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RICHMOND,VA.\ FEBRUARY, 1885.

EDl'l'ORS.-Mu Sigma Rho, L. L, PRITCHARD, Philologian, J, W. MI'l'CHELL, E. W. STONE, BUSINESS MANAGER.-W. A. BORUM.

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No.5. POLLARD;

A LEGEND.

,Pascagoula. a wandering stream, Hath charms to entrance sweet pleasure's eye, For on its silvery spray the waters gleam, When soft moonbeams steal gently from the sky, And twilight veils the eye of heaven, for night To wake the moon from its musing sJeep; '!'hen from its bosom comes a wondrous sight, For beautiful r;nurmnrs leap from the deep. From under water seems the sound to come ; Sweet music fills the soul of him who stands And hears notes, oozed through the billow's foam, When ripples roll like winds from strand to strand, Ten thousand harps in distant concert beat . .1.Eoliaustrains float on the air ; The sad and lonely heart in peace to greet, And from the weary soul drive 'way its care. In the valley there dwelt a clan of men, A gentle, gay, and ino1fen2iverace, '!'hat lived among the elms of the glenA shady a,nd balmy resting-place. A temple they had, with a goddess fair, And a mermaid sat on a bench of pearls, Flecked with Jewels: and a golden hair She had, that flowed in waving curls. Each night that the moon unclouded shone, They gathered round their deity wrought; And with instruments strange. ai;id flowers strewn, Paid reverence to the one they sought.

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But a day when Mauvila was no more, There came a priest with cross in his hand, To guide .the · wanderers safely on shore, And bring them to a happy, peaceful land.

It was night, and twelve, perhaps, the hour'.rhe solemn hour, when cares are all at peace; For sleep an armed man overpowers, And with dreamless slumber makes them cease. But a sound of rushing waters roarInvisible myriads of wings unseen, Swept through the air to swarm upon the shore, And wake t,he sleepers from their couches green. Towermg on the heights of crested waves, Stood their goddess with ma~netic eyes, Arid breathing strains, brought madness to her slave@, Who extoled her praises to the skies. Amazed, bewildered, in they went, And sank to rise no more, in death's embrace. Thus the melodies from the grottoes sent, They tell _us, is the murmur of this race. '' GLENBROOK. ' 1

(The following article wa8 intended fot·thc January No. of the MESSENOEH. but was received too late for pnblication. Feeling confident that the theme will attract attention, we have ventured to give place to it in our colums for February.-Ens .]

THOUGHTS ON A NEW YEAR'S MORNING. Seated all alone by the glowing grate, everybody else in the house under the spell of the drowey god Somnus, the circling blue smoke from my cigar floating in . misty vapor above my head. The clock tolls slowly and solemnly the hour of twelve, as if conscious that its measured strokes proclaim the old year's death, the low wind sighs and mourns, and then suddenly grows silent, as if gathering strength for a louder wail of sorrow. The rain plashes against the window jn fitful gusts. Nature is shedding bitter tears over her favorite's grave. Verily ·__ .. 'Tis a time For memory and for tears."

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And yet we all hail the Kew Year's coming withjoy. Does no one drop a kindly tear on the poor withered corpse? Does uo one think of the joys or sorrows buried in his grave? Does no one cast a last lingering look into the inner chambers of his heart, and sigh to finrl it just as hollow and cold as when he first welcomed 1884? Docs 110 one say to the old man fallen just across the threshold. "Stay, oh! stay, for 'round you cling the fondest memories of my life?" , Do we all forget the past in our anticipation of the fnture? Does 110 one welcome the "blooming boy" with feelings of mingled sorrow an<l gladness ? I hate\o see the years glirle by so swiftly, for the river of ~ime rolls onward ever, and each year brings added bitterness. " Noiseless and rapid as a tlream Forever flows the widening stream, While every wave or transient honr Heaves np a weed and takes a flower. "The Isle of Life, that seemed to be A continent infinity, Grows bleaker. narrower, day by clay, And channelled by a salter spray. "Like shipwrecked men who closer flock 'l'o the bare summit of a rock When the loud storm that wrecked them flings Some loftier billow from Ills wings, We r.limb from youth's wave-rippled strand, With heavier heart and feebler hand, Up the gray rock of'Age, whose peak 'l'ime's hungry billows mounting seek. " There froin the barren top espy A girdle of tears-an ashen sky; Bowed headd, cold hearts, and palsied feet 'l'o ages pinnacle retreat, While the dull tide that swells below Pursues them with a sullen flow'.rhe rock is hid, the waves beat high, And, lo! an ocean and a sky."

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One by 011eour friends fall around us, swept away perhaps forever by "hungry billows" from our yearning gaze, for who dare say what eternity holds. More light! More light ! This is the hourly cry of poor blind huma11ity, this is the prayer of unhappy man. Groping amid passion and pain round the walls of the prison of vanity. E,Âˇerywhcre darkness and doubt, everywhere pain and sorrow in expressible, and woes unendurable. W c laugh while we weap. Skeletons are veiled by the garments of merriment. Earth is a vast theatre filled to tlie hrim with discordant existen<>es, everywhere opposite: Anguish and levity, riches and poverty, light and shadow. 1Ve trust friends only to find them false and unworthy. We enshrine idols in our hearts only to find them clay. It is little wonder that the world is so filled with cynicism. With some of qs existence is a dmg,--and w~ are glad to see the old year go, for we hope it brings us 11earerto forgetfulness. Others forget that time is journeying on, and live only in the present, forgetting, and striving to forget that somehow, somewhere. there is an eternity of joy or pain. Others still, <--ansee afar with eyes of faith that pierce the mystic veil that hides the future the shining parapets of Paradise, and long to reach the shores of joy beyond the grave. To-morrow will be a happy day for many-to-morrow is the fashionable time for us to make good resolutions, and to turn over a clean new leaf in the book of life, and resolve to keep it free from blot and stain ; the hearty hand-shake, and the jolly, loudly-spoken '' Happy New Year!" t~o1:1ghwe m,ay know the wisher only utters jt ÂŁor want of something better, yet it does us good and gives us a better opinion of others and ourselves, and as a general thing we need both. To-morrow, on all of us Dame Fortune will bestow a benignant smile, causing us to forget her ill-natured sister for a time. But after all/ "What are Dame Fortuue's thousand &miles Against Miss-Fortunes frown." /

