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THIS school is devoted to the teaching of science, as applied to the various engineering professions; viz., civil,mechanical, mining, and electrical engineering, as well as to architecture, chemistry, metallurgy, physics, and naturalhistory.

Besides the above distinctly professional courses, the Institute offers scientific courses of a less technicalcharacter, designed to give students a preparation for business callings. A four years' course in biology, chemistry, andphysics has been established, as preparatory to the professional study of medicine.

Modern languages are taught, so far as is needed for the ready and accurate reading of scientific works andperiodicals, and may be further pursued as a means of general training.

The constitutional and political history of England and the United States, political economy, and internationallaw are taught, in a measure, to the students of all regular courses, and may be further pursued as optional studies.

Applicants for admission to the Institute are examined in English grammar, geography, French, arithmetic,algebra, modern history, and geometry. A fuller statement of the requirements for admission will be found in the cata-logue, which will be sent, without charge, on application.

Graduates of colleges conferring degrees, who have the necessary qualifications for entering the third-year classin any of the regular courses of the Institute, will be so admitted, provisionally, on the presentation of their diplomas,and will be given opportunity to make up all deficiencies in professional subjects.

The feature of instruction which has been most largely developed in the school is laboratory training, shop-work;and field-practice, to supplement, to illustrate, and to emphasize the instruction of the recitation and lecture room.

Surveying instruments are provided for field-work in civil and topographical engineering. Extensive shopshave been fitted up for the use of both hand and machine tools, and a laboratory of steam engineering has beenestablished as a part of the instruction in mechanical engineering. Several steam-boilers and steamn-engines of vari-ous types are available for experiments and tests, as well as a large amount of special apparatus for measuring powerifor gauging the flow of water, for tests of belting, etc. The laboratory of applied mechanics contains two testingmachines,-one for ascertaining transverse strength, the other for tension and compression,-besides apparatus fortime-tests on timber, for tests of mortars and cements, for tests of shafting, etc. The department of mining engineeringand metallurgy has the use of laboratories in which the milling and smelting of lead, copper, silver, and other ores, ineconomic quantities, are regularly performed by the students themselves. The classes in architecture supplement thework of the drawing and designing rooms by the examination of structures completed or in course of erection, and bypractical experiment in the laboratory of applied mechanics, testing the strength of materials and working out problemsin construction. The Kidder Chemical Laboratories consist of a laboratory for general chemistry (288 places); a lab-oratory for analytical chemistry (io8 places), together with a special room for volumetric analysis (20 places) and a bal-ance-room with 22 balances; a laboratory for organic chemistry (30 places); a laboratory for sanitary chemistry (i6places); a laboratory for industrial chemistry (i6 places); two convenient lecture-rooms; and a well-supplied libraryand reading-room. The laboratories are thoroughly equipped for the purposes of ordinary instruction, and they alsopossess excellent facilities for the promotion of original research. The Rogers Laboratory of Physics, the first labora-tory in which instruction was systematically given to classes by means of elementary physical measurements conductedby the students themselves, is well provided with the needful facilities for laboratory instruction in both elementary andadvanced technical physics, especially in the different branches of electrical engineering.

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EAUTIFULLY done,Ninety-two! You havewon the Sophomore-

< Freshman game, and- have furnished some

good men for the Tech.;team. Your record

.......... --= - A thus far is one of whichto be proud. In the Winter Meeting of theAthletic Club the class tug-of-war contestswill take place, and it is your duty to enter astrong and well-trained team. Commence atonce, and prepare to win!

The standing of Technology will one daydepend largely upon your doings, but do notimagine from this nor from your recent victorythat you own the Institute. There are othermen here who have a right to live. Bewareof a "swelled head !"

Ninety-one, you have kept up your recordof universal defeat! Only once since enteringthe Institute have you won a class victory;

you defeated the Harvard freshmen in tug-of-war, and you well deserved the praise youreceived. Your baseball team also did well,but you have been twice beaten in football,and were pulled in last year's tug-of-war.Now let us see if you cannot somewhat redeemyourself in the coming Athletic Meeting. Putin as strong a team as you entered in the opengames, and come out ahead.

HE functions of THE TECH are manifold.It attempts to fulfill satisfactorily the role

of amusing, instructing, and advertising me-dium. To let one student know what hisfellow-students are doing, or not doing; andwhat the Faculty think about it; in fact, tolook out for the wants of every man in college,is the field of THE TECH. If a class or societyadopt resolutions worthy of the attention ofothers; if a student has found, lost, or wishesto dispose of anything, -there is a column ofthis paper especially set apart for such matter.THiE TECH bulletin-board, in Rogers corridor,is intended for the use of THE TECH itself; butwhen its entire surface, including the glass, iscovered with all sorts of notices, it is of littleor no use to us. There is a space beneaththe glass especially reserved for such adver-tisements; but we draw the line at postinganything whatever upon this board, exceptupon the space below the glass.

Uj E cannot but commend the enterprise ofthose who have engaged Cotillion Hall,

and offered to the Institute students a series offive dances. The gymnasium has given suchpoor satisfaction in past seasons, that it hasbeen decided to discontinue the Gym Parties.

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The action, therefore, of the managers of theproposed afternoon parties in Cotillion Hallis particularly apropos.

We would advise all those who are fond ofdancing to take advantage of this occasion;and if the management looks carefully afterthe comfort of its guests, we feel sure that theparties will be both enjoyable and successful,and that the custom of thus offering a winterseries of dances to the Institute students willbe continued in years to come.

FTER the Sop_phommQre-Freshman rush,it will be seen how improbable it is that

the custom of having a rush after the anhiualfoot-ball gaimei' befween' the .'.two youngestclasses, will he done away -with. ' 'It mayseem, from the moral standpoint, a-dangerousthing; but this could be called --in- question,since only once has a man been hurt, and ourexperience tells us that a rush is simply ageneral pushing match, where every onesatisfies the desire of doing something whichthe game leaves behind, without serious injuryto any one, and which sweeps away all feelingof disappointment and chagrin. It is, too, thevery best thing to create a strong class feeling,and does a class a world of good in that way,helping to bind together its members, especiallythose of the entering class, coming togetherfrom all over the country.

In the great excitement after the game,sweeping away all former resolutions, therush was bound to take place, and 9I's pre-conceived attempt not to rush met with signalfailure.. Morally, perhaps, the attempt was agood one, but the rush is so natural an outcomeon the game, that it must come. No amountof class resolutions will do away with it, andso long as we have a Sophomore-Freshmanfootball game, we will have a rush, which, asin the present case, must be confined to theball field, and not be introduced into the corri_dors, or upon the steps of the buildings.

0UR students should be careful of their ac-tions when off on a good time. On election

night many Tech. men were at the bulletins,and enjoyed themselves without being at alldisagreeable to the rest of the crowd; butfrom many of these men we have heard com-plaints of some fellows who formed themselvesin a body, and walked the sidewalks shouting" Tech ! Tech !" and otherwise behaving in anoisy and disagreeable manner. It is all verywell to enjoy one's self, but a little care isnecessary, for any disorderly conduct in pub-lic is sure to lessen, in some degree, thereputation of the Institute. We are perfectlywilling that every one should have a goodtime, but the feelings of others should be con-sidered, or, if it is absolutely necessary thatthe town should be painted red, let the artistskeep quiet the fact that they are from theTech.

T may afford great amusement to the face-tious undergraduate to remove the Faculty

notices from the bulletin boards and placethem in THE TECH box. It is, however, veryannoying to the editor, and causes him to losemuch time, which he can ill afford. Will notthis funny man desist? If he cannot refrainfrom removing the above notices, he can, wefeel sure, place them as acceptably in anyother receptacle, say his pocket, as in THE'TECH box, which is reserved exclusively forour correspondence.

HE Tech. wishes to express its condem-nation of the act of those men who ordered

their uniforms for the torch-light parade, butwho, when the time came, failed to come for-ward and buy. Almost incredible as this mayseem, it was done in many cases, for the com-mittee was left with forty uniforms on itshands. Luckily, the profit on the steps almostcleared off the deficit, and by the help of a

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7y E note with pleasure the arrival at theInstitute of the monthly publication en-

titled, " Congress: a Monthly Journal Devotedto the Arts of Civilization."

It is published by Messrs. Rowan W. Stev-ens and Harold O. Binney. Congress con-tains an article upon the Pension Office, sev-eral poems, and readable articles of prose, andan interesting editorial upon the United StatesNavy, and some Historical correspondence.

Mr. Binney's well-known form, though nomore seen in the " Halls of Science," is stillwell remembered by his many friends here,who wish him every success in his new under-taking.

