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Show CHAPLA!N CURTIS VISITOR "Big men mu.st come to the top" was the t heme of Chap lain Curtis' talk given in the recreatio n hall; February ?th. Needless to say this is not in reference to a n:an's s t ature . The Chaplain trea ted the almost trite story of the "beans and walnuts 11 in a n interesti ng i/la.Ilne r and the reby avoided monotony . Chaplain Curtis' i ndividua l way of illustra tion a dded gr eatly to the t a lk . Congrega t ional singing comp l e t ed the program, but not until Lauren Bryan had beeh the "goat" of a wate r blowing contest . cCc President I. o. Horsfall was the speaker at the Snow College program re • cently presehted . He advanced the i dea that strength alone isn ' t enough; a person mus t hold an " executive s ession" with oneself frequentl y t o see if he is ma.king t he most progress possible . Second , he should ge t an idea and work on it· the ' idea is sometimes t he extra push that gives one fellow a job where others fail . Third, do your best always . A musical program and tap-danci ng accompani ed hlllle cCc Reenlisti ng t i.n'8 again. What shall it be : "No , No • a Thousand Times No •" or "I' 11 String Along With You"--for an• other six months. Tuesday night thirty• six men of the 232 members of this Company said the word that wi ll emancipat e them on March 31 , 1935 . SonX; of these l eave rather reluctant ly having en j oyed the pas t twelve , fifteen , or whatever the case ma.y be , months in the Civilian Conservation Corps . Others look a t it mo re as the end of a jail-sente nce . Some look f or-ward to bette'r jobs, or rraybe jus t more pay , while others are like a young bird who has lea rne d to fly and are anxi ous to try out their wing s. laking the average of wha t is ahead for the se fell ows , it is doubtful if the y will L ,prove over their presen t condition s . True , SOl.Il8 1,ho have ma de the best of t heir time while enrolled here , will be prepared for the work the y find when they go out o.nd will land bette r paying jobs and as a r esult may be able t o be t ter t heir condi tions. Othe rs there will be , though , who when the snow fli es aga i n next fi::.11 wi ll be mo re than gl a d to come ba ck to t he pla ce where they° a lways bad a bed, three s~uares a day , cle an living quarters , a library t o read in, and a mode ra te amount of work to balance t he da~r ou t • |
