Letter horn Walter Isaacs
The following letter to Dean Hadden from Mr. Isaacs, who is spending
his year's leave of absence in Paris,
will be of interest
to
Mr.
laaac' a
many friends here.
Dear Hadden:
I think I last wrote you from London-let's see, if I remunher correctly, people at home speak something
like what they use in England.
It
certainly is not what they used in Amsterdam nor
Glasgow.
You
kno •..,,
Scotch is a language, by George! It's
more than an accent.
I'll begin with Paris and work back
to London-if I don't get sleepy first.
There are a bunch of things I might
write but I can't do it all. Dr. Towne
is living\ just around the square-I
surprised her at her boatding house{pensionl excuse) I had not kept in
touch with her. I found her thru the
American University Union here. We
walked about yesterday P. M . and aaw
the Notre Dame Luxembourg, etc.
I am in a good little hotel just
across the street from the Pantheon
-walking distance from Louvre and
Luxembourg and the underground station. . Ten francs a day (70 cents),
steam-heated and clean {very clean for
Paris.)
A young chap I met in Brussels recommended it and will be here
himself soon.
He is a student from
Mass. here in the University of Paris.
I can get a fair dinner at neighboring
restaurants for four francs (28 cents.)
For seven francs you get a real four
<"T five
course dinner well served, a
big meal, drink included. A franc ;s
a passable tip (7 cents.)
Dr. Towne gets meals with a family-and some family-I met the man
-he's the last word in the Latin quarter type, plays the piano, draws and
and paints (here an amusing sketch of
the Frenchman is inserted), son writes
poetry. The old man had a fit when
Dr. T. told him I painted. He jumped
around and "hollered" and laughed.
Shook hands again and ran off a stri"st
of French a mile a minute, something
about "two of us painters, ouil ouil
Well, at first those fellows seemed like
the New York posers in Greenwich, but
as Dr. T. suggested, he is perfectly
natural.
I enjoy the Seine by moonlight, Notre Dame in the distance, etc.
The
first afternoon I walked thru the Lou
vre and saw the Mona Lisa and Venus
de Milo. Let's see, did we know your
little picture by Charannes is a mural
in the Pantheon?
I think I didn't.
I met some painters in a cafe hang
ing-out place and got some suggestions.
These were the saner American-Parisienne type of real painters
more or leas Latinized.
A Frenchman told me my pronunciation is good but understanding them
is of course the trouble.
One ia impressed by the number of
widows here and in Belgium. But the
difference! {Here Mr. Isaacs has again
drawn some clever little sketches, illustrating the difference in widows in
the two places.)
I enjoyed Holland but expenses were
high . A trip to Lorraine was interesting, to Bruges charming beyond word
or picture.
That mellow old city is
beyond comparsion.
I ..aw the peasants with their ox teams
and
dog
carts.
guess I told you I saw the Prince
and his Paw and Maw and the rest of
the procession-that is to aay, I saw
the Prince's cap and glove and the
King's left ear and whiskers, by standing on my toes like a ballet dancer.
I spent two weeks in London.
You
know what Alfred Noyes said: "Oh
London is a man's town and there ia
power there, And Paris is a woman's
town, with flowers in her hair."
Quite accurate, isn't it?
It's hard
to say what it is about London that
m<tkes the appeal-the architecture ia
no t always good, the houses may be
ugly and clumsy, the people may not
be brilliant; but after all, it's London,
"and the river rolls on thru the vale
of Cheapside."
Whistler's Portrait of his Mother ia
much finer than
the
reproductions
show it to be; I think the Mona Lisa
is, too.
I enjoyed the Elgin Marbles
in the British Museum; also the Portland Vase, and the Crown Jewels in
Tower.
Was not ao much impressed
by Westminister Abbty-like Notre
Dame and York best.
Share this with anyone interested.
Walter Isaacs.