GOOD deal of dissatisfaction has beenfelt and expressed in reference to the

work done by the 'Varsity football team oflate. And we therefore feel called upon tomake a few criticisms with a view to explain-ing our defeats as well as to improvement inthe future. In team work there is an inexcus-able slowness-both in lining up and in put-ting the ball in play. The rushline is verylight, and to win we have to depend entirelyupon our agility. It is therefore foolhardy toattempt to break through a line heavier thanour own. There should be more passing-long passing-and running around the ends;almost every attempt of this kind made thisyear has been successful. A mistake in giv-ing or receiving a signal is very excusable,but mistakes of this sort have occurred fre-quently of late.

Then when one man is tackled his onlyidea seems to be to hang on to the ball; henever attempts to pass it to another.

And we wish to add that in practicing, themen of the rushline can employ their time tobetter advantage in almost any other line offootball practice than in kicking goals. Letthe team bear these remarks in mind in thegames to come, and we feel sure that whethervictorious or otherwise, satisfaction will pre-vail among the members of the college theyrepresent.

Requiescat.

In September, when we parted,Such loving glances dartedFrom her eyes so large, and brown, and tender, and so true,

And she swore (the fickle miss),And then sealed it with a kiss,

To really, truly, write to me in a day or two.

As November's latest weekWill soon get up and sneak,And the howling blasts of winter o'er the country reign,

My hopes are well nigh dead,And my heart is turned to lead,

"For the letter that he longed for never came."M.

Miss Way.

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GIRL seriously occupied with arrangingferns, now and then holding off a bunch

at arm's length and regarding it with a critical,sidewise glance. Her companion, recliningagainst a gnarled pine stump, his hands be-hind his head, watching her mostly in silence.She was perched upon a huge moss-coveredtree-trunk, full four feet through, that had fallenright across the way, and had heaped her fernsbeside her. For a background, as he lookedup at her, there were the upper branches ofthe pines along the logging road; the road,cut years ago to an ambitious width, had grownup with young shoots of birch and maple, andthicker tangles of bush and brake, and all thenarrow footway was overgrown with moistbrilliant mosses, running vines of snowberry,and strange, bright-tinted fungi. In this depthof the old pine forest the August morning was

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fresh as May, and the air so soothing that con-versation slumbered at intervals.

" How good you were to come up the pathwith me this morning, Mr. Laurens. Howdid you know it would be so delightful here ?"

"I took your word for it.""Did I ask you to come? Why, so I did,

to be sure."After a pause: " An odd thing for a young

lady to do, wasn't it, Mr. Laurens?"" I don't know. It's certainly very pleasant

here.""I suppose young ladies in Boston never

do such things.""Oh, I suppose they do, sometimes," he

said, with a gracious air of apology for herinnovation.

She shook her head as one might to a childwith an overfondness for fiction.

I" I made up my mind this morning as soonas I looked out of my window, that I wouldcome here and get some ferns. The MissPointers couldn't go, so of course I had to askyou, if I was to go at all. I hope you don'tthink I should have asked you if they couldhave gone ?"

A vision of the Miss Pointers, with theirwell-preserved silk gowns and their respectablegray curls, in the act of crossing the river onrolling stones, made Laurens' eyes laugh.

"I don't flatter myself so much," he said."That's well.""What was that book in which you were so

absorbed this morning ? " she said, after a littlesilence.

" On the piazza, when you were going tothe tennis ground?"

6"Yes. How did you know I was on thetennis ground?"

s" I saw you there practicing most diligently,and I thought of old Mr. Benbury with a sigh."'

'6 Why didn't you come down and show methat overhand serve you promised?"

"I didn't suppose you cared for it then.""Cared for it! Of course I didn't. But

you haven't told me what the book was."

I"It was a text-book on trigonometry. Ipromised a young cousin of mine who is alittle behindhand at the Tech., that I wouldcoach him a bit for an examination."

" That's some kind of mathematics, isn't it?I'm very fond of mathematics. I took an ad-vanced course in arithmetic at our high school.Ask me some question, and see how quickly Ican answer it."

" Very well. If it takes five minutes to pullapart three bunches of ferns and put togetherone, how long will it take to arrange a basket-ful ?"

" What an impolite question! If you aretired of waiting, we'll go home."

1" I did not say I was tired," he said with anair of surprise. 6I'll stay here all day, if youwish it."

" You only say that because you know Idon't wish it."

She had tied up her various bundles of ferns,and slipping off the high mossy log stood readyfor the homeward walk, when suddenly fixingher eyes on the stump against which Laurenswas leaning, she cried, "0 Mr. Laurens! doget up, quickly !"

Laurens jumped to his feet with an unpleas-ant suspicion of snakes. The young ladydropped her ferns on the ground and said, de-spairingly,

"You've been sitting directly on some corallichens. I've been looking for them all thissummer !"

"Oh! is that all ?" said Laurens, with an airof relief.

"As if that wasn't enough," said she sadly,gathering up her fallen ferns. "I declare,Mr. Laurens, there's no bearing with you to-day; you've no sympathy nor consideration."

She led the way home with determined steps,answering Laurens' attempts at conversationwith very brief and careless rejoinders.

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pocket, which reminded him that he had notwritten to his old friend, Ned Thornbury, sincehe had left him on the steps of the club inBoston. Two days later a letter was broughtto Thornbury in the smoking-room at the club,post-marked in clear-cut letters that told ofscanty mails, "South Nugent, Maine."MY DEAR NED :-

I told you when I saw you last, that I meant to get outof the realm of "culture." I have made a bold dash forfreedom from everything which, as Wingate used to say,makes Boston what it is, and I have partially succeeded.

I discovered this place by an ingenious method. I gotoff the train at the first station in the mountain countrythat struck my eye, and looked about for a good horse.Among the motley throng of quadrupeds about the stationI saw two horses, and, better, both in the same team. Thedriver, -a rosy-faced man of fifty or so, with his beard ina sort of halo, is if he had flattened his face against aboard and then suddenly cleared the middle space with aspoke-shave, -proved on inquiry to be none other than'Homer himself, - not the blind, for John is certainly notblind to his chances; and after carefully looking me over,he "cal'lated " that he could let me have a room.

"Is your place secluded, Mr. Homer" inquired I?"It's at the end o' the road, if that'l do ye," was his as-

suring reply.And it is, in more senses than one.For a fortnight I had the high privilege of being the

only boarder at Homer's Elysian abode. Talk aboutcountry fare! How that tailor of mine will chuckle whenhe re-measures my waist this fall!

Then people began to come, - about the usual assort-ment. First, old Mr. Benbury and his wife, a pair ofpolite invalids, who spend most of their time in affection-ately rehearsing their various ailments to each other.The patience with which one of those excellent valetudi-narians will listen to the other's account of a visitation ofProvidence of the most unsavory description, is only ex-plained by the fervor with which the tale is matched byone equally unsavory and strange. It's as good as a play,if only they wouldn't strike up at table. "Do you re-member, dear, the dreadful condition of my stomach aftereating rye cakes like these, when Dr. Sharp said, -"and so on, and so on.

Then there are some people from an inland town inMassachusetts who have set up a little aristocracy of theirown, and play intellectual games of an evening. One ofthe ladies has long lists of conundrums and questions forsolution in various games, and takes notes of every punthat's made, requesting the author of it to repeat it slowlyfor that purpose. They begin this odious custom at eighto'clock, at which period I retire to my room with an hourof candle.

There is also a Tech. student of chemistry; not of theathletic type, who devotes himself chiefly to reading upconditions and taking long walks.

I keep by myself mostly. The fishing is fair, theshooting moderately good, and the tennis ground capital.

I mustn't forget to mention our young person, MissWay-Miss Wayward, it should have been. Imagine acountry belle of eighteen, dark, pefite, restless as a kitten,independent and authoritative in her manner as if shewere queen of the realm, ignoring etiquette whenever shepleases, and that is often, and you get a faint idea of MissFrances Way. You should see her-but no, I don'tthink you would approve of her. She amuses me im-mensely. You ought to see her sit down by poor Snig-gins, the Tech. man, and pretend to help him study.Then she comes to me, and asks in an irresistible, girlishway if I don't think it would be a good day for gatheringferns? She is such a perfect contrast to the "Bostongurl" that I find her very refreshing. How I should liketo see Mrs. Wingate open her eyes at her!

This is a long letter, but I haven't got half throughwith the beauties of Homer's.

There is Miss Way starting out in a leisurely manneralone for a walk before supper, with a book under herarm. I suppose her atrdent admirer, old Benbury, willfollow her. Good-bye. Yours,

LAURENS.

For some time after reading this epistleMr. Thornbury sat whistling softly, frowningoften to himself, and twisting his yellow mus-tache. Then he read it again, with runningcomments.

" She amuses him. Oh yes! No doubt.'Very refreshing.' Just going out to walk.' Her ardent admirer, old Benbury, will followher.' I'll bet any odds her ardent admireryoung Laurens followed her. How sharplyhe ends up the letter, though he wasn't halfthrough with the beauties of Homer's. Ialways thought Arthur would make a fool ofhimself in some such way. What an awfulthing it would be if he should bring home apert country girl to the old house. Somethingmust be done about it, if I have to do it my-self."

