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KO. 7. HIHTOU'B NOTKS. 150 culture without which lilb is, akin to deatli. It is strange that so black and incon. giuotis a subject as an old pipe should inspire some poetically misguided Sopho. more to the production of a little gem like this: "Tho twilight I sioallnj; tlnotiifh window and door, And throw doubt fill shadow h on colling mid lloor; 'I'liu toddy Is stuaming, thu plno upplu ripu, So I'll Just clono tho Hhuttur, mid light an old plpo. How often toauthur wo'vo sat in this chair, Now dreaming, now building our castlus in alrl Wo guuss t tho futuro, tho past wo ruvlow, Whilst wreathing odd fiinlcos In garlands of bluo. '.Mid till tlioMi dim mum'tles that ovur lloat by, Wo llvo on togutlior, my hilar and I. Hut which will lto longust, your briar-root bowl, Or Darwln'B conundrum, my matturluss soulV Not u lew of tho colleges of the country have made a now departure in the way ot entertainments. Heretofore college stu. dents have organ i.ed glee clubs and given concerts, literary societies have held con tests, or lecture associations have cm ployed more or less distinguished speak. its during the winter season. But never before have students undertaken an opera requiring trained musical ability as well as careful studied acting. Columbia and Trinity deserve the credit ot taking the initiative and their success has induced a host of other colleges to follow their ex ample. Hut it still remains to be seen whether this custom is to bo of any real benellt to educational institutions. It striken us that it will do more harm than good, hiking up valuable time which should be spent in study, and also in many ways distracting their attention from the more important duties of a col lege life. Tho Trinity Tablet in common with borne other colleiro papers places the edi torials II rat. We do not like this habit. It savors of egotism, and is giving unneo cessury prominence to tho pompous we." ((Utor'n JaicJ. It is estimated that COO Nihilistic stu. dents from Russia have been exiled to Si beria this year. Oborliu College runs behind about $10, 000 a year whioh is made up by subsurip. lions. Colleyo EmUx. It is said that there is talk at Cam. bridge, England, of banishing Greek from tho regular curriculum. Thevo are in this country 530 lady doc tors, -120 dentists, sixty eight preachers, and live lawyers of the same. flx. Perhaps the youngest college president in America is Prof. Hill, lately elected President of tho Baptist University at Lowisburg, Pa. He is about twenty eight years ohl.Oollcyo Index. Tho Editors of the Ohio Amherst were all suspended for carricaluring the Facul ty, but have been permitted to return on promising that hereafter they will deal more quietly with the inllrmities of that august body. Prof., lecturing on psychology, "All, phenomena are sensations. For instance tho leaf appears green to me. In other words I have a sensation of greenness within mo." Of course no harm was in tended, but still tho class would laugh. An received rather an awkward criti. cism from a free-aud-etihy young man who recently mot a sculptor in a social circle and addressed him thus: "Er or so vou'ro tho man or that makes, or- mud heads V" And this was tho artist's reply: "Ei or not all of 'em, I didn't make yours." Ex. Scene at the church door, Soph: "Will you please condescend to .saeriii.o your own convenience, lot tho sake of my ox Home felicity, by inserting your jjvo digi tals, with a part of your contiguous arm into the regular aperture made by bond, iug my elbow against the perpendicular side of my animal frame V" Girl; "Willi tho most extreme pleasure." 1JX.
