",t'""r- Bf7n'ftM..iM T II B II K S P E I A N S T U I) B N T. .,A ,PH jjv reason of I ho present system of Mwly in ilio Univcrsily, n vacnliou comes (o the student as a blessing. There can lie no doubt as to the value of Saturday UTiiiitioiiS in so far as the study of books is com1 rncd. Tliero still remains, how ever oilur equally important consider nlions. The study of text books alone ethical' h no one. Their influence is nar rowing and only broadened by general read in it. A student taking two or three clecliM is almost sure to have recitations on six dajsof the week. He hardly fin ishes his leoitalions on Saturday before the labor of preparing his Monday rcc itntion begii.s. There is left little time for society work or reading. Before the end of the term this routine becomes wearisome. Saturday recitations are the worst on account of the societies Friday evening, while recitations on Monday arc poor by reiiKon of the intervening Sab batli The belter plan would be to havo recitations on Saturday and none on Mon. day. Tm: Student lias reason to congrat ulate itself that it is once more on a pa, lug l:cis. During lite last three months it luii contracted no debts, but actually cleared u few dollars. All that it now iicciU is the active and cordial support of tho students. There are some improve litems the present board would like to in nke, but cannot unless the students sup-' pari tliein. Money is an essentiul thing in conducting a paper. If you are not a stibsciibor cannot you become- one? The paper is carried on for your benefit, and as a student it rcp'cscuts your interests; at hast Mich ought to be, and is, its aim. There has ever been a tendency to allow, yes, ;o compel the board to conduct the paper as best it it can. When the Asso ciati'ii oncn elects its ofllccrs it thinks it has done its duty, and so sinks into utter oblivion until the timu for another elec tion. Tito board has no desire to shrink from this responsibility. It does wish, however, to impress upon students that it is their duty as well as privilege- to sup port iliu Studknt. It asks no alms of you It is not an object of charily. For your money you may expect an equiva lent Furthermore, what is yours, you ought to support. Such is tho paper. Willi you rests the question whether or ""i it will be bound, furnished with a cover, and otherwise improved. Let your niihwcr he not in words, but cash. No man is born great any more than he is born educated and cultured, lie may have that within him by which he may accomplish great and grand results just the same as he bus tho natural ability to master a collegiate course. Still we are no believer in the equality of men. The history of the past and our own experience tell us this is a delusion as false as it is pleasing. You may flatter the vanity of a good earper.loi by tolling him he can sway tho mulliuido like Henry Clay, or become a? skillful a financier us Hamil ton. It is not, nor cannot, be so. You may change tho channel of the stream but you cannot check its onward progress toward the sea. You may lure the poet from his verses, for a lime, only that lie returns to his work villi renewed vigor. To be successful one must choose a call ing he has the ability to master and then give full play to all the powers of his nature. Hut what lias this to do with greatness V Only this: one may have the tools to accomplish a great work of n cei tuiu Kind, but wuste his energies and blunt his tools on something else. So he may havo tho dormant abilities to become a Napoleon or a Gladstone, but never be one, because he never exercises Iheso abilities Our faculties are given us to be put to active use. If they are not of an order to achieve great tilings they arc sufficient to accomplish that which is just as important. All kinds of people, all kinds of natural bents and desires arc necessary for the peace and It ppincss of litis world. Were all Websters and Illalncs, the fire in the foundries would die out, the great doors of tho manufac tories bo closed, and there could be no such no such tiling as gicat men, as all would bo equally great, and greatness is a relation, not an absolute term. gxclitmgc gric-H-hriic. ''WuiiitEiN lies greatness," is often MkoA nnd answered in many different ways. If it is born in one, will it not hine forth distinguishing under all cir cumslances him so highly gifted? if it is not, then why tho ecasclesB toiling, lite striving after fame? There seems to be a medium between these two cxtromc views. $30,000 lias been added to the endow ment of Vassar. Tho new museum of Michigan Uuivcr sity is to cost $00,000. English Universities have no college papers published by students. There were 130 American students in German schools and Universities last year. The cry of the college press: "Holp us Cassius (cash us) or we perish I " JV. Y. Quarterly. Seven professors of Minnesota Uuivcr. sity have been removed on account of in competency. Lesson in Logic. Prof-" What would you say of the argument represented by a cat chn&liig lici tail ? " Student.-" Slio is feline her way to n cat-egoricnl conclti slon." Applause. There seems to bo a general misuudcr standing between the University of Cali fornia and the people of that state. Doanc College, our neighbor, had an enrollment of 77 for the fall term. It's organ, the Owl, is announced to hoot five times during tho coming year instead of three as formerly. The Knox Student is an exceedingly well gotten up sheet. Its typographical appearance is faultless, and its matter crisp and iuteresling. We sha'l be pleased to meet the Student often. Tho father of one of our University lassos asked her if George, (who has been paying her attentions,) had obtained a situation yet. "Obtained a situation? Why, how disgusting I " she replied "No. but he has accepted a position." Wo agree with the Campus, of Wiscon son University, that our mixing up of lo. cal and advertising matter is in bad taste, but others may claim that our tastes are perverted. For instance, that useful in dividual the advertiser, seems to think il is just tho tiling. llutgers Targum has a department for queries and short contributions from the students. This column i3 very Interest ing, and should be adopted by collego papers generally. We "will open such a department in this paper if any encour agement is given by our students. The Linsley Echo is among the few col lege papers that publish other than good literary or college matter. We can see no excuse for doing this. A collego paper should be a college paper, and not a reccp tacle for the trashy matter and stale jokca found in the funny papers of our country. The local editress of tho Howard Col lego Index and Chronicle seems t devoto her entire time and energy to making a ' mash " and pays particular attention to the local of a cotemporary with that end in view. Of course it is none of our busi ness, but we cannot help offering the sug gestion that a llirtatlou is hardly the pro per thing in a collego paper. With tho exception of this fault thu paper Is a good one and makes a neat appearance. The Vassar Collego girls havo adopted the following glove language: Drop a glove You betcherlifo. Half unglovo left hand What arc you giving us ? Tap tbo chin Willi the glove Chew your own wax. Crumple tho glove in lite left hand Never? Crumple the glovo in the right baud Well, hardly ever. Turn the glovo inside out Wipooff your chin. Fold the glovo neatly I regard you as a bald headed snipe ol tho valley. Put mi your left glove I'll put a head on you. Slap tho back of the hand with tho glove Look out; I carry a razor. Ex. m it ii Mil Jim nil