The Messenger, Vol. 14, No. 2 by UR Scholarship Repository

NOVEMBER,

1888.

NO. 2.

·EDITORS: J.M.

u Sigma Rho. { C.

W. E. FARRAR, Pihlologian.} C. L. LAWS, W. C. FOS'l'ER.

WILBUR,

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M. W. !'HO.MAS.

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Busines, Manager- ·w. OWEN

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Assistant Business Manager-W. E. "WRIGHT.

Poe•y. BY THE REV. SAMUEL W. DUFFIELD.

What did they call the poet, then, In the old, old days when the world was new? Was it not "Maker " ? Ah, you men! You thought the dreams of the world were through ! They never are through, the lovely dreams; Never, while life and love are here! While the thing that is is the thing that seems, And the thing that is far is ever near. And time comes back from other lands, And faces mingle, and tears are shed ; And moments are left for clasping hands; And the living laugh on the graves of the dead. Yes, he is the Maker still, tl1e man , Who builds of nothing his airy rhyme ; The only ~eing who dare an1. can Uplift to something a weary time ! And Science gathers, and Learning waits, And earth is 'older, and tears are moreBut here the Maker, before the gates Of Eden peers through the open door. Another world, and another will ! And old things perish, and new things rise! And he is the poet, now and still, Who sees, as of yore, in Paradise !

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Among the many sentences that -fall from men's lips, there are probably but few charged more heavily with sterling truth than the oft-quoted maxim, "Where there is a will there is a way."

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will-power; the timid, half-hearted, feeblewilled man generally finds everything impossible because he believes it so to be. We may look o,Âˇer the history of the ,yorld's great men from time immemorial, It would betoken great ignorance ou and we shall certainly find that the men our part should we assert th at there are who were giants in intellect, the men who uo limits to human capability in any of scaled the rugged steeps of fame, the men who went hand OYer hand up fame's ladthe affairs of life, since in every calling der until at last, sitting triumphantly and proffession, in every sphere of huastride the topmost round of human man activity, men may meet with coloshonors, were without a peer ; the men sal obstacles which, though they tax their utmost energies, they cannot over- who, struggling against Loth wind and come. Circumstances also mr1y hem a tide, fought their way through adverse person in and operate so powerfully upon circumstances, and at last towered like him as to make it almost impossible for the Alps and Himalayas above the rest of humanity, were men characterized by him to force his way through them. But we are happy to believe that the occur- iron wills, invincible determination, and inflexible purposes. rence of such occasions is quite seldom, and This qua!i"ty-this tenacity of purobstacles that at first look like high and pose-will do almost anything in the jagged mountains often dwindle into world. The longer I live, the more I insignificant mole hills before patient study, the more and more am I convinced and persevering effort. After yielding mighty chasm all due allowance for extraordinary oc- that the difference-the that separates the great from the insignicasions, we may safely say that he who intensely wills to do anything, will most ficant-is energy, strong will-power, an likely find a way to do it. Strong desire obstinate determination to know no such itself will often convert "possibility into words as defeat or failure. reality." ] fa person has au intense wish Men possessing such sterling quulitie8 to do a thing that is worth doing, some- "trample upon impossibilities." In the thing not beyornl the reach of human vocabularies of such men us George power and reason, and will concentrate all Washington, Napoleon, Wellington, Hanhis energies upon that cherished object, nibal, Lord Chatham, and many others and calmly and patiently pursue that equally as great, there can be found no course despite the reverses Âˇ of circum- such word as "fail." Impossibilities stances, success will almost inevitably they laughed to scorn. A glance at their crown his efforts. history will be enough to convince one Many a man makes a miserable faifore that a resolute will was the predominain nearly everything i~ which he engages, ting and leading charaotcristic of their aud all on acrouut of lack of indomitable 1i ves ..

No woncler, then, that before the steady march of such men we see mountains gradually <lisappearing, ancl obstacles of seemingly msasive proportions overcome. Then, too, such men possess the power of converting their adversities and difficulties into helps and stepping stones to success; and often transform them, as the 0ystet· the sands which annoy it, into pearls. Yes, if we would make SI.HJ good and lasting impression on the world, which, as Emerson says, "is no longer clay, but rather iron, in the hands of its workers, and men have got to hammer out a place for themselves by steady and rugged blows," we must set before our minds the ideal of pure moral dignity, and then bend all our energies towards its attainment. Nothing less than excellence in

Fidelity

It strikes me that this subject is in some respects suited to an occasion like this, a reunion of the literary societies of Richmond College, where intellect is being schooled, disciplined and developed, and made a mighty power, soon to be started on a grand career, to move in sublime harmony with trnth, and thus subserve the highest ends of being; or go crashing through the world like some ponderous orb, recog11izing 110 appointed sphere, and discarding all rules for the regulation of its movements. Truth has been defined, ''Conformity to fact," and, according to Garrett, has respect, not to what is said or thought, but what is permanent, stable, and is and ought to be relied upon, because upon sufficient data it is capable of being demonstrated or shown to exist.

any avocation sho.uld be our aim. We should pul'Slie the ideal of duty. If we do that, surely streams of perpetual fresh. ness and delight will flow into our daily livee. Each new morning will waft on its wings richer fragrance, sweeter music, and brighter charms than the last. Out· lives will glide by filled with a grand welcome service full of God's spirit and love. We should put forth every effort to act well our part where all the honol' lies. We should scorn to do anything unworthy of our nobler nature. We shou Id never be satisfied with being poor apologies for men ; but should banish forever every ignoble quality, and be men such as when one comes into out· presence he may truly feel, and say, there stands a man. A. T. H.

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Truth may Le divided into two g!:!11eral classes, according to the nature oi the subject of thought and affirmation : • these are essential and incidental truths. Under the former,range all the established laws ofnature, every divinely appointed and unchanging principle that holds in the government of God, whether pertaining to mind, matter, or spirit. As illustrative of this class of truths we might refer to the fact that bodies let fall gravitate downward and toward a certain centre; and so of the fact that in the melting of ice there is absorbed and rendered latent 140 degrees of heat, and thus the tendency to liquidation, to that extent checked; and fu1·ther, that the same water passing into steam ot· vapor takes up from surrounding objects 1000 degrees of heat of which the thermome-

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ter gives no account. And when this same vapor is condensed and resumes the liquid form, it surrenders again its 1000 degrees of heat, and when reduced to the freezing point throws out another 140 degrees, thus demonstrating that freezing is actually a warming process> while thawing and vaporizing are freezing processes. Such may be set down in the class of essential truth, becau$e they are as a part of the warp and woof of the great fabric of nature, and are truths because God has made them such. Under the latter or incidental truths may be set down all the contingent and changing scene in the passing panorama of events, since men, devils or angels began to play their parts on the stage of being. That Cresar invaded Britain before Christ fifty-five years, may be ranged under the last-named head. Much that we might be inclined, however, to class with incidental truths, if more perfectly understood, would be found to belong to the former class. Such, for instance, as the crucifixion of the Saviour, from a human standpoint, a purely fortuitous occurrence-fortuitous because capricious and whimsical men were the actors in our view ; but we are told that it was among the things made sure by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. So that what seems to be contingent to us is only relatively so, and relates to our ignorance of the far-reaching schemes and the connecting links in the endless chain of essential truth. Âˇ This fact ought to inspire the minds and hearts of men for the sanctity of truth, even when it appears to relate to matters only incidental in their character. For instance, the untruthful report of

ten of the spies sent out by Moses was an infraction upon the Divine plan, and doomed them and all who believed to death in the wilderness, and their little ones to forty years more of perilous pilgrimage. Fidelity to all kinds of truth, then, is worthy to be inscribed upon the banner of him who expects to follow or lead the vanguard of the great army of seekers and_loverR of truth. Among the most obvious difficulties, however, which lie in the way of implicit faithfulness to truth, may be mentioned (1) the fact of man's alienation in heart from the Author and source of truth. When he knew of his allegiance to God, he broke faith with truth also. Yes, it was credence given to the father of lies that if he ate he would not die, but become wise as God, that constituted t.he initial act in the fall of man. And since then men have shown a petÂˇversity of mind upon that point which has too often proved the displeasure of Him who desires truth in the inward points, and being found indifferent to truth, has gi'<en them over to believe a lie and be condemned. That there is a sentiment favorable to truth cannot he denied ; but it possibly arises too largely from a conviction of the util.ity of truth. The old maxim that "honesty is the best policy," is true; but he who is honest only from policy is a dishonest man at heart, and so of our interest in truth; if it arises from the supposed or real advantage it brings to society, it does not constitute us lovers of truth per se. Truth in itself, anddisassociated with ideas of personal interest, has fared in our world about as He did who came to bear witness to the

FIDELITY truth aml was truth personified, but the world esteemed him not. The comparative little progress truth ' has made in the world evidences too clearly the general want of interest in its triumphs. Pilate asked what is truth, and immediately, while attesting the innocence of Jesus, condemned him to death, thus perpetuating a judicious falsehood in giving his consent to make the embodiment of truth an object of execration before the people as a false pretender. Whately remarks that it is in the determination to obey the truth and follow where,Âˇer she may lead that the genuine love of truth is found. By applying this test, and it is certainly not too rigid, we may discover how almost insuperable the barrier in the way of our unqualified and unconditional fealty to truth is found in the inate perversity of the human heart. e cannot suppose that pure and holy beings have any difficulty in yielding the most unreserved assent and support to truth; nor can we suppose that the universal prevalence of truth, even to the exclusion of the dimmest shadow of untrnth, could ever work other than the highest good to such creatures. No crimes to conceal, no penalties to avert, no advantage to seek at the expense of others-nothing to extenuate, nor aught in malice to set down, there would be no place for the untruthful man, because of no untruth to propagate, no tongue to set on fire of hell, no heart as black as death, no friendships to be brokrn, no brotherhood to be dismembered, and no creed of gaping fools to drink in the wl1isperings of moral pestilence, before whose breath the healthy shoots and blooms of social joy and happiness dec11.yas with the touch of death.

