CONTENTS.Vol. IT., No. %.—November, 1879.

The Sanctum 13Literary :

Song (poem) 15The Deserted Tillage : 16Ham Peggotty 17My Class Room 18

The Campus 19The College Press ^ .21Other Colleges 23The Waste -Basket 23Personals 24

A short time ago the Sanctum was for afew moments lighted up and cheered by thegenial face of its former occupant , EverettFlood, A.B. We were, greatly encouraged, byhis words of commendation and sympath y. Mr.Flood has already entered upon the study ofmedicine, his chosen profession j and the Echo,gratefully remembering the high standard ofsuccess which it attained last year under hisefficient direction, now extends to him its bestwishes in his new work and calling.

At the last Alumni dinner, a prominentmember of the Board of Trustees, in a shortafter-dinner speech, was reported as expressing

his belief that the education demanded for theyoung men of the country , is that alone whichis inseparably united with a Christian morality.Had the remark been made by a clergyman or aProfessor of Theology, it would haye seemedtrite and stale indeed ; we hear it fro m the pul-pit continually. But here was the testimony ofone trained and matured as a business man ofthe world who showed, by the development ofhis thought, that he spoke from the standpointof his actual knowledge of men rather thanfrom the views of others. After having beenactively engaged in a very successful mercantilecareer for more than hal f a century , as also moreor less . in politics, this gentleman has had anopportunity of viewing a side of human life andcharacter which professional religious teacherscann'ot see ; hence his testimony is of greatvalue. For many years an intimate friend ofMk. Colby, and in perfect accord with him inhis educational plans and aims, he has long felta deep interest in the work which is being donein this College, from the fact that in its aims itreaches toward that ideal of higher educationwhich he sees the country to-day demands.And thus he has aided this work by giving tothe College thousands of dollars from his amplefortune toward buildings, apparatus, endow-ments, etc.

Now this notion of impregnating a collegeeducation here at Colby with a healthy Chris-tian tone is not wholly sentiment. It is notmerely a vague ideal sought for or claimed bythe friends of the College. Ifc has a real exist-ence among the students, and shows itself espe-cially in a very thriving organization known asthe Boardman Missionary Society and Y. M. C.Association. Since this is one of the fixedinstitutions of the College, and since our paperis intended to represent the College in all itsinterests, it will not, in this connection, be out ofplace to refer briefly to the workings of JjlieSociety ; and moreover, it will not be uninter-esting to a very large number of our readers tohear froni uj3 in. tjijs particular,

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At the opening of each collegiate year, acommittee on membership is appointed to make

. • "at canvass of the Freshman class to ascertainhow many are church members, and to securethe co-operation of such. This year, more thanhalf the new class were thus received into mem-bership. Every Sabbath morning immediatelyafter Chapel exercises, a meeting is held andconducted by President Robins who, except onthe first, of each month which is a conferencemeeting, delivers an extemporaneous sermon.To this meeting, which is the largest of theweek, usually come quite a number who per-haps drop in merely for the sake of listening tothe eloquent and stirring discourses of thespeaker. On Thursday evening a prayer andsocial meeting is held , which also is conductedby the President, and a half-hour meeting onTuesday evening is led by one of the membersof the Society. These meetings are all heldupon the firs t floor of Chainplin Hall , in one of "the most public places on the Campus, andalthough the evening meetings are held inrecreation hours, it should be said, to the greatcredit of those who never attend them , thatthey are never disturbed by shouting, singing,or other noises from without. It would seemthat a special care in th is respect must beobserved by outsiders, and for which the Societyis deeply grateful.

It cannot be denied that the influence ofthis Society has a decided salutary effect uponthe general moral tone of the College. Thewide-spread notion that a college is a hot-bed ofimmorality an d rowdyism is an exaggerated viewof th e caste, and so fur as Colby is concerned isutterl y false. We would not over-estimate hermoral ity or the virtues of her students ; some ofus are capable of great exceptions to this rule ,but it may safely be said th at the general popu-lar sen timent in Colby is of sufficient strengthto discountenance and positi vely forbid practicescurrent in other similar ins titutions. It was notalways thus ; the present condition of affai rs isof* comparative recent date in the history of theCollege, and its grow th has also been comm en- ,suratcr with the' religious interests among thestudent*?. It is a significan t fact that the meet-ings of the Y. M. 0. Association , both in attend-ance and interest, have actually doubled sincethree years ago this term. If this success con-

: tinues as it has for the last; half dozen years, it

will at no distant date be conclusively demon-strated that a secular education may he com-pletely imbued with the fundamental principlesof a healthy Christian morality.

It is an established principle of our livesnever to find fault with a text-book which ourofficers see fit to place into our hands ; but thereare in use , in this College, two little, old, dry,spiritless volumes which are deserving of apassing remark to say the least. These booksare known as "Elements of Rhetoric by RichardWhately, Archbishop of Dublin ," and " Ele-ments of Logic " by the same author. Be it farfrom us to utter one derogatory word concern-ing Archbishop Whately. He is justly acknowl-edged to have been one of the most profoundthinkers of his time. His essays, lectures, andsermons are masterpieces ; but he never set him-self up in the business of making school-books,—it wasn't his forte. Abstruse argumentsabout style and oratory, about conviction , per-suasion, and perspicuity arc all well enough intheir place as collateral reading, b ut a studentmay spend his time in committing to memorypage after page of such arguments without anyappreciable improvement in his own habits ofspeaking and writing. If it were not for thefact that we are favored with a most excellentprofessor in this department , who supplementstext-hook drud gery with practical lectures, dis-cussions, themes, etc., we believe our successin those branches would be trilling indeed.Being curious to know what books were used inoth er inst itut ions we examined the catalogu es ofni neteen N ew England colleges and found butfour in which Whately's Rhetoric is in use atall, and in three cases out of the four it is usedin connection with some other au thor. Hencewe find that in Trinity and Colby alone , isWhat ely's the only prescribed text-book in Rhe t-oric , while not a single college in New England,except Colby, uses Wh ately's Logic. Nowthese are facts which speak for themselves.

