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    136
KlUTOK'S N0TK8.
VOL. VIII,
only of our charitable contempt. The
editorial upon "Suspected Duties" was
strong anil original, ami much above the
ArcJinngcVs usual style.
An exquisite little gem greeted us in
the Student Ltfc for May, entitled, "Helm
gang." "Wc could not select a quotation,
it was all so beautiful; and space forbids
us to copy the whole. The poem is fol
lowed by a barbarous oration on "A Na
lion's Wealth" Us men. The Senior
who could write such productions as
that, with all the erroneous antediluvian
notions of leaving women out altogether,
should be put down with more reference
to speed than grace. A racy and spirited
account of the society's exhibition and
hop occupied almost four columns.
The "Note Hook" of the Ariel is the
most interesting feature of thai paper. It
contains many slight touches upon sub.
jects of vital interest to all college stu
dents, and has, so far, been conducted in
a very just and creditable manner. Wc
do not think thai the editorials quite an
swer the desired purpose, while the locals
are very uninteresting.
The Targum was brim full of fun and
wit this month. The editors arc evidently
pretty jolly, and things in general at Rut
gers arc jogging along very comfortably.
The articles on the "Study of Words"
and the "Elective System in Colleges"
were carefully written, though many of
the ideas advanced were anything but
new. The student who wrote the essay
on "What is Poetry," didn't make tilings
very explicit, for after wc had read
through two columns wc concluded to
accept the good old fashioned definition
of Noah Webster rather than transfer our
allegieuce to any new, strange theories so
obscurely expressed.
The llobarl Herald had an unique arti.
cle on "The Pencil Mightier than the
Pen;" the piece throughout was interest,
ing no less for its novelty than for its rhet
oric. We do not like the habit that the Uni
versity Jfiuourian has, of mixing up ad
vertisements with locals, or locals with
advertisements, lor they are about even.
The custom is to be condemned in news
papers but in a college magazine it is
doubly objectionable.
Editor's Qotcs.
Though our ituitin are ground slowly,
Yol thoy'ro ground exceeding small ;
Though wllh patience we nit watting,
With exactness wc grind nil.
The North Western University has a
library of 2.",000 volumes.
Phi Uctta Kappa, founded at William
and Mary's College in 1775, is the oldest
Greek letter society in the country.
Out of the D58 colleges in the United
States, 185 are conducted on co-educational
principles.
From the beginning of the next Octo
ber term of Oxford University, England,
women will i,e able to avail themselves
of lectures on all subjects taught to under
graduates. The Doctor; "Dr. McCosh was up
here, and, on looking around, on the lofty
hills, remarked that this would be a
grand place to hold the court on the
Judgment duy." Senior: "Gad, wouldn't
the faculty have to race round to keep the
nations off the graves.
OI1JU1U1ATION.
1'rotty Jennie came to ino,
KurncM, seeking information;
"Couciii, darling, will you bI.ow
What Is meant bj osculation"
What could mortal man no I
Do in hucha bltuntion?
Father, mother, no one nigh,
Liberal iows a great temptation!
.Jennie is my coueiu, too;
So to phase my young relation
Oh! you horrid thing, there! now!
1 referred to occultation.
"We just had the awfulest time!" said
she, "Wo upset right in the ro.ul and I
was all covered up with wraps, ami then
Mr. Jones stood on my head." "I should
think you would rather have stood on