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TRERE IS AN ISL A~

There ~s an isla~ wondrous f a~ .

None w~~h it in l ~ veli noss can e ver compa re .

None with skies so sunny, ·vvith founts so spar.lc ling vlear , None with hills so verdant, or vales so dea~ .

None with davms so glorio~s~ or days so pure and bright, Where every c:Jud's encircled with the rainbow's be au teous None ·where lingers longer the rosy sunset glow; None where fragrant · zephyrs so ·-set!tly blow.

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There is an island, wondrous fair .

None with it in loVeliness can ever compare .

None where in the meadows the birds so s weetly sing ) None whore bides so gr aci ously th 1 eternal s pring.

None where sta~lier palm trees their l el'lgthening shadows throw, None where fruit and flowers in sueh abundance grow) None w~ere dusk's so lovely, s o cal~ and fair the ni ght ~ None with stars so tender , or moons so bright.

And in this is a lnd, · wondrous fair ) Mid all this lovel ine s s uithou t compare) Dwells a happy people fron fear and sorrow free, Knowing only youth and all youth 's e cstas¥ , In this land elysian no dremms ar e e 1 er d.eni ed 1 For every gplendid vision e.bundant wealth 1 s suppli e d }- .

Pearl strewn the ~eaches, the sands of gl eaming go l d1 ;.Jld in the templ es are treasures un~old.

Where is this i s l and so wondrous f a ir?

Would you see this lo ve liness without compare ?

Would ypu drink of fountains whose wate rs cr ystal clear Will g~t you you th ete rnal. and bani sh all f ear ?

Would you dwell forev er mid sc en es of puree~ l or,P . . . _Would you know the secret of life without al l oy!

Then must you go to thi s i s l e of myste r y.

Tall palms a re waving a welcome to the e.

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THE Pl.LM .

There is no tree that is so useful to man as the Palm.

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P;imi~~ve peopl~s, of whom we have records,venerated it, for the palm 81

PP~~ed them W1th fuel, food, shelter oil and wino besides making · pcss~ole many arts , Pliny says that the ori entals ~scribed three hundred_ a~d sixty uses to which it 'c ould be applied.

Quite one .thousandvvar1t1es are ~nown .

There :s. in consequence QUite & variety ~f lea es,_but the two commonest are those that have a main stem from_ w~_1ch spring the leaflets and those that form one large leaf , subd1 v~·.ed at the edge.

ThG former resemble fern ... leaves, and are found 1~ th~ date palm.

The latter lcind is famili a r through the in troduct1o~ 1~to this country of the palm le af fan. l~is type a~ome is foun~ 1nd1genous in the United st ~tes, being found in grea~ · quan· tities 1n South Carolina and Florida., the for·mor tJtate being known as the Palmetto State, and bearing on its coat-of arms a palm tree and a serpent.

The association of ·che serpent with the palm tree is no doubt due to the legend that this tree was the ~ree of Life mentioned in the Book of Genesis .

It is said that when ~idam and Eve were banished from Eden, the former tool<: a staff cut from the Tree of LifG t o cheer him on his way.

This ste.ff W8. s uassed on to h is descendants and finally came into the hands of Jeth~o, a priest of the Midi ani tes , T11.e Talmudists. say that .Moses became possessed of it in a very extraordin~ry m~nner .

Walking one da7,'~' in the garden of Jethro a nd conversing W1th h1m about the misery of the children of Israe l in E£;ypt, from which he himself :r.ad been forced to flee beca.a.se of his l'::novm sympathy for the suffe:· · ing people 1 J ~oses notic e d a peculiar staff which 11vas s0t up in the garden oc cmi.ngly to no purpose , It YTas four-sided staff and on each of t:i.1o four sides rro..s insc ribed tho ineffab le name of tho Hebrew Jehovah.

J e thro told Moses that he might have the staff', if' he could pun it up .

This Hocos did lith tho greatest ease, although no other pe rson vho had maclo the a tt empt had ever been able to do so .