But le t no lazy Soph or Junior think we arestriving to atone for his flunks. These bookshave been in use in the College ever since theywere written for aught we know, and in all .prob-ability they will be used for the next half cent-ury to come, All before you have had toinaster these hooks or die,'and as you are no

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SONG.Not the same, oh! not the same,

Mounts the brightening sun at morn ;Not the same, nor yet the same,

Dips the moon her golden horn.Swoot the morn Inflight may be,Silver sweet on land and soa ;

Fair the moon on wave and shore,_Fair and golden as before ,

Swoot and fair , but changed to me,Seeing thee, alas I no' moiu

Not tho same, though sweet and fair , •, Sweet and fair , but not the same ;For n sadness everywhere

Broods with whisperings of thy name ;

L I T E R A R Y .

better than they, you are to do the same. N"o,indeed, we have not written this in your interestsnor yet our own ; but rather with referenceto the welfare of our grandsons, who, knowingthe views of their progenitors, may, at some timein the dim future, be incited to rebellion and todemand a change.

" Ckas—H ! General Average !! " falls u ponour ears frequent and unwelcome. The firstsound indicates that a dollar 's worth of Collegeproperty, in the form of a large pane of glass, liasbeen demolished by a base-ball or a stone, andthe second is the announcement from someapproving spectator that the damage will be paidat the end of the term by an assessment knownas General Average, levied upon every studentin College, hence the oifender my feel neitherregret nor uneasiness. The damage thus in-curred for glass-breaking, door-smashing, andother acts of recklessness amounts to a sumeach term varying from fifty to two hundreddollars. It is true that this makes but a smallhill for all to pay, and yet, owing to the principleof the thing, it -is and always has been a perfecteye-sore upon our term bills. In the first place,the mischief is all done by men who number atthe most liberal estimate, less than one-fourththe whole number in attendance. Quite a num-ber of the students, including th e young ladiesof the College, room in private residences in thevillage, yet each has to bear his or her share ofall the damage done to College property on theCampus. As the College authorities have nomeans of ascertaining who the offende rs are , wepresume they adopt th is as the only means ofmaking good the damages to their property.But is it fair on their part to do so? And isthere any thing manly or honorable on the pa rtof those who do the damage, in allowing others,including the young ladies of the College, topay their bills for them ? We think not. Thecoolness with which such acts are committed isastounding. For instance, a few days ago aFreshman who had not been here yet six weeks,stood on the, walk in fron t of South College,put a ball through a third story window, turnedaround and grinned as though he had done a

. heroie.act j and even remarked something about"General Average." We cannot think he

' meah^ window, he is surely old

. enough to know better, but the same, circum-stance happening within city limits would haveled to his speed y arrest and arraignment beforea police court, and yet we venture to say thatthat man has never thought to order the repairsto be charged to him. The injustice of thething, in addition to its frequency, is coming tobe intolerable. We express the views of a verylarge majorit y of the students when we say to •¦'these glass and door-smashers that unless theydesist, a stop will be put to such nonsense at once,even if three-fourths of the College have toconstitute themselves a committee of ways andmeans to do it by reporting to the PrudentialCommittee the name of every man committingsuch outrages. In default of a better name, letthem call us " faculty spies " if they choose, aname invented two or three years ago by someof their predecessors, afterwards "weeded out."Popular sentiment is being thoroughly arousedin this matter, and it will be time enough for usto submit to their indignities when they are run-ning this institution themselves, or at least whenthey can count a majority. If th ey delight indestroying property but do not feel disposed topay their bills, they may rest assured that otherswill not pay them for them. . . • ¦ . .

The attention of our readers is invited to anexcellent article on " Ham Peggotty " in ourLiterary d epartment. Its true merit will bemanifest to every competent judge ; and we ex-ceedingly regret that the modest writer forbidsou r substituting the real name for an assumedone.

It has been said that the only use of a planin poetry is to bring in fine things. However

. true this may be, it is certain that the author ofthis little poem—Oliver Goldsmith—had someother object than the mere expression of finesentiments. He wrote for a nobler purpose—toexalt virtue and expose vice. He united thedidactic with the artistic, and the plan of " TheDeserted Village " adds quite as much beauty tothe poem as any grace of the poetic' art.

The poet wished to set forth the evils ofluxury that were prevailing in his time. It washis purpose to draw a comparison between cum-brous pomp and simplicity.

He may not always be correct in assigninghis reasons. It is not true that England wasdepopulating at the time he wrote, nor is it afact that the cause of the depopulation was theincrease of commercial prosperity. But he isfar from being always in the wrong ; his mis-take is in identifying trade and luxury. Hedeplores the accumulation of land under oneownership, and contrasts the "labouring swain "with the "master of the whole domain."

His was an old theme, and it is not to bewondered at that he should make some mistakes,nor is it surprising that he should too highlycolor some of his sketches. Some have con-sidered it an almost unpardonable fault that his"Auburn " and "Deserted Village " are notidentical, yet he accomplished his purpose, andwe may not doubt that he reached his ideal.

Saddened by the ills of life, and neglectsand slights of his fellows, the poet turns to thescenes of an innocent childhood, and gives histhoughts expression in verse. There could beno better introduction to this sweetest of poemsthan that given :

" Sweet Auburn ! loveliest village of the plain ,Where health and plenty ohoer'd the labouring swain ,Where smiling spring Its earliest visit paid,And parting summer's lingering blooms delay'd."

