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A pretty girl,
A summer night,
A moon ———
Impassioned fellow,
A gentle word,
A solemn vow.
A kiss, ———
And all is well, ol.！
Again the girl,
Another night
Same moon,—
Thus far 'tis well, oh!
But if we took,
Another look,
We'd see,—
Another fellow.
— *N. Y. Life*
A Gloaming Song.
W.8.SMITH.
Soffly fall the shades of evening
O'er the woods and lake gemmed hills
While the air, its perfume breathing,
With the soul of music thrills.
Far away the faint lights glimmer
On the altar of the West.
On the lake the last beams shimmer,
Woodland voices call to rest.
Holy Spirit breathe thy blessing,
Over all the quiet land.
In thy peaceful sacred presence
Shield us with thy mighty hand,
Flowers fair like jewelled censers
Up to Thee their incense raise.
While the wild bird chants her vespers
With a voice of love and praise.
CREATURES OF THE PERIOD
Some Plain Language From Truthful Bess.
In a previous article I spoke of the indelicacy of ladies rushing for gentlemen's Fraternities, and for fear of being misunderstood, I wish to state that in my opinion the practice of gentlemen rushing for ladies Fraternities is to be deprecated just as much. It is a species of meddling not to be tolerated by right minded students. To be guilty of such behavior is to display a contemptible and officious nature.
As I come up the hill every morning, I am pained to encounter that specimen of abstreperous female known as the "loud" girl. The sound of her voice is heard in the Hall and the noise of her laughter jars upon the ears of the nervous student. She belongs to a class of girls that are as a thorn in the flesh of sensible people. It is a class that is not peculiar to the University but, is to be found wherever we go. The "loud" girl is nearly as ubiquitary as Mr. Toil who so persistently met the eyes of poor little Hugh Idle, and like the poor and delinquent subscriber, we have her always with us. She hungers and thirsts for distinction and a beau, and spends her time that should be passed in senseless chitchat and in striving with an energy worthy a better cause, to attract attention. No doubt she fancies herself very brilliant. Would that she might realize a certain stanza of Robert Burns. But it may be that this misguided person be as she is, more from the fault of some inherent qualities than her own volition. It is not my intention to censure everything in her manner that departs from straight-laced primness. Far from it. I
am not an apostle of the exploded doctrine that women should be as precise as they were in the good old days that blue spectacled chronics are always harping of. For my part I think it time for them to hang the aforementioned harps on the willow and tune their voices to some more cheerful lay. Our foreparents were wise in their day and generation, but so are we in ours. They may talk about their shortwaisted divinities, Mehitable and Priscilla, their spinning wheels and industries, but they are extremely behind the time and can make no comparison with our wideawake girls of to-day. I believe in a girl having a good time but let her go about it in a sensible way. The idea of the "loud" girl in regard to a good time are very peculiar and cannot be entertained by her more sensible sisters. Girls have been treated so mercilessly by all writers about them that it well becomes one of their own sex to tell the truth about their weaknesses, and what I have said has been done in the hope that the type of girl that I have mentioned may see the folly of her ways and profit thereby. One never looks at a paper now without seeing that the poor "girl of the period" has been made the subject of a vigorous onslaught. Her dress, her manners and her talk are so severely criticised that it is a wonder that she finds courage to exist at all, after such rough handling. But she does.
When reading of the criticisms passed on girls it has often occured strange to me that there is never a word said about the faults of boys. The foibles of the "young gentleman of the period" seem to escape notice. It may be that the writers think the field there is not open to criticism and if it is found it is so mild that the courage of the Censor tails him before so formidable a task. But I wish to say right here that the boisterous female is not the only delinquent that I wish to tax with unbecoming conduct. There is another culprit that needs attention and that is the cigarette fiend. It has been said and truly that warnings against juvenile smoking are best sounded with a shingle. After a boy has outgrown the restraining influence of his mother's slipper common sense ought to teach him better than to indulge in this evil habit. If the young gentleman fondly imagines that his beauty is enhanced and the admiration of other boy's sisters enchained by the vigorous puffing of that invention of Satan, the cigarette, he is greatly mistaken. No sensible girl can have aught but contempt for the cigarette Fiend.
SCIENCE CLUB
Abe Levy has some new dress Shirts.
The People's Cash Provision and Feed Store has just opened up business at 935 Massachusetts St. Bottom prices on everything. Give us a call.
New Store.
BESS
The Science Club met as usual in Snow Hall last Friday evening.
