The Gavelyte, December 1913

EDARVILLE COLLEGE PUNCTUALITY, A VIRTUE. ub.tless many W€ll-meaning perrnns would be greatliy sur,prised if we should call non-punctuality a vice, but 1Jhat is certainJy what it i. . LE>t us suppose fm· in tance that an en•gagement is announiced for eight o'clock. The people -are s low and t!he meeting is delayed a full fiftl'< n minute.. This is frequently the case. It is n·ot is•oilated by any m .. ns. In fact, tardiness is so common among youn,g ipeo,ple espPc:ially, that not'hing i · thought of it. \\"hen a person is trady he doe.s an injury both to himself and to 1.he other people concerned. He harms hl: m~ie1lf in t 1 hat ,he •breaks do ~·n bis :1,oral nature so far as to tart the formatio n of a tm.d haibit. The non-punctual person injuns th ose with wihom he h,as to do 'by robbing ths::m of theiT time. D:d you e,•er think that when you kesp a J)c~on needles ly waiting that you are robbing him just as truly as though you picked hi rocket? This is no doubt a new idea to some of u . but it is true jmt the same. "On time, an the time" is cer– rninly a splendid motto. Bu let us take this ~picific -ca e and analyze the results which Jollow sucn conduct. In the first place any one will admit that conttin– ued tardiness is simply nothing more or les. than habit. \Ve s 1 h•all also try to :,;how that it is such a bad habit that it i~ designated a vice, I ecause of its resul t,s. Ve are glad to see that Cedarville is greatly improved in this re. pe<:;t o,· i' last :rear. The two numbers o1' t he lec,ture coure wihich ha ·e occur1 ed have obeyed the law to the IJ.etter anld theTe is no !better \ ay to &how your '"Pirit than to haritily support the committee in c liarge. There i still more to be done along thfts Mne however, s,o let 1::; rem ,m oer that punctuality, a mark of good breeding s 1 howld pTevail nmung u . DOC WI SE'E PHILOSOPHY. · \'pJJ !Jegun's hall don('." ·•. 'oth,ng succ' ds likto suec·e:-:h.'' "Tempus Fugit." "Ho , L tile Hooste1c,;." Kuoek the kuoek rs. If r a ,L • t !JP Cold<H11 H 1111 1 G, om<- liac·kl 011 . 1£,ok 1 I a aHL, plea. P• . Jh \ ll a Ill tahP ne · r male anything," IJ ti J} I • V I an . n ~ · Pt oil c.rn c.lo al n1ost au) thing · It c1 , 1 mau cau I, p his t mper, for a.11y fool an 7 •