A shade of decision passed over his face.He rang for a servant to bring him the rail-way guide, after consulting which he walkedbriskly away to his rooms.

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from the village with the mail. As the wagonapproached, Laurens looked, at first carelessly,then intently, and uttered an exclamation ofsurprise.

"What is it, Mr. Laurens?" asked MissWay, with vivid curiosity.

" Oh, nobody but my old friend Ned Thorn-bury."

"You don't seem very much delighted tosee an old friend."

"What do you mean?""0, I thought your manner didn't ex-

press great joy. Perhaps I was mistaken.For my part, I'm awfully glad to see anothergentleman. Anything for variety," she addedflippantly, with a side glance upward fromunder her dark lashes.

The meeting was sufficiently cordial, andLaurens, after sitting with his friend at hislate supper, brought him out to the porch for acigar. The club news and various items ofsociety talk formed the basis of their conversa-tion, and after agreeing to try their luck at thefishing the next day, they parted for the night.

It was not till after their return from this ex-pedition that an opportunity arose of present-ing Thornbury to Miss Way. That younglady seemed to have assumed a new part, andappeared a very model of maiden shyness andreserve. She listened to Thornbury's conver-sation with silent but charming attention, andjoined in the amusements of the evening witha quiet gracefulness with which even that fas-tidious young gentleman could find no fault.When the gentlemen were alone, Thornburytook occasion to say that he thought Miss Way'sforwardness had been painted in much toovivid colors. Laurens did not make muchreply, and the matter dropped.

For the first few days of Thornbury's visitthere was certainly little cause for active inter-ference in his friend's behalf. Miss Wayseemed to devote herself rather to the studentthan to either of the Bostonians, apparentlyrather to Sniggins' surprise. She played ten-nis with him, made him the bearer of bundles

of ferns and birch bark, and employed histime with making handles for baskets of moss,and cutting strips of all sorts of things for herrustic work, of which she always had herhands full.

One evening, coming out late from supper,Laurens found his friend sitting on the stepsof the porch talking politics with Miss Way,who sat on the' steps below at a little distance,and turned her face up toward him with theair of one who is quaffing deep and refreshingdraughts of knowledge. She was certainly acapital listener, only asking a question now andthen, though her questions were sometimes ofa radical nature, such as children ask, and re-quired much theorizing in their answers.

The conversation lasted till Laurens calledthem in to join in a game of whist, duringwhich Thornbury adorned himself with hismost polished drawing-room manner, whichseemed to meet Miss Way's approval to a highdegree. Laurens did not play so well asusual, and the rubber went against him and hispartner, to the jubilation of Miss Way, whotook Thornbury's arm and walked about thepassages, listening to his discussion of thetheory of whist-a game which she had in-formed Laurens a few days before she quitedespised.

"Well, what do you think of her?" saidLaurens that night.

"Oh, she's really charming! But quite dif-ferent from the forward country belle that Iimagined."

"There isn't quite so much need of protect-ing me from her wiles as you thought whenyou planned my rescue, I suppose."

"Don't be absurd, Arthur. But if youchoose to look at it in that way I don't knowthat the danger is any less."

"I think you have assumed the post of honorat present."

"I? Oh, no. She listens to my talk, butshe has the corners of those eyes of hers onyou most of the time."

" Your imagination is much to generous."

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" Not a bit. But seriously, Arthur, do youthink she would look well in your house."

"Who the deuce said anything about myhouse? But I don't know why she wouldn't."

" How would she get on with Mrs. Win-gate ?"

"Well enough. All your society mannersand city style are a mere lacquer. It wouldbe as good a polish for her as for any of them.She could imitate Mrs. Wingate's stately flowof conversation to a nicety in a week."

"I thought you always held that one mustbe born to good society."

"I used to think so, but I've changed mymind. I'd as lief hear small talk about thelast meeting of the Farmers' Club or the Charit-able Society, as about a lecture on EsotericBuddhism, or the last Symphony concert.Manners have to be learned, I suppose. It'svery much like learning to dance. Most peo-ple are slow, but I've heard of one's learningto waltz in a single lesson."

"I'd no idea you were so desperately inearnest, Arthur."

" In earnest! I'm only saying what hasalways been true, I suppose. As to MissWay, it's evident that she wasn't intended forme. She is very young."

" Time will remedy that defect," said Thorn-bury. "Her breeding is against her, thoughshe can be very charming when she wishes."

"I don't see but that she is well bred enough,"said Laurens, with some spirit.

"O, I mean her connections and surround-ings. Where did you tell me she camefrom ?"

"South Chanton, I believe she said. I don'tknow where it is. I tried to get her to talkabout her family, but she fought shy of thesubject."

"So you don't care to play King Cophetua ?""0O stop your chaff, Thornbury. I'm not

such an incurable snob as not to see that MissWay is good enough for me. The trouble is,she evidently thinks the disability lies the otherway. Very likely it does."

" It strikes me that you are getting decidedlyserious."

" Not so serious as you imagine. YoZt seemto be the one who has a deep interest in theyoung lady's affairs. You'd better go in andwin her."

"So I have your full permission?" saidThornbury, smiling indifferently.

"Unconditional," said Laurens.(To be Continued. )

(GoMMUNIGArl IONS.

The Editors do not hold themselzes responsible for opin-ions exfiressed by correshon dents.

To THE EDITOR OF TECH:-

I was much interested in the letter of yourcorrespondent, L., 'S7, in No. 3 of THE TECH,and while I say that I agree with him mostemphatically as to the desirability of havingsucli an annual publication for the benefit ofthe alumni, I cannot agree with him as to thepropriety or feasibility of making one numberof THE TECHi serve this end. In the first placemany of the things mentioned are actually pub-lished in "Technique" as your correspondent oughtto know, and it would be excellent if "I Technique"would consider his suggestions in regard to thosethings which it does not publish. Such a numberof THIE TECH as proposed could not fail to injure'"Technique's" sale among the alumni, and itshould be far firom the policy of Institute publica-tions to antagonize each other. From long experi-ence as an editor of THE TECH I know how littlereliance there is to. be placed on receiving enoughliterary contributions fr-om the alumni to fill up anumber, and this is due not so much to the unwill-ingness of the alumni to favor THE TECIi withcontributions, as to the utter inability of the editorto find the time necessary to maintain the extensivecorrespondence with his alumni friends, which isrequisite to produce fiom then1 the desired article.Besides the objections of interfering with " Tech-nique" and the difficulty of getting contributions fromthe alumni, there is the further objection that itwould be difficult to find the time. This yourcorrespondent passes over hastily, as it takes noneof his time, and he wishes to persuade you that itwould not take much of yours. If your correspond-

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ent had ever had the whole responsibility of THETECH on his shoulders he would better appreciatethe magnitude of the task he proposes; and if hehad much experience with statistics he wouldknow that of all literary work, if statistics canproperly be called literary work, their compilationis the most laborious, whilst they give the least re-turn in the way of filling up space. I would saytherefore, let " Technique" take up your corre-spondent's suggestions if possible, as its editorshave more time for the work, though I would urgeon TIE TEC-I the propriety of publishing morealumni notes. W., 'SS.

EDITOR OF TIHE TECH:-

To have a string of students tramping into alecture some minutes after it has been begun, isexceedingly annoying, both to the lecturer and hislisteners. Fourteen men recently came in late to aHeat lecture, five of whom the writer saw smok-ing leisurely in friont of the building as he canie upthe steps. It may not be a very pleasant thing tohiss a student whose tardy entrance needlessly dis-turbs a lecture, but such an heroic remedy is notonly well earned, but would doubtless proveeffective.

If a student is belated, he can at least stay away;and if he does attend, the least he can do in decencyis to maintain a reasonable degree of quiet. Thestudent who does not himself care to listen, hasstill no right to distract the attention of others.The writer fuilly expects to repeat next year hiscourse in Heat, together with a knot of studentsdirectly behind him, to whose never-flagging con-versation on all manner of subjects he ascribeslargely his ignorance of the subject. And liebelieves that the sentiment of the Institute oncearoused, would render such a thing impossible inthe future. '9o .

BOSTON, Nov. io, '88.

EDITOR OF TiEz TECH:'

How many readers of this paper noticed an edi-torial in a recent number regarding the gymnasiumquestion, and the use of WVinslow's Skating Rink forthat purpose? Perhaps it was because, during thethree years of boarding-school life, I had the train-ing of a gymnasium, second only to that of HarvardCollege, that the article should have unusual weight

with me. Be that as it may, I hope that this letterwill call the attention of more to this matter; oneof interest to every fellow who is loyal enough towish that his A/ma 1"Jater may lead in all intercol-legiate athletics.

