THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
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at the beginning of the College year must be 14 years of age and able to pass a satisfactory examination in reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar and United States history," all grammar grade studies. The College requires no knowledge of any language save English for graduation while the University requires three years study of some foreign language for admission. From this it results that the first two years work at the College are equivalent to High school work which is required as a pre-requisite for admission into the University. Now it so happens that of all the 555 students at the College not less than 416 are of this grade, that is they did not have the training required in certain braches to enter the University. It is misleading to persons not acquainted with the difference between the courses to place the 433 students of the University arts school under the same head with the 465, who are in "higher general courses" of t e College. It is also unfair to place the 90 students in common school studies at the College in an ambiguously headed column with the 258 students in the University professional schools.
Will President Fairchild please explain what he means by his table and statements?
@OLLEGE WORLD.
A FUTURE SPARTACUS SPEAKS.
It had been a day of triumph at Syracuse. The college yells had died away; the shrill voices of coaches had ceased: the last reporter had retired from the ghastly field and the lights in the palace of the foot-ball manager were extinguished. No sound was heard save the last despairing sob of some heartbroken co-ed whose betrothed had fallen in the day's contest. In the deep recesses of the mighty gymnasium, completely overshadowing the other buildings, a band of foot-ball players assembled, their muscles still knotted with the agony of conflict, the scowl of battle yet lingering on their brows; when Junioricus starting from the throng thus addressed them: "Ye call me captain, and ye do well to call him captain who for three long years has met upon the oval every shape of man or woman the Universities of New York state could furnish and who never yet failed to tackle If there be one among
you who can say that ever, in public game or private practice, my actions did belie my tongue, let him stand forth and say it.
"To-day I killed a man in the tackle and when I broke his nose-protector, behold, he was a friend of my boyhood. He knew me, smiled faintly and died. I told the referee that the dead man had been my friend; and I begged that I might bear away the body to burn it in the home crematory and weep over its ashes. Ay, upon my knees, amid the dust and blood of the 30-yard line, I begged that poor boon while all the assembled faculty and students, and the beautiful virgins they call sweet and tender, and the rabble shouted in derision, deeming it rare sport, forsooth, to see Syracuse's fiercest half-back turn pale and tremble. And the referee drew back as I were pullution and sternly said, 'Let the carrion rot; there are no noblemen but Onondagos.' Yea, fellow-players, he did even wear mine own faternity pin.
"O! Syracuse, Syracuse, thou has been a tender nurse to me. Thou has taught that timid cow-boy so put up such an interference that the dead bodies of opponents continually fall before it; thou hast taught him to gaze on his bloody opponent at left end with not a feeling of fear or pity. And he shall pay thee back for this loss of manhood even if thy athletic committee stain in their own blood the sands of Archbold Field.
"Ye stand here with the strength of brass in your toughened sinews; but to-morrow some college 'Willy' shall with his lily fingers pat your matted locks and bet his easily bought diploma on your scoring a goal. If ye are beasts stand here like craven cowards waiting for tomorrow's carnage! O, tackler! centers! half-backs! If we must fight let it not be for any college! If we must slaughter, let us slaughter the athletic committee."—University Herald.
The committee appointed to secure the University pins, similar to the design chosen by the students, have let the contract for the manufacture of the pins. A sample will be on hand in a few days, and all studesiring to see the pin can speak to one of the committee. As this pin has been selected as the University badge every student should secure one as soon as possible.