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THE HESPERIAN
istration of the board, and who shall be subject to
the will of the board.
article 5.
The managing editor shall be the president of
this Association and the secretary and treasurer
of the board shall also be the secretary and treas
urer of this Association.
akticlk 6.
Sec. 1 . The managing editor may call meet
ings of this Association, and must call them upon
the request of the board of editors or fifteen
members of the Association. Notice must be
posted for at least two days previous to any
meeting.
Sec. 2. A quorum for the transaction of any
business that comes before this Association shall
consist of fifteen members.
article 7.
This constitution may be amended by a two
thirds vote of the members present at any meet
ing and doing business, provided the proposed
amendments are posted at least one week before
the meeting.
article S.
The board shall fill all vacancies in the board,
but must fill each from the society to which the
person causing the vacancy belonged.
WASTE BASKET WAFS.
It is the first law of nature to be supremely sel
fish, and yet we hear people talking about how
much they love other people and how much they
would do for them because of their boundless
affection. Boundless affection ! Nonsense ! Is
it possible to suppose that in this enlightened age
there really exists any one who is fool enough to
sacrifice anything for any one else ? Now I be
lieve in affection rightly placed, but am particular
as to whom I lavish it upon. I give all the
strength of my affection, all the love and service
of my life to that one person who never betrays
me, who always appreciates me, who never
wounds my vanity, never trifles with my trust,
never hurts my feelings, to that truest of friends,
kindest of critics, most ardent of admirers
myself.
The Ntbraskan in its very scholarly review of
"Analytics of Literature" stated that the most
delightful thing about the book was that it was so
interesting. We do not mean to deny that the
book is interesting by any means, but it seems to
us rather strange taste of all the word of praise
that might be said about the book to select that
one. The worthy editpr of the Nebraskan also
states that he found the books easier to read than
a novel, in fact that he did not have to read at
all, "the book read itself." We can only envy the
gentleman his grasp of intellect. We confess
that "analytics" did not "read itself to us." We
had to read it, read slowly, read carefully, some
times almost painfully. We remember tickling
the chapter on figures four different times and are
not very sure of it yet. We discovered that the
notes were a volume in themselves. While there
is not an obscure sentence in the book, it has
been boiled down until from cover to cover there
is not a word that is superfluous. We should
just as soon say that Sordello "read itself," or that
Herbert Spencer was "just like a novel" as to say
that of "Analytics." While we appreciate and
reverence those master minds to whom the theory
"effects" is but a pleasant fairy tale, and to whom
the chapters on the suppression of figures arc but
a pleasant pastime for a hot afternoon, we con
fess that our little brains move slowly in these
great things, and that it seems to us that to have
mastered "analytics" thoroughly would be to
have mastered all there is in literature.
A student's boarding club is supposed to be a
place where the student goes, to fill up the aching
void of his inner being. The purpose of a board
ing club is to supply food for body and brains.
Alas! No more do the clubs fulfill their high and
holy mission. StudcnLs go to the table not to
eat, but to talk. Viands, indeed, are piled high
upon the table, but they are not tasted. Beef
steak is uninteresting compared to the fact that
Evangeline and Angelina have fallen out with
each other. Roast mutton is a thing to be
scorned when it is well known that Lucinda and
Leonidas have most decidedly fallen in with each
other. Lemon pie has no charm when there is a
chance to discuss the number of times Jennina
has "flunked" in French. Among the professional
talkers of the club, the most conspicuous are
those who incessently discuss their own affairs,
and those who incessently discuss the affairs of
other people. Of these two kinds I think the
latter preferable. There is always an amusing
audacity about people who try to run other peo
ple's correspondence, other people's lessons, or
the affaire ilu ca-ur of some unfortunate friend.
But for dragging one's own affairs, du coeur or
otherwise into public view there is absolutely no