I was enough interested to seek a personal inter-view with Mr. Winslow, and from him I obtainedsome valuable facts. Mr. Winslow had not beeninformed of the purchase of the land by the Insti-tute which you mentioned in-your article, but saidthat the lease which he held would soon expire.He told me that some years ago hle made an offerof the rink to our President, for the Institute, for$30,oooo, and was willing that the debt, onceassumed by the Institute, be liquidated at the rateof $5,ooo per annum. Unfortunately GeneralWalker considered it impracticable.

I am not an economist, nor do I think it wouldbe right to assume an unreasonable debt to begroaned under and borne by those who follow inour footsteps; but I certainly believe that we caninvent some acceptable schenre by which we maybecome possessors of that excellent building, whichis in every respect just what we want. It seemspracticable to make the building almost pay foritself, for Mr. Winslow, speaking from lhis ownexperiences, assured me that it would earn from$3,000ooo, to $4,000, in annual rentals.

Then there is such an abundance of room thatour societies, secret and otherwise, could haverooms of their own; each class could have its nicelyfurnished reading-room, sludy, or smoking-room,as you may please to call it; Sophomores firee fromFreshman intrusion.

I hope you will use your columns to advantage,stir up those who seem disinterested, and finallywhen we are able to practice, drill, and entertain inour own building, we may look back and say " theglory is with you." F. C. B., '9i.

A Winter Evening Tale.

IN the town of Kerny lived a doctor, famousnot only for his charity and kindness to the

poor, but also for a remarkable adventure,which had happened to him several yearsago. Doctor H - was in the habit of start-ing upon his round of visits about the middleof the afternoon, and was sure to return at

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dark, at which time his arrival was eagerlyawaited by his children.

Thus on the afternoon on which this storycommences the doctor left his home, after hav-ing promised his wife to be back before seven,although he had to go quite a distance to see avery sick patient. Seven o'clock came but nodoctor appeared. The children every nowand then ran to the window when they heardan approaching footstep. It got to be eight,and Mrs. H -, growing uneasy, sent a mes-senger to the home of the patient whom thedoctor was to have visited. The messengerreturned, but only to state that the doctor afterhaving visited the sick one had quickly left,saying he had promised his Nwife to be homeearly. The poor wife was now thoroughlyalarmed, and search was made for the missingone, but no trace was to be found. Thus thenight passed in agony and suspense, and thehousehold impatiently awaited the breaking ofthe new day. When dawn appeared thesearch was again renewed. Jerry, the faith-ful servant of the doctor, appeared with a letteraddressed to Mrs. H and a blood-stainedhandkerchief, saying hle had found both lyingbefore the door. The letter, written in a boldhand, ran as follows: '' Discontinue all fulrthersearch, for to you the doctor is dead." Thesewords together with the bloody handkerchiefsettled all doubt in the widow's heart, and shenow fully believed that in some manner herhusband had been killed, and his assassin tookthese means to acquaint her of the fact. Thepoor fatherless children were now to be dailyseen clad in mourning, but in their heartsdwelt a feeling that their father was still alive.

Let us not lose sight of the hero entirely,but follow him as he left his home. As themessenger had stated, he had visited his sickpatient and set out on the home journey, joy-fully thinking of the home that was awaitinghim. Going along he approached a lonelyplace, made thus by an entire absence ofhabitation; far and wide no house was to beseen, whilst here and there huge rocks were

scattered on both sides of the road. After hehad traveled along this isolated spot for a shortdistance he felt himself seized from the rearby twvo pair of strong hands, whilst anotherpair was engagred in placing, a bandagesecurely around his eves. I-He then felt him-

-self being helped on horseback, and havingbeen cautioned not to venture to remove hisbandage, he and his captors set out, whitherhe did not know, for the cloth had been sosecurely fastened around his eves as to cut offall further view. After a seemingly endlessjourney he was again assisted, this time in dis-mounting, and still having his eves covered hewas led along by his captors. Finally thedoctor could perceive by the re-echoing of theirfootsteps that they had entered into some cav-ernous chambers. The bandage was nowremoved, and after he had accustomed himselfto the darkness of the corridor, lighted up onlyby a few blazing pine sticks carried by hiscompanions, the doctor saw that they hadreally entered a cavern. After traversingseveral passages they suddenly entered into alarge hall, in the midst of which w-as a hugefire, around which several men were seated.They noticed his approach with silence, andone of their number arising, led him to oneside. This man, judging from his manner ofaction and dress, evidently bore some authorityamong their number.

"Doctor H ," said he, "the place whereyou nowv are, and who its inhabitants are, shallforever remain a secret to you. Give up allthoughts of escape, for your better judgmentmidst tell you that it would be in vain. Thereason for your presence is as follows: Ourchief, a young man, was wounded the otherday, how, is no affair of yours; try all inyour power to save him.'"

The doctor now asked to be led to hispatient, and being conducted to anotherchamber he beheld, stretched upon a bed, apale young man with a gun-shot wound inhis breast. Near the bedside stood a youngwoman, who upon the doctor's entrance ap-

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proached him, and said with tears in her eyes,"Doctor, pray save him; he is our pride; donot let him die so young." The doctor, dis-regarding her entreaties, immediately went towork to examine the wound, and found that itwas but slight, although it had grown worse bylong neglect. He dressed it carefully, andassured his anxious listeners that with suffi-cient care all would be well. They left thechamber, leaving behind the woman, who wasthe wife of the sick one, to act as nurse. En-tering again the large hall he was told to beseated at the fire, and he was immediatelyserved with a wooden plate, by a trim-look-ing maid, whilst his neighbor helped himto a piece of the venison that was roastingbefore them. Anxious inquiries were immed-iately made regarding the wounded person,which luckily he could answer favorably.Having finished the repast the doctor arose, say-ing he must leave, as he was anxiously awaitedat home. But he was now told that he wasnot to leave the place until the young chieftainshould again be able to breathe the air fromthe top of one of the numerous hillocks. Thedoctor was now seriously alarmed, knowingthe anxiety of his wife and the impossibility ofescape. He asked to write, and this beinggranted be wrote a few lines explaining hisabsence, and gave them to the person who hadmet him when he entered. The letter wasnever sent, but another which so alarmed hiswife, together with a handkerchief, which hadbeen used in washing out the patient's wounds.Thus day after day passed, the patient slowlyimproving, until finally the day arrived whenfor the first time the patient could go into theopen air. The doctor was allowed to accom-pany him. When they gained the open air,after having traversed numerous passages, thedoctor beheld a hilly country which he hadnever seen before. Nowhere was there ahouse, but everywhere forest. His patientwith tears in his eyes thanked him forhis recovery, and said that never again hadhe expected to see his much-beloved hills.

Upon their return the doctor begged to beallowed to leave, which, after an invitation tostay with them longer was, finally granted.The chieftain's wife, drawing him aside, drewforth a long purse, offering it to him, at thesame time saying it was but poor pay she couldgive him. The doctor declined it, saying hehad enjoyed his peculiar visit, and begged hemight be permitted to take a few of the eaglefeathers hanging on the -walls, as a gift to hischildren. After a cordial leave-taking, andafter receiving the thanks of all for havingsaved their chief, his eyes were again blind-folded, and after having mounted, they againset out on their path. They finally halted;the doctor was told to dismount and to standstill until the noise of hoofs had entirely diedaway. This he did, and after a profoundsilence told him that his companions had lefthe ventured to draw aside his bandage,and found that he was on the identical spotwhere he had been so suddenly seized. Atfirst it seemed to him he had been dream-ing; but it could not be so, for there, indeed,rested the feathers in his hand. He nowhastened homeward, and when he arrived infront of his home it was already dark.

In the meantime his widow, for such sheconsidered herself, had been wasting awayday by day, and it was with grief that herfriends saw her approaching death. Theytried to cheer, but it was in vain. Her chil-dren never ceased to hope for their father'sreturn, and every now and then cried out,"Here he comes," as a footstep seeminglyfamiliar approached. It was never he, andthe children ceased uttering these remarks, forthey saw they pained their mother. Uponthis night the eldest child sat at the windowthinking that his father must return, when sud-denly he heard a step approaching. Could it behe? It must be; and with his old cry he rushedto the door to find himself clasped in his father'sarms. Joy does not kill; and although the un-expected meeting showed its effect upon thepoor wife's body, the new pleasure lent strength

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.and all went well. The story of his capturehad to be told again and again to his friends,and the children found great delight in the hugeeagle feathers brought from that mysteriouscave. Although search was repeatedly madefor the hidden retreat it was never found, andit was supposed by all to be the abode ofsmugglers.

Noticeable Articles.

