. The Rotunda . Rci)0itcr8FRANCES SALE 27 VIRGINIA BURKES 29 BESSIE MEADE RIDDLE Proof Reader EDITH LAMPHIER Manage)-a Business Manager VIRGINIA W. BOXLEY Assistant ELIZABETH HARGRAVE Circulation Manager KATHERINE HATCH Assistant MARGARET BARHAM MISS IDA BIERBOWER, Alumnae Editor THANKSGIVING DAY W© are always glad to publish any desirable article or communication thatmay be sent to us. We wish, howevir, to call attention to the fact that un-•Ifned correspondence will not be published. The Rotunda invites letters of comment, criticism, and, suggestions from Itereaders upon its manner of pres n
. The Rotunda . Rci)0itcr8FRANCES SALE 27 VIRGINIA BURKES 29 BESSIE MEADE RIDDLE Proof Reader EDITH LAMPHIER Manage)-a Business Manager VIRGINIA W. BOXLEY Assistant ELIZABETH HARGRAVE Circulation Manager KATHERINE HATCH Assistant MARGARET BARHAM MISS IDA BIERBOWER, Alumnae Editor THANKSGIVING DAY W© are always glad to publish any desirable article or communication thatmay be sent to us. We wish, howevir, to call attention to the fact that un-•Ifned correspondence will not be published. The Rotunda invites letters of comment, criticism, and, suggestions from Itereaders upon its manner of pres ntiiig and treating them. A letter, to receiveconsideration, must contain the name ami addxess of the writer. These willnot be publibhed if the writer objects to the publication. All matters of busin, should be addressed to the Business Manager, andall other matter should come to the Editor-in-Chief. Complaints from subscrlbers as regards irregularities in the delivery of The Rotunda, will be THANKSGIVING AT S. T. C. -0- Not long ago I overheard somegirls discussing their ideas andthoughts as well as their prospectsof Thanksgiving Day. To most ofthem it seemed merely a day uponwhich big games v^^ere played, bigmeals were eaten, and big times werehad. It brought to my mind at oncethat somehow, in some way peoplehad the Wrong conception of that long, long time ago when ourforefathers, who came over from Eng-land on the Mayflower, were strug-gling their hardest to break and set-Lie this new country. ThanksgivingDay first had its origin. Immediatelyafter their first harvest in Plymouth,rhe Pilgrims set apart a day on whichihanks for the good harvest were re-tui-ned. Since then the custom hasspread in some parts of Europe andall over the United States. Many ofour presidents set aside a definite dayfor the celebration, but it was notuntil the time of Lincolns office thatthe fourth Thursday in Novemberwas set aside as the day for the giv-ing of thanks. Since
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