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But in a world like ours the demand will create its own supply, and truth goes begging while falsehood is at a premium. So that he who frames a law to punish false swearing will bribe the witness whose perjured testimony will save the sinking eause. The discrimination made hy law and society between swearing the truth and speaking the truth, will e,Âˇer prove prejudicial to the supremacy of truth. Truth in the yea, yea, or nay, nay, is as inseparable from and indispensable to fidelity to the truth as when we lay our hands upou aud place to our lips the Holy Book. And while the <JtateOf sentiment mentioned indicates the status of the human heart as respects truth in itselt~ the universality of this sentiment constitutes the second obstacle in the way of individual fidelity to truth. Th e moral sense of mankind is poorly form ed and further calculated by the conduct and' opinion of' others, and our fidelity to any cause is not likely to meet a severer test than that of' the general unfaithfulness of others. We were wisely constituted to be impressed hy example, but the misfortune is that the example before us is calculated to mislead and corrupt upon this point. You have marked how readily the little urchin falls into the habit of an untruthful parent; and how the plastic form of the individual, as well as that Âˇ of public sentiment is impressed by examples of infidelity to truth upon the part of t,hose in high positions. What a corrupting tidal wave is now pouring over our land from the great cess-pool of political and social corruption. It, as if Gehenna had been opened, or the debris of ages tad been disentombed and borne upon the public press, and upon the lips

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of the political demagogue, in thE: cheap yellow-backed literature and fabe s::ience of the <lay, which is like drops from Java's tree, or the fell blast that imeeps Arabia's sands, would withl'r every floweret of truth. Not only is the force of example to be resisted, but aim the impression that our intnests ('annot be dden<led except by the same means that have been employed against them ; or, according to the old maxim, "we must fight the devil with fire," it sometimes happens that when the enemies of tri.1th are using falsehood to break her impregnable wal ls, in fear of the result we betray our fidelity to truth by enlisting falsehood in onr ranks to fight our l·attles for us. Then, agaiu, falsehood turns benefador and offers a present adrnntagc againr,t a future good; and, in the garb of an angel of light, would have us do evil that good may come of it. Altogether he is a moral hrro who stands firm in his fideli1y to truth amidst so many incenti,·es from within and without to desert her Rtandard. Not the least of which is the conscio11sneEs that his heroic virtue will call forth no labored panegeric, no encomium to be pronounced by silver-tong1:ed orators in legislative halls, or sung in sweeteRt lines of poesy; neither will be chiselled in marble or cast in immortal brass. And yet a higher niche in the temple of fame is due him than he who gains her portals through storms of leaden hail or fields of flashing steel or double ranks of red-mounted ('annon. A fourth embarrassment in the way iS found in the poor facilities we po~sess for acquainting ourselves with truth. In the fall that man sustained in passing from the sublime heights of moral iuno-

ceuce, where his unclouded intellect gaze,l with 11nobscured view upon the fields of truth, the mental as well as moral apparatns was so impaired that it has never worked well since. Like the unsettled needle upon the quadrant, it points too often in a wrong direction, and leads the too confi1lent navigator out of the track of truth to be hopelessly wreC'ked · and find his grave in the dark oblivion of error's bottomless sea. With the very best cultivation and all the appliances at hand we still see through a glass dark) y; and our distorted vision not unfrequently prei;ents things in a false and ludicrous light, and we are forced to turn away with disappointed feelings affer a ,·ain pursuit of what proved to be but an ignis-fatuus of error instead of real truth. Man in his highest estate knows but little, and that little so imperfect! y that when he would do truth service he is ignorantly fighting against its progress. A fifth difficulty worthy of mention is that whatever truth we may possess will not be the result of intuition, but, like most other things of value, is to be found by those who are willing to confront difficulties, and encounter obstacles at every advance, and with patient, long-continued efforts make soundings in the deep sea of thought; until the anchot· holds in the immovable ledges of truth. Like the rich vein of precious metal it sometime!" clips far beneath the surface, and if her stores of wealth are found, it must be by the severe use of pick anrl spade. Stout hearts and strong arms must be brought into requisition. Her ores must be smelted in the furnace of thought. The de,·eloped truth that constitutes the heritage of our advanced civilization has descended to us through the efforts of

i•'lDEtiTY those who have tunnelled mountains of difficulty, traversed deserts, scaled heights, and fathomed depths in search of truth, and by paitient endurance and unswerving fidelity have shown themselves to have been what Pluto denominates, "Hunters of the truth." They are the pioneer corps leading the march of intellect from the known to the unknown. Such are benefactors of their race, and the world's indebtedness to them is great. Down many a wincling step to dangerous dark, to many a cave bestrewed with mouldering bones, where no sunbeam enters and nu zepher blows, they tread, unmindful of fame or wealth, in search of God-appointed truth. Much truth invaluable to the world has been ascertained by chance. The alchemist vainly sought the philosopher's stone for transmuting the baser metals into gold, nor did they, as they hoped they should, find the panacea of all human ills. But in thei1· search for these they did find much truth. So that undH· all the disadvantages · attendant upon its development truth has gradually evolved, and passing back over the track of time we are greeted by a noble army of- martyrs who l'ise up to cheer us in our search for truth. Many anxious fears have been indulged by its friends as they have watched with dread the unequal conflict upon this hard-contested field, while the issue seemed suspended upon a single fact. Hope and fear have alternately swayed the heart, like ligl1t and shade upon the field, while flying clouds now hide and now reveal the sun. But crushed to earth, she has risen again, and, lik_e the proud old forest tree whose elemental strife has only served .to make it grasp with firmet· hold the subterranean

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rocks, and imLed itself more deeply in the sub-soil of eart .h, truth, by the severest conflicts of the past, has been more firmly fixed and deeply rooted in the hearts and consciences of men. In the conflict of opinions and the upheavals of the past the lines of trnth have been more clearly discoverer!, and her leadings better understood. Passing from this part of our subject, let us indulge in a few reflections upon the importance of fidelity to truth. This will be seen to arise from the nature of the social compact that binds men and communities together. The supremacy of truth is the prime condition upon which all well-ordered societies are founded and are to be perpetuated. It is to society what cement is in masonry; it strengthens and solidifies, and makes what were separate stones as though they were solid rock. It unifies and binds together; it is the centripetal force that counteracts and o,·ercomes the disintegrating and divergent tendencies of error. When it has been abandoned, the moorings of society have been lost, and we will soon drift into the vortex of social and moral ruin. With truth discarded, confi1lence mn'lt be destroyed, and without confidence in one's self, confidence in others, confidence in the uniformity of the laws of nature, and faith in God, man is set adrift upon a sea for whose waters the marine1· has no chart, and from whose rock-bound shores no friendly light-house casts its peering rays nor warning fogbells ring. Another consideration, quite as important as the one just mentioned, is that fidelity to truth is requisite to the development of the highest qualities and finest feelings of our nature as individuals.

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It is the Thermopylre where is to be waves and storms of time, where the thunders do not roll and where the lightgained or lost all that is worth guarding or defending in our natures. And he nings never leap from the dark cloud of who has abandoned this stronghold of error. Fidelity to truth stands in the way of defence will find it exceedingly difficult to hold other and more salient points. I hasty deductions from insufficient data. venture the opiniou that men seldom, if It inspires the mind with a conscientious ever, commit crimes of any character, or dread of being imposed upon by receivyield to temptation, nntil truth has heen ing into the sanctity of an unbounded abandoned and the heart's consent ob- confidence that which is entirely false or has but a veneering of truth. tained to lie. It stands beside us in the laboratory of This holds alike true in the case of the boy who ventures for the first time to the scientist, and marks with closest scruviolate a father's command, aml of the tiny the dissection of matetial bodies to self-abandoned and matured criminal ascertain the laws of their composition whose far-reaching schemes and deeply- and organization, and vetoes many a laid plans of villainy look to the pil- hastily-formed conclusion, and sends it laging of countries ai~d the destruction of back to be reversed or confirmed by a empires. Hence the inspired injunction clearer exposition of indisputable fact~. to "buy the truth and sell it not." Sometimes her presence has been inIts importance is further enhanced in terdicted, :md her authority contemned, our minds by the consideration that every and, like a strong ma11 that cannot save, trne advance that has been made in sci_ she has been forced to look upon truth ence or art, government, history, 01Âˇ reli- outraged and violated, and her fair vestgion has been dependent upon the devel- ments made to hide the deformity of opment of truth. Every forward revolu- monstrous error, which, Goliah-like, has tion that the wheels of progress have vaunted and paraded itself in its supmade has been under the motiye power posed impervious coat of mail, until ~f truth. It is the spirit moving upen fidelity, with its smooth pebble of truth the face of tho water,~, Liringing order out from _the clear brook of essential and of con~usion ; a voice amid Slll'l'Ounding Goc~~e~ .taplisl,ied fact, has felled the giant darknass Sa) ing, "Let there be light." to the cart\1, and wre~Jing his own It is the rising star of_the world's hope, weapons from him, has cleft his head, and whose ceaseless glar~ will light it on to a left the bleeding, pro~trate form to die brighte1Âˇ and higher destiny in the future, amid its worshippers. It is the ensign under whose inspiring She has laid her talismanic hand upon fold the greatest moral victories will be the deductions of infidelity and atheistiachieved. It is the Gibraltar upon whose cal phi_losophy and the mad speculations surge-repelling sides the drifting craft of of scientist ,s, so-called, and made them false philosophy, false religion, faltle gov- the pnmice~stone upon which truth has ernment systems, and false men shall been brought to a finer edge. wreck and sink; while truth itself shall She has brushed away the dust of lift its God-like form high above the ages from the manuscripts of ancient,