IN the ATineteenth Century for October, thatintelligent English Government School Inspector,Mr. J. G. Fitch, who has been traveling in thiscountry, gives an account of a very peculiar Amer-ican educational institution; an account which con-tains much, we fancy, that will be new to the majorityof American readers. Very few of the many whohave heard of Chautauqua are aware to what a sizethe organization called the Chautauqua Assembly,or Summer School, has grown. "In a gr2en andsheltered valley," says Mr. Fitch, "about ninemiles to the south of Lake Erie, and at an elevationof nearly eight hundred feet above its surface, liesthe little lake of Chautauqua, a sheet of water largerthan Windermere, but in the eyes of an American amere pond in comparison with its mighty neigh-bor." On the shores of this lake, in a plot of groundof one hundred and fifty acres, he found last sum-rmer a community of eight to ten thousand people;and he tells us he was at a loss to know whether itwas a camp-meeting, a literary institute, or a pic-nic, till he found it was all three in one. He goeson to describe the vast covered amphitheatre holdingsix thousand people, the "rough but excellentwooden model of the Parthenon, called the Hall ofPhilosophy," the ''large relief-model in earth of theHIoly Land," the "detached rooms set apart for par-ticular studies, each supplied with its own appara-tus and with the books of highest authority in itsown department; e. g., for Latin and Greek; forFrench and German; history and political econcnmy;its schools for China painting, wood-carving, and dec-orative design ; its printing-press,kindergarten, gym-nasium, and other departments, too numerous tomention." All this he describes in a very sympa-thetic way, and the pleasant crowd he met in attend-ance on the exercises. And all this has grown upsince 187i, out of a Methodist camp-meeting. Butwhat chiefly excites his interest is the " Literary and

Scientific Reading-Circle," which lhas grown Uip inconnection with it. We have no space here for de-tails, but we learn that above one hundred thousandpersons, nearly all of them adults, and scattered overthe whole face of our vast country, are now membersof this "circle." "They include workmen, farm-ers, servants, pioneers in the far West, apprentices,clerks, teachers, and mothers of families." A newdepartment has recently been added, called the Col-lege of Liberal Arts, for the pursuit of higherstudies, and the services enlisted of professors fromYale and Johns Hopkins University for the conductof instruction by correspondence. "Between sevenand eight hundred secluded students who fulfill itsconditions are carrying on regular and somewhatsevere courses of reading under its guidancethroughout the year." The whole system is carriedon with a careful avoidance of all interference withthe operations of regularly established colleges, andno college students are admitted.

It is safe to say that in no country but Almericacould such an institution have grown up, as it were,out of the ground; and whatever may be said of thenecessary superficiality of much of its instruction, itmust be an instrument of an untold amount of goodin a young country like ours; indeed, such sponta-neous growths never spring utip except to fill a realwant. Mr. Fitch quotes some eloquent words ofDr. Phillips Brooks in an address delivered atChautauqua which has been printed, and points outhow hints may be taken from it for the improve-ment of the " University Extension" system bywhich Oxford and Cambridge are endeavoring toenlarge the sphere of their influence at home.

The Forum, for November, contains some excel-lent sense on the subject of Browning, by thatcapital writer, Andrew Lang, in a paper entitled"Esoteric Browningism." "The poetry of Brown-ing," he says, '"has had singular fortunes. Rejectedat first by the world, his poems became the posses-sion of a few friends of romance; then a widerpublic was induced to read them; finally they fellinto the hands of people, who have over-built thefairy plot of ground with 'societies,' and whosquabble about texts and meanings like scholiastsor Biblical commentators. The last estate of thepoems has been worse than the first. They havebeen annexed, as it were, by enthusiasts, whoclearly value them chiefly as problems or puzzles towhich they alone profess to hold the key." Butpoetry, he says, lacks merit just in proportion to

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its need of commentators. " The professionaldevotees of Mr. Browning, an irritating band, whopraise his poetry chiefly because they believe thatthey alone understand it (a belief which gives thema happy sense of being wondrous wise) praise himas one who speaks chiefly to the intellect. Theyhunt through him for puzzles and problems; theycanvass him for 'thoughts.' It does not seem tooccur to them that he like other poets is a master ofromance; that he appeals with perfect clearness anddistinctness to the heart, the fancy, and even to theear. If he did not do this and do it successfully,winningly, with phrases and fiancies that haunt thememory, that mingle with our nmusings on love anddeath.and day and night, Mr. Browning would bea failure." But lihe does not claim that iMr. Brown-ing does this in all his poetry, and he gives thesound advice to the beginner that he decline theinvitation of the Browning societies "to be led overdry plains seeking sense and finding none wherePrince Hohenlstiel-Schwangau' holds unenvied

sway, or to be bewildered in ' Red-Cotton-Night-Cap-Country,' or to be made to jig dolefully to thefifing of ' Fifine at the Fair; ' but neglecting allscarecrow scholiasts and disheveled essayists, maleand female," he advises him to apply himself to"Dramatic Ly7rics" and "Men and Women," andsee if he cannot find poetry in them for himself,-and this doctrine he illustrates at some length."Time," hlie says, ''that sifts poets like wheat, willalmost certainly treat much that Mr. Browning haswritten as time has treated the dark pieces of GeorgeChapman, or the ' Cassandra,' of Lycophron.They will survive indeed, but rather because a poetwrote them than because they are poetry." Is notthis just about the truth respecting Browning?

WV. P. A.

Technics.

Pr-ofessor- D)zpold: "Mr. W., what formdo you call s'assenziba2?"

Mr. 1T7., '92: "Double reflexive."Professor D.: " I never heard of that form."M//-. gW: c"Very likely. It is something

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"And shure, Moike," said Pat, as theysailed under the Palisade hills, which rosegently up from the river, I" did yez iver knowthat thim mountains wuz put. up for a bluff?"

Tech. vs. Dartmouth.

THE championship game, which was playedat Hanover on the Ioth, between Dartmouthand Tech., was unsatisfactory. Not that Tech.did not play well, but that all was against her.Practically no one accompanied the team toassist in the cheering. The rain, during thegame and for the two previous days, had ren-dered the ground so slippery that good run-ning and dodging was next to impossible.. Itwas a question of the weight of the rush-lines,and Dartmouth had here an advantage of agood many hundred pounds. The Dartmouthbacks worked up close to the lines, and addedtheir weight to those before them in the gen-eral push, which resulted usually in a slide offrom two to six yards. The short rushes ofDartmouth and the difficulty in working ourbacks, lost to us the game. The following isa summary: Dartmouth started off with theball at 2.30 P. Aii., and kicked on three downs.Duane kicked, and Dame got on to it; goodrushes by Hamilton and Tracy carried the ballwell down the field, where it was given toDartmouth for not touching the third man.Tech. soon regained it in a fumble, and thenlost it on four downs. Lakeman attempted torun with the ball, which again gave it to Tech.Godchaux here made a pretty rush, gainingnearly thirty yards. Duane and Tracy alsodid some excellent work, Duane kicking toEllis on three downs. Dartmouth, on threedowns kicked to Durfee, who ran with the ballnearly to the place from which it was kicked.Baehr soon got it, however, on a fumble, andgood rushles by Scruton, Ellis, and Lakemanbrought it to the Tech. io-yard line, whereDartmouth lost it on four downs. Short rushesby Duane, Godchaux, and Tracy gained some

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ground, when Dartmouth regained the ball oninterference. Ellis kicked to Pierce on threedowns, and a fumble by Godchaux gave theball again to Dartmouth. Duane kicked fromback of the goal line to Ellis, and Fassettrushed it over at 3-I3, making the first touch-down, from which a goal was kicked. Timewas called soon after with the ball in the cen-tre of the field.

The second half was played in the rain, andthe darkness was rapidly increasing. Tech.had to work up hill this time, and started offwell till Duane was hurt in a long rush atDartmouth's 25-yard line. Dartmouth thentook the ball, and by short rushes soon forcedit over the Tech. goal line and kicked a goal.Tech. soon lost the ball on the line up, andDartmouth forced another touchdown. Nogoal. This was repeated thrice more beforetime was called, a goal being kicked fromthe last touch-down. The final score Xwas

Dartmouth 30, Tech. o.The best playing for Tech. was done by

Duane, Tracy, Godchaux, Dame, and Dur-fee. For Dartmouth, by Ellis, Lakeman, andScruton.

The teams were made up as follows: Dart-mouth rushers, Odlin, Baehr, Doring, Fas-sett, Little, Carety, Eaton; quarter-back, Lake-man; half-backs, Scruton, Jones; full-back,Ellis.

Tech.-rushers, Dame, Hamilton, High-lands, Weiss, Rice, Tracy, Willard; quarter-back, Godchaux; halfbacks, Duane, Pierce;full-back, Durfee.

Referee, Mr. Kelley, of the Harvard Medi-cal School.

