. The Rotunda . Natural*the owner became angry and perhnplest a friend over this very ineiJemSuch problems are very common Irschool life. I have heard such remark.^nassed., that dress is right cute bu^ts not hers and that slicker doesntbelong to lier either. Remarks of thi^kind are so common that I believethe guilty parties would far ratherhave the jJubUr know that they ownedleidiaps a few dresses than that theyborrowed every dress they wore. Andare the borrowers giving the ;a chance? Can an owner derive anyamount of pleasure from a new froc?:which becomes old often before shehas had


. The Rotunda . Natural*the owner became angry and perhnplest a friend over this very ineiJemSuch problems are very common Irschool life. I have heard such remark.^nassed., that dress is right cute bu^ts not hers and that slicker doesntbelong to lier either. Remarks of thi^kind are so common that I believethe guilty parties would far ratherhave the jJubUr know that they ownedleidiaps a few dresses than that theyborrowed every dress they wore. Andare the borrowers giving the ;a chance? Can an owner derive anyamount of pleasure from a new froc?:which becomes old often before shehas had a chance to wear it? Theothei- nite I heard, well Ill wear m\pink dress to Hampden-Sidney to-night. Its the third time its beenthere but not on me. I guess everyoneis tired of it now and 1 havent evenworn it. Borrowing is an evil which niUMbe banished by certain brave individ-uals. It is hard to deny a friend theprivilege of any small amount ofpleasure we may give them, but whynot become brave knights and say in. TlIK ((MJNFIELI) The Degree Class of 1925 has left as its parting gilt to the school, one ?)f Jolin Constables famous pictures,The Cornfield, which has been plac-ed in the Lounge of the Student Build-ing. The painter of this picture was oneof Englands greatest artists duringthe early part of the nineteenth cen-tury. At an early a;j:e he started paint-ing landscapes and was encourage bySir George Beaumont, who was also apainter. This nobleman gave Constablemodels fcr practice, which inspiredhim. Constable was awarded a goid,medal for his painting, The HayWain. It was in France that Con-stable had his first real success, andthe French were the first to reallyappreciate hi.^ works. The true valueof The Cornfield was not realized Until after his death. But now it is con-sidered one of our most beautiful land-scape paintinjys. The fact is ! work did not sell until hehad, been painting forty-five years. He did not paint as all the greatpainters had done before hi


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