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authors that the Hues of truth might be gated particles of nebulous matter more clearly traced. Like a tutelary gather, coalesce, and cohere to form the goddess, she presided over the expedition nucleus of this present earth, whose then of Livingstone, Kane and Columbus ; seething mass and liquid, perchance first has go1w with the tourist to the sup- led the way of other worlds to find their posed spot of man's primogeniture, and place in the boundless beyond. If such sought by means of s,1eh mysterious was the earth's primeval state, it was links as dark hieroglyphics, Egyptain only prophetic of the after period in its pyramids, and .other ''footprints on the moral history, when from Eden shone a sands of time" to form a connected chain brighter light too soon to be extinguished of truth. in the gloom of moral chaos coming on. She has made her own voice heard in Under the guidance of fidelity to truth subterranean vaults, and, like the Witch we view the laboratorial changes in the of Endor, has called up the ghosts <•f early forms of matter, until the earth's departed ages to tell the truth of their firm foundations are laid in the granite history. Under her superintendence the · rocks of the Cambrian period. She does earth's solid crust has been penetrated ; not desert us as we gaze admiringly as her periods, if not her ages, have been period after period brings its contribution to the glowing superstruccounted; fossilized races of pre-Adamic monsters, reaching through a period of ture, while oceans form and mountains millions of years, have stood up to be rise, and we hear the awful tread of the ·Magetherium, or the splashing of the counted, measured, and classified. With science in one hand and the bulky Ichthyosaurus, until successive Bible in the other, both speaking the lan- catastropes depopulate the prolific earth guage of the same Author, she has to make way for higher orders of animal sought to guide the q uerist back through life, and especially and finally for man, the appointed proprietor of all. And the trackless waste of yet uncounted ages, and standing amid the awful drea- now in this disputed proprietorship, fi<lriness of universal nonentity (save as elity stands at the anvil of reason to fo1·ge with diamond point the shaft with which things to be devel0ped were hid in Him of whom and by whom are all things), to drive from the field of thought every waits to see the first created form of ma- enemy of truth, and with more than a terial substance fall from the omnific Ruth's devotion to Naomi, she says to hand of the great First Cause, and Truth, "Where thou livest, I will ljve, which laid the foundation for the first as- and where thou diest, if die thou shouldst, serted truth of revelation-that in the I will die, and where thou art buried, beginning God created the heavens and there will I be buried also." the earth. · Having now taken the first But truth can never die, and fidelity step in the onward ma1·ch of time, she to it will yet reap in riper fields a richer bids us mark, as upon pain of death, harvest than has ever yet been gleaned what we see and hear, while the segre- on earthly ground. C. T. K.

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The old Anglo-Saxon is full of words that express the tenderest relations, such as mother, home, and heaven. We are not surprised to see.the above words have a similar origin. Such words have been among the first of every language, because no civilized people can do without them. Among the God-like traits Adam retained when he fell was the desire to love and be loved. All ~ankind has inherited this desire, and value it as one of the most potent factors in our character. It mould°s society, unites humanity, and will ultimately decide the destiny of the world. For instance, notice how families cling to each other; misfortune may come, social standing may be lowered, or what not; still they cling to each other. This being our nature we must have an object to receh·e and reciprocate our love, hence the necessity of a friend. The value of a friend can be appreciated only by those having at one time tasted the sweets of friendship, and at another been deprived of such associations. It seems that no words are more expressive than "Alone and friendless." To many a college boy such feelings are experienced duriug the first few weeks. In many instances he bas never realized the value of a friend. He has left a loving home-than which there is no place more like hea,·en-surronnded by those whose ideas of life, ambition and desire .almost coincided with his own. How these will be missed can be understood only by those who have experienced theit· loss. Nothing can take th~ir plac_e. A confidential friend can in part. Such a friend is not easily found, and often when found is won with great

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difficulty, but when found and won becomes a life-long treasure. Effort breeds esteem, that which costs little is valued little, and therefore friends easily made are easily lost . . Beware of those wl,o are willing to become every cne's confidential friend. The best friends are those wlio ,are not blind to our faults, but who by long association and study of character can make the good traits overbalance the bad ones. Hence the best 'friends are those who are accustomed to looking at the bright side of things. Constant grumblers seldom make the true and lasting friends. Friendship enables us to see many good traits where others see only faults. A charitable disposition , is invaluable property. It iu impossible for a person to enjoy good fortune by him5e]f. There may be some joy for the hermit, or the miser, but would not one envious of their joy be considered foolish ? What is their joy compared with that of the philan- . thropist, of the minister of the gospel, or any other one who carries out the aim of life? Different from this is grief. Blighte<l fortunes, sickness, berc)avement, come to every one at some time in life. In fact, our lives are necessarily check~ ered with joy and sorrow. There ~ust be some one to share these. Cicero recogn:zed this in the following : ••Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by doubling our joy and dividing our griefs." How much pleas• ure there is in sharing one's good fortune with others.

How much strength

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opening the heart, whether good or evil, to a sympathizing friend! For friennship to be strong and lasting there must he personal contact. As a general thing time also is required for it to grow and develop. There are few instances of strong friendship in which Âˇ1hese two principles are not noticeable. By coming in daily contact with a person we can judge of his real value, and whether his friendship is desirable. In this manne~ David and Jonathan, Paul and Luke, Moocenas and Horace, Johnson and Boswell were knit together. l\Iere relatfonshi p or hearing of a person will never make a friend ; nor will giflc;. These may make a person feel grateful and try to show his appreciation. For instance, notice how hard -it is to write a letter of thanks to one whom you never met. It seems that for one to feel that love which begets friendship there must be personal contact, extending thrnugh some space of time. Addison gives the following definition of friendship: "Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness Âˇof each other." Few, I suppose, will deny that the more happiness a person produces the more he himself will obtain. The same is trne in regard to friendship. Addison says it is ''an inclinatiou"-we would rather say a desfre -to promote the happiness of a friend. In carrying out this desire, one's own happiness \Viii be doubled. From this we see that the self-lover loves little, and naturally is little loved. Such a one seldom makes strong friends. The very nature of so1ne rneu prohibits strong friendship,

especially the above-mentioned. They of all men ought to be pitied. Bacon quite correctly remarks, "Whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit for friendship, he taketh it of the beasts, and not of humanity." Strange that any human being should take in part the character of a beast, but when we are fill ed with self there is little room for anything else. A person's friends have a wonderful influence in shaping his character. So much so that a stranger wants no better index. Many times has a word from a friend changed our course, and sometimes brought about a reformation in our lives. In this respect the friend occupies a very important position. He only can correct us without fear of resentment; for we know since friendship is composed of "esteem and love," he can have no other motive than for our good. He has our hearts, and while he cannot bring about desired results, he can so impress bis thoughts and desires on us that we fi.t~d ourselves unconsciously carrying them out. It is important, therefore, to have the right kind of friends. Another characteristic of true friendship is, that it is free from envy, which is one of our greatest faults, and hardest to overcome. To St!e omÂˇ companions rise t.o places of eminence, or have honors thrust upon them, while we occupy the same insignificant place, and still have no feelings of envy, is no easy task. But a true friend sees his friend rise and become prominent with as much pleasure as he would see himself rai sed to such a position. D11vid and Jonathan furnish us the best example of friendship, and especially this phase of it. Js there an1

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strife or jealousy shown when he tells ness, who can be so foolish as to shut David that, though heir to the crown, he himself in his own self, and desire nothSince friendship is free willingly surrenders his heirship and ac- ing better? from jealousies and strife, and is characcepts second place ? How does 1his terized by love, by esteem, by charitable compare with the oft-repeated expression, "There's no friendship but selfishness.'' judgments, by unselfishness and self-sacTrue friends will never desert us in rifice, who can help longing after it? time of adversity. They do not neces- Then let us remember that he only who sarily show their friendship, except by loves much is loved much, and realizes esteem and love, in time of prosperity, the joys of friendship and the value of a but in all times of adversity. Look at friend. Luke as he follows Paul from city to We conclude with the following q nocity, and finally when he is impriso1~ed tation of Lord Clarendon : "Friendship hath the skill and obserand all forsake him, we find Luke never growing tired of waiting upon and alle- vation of a physician, the diligence and viating the sufferings ofhis old and hon- vigilance of the best nurse, the tenderness and patience of the best mother." ored friend. Then, since a friend is so valuable, so necessary and indispensable to happi-

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A horseback ride through the valleys aud mountains of the Shenandoah Valley and counties on the west is truly grand. The beauty of the scenery and points of historic interest cannot fail to attract and please the traveller. The eastern boundary is formed by the Blue Ridge mountains, which catch the clouds as they come in laden with moisture from the Atlantic, while a continuation of ridges of the North, or Shenandoah mountains, lay far to the west. The fertile soil of the valleys, the excellent Âˇ timber of the mountains, the silvery streams, the bright blue skies, and good people make this indeed '' a land flowing with milk and honey," and as .charming as "the vine-clad hills and citron groves of Italy. "

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Early in July, with a gum coat strapped behind the saddle and a pair of saddle-pockets thrown [\cross the samP, we mounted "Bob Lee" and started on our summer's ride. Our horse was an excelient traveller, and for sixty-seven days we enjoyed scenes of nature, art, and history. At the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, in the western angle formed by these two historic streams, is situated tho reuowned town of Harper's Ferry. A uumber of the buildings of the place, like the ancient castles on the Rhine, are nothing hut ruins. A mosscovered house with a ''sky-light" formed by the disappearance of the shingles, recalled the story of the Arkansas Traveller, and just below, a house of stone

