. Bates Student. • do not like a person for his appearance only. We may beattracted by a pretty face, sparkling eyes, or a pleasing smile,but we are held by frankness, truthfulness, kindness. A prettyface may win an admirer, but it does not keep a friend unlessthere are noble mental qualities behind it. We learn to judge aperson not by his external, but his inner self. * Great men arethose who see that the spiritual is greater than any materialforce; that thots rule the world. Thus, it is the spiritual self that is the man, and of this wecan have no average until the psychologist discovers a s
. Bates Student. • do not like a person for his appearance only. We may beattracted by a pretty face, sparkling eyes, or a pleasing smile,but we are held by frankness, truthfulness, kindness. A prettyface may win an admirer, but it does not keep a friend unlessthere are noble mental qualities behind it. We learn to judge aperson not by his external, but his inner self. * Great men arethose who see that the spiritual is greater than any materialforce; that thots rule the world. Thus, it is the spiritual self that is the man, and of this wecan have no average until the psychologist discovers a standardof measure for mental qualities. Man is not to be measuredby inches. Let us, then, become more wary in our referenceto the average man. Let us each one, realizing that histrue self is made in the likeness of God, study the Bible as hisguide, and Christ as his exemplar, for to be a true Christianit to be a complete man. And were we all complete men, wewould be all average men, in our own individual SIMILAR CASES I There was once a Neolithic Man,An enterprising wight,Who made his chopping implementsUnusually bright. To his Neolithic neighbors, Who were startled and surprised,Said he, 16 My friends, in course of time, We shall be civilized! Then they all rose up in fury Against their boastful friend Cried all, Before such things can come, You idiotic child,You must alter Human Nature!99 And they all sat back and smiled;Thought they, An answer to that last It will be hard to find!It was a clinching argument To the Neolithic Mind. Charlotte Perkins Gilman II There was once a bold Progressive In the male-enfranchised age,Whose views on equal suffrage Filled all his friends with rage. MAGAZINE SECTION Cried they, It is preposterous— This cry for womans right;Suppose we let her have the vote It wont help things a Number One, Twould overthrow Our govment—like as would be undermined, The home would go to Number Two, T would be too muchFo
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