It v1a s this incident that showed Jethro that the deliverer of the Hebrews h~d come, e ll in God's go on timo, and ho told him the history of' its preserva tion since tho d~ys of ~dam, explaining that rri th this rod in his ha:a cl.£ all thiflbs r.rould b o possi ble , , for the ~U­ mighty had decreed that tho v e ry ins trumc~t of tho ?all of Man should one day compass their r e d emp tion . ':;.'h is rod nas changed into a serpent throe several times, first a t Horeb 7 c.gain in tho land of Goshen before tho congregation of t ho Elder s , ~nd last1y a t tho court of Pharoah. It was tho sign of divine author:. t~r, anri f', visible clomonstra- . tion of God's por;cr, used to confound the .pretended skill of tho Egy,p .... tian magicians, to shor.r tho omntpot enc e o"2 tho Hobrov1 God, and to hu~­ ble tho pride of Pha2"'o ::.h, \4b.on he behold mighty n onde rs -•.,rou.ght by s o apparently contem ptible an ~gen cy as ~ shetherd' s s~nf f . . T~is wa s the rod that part e d tho ·-r;::-.t c rs of th.o Rc c.1 So a, o..n d ~ t rras th1s s£',mo rod in tho han-:1 o of ~,~~:r-on tho..t budded ,-hen tho pooplo in tho rJ"ilderness demanded a sign of thi:: r l ce.c.or .

It rras this sc.me rocl , changed into D.. serpent, that ~ osos lifte d u~ in the r ldornoss that as mo..ny · c..s lool{od upon might bo h co.. J od of tho gri ovo'.:ls r:onnc1s maclo by the fiery s9rpcnts sent upon tho p oople of Isn~ e l bocuaso of thiDi r disoltodionco .

This act on the:; part of J: : o~es f t)rooho. c1 o ~:o d tho groat Redemption, fo<-~ o.s 1 by a serpent 1 r1oath c c.m? into t he TTorld, so later, by the Oru.::::..I'i:;don ·;me Sat ~n fully vo.nqu1.oh ed o.n c1 tro c'tdcn under foot .

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The Enelish name of the tree is from the Latin 'palma' , mean1 ing the 'hand , because of the fcmcie·d resemb lance of the leaf to the l:um. at. hand· The Greek nai:le f r the tre e y as 'phoenix 1 , nhich is :P,robab~y traceable to the Phoenicians, in rThose la.nd the tree was I. ound m great profusion.

The lie brew name , 1 tama.r' , was also given , ,to women,_signifying their grace and uprightness .

This Herd has been been carr1ed over into English in tho v1orcl 'tamarind', or in other words, the 'palm of ~ndia ' .

The palm has always been greatly beloved of all peoples in whose lands it grevr, and each has endeavored to account for it in some miraculous manner.

The Mohe.mme de.ns believe that it was Mahomet who P-alled it into being.

The Greeks a s cribe its creation to Hermes .

The Tamaquas of Mexico r·eg,:r,rd the date palm as the founder of the hur man race after the flood .

In our own f:louthwest, ther·e is a palm that grows in the desert and from the fibres of v1l1ich the Indians make their baskets, ropes and roofs, and fl.!.?G.Jm whj_ch thc)'·get sweetwning for their simple food. · The tribe, the Cahuilas, used· to carry every male child soon after birth to a palm grove and there allot to him a particular tree.

It was his to care for and to worship at, and vrhen he died it was burned.

Tho Caribs, li ke certain ~. -exican tribes, connect the tree with the Deluge and the presGrvation of the r e..c e. l..ceording to their legends 1 'Nhcn tho floods c ame, great many people tried to save their lives b y climbing to the tops of the · palms, for their upper branches were supposed to touch th e very floor of heaven.

One wicked old woman gre~ s o terrified as she climbed that~he became petrified, as did all those who follo :f ed her and tried to pass her. i.ll who climbed the k omoo palm, hovmver, were saved.

To the Hebrews tho palm has always been their sacred tree .

It had been their great e st friend in the desert during thei r f .orty years of wandering, for its presence marlwd tho place of coo:. ~ng springs, and its frttit assuaged their hunger. In commemoration of wgat this tree meant to them during those years of difficulty and sorrow, and in obedience to God's ov.rn command, tho Hebrevr people to this day celebrate tho Feast of the Tabernacles in the Fall of the year, when they are suppo se d to dHe ll for seven days in tents made of . palm branehes .

The synagogues arrange a semblance of a tent, and in northern countri ea, whe:r•r:; out-door celebrations are out of the question, an arbor of palm branche s is erected wi thin the home, and under this the family sits for its meals c1urinr; the weelc that the feast is kept .

The name 'Palestine' is sai~ to have been given to the promised land in memory of the savin8 palms.

The palm tree nas used as the seal of Judea on the Roman coins, aftr:m the nation came under the S\7ay of the Caesars.