Ninety-one vs. Ninety-two.THE Sophomore-Freshman game took place

on Tuesday, the I3th, and with the exceptionof several delays, was close and exciting fromstart to finish. The game opened with goodrushes by Germer and Cunningham, who car-ried the ball to the Freshmen's 25-yard line.Here, on the third down, Germer made a punt,which Wardner stopped near the goal line,

Iand before he could return it he was forcedover the line, making a safety. After fifteenminutes scrimmaging, in which '92 gained alittle ground, time was called, with the ball inthe Sophomores' territory. Score, 2-0. Thesecond half started out with a 20o-yard gain by'9 I , but the ball was lost on four downs, andon the passback Slade made a beautiful rushthe length of the field and made a touchdown,from which he succeeded in kicking a goal.The game then assumed a decidedly warm as-pect, but neither side succeeded in scoring, andtime was called with the score 6-2 in favor ofthe Freshmen. The make-up of the twoelevens was as follows:

Ninety-one-rushers, Blanchard, Henderson,Brown, Rice, Highlands, Bryden, Cogswell;quarter-back, Holmes; half-backs, Cunning-ham, Germer (captain) ; fiull-back, Garrison.

Ninety-two-rushers, Atkins, Sutton, Lin-dey, WVeiss, Harvey, Kales (captain) ; Potter;quarter-back, Godchaux; half-backs, Slade,Andrews; full-back, Wardcner.

Mr. Paul Tracy, of the Tech. eleven, actedas referee.

Tech. vs. Worcester.

ON the afternoon of the 17th, the 'Varsityeleven contested with the team of the Worces-ter Polytechnic Institute. The Worcesterboys played a much better game than hadbeen anticipated, and for the first fifteen min-utes kept their opponents very busy. Tech.at first played loosely, but soon braced up andwon easily. Germer was hurt early in thesecond half, and replaced by Stearns; Tracy,Willard, and Duane did not play.

Worcester started with the ball but lost itimmediately; Tech., however, gained but littleground, and the ball passed from one side tothe other, till Godchaux by a pretty rushsecured the first touchdown. No goal. Wor-cester lost the ball promptly on the line up;and Germer carried it over the line two min-utes after. No goal, but Kales got onto theball and made another touchdown. Durfee

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again failed in his try for goal, and time wascalled soon after. Score, 12 -0o.

In the second half, Tech. soon forced theball down to Worcester's five-yard line, bygood work on the part of Pierce, Godchauxand Hamilton. Roberts carried it over thelines; Durfee kicked a goal. Worcester lostthe ball on four downs, but gained consider-able ground on a mistaken signal, resulting ina poor pass; Hadley stopped a very pretty rushof Germer, who was hurt and retired; Stearnsand Durfee made some very pretty rushes, asdid Pierce. Worcester was forced over theline and a safety scored. Worcester fumbledthe ball, and Roberts rushed it over the line;no goal. Time was called with Tech. inpossession of the ball at Worcester's twenty-five-yard line.

Score, Tech. 24, Worcester o.Durfee, Germer, Godchaux, Pierce, Rob-

erts, and Dame did the best work for Tech.,and Hadley, Lake, Dawson, and White forWorcester.

The following is the make of the teams:Worcester rushers, Dawson, Bartlett, Gil-

bert, Allen, Churchill, Follett, Rice; quarter-back, White (captain); half-backs, Hadley,Crane; full-back, Lake.

Tech.-rushers, Kales, Sutton, Roberts,Rice, Highlands, Hamilton, Dame; quarter-back, Godchaux; half-backs, Germer, Pierce;full-back, Durfee.

Referee, Mr. Kelley, of the Harvard Medi-cal School.

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Football Scores.Harvard, 50; Wesleyan, 2.Andover, Io; Exeter, o.Yale, 70; Amherst, o.Princeton; Un. of Penn., forfeit.Worcester Tech., 6; Trinity, o.Trinity, 6; Amherst, o.Dartmouth, 36; Williams, 6.Princeton, I8; Harvard, 6.Williams, 42; Stevens, 4.Stevens 30; Dartmouth o.

Poor '9gI Go to the dances!'9go's Vocophone Band was a great success.It has rained for seventeen consecutive Sat-

urdays.The K2S is having very neat shingles made

for its members.The fourth-year Architects have begun ex-

periments in Applied Mechanics.The Catalogue is well under way. "Tech-

nique " went to the printers on the I2th inst.

Miss M. I. O'Grady, '85, still holds thefellowship in biology at Bryn Mawr College.

The Athletic Club met Tuesday the 20oth, toreconsider the date of the Indoor Closed Meet-ing.

Ferriday, '92, is back at the Tech., andwas an interested spectator of the '9I-'92 game.

The Hammer and Tongs is again showingitself, and doing at the same time some workfor '92.

Mr. G. R. Tucker, '87, is conducting aprolonged bacteriological investigation of hos-pital air for the State Board of Health.

Overheard in the Freshman MechanicalDrawing-room: "' If it takes two hours to donothing, how long will it take to finish aplate ?"

Hammer and Tongs held its regular monthlymeeting at the Thorndike, Saturday, Novem-ber 17th. Mr. Edward Cunningham was ini-tiated.

At '89's class meeting on Friday, Novem-ber I6th, Messrs. Hart, Hobbs, and Ayerwere elected on the Photographic Committee,to look up the class photos.

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It is to be hoped that the '9I-'92 footballgame brought out some class pride among theFreshman,-mnore, at any rate, than wasshown by the torchlight parade.

Now that there are neither countrymen norshort pants to pass upon, we must draw theline on soldier caps. Brace up, '92, and geta move on toward a Christian hat.

Many of the boys are slapping themselveson the back because the money which theyhad intended to bet on the Dartmouth gamecould not be sent up to Hanover.

Quite a lot of football playing has takenplace lately, and it seems from the actions ofthe various courses, especially in 'go, as if theenthusiasm were still on the increase.

The fourth-year class in French translationhad an examination upon idioms recently.No, dear under class-men, you never getentirely beyond intermediate exams.

K 2S held its regular meeting at Young's,Friday, November I6th. There was a fullattendance, and after the transaction of busi-ness the meeting adjourned to the dinner-table.

The following notice was posted in Rogersafter the Sophomore-Freshman football game." Cap found at Rush. Can be obtained fromV-, '9 I , Civil Eng. Drawing-room, 24 NewBuilding."

At 'go's class meeting, on Saturday, Novem-ber I7th, Mr. Blood was elected on the Execu-tive Committee, and a committee was appointedto draw up resolutions on the death of AndrewH. Spring.

Mr. E. O. Jordan, '88, has been appointedassistant in Bacteriology to the State Board ofHealth, and Mr. Hollis, '89, is collecting forthe same Board samples of sewage, filteredwaters, etc.

The regular meeting of the ArchitecturalSociety took place November 8th. The sketchproblem was a plan for an architect's office,given by Mr. Ford. Mentions were as follows:Ist, Thomas; 2d, Ripley.

Mr. Puffer,the assistant in electrical engi-neering, who was injured by the explosion of

a steam-pipe connected with the new Westinghouse engine two weeks ago, has again re-sumed his duties in that department.

It speaks well for the management of theTorchlight Committee in having everything gooff so smoothly the night of the procession.The band was excellent, and enough fireworkswere supplied for each man to burn the neces-sary holes in his uniform.

'91 made a gigantic attempt to put up a flagthe other night, made, by the way, of sheet-iron, and hung up with chains; but they didnot count on the smartness of '92, who had itdown in less than an hour, and the poor signne'er saw the light of day.

The Chess Club held its first regular meet-ing at Room 26, Rogers Building. The fol-lowing officers were elected: President, H.0. Brand, 'go; Vice-President, Victor Win-dett, '89; Secretary and Recorder, E. D.Chapman, 'go; Treasurer, E. F. Bragg, 'g o .

The Bicycle Club have accepted Harvard'schallenge to a road race, to take place Satur-day, December Ist. For entrance apply toL. E. Johnson, '89. The honor of the Insti-tute is at stake, and all bicycle men who areable, should at once do something in the wayof training.

It is said that some '92 men tried to repeat'9i's successful feat of placing a transparencyon the wire leading from the roof of Rogers.But, alas ! "The best-laid plans of men andmice," etc.; they were caught in the act bythe vigilant janitor, and forced to beat an ig-nominious retreat.

The second annual meeting and banquet ofthe North-Western Association of the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology, will be heldat Hotel Richelieu, Chicago, on Friday, Dec.7, i888, at 7.30 P. M. For further informa-tion apply to Solomon Sturges, Secretary,North-Western National Bank, Chicago.

The Technology Electric Club has recentlybeen formed by members of the Junior Class,who are immediately interested in electrical

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science. Its object is to aid the students intheir study of electricity, to which end meet-ings held from time to time will be addressedby gentlemen in the electrical profession, andpapers prepared by the members of the Clubpresented and discussed. Officers for the pres-ent year are: President, G. E. Hale; Vice-President, F. M. -Greenlaw; Secretary andTreasurer, H. M. Goodwin; Executive Com-mittee, J. R. Hall, and E. B. Raymond.