With these words of greeting the poet begins

his description of a village that might be taken 'as an ideal of virtue and happiness. Hisdescription is minute, comprehensive, and almostexhaustive, yet he is never tiresome. We fancya charming little rural town , with its woods, itspastures, where peaceful flocks and herds graze ;we thirst for a drink of water from the " smilingspring," and hear the music of the " never-fail-ing brook," as we follow the poet through hisverse, which is itself m usic.

From ''Sweet Auburn " he carries us by agraceful transition to the town where all " thecharms are fled." How striking the contrast !What a change ! by a single verse our delightis turned into sadness. We are no longer in thegreen fields of "Auburn ," but "desolation sad-dens all thy green ," "th y sports are fled," "thebusy mill " is silent, and

" No more thy glassy brook reflects the day,But chok'd with sedges works its weedy way."The poet stands amid these scenes, and as he

recalls those of " Sweet Auburn " in formeryears, he breathes forth his feelings in a sorrow-ful , sad , but not a melancholy strain. He turns 'in his musings first to the home of the villagepreacher.* Now there is nothing to mark thatsacred place but " a few torn shrubs," and thepreacher and those who had shared " the goodman's smile " have gone to that place where hehad always looked for rest.,

The district school-master and his noisythrong hold a place in his remembrance, and hespeaks of them as quite forgotten, while the spoton which the old school building stood is un-known.

He remembers, too, the village inn , whereeverything was neatness itself. The descriptionof this old-time place is especially pleasing. Onecan almost see the sign-post and the traveler ashe draws up his tired horse. Within , there arethe white floors and walls. " The broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show," and then the oldtime-piece is mentioned , "The varnished clockthat clicked behind the door."

He turns from all these scenes and reproachesthe evils of luxury—-" one native charm " wasdearer to him " than all the gloss of art." Sim-plicity seems to have been the gem which thepoet prized above all others. Kiohes and mag-nificence formed no part of happiness for hiin,while many evils to others had resulted ; irdm ;¦ • 'them. • '

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THE DESERTED VILLAGE.

Veils the risen morning's light,Deepens with the deepening night,

Mourns thee on the murmuring strand ,Sways about me as I stand,

With the world around me bright,Seeing gloom on every hand !

H. L. K.

,; " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who surveyThe rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits standBetween a splendid and a happy land."The great object of the poem seems to be to

teach men that there is something more in lifethan the mere accumulation of wealth, and "tospurn the rage of gain ;" that happiness may befound in the most lowly sphere of life ; thatthough a man be poor he may still be blest ;that self-dependent power is the only lastingone.

"That trades proud empire hastes to swift decay,As ocean sweeps the lakmr'd mole away ;While self-dependent power can time defy,As rocks resist the billows and the sky."

Only a few of the merits of the poem havebeen given , while the faults would be difficult to

- discover. Its greatest beauty and charm is thatit so perfectly reflects the poet's own heart.

We'lose sight of the ill-shapen body and harshfeatures of Goldsmith as we see so much in hischaracter to love. His pity for those who neededpity was without a bound , while his charity oftenexceeded his ability to alleviate the unfortunate.He felt much sympathy in the merriments andsadnesses of the common people, and this sinceresympath y which found utterance in this poemgives it a force and beauty which are wantingin many other poems. F. M. P.

BY DELIA DENT.

The writings of Charles Dickens have morepower to awaken the sympathy, and to arouseall the gentler emotions of the hear t, than thoseof any other writer the world has known. Nomatter to what classes of people he introducesus, we become a part of every group, and alltheir int erests are ours. We love and hate, ad-mire and despise -them as cordially as if theywere with us in bodily •presence. Who canhelp loving the gentle, suffering little PaulDombey and his sweet sister ? Whose heartwill not bleed for the poor, simple, much-abusedSmike, and burn with indignation towards hiscruel tormentor ? We shrink from the crafty,snake-like. Uriah with unutterable loathing, andin:pur dreams we seem to feel the touch of his

h oold, clammy hand.' Among them all, however, ho one appeals

more directly to the heart than the honest youngfisherman , Ham Peggotty. Little in his personalappearance recommends him to us. He is "ahuge, strong fellow of six; feet high, broad inproportion , and round shouldered ; but with asimpering boy's face, and curly light hair thatgive him a sheepish look." Rough in hismanner and his speech, awkward and bashfulbefore strangers, at first he in no wise at-tracts us. As we become more acquaintedwith him , however, as we sit with him by hisuncle s fireside m that queer little boat-house atYarmouth, we find that, simple and uncultivatedas he is, he has the soul of a true gentleman.Many a man, admired and sought after in thehigher circles, if shorn of his rank and wealth,would stand beside Ham Peggotty as a beggarbeside a prince. All the treasures of his greatheart were poured at the feet of "Little Em'ly."Both orphans, they had grown up togetherunder the care of their uncle. The two child-ren were the pride of the good old fisherman'sheart, but he looked upon " Little Em'ly " as abeing from the world above. It was a strangesight,—that fair young girl, whose delicatebeauty could not fail to win admiration any-where, clinging with such fondness to thatrough old man. No wonder that he worshipedher. As for Ham , the sight of her golden headwould set all his pulses bounding, and all hissoul would sh ine forth from his honest eyes at asmile from her. , "I'd lay down my life for her,"he said, " Oh , most con tent and cheerful ! Therea'nt a gentleman in all the land , nor yet sailingupon th e sea, that can love his lady more than Ilove her, though there's many a common manwould say better what he meant." His was a ten-der, unselfish love, such as a soul less noble couldnever feel; could never comprehend. Aroundher centered all his earthly hopes. He lovedthe world because she lived in it ; he loved thebirds and flowers more . because they sang andbloomed for her. AH he possessed was naugh tto him except for her. Poor fellow I He wasso happy in his love,—so unprepared for evil.