A SUl\IMER IN THE SADDLE. ------near the sands of the Shenandoah, presented its southern end crumbled to dust, while in the northern part smoke curling from the chimney indicated occupationÂˇ The buildings of the old United States Arsenal are to be known only by their falling walls, and now no longer are bayonete, shells, and balls sent forth from it upon missions of death. Near the ruins of the Arsenal stands a builrling over whose doors is placed this inscri ptiou : JOHN BROWN'S FORT. This is a structure of brick, about t\\'enty-four feet long, fifteen wide, and twenty high. At1 we looked upon its doors of Ewlid iron we thought of Brown and his bloodthirsty followers within, and of Colonel R. E. Lee and his determined marines when they made the attack upon the fort and captured it. The old fort is in a good state of preservation, and cau be readily seen from either branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A solitary cannon stands 011 silent duty, and seems to f>ay, "Mutilate not these walls, for history is wrapped within them." Leaving the fort, a walk of several hundred yards up a very steep bluff brought us to Jefferson Rock, from which point there is one of the grandest views ever presented to mortal vision. Jefferson expressed it but mildly when he said, "To see the view from this point is worth a trip across the Atlantic." Fur below is seen the Shenandoah, which, like a stream of siher, sweeps with a graceful curve around a promontory of Loudoun Heights, and anon goes dashing aud roaring through the breakers, but as it nears the golden waters of the Potomac it i,eems to be filled with renrence, and where the waters of Virginia and Maryland blend their "fortunes," they move

-- -----along as eal11ly and gently as dawn verging into clay. Just acro~s the Shenandoah are :;em Loudoun Height,:, from the rnmmit of whose boulders, grand and gray, "Stonewall" Jackson poured shot and shell into the ranks of the Federals during "the late unpleasantness." As we looked down at tl,e Potomac dashing itself against the norlhem cliffs of these Heights, then up at Maryland Heights on the other shore, we thought of the time when perhaps this beautiful ,Âˇalley was the bottom of some great lake (as fossils found on the mountains seem to indicate). Then the thougl1t came to us, "What ages must haYe passed before the waters wore away the boulders and earth of this mighty mountain !" Following the course of the Potomac, we see the laudscapes of "My Maryland" spread out before us like stars slumbering in the upper deep. Leaving the mountains and rivers behind us and riding for eight miles to the southwest, we reach Charlestown, "\\rest Virginia, now a place of about three thousand inhabitants. Here we see the courthouse in which John Brown and his confederates were tried and convicted. Not far distant is pointed out the place of execution. The tree mentioned in the song, "Hang John Brown on a SourApple Tree," is but a poetical fancy. Passing now for twelve miles over a splendid road, and by fertile farms, we come to ''Soldiers' Rest," near Berryville, Clarke county, Va., one of the homes of Gen. Daniel l\Iorgan. This old building of colouial times is in a splendid state of preservation, and is now O\\'ued and occupied as a residence by Mr. J. Edward

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Barnett. Often have we sat down to the hospitable board spreacl in the long, oldfashioned dining-room, and as we looked at the carved mantel, the old dock, the high ceiling, &nd the wainscoting, we thought of Morgan and his friends when they dine1l within the same walls before the days of the Revolution. Here the high-spirited Morgan lived in his early manhood. He was accustomed to attend the magisterial courts at Berryville. At these courts he often engaged in fist fights with the muscular youths who gathered from the surroundiug country, and Berryville, from these encounters, receive,! the appellation of Battletown. Young :Morga1i, of "Soldiers' Rest," afterwards became a noted hero of the Revolution. Just below this old mam,ion, near whe1·e a crystal spring bul,bles up beneath the wide-spreading branches of a gigantic tree, is a small log building which was the hea<lquarters of George Washington, when, only seventeen years of age, he w::is making his survey in the V :i]]ey for Lord Fairfax of "Gre enway Court." Many, many thrngbts do these old historic logs recall of the youthful ashington and of the c·arly scenes through which he passe<l. About four and a half miles southwest of Berryville, in the edge of a large groYe of stately oaks, we find "The Briars," the home of John E strn Cooke, that pleasing historian and romantic writer, whose pen, after many years of useful labor, is "now at rest." \Ye were shown into the historian's study. Strangers now live at the place, but tbis room was uno ccupi ed save by seenrs which recalled the renowned author. Upon the walls hung antique paintings of his parents 1 an

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old-fashioned sideboard sat in one part of the room, and near hy was his chair. A few miles froru " The Briars" is "Saratoga," another home of General Daniel Morgan. This is an old stone buil<ling which Morgan caused to be erected by the He,;sian prisoners which had been captured at the -battle of Saratoga (hence the name of the residence). Having follo1red l\lorgan to two of his homes, we now step reverently into the Confederate cemetery at Winchester and view his last resting place. Upon a broke1.1,moss-covered slab, rrsting simply upon a mound of earth, we read the following epitaph:

Maj. Gen. Da'lliel Morgan departed this life on July the 6th, 1802, in the 67th Yem· of his Age. Patriotism and Valo1· were the pl'ominent Features of his Character; A'lld the honorable Sel'vice he rendered his Country during the Revolutionary wai· crowned him with Glo1·y and remained in the Hearts of his Counfrymcn as a perpetual Monument to his Memory.

In this same hietoric inclosure we see the shaft owr the grave of those gallant and <laUIJtless warrio1·,;,-the Ashby brothers, Turner and Richard. Ever dear to < ne another in life, and often fighting side by side against a common foe, the "patriotic dust" of the one now unites in sympathy with the mortal remains of the other, as they calmly sleep in each other's embrace. The two sabres upon the shaft recall their glorious and daring dee<ls, and how their lives were given in defence of thei1· mother State. Around the tomb of these two gallant heroes are the graves of many others who wore the gray. Adjoining this · 'eternal camping grounq" of tbe "Bo✓·s in Gra)·," iiia

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national cemet~ry, in which are resting hundreds of those who wore the "Blue:'' The Stars and Stripes float silently over the scene nnd seem to say : "Rest on, embalmed and ~ainted dead, Dear as the b;oou ye gave; No imJ ious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your graw." As an oh! Confedernte, leaning upon his carbine-cut in marble of spotless white-looks from his lofty position to_ wards the '' Star Sp:mgleu Banner," the spirits of thoEe who were oncl'l foes seem to be holding sweet communion, while the North aud South join heart and hand and peacefully sing: " X o more shall the war-cry sever,

Or the winding river be red; They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the graves of our dead; Under the sod and the dew, "\Vaitingthe judgment day; Love and tears for the Blue, 'l'ears and love for the Gray." L~aving Winchester and riding about eighteen miles to the southeast, we reach Ri,·erton, in Warren county, a picturesque little town in the angle formed by the juncture of the north and rnuth b~anches of the Shenandoah. Bridges Of the Shenandoah Valley railroad and the Virginia Midland, which span the ri\"er here, and theJlour-story building of the "Riverton~ Mills~ Company," with the mountains· in the background, indeed present a picture grandly sublime. Mr. George Cone, a former student of Richmond College, is at the liead of this large milling company, ancl is known as the Young Flour King of the Valley. Twenty-fi,·e miles to the ,;outh lies Luray, the ''Seven-Hilled City" :,of the Valley. The place is the very attribute

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of the beautiful. Its sunlight is "born" among the heights and boulders of the Blue Riclgr, and gently sinks to rest behind the towering l\Iassanutton. The Hawksbill flows through its midst, and upon its bosom the youth and maiden float in their little bark canoes, and sweetly sing of "the moon and its broken reflection." The Cave near Ly, with its stalagmites, stalactites, falling columns, frozen fountains, crystal springs, and deep chasms is indeed grand, and represents a miniature world. Page county, of which Luray is the county seat, is one scene of grandeur. As we rode through this section-grand in mountains, waters, skies, and peoplewe were truly charmed. Leaving Page "with regrets," we crossed the Massanutton and came upon the far-famed Valley pike at N ewmar. ket, in Shenandaoh county. We passed through Mt. Jackson, and as the shades of evening were silently gathm·ing, rode up to the beautiful home of a Mr. Allen. · Though "a stranger in a strange land," we were hospitably receh·ed in the dear old Virginia way, and as we sat upon the porch with the pleasant family on that delightful summer evening, and looked up at the stars, and then at a "dainty lilly" near by, the hours "came and went as a pleasant thought." The next morning, "casting one long, lingering look behincl," we sprang into the saddle, aud for a whole day looked upon as beautiful scenery, magnificent farms, and deep blue skit>s, as "e'er the sun shone on." The summer is now drawing to a close, but we have not yet taken you to the place which is deare1· to us "than all else besides." It is ''Ellwood, the IIome of

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Fr-iends." Here each week, after our long rides, we woul1I return and rest for a season beneath the shade of the trees. "Ellwood" is a model Virginia mansion, just on the edge of a large wood of oaks, a few miles south of Berryville. At this pleasant home is found every joy and comfort characteristic of a large Southern farm. The wide-spreading fields of waving grain and Indian corn; ''the orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood," and the old wind-mill "at the well," bring up associations and memories that would arouse the thoughts of a Longfellow and call into play the pen of an Irvin.

