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Kansas University Weekly.
"The Tempest is the supreme denouement dreamed by Shakespeare for the bloody drama of Genesis. It is the expiation of the primordial crime. At the close of the piece when the poet touched by emotion, throws Antonio into the arms of Prospero, he has made Cain pardoned by Abel." Garnett expresses the matter thus,—"Above and behind the fascination of the plot and the poetry, we behold Power and Right evenly paired and working together; and the justification of Providence, producing that sentiment of repose and acquiescence which is the object and test of every true work of art." These two extracts though diverse in expression are one in thought, and although the attempt may seem rather rash for an amateur Shaksperian, we will endeavor to unite these in a form of expression which so far as we are aware, has not been suggested. We have in this play Shakespeare, the Theologian, a man intimately acquainted both with God's "Elder" and his "Younger Scriptures" and therefore able to harmonize Natural with Biblical Theology. In the Tempest we have Shakespeare's conception of the moral government of the world and the mode of human redemption. Nature itself lends its forces to the execution of moral law. Ariel speaking to the offenders says that—"Destiny uses this lower world and what it contains as instruments. * * I and my fellows are ministers of Fate. * * The Tempest was raised by the powers (delaying not forgetting) in requital for their treatment of Prospero." The moral law is thus seen not to be something let down from above in the form of a revelation but something inwoven with the very texture of the world. Therefore the test of any revelation claiming to be divine would be its agreement with the nature of things in the world to which the revelation comes. Revelation merely explicates the eternal laws which are unceasingly operative in the world. It is God's commentary upon the "Book of Nature." Judged by this standard Shakespeare's treatment of the subject is in wonderful agreement of the facts. Indeed it were difficult to say whether he drew more largely from the Bible or from his own knowledge of Nature and the human heart. He shows the entire organization of the world to be upon the side of the good and upright man. What is this but the theistic optimism which says,—"All things work together for good to those who love the Lord."
If I were a Senior I wouldn't play ball, Oh no! Would you?
For the faculty cannot be beaten at all,
Oh no! Too true!
Just imagine our "putting the faculty out,"
We're not legislators to try such a rout;
And think of them giving us "four balls"about The time that they "finish us," too!
Miss M.:—"Have you ever been through Algebra?"
Mr. H.:—"Yes, but it was in the night, and I didn't see much of the place."—The Lever.
Summer ... Corsets.
The kinds you like,the kinds that fit,and
the kinds that are cool and comfortable this warm weather. 'Tis easy to pick the one that will suit you, for the lots are large and every size from No.19 to No.30 is represented.
The J. M. summer corset is 25 cts.
The Sylph long waist is 39 cts.
Triumph high bust ventilated is 50 cts.
Warner's ventilated high bust is $1.00
Thompson's glove fitting ventilated is $1.00
W. C. C. ventilated corset is $1.00
Type tells slender stories compared with the
corsets themselves.
WEAVER'S.