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

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4 T ll E I have thought a great deal about this statement. and I am Firmly oi the opinion that he was absolutely correct We du not support our advertisers as much as we should. They advertise to help us. perhaps. but the chief rea- son is. because they want our business Every advertiser in our paper is with usewhy shouldnit we be with them? 'l'lay square. The editors will do their part. but the student hotly must co- npernte with us. .Nnd when you lmy anything from these advertisers, he sure to mention that you saw their ad in the Portland University PUVLiN; otherwise they will not know that their advertising in this medium is bringing results. We do not think that we are asking anything unreasonable when we make this requestedo you? Pump B. Stumps. The Erlitots wish to express their sincere gratitude to Elise; Doris Covey, Miss Katherine Kearneyr and Miss Annie jutlkins for their assistance in bringing out this issue of THE PUVIX? The Staff at the PUVIAN wish to ex- tend their thanks to the Portland- Etimn'ng Express for their kindness in loaning us the cut of the Editorial Hoard which appears in another part of this issue. Miss Muriel V. Kezar. who attended Portland University last year, claims the distinction of being the first sub- scriber to the PIEVMN. She asked to become a subscriber when the paper was in its imaginary stages. and the editors feel that the first copy of our paper to come from the press should he sent to her. Hence the very first copy is being reserved. PUVTAN ' After you read this issue. do not be afraid to give friendly criticisms. Of course 0111' faults do not look as large to us as they do to you. so if you will kindly help us out the Editorial Board will appreciate it. The follmring news item was taken from a southern newspaper: Yesterday the Courier was the hrst p-ar-er to report that Colonel john l'lamilton was dead. Today we are the first to deny this report. The Courier always leatlsf' That we haw artistic talent in Port- land i'oiversity is shown by the fact that our Exchange Editor, Frederick ll. Wilson. is again playing as an actor with the stock company at the Jeffer- son Theatre. Did our Editor take his position with our paper to heart? It would look that way. as he has recently see cured his old position as a cub reporter for the Express and Taiegram. Let us hope that he will at least learn something about the paper game. HELPFUL THOUGHTS FROM MANY SOURCES. I. The chains of habit are too small to be felt until they are too strong to he easily broken.-A-non. 2. A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men. 3. There is no man but knows more evil of himself than he does of other people. Anon.

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at! Ehitntiala gal ARMISTICE DAY. On Saturday. November 11th, we will celebrate Armistice Day. Does this mean anything to you? 'To the writer it means the Close of a terrible war-a war which we did not win. With the armistice began another war -21 commercial war in which Germany and :1 few other European nations have entered themselves as against the .-Xmerican market. XVe may be doubted in this by some, hut the majority will consider us cor- rect when we say that the American markets are swamped with foreign l'junk eand that word is not used slnngily, but literally. The writer has had occasion to look into this matter at foreign imitations of American products: and can liken them only to imitatlons-theap imitations of good jewelry. The unsuspecting public get lmclly stungf CO-OPERATION. Co-operationewhat does it mean? To us it means that we must work toe gethe r. Teamwork is the name offered by other people, and it means consider; able. Every athletic team insists on it. The editors are asking you for your assistance. This is not our per- sonal propositioneit belongs to the en- tire student body. We must have tiiaterial for our papelxathere is where co-uperation comes in. That we have a great deal of it is proved by the many activities which are get- ting under way in the school. It might he called school spirit. hut school spirit is useless without eo-oper- atimi. XVe shall have something to say that no one else can offer, we believe, and that is that we are going to have one hundred percent of the student body subscribe to our paper, which will he a record to be proud of. Now it is up to us to keep the ball rolling. The hardest part, the energy necessary to start it, 15 now over. There will be Five more issues and each one must be better than its preceding number. It is all up to you. Submit your material and show us that you believe that Portland University is as important as any other school in the country. The matter is now in your hands, and you must uphold it. Let us see if yet: have the true spirit of eo-operation in you. - We offer you the immortal slogan of the A. E F.J7 Let,s Go 1 BACK THE ADVERTISERS. It was htought to my attention the other day that it does not mean a. great deal to the advertisers in any medium to advertise unless results are obtained by the advertiSing. In Order to help Our business manager some, the writer dropped in to see a friend who is in- terestecl in Portland University. When the subject of the visit wasihmught up! the prospective advertiser said, 'lNow look here, Phil, I will give you the ad you want. but I do not expect to get great results from it-iu fact, I do not expect to obtain a. single return. I have advertised in a great many pa- pers. and l know from experience that many of them. especiallj.r school pa- pers. bring absolutely no returns. I am giving you this tip: try to inter- est your subscrihers in supporting your advertisers.

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THE PUYIAN e ! $tnriw es! A CUBlS NEW ADVENTURE- AND AN OLD REWARD. By PHILIP IL SHARPE, l2-l. Morgan was new at the gameithere was no doubt about iLehe was new at the game. He had been with the Daily Timer for two weeks. and all he had done was handle a few notes that were alnmst routine. Then it would he, n.X- lorgam. go down to the Police Sta- tion and get the newsflelCive the so- ciety editor a lift, and such things as that. Harold Morgan was attending col- lege and had secured the position of cuh'l reporter for the Titties during his summer vacation. And he was be- ginning to think that newspaper work was dead stuH. He was ambitious and was a lover of adventure. He was of the take-awehance type of young man, and good luck usually favored him. Just now he was beginning to think it had deserted him. While he was considering the situa- tion. the gong rang for Number 13. As that was his number, he went to the in-phmie. l'The Editor-in-Chief wants you;I was what he was told. Visions of a callwduwn for something or other surged through his mind. Perhaps he was even hredl T he chief was a man of few Words, kind, yet guilt, and, to be truthful, l'lotgart was afraid of him. He en- tered the office with confidence in his face. even though he did not have it. in his heart. iiSit clown? said the chief. and without further preliminary he began: Morgan, you have been with us for two weeks. I have been watching you and believe that there is good ma- terial in you. I am going to find uut. You have heard of the Haunted House at liVinChester? N0? Well, a very valuable estate there is owned by a rich Xew Yorker. His father had it built for him about 233 years ago and had all modern improvements installed in 1.019. In 1990 he died of heart failurbno. a natural deatheand the property passed to his son by his will. Hstbout six months after the death of the old man, queer things began to happen On that estate, and it worked up quite a. flowery reputation. None of the villagers will go near the place after dark. and the pmperty, although valuable, cannot be sold at any price. Now, I donlt believe in spooks, do you? I thought not. Well, I am sure that there is :1 good reason for them and I think it will be a good story. You are going up there, your expenses will he paid, and you have ten days to clear it up. If you donit make it, donlt come back. White in for your cheek. You leave on the 9.12 train tomorrow mom- ing. Thatis all, Morgan did not know what to say, so he made a hasty exit after mumbling his thanks He went back to his typev writer with his head in the clouds. Next morning he was fifteen minutes early tor the 9.12. Just before noon he stepped off the train into the little station of VVin- Chester. He looked up a hotel, made arrangements for his room, and then decided to take a stroll before