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Faculty AiH-twr. ..Mr. J. W,
Conceit Source of Unpopularity
The student iiody of a school—a complex cot-
Jcctlon of individual personalities. Looking at a
mass of Htudcntu, boys and girls with separate
thoughts, nnd opinions, different characters, and
innumerable admirable traits, and weeing n certain
few mhe their heads above the man into the
spotlight of popularity nnd renown, onc cannot
help but wander just what i; in that these cht/sen
few have, what element their make-up contains
that makes them outstanding.
Personality! And nine-tenth* of it is character.
In tfi^re any thine more repulsive than n
"swelled head"?—anything more disgusting than
someone who has let petty conceit run away
with him? School is overrun with boys and jriris
who have had their chance—have been elected to
some office,nnd have had the fact go to their
heads.
Look nt the leading officer* of the school;
inevitably they are students who resHHrt the other
portions' points of view, shrink from sclf-ecatcrcdnesff,
and nonchalantly pass over the honor
that 70" hand in hand with a responsible position
by election.
Conceit is high school'* greatest source of unpopularity,
nnd the force which drags down more
fine personalities than alt other common faults
put together, it is the undesirable clement which
produces the "fathead," bore of school society,
and ruins the individual's chance for success.
Let's ostracize conceit and let's banish the
"swelled head" from Lowell—forever!
Civil Service Explained
By Mrs. Jordan, Head Counselor
Civil service is "working for the government."
The city, the itate, and the federal sovemmcntu
all hire a Kreat many people to do all kinds of
work, from day labor to important executive jobs.
Two-third* of these workers are chosen by competitive
examination.
San Francisco's policemen, firemen, and teachers
are the civil servants of the city; doctors,
nurses, typists, stcnnirranhers, draughtsmen, electricians,
machinists, janitors, cooks, and nil sorts
of helpers who work In our city's institutions are
civil sen-ice employees.
State Sen-Ice
State highway patrolmen are perhaps the best
Vnown state civil servants. Teachers receive part
of their pay from the state. Purchasing agents,
librarians, cooks, truck drivers, agronomists, fish
and some wardens, and printers are amonjr the
civil servants California employs.
Greatest employer of skilled and experience
civil servants Is the United States Government.
The Panama Canal was a government job. Your
postman, the customs Inspector, the meat Inspector
who puts that little blue stamp on the i^ast;
the weather man and his staff; all the doctors,
nurses, and orderlies in the Marine Hospital and
the Veterans' Hospital, are federal employees.
Civil svrrfce Is a (toed career for able people-
Employment Is steady as km* as you do your
work well. Pay Is not so hfKh in boom times as
pay may be In private Ufa; but boom times don't
come very often. When a civil servant Is retired,
he is pensioned.
Most Be Citizen
A civil servant must be 3n American citizen;
ne must have a snnd character: and he must be
very Rood in1 his line. Chances of promotion are
as good as they are enywhere. You must be able
to get along with people.
Women have as Rood a chance as men of equal
ability; rnc-. Is not so powerful a factor as it Is
In private employment—especially l.i the federal
service.
Most of these jobs require experience, «> It Is
best to jret a food education, then a private job
in your line, then Investigate the civil service opportunities
In your field and prepare for them.
More Information is available in room 13?
Once This
Was News
"Wr'rr Proud of You. Artie*
So runs a headline in the October
I««ue of The Lowell for 1925.
It neems that ono Art Dolnn wai
entered into n beauty content n\tly mind was n nlank. I Mhot him
brr.iu*t' I litvi'd htm'?"
—L—
Wuy back in 'US A. D.. the girl.l::itl
a crew. We ran imagine how
11 race must have Wen:
"Turn back the lx>at. my nose Is
shining."
Ilomwnmintc I hi" Thanksgiving.
Ali's Secretary
Preneating the galavantini; glorified
gvniiis with the god-given
gift of gab, nasinj: into the gloomy
ctytal of Lowell's pet student
[neve* and proMfms—Ali's Kvcrewry.
Dear AH:
Is it posjibif for something to
be done about the cafeteria food?
—Connoisseur of Goo'i Food.
Dear Connoisseur:
I have taken it up with the editor
and will campaign to ha%-e a
Itromu-Sultzer dispenser ut each
drinking fountain.
—Ali's Secretary.
Deur AU:
As long as I have been in Lowell
there has always been a problem
about opening Joors; that is. sometimes
a boy opens the door of a
doss room suddenly and accidentally
injures someone. Now here's
m>* idea: thirty seconds before the
bell for the end of the period ends,
sound a warning bazzcr, which will
be n xigna! for sonic one in the
class room to open the door. In
that way, by the time the bell rings
the doors arc already open and
there is less chance of injury.
