Show i I- I The Smart Aleck k I By DR FRANK CRANE Princeton university has recently been creating some some excitement by discovering and suppressing or attempting to suppress a i smart aleck When then a a. man cannot attain distinction by his merits he tries to stand on his head and click his v 1 heels There are all sorts of ot ways of ot getting notoriety There aro are many Indecent w ways ys but few tew d decent ones The gentleman In question Imitates In a general way the works of James Jo Joyce e and T P T S. S Eliot The articles which are called Sketches From a a. Madhouse proclaim against suc such cosmic Inanities as all aU faculties deans directors hangmen all aU Philadelphians both cabinet and society all aU university preachers preacher theologians apostles prophets deacons men of ot vision all rules regulations totems and taboos and mumbo and so forth It stands to reason that there Is nothing established established established In this world but what It Is faulty Some criticism can Justly be made of It Even the Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian religion and the United States government are not exempt There Ther i Is some angle from which they are faulty There are some minds that think they aro are aro doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less of ot superior Intelligence when they learn how to find fa fail It lt or when they discover faults In anything that Is usually respected The love of notoriety Is a a. strong liquor and leads people Into all aU sorts Of extravagances There are many criminals who will resort to anything to get Into the spotlight and on the first page It Is easy enough to o achieve notoriety You Tou have been behaving yourself all your life and nobody no- no nobody nobOdy no no- body has paid any attention to you But If It you start out beating your wife and kicking your children children children chil chil- dren there will be je a hullabaloo Immediately ly and you will attract notice True frame Is the shadow of true stature False fame Is the shadow without the tho stature The authorities of Princeton have suppressed the magazine containing Sketches From a Madhouse and what rare copies coples now exist demand an exorbitant exorbitant exorbitant ant price People may condemn any sort of ot prank but they will pay good m money ney to see It Just the same A desire to be spectacular and attract attention Is is' is isone one that should be thoroughly cr criticised It can can easily ea a man Into doing something foolish as aswell aswell well veli as Inspire him to do something worth while Copyright 1925 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate I |