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And some of us whose lives have not all been cast in pleasant places, can tell how constaut is this ill-starred' Miss, and how unlike her more favored fickle sister.

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'Tis sad to behold the garland of onr most cherished hopes, braided so carefully, nothing but withered blossoms-it is sad to see the fruit and sweetness of life so carefully preserved turn to ashes on our lips. Oh, well, open the casement and fling the old year out, is the univers~1l cry, welcome to the ruddy child, witn dimpled limbs and laughing lips and eyes, that no sorrow or pain can dim. But let us gather around the old year' s death-bed, we w.no have felt his sting, but ,vho fear some more evil in the reign of the ÂˇYoung New Year, and hesitate before we enter into the shout of '-' the king is dead !â€˘ Lon g like the king; !" But the clock has struck, and I awake from reverie; the :fire has. bur:qed itself out, and I realize that whether it be for weal or woe; yet the New Y ear has come. Has the world cause to smile or mourn? , What sqy the Omens of his coming-what do the. Destinies ordain ; is it pain or happines s ? But grim Fate is mute and awful, as she stands silent over the. wretched corpse. Ol<l year, Farew ell; your joys and your sorrows are 'all, of the r:ast."

"l weary of 111 ,v,pt!,n, And wrir c of my own 'accord; It was my slave, and I was happy then;

'Tis now my lord. MOON,SHINER.

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The readers of,the Jlf essenger will remember an article in the OctQber number of the present volume, on this same snpject, ' 1Home." It is not my pllrpose to ,[\ntagonize that artiple, which presented the most c0mmon and generally accepted phase of home. :Mor object is mer.e)y to pre'>ent another phase, which, altho11gh not so natural to many, is more natural to some. It is the home of an only s9n, isol~ted from the homes of children of his. ow1Jage. " J\IL * * tin" well described a moth!:)r's. influence in a ho111e,yet he did not describe it

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fully, nor can it be done. So for from fully expressing it, the mind has never yet been able even to comprehend the vast influence which a mother exerts upnn a child ; much less can it be transmit.terl to language. Althongh she adapts herself to the wants of the child in a manner which none other can, there are, however,, many wants which she cannot supply. She is to a great extent a playmate for the child, yet he . instinctively feels her superiority, and the disadvantage under which he plays. Nowhere is man's instinctive love of equal associates more manifest than in a little child. So the child seeking associates, and finding children of his own age with whom to associate, natt'1rally bestows his alfections upon the humbl~r creation'! of Gort. He takeR the dog for his boon companion, the trees and rocks for subjects, and thus sovereign of all that surrounds him, he plays from morn till night. After vain attempts to infuse fire into the inanimate "stick-horse," he mounts the dog, who serve~ him first for a horse and then for a companion, as he roams through the ' fields talking to the birds, the brook, and the flowers, never feeling offended becau'!e they do not answetÂˇ; he ans,vers for them, and goes on his way merry and happy. 0 the purity of such ~ life. The new soul, soÂˇfresli from its Maker, seems still to be held to God by some invisible tendon, and thus to drink from the great fountain of purity through a medium which those souls that have dwelt longer in this miry world, and been coated with its venomous spatter, have long since forever lost. He has a vague, in<lefinite idea of the outside, world ; ,imagining it to be a place where there are conflicts, yet where truth and the right always tdumphed in the end.

The child becomes a man, and with these ideas of the supremacy of truth, he goes out into the world. Horror s,eizes his soul when he beholds for the first time truth, his ideal of sovereignty, vainly struggling in the death-coils of deception's squirming reptiles. After ' a time the shock wears off, and he is infatuated by the cunning deceptions of this '-' great farce." â€˘ He glories in his power to detect the subdued serpent's hiss amid noisy flattery, and to conceal his own emotions. But at length he tires of thus being a passionless actor, of ciphering people's motives rather than accepting their testimony. From )