The first paper on the program was by Prof. Murphy on the distribution of the load on the cables supporting a suspension bridge. He was followed by Prof. Templin who gave a very interesting account of the University of Oxford and his experiences there. For the benefit of those who were unable to be present we make a few extracts from his paper:
The colleges of Oxford, twenty-five in number, are separate from the University and have their own organizations. The care taken of undergraduate students is very strict. If a student is seen on the streets smoking, or without his gown and "mortarboard," or is out after 9 o'clock he is fined, yet there is a great deal of dissipation and immorality among the students. Most the time of the average student is passed in late social breakfast, two or three hours reading in the morning, luncheon at 1, boating cricketing or loafing afternoon, dinner with his college mates and tutors, wine supper or the "Unions" in the evening. He may attend lectures or not as he chooses and he only reads those books which will help him in the University examinations. A very conservative estimate placed the year's expenses at about $1,200. The annual income of all the Oxford colleges is two and a half yearly. It is impossible to compare Oxford with any University in this country; first because there is nothing here nearly equal to it in age, stability, extent and wealth, and second because the objects in view are so different. In America as in Germany the University is supposed to be from first to last an institution of learning. Oxford with Cambridge are first of all the bulwarks of the church and aristocracy. This leads them to sacrifice everything living and modern on the altar of the classics. The splendidly equipped physical laboratory like the great Bodelean library is comparatively speaking, almost unused. Again their system of private teaching, scholarships and perpetual examinations makes learning mercuryy and destroys original investigation. But come what may, here or elsewhere, there is one thing of which we may rest assured. Oxford, though her reform may be exceedingly slow will never retreat an inch."
W. S. Smith reported on current scientific literature. A number of the papers which have been read in in the Science Club will be presented to the Acadamy of Science at Wichita this week. Probably the Science Club is the largest contributor to this body of any organization in the State.
Corn? Corns did you say? I think more of those corns than I do of my studies, but corn and myself will soon part company, for I have just purchased a bottle of Raymond & Dick's Corn Remedy.
PHILOLOGICAL CLUB.
At the Philological Club last Friday night Prof. Carruth read "An Essay Towards a Normal Text of Chancer," illustrated by the Wife of Bath's Tale. Emendations of a single text based on the general usage of Chaucer with respect to grammatical forms, contractions and elisions, and further, on the assumption of nicety and uniformity in the poet's versification found a remarkable support on comparison with the best manuscripts presented in Turnival's Six-Text edition. This confirmation of emendations based on an a priori assumption seems to justify an attempt to establish a Normal Text of Chaucer.
Prof. A. G. Canfield gave an account of the lives and works of Ereckmann-Chatrian, the famous French literary partners, and told of their late dissolution of partnership, caused by a difference of opinion in regard to the distribution of the proceeds from their works.
Prof. Wilcox spoke of some representations of Asklepios without beard, and Prof. Canfield read some extracts from Mallory's Morte d'Arthur and Morris's Tale of the Wolfings, and suggested the possible influence of the style of the former on that of the latter.
OROPHILIAN.
Orophilian met Friday night and listened to a talk by Mr. Max Winkler on life at Harvard. He said Harvard represented liberty; the whole system was founded on liberty. The talk was divided into three parts, scholarly life, social life and athletic life. To enter Harvard one must pass very vigorous examination and on an average of about eighteen subjects. Age of entrance students is about 20. After entering nothing is required and a student must choose 4 of 350 courses for his year's work. Attendance on recitations and lectures is entirely voluntary.
Relations between professors and students are very close; the professors are very social, love to mingle with the students, make calls on them and take part in athletic sport.
The society life at Harvard has a deeper root than elsewhere. This society is divided into classes—that of the students among themselves, and among the Bostonians. The class spirit is dead, and the university has taken its place, and developed social clubs doing literary and scientific work. There are only two fraternities in Havard and they are dead, for there is no reason for their existence. Special work has existence. Special work has taken, and is taking, the place of general literary work. Clubs of every caption are formed. With a few enthusiastic remarks about the college spirit and athletics Prof. Winkler closed his talk which had been so entertaining.
This series of talks will be con tinued to-night by Prof. Carruth on graduate life at Harvard.
JUST RECEIVED BY
Mrs. Eva Savage,
A new and elegant line of millinery goods. Fall styles of every description. Young ladies of the University will find at Mrs. Savage's everything in the millinery line at the most reasonable prices.
Go to the Pennsylvania Meat Market for your choice beef.
For choiceest meats at cheapest prices go to the Pennsylvania Meat Market, on Massachusetts street between Winthrop and Pinckney.
Bargains in Winter Underwear at Abe Levy's.
Mrs. Orme & Engle have just received an elegant line of millinery goods. See their ad.
Gloves of all kinds at Abe Levy's
L. Irwin is superintendent of the Pennsylvania Meat Market and treats everyone courteously.
Pat Graham is located just east of the Record office, and is the nearest repairer of boots and shoes in the city.
Abe Levy has the best line of gloves in the city.
Pat Graham is the best repairer and gives better satisfaction than anyone in the city. Just call at his repair shop east of the Record office, and see for yourself.
Students desiring Photo work done should visit the Studio of Geo. R. Shane. Some of the finest grounds and accessories have just been added and the Studio is equipped with the latest and best of everything that goes to make up fine work. Special attention will be given to students work and they may rest assured they will find no better work in the city. Every order guaranteed satisfactory. Call at the studio, see work and get prices. 615 Mass. St.
New party ties at Abe Levy's.
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