352 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



graph has been discovered, the gas motor has been in- 

 vented, which has caused an entire revolution in our ways 

 of life. The dream of the ancients who tried to invent 

 the flying machine has been realized, merely because a 

 gasoline motor has been discovered ; the automobile from 

 a useless toy has become a practical part of everyday 

 life ; the X-ray, the most remarkable discovery of the last 

 thousand years, is one of the newest discoveries in the 

 brief life of Penn College. Halley's comet, before it be- 

 came visible through the strongest telescope, was made 

 known by photography. Photography in the heavens 

 gathers together rays that are invisible by reason of 

 their lack of continuity, and when thus gathered become 

 visible in their collected form. Who knows but that the 

 rays from the moon and the planets may yet be concen- 

 trated in a similar manner so as to photograph the things 

 in these distant wandering orbs that otherwise cannot be 

 seen? And last, but not least, the north pole has been 

 twice discovered and the American flag planted at the 

 apex of the globe. Cook's tourists will soon be outing 

 there in the height of summer. 



The most common complaint of today is that every- 

 thing worth while has been done ; that there are no more 

 worlds to conquer or discover. Ben King, poor fellow, 

 who died too young, in a very droll way voices this senti- 

 ment in his poem, ' ' Jane Jones ' ' : 



Jane Jones keeps talkin ' to me all the time, 



And says you must make it a rule 

 To study your lessons 'nd work hard 'nd learn, 



An' never be absent from school. 

 Kemember the story of Elihu Burrit, 



An' how he clum up to the top, 

 Got all the knowledge 'at he ever had 



Down in a blaeksmithing shop? 

 Jane Jones she honestly said it was so ! 

 Mebbe he did — 

 I dunno ! 