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But "Ellwood" proper lies within the noble hearts of those who dwell in this grand old Virginia home. Had our pen the touch of Gray we might attempt to draw tl1e beautiful picture of the grandmother, who now has passed her fourscore years and ten ; · of the father and mother, brothers and sisters, friends; and of the little ones-one resting upon father's knee and the other nestled within mother's bosom-but "A gue st were we at "Ell wood,'' And more behooves not guest to say; The very pictures on the wall With kindness seemed to whisper, '·Stay," HAPPY

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The world's grandest achievements have been reached by slow degrees. Every great and true principle that has elevated mankind, dispelled the darkness of ignorance, lifted off the veil of superstition, placed the ideal of life higher and higher, and made the world purer and better, has had to overcome opposition and wrestle with difficulties through every inch of its progress. Trne, changes are constant and sudden, yet revolutions have not swept over the worhl in a day. The erasing of false principles which have long been instilled into the life and heart of a people until they have become the cherished het·itage of forefathers, cannot be done in a moment; nor can the establishment of new ones be accomplished at once. The great rough marble stone befot'e the sculptor's gaze contains in it his ideal of a_beautiful statue, but it is only under the continued strokes of his skilful hand

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that it assumes more and more the spnmctrical and perfect model conceived in his mind. Superstition has for ages been hovering over the world as an app~rent eternal night. Ignorance and error were i eated upon the throne as monarchs in this realm of darkness. 'Twas then that false doctrines and erroneous creeds filled the minds of the people, and immortal Homer crowned Olympian Jove as the God supreme over heaven and earth, and peopled with minor deities sea, land, and sky. 'Twas then that the proud Roman blessed the day that made him a Roman citizen. He knew not how mighty were the chains that held him fast uude ·r the galling yoke of tyranny. He had never stepped be.rond the walls of his beloved seven-hilled city, which had boasted, in her pride, "I shall be no widow, but a queen forev er." His blinded eyes had

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never been lifted from devotion to her was burning in his own soul, and to lift unnumbered deities to look away from them upon a higher plane to see the glohis own idolatrous worship-to recognize rious light that was beaming so brightly One, and only one Great Ruler. But upon his own vision. these curtains of darkness were not alEut that cruel age following the ways to hang over the world, shutting world's custom of crucitying its Saviours out heaven's intended light. The Roman and exalting its Cffisars, eondemm·d his heard coming to his superstit10us ears the writings to be burned and his energy tocry, "Ye are men;" and it was then that ward reformation to be crushed forever. the curtains parted and the light began to But the power of a true principle was dawn on his rlou<lerl vi..,inn ; an I then not so easily crushed. For his heart, it was that a great and mighty struggle tuned by the sacred touch of truth, when for a principle, of .which the world may struck by the rough decree of the Pope, gave forth a clear note of defiance that be proud, began. The light shJne more and more has echoed down the halls of time to the present, and will yet ring in sweet melbrighly, and one by one its rays darted ody upon the ears of generations to come more deeply into the long night of gloom. when the name of the true hern of ReThe dark ages came on, and D.tnte, formation is mentioned. catching a glimpse of the coming day, Men under the influence of the power aroused his slumbering genius and went singing a "mystic unfathomable song " of a true principle have braved the dangers of a stormy ocean, and setting their through Pluto's wide domains. feet upon the rock-bound coast of uncivPapacy was then advancing with giant ilized America, began to kindle upon itR tl'ead. Men were being bound in chains even more galling than before. And it dark hearth the fire of civilizatio ·n, seated is to that dark hour in the world's his- upon her throne, the Goddess of Liberty, tory that we look to-day to behold unde- and set in motion a ripple of influence caying monuments of the trnest sacrifice that has nJw become a mighty wave that for a noble pl'inciple. sweeps over this great nation. Martyrs who paid their penalty with True principle is an essential element theit· own lives exhibited a power of a in American progress. The elements of true principle that stirs up all the latent Christianity are wafted in every passing energies of man's soul, fixes his motives, breeze, from the isles of the sea to the and causes him, like Socrates of old, if woody dells and mountains of the world, needs be, to die fot· truth. This was the and the gloom ef heathenish ignorance fire that was burning in the heart of the that has so long hung over many peoples great Reformer of the sixteenth century. is rapidly being dispelled by the light Men had lost their valor, and tremblingly emanat.ing from the principle of truth were falling in humble submission to the and virtue. The amount of energy and anay of Papacy. This hero, seeing how power in man is untold. But when by the truth that was in men was per·verted the friction of a true principle his faculby grnss errors, stmggled to fire their ties ::m, set in motion, they never cease hearts afresh with the same flame that to act. And so under its influence the

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earth blossom!" to-day, and will continue to bloom even more beautifully, until virtue and truth shall be the mighty powers

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that permeate the life of all peoples and govern all Hations. MALE

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With this issue a new corps of editors · not forgotten their early struggles and triumphs at Richmond College. take charge of om· monthly. We are proud of our paper, and say Throughout our counky all classes of with pardonable vanity, what has often our citizens are evidencing a lively interest been said · by those more competent to in the coming national election. Of this judge than we, that our journal ranks high among college papers. With this we are glad. We are aware that in many fact before us we feel the weight of the cases it but shows that a multitude of responsibility resting upon us. Let greedy and unprincipled politicians of every alumnus of our college and every all parties are scheming and planning for their own personal preferment and gain. student remember that he has a personal interest in the .Messenger,and rcmem~ Yet, again, we believe that it shows that bering this, let each one do all jn his thousands of the citizens of our country are interested in national and individual power to make it an honor to our Literprosperity, and hence arc laboring for ary Societies and to the institution. If the students will co-operate with us the success of the party in which their we promise that our paper will not only judgment tells them they should be. hold her rightful position, but that she Men, to a certain extent, are out of will start upon an era of progress never the -question. Grand and leading prinbefore known in her history. Let it be ciples is the ground of conflict. remembered that our columns contain only Whilst we would rejoice in the victory original a1·ticles contributed by the stuof the party of our choice, we are gratedents, and sometimes we are compelled ful that the classic shades of our college to reject articles either because they <lo seem to form a Lanier ove1· which the not come U? to the standard or are un- strifes and jealousies .incident to this suitable for the Messenger. We should great political movement cannot furcc be glad to devote a few columns of each · their way. issue to letters from old ~tudents. Could Ahbough all parties are reprnsented not such writers as Lipscomb, Hatcher, hern by warm, zealous advocatts, no Quick, Alderman, Pollard, Stearnes and political clubs have been formed, and the Straley send us a short article now and students seem much more interested in then? We Rhall always be pleased to Greek, Philosophy and Mathematics, hear from such of our alumni as have than in the great crisis nenr at band.

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among college students. But few of us realize how much of our politeness is Rimply the result of policy. Remove selfishness from us and from our actions, and let us be governed by our feelings, we fear that many of us would not be urbane and courteous in our deportment. To us, true politeness is the best index of a gentleman; of course we have no reference to studied grace of manner or carriage, but to a simple, natural, gentlemanly bearing. Then, fellow-students, let us be courteous and polite to one another, not from some ulterior _· motive, such as personal prefermemt among our fellows, but because we ha\'e come to realize that our fellow-students are men, and are worthy of our respect and attention. Let the strong help and encourage the wealr, and with false aud foolish pride, let petty prejudices be banished from our college lives, and let each lend one another a helping hand, that we may the sooner come to the full statue of manhood. But whilst we would labor to establish harmony and brntherhood among our boys, we have no word of reprol;lch fot· those who seek as their intimate associates those intellectually, morally, and socially their equal::i. History of the past and extended observation confirms Somewhere in Bulwer Lytton's novel "Devereux," the following phrase occurs , oJ.r opinion that in every well organizPd state of society there must be, of neces''There is no policy like politeness. and a good mannet· is the best thing in th~ sity, certain classes of men drawn toworld either to get one a good name, or gether by similarity of pursuit, oneness to supply the want of it." Alas ! there of aim, anrl genuine congeniality, and is too much truth in these words. Every- - lunce bound togethet· by espacial ties of where we find the extended hand, the - friendship . No man can have every kindly word and the smiiing face,_while other m 111 as a personal, intimate friend, !:iitterness rankles in the heart. We are but, fellow-students, is this a reason why sometimes constrained to believe that blind, bitter prejudice shoulLl rise to bring this deceitfuluess is at its maximum discord into oqr ranks, give rise to atld

\Ve honor them for this stand. They certainly cannot be successful college students and strong politicans at the same time. We do not undervalue a knowledge of the sciences of politics and sociology, but let them be studied in the clasi;-room at proseut. \Vhilst we _ encourage our embryo statesmen in theit· heated debates in literary societies upon Prohibition, Woman Suffrage, and kindred: topics, ,ve can bnt cry a truce to the college papers whose editorial and literary columns are wrested from their legitimate end and made political debating grounds, where invective and vit.uperation are rife, and where the average college student endeavors to debate and decide great national questions which the most astute statesmanship has yet left unsolved. Whilst as Grover Cleveland walks our streets we stand uncovered, and enthusiastically sing, "Hail to the Chief," we have no word or thought of bitterness for Mr. Harrison and the friends of Pl'Otection, and we shall hail the day with pleasure when the Prohibition party with Gen. Fisk at its head shall• drive the rum traffic from our fair land.