Hi t.h the Hebrons i "t!:: loaves hail aluays b e en a token of triumph, to be carri ed in processions and naved before conquerors . It nas with t h is thought in mind that the leaves of the palm we re used at the tillio of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem , a cireumstanc e commemorated by Christian~ on Palm Sunday.

The Christian C:turch has many interes ting legends of the Palm . The Virgin Mother is said to have commanded the palms along the roads, as she fl ed from tho ~rath & Herod , to boTI their heads, in order that tha Dabo night have shade . l~ccordin~ to a nother legend , the Virgin vms thirsty, but thoro vvorc no reans at hand to get the cocoanuts from the tall t :9aes .

7hc Infant J osus orde r ed the palms to bovr their heads, so that His Mother Might pcil{ the nuts and get mill{ \7i th nhich to refrech herself.

Be cause of its obedienc e, the

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C~ild blessed the palm, sa.yi.ng that sin.ce it !-... ad saved the life of ~.t_ s b Mother and theref~rG Ej:s. O". .'l!l_l ~fe i :. s hot..::u :t henceforth be the 7

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ol of the sa.lva tJ.on of -ch8 Q:J H lf, 1 c:m 0. :r·.e Pr emi sed that when He tL 1.,i Uld enter Jerusale!!l in triurr,:;_: :h it sYou! d be-· wi t il a palm in His J.l.a·cld.

It is the palm of the 'fronded leaf' t hat is the true palm . ~f ST1pture, and not the pal~ of the p a lma ~ e leaf.

The ~se of the .~.atter, therefore, in the church on Pa.1m St;.nc1.n.y is not historically correct · Churches, however, a re 1.mc1er t he J;A0e sRi ty of securing the kind _thatLis c~mmerciully avail cble. It ~as not possible in the Mid~-le £..ges vO ge·v even the pe.l:'1lo.. t,o d le2..f f or Chur ch us e , 2.::1.d the p riest 1n any Northern clime had to cont ent himself Hi t h s ome thing that his l<:>cali ty P:odu~ed.

Both Shalcespeal"e and. Tenny s on refer t o the early TI7llow as vhe palm', beca use :;_ts tencier ,green and pretty golden cat1{1ns were used as a substitute for tr1e real palm on Pa lm Sunday in ~~gland.

The Willow is so called in Northern Germany .

It was Goethe who wrote 7 E,¥'11

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In Rome upon Palm Sunda.y they bear true Palma ; The Cardinals bow reverently and sing old Psalms ; Elsewhere those Psalms are sung ' mid olive branches, Th~ Holly branch supp lies the place among the avalanch-es; Hore northern climes must be content with the sad Willow. ;;

Even Yews ~ere sometimes called into service for the same purpose, and so there are sev e1,al po ems in the Eng lish 1 2.nguaee that refer to the yews by the name of palms .

Th ey a re still so called in certain parts of' Ireland, and there is a Chur ch record of a'Yew, or palm tree' that was 1 pl2.n te d in the clmrchyarct' in 1775 . f). poet of' the Elizabethan L.ge thus refers t o th e Willow a s a Palm.

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Lambs frisk anc. play, the shepherds pipe all day 7 Tho Palms and Hay make counJ.:. r~· hous e s g a y i lilld we hear aye birds tlli~e t his me rry lay,-Cuclcoo, jug-j1.,_ g , pe e - wee, - to-witta - woo . :;

lilllong the Hadonna l egends is one t.hat tells how the Virgin Mother was comforted aft er the Cru cifix ion.

In the midst of her terrible grief , there c arne a n ange l :'rom He a v en, who s a id, 11 Heil, Hary , blessed of God ! I b r i n g a palm that h a s grown in Paradise.

Let it be carried before your bi e r on y our d eath, for in t h r e e days you sha ll join your son .:; The c.n gc l then t ook h i s d epar tur e , le a ving the palm on the ground wh er e i t s part: l e d g loriou s ly.

Wh en t he friends and disciDlcs were come f rom t he mount of s orrow, Hary gave the palm to John ~d asked him t o be a r it a t h er buri a l .

Tha t v e ry night~ amid the sound of' sing :i.r~ an cl a gush of strange pe rfurne ; the Virgin died with ang els a round he.2 be d.