Wh en his great grief burst upon him , when heknew that she whom he loved was lost to himforever, even in that moment of anguish he wasnot forgetful of others. He would have sparedthe feelings of the poor old man to whom shewas only less dear than to himself. The scenethat night; was one not easily forgotten. The

HAM PEGGOTTY.

thick clouds, shutting out the light of the moon,the rain falling heavily, the dull moaning of the

" sea upon the beach , and Ham standing there,his white face and clasped hands uplifted to thetroubled sky, his whole frame quivering withagony,—what a combination ! "She's gone,Mas'r Davy,—my love, the pride and hope ofmy heart,—her that I'd have died for , and woulddie for now,—she's gone ! " Then , true to hisnoble unselfish nature, comes the question ,"What shall I say in-doors ? How shall Ibreak it to them ? " No child , no weakling wasHam in his sorrow. After the first great shockhad passed, he looked his grief calmly in theface. The whole strength of his manhoodasserted itself , and though the light and beautyof the world were gone, its honey changed tothe " gall of bitterness," his feet faltered not inthe path of duty. His was not one of thoseweak, shallow, natures, that can. take a melan-choly pleasure in brooding over its own grief ,or, too indolent and too selfish to dwell longupon any painful . idea , can turn its thoughts toother things and find consolation. No one-—nothing—could fill the place that was empty.He went about his work as before, faithfullyperforming every duty, but the lightness wasgone from his heart, the buoyan cy fr om his step.He had no more care for money. He workedbecause it was his duty,-—" wearing away hislife with no care for it, but never murmuring."Those in affliction ever found a friend in him.Not a child in the neighborhood but knew himand loved him. The neighbors said, " all hislife's a kindness." When any dangerous dutywas to be performed, Ham was always the firstto step forward. Yet he would not throw awayhis life uselessly, too cowardly to bear the heavycross. If life had become a burden, it was aburden imposed by God, and must be borne tillHe should set him free. Toward Little Emilyhe was more than forgiving. In his love forher, he even reproached himself for having, ashe feared, put a constraint upon her. Hethought if he had not told her of his love, shemight have confided in him and he might havesaved her. He would not have her think hehad forgotten her, or ceased to love her, but hefeared the knowledge of his suffering mightgive her pain.< , The weary days and months passed on , andat length came that terrible storm. It was a

fearful sight. There was that stately ship,;

wrecked close upon the shore, only a few yardsof raging foam between its hapless crew and thewished-for land. The people on shore could donothing, but run about distracted , callingwildly upon one another to do something, and notlet those poor creatures perish. The stoutesthearts quailed before the fury of the storm.One by one, the men upon the wreck wereswept away, and one solitary figure remained,clinging, to the broken mast , and beaten uponby the cruel sea. Suddenly there was a stiramong the terrified people on the shore, andHam cam e breaking through them to the front.Some would have held him back, but werestopped by the look in his face,—-that look ofcalm determination which his best friends knewso well. " He watched the sea, standing alone,with the silence of suspended breath behindhim, and the storm before , until there was agreat retiring wave," then with a single .back-ward glance, he plunged into the angry waters.In vain ! Before he could reach the ship, itparted, and the fragment s were whirled aboutlike straws.

They drew him upon the shore ; awe-strickenand in silence, they gathered round. His war-fare was finished ; he had gone to receive hisreward. Face to face before the great whitethrone, met th at day the accused and the accuser.He had given his life for the man—that manwho had been the cause of all. his suffering.

Every one knows how favorable a place forthe study of human nature a railroad car ' is.But , did you ever think what a fine opportunityfor such study a recitation room affords ? Sup-posing now, for a short time (for by a careful"calculation of chances " I find I am not likelyto recite to-day), I introduce you to some ofmy friends of the class room.

This is my careless friend. With what ashuffling gait he enters and how listlessly liesinks into his seat ! His boots are dusty, hisclothes unbrushed, and his hair very muchtumbled.

Yet at his side is a man as much his oppositeas you could very well imagine. He enters vwith the hearing of a soldier and takes* his seatwith as great precision. His boots present a

STUDIES IN MY CLASS ROOM.

faultless shine. A piece of lint on his coatwould look as much out of place as flies inwinter. His hair, too, evenly parted, issmoothed down in graceful curves over his fore-head. Yes, on the whole he is somewhatfoppish.

Who is that fellow giggling so ? Ah, I thoughtyou would notice him ! He is our funny man.It seems as if he were charged with laughterand the least spark would touch him off. Hesees a funny side to almost every thing whichoccurs, and it is painful to watch him during therecitation hour, trying to suppress his mirth.But when restraint is removed and he does lethimself out in laughter, it is one of the mostcomical sights I ever saw. He seems to laughall over—eyes, ears, yea, even his limbs andbody, while all you hear is a noise resemblingan exaggerated gurgling of a jug.

But there is lasting enmity between him andthe gentleman yonder. He is the inquisitiveman, and, in his questions, our funny friend findsah endless stock of amusement. And no won-der ! He is a regular question box. I oftenwonder why he is not hired in that capacity bysome debating society. Sometimes I think heis a sort of intellectual suction pump, andwould soon exhaust a shallow well of knowledge.

