The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 28, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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J. K. West, Feature Editor
Madeline Funkhouser, Literary Editor
Atwell Bond, Sports Editor
George Thompson, Feature Editor
Geneva Coley, Literary Editor
Billy Ross, Sports Editor
REGULAR STAFF
Clarence Ferguson, Editor-in-Chief
Louis McGregor, Associate Editor
Dollie Murie Glover, Faculty Adviser
BUSINESS STAFF
Estell Scott, Business Manager
Cy Paul Boney, First Asst. Business Manager
Myndert Gilbert, Second Asst. Business Manager
Tom Lewis, Exchange Editor
Daisy Ruth Sebastian, Society Editor
Jau Jackson, News Editor
Mary Bob McGill, Exchange Editor
Annie Ruth Jones, Society Editor
Mary Ilunter, News Editor
WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?
Did you over hear the story about the three
bricklayers? There were three bricklayers work-
ing on. the same building. A pedestrian stopped
one morning-, and inquired of the first bricklay-
er, "What are you'doing, sir ?" The bricklayer an-
swered, "I am cutting brick." The pedestrian
turned to the second bricklayer and inquired ot°
him; "And pray, sir, what are you doing?" The
strengthen the environment- of your dreams,
bricklayer answered, "I am laj-iilg brick." The
pedestrian turned to the third and asked, "And
ivJi.it are you doing?" Thy brieklayc-r squared
liis shoulders and answered, "I hill building a
CatJn-ilral."
Pause for a moment, and ask yourself the
same question, "What are you building'#" Are
you building a foundation for a career? Are
you making that founilalion, one which will
topple at tlie slightest provocation, or are you
taking pride in your task, even though you are
just at the Leg-inning. Analyze yourself care-
fully, and find your weak points. Then make
it is a matter of pride to strengthen those. If
your project is small, it is only the beginning
for a larger one. 80 build on your character by
taking' pride in the slightest of tasks aiul so
Travels Abroad
(DOLLIE MAEIE GLOVER)
(Continued from Last Week)
On April 27 we went sight see-
ing in Vienna, Austria, and saw the
Ringstrasse, the park, the statue
of Johnann Strauss—the Austrian
composer of the Blue Danube
Waltz, the Belvedue Palace—the
former residence of Prince Eugene,
the opera house, thei monuments of
Goethe and Schiller, the Academy
of ■ Art, the statue of Maria The-
resa, the imperial palace where the
Emperor Francis Joseph lived, the
pest monument erected in 1320, St.
Stephen's Cathedral, and a stump
180D years old that is filled with
nails. This stump is called the
Devil Tree. When any one wanted
to ward off the evil influences of
the devil, he would place a nail in
the' Devil Tree.
In the Capuchin Cathedral we
visited the tombs of the emperors.
Some of the tombs we saw were
those of the son of Emperor Na-
poleon, of Francis Joseph, of Maria
■Theresa, of the- last Hapsburg, a
nephew of Francis Joseph, of two
archdukes who have died since the
war, and' of a nephew of two
months of age.
Some of the most interesting
sights we saw that day were the
community houses which were
built in 1924. They house from
3,000 to 8,000 people and have a
community laundry, a kindergar-
ten, a school, a place for mothers
to leave their babies while they
work, and grocery and dry goods
stores. These houses are city own-
ed and directed. One can get an
apartment of tivo rooms and a
kitchen for fourteen shillings e.
month, or three rooms and a kitch-
en for twenty shillings a month,
which is less than $8.00 a month
in our money. The houses are well
built of brick 01* stone and have
central heating and lighting sys-
tems.
At Schonbrunn Palace, the impe-
rial summer residence built in 1744,
we saw many interesting and beau-
tiful things, Maria Theresa's street
Carriage was of interest because.of
its size and shape. It is much
smaller than one would imagine it
to be and: is open. In the dining
loom the table had on it all the
china and silver used at a regular
dinner. We noticed that the knife,
fork, and spoon were all placed to
the right of the plate. The wood
work, the tapestry, and the paint-
ings were beautiful. The garden
of the palace was wonderful. The
shrubbery was cut into various
shapes, and the flowers were gor-
geous, Emperor Francis Joseph
reigned there from 1849-1916,
As we rode further through the
city, we saw a monument of Hay-
den, the Rathaus or City Hall, a
house where Schubert lived once, the
home of the three maidens, Schu-
bert's birthplace, the church where
be played the organ, and the or-
gan he played on. Near this same
chureh we witnessed a wedding. In
the course of our ride we passed
the Prater Amusement Park which,
in many ways, resembles our
amusement parks. The Parliament
House, a large building with a
statue of Pallas Athene on the
front of it and statues of the Ro-
man senators on the bannisters,
next attracted our attenion. As
we rode along by the side of the
famous blue Danube River, I won-
dered why it is called blue, for the
water is of a very muddy color.
Vienna, a city of 2,500,000 people,
is very interesting in many ways,
and yet we were told that it is
practically lifeless now compared
with what it was before the war.
On July 29 we went to Salzburg,
Austria. The trip took us through
some-beautiful scenery. The Aus-
trial Alps loomed before us in their
splendor. In the fields by the way-
sidei we saw people using oxen in-
stead of horses. They cut their
grain with hand scythes, and both
men and women worked side by
side. Some used dog's to draw small
carts .
In Salzburg we stayed at the
Grand Hotel de la Europe, from
which we had a beautiful view of
the Tyrolian Alps. We visited
Mozart's birthplace and saw many
relics of his, the instruments he
played on, pictures of him, and
other things related to him.
In the afternoon we went on a
ride through the country to Konig-
see. One would hunt far before
he found more magnificent scen-
ery than that we drove through
that day. Mountains, trees, flow-
ers, sky, and houses all seemed to
combine forces to attract our at-
tention and hold our interest. The
quaint costumes of the people
along the way made us wonder if
we were not in fairy land.
In the evening' we went to the
Kursaal to get an insight into the
customs, dress, and manner of en-
tertainment of the people. There
the Tyrolian singers performed for
us in their native costumes. People
sat at small tables in the room and
ate and drank while the dancers
performed on the stage. The Ty-
rolian dance requires much effort.
A native boy of about twenty came
and sat at our table and talked
with us. He spoke rather broken
English but was very interesting
to talk with, for he could explain
to us many of the things we oth-
erwise would never have under-
stood. He said that he was study-
ing to be a lawyer.
To be continued
Lunch Wagon Fables
Day in and day out is all the
same to us, but not the same news.
We certanily miss our little
song bird, Wyvon, and hope she
will be back with us in the future.
Nola Mai does not have much to
say; therefore, we have decided
that she must have the S. A. Stay
in there, "Red."
Since Miss Burleson has posted
the new rules, C. D. has to wait
for Dean at the Fish Pond. Beauti-
ful place to wait, there are no
chimes of dishes and squeaks of
the wagons.
Frankie has a sudden interest in
Hamilton, and she has just return-
ed from there.
Casey spent the week-end at
home.
Vida did not go home for once
in seven days.
Mabel and Annie C. say "Day by
day in every way we are getting
fatter and fatter."
Lois must dislike.the new rules.
Elam can't help her set the tables
any more,
Lois Short has been out of town
since the last news from here. We
think that her Lubbock friend
should know of this. Don't you?
Virginia spent the week-end at
home, and you should have seeri
Claude walking around like a lost
chicken.
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