Show STUDENT AFFAIRS The Commercials and the Mirror The Engineers Story An old adage puts it “that if a person could get a look at himself just as he is committing a theft we would have but very few thieves” Tuesday March 10th this adage proved to be false or else the Commercials are totally blind for it would be quite impossible for a detachment of pretty boys with starched collars and equally balanced heads of hair to walk off with a mirror without at least taking an occasional look at themselves Be this as it may the gallant “detachment” of Commercial braves with colors flying high marched into the quiet Engineering room during the early hours of the morning captured the imaginary foe and returned triumphantly to their quarters with the hard earned spoils— a 45ct mirror It is supposed that they spent the rest of the day or until the Engineers located the lost article in gazing upon beauty? As soon as the mirror was located this gallant “detachment” was overpowered by a half dozen Engineers who took that part of the mirror that would hang together leaving the fragmentary products for the to hold services over pen-wielde- rs The Commercials Story The Engineers following the doctrine that “possession isnine points” claimed it as theirs the Commercials maintained their title on the grounds of prior ownership The property in dispute was an ordinary mirror fourteen by twenty inches When the Commercial Department moved into their present quarters this relic was left in their old rooms subsequently occupied by the Engineers The claims of the latter were not disputed until the former recalled that the mirror was their property The professor of Law had propounded the principle that you can take vour own no matter where it is Proceeding according to this idea a detachment of Commercials betook themselves to the rooms on the second floor and secured the mirror The trophy wras accordingly placed in a conspicuous place in the Commercial room easily accessible to the ladies There it remained undisturbed until lunch period before the Engineers became aware of the loss When the room was nearly deserted by the possessors of the property the assailing body of Engineers appeared — formidable despoilers! Never since Goth and Hun besieged the gates of Rome had such an assault been known The rude invaders poured in on the inoffensive and peaceful occupants and sought to regain by force what had been obtained in a quiet and unassuming manner by their opponents This trait however is highly characteristic of Engineers: — they always want to be sure people know they are around When the diabolical intentions of the uninvited visitants had been surmised by the few remainingCommercials trouble began brewing One valiant defender sought to bar the door against their exit while another desperately endeavored to regain possession of the booty But even the greatest valor is unevenly matched against outnumbering forces The invaders were not to be satisfied until their purpose was accomplished and the work of spoliation complete The fray waxed fast and furious In the melee the mirror was shattered and the pane in the glass door met a like fate When it seemed that the besiegers had carried the day one last frantic effort on the part of one of the besieged regained for the Commercials a part of the frame This fragment remains and is dearly cherished by them as a relic of one of the notable clashes between the two factions |