success. ltYhen a paper is issued for the First time everyone is ready to criticise. Of course we expect sozne criticism but we donlt want too much. so it is up to the school to eo-operate and make this paper he a success. Llo-operation is one of the leading steps to success. You all know the saying. h Two heads are better than one In a way that is co-operationi In the business world CtJAOperatiOn means the getting,r together of certain people and the carrying on of an enterprise without any friction. This is what we are going to do to help bring about the success of the paper. We have an Editorial Board. upon whom rests the largest responsibility. but it is not up to these people alone. lix-eryone must do his share. We do not doubt that the Board has the ability to work it out alone. if it must. but do you think it is fair to them or to the paper for us to dsit back and take it easy? Of course it isn't. We must help in all ways we scan. We must eo-operate with them. Give them suggestions. tell them how they can improve a certain article-theyr will thank you for it, although you may think. What good are my ideas? They have a personality of their own. what would they want of mine ?'i Donlt feel this way. Give them your personality. You have confidence in those people and you are loyal to them. I mean by loyal'l that you will back them up in everything they do. Hut it takes more than ability. con- hdenee. and loyalty. Co-operation. s ystem. and efficiency. are also required in making a school paper a success. 0f co-t'ipemtion l have written. hut what of SYSTEM? Not a very large Word, but has much to do with succees. Where system is lacking there is no ' sueeess-just failure can be the result. 50 let us combine our eFforts and co- operate and make our school paper one that will always he remembered as having heen a great success. Speaking about system reminds me of a story I read in the newspaper a short time ago. A superintendent of a certain coal mine in New Mexico couldn't keep his rent accounts straight because the employees moved from place to place without giving due notice to the company. Finally, as a last re. sort. he posted this notice: iuly the 13 Notis to all them imployed. Anney person or persons that moves into a l-louse Without My Consent shall he put Out Without anney Cemmony. Dam it i Must and Will have some sistom. Signed..........Supt. The above is a good example oi one man's idea of system. LAURETTA M. NIELSON, Q4. MICHAEL COLLINS. Perhaps the greatest of Irish patriots was the late Michael Collins, who was born in Ireland in the year 135m. When lrelandis relations with England were severed in 1916, he returnd to his native land from London, where he had been employed. Soon he became ft trusted ofheer and was always a menace to the English forces. I-leeause he was such a danger to the Iiritish. a heavy price was offered for his capture. Dublin. his home. was in the hands of the British at that time. and it was an extremely dangerous place for him to be found. One night

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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

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1'2 THE PL'YiAX he decided to go to his home. and no one could dissuade him. He went in disguise. and as he started to enter his imuse. an English soldier asked him what he wa5 doing there. He looked up at the soldier and said very calmly. Why. I'm Michael Collins. and I live here. The soidier walked off never even thinking that the Michael Collins there was the same Michael Ctillins fnr whom 50 great a reward would he paid. This shows how bravely and how calm- ly he could act under such conditions. Another time, as he was walking along a road. a party of hostile soldiers spied him and called upon him to surrender. Instead. he jumped' over a stone fence alongside of the road and disappeared. Iii 1921 England decided to make Ireland a free state. The Irish leader. De Valera. was against it. so he and Cnllins severed relations. Collins and Grifhth were chosen to be at the head of the Irish Free State. Things did not run along smoothly in Ireland. but Collins tried his best to settle all diffi- culties. De Valera and his followers tried their best to win the Irish nation over to their cause: when it was. found that this was impossible. a rebellion was started. Collins then took his place at the head of the Free State army and pre- pared to settle all matters as 50011 as pessible. Shortly after this Griihth died leaving Calling to do the work of both. It is probable that he would have sueeeeded but like our great patriot. Abraham Lincoln, his life was taken by some cowardly assassin in August. 1922. when it was most needed. His loss was mourned by all. . GLEAan P. QUIMIW, ,25. THE RECIPE. By Baum: Buusv. It's doing your job the best you can, And being fun: to your ieilaw man; It's making money-but holding friends And staying true to your aims and ends: It's hguring how and learning why. And looking forward and thinking high, And dreaming a little and doing much; it's keeping always in closest touch With what is finest in word and deed; It's hcing thorough. yet making speed: It's daring hiitheiy the field of chance W'hile making labor ll brave romance: Its going onward. despite defeat. And fighting staunchly. but keeping swant: It's being clean am! it's playing fair; 11': laughing lightly at Dame Despair; It's looking up at the stars above. And drinking deeply of life and love: It's struggling on with the will to win, But. taking loss with a cheerful grin; It's sharing sorrow and work and mirth. And making better this good old earth; It's serving, striving, through storm and stress, It's doing your Noblestethat's Success! CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. At the present time nearly all the states in the United States enforce capital punishment for murder in the First degree. In some states it takes the form of hanging. others the electric chair, while one state in .the West. Nevada. l'as instituted a new inrm in the use nf poisonous gases. The victim is placed in a cell anti is told that sometime dur- ing the next week. probably when he is aaleep. the gas. which is of such strength that it kills him instantly. will be turned on, A gTeat many peeple think this form should be eliminated because they claim it leaves the victim in suspense for that length of time and is more cruel than the other forms. Diiubtless that is so. But why has nne person the right to take anothet's