Then, over there on the other settee is oursleepy man. He is usually stretching andyawning, and not infrequently falls asleep.What if the Professor should call on him ? Othe fellow at his side would shake him two orthree times, and show him his place ; then oursleepy friend would recite with the injured toneof a martyr. One day, however he was madethe subject of a pretty good joke. Under thesoothing influences of the Greek recitationroom, he was led to give up his interest inthings present and pursue his investigations inthe land of dreams. While in this condition hecaught the eye of - the genial Professor, who,watching his opportunity, 'balled on him to re-cite. After sundry thrusts in the side from hisneighbor, the sleeper was aroused, and havingfound, with difficulty, the place, read in thattone of injured innocence, " Why dost thourouse me, from sleep ? It is the sweetest napI have, enjoy ed.":i. 'Next, j et me introduce you to our, argumen-tative i man, , : With : what mighty themes hewrestles ! How cunn ingly he draws the unsus-

pecting Professor into the realms of Theologyand Metaphysics ! How we have trembled lestsome of his conclusions, so ingeniously drawnand so ably fortified , might, despite our firmconvictions, prove true. But no! the kind Pro-fessor has always come to our rescue, and wefeel safe, at least for the present.

Ah! that is the verbose man reciting*now !His difficulty is just the opposite from that ofour friend the argumentative man. The latterstruggles with mighty thoughts, but the verbose,man with words. How they come ! Just likeraindrops in a shower ! Long, six-syllablewords, with now and then a shorter one to restthe muscles of his tongue ! He tries to controlthem, but it is of no use. There ! he : is doneat last ! • •

" Mr. X. you may take it up at that point."" I er-er-er do not recollect exactly how the

next point begins, Professor." X.

The season of articles.A relapse of summer in October.For big words they do say that the Fresh-

men beat all.President Robins delivered a lecture at

Monmouth, September 26th.Freshmen should remember to observe the

law requiring uncovered heads in the Library. .More books are taken from the Library now

in half a term, than were taken during an entireyear ten years ago.

The honorary Junior Parts have been awaredto Jennie M. Smith, A. H. Evans, C. M. Coburn,and C. B. Wilson.' Again the walls of the Chapel re-echo to themajestic tread and the mighty eloquence of theJuniors and Sophs.

Clark's bookstore is getting to be a gener-ally recognized institution of the College, andit deserves to be patronized.

Over half of the Freshmen class, have joinedthe Boardman Missionary Society and YoungMen's Christian Association. *

The students manifest a daily interest in theerection of the new hotel. If the' work is not 1well done ft will not be their fault.

THE C A M P U S .¦

Solved at last ! The moon must be inhab-ited ; for a Senior has discovered that during atotal eclipse of the sun the moon has a coroner.

We welcome another foot-ball to the Campus;hut sincerely hope it will not have such anaffinity for windows as the others have man-ifested.

The Senior cudgeleth his stupid brain andtears madly around the Library in search of asubject, when the article should have been in

- long ago.The Seniors, as they listened to an essay of

one of their class on " The Nature and Import-ance of Mental Science," thought they recog-nized H(e) avenly eloquence.

The Sophomores and Freshmen have playedthe usual game of base-ball, resulting in a score

. of 22 to 1 in favor of the Sophomores. Justsee what one year in college will do !

The Boardman Missionary Society and YoungMen's Christian Association of the College haschosen J. E. Cochrane, '80, President, and J.L. Ingraham, '80, Corresponding Secretary .

The following have become members of theDelta Upsilon Fraternity : Weeks and Weaver,'82 ; Baker, Burtt, Cambridge, C. H. Hanson,G. W. Hanson, Knowlton, Manser, Wads-worth, '83.

When a Junior comes into the 8 o'clockrecitation with heavy lids, and distorts Whatley'squotation of Horace into "Non omnh Maria "'81 may as well be prepared to draw up anotherset of resolutions.

Prof. Lyford has recently invented apparatusfor illustrating the form of the moon's orbit asit accompanies the earth around the sun. Itrenders that point, otherwise somewhat blind,very clear and satisfactory.

The Zeta Psi Fraternity has received thefollowing men from '88 into its membership:Edmunds, Harrub, Merrill, and Noble. H. L.Koopman, '80, also became a member of thatFraternity last term,

A Soph lately attempted to conceal the de-fect in the process of his example by a powerfulexplanation. After he had finished , the Pro-fessor remarked that the performance remindedhim of a minister whom he pnoe knew, who saidthat he always made it a point, if he had a shakyplace in his sermon, to come oat strong there on

the delivery. It is not necessary to say that theclass " wooded up." i -

A Freshman at South College, being told bythe Janitor that his kindlings must be kept inthe basement, asked if the students had accessthere. " 0 yes," was the prompt reply, " someof them have axes there and some have saws."

That long series of fine evenings, and theinexhaustible accommodation of Prof. Lyford,afforded the Seniors a fine opportunity of sup-plementing their text-book work in Astronomy,by actual observations from the Observatory*

At an Initiation held on Wednesday, Sep-tember 24th, the following men became mem-bers of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity :Lawrence, '82 ; Chapman, A. King, A. W.King, Robinson, Taylor, Whittle, and Wood-cock, '83. ,

Quite a number of the students in ChaplinHall have employed Bailey, '81, to bronze theradiators in their rooms, which he does verynicely. It makes a great improvement in thelooks of the rooms. The College bears half theexpense as in other improvements.

We were aware that all college chapels wereused for various purposes ; but we think we canscore one ahead since our Chapel served as apartridge snare the other morning. Our goodfriend, the Janitor, secured the spoil, and theglass was spoiled in a better cause than usual.Such a visit used to be regarded as an omen ofevil ; but we are not superstitious.

And now a Junior has exhibited his "greatfeat," to put it in mild terms. He presumptu-ously walked into a Professor's room to inter-view him on a private matter while he wasengaged in a recitation of the Sophomore class.The Sophs were only restrained from hissingthe intruder by their high respect for the Pro-fessor, whom they feared they might offend.

