The Slippery Rocket

              the state normal school slippery rocket volume vi slippery rock pa friday january 25 1924 number 8 i come out of the kitchen the kitchen is not usually consid ered a setting for romance but who would mind being courted by so im petuous a lover and in so attractive a kitchen as that which we sa:v in the play given by the literary socie ties on saturday evening january 19th come out of the kitchen was certainly a huge success each char acter seemed to fit his part to per fection miriam mcgarrah as jane ellen the cook won great applause notable performances were given by hazel wolford daisy lynn nora upton and oliver alias jimmy gordon the cast also included eleanor wyndham charles schade john gatzy howard schink charles metzger and joseph ammon thf story is that the trials of the children of an aristocratic southern family whose father and mother were abroad because of the former's ill health after the premiums on the father's life insurance had been paid two hundred and fifteen dollars re mained to support four children and to pay the expenses of the home the children decided to rent the house to a gentleman from the north one provision in the lease was thnt white servants must be provided due to the failure to secure tho servants in time the children themselves took the part of servants thoir troubles as domestics and the final discovery of their identity make a very humor ous story the wheel of fate during the music appreciation hour yesterday miss marion johnson played chopin's nocturne in e flat from wagner's tannhauser both numbers were greatly appreci eted by grace gallagher 22 it was a beautiful may day the gentle breezes wafted through the open window of the frazier cottage the sweet scent of blooming lilacs and wild crabapple blossoms such was the spirit of the day and such was the joy in the heart of adelaide fra zier for the first time in years she today went about her work with a light heart and a sunny smile adelaide's home life had never been happy her mother had died while she was yet very small and scarcely two years had passed before her father married again as adelaide went happily about her work her thoughts reverted in voluntarily to her absent brothers who had long since been driven from the shelter of home by the cruelty of their stepmother and the song died on her lips and the smile faded from her face just at this moment a step sounded in the hall and the stepmother entered it is no won der that i am always buying brooms said the woman naggingly as she entered the room well mother is not that the way you have always taught me to sweep replied adelaide meekly and with a touch of sadness in her voice no you liar i can prove it by your father and even by the neigh bors your ungratefulness towards your parents certainly has been dis played by that false statement we are too good to you replied the stepmother and she slammed the door behind her adelaide quietly endured this for on the morrow a ray of sunshine was to come into her life this she had long looked forward to with great anticipation quickly the day wore away but continued on page two victory from grove city score 22-21 nearly two hundred wildly en thusiastic slippery rock rooters most of them seniors journeyed to grove city last tuesday evening to see our boys nose out a hair-line vic tory over grove city's fast and furi ous freshman basketball team yes we won that's the real story and that's all of it importance being considered at the end of the first quarter the score stood 8 to 5 in favor of grove city with their team really picking the persimmon at every chance they did play good basketball that's all there is about it at the end of the half the figures were 13 to 10 and not all the enthusiasm of all those s r rooters could make them feel much hope of final victory but then within thirty seconds after the third quarter began we picked up two beautiful baskets with our boys ahead well 14 to 13 isn't much to give confidence but it surely did look mighty good to that crowd of slip pery rock enthusiasts did they show their enthusiasm ask the roof is it still intact then it was nip and tuck to the end of the race first one horse and then the other was a nose ahead but when the goal-line was crossed the horse with the white and green was a trifle in advance yes there was some enthusiasm from the gang but those grove city boys can play basketball ! komora picked three field goals carroll one whitehall one schink one and boldberg three then carroll grabbed in another point by a foul continued on page 7