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Show i Page 11 MEET ME AT I November 13, 1933 AS THE EARTH TURNS In "As the Earth Turns," Gladys Hasty Carrol depicts ' " i(c-of-a-sort on a little farm in the heart c( Maine. In four seasons she tries to present the emotional trials of a genera-All the misfortunes and trials of a family arise in the Shaw brood's life during the one year of the novel. A son is killed; a daughter leaves home; another son is married; a i good crop is harvested. These arc things that may happen in the best of familits. '. " ' The characters are not remarkable. None of them will ': make history, and yet there is something quite human in each of them. Mary Shaw is the type educators dream about. Oily "had seen his father standing alone on the edge of the meeting, a silent man, well thought of but little known, and remembered that kind, puzzled, patient face with which he hV'f watched four of his children go into a world he did not iiti('crstnnd." Jen is too good to be tnic. She is never cut of : p-tience or hurried. She works best when she has the most '' r'o. -She is of the old-fashioned type men sing about but -eldoin marry. Ignorance, stupidity, and slovenliness arc i! embodied in George Sliaw. He is a typical failure. Whining i when he is unsuccessful, he depends on his father and his i '" brother Ed to keep him out of trouble. i" This book lacks the great emotional scope, the vital-con- r flict, and striking feeling of Roclvaag's "Giants in the Earth." "As the Earth Turns" is, however, a charming story. It is fillVd with high ideals. and simple charm, which perhaps pro-1 vide a few hours of tranquil relief from the rush of college i life. Yet this novel is mediocre. It will cause no revolution, j' Five years from now no one will remember it but librarians and Glady Hasty Carrol. ... I ' MAX LOLL. i o f PASSING THE DIVIDE All in a flash, a bump, a thud, ; They lay there, silent, soaked in blood. And as we watched, two figures gray, A horse and a man, (their souls, folks say) Appeared above them where they lay. ! The figures paused there, poised for flight, - ' Then swiftly vanished in the night. Together still in their last ride, They've passed on o'er the Great Divide, i ' - ' PHYLLIS WARDLEIGH. ti o FOR THE FINEST tS CANDIES, HOT CHILI, HOT TAMALES, HOME MADE AND DELICIOUS FOUNTAIN SPECIALS 406 25th St. 786 25th St. KSTIMATliS GLADLY FURNISHED ON CLASS PIXS, JEWELRY OR FAVORS Smalley Brothers, Inc. Jewelers 382-25th St. THE EMPORIUM WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS. THEY ARE YOUR ADDED DISCOUNT FOR CASH. BEGIN SAVING THEM NOW AND RECEIVE $2.50 IN MERCHANDISE FOR A FILLED BOOK. OUR De Vake Hosiery FLATTERS YOUR LEGS, COMPLIMENTS YOUR CLOTHES, WEARS WELL, IS TRICED AS LOW AS 79 1 |