Such a b l e.ze of glory a rose from her body th a t those who prepar e d it f or buri a l were a l l:los t blinded . ~ !hen the pa.lm was carried t o her t omb , a no:t.he r .ni ra cl e oc cur : e ~ 7 for t he Virgin was borne t o Hea·v· en i n t h e fl e sJ.1 , we lcome d by cho1r1ng a ngels and harpists b syon d n~..-:mb e r for multi ~u de .

It rra s b ec a us e of t h e s e various l egends that the palm e v ent u ally a c qui re d a won d e r fu l eff ica cy , ~'h e Orus~de r ~ b rought ba ct: bits of palm a n d these #e r e trea s ure d f or centur1 e s 1n the . ~ om es ~ o~ th e p ious , becau s e a faMil y ,:rho :;>assessed even ': small se?·Ho ~ O.L vh e ~ les s ed l eaf vra s i r.1rnune f:;_~ om di se u. s e s o.nd cal c..ml ty acco :;:·dl ng ·co p o p'L~ -

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lar conception .

Moreover a B1.·t of 1 h ·1 th t . ' P~ n ad the poo.er to subdue the ,a ev1. ~ a_ lie l.n wait for ships.

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~~~i~~e:ts~1.ghtn1.ng, if a cro3s of it.s lec.ves rrere laid on a table Jawed.

Ito~ , It would cu:e ft:=Prer, if bits of the leaf ·were swal~f 1 as also ~uppc sed yo h~ve th~ powar to drive away mice, ~~ P .a ced near granarJ. es , and if' one vrould be rid of fleas fo r a whole Y~-a~' ~ne need~d only to place e. palm leaf beh~nC. the Virgin's pic ture ~n as er Morn~ng at ~he firs ·~ stro~e of the resurr~ction bell, saying, Depart all an1.ma l s Wl. t~ou t hone 8 ! :; . There is anotter l egend that might well be mentioned in this conne?tl.on , It con cerns the pasan Offer o, who was in the ~ab i t of c~rr~ll.ng the weak and s . al~. aoross a raging river.

One tjme Christ s ood on the bank ann. Eu::::.red to be t at:en acro s s , Offero gl a dly consented, b"':1t every mon e.n t as he Ha lkecl the bu rden on h: s shoulders be~ame ~eav1.er and heavie:, unti.l he all but sc.nk benee,th the load. · .. ~a "he g1.ant sto?d marvelll.ng t hn.t eo small a b ody could weigh so. much, Chri~t bade h1.m thnust his staff' in the grou:'ld, v1he re it woul d b~. os ·­ som l.n token of the servic e that bad been rendered. · When the staff burst at one~ ~nto flower and fruit , bearing in just a few moments the most dell.Cl.Ous dat es , Offero's mi nd 1as enlightened, and _he forth wi ~h became a Christian , a s he had no.t be Hilling to do before , in sp1.te of the efforts of h oly people.

Offero thereu?on was k own as ~hri?tof~re , o: the Christ~-Bearer .

He did many wo n derful things dt.rtmg hl.~ l1.fe, Wl.nning many souls fo r the Church, a.nd at his death was canonl.zed as St. Christopher. · vVhile we are on the S'.lb j ect of the palm 7 it may be well to call attention to the fact that the rod of Herme s was M~ de from a palm and that it was in early Iiellenic art represonted with two entwined 1 serpents, which l at Gr g ~ ve way to the floating ri bb ons of the herald s staff .

One expJ.an a t'ion of the use of the serpents in . this connection is the well-knouw story of Hermes seeing one day two ser..,pents fighting .

Hermes ?rompt l y t hrow his rod e.t them, an d they at once ceased their warring and twi.ned t h ems3lves lovingly about the staff. It was because of this episode that HerQes was considered t he Particular guardi an of fricnc.ship .

Hany student s of a.ntiqui ty 1 however, are inclined to the be ::j_ef that the use of the serpents in con- · nection with th e Hermes rod was me r ely an He ll enic ad apto.t ion of the Hebrew story of .:~dam's sta,ff cut from the Tree of .wife. Some maintain that he was none oth er t h an the pah·iarch Snoch, rrho was trans lated to heaven rli tbout. dying at t h e aV:C Of 3 55 years, the same Of whom it was said 11 he nalke d with God ?.nd he was not, for God took him. ~ Still other anti ~ uarians assert that He rmes was noen other than the renoWned Jo seph, who built many marvels i n Egypt afte r he ha~ be come its govermor, followin G hi s being so l d to tl1e Egyptians by lns · brothers, jealous of h i 3 ca.± of many colors and of the love that his father bare him.

