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Show WAS HANGED By Stewart Hanson THE DAY I IMPROVE MEMORY, SAYS "DIGEST" The wind blew softly, swinging my body slowly back and forth like the pendulum of a huge grandfathers clock, and tightening the rope with each consecutive arc. The rope cut deeply. My skin felt taut and numb. How long had I been hanging there? I dont know! In situations such as this, the mind plays tricks. I wanted to look down at the ground below me. I wanted to look up at the sky. For that matter, I wanted to open my eyes, but I couldnt. I was aware of nothing but the soft wind swinging me back and forth. The old Existentialist nothingness came to my mind. Nothingness! That is what I was, nothingness! The way that rope cut into my flesh reminded me that I wasnt complete nothingness, though. Count! Thats it, count! ! One . . . two . . . three . . . five I could see that Five? Why five . . . why not? . . . seven nowhere. me would get counting There was a fly on my forehead-crawli- ng around, just trouble. I reach to and smack wanted that damned making up fly, but all I could do was hang there and swing back and forth in the wind. When would they take me down? The rope was becoming very uncomfortable. Oh well, hang down your head, Tom Dooley. It was rather stupid to get yourself into this fix anyway. Stupid! There must be a better word. The wind was still blowing softly. Back and forth . back and forth . . . deeper and deeper cut the rope. Thanks a lot, damn wind. Ill get you someday. Fffffah! said the Oh . wind. perfumed, gentle breeze . . how sweet thou art rotten you dirty, Then there was a voice. It was a long way off: Let him down slowly. Easy now. Thats got it I reached out and grabbed the handhold. Slack! yelled. Slack! a voice above me repeated. Moffet! Youre about the crumbiest rock climber Ive ever seen! shouted Tom, who was above me on The Rock. Well, I shouted back, Youre about the crumbiest Ballayer Ive ever seen letting that rope get tangled up like that just when I lose my foothold. When I reached the top of The Rock, I poked him in the nose just for luck. ... . ... ! Page 3 PARSON THE fuesday, April 28, 1959 With four simple rules, you can train youself to become virtually infallible at remembering names, says an article in the April Readers digest Author Frederic Sondem Jr. points out that forgetting names can cause more than temporary embarrassment; it may cost you a pleasant friendship or a profitable business contact. Politicians, businessmen and other in public life recognize this fact and work at the business of remembering names. General Eisen however, once impressed a group of French military leaders by re membering their names even though he had met them only fleetingly years before. Former Democratic Chairman James Far ley has estimated that he has in his mind the names and faces and backgrounds of 20,000 people. Former President Harry Truman, F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover and ho telman Conrad Hilton are others whose ability to remember names has been an important factor in their success. The four rules for remembering were formulated years ago by Dale Carnegie. They are based on his belief that accurate memories are not necessarily gifts, but can be taught just like other skills. The rules are: - HERE N THERE Xee Zpehdlcue Some people are bom lucky. For instance take Femandel, the comedian. A couple of months ago he went to the dentist to have a tooth pulled. Several weeks later he revived an envelope .from his dentist. Inside, instead of a bill, was a neat sheaf of that stuff we all use once in a while folding money, with a note saying, "Ive sold your tooth to one of your 'ans who is carrying it as a good-luc- k From the proceeds, charm. Ive deducted my professional fee, Beat and inclosed the balance. that, if you can . . . A GLAMOROUS' WOMAN IS ONE WHO LOOKS POURED INTO THE KIND OF DRESS THAT OTHER WOMEN LOOKED DUMPED INTO. AROUND CAMPUS ... I that Doug Evans brother is hear planHono- ning on going to college in lulu. Doug tells me that its one of those Foreign Aid Programs. It Plane fare pays all expenses (Champaign flight at that), tuition, books, and on top of all that, it gives him three dollars a semester spending money. He was contemplating on whether to accept or not THE GAZELLE AND THE LLAMA NEVER DRINK WATER, gvjiat a mstnightla HERE n THERE: . . . Heres something for all you psychologists University of Nebraska psychologists testing the ingenuity of rats found some rats testing the ingenuity of psychologists. One