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te NO. 0. HIHTOU'S TAIIIili. iar ' unco, ami in leaving the Institution, to teach, us wo understand, wo fuel llio loss of Hint prudent judgment which perhaps over restrained him from the bolder schemes of college enterprises. MISS COllA IS. THOMAS. Miss Thomas entered the University at an early day of its history. Never pos sessed of a strong constitution, ill health lias caused her to give up her studies at different times, thus compelling her to drop back into n lower grade at two dif fcrent periods. Miss Thomas, during her connection with the University, has given ample proofs of her literary abili ties, in the various exercises of the col lege. Ever a member of the Union So ciety, she has shown those talents rcqui. site to command, and by virtue of those rare qualities has graced the Presidential chair during the last term. The Student must likewise acknowledge favors in the articles that, from time to time, have been contributed from her pen. In her course at the University, the pure classics have ever been her delight, and the graduates in the classical course are few who ex cel her in their knowledge of the ancient tongues. Miss Thomas, wo understand, contemplates travelling for a year, when, if her health permits, it is her desire to enter the lists as a teacher. In her under taking, the University wishes all possible success. gditor's nbh. Amid all the pressing wants of our progressive State, none, in college circles, is more important than an universal in fusion of that most blessed principle of tiio fitness of things. Would that some beneficent genius could thoroughly im hue some students with the fact that they are not poets, and never, by any possible exertion, can become a Tennyson or a Longfellow. College magazines are full of worthless, sentimental, uurithmical effusions which arc not worth the paper they are printed on. The death of a class mate, the marriage of some friend, a wretched examination, the drowning of n kitten, tho smoking of the stovepipe seem to bo perfect God-sends to these would-bo poets. "Oh wiul sonio power tho gHllo jilo us, To suo oursolvus as othors boo us!" Surely then, our ears would no longer bo ollonded, and all our feelings outraged by these miserable apologies for poems. Tho Illini had tho best editorials tins month that wo have ever seen under its present administration. And wo think we aro very magnanimous to say this af ter their complimentary oll'usion to our "balky boys in blue." This covert mud sling was unworthy of tho Illinois Uni versity. Tho essay on "Fortune Telling" was a gem, but that on "Character" was exceeding trite. The College Oliv was unusually interest ing this month. Two articles, especially, demanded our undivided attention: "Fo. litieal Education" and "Love," from asci cutilic standpoint. The logic, historic learning, and scholarly tone of tho first wo found quite as interesting as tho quaint reasoning and piquant stylu ol tho second. Tho Cornell Graphic wo greet for the first time. Wo wish it all success in its hazardous undertaking, and gladly give it an honored place among our exchanges. Tho editors wore "most to Hush" in their lirst issue, but wisdom, let us hope, will come by experience. The article on "i Asian's Poetry" would bo a credit to an older magazine; but wo did not see the necessity of prefacing it, as well as all other articles, with tho note, "for the Graphic." Tho witty(?)oxchango editor of the Arch anyel expended all his vocabulary as well as his columns, disgusting us with a very ungentlemanly, bigoted and prejudiced criticism on tho Unicorsi'y Magazine. It was, properly speaking, no criticism at all, but simply a puny, shallow, brain less fling at u wise and discriminating editor, and as such tho author is worthy lUIIHUHIWBg