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the depth of his soul he sighs for the simple fidelity of even a dog. He longs for a place where he can act what he feels, and.judge the motives _ of others by their actions. He tires of the giddy rush of life's stream, and would fain escape from its rapids to his home, where cool breezes would fan his heated brow, and rustling leaves sing lullabies while he slept. But on returning he finds the home which he beholds is not the home of his childhood. "Tim e, the gLÂˇeat tomb-builder," has left its impress upon all. The old dog who was wont to meet him at the gate with gladness pictured upon his mild face, hae given place to a younger one, who, snarling and snapping at the prodigal' e heel, says in language peculiar to himself, "You a11ean intruder." He turns for comfort to the brnok whose murmur is associated with every boyish glee, but ,the ancient melody of its murmur is gone. The drippingi of th e.years have worn a new chau11el,and the water rippling over new rocks sings a new song_. Âˇweary and disappointed he turns to theold.9ak whose foliagehad screened his boyish locks 'from the summer's sun, there hoping to recline in peace beueath its friendly shade, and look on as the great stream of life, foaming and hissing, rushes by. ~ut, alas l here; too, change hath been wrought. The old tree has measured its length upon the earth; and while he stands moralizing upon the ruin, a startled hare, springing from its decayed trunk, glides away in the undergrowth, and all is quiet again, save the distant roar of life's stream echoing in his ear, defying him to escape it. He has no alternative but to follow the summons, and again embark upon life's .great stren,m ; in fapt, he has never disembarked, but has only been sailing in an eddy, soon swept out again into the current; for those ouce launched upon this stream, there is no anchoring, but one continual voyage of hopes and fears, triumphs and failures. Life's stream . is composed of two currents: an upper current, running forward; a strong und er current, making backward. If we exert ourselves to our uttermost, swimming bravely to the top, the upper current will bear us foward; but if we despair and let down, the under current will bear us backward. And, as we cannot escape life, but must be borne by one or the other of its currents, either to the front or to the rear, we should look on the bright side and

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make the best of it. We are too much inclined to search out the false and, bad in lifo, and to. ignore the true and, good. It is t.rue, there is in life muGh to abhor, yet, at the same time, there: is much to admfre; and if we would only be as diligent in our search for the ti;ue and noble as for the false and base, we would be f.1rhappier. So let lJS look to the bright side, do1ng all in our power to keep up where the upper cunent will bear us on to success and honor. .

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SHAMS. ']he boast of the nineteenth century is the progress which has characterized it in almost every branth of learning. And m;my a man, I doubt not, while looking at our achieve·ments and success only, has been led to think that we have almost reached the limit ot man's ingenuity. Whereas if he were to consider this advancement from other standpoints, he would 'come to the conclusion that there is mixed with what appears to be pure gold, a great deal of alloy. In other words, shams occupy a prominent part in our boasted attaimnents. Might it not be well for us to examine more particularly this iJ1J.portantfactor, and reflect upon its relative proportions of truth and falsehood, ,sincerity and hypocrisy; reality and pretense, which constitute ·our thoughts and actions? Pe~ple in general, are not as carefol as they ought to be in reporting w,hat they have heard. How few. there are who can st.ate a fact just as they heand it. How Jifferent when first told •from the "revised version ' of it after .it has been repeated , several times. I h~ve known of incidents. of travel in distant lands being written by a person who had never1been fr.om his own country; and even of Richmond College boys desqribiug, with all the ·power of their fertile imaginations, places which they had never seen. Witness that public speaker -w,ho rises from his seat and delivers to astonished · multitudes, what h!:lq.~clares, to be an'' extempore" speech, which, at great liibor, he hfls nv doubt been months.in prepadng l Iilow cunningly that pi:eaohpr nurnipulat~s his . written sermon, baffling the . keenest

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eye as he slip s it in the Bible, and turns the leaves' with an agility which would put to shame the effort of an accomplished professor of legerd emain. Oftentimes it is while burning the midnight oil that a writer arouses the most profound emotions of the soul, and excites the imagination to its utmo st limit by a; graphic and picture sque desc1·iption of a beautiful sunri se, though he 11).ay not have seen one for years. and it was the lot of him who never had a home to write those immortal lin es, " Hom e, Sweet Hom e." Of all th e evils' of society, th e village "prof essional" gossip is one of the grc~test factol's of evil, and one of its worst charact11rs. This suggests to us that the state of society of the day, is preeminently a system of shams. With Ev e, th e first and fairest of deceivers, this · bent of woman's natul'e showed itself, arirl will no doubt ever hold a promin eJt place inher bciug. Th e society belles of to-day care nothing for reality, but all for appearance. It is in:1t1o ssible to tell what the average society girl really is, back of her thousand sham s [ charm s (?)] and caprices, with her ruffles, paint s, bangs, &c. We are told of the practice of peasant girls in .Hun gary, (and I fear it is th e case with not a few American girls,) who tak e ar senic as a means of beautif)' Ulg th emselv es, and, when · discontinu ed, as after manin ge, beco~1e thin and haggard. A very distin guished. writer says, rath er roughly, "that th ey are smitten with everything showy and superficial, and the ri ght adjustment of th eir hair is th e principal employm ent of their lives." Th e b1)asted civilization of our own country, its wondei·fol achievements, its phenomenal ri se to great wealth and power, is necessarily jn a great measure a mushroom growth. It has too great · a proportion of the pr etense and emptine ss of the day. Much of our fitera_ ttue, art, and science is but a mass of shams and superficiality. Too many of our ti·adesmen, mechanics, and professional men care not to what measures they resort to.mal~e money. The fact that ours is the country from which wo'oLlen11utmegs, oleomargerine, and a thousand oth er such deceptions had their birth, is food for serlous t hought. It were well to consider. where such cheats are to stop. ' Some people are by temperam ent more inclined to exaggeration than other s. Thi s is seen in th em at an early date, as when the 3 . ' 1