rat, for example was supposed to be running inside an activity wheel while an automatic counter kept track of the wheels revolution. But the rat was found lying in his cage calmly spining the wheel with his paw Judging from that. Id say that there are going to be a few changes made . . . The cigarette industry has come out with a new type of cigarette. Something on the same order as cigarillos. It consists of compressed tobacco sheets rolled into cigarette size cigarillos. The industry seems to have run across one big obstacle It wont bum . . . ... UNUSUAL NAMES: Tom Collins is a water engineer in Elizabeth, N.J. . . . A1 Cohl was arrested for drunkeness in Seattle, Wash. . . . Justin Tune is a tenor in Westuntil they threw in the three dol- minster Choir in Princeton, NJ. . . lars. And that did it hes raring Point De Nom (No name at all) to go theyll do anything nowa- lives in Paris, France. days to get more students. Do THIRTY YEARS AGO: . SULTAN MUSTAPHA III OF you ever stop to realize that AmerWAS THE icans who died in 1929 had never TURKEY (1717-177FATHER OF 582 SONS BUT NE- heard of jet airplanes, the Sound split-levVER HAD A DAUGHTER. Barrier, style houses, Polaroid cameras, food freezers, MUSIC PEOPLE I just dont guided missiles, radar, dacron, bullknow about Westminsters music dozers, V-- 8 engines, electric typedepartment. With things in such a writers, color TV, chlorophyll turmoil getting ready for the toothpaste, foam rubber, drive-i- n Spring Concert coming up on April movies, bobbysoxers, toredor pants 27, and with this flippleflute group, for women, fiberglass, automatic the students are kept pretty busy transmissions, electric razors, the Why theyre only down in the United Nations, frozen vegetables, p half the day now. They the e mile, formica, bubof ble used to be there three-fourtgum, and the atom bomb . . . Oh well, were still prothe day NO AMERICAN FEELS DOWN gressing The Big Man around the mu- AND OUT AS LONG AS HE HAS sic building, of course, is Kenneth A TANK FULL OF GAS. Child Prodigy Kuchler. In a forA GOLDEN NUGGET OF mal announcement (in music theory THOUGHT: class) Mr. K said that the new So nigh is grandeur to our dust. music the Flippleflutes were learnnear is God to man, So ing was so good that he might When duty whispers low, I must, plan a chamber program I wonder The youth replies, I can. if he meant Gas Chamber. Hes even been thinking of starting a Rock n Roll flippleflute society 4) Get the Name Clearly When You Are Introduced. If the name is no': clear, ask the introducee to repeat it. But dont ever ask a third party present he may not know it himself. Give the Name a Chance to Sink Into Your Mind. The best way to do this is repeat it a few times in the ensuing conversation. Learn the Face While You Are Learning the Name. Look at the Ropehandler in rockclimbing face, the posture, any distinguishing' marks. Learning to associate names and faces will make remem. . . bering easier. ( Continued from Page 2) Another way is to create a pic1 15. e students are eligible. Define Only . ture of the person doing something A student is enrolled e if he is enrolled in a sufficient associated with his name. Mr. HamI number of credit hours, or their equivalent of college-grad- e courses, to ilton, for example, could be pic; secure the of which is certificate he towards degree working within tured as a human head with a the time normal to the majority of enrolled students. hams body weighing one ton. 116. Are foreign students eligible? Learning .these mental tricks, No. However, students who are nationals of the United States or j Sondem, can be much more says jin the United States for other than a temporary purpose and intend to than a pleasant way to improve GOOD GRIEF WHAT NEXT?. . . be permanent residents are eligible. mind. can dividends It e 17. pay TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO BLAME your Are interns and students in similar categories considered 1 in terms of improved business and IT ON THE OTHER PARTY IS f students? POLITICS. No. While interest will begin to accrue during the internship, the personal relationships. i institution may modify the repayment plan to the advantage of the "You Can Remember The article, In a class a while back, Regina student' Names, is condensed from Chris Stewart made a boo-bo- o in saying tian Herald. j Mr. K I cant see anything from ( Continued on Page 4) back here (At the time, she was sitting as far back as she could get without going through the window). 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