It has been heard from several quarters thatthe Tech. men far outdid Harvard in the torch-light procession. Although Harvard turnedout a larger number of men, they did not makeso good a showing, owing to the fact that theywere bunched together, and did not keep anykind of a line. On the other hand, the Insti-tute men, by keeping better distances, showedup to a better effect than they otherwise wouldhave done.

The Executive Committee of the AthleticClub met on Friday, at one o'clock, in thereading-room. It was decided to hold theregular Indoor Closed Meeting November I5th,in the Tech. gymnasium. Prizes will be givenin all -events in which there are two or moreentries. The membership tickets are ready,-initiation fee, 50 cents, annual assessment,$i, -and may be obtained of the ExecutiveCommittee: Durfee, '89, Russel, '89, Hamilton,'9go , Batchelder, 'go, Dame, '89, Tame, '9go ,Cunningham, '9i, French, '92. The time hasbeen extended to December Ist.

The idea was very prevalent in Harvard be-fore the procession that the Tech. men in-tended to rush them. Now why we shouldwant to do so, throwing out the fact that wedid not, is hard to see. The Crzi'zsonz triedto explain it by saying we were jealous in notbeing placed so near the head of the proces-sion as the Cambridge men were. Now, as amatter of fact, we were in the first division,while Harvard was in the third, and con-sequently the Crimzson's explanation falls

The best of feeling prevailed, as

shown by the fact that Harvard returned heart-ily. our cheers for them when they passedSchool Street.

A lady recently propounded the followingsomewhat startling question to a Senior: "Isuppose that now, since you are nearlythrough, that you will soon be able to passyour preliminaries for Harvard." The afore-mentioned fourth-year man was so astonishedthat he was for an instant at loss for a reply;but he managed to murmur that he was notquite sure, but he thought perhaps he mightpossibly pass the exams, and then added thatperhaps his fair questioner did not know it tooka Harvard graduate two years to get a degreeat the Institute. She was " paralyzed." Nowwe did think that our M. I. T. was known alittle better than that, although we often re-ceive letters addressed '; School of Technol-ogy," etc., which makes us very tired.

'9i Class Officers: President, Fred. C.Blanchard; Vice-President, Theodore Spen-cer; Treasurer, Harry H. Young; Secretary,Walter B. Trowbridge; Executive Committee,James Swan, Henry G. Bradlee, Arthur H.Alley.

'92 Class Officers: President, Wmin. W.Locke; Vice-President, John A. Curtin; Sec-retary and Treasurer, Fred. H. Messerve;Executive Committee yet to be appointed.

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¥WELL, it has been done! WVe mean the success-ful writing of those " six grinds." WVe didn'tbelieve it could be done. We said so last time; wetake it back. We were a little anxious. ¥Weneedn't have been. He has done it. We wontsay who. Everybody knows by this time who heis. He's collared that five dollars; and he deservesit, too ! The "' gags" are good ones; they are jim-dandies. He is a prince of gaggers. Next?

It is just. as natural for Freshmen and Sophs. torush each other, as it is for them to eat. Theycan't help it. Tuesday's game proved that. Theyall agreed that there should be no rushing. '91

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drew up resolutions to that effect. Oh, no! B3utthe Sophs. got licked. That's different, you know.So they rushed. They will rush again next year.After '90'S rush with '89, there was to be no morerushing; everybody agreed to that. But '91 camealong. The other rush was before '91 was born.So 'g91 (didnf't know about the agreement. So sherushed. They always will.

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That the Soph. and Freshman differIn respect to point of view;-

And it mnay as Avell be noted,Though I've never heard it quoted,

That the Freshmnen do the same thinrgsThat the Soph'mores used to do !

The theatre-going element in Tech. seems to beunusually large this year. Of course Tech. menare always to be seen everywhere in the city. Veare not behind Harvard in that respect. But forthe last few weeks, Techs. have seemed especiallynumerous in the well-known public places ofamusement. " Nacljy," I Fauitleroy,"" CCoraTanner," and ' Lord Chumley," have seemecl tobe the favorites. And in respect to this theatre-going. our men certainly have the advantage of theHarvards. They dlon't und(lertake to run the housewhile they are in it, anld there is an absence of thatparading of great coats and mackintoshes up anddown the aisles, and loud conversation, so sweet totle soul of the average crimnsoner. But in propor-tion to the increased thea re-going, the attendanceat other popular resorts has. noticeablyl fallen offiAn evening at the various places will show this.At Clark's, a Tech. is seldom seen now dlays, and atthe Adams it is very little clifferent. There lare afew men who regularly (drop in there for a game ofbilliards or suplper, but the numlbers are greatlydiminished firom those of a year or two ago. Downat Young's one will occasionally find a little dinergroup in the ' small room," but most of the socie-ties and clubs have left there for the Qjlincy, orParker's and the Tremont. At the clubs the samefalling off is apparent. The palmy (lays wThenTech. men made the Cosmos are long past, and Ido not know a single Tech. who goes there now.The club still flourishes, but it is p)atronized for themost part by men abotut town. The crowd seemsto hlave transferred its aflections to the Bohemian,

which, however, seems to belong to Harvard byrighlt of numbers. Still, lots of the 'men like todrop in there after the theatre, anti eleven o'clockof alimost any week-day nighlt finls a liberal con-tingent of Techs. sandiwiched in withl IIilarvall men,all busy getting abIway with liberal lots of macZlar0ni,ro:;st turkey, salads and French cotiee.

£XGHAN(hig (GUDEAN I Nl GS.

Cornell leads this year with a Freshmanclass of 400; Yale next, writh 337; Harvard,309.

Mowry, Irvine, and Cowan are again prac-ticing with the Princeton team, and willundoubtedly play in the Harvard game.

The Dartmouth Faculty have resolved toadopt the marking system in vogue at Har-vard, and each student hereafter will have nodefinite rank in his class.

The Freshman class entering Dartmouthnumbers only fifty. This is the smallest classthat has entered for many years.

According to the 29'lc Ji'&z'vs, the Itar-z-ard-COr'iso1z, and the Exson/an. B. Willard, Tech.92, will referee the Harvard-Yale Freshmangame.

An astronomical expedition is being fittedout at Harvard for the purpose of seeing thetotal eclipse of the sun in California, and ofgoing to Peru to observe the Southern heavens.

In the coming road race with Technology,the club will probably be represented by Davis,Brown, Bailey, Greenleaf, and one other manto be chosen friom those who made good timeyesterday. - /lnrvar-d 0Gri son.

The University of Pennsvlvania is to havethe largest dormitory in the United States. Itwill cost $I25,ooo.

The :V',zv )o ,'rk Si',t published a halfcolumn report of Instructor Puffer's accident,moking quite a sensational affair of the matter.

Compulsory gymnasium work has begun atExeter, and will be continued during theWinter term.

Bicycling is taking a great boom at Harvard.

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Beside the Mulla, on its bank of green,Dan Spenser lolled the day away, and wrote.

The very spirit of his Faerie QueenHovered and floated there between

The grasses' swish, the lark's bri-ght morning note.

But I am in this noisy. rushing train,And. though I try my best to make a rhyme,

When I r-each out the needed word againSlips fi-om my pen; and I. alas. would fain

Wait for another, more convenient time -Ex.

BEDTIME.

Alter tea, meek as can-be,The Freshman goes to his lonely den;

But his mind will doze, and his eves soon close,And he gets to bed by ten

Supper done, '" Now for fun,"The Sophie cries; and by seven

H e'. down on the pave, where the tough little knaveNever thinks of his bed 'fore eleven.

Tea time past, fi-ee at last,The Junior hastes to see his ' cousin";

And Cupid's dart will not let him partTill the clock rings otlt a dozen.

Ilis light meal o'er, psychic loreThe Senior toils. nor's done

Till his lamnp burns low, and chanticleer's crowAnnounces the hour of one.

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HOW THE GIRLS KISS.

The New York girl bows her stately headAnd she fixes her stylish lips

In a finn, hard way, and lets them goIn spasmodic little snips.

The Boston girl removeth her specs,And freezeth her face Kwith a smile;

Then she sticks out her lips like an open book,And she cheweth a bean meanwhile.

The St. Louis girl never says a word,And you'd think she was rather tame,

With her practical views of the matter in hand,But she gets there all the same.

The Baltimore girl, the pride of the South,In her clinging and soulful way,

Absorbs it all with a yearnful yearn,As big as a bale of hay.

The Chicago girl gets a grip on herself,As she carefully takes off her hat;

Then she grabs up the prize in a frenzied way.Like a terrier shaking a rat.