The Weber Quartette, which has furnishedmusic so often and so acceptably at our Collegeexercises and at entertainments in this place,gave its first concert out of town, at Monmouth ,Friday evening, Oct. 10th. We are glad tohear that they had a good house, notwithstand-ing the very unfavorabl e weather, and that theiraudience was more than satisfied. Their markedsuccess and n umerous compliments, in this firstattempt, will probably induce them to similarefforts iirother places. ; ; > ' , ' : ': ' - ' '. ' - '<>[ '¦": ¦ >: ::p> il) .i \- ">'

. : A temperance meeting at the Town Hall,September 23d, at which Dr. Robins presided, wasaddressed by Rev. G. H. Yibbert in a very able,clear, and practical manner. A large numberof the students who attended, availed them-selves of the opportunity of hearing Mr. Yibbertagain on a different phase of the same subject,October 8th, when he spoke under the auspicesof the Reform Club.

The large number of the Junior class whodesired to take the optional laboratory work inChemistry, this fall, is another indication of theneed of a still larger laboratory, and a corre-sponding increase of apparatus, to attend theefficient instruction and work of Prof. Elder inthat department. The accommodations, whichnot long ago seemed quite ample, are nowjfoundto be crowded. That department is becomingone of the, most attractive and profitable in thecourse ; and we should like to see what it wouldbe, if sufficient means were put at the disposalof the Professor.

Photographer Rideout, of Portland, has beenmaking quite a stay in Waterville, for the pur-pose of obtaining photographs and stereoscopicviews of the various objects of interest. Hehas given a large share of his attention to theCollege, and has succeeded in producing somehighly satisfactory pictures. Those of the Lionin Memorial Hall, and the bust of Milton in theLibrary are especially fine. Other views in theLibrary and about the Campus also show care-ful and efficient- work. Several of the studentshave embraced the opportunity to have photo-graphs of their rooms.

The new officers of the Reading Room aredoing well in the work of reform ; but it will beimpossible for them to bring it into that systemwhere they and we desire to see it, unless themembers support them, and the students gen-erally observe manly conduct and exercise rearson in the matter. We notice several newpapers this terra ; among which the BangorDaily Whig and Courier, is prominent. Themagazines formerly kept, or rather put in theReading Room are now to be obtained from theLibrary, where those who take them out areheld responsible for their return. Many of thepapers ( are now sold to private students, whohaveithe right; to take th em af ter they have beenon the racks a specif i ed time ; so no other person

has a right to tear them off , or in any other wayto injure them, any more than he has to destroyany other private property. We are happy tosee that comparatively little of that is done now ;but there is still room for improvement. If eachman will be reasonable and exercise a little care,the Reading Room will be much more valuablein his own estimation, as well as in the estima-tion of others. .

Those who have had four years or morerecent experience in Waterville will be glad to -hear that the erection of a fine new hotel, onthe old Elmwood lot, is no longer a doubtfulproject ; but that the work is being pushed veryrapidly. We already get sonie idea of its sizeand style, from the progress already made, butstill more definitely from the fine plan, whichmay he seen on the grounds, or from the photo-graph of it in the College Library. It is alreadywell known that the College invests fifteenthousand dollars in it; not simply as a businessinvestment, however, but to insure the successof so worthy an enterprise , and to have a voicein the determination of its character.

The medal, commemorating the victory inthe rope-pull, Was not presented in time to benoticed in connectio n with the account of thepull last month , so we necessarily harrow up thefeelings of the Freshmen again with the matter.The medal was presented to the victorious Soph-omores in a very fitting manner by C. C. Ki ng,'80. It bore the following inscriptions :

COLBY.Presented by '80 to Commemorate the Victory

ojt '82 oyer '83.ROPE-PULL.

Sept. 10th, 3879.Vestigia nulla rctrosum.

The motto was at first mistaken to be an ad-monition : No bach street..

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Throe numbers of the Dartmouth are before us.Their outward appearance is prepossessing, and onopening thorn wo And that able quills have heen atwork in getting them up. The Dartmouth is empbati- .cally a newsy paper, leaving, as ft says of another," the heavy literary articles for some one else." Itsalms thus appear to bo slightly different fro m our own,but we like the Dartmouth fast the s/imo, and if itsarticles are mostly of local interest, wo judge that

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where. . they are appreciated they are enjoyed all themore. The first number opens with a Latin poem,entitled " Ad Puellam Petulantem." What this meanswe don't know ; possibly it is a translation of " Cross

.. Patch Draw the Latch,'1 etc. It . scans so well that wereally wish the author had appended a literal trans-lation. In the next number the translation of " VeniSancte Spritus," is spoilt by the change of metre.Prof. Hardy's poem in the third number is very long,bat good as it is long. The Dartmouth sees fit to havetwo departments for personal notices, • one headed"Personal," and the other "Memoranda Alumnorum."The first contains notices of undergraduates as well asof Alumni , and is devoted more to the humorous. Weshould judge from the editorials that Dartmouth is apretty lively place. The editors ' opinions in regard to"The Elections " and " Chinning," we perfectly agreewith. Call again , neighbor, you will not fiud us halfso bad as we look.

The College Courier starts out rather heavy witheditorials. We Would suggest shorter, articles in thatdepartment, or else, which would be better, a transferof one or two of those four pages to the literary depart-ment. The locals also are too long. We cannot quiteunderstand what is meant by that one which character-izes, as the " latest Sophomoric effort," the lines

"A cruel man a beetle caught,And to the wall him piunod , oh! "etc.

The lines are not good enough to tempt any one tosteal them , and they are certainly old enough to damagethe reputation of any one now living who should do so.

The sepond number of the Yale Record is before us.Here is no attempt to be wise or weighty ; but never-theless , a high degree of college spi rit is manifested,which is certainly a good deal more agreeable for thenonce. The literary work of the Record is confinedwholly to poetry. Unfortunately the poetry, of thisnumber at least, does not come up with the rest of thework. The " Walking Match " is good, but hardlypoetry; tho next one, "Her Best Painting," does not

. seem to have much of a point to it. The author hadno need to stop where he did. There are several morewords that will rhyme with Tip, such as "jip " and"snip " and "strip," "Clouds " is too much likeschool-girl's poetry to he worthy of a Yale paper. Thestrength of the Record evidently lies between the chiefand the " funny man ."