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hoy declares he has seen a thousand birds and is afterwards ma<le to confess he only heard a bush shake. This faculty see~s to be inherited often, and, like every evil in our natur es, easily and impercept ibly grows into a habit, and, if not checkecl very soon, takes complete possession. The fact that a "M endax JJ'laximus" medal has been given here among the boys, shows that this propensity is no t entirely outside of college walls. As many people are in error ' persi stently, some are so believing it is rig ht. "The sun do move, an<l the yearth am sqnar," is a,s devoutly believed by a colored eitiz en of this city af! people in general believe the oppo1;ite. Some shams have in the world's history been prodnct.ive of great good. For exam ple, the oracle nt Delphi exerciser] an influen ce over the world for centnries nnp :1rallelerl by anything in hiRtory, I believe, on the whole, it exercised a benefi.,·ial control over th e minds and heart s of Grecee which no hum an im;titntion of it s clay could or would have clone. B ut instances as above ar e except iom,, and shams of r eligion have probably done the world more harm than shams of all other kindR. From our point of view, the heathen syste ms of religion are a great mass of shams-many of th em hid eou,; in the ex tr eme. It is and has been the province of the Christian religion to combat these system s of error, and, along- with shams of religion, shams of every other kind are falling and will fall until truth shall reign supreme. But, sad thongh it be, it is not alone in heathen religions that such evils exist, but, much worse, men who ought to know bet,te1·, who. hav e everything to make them so, 'are not. In the time of our Lord, the Pharis ee, with his solemn faee; long prayers in public places, and doing every thin g to be seen of men, is a goocl example of a religious sham. He was outwardly and in form livin g up to his r eligion. The ehur eh of to-day is afflicted with too many Pharisees, men who are outwardly livin g a Christian life, hut are as whitened sepulchr es. Just here we would put the so-callecl "Sunday Chri stians," who arc devils during th e week and "saint'>" on Sunda ys . · Then we might mention professional shams.

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professions cont ains the most shams, many think ' ' th e merlal" li e., Letween the physician and the lawyer. Now:iclnys nlmost nm: youn g man can read law a few week s, "han g out his shingle," all(I lie in a short tim e to equal any of tho se who have been lon gr r in th e business. While th e number of M. D.'s who ar e mmuallr turn ed out of our medical colleges is alarmin g, all ready t~ ,: p eddl e pill s " of destru ction to inn ocent beings. Th e Bibl e tells us of two p ersons who were tak en sick. One called in no phYsician and got well ; th e oth er sent for one and th en " tnrn ed his face to the wall and slept with his father s." A lawy er t-aid to a doct or, '' Your mistakes are buri ed six feet under ground." " And your s," snid th e doctor in r epl_v, ' ' are hun g six feet abov e." Doctors, with th eir theories of temporar y insanit_\·, have saved many an impiou s criminal from th e gallows; while clishonest lawyers were t he cause of a whole countr y's feeling shame, and liv es and prop ert y being dest ron d reecntl y in a Western city . NI ot a fow preachers ar e t her e who ar c ser vant s of sham. It is • th e promise of better pay an d the chance to pr each over a "ban e] " of sermc,ns thnt iucluccs some preachers to pra ym:fully consider a n ew call. . But th e shu111s of other classes aml pt:ofessions have stron g riv als in th e bDld effrontery, th e hypocri?Y, "t he eheP-k ," of some of our prof essional politi cians. · Th eir somcrsa 11lts and acrobati c feats nre 11ot eq ual<:> 11by th e cit-cus clown. A m :m · goes along with seld om ever an id ea of his coun try, her go vern ment , or her management, often pr ofonndl v ignor ant of such matter s, until sudd enly he is smi tten with a desire of office- that almost in sane desire of many , of our people. H e imm edi ately begins a seri es of lying speeche~, vilif ying that side whi ch he think s is now , or is lik ely to be th e \Voaker. '' Oh , the p eopl e, th e d,Ja·1· people," along with t he greatest an xiety as to th eit· eve ry int erest, is sound ed with a stent orian v oiee from every r ostr11m in th e land, when sndd enly, with one of those clowni sh feats, he is in th e opposite part y, vilifyin g that one to which he form erly belonged, :5tuffing th em also with sickenin g complim ent s and t rying to blind them with "s tar-du st." B ut soon he is defeated, and see how hi s love for his countr y has vani shed ! .How i:;oon his voice, with its formet· thrillin g cry, " Th e people, t he dem· people," is heard no mor e in th e land. ' S hams get th ~iir hard est hits from newspap er men, yet no class is more pr etentious- n one are under such compl ete thrald om to th eir power. T hey plan campaigns, fight batt les, show how one party conquers and anot her is con quered , run the wheels of governm ent , &c (all on paper). W e are for cibly reminded of th: ir powers ju st

