Focus . n their seats for at leasta half of one minute, after which they all, with one accord,flew to another tree, which happened to be the desk. Ihesitated between two terrors. If I stayed in my seat,as the teacher had asked and as the others had not done,I would be the last to get my schedule made out. Judgingby the number of girls in the room, I thought it wouldbe about dinner time when I finished. On the other hand THE FOCUS 293 I stood the chance of being scolded by the teacher if Ishould jam my way up to the desk. As I was weighing this in my mind, I noticed the othergirls at the desk.


Focus . n their seats for at leasta half of one minute, after which they all, with one accord,flew to another tree, which happened to be the desk. Ihesitated between two terrors. If I stayed in my seat,as the teacher had asked and as the others had not done,I would be the last to get my schedule made out. Judgingby the number of girls in the room, I thought it wouldbe about dinner time when I finished. On the other hand THE FOCUS 293 I stood the chance of being scolded by the teacher if Ishould jam my way up to the desk. As I was weighing this in my mind, I noticed the othergirls at the desk. Its my time after you, Sallie, said one. Come here,Mary! grabbing at the arm of the girl who had just finishedher schedule, where have you got Physics? Oh, goodness,I cant get mine there, because I have Music. Another girl whispered excitedly to her neighbor, Shewont let Louise substitute for Geometry! I think itsdownright mean. I tell you shes just got to let me! flared back her neigh-bor. 294 THE FOCUS. In our Exchange Department for this year we intend tofollow the policy already begun—that of dealing sepa-rately with each type of literature found in college maga-zines. But first we want to greet all of our old exchangesand solicit new ones. We want your help, for nothingso aids a magazine as does the right kind of year we aim to make our magazine better and ifyou doubt whether we are doing this we want to tell usabout it—showing wherein we fail. Also should you seeany article deserving of praise and tell us about it it wouldinspire us to climb higher. Therefore we want every oneof our old exchanges and as many new ones as want to be one link in a chain so linked together thateach link needs the others. We will do our best to helpyou and we want you to help us. And best wishes for asuccessful year for everyone of you—new and old! The poetry in college magazines cannot be expected tocompete with that poetry written by the worlds poetsand ther


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