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fiH ISO KDII011IAI.B. VOL. VI 11 COMING. Yes, wo loully moan it; our troubles arc coining to mi end. Soon, the present Board of Editors will retire and make" room lor another set who are anxious to make lor themselves a name and a roputa lion. No doubt, there will tie a lively contest lor positions which carry with them so much lionori so much in fact that it boon becomes excessively burdensome; and only students of the broadest shoul. dors and toughest nerves should attempt to bof'r it. Then, besides the honor of these positions, the pleasuies are really notdoaorlbablo. The editors have such a line chance to form acquaintances among f-e students who are ever surrounding thorn, urging the merits of the various ar tich'S that each one is so anxious should be published. The editors were completely over whelmed with copy for the present num. her; the tax upon their time and strength in selecting the articles of superior merit, was so groat t lint they feel that nothing but a trip to some watering place, Mi) ford for example, can recruit their shattered powers. Editors heretofore have com. plained of the scarcity of articles worthy of publication ; but surely they did not know how to awaken the ambition of the students like the present board, or no such complaint could over have been made. The long, long nights we have spent in comparing the beauty of style, the strength of imagination, the profundity of thought, and the wonderful reach of conception of the ma ni articles handed us for publica cation, will over remain upon the tablet of memory as seasons of the most won derl'ul intellectual feasts. But when we recollect that our space Is limited, and hence that only a fe of these many brll. liant scintillations of genius can bo used by us, our souls become sad, and our eyes fill with, tears, at the bitter disap pointment that some earnest, hardworking student must suffer at our rejection of his piece. Not only do tho editors find them selves overwhelmed with the efforts made by tho rest of tho school to help make tho Studunt a success, but the Hub. Man. also wishes us to enter a protest In his be half, lie is only mortal; and hence might not bo able to resist the temptation to use money belonging to the Sl'UPKNTlf t should collect in such large amounts as It promises to at present. No, students, don't oiler him any money; it is all a mistake that it takes any to run a newspa per. Don't subscribe or he may get a dollor or two ahead, and then start for Canada. Once more we make an appeal to you not to overwhelm us with attention; tho honor is all we can stand. (JOMl'AKATIV KK KADI 113. So many have been tho laws laid down by critics, for tho greatest utility of read ing that there remains little opportunity to render additional advice. Nor would we endeavor to add our opinions to tho lists, were they not to bo placed in opposi tion to theories that have been accepted as competant guides. Some, by system and outline, find them selves masters of the Held over which their reading extends; while others with more tenacious memory find in tho cur rent literature of the day, a personal cul ture that puzzles the keen insight of tho critic. But wo are told that desultory reading will not do. That it renders one's self a pedant, pulled up with a useless er udition. What shall wo say of such a rule? Can wo accept it as universal? If so, what shall wo infer fro in the case of Sir Walter Scott, who, when a youth, was accustomed to read every thing within Ills grasp, in tho most indiscriminate manner? To this standard of correct reading, there must exist a remarkable ex ception ; for to multifarious reading alone, Scott assigns his knowledge of human i.a- ture, that so adds lustre to his literary works. We are frequently recommended to adopt a rigid course of reading. And un- HHIH.1H.Ug