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now in the cabinet-making business for the Pr esident-elect. They are the suprem e court, the "returning board," beyond which there is 110 ar,peal, ancl so they are authority on all qu estions of theology, law, railro ads, government, &c., ,and are characterized with an equal measure of profound wisdom in them all . · Their only style is John sonese, clothing a most ordinary occurrence in the most gorgeous colors. Th e shams in our system s of ed11cationshould not go unnoticed. Too many of our "high schools" are so low in standard as to pr operly be called pr eparator y. Many of om· so-call ed colleges ar e dishonorable to the nam e, not doin g th e efficient work that a good, priva te school ought to do, while the nam e " U niversity'' is gett ing exceedingly common, so that many good people of the day ar c misled by sendin g their chilflr eu at great exp ense to a school because it has th e name of "Univ ersity" in pr eference to a good college much ·easier of access. w·e are told of some inst itution s that go by th e name of colleges that send o.ut emissaries to chum in stud ent s, guarant eeiug them before they have ent ered the college walls to graduat e with a degr ee in a specified time, without any thou ght as to t heir ability or preparation, 01· how they will apply th emselves . Merit is not a word in th eir vocabulari es, and such sent fol'th are I.mt instrum ents for practicing shams upon others. Th e cause of this is lar gely due to th e inefficient officers and the iucompeten t pl'ofessors who occupy chair s in too mauy of our colleges. Pa ssin g now to lower systems of eclucation, ,I vt rily believe no great er shams exists than our system of public ' country schools. A . perspn of merit will not, without necessity, teach for sueh rneagrc salari es as are given these teache1:s, and as incompetent teachers mak e poorly-pr epared •scholars, if a person wants his child instructed thorou ghly in the rudim ents of education, he must be at the doubl e expense, both to pay his free-school tax, ~·om which he reap s no advanta ge, and the salary of a private t eacher. The system of giving a mere sham of an education to the negro childr en of the South is a great disadvantag e to th em. In many cases they are taught ju st enough to make tht-m fools- too' " smart" to do manu al work, and, by th e sweat of their brow, earn their bread, and not taught sufficiently to get it hon estly otherwi se. There is somethin g mor e than simple humor in the statement of the old negro who ,said of his two sons, that one of them learned to read and write and was now working out his time in the penitentiary for fol'gery, while the other, who knew nothiug of either, was now running for Congress. · Thi s subject ~ight be continu ed much farth er, but as thi s articl e

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is not intended to be exha1.1~tive;but Slllly here and there ' i1ote th~ more salient points of the subject) we hasten to conclude. .. ·. Next to the ladies, our literary societies would no doubt feel more ,., keenly the slight of not being mentioned as one of the more prominent objccts·of praise. Such a breach of e~tquette in either case would · be unpardonable, so we close with a just a word for them. No other learned body takes hold of questions for discussion with the calm, cool deliberation that our literary societies do. They grapple with the knottiest problems of law, politics, religion :md science with a calmness and coolness, and with that measure of self reliance and feeling of being able to completely master the subject and explore it to its profoundest dept.hs, that would start)e the French Academy of Science or the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Even Solomon, ·iu all his glory and wisdom, would no doubt put on a serious face and blanche at the "profound " wisdom of some of our Lit~rary Society debates. , We l:ieg leave to suggest to our professorff that should they meet with a su~ject that is too deep for them, of which nothing can be )earned from the researches of the wise men of the present or past, to turn it over to the Literary Societies with unfaltering trust in their ability to be able to fully and exhaustively deal with the subject. And to each, of them, in closing, we would say in the language of the Latin poet, i•Maete Virtutc "-Heaven speed thee in thy high career I S. COLLEGE

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They tell us that "familiarity breeds contempt." If this be true, our subject will be a contemptibleone, at least to a portion , of our readers. But, after all, it is the familiar things which <an benefit us, and would benefit us even more) if we shonld . give them the proper attention. Why should we not give due consideration to the things around us rather than spend our time in search of something more remote ? Would not our effi>rtsobtain more practical results? In fact, the proper way to become far-reaching in influence and power is to begin by utilizing what is already within our grasp. The man of the emergency is the one whom all 'ages of the world , have demanded. But the principle which underlies the success of such a man is the one to guide us all. We live in the present and for the future, not· in the future and for the present. The institutions of learning .in the world are thronged with young men; and it is very important for students to have correct ideas of what college " 4

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Npw ti).is class of students disregard everything, except achieve~ents t in their classes. The slaves to such notions leave college with their minus stored, but 'constitutions, ·in most caj',es,wreeke<'l. They have defeated the chief aim of a college training, viz. : preparation for future life work; for they have no phpical power to p'ro~ pel t~eir mental force. But even ' if this student does not impair his health, he is still liable to another injustice to him:self. Be it sai',l to 'his credit, he is master of his hooks'; yet he is not symmet.: rically developed. H e has not sought the improvem ent of the literary society, hence has no facility for expressing or conveying his ideas to the world. In fact, he is a right fair type of an impractical mnn; anrl his impra cticability r esults from his confinement t<? the class-room during the formative period and negJecting during this period, other thin gs of vital importance. We have spoken of the -.tudent that makes a mistak e in ope direction. But we think his cour se far better than that pur sued by the ~tudent, so caller],,whose arnbitioh for litenwy attainments are snbordinat r ' to every other desire. Thi s is the man of pleasur e- the card-player, street-walker, the gentleman with the cane. Yep, above all, and worst of all, perhaps, he may -have settled !}own into that num~ron:s but by 110 means desirabl e chtES knowJ1 in tedmical ter ,ninology M loafei·s. As our Tirlc-watcr friends wou)cl say, "They haven't three ideas abovii an qyster" as to tp e reason they are ut college at all. ~!') rj1aps some of them are so tirecl of studying th ey never begin1 or more lll'~bably, they are afraid of 'f bre}~kingdown their J-iealth." Reader, which? Th ey take plenty of exerci se of the phtsical order, but their brains lie sleeping in their encas~r1ents. After all, ther e ar e some very f!isconraging foatures aboqt cqlle,qe l~fe, even when the most prudent course is pursued. A.s alre~dy stated, this is the time wlien the foundation of a great superstru¢ture is laid. '' In the place where tqe tree falleth, there :shall it be." Views adopted, habits contracted, at this special time, ~re likely to ~ling to us t hrough We, · By mental training the mind becomes more far-r eaching and more anxiou s for the acq_uisition of great and new ideas; at the same time, piloted by th e false notions of the metaphysicians, error takes the place of truth. Not a few bright minds have drifted into this channel and become the sad victims of untruth. Then, too, we must remember that when th e stud ent gives attention solely to books, he liecessarily withdraws him self in a great measure from the practical ii:iatters of t)1e world. ' ' Inactivity in practical affairs will disqualify him to a great extent 'for the practical wol'ld. This must necessarily be tpe case. Sup-

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pQse_an· Americ:an student spends several years in a German university, laying aside altogether for the time the study and use of his native tongue, certainly when he returns to his native land, he will find pis English vocabulary gre~tly in;ipoverished-the rei-ult of a disuse of _the language. But this objection to college life is more an apparent objecti_on than a real one. For what has thus been lost can be easily acquired, even at a late hour, by proper application .