There is one paper that we never see without think-ing of tho lines.

" Rifleman shoot me a fancy ahot ,Straight to the heart of yon prowling Videtto."

But we have no desire to havo our agreeable visitorfrom Illinois thus popped out of existence. The Vidette ,like the greater part of our exchanges, allows mostprominence to tho editorial department. We havo nofault to And with this, only we like to hog at least oneprose articl e of literary pretensions in every paper.The Vidette gives us a first rate thing in the " Song, ofa Dream Angel," its versification is exquisite. Thoarticle on " The East lliver Bridge," is a model of its

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kind , possessing literary merit in spite of its statistics.The Vidette devotes a little too much space to clippingsfrom exchanges, evidently scorning the maxim soscrupulously lived up to by some college papers, thatone should be ori ginal even if he has to be an original—fool .

The rather unhandsome exterior of the OberlinReview does injustice to its contents. The openingpoem , on "Perfection," is quite up to the average ofcollege verse. The author had a pretty thought toexpress, and seems to have known how to express itfittingly. The declamation on "Oratory, the MasterArt ," by a '79 man, is a fine thing in spite of the firstsentence, viz. : "It is easier to reach men throughtheir feeliugs than through their intellect." We thinkthat we see what the writer means ; but at Colby wegenerally get over such notions during the Sophomoreyear. Ignoran t as we are here, we generally flatterourselves that we have one intellect apiece. Thewriter should have used the instead of " their." Ourdown-east hearts are really consoled by reading thelast editorial. We had always supposed that the nasaltwang was indigenous only to New England. But wolearn from this that Ohio suffers from the affliction. InMaine one seldom hears the real old-fashioned nasaltwang, even in the farming districts ; but from , thisarticle we should judge that, iu Ohio, college boys aresometimes guilty of it. The jokes from exchanges areespecially well selected.

The Williams Athenaeum is one of the most aristo-cratic looking of our exchanges. It is so evenly goodthis month that it almost realizes Tennyson's line :

" Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null."But this is hardly fair , or rather the sentiment is notapplicable to journalism. Our ideal of a paper is onein which we shall not be able to call one part betterthan another, "because all are equally good, and this theAthenaeum well-nigh realizes. The opening poem isbright and sparkling as such poems ought to be; theleading article, " Russia and Nihilism ," is full of strongthough t, as is fitting ; the locals are witty and newsy,and tho exch anges fair. The Alumni notes are veryfull. Brothers, you have only to keep tho Athenaeumup to this standard to make it one of the most welcomeof our exchanges.

There is something about the Madisonensis that wedon't like. Tho editors begin by running down thelast year's paper, and assuring us that things are goingto change. The work of the last Board of Editors wasstale, flat , and unprofitable , but this year, they tell us, *tho paper shall be worth reading. Now, brothers,we'll own that you did tho handsome thing in yournotice of us, but, for all that , our conscience compelsns to say that , after every possible allowance forhurried work , we cannot put tho Madisonensis as highon our list as it stood last year. Not that wo do notapprove of the course you have laid out , only wo fearthat you do not realize how hard it will 'be! to follow it.You seom to have a placidly supercilious way of refer- ^iug to the Faculty, that , if you will pardon our ^

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HARVARD.President Eliot in his address to the Alumni

on hist Commencement Day, alluded to the sub-ject of pensions for the professors and instructorsof that University , and recommended the sub-ject as one deserving a hi gh consideration fromthose of the Alumni who had the means anddesire to do something in behalf of their AlmaMater.

OBERLIN.Each recitation at Oberfin opens with a short

devotional exercise; Tobacco and card-play ingare prohibited. Several students in the prepar-atory department have been expelled for usingtobacco.

vassar.We are glad to hear of the increasing pros-

perity of our - sitter colleges, Vassar is to havea new chemical laboratory, at a cost of $10,000.It is intended to have it furnished this fall. Thestudents take great interest in Chemistry.

STALE..Yale has extended its two , years' medical

course to three years. If we may he allowed

to express our opinion we should say that it wasa change in the right direction ; for if any pro-,fession needs educated men surely the medicalone does.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Library of Brown University contains85,000 volumes.

Wm. H. Vahderbilt has recently given $100,-000 to Yanderbilt University for scientificpurposes.

The University students in Spain this yearnumber 16,889 , of whom 6,823 are studying -medicine, and 6,409, law.

A member of the class of '78, ColumbiaCollege, during his course has taken $1,000 inprizes, and refused three $500 scholarships.

Owing to the death of several members of _its Board of Trustees, Lafayette College losesabout 1400 from its usual annual income.—Ex.

Of Freshmen, Yale has 228, Harvard 209,Princeton 140, Cornell 125, Amherst 109, Dart-mouth 100, Wellesley 100, University of Penn.100, Brown 80, Williams 70, Wesleyan 60,Union 57, Rochester 40, Bates 40, Colby 40.

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freedom, is unbecoming '80 men. We Colby Seniorshave pretty generally come to the conclusion that ourFaculty know a little something ; that, in fact, on theirown ground they are quite a match for us. But thingsmay be different with you , and perhaps we ought toforbear our censure. As to the literary work of theMadisonensis it strikes us that the essay," Influence ofthe Norman upon the Anglo-Saxon Language," is alittle weak. The rules for " Library Etiquette," how-ever, are without discount. The only fault that we findwith the selections from exchanges is that they are notquite old enough to pass for new.