Miss Nan c e will be able to tell you
of a mysterious guest who was prowling around during the earlv part of
the evening. The g 1e•ts had just beg in to arrive when suddenly the lights
went 0 1 t. They ｦ ｬ ｩ ｾ ｫ ･ ｲ ｮ ､ a while and
went out a seco.,d time. S t range noises
were h .-ard in thP ho•1•e bnt , ｾ ｳ there
was a large gro11p the matter wa• not
openly d i , c ussed . Finally the Fghts
reappeare.-1 and the meeting peaceful), proceeded.
The door-bell rang and Miss Nanc.e,
expect;ng to see another guest, q•1ickI} r espol"ded. Upon openinl<' the door
what did she find stari'lg her in the
face but a large piece of paper and on
it printed in large black letters the
word "Picada."
She took the paper
which was pinned to the screen and
examined it carefully. On the other
side in large black lett..,rs was the
word "Stung."
Indeed! Stung by a
mysterious wasp, for "picada" in Span-ish means stung by a wasp or bee.
The wasp certainly had long legs for
it speedily disappeared and did not return to sting the other members of the
club.
Soph: I am only a poor girl trying
to get ahead.
.
Cross: You surely need one.
).
Pertinent and Impertinent
(By Polly Pry)
What is "pep," and what is responsible for the lack of it in th is school?
Pep is the opposite of passivity; it is
"action without words." A person is
peppy to the degree that he forgets
self in his enthusiasm for so.me project. One assistance in this school
would be the opportunity to express
feelings in chapel. The bulletin board
i• not adequate.
Erle B. Ingle.
Pep is group consciousness, community interest; we feel it to the extent that we are likeminded for any
cauile. School spirit can be as,)ligh as
the faculty want it to be. The fa culty
is responsible for the scl\c;iol . &p,irit in
any college.
. . ' -' ..
Frank
L. Wright.
There are some Profs "' ..ｩ Ｎ ｾ
every
srhool who manifest no ｩ ｮ ｴ ･ ｲ ･ ﾷ ｴ outs;de of their class room and their pay
check. Likewise there are some •t udents to whom C . T . C. means nothing
but
Colorado Teachers
certificate.
Neither of these groups can possess
any "pep" until they have a new interest, and in their present state have
little social value to the school. The
whole situation may be summarized in
this way: when the school and its achv1hes comes to have a superior place
to any organization within the s<"hool;
when st•1dent• and faculty realize
that scholarshi.p is a dead thing ,,.,J,,.. s
injected with a wholesome love for th.,
s r hool whi<"h makes it possible : "-id
when everyone here GIVF.5 more •h"n
h" trie• to GET then C. T. C. will be
Ｑ Ｑ Ｐ ｾ ･ ､ for its school spirit.
Then Pep
will be •pontaneou• and not for-..,d.
Too m•1 c h getting and too ):ttle g: ,.:_-.g
wilJ f' xplain any lark of v;_goro•1s srhool
spirit.
Cyr•1s E . Albertson.
PPo . ｡ ｾ Ｎ ｲ ｬ ･ from. thP ordj.,arv ｳ ｬ ｡ ｾ Ｚ ｴ
' nterprptation , i• the indivi.-!-1al's attitl'de of co-operat;_on with the gro•1p,
It i• •hown by the good 6t:.zen who
does ｨ ｾ ｳ share ｩ ｾ civic activity : 1.t ｷ ｡ ｾ
mani.fe.sted in the form of active patriotism bv our soldiers
during the
wnr ; it is the soul of every good worthy
.. nterprise that "gets across," whether •
in the church, state, school, or home.
We lack it in Teachers College because
we lack co-operation. Everyone has
his own "axe to grind" and the other
fellow is only a means to an end. A
faculty who works together in harmony and for the best interests of the
school would no doubt set the students an example which they might
be moved to emulate.
KATHERINE TODD.
Senior: "Miss Blanchard, how many
feet may we have in our poems?"
Miss B.: "Some of you try to make
them centipedes."
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