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foster bitter enmity and to c<i.usemany to lose, to a certain extent, their Christian influence? Let Richmond College hereafter be noted as a college where these walls of prejudice have been broken down, and let each° circle of intimate friends join with each other circle, and all together form one grand, harmonious whole, characterized by loyalty to truth and steadfastness to duty. A question of great practical importauce to a young man beginning a college course is, "What use should I make of the library"? A questipn more difficult to answer than one would imagine. We have known men of unquestioned ability and indefatigable industry to fail in their college course because of too much valuable time given to . reading. We have known others to leave college, having graduated with high honors, with no practical know ledge of our magnificent literature. If we would be benefited by what we read we should be very careful in the selection of our authors. }\,J:anystudents read, with much advantage, reviews an.d magazines , treating upon subjects studied in the class-room. Whilst we cannot over-value ·such parallel reading, particuh\rly upon philosophical and ethical questio~s, and even in the natural sciences, we realize that with many it partakes rather too much of the nature of routine work. Hence, without insisting too much upon this kind of work, we will say let our reading be confined to reviews, magazines, and books which will strengthen our minds, broaden our views, and give us practical knowledge of the different periods of our literary history. We believe that certain classes of novels

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may be read by students very advantageously. We all should read Dickens, that we may become acquainted with lower English life; Thackery, that we may be ushered into English society; Scott, that we may combine the pleasure incident to his easy, graceful, fl,owing style with leading facts in Scottish, English, and Continental history; Disraeli, who presupposes an intimate acquaintance with the history, politics, and social customs of England ; "George Eliot," that we may realize that she is the peer of any of our English novelists, as evidenced in her inimitable "Adam Bede," "Middlemarch," and "Daniel Deronda." e regret to noti~e a tendency among our young men to spend their time upon such novels as simply rob them of their time-novels having no true life in their plots, but representing snch a state of society as never has existed, and probably never will exist, and, as Zimmermann so truly says, "Not forcing their readers to sin, but only instructing them how to sin." After having carefully selected . our books, let us be careful about our methods .of reading. We may read, and read extensively, and yet we may reap only a weakening of onr intellectual powers. We may spend hours of each day revelling among the sublime truths and magnificent diction of Ruskin or Milton, and yet may secure not the slightest benefit. Desultory reading is, as a rule, a waste of time. Let those of us who have the · time determine to devote one or two hours a day to regular, systematic reading, and then give equally as much time to digesting what we have read, to medi• tating upon the truths which · have been

LOCALS. presented to us, and to formulating" them in our minds, that they may sen路e the purposE: whereunto they were sent. Lord Bacon has said : "Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and 1liscourse, but to weigh and consider."

To those of our number who ha,路e uot time for a regular course of reading we will refer to a quotatio11 from Mr. Addison: '' Of all the di,路ersions of life there is uone so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."

LOCALS. Hello! Hello! Ah! Ah! AL! 'Sh! 'Sh ! 'Sh! Pull the string. Ah, there! my Rat; I'll pull your toe. Hurrah, for Bake and Tin-can!

.Zukety is still "dogging his cats." We hope that hereafte1路 our Lread at the Mess Hall will be "Bake"-tl good and "Brown." " Oh! how those Rats do yell When they hear the dinner-bell." Mr. F. to Mr. A.-" What is the meaning of eleemosynary?" Mr. A.-" Why, sir, that iR a kind of artificial butter."

The following piece of poetry was given to Mr. C. by the young lady who operates the typewriter at the E."{position: Slowly England's sun was setting O'er the hilltops far away, Filling all the land with beauty At the close of one sad day. While the farm-hands mowed the hay, And the childl'Cn stopped to play, This is all I've got to say. Good-day. BELINDA

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Mr. L., of Penn., is very sad at present, because the girl he has loved for three years was marriecl last week.

a beer bottles,

For Sale!

2 packs of cardR, 6 dime novels (pretty well thumbed),

Some of the Rats are very anxious to know what the expression "riding a pony" means. After they have been ''thrown" two or three times they will know, ah! perhaps too well.

1 dark lantern, 1 long string (good for pulling purposes), 1 Greek Testament (never been used). Apply to "Slim Jim," Cottage, No. 144.

W. to Prof. P.-" Sir, I can prove to ,Youthat I am alive by nioving my hands around."

Mr. B. to Mr. T.: " Why, sir! it seems incl'Cdible to me how a man could reRt beneath the classic shades of this col-

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lege and not receive kn,nvledge; the very ait· appears to be t-inclu1'edwith culture.'' (Miscrabile dictu.) The tinctu1'ewas a little too strong for Mr. B.'s constitution, and he was compelled to go back to his home two weeks afte1· the beginning of the session. Rat: "Ha,.·e you seen B11ffal'6Bill's Last Days of Pompeii ?" Mr. A., of Fauquier, is Yery much grie,·ed because he conld not go home to ,·ote for Belva Lockwood. Ne\·cr go back ou the girls, old boy. A few days ago we received a uote from a young lady who resides down town, earnestly beseeching us to insert the following in the "Messenger " : ''Notice!" "\\'ill Mr. P--, the gentleman who stoled a kiss ft·om me last Sunday night in the hallway, please return it at once!" "Fatty W ." called on a young lady o,·er on Church Hill not long ago, and had his dignity very much offended. Upon ringing the door-bell, the young lady came to the door and mildly enquired, "Who do you want to see, little boy?" He says if they judge a man according t_o bulk over in that country, he will send them ''Zukety ."

Mr. H., seeing a young lady in the telephone department at the Exposition with the headphone on, asked: "Miss, does that concern assist your hearing any?" Mr. D. (translating Zenophon)" There was no grass in this country not· any ot1'1erkind of trees." Mr. J. to Mr. T.-" Please lake me into the libra1·yand show me the dummy." Mr. H., on seeing the advertisement of C. H. Page with the pictures of Cleveland and Thurman on it, remarks: "That must be Mr. Page's picture when he was· a young man and after he got to be an old one." Prof. B. to Mr. C.-" That, sir, is a spurious dipthong." Mr. C.-" Sperions, sperious ! I never heard of them things before." Prof. B. to Mr. B.-" What do you mean, sir, by the subject of a proposition?" Mr. B.-" The subject, sir, is that wliich is affirmed of the predicate."

Mr. G. to Mr. W.: "What 1s the technica) term for a self-evident fact ?'' l\fr. W.: "A maxim."

Mr. M. (who had just returned from taking a drive with his best girl): ''Say, Kluts ! I drove all the afternoon with oiie hand." Kluts: "What did you do with the other one ?" Mr. M.: "Oh, I let that go to waiste."

Mr. S. to l\lr. Q. (on seeing him perform some of his gymnastics a la Prof. Boalwright)-"Sar, have YOU eYcr studied ecclesiastfosI "

l\Ir. H-thinks the faculty requires too much when they make the new students study the catalogL1ean<l commit the schedule to memory,

LOCALS. Mr. D-is said to haYe eEcorted his lady Joye to the Expo~ition, and as he had only one 25c. he paid her wny in an<l waited outside until after she had ~een the sights. Mr. S--, 011 seeing the new heater that is being put up in the basement, remarked : "That thing is a water-tank, 'aint it."

d:pped a little into Greek ; well, that is, I <lipped enough to get my little dip. Prof. P. to Mr. D. :Âˇ '' Sir, are you an optimist or a pessimist"? Mr. D. (looking perplexed): "I don't know whether I am or not, sir." Mr. M. to Prof. P.: "Most people would define animal as a four-legged quadrnprd."

Owing to the mildness of the weather, our spring poets have commenced to r;;;t Prof. to Mr. S. : "Who is the greatest forth their little buds again. preacher of the present day?" Mr. S.: "Spitzbergen, sir." Little Willie Smith was sick, And I was dreadful sorry; .But the fever came on fast and thick, And now he's gone to glory. Willie was a bully boy, And he was good and true; But when he sucked his painted toy, His spirit upward flew. Willie had a ''yeller" dog, Who for him ' loudly cried, And when his master closed his mug, He cemmitted suicide. We had a little Charlie once, He was our joy and pride; But he was too good for this earthy earth, So he iooken sick and died. Strange that all our poet's f:uwies seem to consider the latter end of mnn. Here is another: In Memoriam. Here lies Hotel De Vou, By the noble ten put through ; "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust," The ten couldn't stay there, but D-must. Professor:

When I went Lo college I

Sunday_-sehool scholar to" Chippy" J.: '' I wish you would tell me, please sir, who was the first left-handed man mentioned in the Bible." "Chippy" J.: "I don't remember exactly who he was, my little man, but I think his name was Exodus." Mr. H. to Prof. P.: ''Professol', if I was to die, would'nt I tmnspi?-c?'' Mr. S. to Mr. Q.: "Say, 'old lady,' I'm goiug to the hydrogen to get. some water." Although seven tlays have elapsed since the house cat bit off the canary bird's head, nevertheless the frost on last year's tobacco crop has so lowered the price of coal-oil that the President of Mozambique has issued a proclamation to all the Faithful earnestly exhorting them to bait their hooks with mockingbircb' gizzards in order that the inhabitants of Florida may take in their winter's supply of alligator'l' teeth before the spring rains set in. This policy on the part of this great dignitary will awaken

