. The Rotunda . not Ust among ourdeficiencies, or advertise to the world the absenceof that easily obtained, though priceless quality,courtesy. We hardly understand the motive thatprompts the wriggling, squirinmg, whispering,chewing-gum-popping element of an audience, todistract the attention of the rest of the peoplefrom a performance, to the obvious inferiorityof their self-centered little selves. Besides demonstrating more effectively than adozen soap-box speakers might, their own lackof rearing according to the conventions of theday, these creatures succeed amazingly in an-noying the sever
. The Rotunda . not Ust among ourdeficiencies, or advertise to the world the absenceof that easily obtained, though priceless quality,courtesy. We hardly understand the motive thatprompts the wriggling, squirinmg, whispering,chewing-gum-popping element of an audience, todistract the attention of the rest of the peoplefrom a performance, to the obvious inferiorityof their self-centered little selves. Besides demonstrating more effectively than adozen soap-box speakers might, their own lackof rearing according to the conventions of theday, these creatures succeed amazingly in an-noying the several dozen people in their vicinityand detracting a good portion of their pleasurefrom the performance. The kind of person who acts thus does notread newspaper editorials. It is not directly,then, that we can attack this objectionable ele-ment. Only sufficient exertion of social pressurecan subdue them, or else remove them entirelyfrom public places where all must be consider-ate of others. OPEN FORUM Star Gazing. The Holiday Spirit It is a joy to realize a change in the tone ofpeople occasionally. People Whom we find apleasure in small groups often prove irritablein numbers by the thousand. That is one of thegreatest difficulties in college life, perhaps. Al-though we may count a greater part of the stud-ent body our friends, casual ones, at least, wedont always enjoy the throng of them when wehave to live with all of them every hour. So it is with real relief that we welcomea change that comes at a time of relaxation orpleasure or anticipation. We think it not im-agination that we see beneath the exterior of thepersonality of the crowd, a radiance, a glow ofcoming joy that expresses itself in renewed hap-piness and unwonted unselfishness. True it is that exams are between us andthe joyous occasion, but even they cannot ef-fectively conceal the holiday spirit that is mak-ing itself more a part of us as the passing ofeach day brings us nearer that happiest seasonof the year—the
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