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Vol. 5-No. 3
DECEMBER, 1925
A NORMAL DREAM
OUR CHRISTMAS.
Behold! here is Christmas again,
The season of joy,
Of good will among men.
I
••Would that it were true!” said the
wise one.
“Can we make it come to pass?”
said the thoughtful one.
“Why bother,” said the thoughtless
one.
It seems fitting that one's message
should link together the term ending
and the Christmastide. Can a school
give gifts unto itself? If so, what
would yours be?
Miss Tall says that if she were
omiseient and all powerful, she
would give to each of us at Normal
a sense of responsibility, intellectual
honesty, fair judgment, and the
spirit of playfulness. She wishes
for us, too. a full Christmas stocking
and the happiest New Year.
Reporter for the Principal.
Tow-son, Md.
Nov, 16, 19 25.
Dear Miss Mnnn:
1 received the sample copy of “The
Oriole,” and have remembered that
this month's issue must be due.
Does one dollar still pay for the ten
copies? I enclose my check for
that amount, and hope I may receive
the old standby.
Yours for a big "Oriole” year,
MAXWELL R. SACRA.
OUR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
The Girls' Glee Club will give its
annual Christmas Carol Concert next
Monday afternoon at three o’clock ini
the Auditorium. The program is as
follows:
. . 1. . Processional — Bethlehem, Gou¬
nod: Glee Club and Orchestra.
2. While By My Sheep — Carol XVII
Century Glee Club and School.
3. Bible Reading — The Christmas
Story.
4. Hearken Every True Believer —
Brittany. Carol of the Russian
Children — Russia Glee Club.
5. Jesu Bambino- — -Your Glee C ub
and School.
6. Ave Maria — Guonod; .Toulius
Hettleman.
7. Christmas Dawn — Percy Buck.
March of the Wise Men — Harvey
Gaul; Glee Club.
8. Boots and Saddles — Carol XVI 1
Century Men's Chorus.
9. Oh Holy Night — Adam; Glee
Club and School.
10. Shepherd's Christmas Carol —
Austria. Everywhere Christmas
Tonight — Kevin; Glee Cub.
11. Silent Night— Gruber; Glee Club
and School.
Great Mills, Md.
Nov. 19, 1925.
My Dear Miss Munn:
The “Oriole” was fine! It made
me wish I were back at Normal
again. 1 shall look forward each
month for the news of “Dear Ole’
Normal.”
Very sincerely',
MADELINE EVANS— '25.
Published Monthly hy Students of Maryland
State Normal School, Towson, Md.
EACH FOR THE OTHER.
A fat and glossy gobbler sat
Upon a sheltered limb.
“If 1 could just escape,” said he,
“Their Christmas would be slim.”
He gabbed at the old barn cat
And asked for bis advice.
Puss only licked her chops and
thought
"Your bones will taste so nice.”
"To make a perfect Christmas day,"
The wise old barn cat said,
“Each one must do his proper part.
So you must lose your head.
"I’ve watched the rats for many
nights,
That you might safely sleep.
In order that those children there
Should have a Christmas treat.
“So everyone must do his part,
That each may have his due.
I’ll watch — you make the Christmas
feast —
They’ll think the most of — you.”
FLORENCE MEN INCUR, Sr. 5.
MARYLAND.
Where the broad Potomac's flowing
to the sea.
Where the Susquehanna's rippies
cai! to me,
In that land of milk and honey
Where men strive for love, not
money,
Maryland’s the place where I would
he.
Where the hazy Blue Iiidge Mount¬
ains meet the sky,
Where the sunny eastern plains re¬
splendent lie,
Where the sea-gulls o'er the bay
Swoop far down to catch their prey.
That is where I'm going hack before
I die.
I have wandered, 1 have squandered,
I'm entitled cosmopolitan by the
band;
But I'm wishing and I’m longing
For the slightest thing belonging
To those consecrated shores of Mary¬
land.
B. JONES, JR. S.
Denton B. — “What was the excite¬
ment. down the street?"
Herbert — “Oh, a man in a reverie
ran into a woman in a tantrum.”
enton — “Were the machines badly
damaged?”
— The Owl.