Tr~ay produce a s proof the fa c t t h a t it was pros · ably in Jose~' s time t h at th e use of the palm i n decorat ive art Vas introduced into Egypt , ~ si p,nificant circums t a nc e in view of the f a~ t that the palm had been fo:r· a g es the emblem of t h e ITebrerrs . However . that may be, it is not sn-r'pri si n£5 t hat the ~c.lm ~as t h e ~ ymbol _ of l1.fe . and beauty among both Hebrg··:s e,nd Ee llenes 1 rom vhe ear l 1 e st t 1.rne s } for it was found'bes:!.de the st'i.:::.l wat e r s 'in ·a ste place s and desert tracts . It was but na"Ll. ral that th e s e ideas sh oulCl. b e carried over into the Chri s tian Ch urch and th ::..t · the pa lms s h oul d be c ome ·(,h e symbo_ of victory over de a th and. of a g:torious immor tality . In ear~y Chur ch art angels carry palms in thej.r hands, as do. all mart yred s a1 n ts .

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Dl..FFODILS "That come before the swallow dares and take The winds of March vri th beauty . 11 "Winte;r.'·s Tale 11

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:OAFFd:OILs· Little children of the sun, Careless of oblivion, Kindred to the qui clcened clod, Not without some hint of God , .s o content vri th your employ , Just to bloom with vernal joy , Just to face the golden mirth, Never dying in the earth,Would I might bequeath, like you, Who must fade as blossoms do , When I pass into the night, Something of your blessed warmth and light!

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DAFFODILS The golden sun looks gladly down On golden rows of daffodils ; He crowns them vfi th his golden crown , With golden rays each blossom fills , iUld every blighting breeze he stills .

With g"lden trumpets in their hc:mds, On pli ant stems they lightly swing , In cheerful, dauntless, gorgeous bands , Their trumpets to the breeze they fling , :~d sound the overture to Spring.

Gone is the Winter's dreaded power, Gone are the cold and dreary days , Now comes the soul-refreshing shower , Now sheds thG sun his brightest rays , Their golden trumps are t·'.ned to praise .

PraisG Him, ye trumpeters of Spring, Whose mighty love ne~v· life l!ii"sttls .

My heart shall vfi th your mu~ic ring, Until your rapture through me thrills, Ye goJden-throated daffodi ls ~ Caroline Hazzard , him who has bv.t two loaves , Sell one and buy daf:odils~"

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T?ose. o:f you who subscribed to \"'olurne I of the PHOE3IX will reMember.

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1 wa x: stencil b!'oken by lines may g o uO P7eces any m~nute.

Th e re a.re vr~x st:.e!'1ni:.s for the Mirn e og-.-.arh, t he i 11 ?-ch~ne now used for the :pr·lnting of· th.e I'H.OENIX, hut it s e emed i n a d V"J.sable to employ these , c:.s one c.ould not be ~ur e of how many c.op;_e s could be obtained from one s t.el!Cil. Thcug,h r·e l ati vely e o sy to mu.ke t~1e nqtes on the wa~c, the time needed for the purpose made the pro pos)t~on entirely out of the question.

The stencil used -·f or the present volume is made of thin rice paper. Attempts made to write the notes on this ended in complete failure . The lines could be drawn for the st~ff, but efforts at making the quarter notes resulted in the destruction of the stencil) ~hich tears very easily, unless struck r~i th the .s harp, clear stroke t~at can be given on the typewri~ar . It thus became necess a ry to r:nd. ~ome way o~ visualizing the notes by means of lettera 1 as otherWJ.ae ~ t would not be possj,ble to distribut.e any original music that might be sent in by the membership .

It is hoped tha t the scheme set forth on the following page vdll pro~e s~tisfactory.

In order to make the attempt as easy as possible--one has to write quickly, or the ~tencil will dry out and become t .seless--1 t was decided that the musio would be written for thr~e women's voices only, and without accompaniment.

The melod.y a.nd the voice harmony are the all important things, and any one who can pla.y the piano can supply the accompaniment.

The music ae given was written for the FIRST verse of the song only. Later verses will need occasional 1 grace' notes, as well as an occasional half note in place of two quarter notes, acco+ding to the number of syllables.

There is other original music at the Central Of':fice that will be printed in the same v<Tay, if' this attempt proves all that is hoped for it .

