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Show Empty Wagons Reprimanded This is not a story relating the ups and downs of a prehistoric vehicle, ve-hicle, but a flowery version of the age-old proverb, "the empty wagon makes the most noise." Did you ever pause before a monkeys' cage at the zoo ? Do you remember how they chattered and twittered senselessly as they stared star-ed blankly before them? . t South high school is hardly a zoo or an empty wagon, and therefore, there are no cages, but there are several individuals hav- : ing characteristics similar to mon keys. We can hear the same chattering chatter-ing and twittering and notice the same blank stares when in the auditorium during assemblies. There are just a few who bear this striking resemblance. They giggle and laugh, voicing their own opinions and offering their own contributions, consisting mainly main-ly of wisecracks, to the bewilderment bewilder-ment of performers. Our student body cannot receive serious assemblies. Because of this literally "minute" group of thoughtless, inconsiderate, tactless t" students, our assemblies must be of a grade which will appeal to them as well as the rest of the student body. Consider the humiliation of per formers who are presenting a serious ser-ious program when suddenly from the audience a chilling laugh pierces through the gallery and across the footlights. Another follows, fol-lows, and then another, a wisecrack wise-crack issues from the front row on the right. This condition is a disgrace to the school. It is a childish, inexcusable inex-cusable habit, easily remedied because be-cause the offenders are so few in number. Laugh at the humorous parts of the program, comment when the assembly is over, and hush your neighbor if he is rude. Remember, "the loud mouth be-speaketh be-speaketh the vacant mind." Don't mimic the "empty wagon." |