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NO. 4. KDITOMAI.S. 85 wide by the press and bring needless (lis quietude to the many persons who are credulous enough to believe them. Some ton yours ago, it was said that a V-shapcd concern had loft the sun and was about to knock out or shape the plan el with which we are so closolv associat ed. Hut instea J of a crash in real estate, no more was said about the ugly, but mythical, customer. And now, according to these pseudo scientists, all sorts of dire afflictions are to beset our earth in consequence of the simultaneous conjunction of four planets. It is claimed that history justifies this prediction, and the plagues which it tells of, until now attributed to filth, arc said to be caused lj these troublesome plan ets. Then, by all means, let the astrolo ger be galvanized to life, and let all sani tary measures be determined by his prog uostications. These prophecies, analogous to the hy gienic nonsense which is so liberally dealt out by learned ( J) doctors, have failed in instances too numerous to men tion. 2Mow, if these other erudite frauds must amuse themselves in this way, let them not be hindered in their inn.cnt recreation, but they would do well to cul tivate enough of the virtue of modesty not to claim infallibility for their sham predictions. SOCIAIJLKS AND KKCKl'TIONS "We have noticed through the columns f our exchanges, eaU and wet, that sociables given by the students and recep tions b3 members of the faculty are a fre quent occurence. There was a time when sociables were a sut in the University, when the societies vied each other in making tliem joyous occasions. But during the present year only one sociable has been given by the students, and not a reception lias broken the monot. ony of solid study. Students enter the class-room, recite their lessons and depart, day after day and teim after term. So long has this cc Tso of action been pur sued that an isolated feeling has gradually sprung up between Professors and stu dents. Through negligence of social in tercourse, that moic intimate friendship which pervades some institutions, has never been cultivated in the University We think we speak the truth when we say that the present loyalty and patriotism of the students for the University as an institution, is the secret of present order and regards. Wc should like to see the social relations between Faculty and students greatly changed. We should like to have a Prof cssor able to say, when asked by a father concerning his son, something more than " Yes, his name is in my class-books." But never, under the present regime can tiic state of affairs be otherwise. Professor and students must meet in some other capacity, whore tho dignity of the Professors and the timid obedience of the students are laid aside for the occasion. If the University should act with a pa ternal care over students, as is argued by some, we desire to hear the first, the most sacred and essential principle of the house hold a paternal voice: not nlone from the chapel rostrum, where, clothed in dig nity and authority ,it demands obedience, but in the social gatherings of students and Professors, where the ensigns and dis tinctions of office are for once obliterated. Our literary societies have failed to attract the attention of the Professors. Sociables and receptions seem to be the only gatherings where Faculty and stu t'ents cau meet in social enjoyment. For this reason alone, il no other, they are to be encouraged in college circles. The students of the University are pat riotic for their Alma Mater, as they have repeatedly shown; consequently the feel ing between Professors and students is cordial. But, outside of the class-room and the Univorsit', Professors and stu dents are almost strangers.