LLST REGULAR ISSUE The present .shipment of the PHOENIX is the la.st REGULAR output for the year .

There wj_ll b e o11.e more shipment, -the cus tomary.

JUMBO Number, which ~ill a ppear some time in Ap ril, near the end ~n all probability, so as to per~it of the publication of those things most interesting to the memb e rsl1j_p.

A.S.D. and XX .

Splendid testimonials h ave been recei ve d concerning A.S.D. from the President of Obio t;ni. ve rsi ty, for the De an of Women, and f l;'or;' the Dean of the Normal College . T2:1e matter ha s been pu t to vote in the Councils and will no do'.lbt receiv e the most favorc:.b le atte_n t ion .

The President of t b 9 Warr en s b Q~ g N crm ~l Sch ool has laid the putition of the XX Club bef ore a Com.mi.ttee of the Fa culty? to ge ther rt th considerable llte:raf-.ure fu.rni s l1.e·c1 by th e Cent r a. l Off J.ce .

It does not seem possible that ASA would be refused, when SSS is on the campus ..

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~ose.of yo~ w~o.subscribed to Volume I of the PHOENIX w~ll .eM.ember. tnat Thl.t· car .:iea. J.n o:r.e isE~ue an orl.,.inal song , -" Following tn·~ ~tar" e) .: . - ""' • 1 l.s Wtl~ .ior~e on a wax ettmc:Ll a.nd run on a machine "'?-lled the Rotosp8ect"V. It is relati vel y eo.dy to draw on a vrax stenc~-1, but such stenGils melt away qufck1 y , so that it is not possible to ~aka more tha.n 100 impressj.cns f' :~om one .

If one desired 4 00 copies as ~n the present volQ~e of our magazine, one wou1d have to make fo ur or ~re wax ste~uils of e. son; .

A wax stenci l b~oken by lines may go to p~eces any ml.nute.

There a.re wax s ten Ji ]_s for the Mj_meog!'aph , tha lii~Chl.ne now used for the pt·i n.ting of the r'!:-TO.C.-JIX, hut i t seemed inadv~sable to em:ploy these~ c:.s o:r.to couJ.d not bG eure of how many c.op;_ t-'ls could be obtal.ned from one ster!cil .

The ugh r·ela ti vely ee sy to reu. -·o ~-~le note~ on the wax, the time needed_ for the purpose made tlle pro posi. ~~on ent1rely out of the question .

The stencil used for the present volume is made of thin r~ce paper . Attempts made to write the notes on this ended in complete failure . The lines could be drawn for the staff, but efforts at malting the quarter notes resulted in the de s truction of the stencil~ ~hich tee.rs very easily, unless struck with the sharp, clear stroke t~at can be given on the typewrite!' . It thus became necef?s ary to f~nd ~ome way of' visualizing the notes by means of letters 1 as other,.u se l. t would not be posslble to distribute any original music that might be sent in by the membership , It is hoped that the scheme set forth on the following page will prove se.tlsfactory.

In order to make the attempt as easy as pos s ible--one has to write quickly, or the ~tencil will dry out and become useless--it was deci ded that the music would be written for three women's voices only, and without accompruniment.

The meloay and the voice harmony are the all important things, and any one who can play the piano can su-pply the accompaniment.

The music as given was written for the FIRST verse of the song only. Later verses will need ocoasional 1 gra oe' note s , as well as an occasional half nota in place of two quar te r notes, acco~ding to the number of syllables.

There is ot:i.1er orig j nal music at the Central Office that will be printed in the same way , if this attempt proves · all that is hoped for it.

LbST REGULAR ISSUE The present shi pment of the PHOE1HX i -s the last REGULAR output for the year .

There wi ll b e one more shipment,-the customary JUMBO Number, which will appear some time in April, near the end in all probability, so as to pEJrmit of the publica:tion of t ho se t h ings most interesting to the membership.

A.S.D . and XX .

Splendid testimonials h ave been recei ved concerning A.S.D. from the President of Ohio Gntvers ity, for the Dean of Wom en~ and f ro~ the Dean of the Normal College. The matter bas been put t o vote. i n the Council, and ·will no doub t receiYe the most favorable atte~t2on .

The President of the War re nsbu~g Normal School has la1 d the RUtition of the }DC Club bef ore a Committee of the Faculty? to get~er with considerable llterature f urn i shGd by the Central Off2ce.

I~.. does not seem possi~le that ASA would be rafused, when SSS is on the campus.

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