THE HESPERIAN
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cro about their thankless work. To socuro
tho armory for such a roeoption as wo have
mentioned is of course out of tho question, dur
ing tho present condition of affairs, at loast.
Before another year rolls around opinions
may change for the hotter. We hopo so, at
least. Temple Hall with its splendid accom
modations for a reception and ball, would be
an excellent place in which to hold an enter
tainment of this kind, provided, thoso invited
were "select," and it is to be hoped that tho
cadets have a sonso of propriety strong
enough to prevent their bringing in guests
with whom to associate would bo dangerous
to the moral standard of our institution.
When the cadets go to camp in the spring,
they arc often given a ball by the citizens of
the town to which they go. That they always
enjoy such an affair is undisputed. "Why do
they not give a reception and ball of their
own then, since they could get much more
enjoyment out of it and would be doing no
harm. We advise the cadets to take this
matter in hand and try and carry out the idea
expressed in this article. We believe they
will meet with but little opposition, if any,
in carrying out such a plan.
A Criticism.
At present it may bo fairly rogarded as
fortunate to produce anything novel or meri
torious in literature but if that extraordinary
article one of a series on English litorature
by II. C. Peterson which appeared in the
.January number of tho N. W. Journal of
Education does not deserve tho former
epithet the writer much mistakes. It might
deserve the latter but for the absolute falsity
upon which the wild scheme is founded.
It seoms wonderful to construct verso by
tho aid of a thesaurus or rhyming dictionary
but to be put in possession of an ingenius
diagram by which the per cent of quality
and "poetic feeling" in any verso may bo
at once mathematically calculated is certain
ly more wonderful. Eor by it poetry may
be as unerringly written as a tailor cuts a
garment.
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Tho class of '95 has undoubtedly tho
proper amount of vim and energy to make
it succeed in its undertakings. That this
class has already elected a board of edi
tors who will publish a Junior annual in 1S!U,
augurs well for the class, and insures the
publication of a splendid annual next year;
perhaps one as good as the "Sombrero,
copies of which may be had at the Hesper
ian oflice. We are sorry the present Junior
class decided not to publish av mnual. Had
they been as onteprising ast r prdecessors,
we should about now bi perusing tho
"brainy" production "fresh from tho mint,"
and would not be compelled to depend on
Puck and Judge for our styles of wit and
samples of jokes. ' The Hesperian wishes
the class of '95 all the success imaginable,
in the publication oi its annual. For advise
ns to how the most money can bo made from
sales, see Messrs Wing and Sayer.
Tn the first place Mr. Peterson assumes
that certain words aro intrinsically poetic and
that others are prosaic. Emergencies would
be bettor provided for if the student were ad
vised that the same word might be prose or
poetic according to the meter or versifica
tion, but nothing of the kind. Ho is told to
find prose equivalents for the following poetic
words: Billow, minaret, chilly, vale, portal,
draw, cnstal; poetic equivalents for the
following prose words: Blue, ravine, agree
able, smell, nice, house, darhiess.
For convenience arrange the words in
columns thus:
Probable prose equiva
lents supplied by stu
dent: Wave
Tower, turret, spire
Cold, cool
Valley
I)oor
Sleeky
Clear, transparent, lucid
Probable poetic equiva
lents supplied by stu
dents: Azure, coruleas
Poetic words
according to
Peterson:
Billow
Minarot
Chilly
Yalo
Portal
Drowsy
Crystal
Prose words
according to
Peterson:
Blue
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