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Show COLLEGIATE LIFE <br><br> A DEFINITION. <br> We hear much about school spirit these days, both from the editorial columns of "Collegiate Life," and from others who are in the habit of bewailing others' lack of it, perhaps not stopping to ask whether they themselves have that quality, or not. What IS school spirit? The word itself sounds well, but what is its true meaning? To put it briefly, school spirit means "push." In the vocabulary of the reformer it stands listed as civic interest-being interested in all that is going on in one's community. A business man would label it as the quality which builds a big business from a small one-enterprize [sic]. Our friend the philosopher, might call it a happy outlook, on life, with the conviction of success in all that is undertaken. In fact, it is all these-an interest in all school activities, enterprize [sic] in one's own special work, and a strong conviction that the school will succeed in all it undertakes, now and in the future. These are the qualities which, if we adopt them, will build this school up and put it in the class where it belongs. And not only that, they are the qualities which will give us success, wherever we are or whatever we are-the essence of greatness. <br><br> THE LAST ELECTION. <br> At the last election of the Council six male members and one girl were elected. We were astonished at the result of this election. In a school in which there are twice as many girls as boys and only one girl is elected, the girls cannot get the representation which their numbers warrant. <br> The fact is, we think, accounted for by a lack of "adhesive quality" as the physicist says, among the girls. Its sticking together that counts. This is well illustrated by the boys of the Collegiate; when they nominate a candidate for office he is generally elected simply because the boys all vote for him and he can be sure that some of the girls will also vote for him. Now, if the girls would show some of this spirit there would be a larger number of girls both in the Council and in the other affairs of the school. <br> At the last election of the Council something like six girls were nominated and only one of them was elected. It would be a startling matter if, in the United States there were equal suffrage and there were twice the number of women as men, and then only one woman was elected to the senate! <br> Perhaps the girls feel that they can intrust their affairs and money to the care of the boys. Most certainly the boys ought to feel complimented if this is the case. We hope that the boys, as elected to the Council, feel their responsibility and will act accordingly. <br> The fact that four of the old members of the Council were re-elected shows that they have not lost their popularity. <br><br> OUR JANUARY WOES. <br> We have gone without water, we've gone without heat, <br> Our feet have been friz with the cold: <br> At waterless washing we're wanting no whit- <br> Our troubles are multiple-fold. <br><br> Shoe blacking is worthless (the mud is too deep), <br> Our rubbers got stuck long ago <br> Into the trench that spans the Collegiate domain <br> Many have fallen with mud-covered woe. <br><br> While the fire-bug crawls down the back of our neck <br> We slap at the wasp so near. <br> Between the time thus gaily spent <br> We hark to our teacher's dear. <br><br> |