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great interest in the whole political and scientific world, not=so much on account of its inherent and nativistic properties, but because of its close relation to the decisio1( arrived at by the -grand tribunal of the Geneva Conference, Alabama Court of Claims. The Queen of the Crocodiles, who inhabits Nubia an Kamscatka, has endorsed this proclamation of his Excellency the President of Negrnland, and has ordered all the cats in the kingdom to be immediately embalmed to Isis. The Sphinx smiled broadly when she was informed hy her friend and contemporary the:statue of Ramescs, and declared that he was very sorry; but "he had'nt the change." Rameses, the ancient, then replied : "No, my dea1·sister, I suppose not; for during our whole acquaintance of twenty-five or thirty centuries I have ne,·er seen any change about your person." At this undignified play upon the Queen's English the weAtern sky blushed, and the mummy of the oppn:Esor of the I{ebrews -turned nervously in his coffin, where he lay in Prof. Maspero's great museum at Boulogne. In nine cases out of ten the specific gravity of pigeon's milk has been found to exceed , the diameter of the earth's surface. Consequently this Imperial Edict of His Royal Blackness has been found to be superficially considered one:of the greatei,( .of modern works_of art. It is to be stuffed, smoked, dried, and preserved~ :in alcohol and displayed in the well-known and extensive museum of Richmond College, where, by an intelligent descendant of Ham, yclepi "Cris"the now reigning King of Egypt. Om· college has at h~i adopted a yell

arnl colors. The yell goes th us : Y ah ! yah ! yah ! R ! A! T ! hurrah! tiger! R, C, V ! Yell ! Our colors are black aucl crimson. We hope that all the students will heartily join in the yell when an op- . portunity is given, and that they will display the colors on proper occasions. Our Athletic Association has reorganized with the following officers and committees: H. E. Jones, president; J. H. Whitehead, vice-president; M. W. Thomas, secretary; P. H. Shuck, treasurer. Baseball-R. C. Williams, Jos. Whitehead, J. R. Bagby. Football--C. H. Baker, C. T. Kincanon, E. E. Garrett. Tennis-W. B. McGarity, N. R. Walker, J. G. Winston. Membership-T. G. Bush, C. T. Kincanon, M. W. Thomas. Field-Day-H. E. Jones, P.H. Shuck, C. T. Taylor. Colors and Yell-J. M. Wilbur, C. H. Baker, J. E. Noftsinger. We are glad to see that the boys are paying more attention to athletic sports. Nothing is more conducive to the health of a student than exercise and plenty of it. The new students seem to take especial delight in football, and we expect, from the material that we now have, to organize a team that will add to the renown of the college. It is earnestly desired that as many as possible will join the A_thletic Association; the assessment per capita is very low-just enough to pay expenses. It is the intention of the Athletic Association to hold a Field Day some time in the Spring of '89, before the final examinations. The contests will consist of running, jumping, putting the shot, throwing the hammer, throwing the baseball, and other athletic engagements. The,;c sports arc open only to members

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of the college, and any student will be allowed to enter as a contestant by deposing a small entrance fee. The students of Richmond Qollege should sho,v themselves to be true Americans by entering into this coming event with all their zeal. Prof. L. R. Hamberlin, who is not Ii ving at Shreveport, La., has been heard from, and expects to compose and deliver his poem before the Alumni of Richmond College at its next annual reunion. ·We are glad to learn that he has agreed to favor us with one of his poems, and we look forward with much pleasure to the occasion. ·

appointed delegates to the Virginia College Conference of Y. M. C. A., · to be held at Randolph-Macon CoUege, Ashland, Va., on November 16th to: 1sth, inclusive: Messrs. H. T. Allerson, J. A. Broaddus, R. · E. Chambers, E. W. Greaner, W. L. Hayes, W. C. James, C. T. Kincanon, W. B. Loving, R. M. Penick, A. J. Ramsey, H. ~H. Street, C. T. Tayl9r, M. W. Thomas, J. l\L Wil-' bur, F. C. Johnson, W. B. McGarity, W. T. Creath, H. F. Williams, and J. W. P. Harris.

We desire to correct the mistake made in the last issue of the-Messengerthat, instead of being corresponding secretary, Every student should subscribe for Mr. J. W, P. Harris is our recording the .Jfesseriger. This tbing of sponging _ secretary, Mr. W. · B. McGarity having on another student is contemptible, to been chosen for the former position. say the least. A student who can and will uot support his own college paper is For a number of rears past the stufit only for banishment to Cairo. dents have been in the habit of giving; ;at the close of the session, a little pleasurFrom the b~i;1;inningof the session up able entertainment known as "The Jolto the last regular meeting of the Y. M. lification." It . is notable that these C. A. sixty-five active members have "je1Ilifications" have been . given -every · been enrolled, ·•and we hope that each other year, which, when we recall that meeting in the future , will · find our the last one was held just before the comMembership Committee ready to -re- mencement in June, '87, it will be seen port the names of the Christi:>.nstudents very readily that this is the session for our institution who -have as -yet failed ano~her display ~f our talent in the line to idtmtify themselves with the Associa- of "fun making." And in a meeting tion. The zeal with which the students held for the purpose the students manihave entered the work at the several sta- fested a very decided desire that this tions portends a glorious result for the year prove no :exception; so that after Master's cause, provided faithfulness is · having obtained the consent of our "honexercised and a prayerful remembrance ored faculty," the committees will arrange of the "source from whence cometh all the parts, and those participating will our strength" is maintained. immediately begin weekly rehearsals. The gentlemen chosen as the :officers At ·a late meeting of our ExecutiYe are: Mr. . Baker, president; Mr. E. E. Committee the followi11g members were Garrett, treasurer:; Messrs. C. B. Tip-

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pett, P. H. Shuck, and J. H. Whitehead. executive committee. With these gentlemen in charge we are confident, knowing as we do that they have the gooJwilL of the students, that they will d,1 all in their power to make the "Jollification" of 1888-:-'9 a most successful one.

with us, we do not, of course, ask you to patronize them. Onr advertisers do not propose to undersell all other business men of the city or of the country. They do propose to keep first-class, 1:eliable goods at prices as low as any. Gh·e them a trial.

Notice that this year we ha,·e a number ITEMS.-There we, e 5:34 volumes added to the Library last ses- of new advertisers, and of the old, a number of changes have been made. See sion. The number of bot.ks borrowed from Kinney Bro.'s new cut and the change of the Library last session was 1,256. Of Allen & Ginter's advertisement. So in other lines. Use the ~Messenger as a trading these the students got out 1,167. There are now over 9,000 volumes, all directory. catalogued and in good condition. The advertisement of the Broad-street The Jeter Library Hall will soon rePharmacy appears in this issue for the ceive a full life-size portrait of Dr 1 John A. Broadus. It was painted by Mr. first time. We desire to call attention to Lucien Cocke, of Virginia, and is the this house, which will be glad to have you The proprietors will gift of Rev. Dr. George B. ·Taylor, of call at any time. furnish you with anything in their line on Italy. , reasonable terms. There is a good line of magazine literature on our lib;ary tables. We believe The Philologian Literary Society dethe most popular are Harper's Monthly cided at its last. meeting to hold its reguand Weekly, and Century. lar annual "Public Debate" Friday It costs pretty heavily to run the Library, we learn, but 110 charge is made night, December 14th, 1888. Her repthe students for anything. We have in resentative men upon this occasion will C. James, this a great advantage <?Ver other col- be as follows : Debaters-W. Texas; C. L. Laws, H. W. Jones, A. J. leges. Ramsey, Virginia. Declaimer-H. N. There were 382 registered visitors in the Library during October. No doubt Quic;enberry, Virginia. Reader-E. E. there were twice this number in all, for · Garrett, Virginia. The term-president, Mr. C. T. Kincanon, will preside and many do not register. welcome the audience. A committee will We desire to call the attention of our be appoinied who will attend to decopatrons to our advertise1·s.We have aimed rating the chapel, and will procure an into advertise only representative houses in teresting musical programme. It is hoped the several lines of trade. All we ask is that this will be one of the most interestthat you give them a fair trial, and then ing public meetings the Society has evc1· if you cannot do as well with them as held. As usual, a cordial welcome will ,vith other houses that do not ad verlise be given to our friend!!. LIBRARY

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Oun LIBRARY. ten thousand volumes, and there are freFew colleges in this country-none in q ucnt accessions of standard works. the South-have such accommodations as Whenever a book i'3 asked for that is not ours for library work. The hall itself is in the library, a note is made ot it, and a model of convenience, comfort, and if practicable it is soon added to the beauty. Its length is one hundred and attractive list already on the shelves. three feet, its width forty-five feet, and It is not claimed that Richmond Colits pitch tw(:nty-two feet. The twelve lege library is complete ; not at all. It handsome walnut caEes are of the latest hasn't the age and it hasn't the size for a· patterns, and admirably adapted to their finished work. But it has what · is purpose; they cost four thousand dollars, better-a young and vigorous .life, and a · and will hold two thousand volumes each. determination to grow. And it is growThe revolving cases contain snch books ing steadily and wisely. It is said that of reference as are needful for daily use. other improvements ·will be made this The tables are handsome and the light is session, and other conveniences secured. excellent. Upon the tables may be found _Let our students show appreciation of pads and pencils, and · the supply of mag- a1_1dinterest in · library work, · and they azines and other current literature is will not only find increase of pleas11re, •but intellectual growth. They will also varied and sufficiently full. To this splendid apartment the stu- find sympathy from the library officers and committee, and have yet ampler dents are always welcome, and it'> privilrges are exten<led to all who are willing means placed at their command. In after years, when our books are to observe a few needful rules, without closed and other duties crowd our hands charge. In othH colleges and universities there is a regular library fee, :Lsome ai1d bear heavily upon our shoulders, we instances as high as $5 per sesuion; but will love to think of the cozy alcoves Richmond College opens wide the doors in the Jeter library hall and the hours to these advantages without a cent of cost spent in communing with the g1·eat men of the past and present. Such memories to the student. Our catalogue of books shows · nearly will be sweet. MORE ANON.

PERSONALS. A. M. Carroll, M. A. of '88, is principal of a graded school in Asheville, N. C. We pr~phecy for him success as a teacher. W. C. Robinson, M. A. of '87, is teaching at Moore's Academy, in Chesterfield counly. We are pleased Jo hear that he is soon to strengthen the ties that

bind him to tirn academy by taking for his bride one of the principal's fair daughters. Among the B. A .'s of '88, during October, the classic halls of his Alma Mater opened their doors to receive a visit from M. A. Coles. He is at present enjoying a rest at home.