The Washington girl, so gentle and sweet,Lets her lips meet the coming kiss

WVith a rapturous warmth, and the youthful soulsFloat away on a sea of bliss.- Ex.

Behind the close-drawn portiereShe was seated in languid repose.

And looked so bewitchingly fair,Behind the close-drawn portibre,That I--well, I would tell, if I dare,

How at last up in arms she aroseFrom behind the close-drawn portibre,

Where she rested in languid repose.

Alone and despondent to-nighlt,I sit by the same portih're;

I have fled from the music and light.Alone and unhappy to-night,In a truly deplorable plight,

I gaze at the now vacant chair,As alone and unhappy to-night

I sit by the drawn portiWre.-Darlmout/h Lt'lerary AIl t/ily.

THE ASHES OF LOVE.

"All is over between us, Mr. Sampson,"she said coldly. "The presents you havegiven me will be returned to-morrow."

He stood there proudly, but his face wasashen.

"Everything shall be returned," she wenton, with a queenly sweep of her rounded arm,"with the exception, of course, of the caramelsand ice-cream."

And thus they parted.-NV. f. Sun.

"Punched quarters don't pass;" mutteredthe football player, as he viciously slugged thequarter-back on the opposing eleven.

Old lady (to boy at Fourlteenh Street):"Little boy, kin you tell me the quickest wayto git to City Hall ?"

Little boy: "Yes'm; take de Third AvenueElewated."

Old lady: "I don't want the Elewated; Ican't climb the stairs."

Little boy (thoughtotllv): "Well, dey ain'tno other quickest way." Epoch.

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Concert Songs, Gospel Songs, SacredSnus, School Songs, Sunday-school Songs,Comai Songs, College Songs, Jubilee Songs,Popular Songs, Choir and CongroegationalMusic, Tonic-Sol-Fa Music, Catholic Mu-sic, Anthems and Choruses, Part-Songs andGlees, Opera, Oratorio and Cantata Music,Collootions of Music for Piano, Organ, andall other instruments, and in fact ovorykind of Music that is made.

All this is in the shape of SheetMusic (3,000,000 pieces), Octavo Mu-sic (3,0oo kinds), or of music collec-ted in wvell-bound books (4,000kinds). Send for Lists, Catalogues,Descriptions, and Advice. Anybook mailed for retail price.

OLIVER DIT8ON & CO., Boston,

THEATRE NOTES.

At the Boston Theatre, Boston's favor-

ite, Clara Louise Kellogg, appears for this

week only with her English Opera Com-pany. Next week the Howard Athenaeum

Specialty Company holds the boards.

The Globe Theatre continues its greatsuccess of the " Still Alarm,"

thrilling scenes and life-like

Best seats, one dollar.

with itsincidents.

If you read this others will also. This space for read-ing notices for sale for advertising matter of all descrip-tions. For terms, write to Advertising Agent of THETECH, Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Bosl.on Young Jt.ni s G6ristfitn ssaoiintaII,CORN.ER BOYLSTON AND BERKELEY STREETS.

Entertainments, Receptions, Evening Classes,Reading and Recreation. Rooms,

Library, Parlors, etc.The Library offers superior facilities to Students as a place for study.

Membership Fee (including all of above privileges), $2.oo.

ASSOCIATION GYMNASIUM.DR. G. A. LBLAND, Medical Director.

H. L. CHADWICK, Superintendent. L. F. SMALL, Manager.

Classes Morning, Afternoon, and Evening. Special attention to mem-bers not in classes. Medical and physical examinations.

Persons engaged in sedentary occupations or in study will find justthe class of exercises to insure perfect health, as well as symmetricaldevelopment. New bathing facilities. Blackman exhaust ventilation.Terms, including Association Membership, Box, Measurements, Personaland Class Instruction, $8.oo per year; $5.oo for three months. Manual,25 cts. VISITORS WELCOME.

We C. DOUGLAS, SecreriesG. M. STOWELL, e

A. S. WOODWORTH,President.

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A large Stock of Foreignand Domestic Goods alwayson hand.

AGENT FOR

WINCHESTER, SON, & FLOWERS,

No. 17 Maddox St.,

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& PROVIDENCE R. R.

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EUROtOEPE AN FPJAN.

Open from 6 A. M. to 11.15 P. H.

t SSix Dollar Students' Tickets, $5.00

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~AILOR,175 TREMONT STREET, EVANS HOUSE, BOSTON,

1NESPECTFULLY calls your attention to his large and well-selected stock, comprising the Latest

ported direct by him from London, and consisting of the latest European styles for high-class

Novelties, im-.Tailoring.

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NEAR THE_

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Church, and OPPO- -SITE INSTITUTE ofTECHNOLOGY.

BOSTON'S

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BARNES & OUNKLEE K Proprietors.

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In the Center of Bos-

ton's Fashionable

District,

THE BACK BAY.

ODened November,S886,and within one weekthe Traveller said, 'Ithas established itselfas the Delmonlco

Boston. "ot

STUDENTS'Note-Books, Paper, Envelopes, Stylo. Pens, and

Fairchilds Unique Pens, etc.

H. H. CARTER & KARRICK, 3 Beacon Street."' CO-OPERATIVE STORE."

* -A.T iBZLE'R-TrP CA.UTJTOr2C *HAS TAKEN THE

sJSWIGqI OAIgr-DI3ESSING IOOMS.20 Cts. a Shave. Six Shaving Tickets for $1.00.

AAN DOLI:N, BANJO, AND GUITARL.-Ad ' J. A. LEBARGE, Director and Soloist of the Imperial Quartet,Teacher of Mandolin and Banjo. EDMUND FOSTER, Soloist of theSpanish Students' Quintet and the Imperial Quartet, Composer andTeacher of Guitar music, 164 Tremont Street, Boston.

BOSTON FOREIGN BOOK-STORE.CARL SCHOENHOF

14,4 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON.

TOOL DEPOT.CALL AND EXAMINE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT

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MACH I NISTS' TOOLSAND SUPPLIES

''To 7be foGuovad. ii Nw ENmem vv dglsci.

A. J. WILKINSON & CO.184 and 188 Washington Street, Boston, Massl

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Leaf grown in Virginia. This is the Old and Original Brandof Straight Cut Cigarettes, and was brought out by us

in the year i875.

Beware of imitations, and observe that the firm name as below is onevery package.

ALLEN & GINTER, Manufacturers,RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

frazl 0Wood

35 2 'scfitfFton Strot J3ostolo,

FOR ARTISTIC USE in fine drawing,:ti~h G ILLO~TrW F Nos. 65 (the celebrated Crowquill), 290 and 291.

FOR BROAD SWRITING.N-3s 294, 389 and Stub Point, 849.

FOR GENERAL WRITING, Nos. 332, 404, 390 and 604;Sold by ALL DEALERS. lthrougkou te toA a7-rla.

GOLD MEDAL PARI.S EXPOSITION, 1878.

JOSEPH GiLLOTT & SONS, 91 John Street, New York, HENRY HOE, Sole Agent.

DISOOVERY.Any book learned in one reading.Minld warndering cured.Speaking without notes.Wholly unlike artificial Systems.Piracy condemined by Supreme Court.

Great inducementsm to correspondence classes.Prospectus, with opinions of .', · Wm A, Hammond, the world-

fanned Specialist in Miind Diseases, Daniel fireenleaf 'rhomp-so,. the great Psychologist, J. MI. Ruckicy, D.D., Editor of the

/ Christian Advocate, silehard Proctor, the Scientist, liens.JaudRge Gibsoj, Judath P. Benjaminl and others, sent post freeby Prof. A. LOISETTE, 237 Fifth Ave., New York.

F STEAMERS PILGRIVEM AN L IN ESTEAMERS P ILGRIM AND BRISTOL 1m COMMISSION,

-Fares t"educed.

For First-Class Limited Tickets.other Points.

Reduction to all

BARKER55 Bromfield Street, Boston,

HEADQUARTERS FOR

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS'Apparatus, Dry Plates, and Ohemioals,

SPECIAL RATES TO TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS.

STAR LiNEEvery Wednesday from New York.

MAURY'S LANE ROUTES TO

QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL.Tfie steamers of this Line are celebrated for the regularity of

their passages, and are, collectively, the fastest fleet crossing theAtlantic.

RED STAR LINEEvery Week, from New York.

TO AND FROM ANTWERP.New, large and powerful steamers just added tu the fleet. This

line offers unusual inducements to passengers bound for the Conti-nent. Caoin rates include free passage Boston to New York.

THE ADAMS CABLE CODEX, our own publication, giving a ciphercode for cable messages, of much value to travelers, can be had bysending 27 cents in postage stamps to our address, as below.

Send for circulars of the trip. For sailing rates, cabin plans,passage rates, drafts, and full information, apply to or address

E. A. ADAMS & CO., Gen'! Agents,1t1 State, cor. Broad St., Boston.

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