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Kent Club vs. Orophilian.
Kent Club vs. Orophilian.
Last Friday evening was the occasion of that much-postponed and long-awaited contest between Orophilian Literary Society and the Kent Club of the law department. The evening was propitious, the skies were clear and it was expected that such a crowd would turn out as to necessitate the use of the University chapel. Orophilian Hall, however, proved large enough to accommodate the audience assembled, so, at 8 o'clock, President W. W. Brown, of Orophilian, called the meeting to order in the society room.
The first in the order of exeises was a duet by the Misses Johnston, and ——, and they bruoght out all the music there was in Orophilian's old piano, and received hearty applause.
The next on the programme was a paper by C. M. Enns; subject, "A Russian School Boy's Literature." The poems, strokes, fables and songs which serve ro entertain the Russian children were described, and a number of interesting examples given, among them the Russian national hymn. Music was then rendered by Orophilian quartette, after which came the main feature of the evening, the debate. The subject to be discussed between the two societies, was, "Resolved, That our present system of municipal government is a failure." The speakers were arranged as follows: C. E. Street and H. E. Copper sustaining the affirmative for Orophilian and Cyrus Crane and A. C. Mitchell representing the Kent Club on the negative. Mr. Street opened by defining "failure." Then on the basis of the denifition he gave, he proceeded to demonstrate in how many ways our present municipal systems have failed to accomplish good results. He maintained among other things that forms of municipal government in the United States vary so much that there can be said to be no particular system. He gave instances of the corrupt workings of city governmeets, and argued that the rapid accumulation of municipal indebtedness is going to ruin the country unless steps are taken to materially change the present forms of the city governmenss
Mr. Mitchell of the Kent Club then took the floor for the negative. He disposed of the arguments of the affirmative in a vary able speech. Said the affirmative would overturn our present municipal government, but could offer nothing to take its place. He said that if a city government was expected to keep mankind out of their wicked ways it must fail, as would any government. That could only be accomplished by the education of the masses. Our municipal governments, he said,
were based exactly upon the same principle as our state and national governments, on the principle of representation, and to decry the principle of one was to decry that of the other. Mr. Mitchell alao said that his opponent, while giving the increased indebtedness of our cities, did not give the increased value of property, which overbalacced that indebtedness. In reply to the affirmative's argument that the interests of the mayor and those of the council in the appointment of city officials often clashed, to the detriment of good government, he said that the interests of the United States Senate and those of the President often conflicted in the matter of appointments, but that nobody thinks of abolishing the Senate or the office of President on that account. His argument was strong and convincing the chairman then announced that Mr. Crane was unable to be present.
H. E. Copper then very ably answered the statatements of tee negative. The program was cut short on account of lack of time. The lights went out and before the crowd had reached the foot of the hill the minipulator of the K. S. U. dynamo put out the electric lights and the people groped their way home in the dark.
The Senior class reception Friday evening in the parlors of Beta Thete Pi, at which the Seniors received each other, is said to have been a most enjoyable occasion. The evening, at least furnished a varied enough program to suit the most fastidious. For when the noble Seniors sought to don their boquets, lo! they were not. Some naughty junior had spirited them away. And soon afterwards the Seniors discovered, to their great consternation, that one of their waiters had been deceived into taking the provisions for refreshing the inner man into the wrong hall. Hardly had the strains of music from the Mandolin Club had time to "soothe the savage breast" when the gas flickered and went out, and "soft eyes that looked love to eyes which spoke again," wasted their power on the blackness of night.
"Ah! then there was hurrying to and fro And gathering tears and tremblings of distress,
And there were sudden partings such as as press
The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs,
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago
Blushed at the praise of their own love- liness.
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes.
Which nee' might be repeated, who could guess
Since upon night so weet such uwful mean could ris."
Then there was gathering in hot haste, and the "most potent, grave, and reverend Seniors," armed with canes, base ball bats, brooms, and their own peculiar weapon, the horn, descended like an avalanche upon the unwary under classmen who were gazing at the festivities from afar off with longing eyes. And straightway between the noble Seniors and the lower classmen there arose a great strife and the sound thereof waxed great and resounded throughout the length and breadth of the opera house, and the Seniors waxed exceeding wroth that the lower classmen did not flee before the overpowering majesty of their presence. And this great strife might have continued to this day had not a truce been agreed upon for the purpose of a mutual exchange of prisoners. Whereupon the lower-classmen, seeing that the Seniors were sore discomfited and that their apparel was greatly disarranged, and having no desire from the first to disturb the Senior reception and hearing that the ladies were bathed in tears at the sad thought of what might befall their noble protectors, having disarmed the potent Seniors, they departed, bearing the weapons away in triumph, with much shouting and song.