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J. G. Dickinson is receiving a theological training at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. The '' direful geschichte" of B. P. Willi s now breaks the silence of his rural home in Orange count.y.. J. D. Martin is preaching in Chesterfield county, and teaching in the Chester Female Institute. It _was a real pleasure to see him (?) at the College last month, attended by a goodly company of smiling maidens. How is the 1Âˇailroad, "Martoun ?" Our wit of the second floor, J. T. Noell, Jr., is reading law in Lynchburg, Va. "You can't down a working man!'~. John S. Sowers is initiating himsel into the mysteries of the :p_edagogicart at Silcott Springs, in Loudoun count y , We rejoice with our old friend, W. A. Harris, M. A., of '86, at the honor conferred upon him in the shape of au honorary scholarship at Johns-Hopkins University. J. W. Mitchell, '84-'5, who holds a pastorate in Albemarle county, has recently taken to himself a wife from among the fair daughters of Southwestern Virgmia. e tender our congratulations. We find upon the college register,

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under date -of October 23, the names of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Stone. Eugene was with us during the session of '84-'5, but has since been graduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary, and only last month received his "clip.', on Calico, in Christiansburg, Va. He presides O\' er a prosperous charge in New York, some fifty miles north of New York city. C. W. Duke, '84-'5, also paid us a visit in October. He is teaching in an academy in Nansemond county, Va. E. E. Dt!dley, '87-'8, has been unable to return to Uollege on account of sickness. He hopes, however, to be with us again in February. The "Basso of 28," John R. Comer '8 7-:'8, has charge of a school at Bennetts-' ville, S.'C. Once more the hymeneal bells are ringing. This time they tell of one who is to be no Moore, but who is henceforth doomed to the fate of a Cook. We congratulate our old friend and fellowstudent, J.B., upon haviugatlastentered the blissful state for which he used so often to sigh. He now located in Loui sa county, and is a very popular_ pastor.

EXCHANGES. The October number of the McMicken Review, the organ of the University of Cincinnati, contains eight pages, about two and a half of which may be styled literary matt er, two and one fourth more are taken up with defences of College Fraternities, and the rest is merely of local interest. We are of the opinion

that an institution with such a high sounding name should publish a larger and more interesting magazine. The Niagara Index is well edited and neatly arranged. Its issue of October 16, 1888, contains among other well writ_ ten articles one on "College Debating So-

EXCHANGES. cieties," to which we wouhl call the attention of all new students. The Ind e,.:i; is a paper well worth reading, although its exterior appearance tells quite a different tale. We think that it does itself a great injustice in not arraying itself in more attractive apparel. Advertisements are. good things wlien in their proper places, bnt they are out of place and a positive injury to any publication when they cover its entfre exterior. We Lelieve that your cirulation would be larger were you to a<lopt a new and mor e attractive cover. The Hampden Sidney 111aga z ine for October is neat and attractive in app earance, but fails to devote any Apaceto Exchanges, which we Lelieve to be a mistake. The Magazine would also do well to devote more space to E<litorials.

Tau Delta, at Butlct· University, hereby ngree to refrain from all initiation, ',;piking,' or pledging flf new students until after December 1st, 1888. "This does not include casual conversation on fraternity topics (in which fraternity men are to only answer questions), but any attempt (direct or iudirect) to break the spirit of this agreement will be held as dishonorabl e, as a plain violation of its letter."

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'' The above agreement, made by the fraternities among them selves, is, if strictly adhered to, ·a move in the right direction. Few, if any, students when first entering school are able to decide where they wish to cast their lot. They may, of coUl'se, have no desire to enter a fra ternity, but in case they do, it is of the utmost importance that they have time to make their own choice, and decide which will be most congenial to theit· tastes. Much of the student's after career in school depends upon the associations he forms, and he must have time to find his own element. It is in recognition of this fact that the above agreement has been enter!ld into."

The Lantern, of the Ohio State University, in our judgment, falls far short of the standard to which, with its nine editors, it, should attain. Its issue of The Pa cific Pharos of October 10, Oct. 13, 1888, contains only one and a 1888, like the most of our exchanges for half pages of litera1'y matter, devotes • October, contains but littl ~, except Locals. about one fourth of a page to E xchanges, and the remainder is almost entirely of The Wake Forest Student is among the local interest. Surely a Lantern with best of our exchange s. One thing that six men and three fair associates to fur- we like it fot· is the prominence given to nish its oil and to trim its wicks, should editorials. Its editors appear to have a shine with a more brilliant and far-reach- lively interest in their work, and show it ing light. by wr~ting for their college magazine. We, of course, do not believe that the The following extract from one of the editors ought to ha,·e all, or nearly all, editorials of the Butl ei· Collegian we of the writing to do, but we do believe fully endorse, and recommend to the care- that they ought to be willing to do their ful attention of the fraternities of our part. own and other colleges: . "We, the members of the chapters of '' There is that in connection with the Phi Delta .Theta, Sigma Chi, an<l Delta Whitechapel murders which would lead

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observer to believe that the assassin is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and commits his crimes in the belief that he is rendering society a magnificent service in ridding it of characters which are of no particular value. If there is anything in this theory, what a bles~ed good thing for the average American college editor that the gentleman's field of labor is on the other side of the ocean."-Hes-

we would call attention to a few of her statements. In speaking of woman's success as a minister of the gospel, sl,e says: "Having more pity an<l forgi vE:ness in their hearts, they can the better explain the great and exceeding love of God for all his children." If worcan can "the better" explain God's love, why was it perian. that men, and. not women, were chosen of Evidently the exchange ed!tor of the Christ to preach his gospel? Is not He..~perianis congratulating himself that Christ omniscient? Did He not know a mighty ocean rolls between him and that women would make the best ministhe perpetrator of the crimes mentioned. ters? Again, she says, "We should be glad The Sevtember number of the Hamil- that we live in a country where 'woman's ton College Monthly contains an article sphere' is thought almollt as unlimited as entitled " Business Capacity of Women," man's, and her capacity not much infein which the fair writer attempts to prove riot· to his." We are inclined to think that women are as capable as men of with an old Tennessee preacher, that enduring "the hardest blows of Cruel neither man nor woman has a 'sphere,' Fortune" in the world of business. but that each has a hemisphere; that the The fact that a few women have suc- two put together make ex~ctly a sphere, ceeded in various business pursuits does and that when both get upon one hemisnot prove that their success has been phere the whole thing topples over. The women in Christ's day '' followed equal to that of some men; much le11s does it prove that woman in general has and ministered unto liim," and that is follow and a capacity for bµsiness equal to that of the woman's true position-to to minister unto man, not as his slave, generality of men, and that woman is but as his friend and helper. Let man equally capable of success in all the purattend to the public business, and let suits of life. woman reign in the heart and home, and "\Ve have not the space to notice the then all will be well; for it will be young Ia<ly's argument in particular, but according to God's economy. m1

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The will of the great Hiram Sibley, of Rochester, gives to Cornell University, of Ithaca, New York, the sum of $30,000, to endow a professorehip of Mechanic Arts in that University.

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George Gabriel, who made his fortunE1 in New Ha\·en by repairing umbrellas, died recently, leaving ·$10,000 lo Yale College and $15,000 to Yale Divinity School.

COLLEGE NEWS AND NOTES. 31 ---------Twenty-four young women have grad- sat .alope between the aets): I should uated as lawyers in Michigan this sum- say so. mer. "John," observed Mrs. Gray," "I A chair of Pedagogics has been estabthink we ought to get an aviary." "Well, lished at Northwestern University. I don't. There ain't nobody what conies Exeter now numbers three hundred to see us can play on it." and ten, Andover three hundred and What is it that goes to wreck and ruin twenty. yet does nothing but good? The lifeThe Freshman class at Yale is the boat. largest which has ever entered .. It num.First L~r: "Talking about rare coins, 'bers three hundred and thirty-seven, my brother has one of.the original pieces with two hundred and twelve in the fur which Joseph was sold by his brethacademic. ren." Madi1mn Univer~ity, Clinton, N. Y., Second Liar: "That's nothing. I'm is to have a new library, the gift of got an uncle who owns the identical ladJames B. Colgate. der Jacob saw in his dream."-Texas The Freshmen won the cane rush at Troy Polytechnic. Cornell is to have a $225,000 Library building. Amherst's Freshman cl:Jss rnimber;; ninety-six, the largest in the history of the college. C. H. Sherrill, of Yale, broke one of the tendons of his right thigh in running the one hundred yards da'lh at Detroit on on Wednesday, September 19. A $15,000 telescope has been presented to Yankton College. The largest library in the world is the Imperial, at Paris, which contains over 2,000,000 volumes.

The Japanese government has onlererl English to be taught in the schools. A Portland woman has read the Bible through eighty-five times; she is se,·entyfive years old, and begau when she was seven. She reads from the book with which she first began, :rnd has read it at least once every year. He (at the beginning of the third act): , How spicy the play is getting. She (who

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Of the 1,400 stuJents of Michigan Uni,·ersity, it is stated by President Angell that the parents of 502 were farmers, 171 merchants, 93 lawyers, 83 physicians, 52 manufacturers, 54 mechanics, and 61 clergymen.--E x. · ·'Non paratu s," dixit Freshy, Rising with a tr oubled look; " Omne rectus," Prof. responr.let, " Nihil" in his book. An

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'40,000, is in the process of erection at Northwestern University, Evanstcrn, Ill. The new Science Hall of the University of Wisconsin, lately completed and occupied, cost $270,000. " Will you eat a Philopena ?" Gently whispered I; " Gi,·e and take?" she gaily questioned Mischief in her eye. , Then she talked and sweetly smiling, The converse growing keener, Gave me a:rose, without a r,igh, And answered "Philopena."

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