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Show As the Mirrorite Dopes the Origin of Things UTONIAN-A word with a very interesting- ancestry. One-half of it was a noble tribe of Injuns and the other was a vegetable. "Ut" is a derivative of the ancient Indian language (recently modernized to "Ute"); and "onian ' comes from a very ancient source, from a language long since dead and buried, and has come to be used to designate that priceless luxury of modern civilization, the onion. Thus we have the derived meaning of Utonian: "noble and strong1." The word is in fairly good usage and is a current expression at the present time. It ¦was not accorded good usage when an increased price was announced. CURRICLE-A word of Biblical origin and usage. It is also a compound of two very commonplace words, chronic and ill. It therefore, signifies some sort of a catching disease. For brevity's sake, the abbreviated form "Chrony" is sometimes applied. Certain writings are sometimes referred to as "First Chronicles" and "Second Chronicles." "First Chronicles" are the worst and cause considerable mental suffering. "Second Chronicles" come sooner or later into every person's life, somewhere near mid-day, with more or less regularity. There are also forms of special Chronicles which may be distinguished from the others by color, generally green. They appear at irregular intervals quite unexpectedly. A single Chronicle may do a great deal of damage. Lible suits are known to have been threatened on one's account. PEN-A word of unknown origin, though traditionally connected "with the stone age because of the scarcity of certain specimens and its similarity to the literature of those days. The word has several applications among which are: steel pen, jail pen, pig pen and University Pen. All of these are to be seen frequently, except' the last which "when captured affords by far the most interesting study from the standpoint of psychology. The last three require patient, enduring keepers. It has been said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but certain authorities (probably Thorpe) claim that the sword is preferable. GLEAM-iThis is an astronomical term. It is connected with a study of the satellites. Occasionally a gleam may be seen with the naked eye, but more generally, it requires keener observation. Some gleams are know'n as "gleams of hope." Gleams go in streaks and pass through windows and "when too brilliant, sometimes affect the eyesight. Gleams are useful. They come in very handy at times when for example the lights go out at the theatre, but they may also be objectionable. The "gleam of the footlights' is frequently referred to. FORUM-A term embodying the idea of many conflicting ideas. The natural division of the word reveals its basic meaning (for-um). Its antonym is againstum. If you're forum, you can't be againstum. An "open forum" is something like a saloon. The longer you are in them, the more you're forum. The species of silalah known as the "open forum club," was an instrument of destruction first employed by the Greeks. It caused the fall of Rome, but through centuries of modernizing influences, it has become known as a gavel-quite harmless and yet capable of disfiguring furniture. A very rare species of the club is on exhibition at the college. ONf Of THf PLEASURES Of MOONLIGHT AVK) RIDING Oh 266 |