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We noticed in the last issue of the lrles.sengera reference to Prof. Puryear's severing his connection with the College. We most sincerely trust tha,,t such will not be the case. Prof. Puryear has ever been a friend to the student, and has endeared himself to all of us by his many acts of kindnes~ and love . Richmond College bas become noted all over the South for its fine management and the exceptional good behavior of its young men. When the preAiding officer of one of our Souther.r;i. colleges asked him 110w it was that he had such good order, he replied that he "just let the boys alone," and treated them as gentlemen. It has been our pleasure to attend three colleges, and nowhere have we found such an admirable system of management or such excellent conduct as t11ere is right here at Richmond College, it,Ild this, we think, is due in a great ·measure to Prof. Puryear. We do not know of a single gentleman who could fill the chairman's position as he bas :filled it. We have never seen any one who possessed greater powers of attraction. He has the knack of making all the boys love him . He treats them as the father treats his own sons, and is ever ready and willing to take the part of one of' his boys. We are very glad to kno.w that so many of our young men attended Mr. Moody's meetings while he was in Richmond. Some of · them did not miss a .single meeting. We only had the pleasure of l1earing liim once, and are therefore not prepared to say much about him. He was quite a different looking man from what we had expected to see, being short and corpulent. His style is a little peculiar. He has a good voice, is a fresh and vigorous talker, and understands quite well how to preach the gospel.

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His power as an evangelist, we think, consists in his Bible illustrations and the narration of incidents which -have come under his own observatjon. His anecdotes are aptly chosen and always fit his text. He argues well and never fails to move his audience. He denies ever having said anything harsh about the South. We sincerely trust that Mr. Moody may have the same success in the future as has attended him in the past.

Some of the young men have organized a telegraph company at the College, and are now learning telegraphy rapid}y. This will doubtless prove of advantage to them in after life. There is also considerable talk about a college band. We hope it will go through, and that in a few weeks we may have some good music. We are glad to see such a spirit of enterprise. We regard it as a good sign.

There is a custom more or less prevalent at all colleges which we wish to say a word or two about. We refer to the habit called "riding a pony." There is nothing which will bring,a student to grief quicker. The man who uses one of these articles is, in nine cases out of ten, the man who wishes to appear to be that which he is not. Let him adopt as his motto the words essequarn vider-i rnalo. These interlinear and literal translations have been the cause of many a young man's failure to pass his final examinations. A great many students(?) procure these books simply for reference, but it is not long before thtiy fall into the long line of stable-men. They ma,y be seen every day sitting astride of some well-groomed " pony " or " short-horse," cantering over the plains of Troy or galloping helter skelter through the Odes of Horace. Why, we have known a single young man to have as many as a dozen 5

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"ponies" corralled in his room at one time. Don't think, young man, that your professors know nothing about it. They can size you up in a very short space of time, and when they find that your daily recitations are so elegant and exact, you may be sure they'll "smell a rat." These books will do very well for those of us who read Latin or Greek ·merely for pleasure, but are by no means fit for us who are making these languages a study.

Our predecessors' battle with "sentimentality " and "love-sickness," which he says so abounded in the articles submitted to him, reminds 11sto make a suggestion to those who attempt to write for our columns. Let hackneyd and common-place suhjects alone. Do not choose a subject on which others have written a thousand times, and in writing on it expr ess ideas which others before you have expressed a million times. Cultivate originality ' both in thought. and expression. We cannot be absolutely original, no matter on what subject we write, then let us not select a subject on which we cannot even hope to_he relatively original. And, above all; please let "Woman" severely alone, for a while at least. Because she gets the best of you with the tongue, is no reason why you should take recourse to the press. If you have anything sweet or otherwise to say to, or about a woman, go and say it to her face, like any other man would do under similar circumstances. If we take up the last issue of the Messenger we see there " Woman " dilated ou ; so with the issue before the last, and so on back, ad infinitum, ad libitum, usqiie ad nav,3eam. "Time," in all its various aspects, is another subject which appears often in our columns. Take up the las£ issue again, and look at its table of con~entl'.I. We find "Some Day," "Now," and the " Future." Take again the December number, and we find articles with the captions, " Procrastination " and " Time." '' Take account of the time" may be a good old maxim,bnt it does not necessarily mean that the account of time should be kept in writing. No, try not to choose threadbare themes. Branch out on historical and biographical subjects, literary criticism, and scientific

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investigation. The idea is to cultivate original thought and research ; a little philosolphy ocmssionally, perhaps, would not be amiss. "\\re do not mean to advise one 1,0 jump beyond his depth; if you are not tall enough to venture on such subjects, add to your height. " Who, by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature "-was not spoken of the mind. Both by thought and by reading our mental depth can not only be increased, but doubled and trebled. Then let us have a little more originality, both in the selection of our subjects and in their modes of treatment, and the editors will no~ be compelled to publish so many articles of ordinary merit, only because they have 110 others that are better.