The Seniors then returned to their hall, sadder, but wiser, and boasted of their brave, herculean efforts. And the Senior maiden, forgetful of the excited state of mind of the Senior lads, did swallow it all as gospel and many and various and marvelous were the stories which she related of the affair.
The music,songs and dancing were enjoyed until a late hour, and the Seniors all voted the first reception a great success. Refreshments were prepared by Mr. March of the Delmonico, and were served in the hall. The following is the
MENU.
Radishes
Cold Tongue Cold Sliced Ham
Cold Turkey.
Chicken Salad. Salmon Salad.
Parker House Rolls. French Rolls.
Vanilla. Chocolate.
Rex Ephilaeum
CAKES.
Chocolate. Cocoanut.
Marcaroons Figs. Lady Fingers.
Bananas, Apples, Oranges.
Iced Tea, Chocolate,
Coffee.
TOASTS.
Asa Dutton Kennedy.
Edwin E. Squires, "Glad to see you!"
Anna S. McKinnon, A. Senior,
"Four years in ——
George L. Dick,
"In the World,' or Four Years in ditto."
Catherine Merrill, "Thank You."
The new exchange editor of the Heiperian appears with all the ventosity of his predecessor, less of his wit and more of his egotism. The exchange column devoted, as that of the Hesperian, to fault-finding and useless criticism of minute in other papers, is of little value. It is of course pleasant to be reminded that the proper way of conducting the universe is as it is done at the University of Nebraska, but it would be more agreeable to read it in a paper other than the organ of that institution. Far more to be commended are the chestnuts of the "somnolent, sedentary scizzor slinger" than exchange column thus filled with the conceit of an effusive caviller. For though the former reprints what to his brethren of the exchange column is the stalest matter, it yet may be fresh and interesting to the local reader; but the latter merely displays himself in print. There is, however, a mean between these extremes. The exchange departments in the main containing general college news of interest and importance to its local readers, and when occasion demands, criticism of exchanges and discussion of subjects of exchanges and discussion of subjects of inter-collegiate interest addressed to the editors of other papers, is certainly much nearer the point where it is of greatest value to all concerned.
-Coup D'Etat.
A Song of Home.
Her song, so simple, void of art,
The prima donna fancied lost;
No one could know what pain it cost
To sing as if from care apart,
And carol blithely from the heart.
Long used to devious, mazy score,
And complex harmonies of sound,—
The cold, too cultured audience found
No rapture in this brief encore,
A little song of woods and shore.
Yet one sad soul, in humble dress,
A toll tired, care-worn serving girl,
Unused to fashion's dizzy whirl,
Drank in the ballad's tenderness,
And quick forgot her day's distress.
Her face shown with that peace and rest Which from some painter's canvas clears
gleams.
As when of home on alien dreams—
She stands again where seas look west,
A mother's hand in hers close-pressed.
Across the footlight's feverish glare
The singer saw the girl's sweet smile;
It stayed near by, a comfort, while
The toneful trumpets' brazen blaze
Caught up the theme and held it there.
Within an atti: room, last night
One red, red rose, against the pane
With autumn's sunsets seemed afame
And in her tresses, golden-bright,
The wanderer placed it with delight.
It was a common, wayside rose,
A tiny, wind-closed, fragile thing---
*I love you, little flower, you bring*
That song again to me; grief goes;
God cares for me, He cares and knows.
-William H. Simpson.
Dartmouth has the credit of publishing the first college publication, Yale the second, and Union the third.
Maine follows the example of Massachusetts in the matter of free textbooks for the public schools.
An Appeal for Rest.
Callow dude, with buggy breeches,
Sporting in a spotted vest.
With a gaudy neckle, which is
With a gaudy necktie, which is Ugly, cease and give us rest.
Fierce crew captain, stern as Gorgon,
Urgling us to do our best.
Prihte stop thy vocal organ
From its moving. Give us rear
Grind, who always know your lesson,
Never caring how you're dressed,
I must get a Smith & Wesson
Pistol, if I'd give you rest.
Calm professor, seldom smiling.
With your never-ending "test",
And your lectures, time beguiling,
Rest, rest, rest; oh, give us rest!
(The poet is a-rested.)
Base Ball.
We gladly welcome to our exchange table, Vol. I, No. 1, of the Buchtelite, published at Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio. Judging from the first number, we would say that the Buchtelite will step to the front rank of college journals, and make its influence felt.
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