—GucM Who.
Dear Guess Who:
I strongly suspect that you are
Sir Galahad or Ycudhi with a
Fnuntlcroy complex. Of course, if
you wutild like to run around and
open alt the doors before the bell
rings. I'm sure your efforts would
be appreciated. —AU's Secretary.
—L—
Dear All:
Why is It that Lowell always
holds the graduation In the afternoon
when all the other schools
have theirs in the evening?
—Jiuit Curlouf.
Dear Ali:
Why can't Lowell have its graduation
at night? It would bo
much nicer und loU more font 1.
—Wondering.
Dear Wondering and Just Curious:
We have hadtho eminent scientist.
Dr. Olaf Olafson male* tests
of the evciinijr air in the Opera
House and he has come to the conclusion,
after long deliberation,
that it Is not suited to the lungs
of a Lowell valedictorian. However,
if they decided to risk ill
health, a breakfast ball would have
to be held, which might be slightly
disconcerting to the advocated of
moon beams an I soft music.
—Ali*s Secretary.
Homecoming thf* Thanksgiving.
Dear Ali:
I navu made the discovery of the
century. At last people can put
their minds (what's left them) to
ttzit for I huvc found out who Yehudi
». Some people may say that
he's Utc Uulo fclW who puts the
lights out in refrigerators; others
state that lies the man who opens
tho doors at Itoos Dros., and still
others claim that It"* he who puts
the seeds In grapes. But I know
bettor!—for he's the little >my who
owns the place that the fire goes to
when it goes "oul"
_ . —"Joe."
Dear Joe:
Thanks for letting us tn on your
"amaring discovery." But. really,
we still don't feel you have the
right answer. —All's Secretary.
Homecoming this Thnnksgiring.
THE LOWELL, OCTOBER HI
Hadme
Allronga
Look out: lle'11 ]o«Mte a«ain! lt'»
that social leprr. U.idtm- AII run (to.
who scaped from the man in the
little while coot long enough to
gite you the M-trond of thmte six
U^HunH from lUdrus Allrunga,
Toduy's littlu gum d?als wilh
your jtopulurity ut rallies. Here
il'ft not indivlilunlinin t h i*. roun^t
MI much in it \* group leiidcrA^if.
For instance, when the ci.tlrc
fiudvnt body is solemnly sobbing
the dirge-liki: "Lowell Hymn," it
is your ciiuncu to qualify as a leading
CHAIUCTEH ut Lowell by
gi.thtrir.jr toK«th»r a group of funloving
fullows and giving n nice
Kwinia- rendition of "Join Ilnnds
foi Polytechnic."
The pnfcaing of remarks loud
cis&ugh for the annulment of all
ic also n good wuy to attract attention
to your ficintillntinir wit.
iltwevcr, let me urge you to use
ttict and ^'itwl judgiiK-nt in this
I'rutlk-o. So one apjirecintes u
irasli remark blurted without
thiitiyht of ultimate cun.'cquenres.
Poor -Slinky'
One of my old pupil*. Stmky
smith, unco (•'.larkt.-ii at ;i rally
tr.aL our leudini; quarttrbaik was
v £ht yi'.irs old bY-foru he cuuld
wavt- "Iiy«-bye." This might have
liasscil unnoticed, but ^>td Q. B.
\\urt boinn ir-truduced to an tulmiri»>;
throng and it insulttnl hi* in*
tflligence to the il-gree that Stinky
showed up with a tape snood
nnainil hi* hvad the next day. HejiWes
that, he hud to sign an affidavit
that the quarterback was
really only five when he accomlilltihtil
the fi-ul of waving "liyel.yi-."
Save Happy Crack*
Ho «ave yt»ur cunnintr remark.*
till the Contract Bridge Club ban
t. rally. There'* no I6.*>-(mund
ttipK> thrift man in thut little
1,'rotip (I tiiiu-lt n liM j*uit>, though
tli'Te art' some t'(jually dangerous
IJ.n.ls.
But new. friends, the man with
the net in IK 1 re uirnin ami I n>tiri*
to my enpe ur.til some O"P rmuncks
me nnuther file.
Homecoming ihU Thanksgiving.
Your
Foreign
Correspondent
In Mr. Uasi' economic-fceoifntphy
cJuac, where wisecracks pop iikv
Lullvts from u Tommy xun. this little
gem of humor was born:
Mr. Unas: "Never mind, vou
fellow*. I've been working »u u
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