LOCALS.

Examinations! Look out, boys, or you'll "flunk."

" Well, W., are you going to shave me or not ? '' " Oh, yes ; just wait till I get my lava fixed."

Hurrah for the Philologians ! They have elected a man as censor who can't even see how to tie bis own shoe-strings.

A visitor asked Mr. L. if he could tell him who the rector of the college was. Mr. L. replied that he did not know unless it was Rubert (the janitor).

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A young lady while up in the tower the other evening, had her attention called to Mr. H., who, witli his thumbs in his vest, was strutting about the campus. Being aRked what she thought of him, she exclaimed," Why, he's nothing in the world but cheek and moustache."

A student while visiting the Penitentiary asked a convict for what offence he had been imprisoned, and received the following reply: '' I stole a mill and was caught while after the darn." The young man was suddenly called elsewhere.

Mr. S., while talking to a young lady a few days since, and speaking of 'the changeablenes s of the weather and its bad effects, exclaimed, " I just declare, this is the worst weather I have ever seen--it is real enervating." "Yes," said she, "it is quite depres sing."

Prof. : " Mr. M., can you tell us to what class these ideas belong?" M. : " Yes, sir ; they belong to the Primary." I Prof.: '· Very good; now, to what class do these otl1er ideas belong ? " M.: "Why, to the Semina1·y."

During Mr. Moody's meetings, one of the young men concluded that he would go down. When he got there he was at a loss as to where he should go next. He stepped up to a policeman and said, " Say, Mister, can you tell me where the college boys are?" He evidently needed salting .

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We are sorry to learn that there will be no match-games of foot-ball between the Richmond College and RandolphMacon boys. The eleven here is probably the ' best that has been here in several years _. We had anticipated much pleasure from these games.

It is a caution to snakes the way the "Callythumpian Rangers" scatter when the bold "Tomahawk Brigade'' sallies forth with its blood-curdling war-whobp.

If you haven't got a mouth-harp you had better go out and buy one, or you will have the unenviable pleasure of being left behind by an advancing world. A few days ago one of our college harpers-bless hie little musical soulcame into the reading-room, took his seat, put his feet upon the table before him, took out llis harp, wiped his mouth and began " Sweet Evelina." The Librarian perceiving that there was '' music in the air," wrote the following words and sent them to Orpheus II. : "' Harpers harping with their harps' may do for heaven but uot for a reading-room. By order of . THE

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The strains were hushed, the harper harped no more, but left the hall wondering why that which was good enough for heaven wa,s not good enough for a college reading-room, and at the same time unconsciously whistling " Sweet Evelina." One of the students who is deeply enamoured of a certain young la.dy, while writing to her the other night, suddenly sprang up, and addressing himself to an imaginary somebody on the opposite side of the room, poured forth his 6

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soul in the following words : " Would that I could stand upon the loftiest Alpine peak and dip my pen deep down in to the Vesuvian crater, and wrrte upon the starry firmament in burning letters the words, 'E--, darling, thon knowest I love thee.' "

PERSONALS.

W. Y. Quisenberry, session '83-4, we learn, is succeeding admirably as colporter in Bedford county. He paid us a visit a few days ago while in the city attending the Moody meetings. Come and see us again, Quis. Bro. Frank Wilson, session 1883-4, fa teaching school near White Gate, Giles county. As Frank and I are confidential friends, I dare not tell what kind of a school he says it is. F. W. McCay, session 1883-4, is studying law at Warren C. H. Do you ever tell any "solemn truths " these times, Mc.? M. L. Wood, session 1883--4, now of the Southern Ba,ptist Theological Seminary, has been called to and accepted the pastorate of some church in Charles City county. He is to take charge immediately after the close of the present session. That is right. Come back to the Olcl.Dominion boys. What a number of the Richmond College boys there are at the Seminary now. Wood and Barker and Haislip and West, and a number of others just as good. Do your best, boys. Raise high the banner of your alma matmÂˇ. , T. J. Shipman, session 1883--4, was to see us a few days ago . We hear that he has been quite successful as pastor in Greenville, Va. J. T. Tucker, session '82--3, now pastor fa Chesterfield county, came to see us a few days ago. Come again, Joel. We are always glad to see you.

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Reuben H. Garnett paid us a short visit last week. He has resig-ned his professorship in Georgetown College, Ky., in consequence of ill-health, and haJ come to his Virginia home to rest. Âˇ A. G. Lovh1g, a former student of Richmond College, aud now pastor at Louisa C.H., spent several days with us a few weeks.ago. Âˇ ,John Wyat, session 1R81--2, has been called to the chair of Greek in Georgetown College, Ky . .J. F. Settle paid us a short visit recently. He is now principal of the Clmrchlancl High School. C. M. Coleman, session '80--81, is principal of the Churchland A.cademy. L. R. Hamberlin, session '83---1, is principal of a school in Brownsville, :Fenn. \ Henry Latane, one of our former students, called to see us a few days ago en 1'oiitehome from llis Texas expedition. Rev. A. J. Reamy is located in a very pleasant pastorate in Clark county.