It is with much gladness that we find the JBruno-nian again upon our table. Noticeable changes havetaken place in its appearance, and we learn withpleasure that it is to visit us fortnightly, and not oncein three weeks as before. The editors propose toshorten up tho literary department , and give moreroom for editorials and locals. These latter changesseem to us to follow naturally and wisely from the first.In this, the first number of the new year, we find theeditorials all upon home topics, and all readable and tothe point. The poem is excellent , and has somethingof the roll and dignity of Bryant's verse ; if we hadroom wo should quote it entire. The most fault thatwe have to find is with the exchange department. Thenotices are too brief. Brothers, do not let your devotionto your own paper make you forget the claims ofothers.

A Fresh signs his excuse blank " Fraternallyyours ."

Freshmen's apples — open window—Sophs.Finis.—Ex.

Natural 'History student to a fisherman—"How do you catch clams .? ''

Prof in Physics—"Gi ve a good exam ple ofan elastic substance." Student—" Conscience ."

"Yes, I want my d aughter to stud y Rhetoric ,"said a Vermont mother, " fo r she can't fry pan-cakes now without smoking the house all up,"—Ex. •

A Senior , de ep in - German , char acterizesGr ant's return in one brief word as *' a long-an-tici pa tecl-and- if-the-popular - deinonstratio.ns-of-welcome - which-have-attended -it-nre-anything-inore-than-a-rnere-surface - ebnllition-of - feeling-greatly-to - be-rejoiced-at-as - well-as-in-considera-tion-of-the-impending-political •> excitenient-to-e v-,ery-one-who-is-necessitated - by-personai-conoern-or-attracted-by-curiosity-to-tum-his - attention-fo-the-presidential-q.iiestion-exceedingly-interesting-event," \ '̂

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According to a certain Senior's views ofPolitical Economy, that science comdems mur-der not because it is morally wrong, but becauseit is "economically ruinous."—Ex.

One of the editors of an exchange was over-heard courting a young lady in the followingstyle: " Miss —— will you have us ? We willdo all in our power to render you happy !';

A certain Soph says that Achilles wasrendered invulnerable by his mother's dippinghim in boiling oil. There is something veryGre(a)cian about that discovery, certainly.—Ex.

It is said that there is a student in Colbywho will not accept pictures of his lady friends ,deem ing it an unkindness to the one to whomhe is engaged ! Will no one cremate him ? Ifshe is the same, they must be a peculiarly tire-some pair.

Harpers Weekly makes the following happyquotation from the Odyssey in welcoming Gen-eral Grant : " The Goddess (Minerva) dispersedthe • mist, and earth appeared : and much-enduring, modest Ulysses was then glad , rejoic-ing in his own land."

An evening interview : "Good evening !"" Good evening." " This is a pleasant evening."" A very nice evening." " May I see you homethis eveni n g ?" " Well, not this evening.""Good evening." "Good evening." Thusevening matters all round.—Ex,

[We earnestly request contributions for this depart-ment fro in the Alumni and friends of the University.]

79.—C. S. Lemont is studying law at Bath.70.—0. H. Cumston, M.D., is practi cing in

Brunswick , Me.75.—L. C. Cornish is studying law in

Harvard Law School.77.—W. H. Looney has been admitted to

the Cumberland Bar.78.—W. I. Davis is Principal of the China

Academy in this State.73.—L. H. Clement, Attorney at Law, No.

5, Tremont St., Boston , Mass.74.—W. H. Kelley is Princi pal of the High

School in Cherry field in this State.79.—-H. E. Hamlin is studying law at Ban-

gor, Me., in the office of his brother,

'65.—Rev. C. V. Hanson is pastor of theBaptist Church in Damariscotta, Me.

'61.-—Wm. A. Hatch, M.D., has gone intothe ministry of the Episcopal Church.

77.— C. D. Smith, M.D., is an attendingphysician in the Maine State Hospital.

78.—H. B. Tilden is supplying the BaptistChurch at Farmington, for the present.

77.—J. M. Foster is in the employ of A. B.Richardson & Co., Commission merchants, NewYork.

77.—Harry N. Haynes has been admittedto the Bar, and is now practicing law in Col-orado.

'77.—A. J. Sturtevant is a student in theUnion Baptist Theological Seminary, MorganPark, Illinois.

'63.—Rev. G. B. Ilsley, of Yarmouth, hasreceived a call to the pastorate of the Bates St.Baptist Church of Lewiston.

'77.—F. M. Hallowell, while still pursuinghis law studies in Kansas, has also a position asCourt-Stenographer, at. a salary of $1500 a year;

77.—J. H. Drummond, Jr., son of Hon. J.H. Drummond, LL.D. (class of '46), was onthe 14th inst. admitted to the Cumberland Barin Portland, Me.

'65.—Rev. W. T. Chase, late of the BatesSt. Baptist Church of Lewiston, has beeninstalled pastor of the Fi rst Baptist Chu rch ofCambridgeport, Mass.

77.—J. H. Files has received another pro-mot ion upon the staff of the Portlan d Adver-tiser) while W. H. Brownson (of the same class)has accepted Mr. Files' former position as CityEditor.

76.— C. E. Meleney, in view of a more favor- ,able opening with increased salary, has resi gnedhis Princi palship in Quincy, Mass., to accept aposition as sub-master in a school of about onethousand pupils in Yonkers , N. Y.

76.— C. C. Tilley, who for two years hasbeen connected with the Newton TheologicalInstitution, has accepted a unanimous call tothe Baptist Church in Fairfield. He enteredupon his pastorate on. Sunday, Oct. 4 th.

76.—A. E. Woodsum , a graduate of New-ton Theological Institutio n, class of 79, wasordained pastor of the Baptist Church in Mil-ford , Mass., on Friday, Sept. 10th. The sermonwas preached by the Rev. Dr. O. S, Stearns, ofNewton, ¦ ¦. • '. " ' . -i , ,-,

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