No. I.
Editou's Tahi.k.
S8i
can give. Their st3le of lociils.ure such
as to give one an excellent idea of the
manner in which the school is conducted.
Wo offer congratulation to the young la
dies on the restoration of the cushions in
chapel. The literary department evinces
that delicate fancy, fine intuition and
grace of expression which stamps upon it
the character of the writers.
Wo welcome to our exchange list the
Ariel one of the latest, ventures in the
field of college journalism. It hails from
the Minnesota University and promises to
become one of the best of our exchanges,
doming from a state that has had similar
experiences with our own and similar dif
ficulties to contend with, the Student
desires a better acquaintance with the
Ariel, in view of this common sympathy.
The Athcneum, devoted to "the good,
the true, and the beautiful " and making
a speciality of literary productions adapt
ed to reading or speaking, is a grand suc
cess. The selections possess the highest,
literary merit, since they are culled from
the vast field of English literature with
great care, and by recourse to high liter
ary culture. The Athcneum will bo ever
welcome at the "sanctum of the, Stu
dknt. "
Tlm'Imililulo is a very modest plain ap
pearing quarterly; but between the covers
we find high flights of eloquonro, lolly
soarings of the poet's muse, and the mod
esty is all forgotten. Historical articles
seem to be in favor with the Inttitutv
there being three in this number. The
one on Simon De Montfort is an example
of that rare ability which is necessary to
weave from dry facts a pleasing and at
tractive article. A poem "The Chrysalis"
is a weak and overdone effusion covering
two pages. The Inxtitutc has changed
from monthly to quarterly, which seems
retrograding rather than progressing.
A line compliment is paid to woman in
the article entitled " Woman and Science"
which we find in the columns of the
" Wittcnbarycr" After giving many ex
amples of the ability of women in thoab
strtisc sciences and paying a beautiful
tribute to the memory of Mrs. Mary Som
erville he closes by saving "These exam
pies abundantly show that it is reasonable
to expect to find a woman not only fitted
for the higher exercises of literature, but
capable also of grasping the refinements
and unraveling the intricacies of abstract
science." The cditoiial department of
the W itlenbergcr shows energy and abil
ity among the editors. Four pages of in
teresting editorials arranged in an unusu
ally line and attractive manner places this
paper among the best of our exchanges.
The other departments are each in keep
ing with the one mentioned. The Wittcn
berycr possesses that sprighllincss and vi
vacity characteristic of the western col
lege paper, forming a marked contrast to
the sedate and dignified aspect of our
eastern brethren.
CLIPPINGS.
All the girls are vegetarians. They
wear turn-up hats.
They have dime savings banks in Chic
ago they save the depositor a dime out of
every dollar.
It is a final test of brotherly alfection for
a girl to lend her brother's silk umbrella
to her beau and not be jawed clean out of
her gaiters.
For an inlinilc delight, even as for an
infinite sorrow there is no expression but
perfect silence silence, that is the voice
of waiting.
A clergyman said, the other day, that
the modern young ladies were not descend
ants of Shem and Ham, but daughters of
Hem and Sham.
Ad old bachelor explains the courage of
the Turks by the fact that a man with more
than one wife ought to be ready to face
death at any time
The lady whom Stanley was to marry
has wedded iiiothcr. What shall it profit
a man if he finds fifteen million heathens
and loses his best girl.
E.