EXCHANGES. The Editor of the Oarsonian meets us on uneven ground for criticism by stating in his article that his journal would be presented in a form "attractive a little to the selfish, and a heap to the unselfish eye." Well, we don't like to be harsh, but we must "own the soft impeachment" and confoss that in spite of a careful search, not one literary article has met our eye. This is deplorable in a journal which is the fountain of thought, supplied by fresh, imaginative, trained, and scruti11izng minds. Stfr up your members, make them contribute articles worthy of themselves, and compel us not again to act upon a piece of advice given in one of your own articles, "to yawn

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a11dlay aside the paper." Next month we hope to see the iuside more attractive than the outside.

In the editorial of the Star-Crescent we find a modest disclaimer to a high position in the ranks with their literary co-laborers. Why, blees you, my friend, if you only !mew with what interest some of yom articles are perused, you would have good cause to think King College had done much toward "giving shape to the lump of mud'' as you call it. Some of the ideas in "Never Lost" reveal a depth of thought and a power of word-paint1ng that, to use your own words, will write your name on the " rock of duration." The bit of poctry-"A Theft "-on the last page, is a merry little piece of commonsense-one acted upon at times, we fear, by omÂˇ student s, and which will touch their hearts by its resemblance to some of' their own misdeeds.

We are very much pleased with the December numher of the 1-Iamilton College Monthly, and looked with much interest at the bright pictures, and brighter remarks which met our glance. The style is rather light, though there is good sound sense, and one may find excellent, principles contained in "Personal Attraction." The Monthly is thoroughly the " honest effort of school girls," as the editors wish it called, we believe; but school girls must develop into "maturer womanhood," and the refining process must be indicated in the fruit. However, we welcome you to our Exchange table, especially when you wear such a bright face and show such earnestness of' thought as we found iu your " Warp and Woof." Come again, and often. Next in order we notice the Kalamazoo Occident,and though there are few articles of' any length contained in the journal, yet those we noticed were very good. The "Treatise on Old Maids" rather tickled our fancy, although it is not natural for the boys to concur in

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the statement that it is good for woman, any more than man, to be alone. Not that this "siugleness of purpose" is advocated under all circumstauces by the writer, only when it is best, i{ it ever is so. The article on the "Authorship of the Shake;perian Drama" shows good reasoning, and is in avery way well written. The writer says, " Imagine Shakespeare, the manager of the ' Globe Theatre,' who spelled his name three different ways in signing his will, covering the ground of the theories of grnvitation and circulation of the blood both of which were <lisco\Âˇernd after his death; also, entering the' field of dead languages, ancieut history and physics, and all with an education whose standard could be put to shame by any modern school-boy. Was he one of the gods, that he was able to do this thing?" But the article very aptly concludes with the query, "If he <lid not write them, who did?" We will not enter into any further discussion of the literary merits and demerits of the journal, how_ ever, but will juat say in eonclusirm that you are always welcome at Richmond College.

We began overlooking the January nnmber of the College Index, but soon came to a short stop for want of material, not being particularly fond of rcarling advertisements, locals, personals, and other little dots of notes. These things do very well in moderation, but a body is easily surfeited with such matter. We wo~ld have enjoyed a few more articles claiming some literary merit, and it seems that _ the journal might have consisted of more substantial ingredients. However, we liked some of the articles, and next month we expect to have a good "reading spell" over your magazine, and will look forward with pleasure to its arrival.

Before us lies the Aurorn, bearing upon its forehead the motto, "Science with Practice"; but we have vainly searched its pages for any vestige of the scientific. . Perhaps its only claim to this title lies in the fact that i11one verse of the opening poem (?; the Proctor there mentioued is " searching for a noisy cannon ball." He would

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"We shall never hear the Proctor's footstep Echo loudly in the hall, As he 8earchn1 for tlte freshmen, Or the noisy cannon ball."

But, in view of the editor's statement, pleading as his excuse for omitting more worthy matt.er, the fact that much space was necessarily devoted to "Commencement matters," we think the preponderance of locals, personals, etc., may be excused in this number, and we look forward to the next, hoping that the AmÂˇorn will shine with the brilliancy its name implies, extending its brightness to our Southem skies. Here is the Rrmclolph-Jfa<'on ltlonthly for December, in excellent trim. As we opel\ the book, our eye falls upon the saint!)Âˇ face of the sainted Duncan, and if seems a fitting frontispiece to the book of which the chief aim is to inculcate a love :for truth and goocl morals. The opening poem is touching, and is a good off.-;etto the artide on "College Training," wl1ich urges the valne of concentrating and systematizing the thoughts of the mind to increase its vital power. We heartily agree with the writer in his opiniono;on this sn l~cct. All the productions of this issue arc good, especially the '' l ,ife and CharactetÂˇ of Napoleon III." and " Mormonism," and the general tone of the whole book is one of thoughtful and earnest realization of the ti-uth that '' life is not an empty dream." Come again, and welcome !

Tbe Almo and Srm Jacinto Monthly for December seems to be in quite a political humor. We quote one scntC'ncefrom "Political Morality" : " Hrnce, a duty of vast importance is devolved upon the voters, and a large store of general information is necessary that they may' not be imposed upon." This reminds us of an old ncgro, who, during the last presidential clection,'.said he was" agwine to , 1ote for the Republican man, but neber knewed what his 11amewas." We are glad to see the young ladies standing with the sterner sex, though they are put in the "last pew." We arlrnire the sociability thus dis-

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vVe have an indistinct rcc0llection that we once exchanged with a plea~ant little visitor from the Norfolk College for young ladies. But we miss its radiance now. We cannot imagine what has become of om· good, fair friend, for we happen to know that Norfolk College has not lost all of its literary talent. Then, why not come again ? W, \V, Jo'OS1'ER.

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