THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. each time. This was before the faculty had counte nanced the "hashing together" of studies and so it n was the result of individual meanness. If it is neces sary we can not complain of the faculty for doing this kind of thing, but let them remember that it is a great inconvenience. There seems to be a lull in the discussion of wom an's rights, so we shall employ that lull to discuss man's rights as far as the University is concerned. The western states are more progressive than the old er settlements of the world, accordingly western col leges have placed lady students upon an equality with the male students, but it seems to be a tendency of human nature to rush from one extreme to another. From being the favored sex, the male students arc slighted. The ladies have a finely furnished room in which to hang their wraps etc., while we can not afford even hooks to hang our overcoats and hats on, biit must dump them in a heap underneath the stairs, or carry them with us to the recitation rooms. In the good old days when some of the alumni were un dergraduates, and we had no gymnasium, they exer cised themselves by kicking down the hooks,and the fund for incidental expenses being exhausted, they have not been replaced. If we cannot have a room to hang our clothes in, let us at least have clothes hooks. This paper has watched with friendly eye the University Conservatory of Music since its organiza tion, three years ago. The department opened most auspiciously. The number of students and outsiders who availed themselves of its advantages was most satisfactory, and a prosperous future seemed assured. In this we have been grievously disappointed. From term to term the registration in music has decreased until not enough remains of the department to de serve the name. After a careful consideration of the causes leading to this state of affairs, the Student now states frankly that nothing short of an early change in management will save the Conservatory of Music from an untimely grave. If it is in good hands, why in the name of all that is good and sen sible do dozens of students leave it every year to en ter the clsses of teachers in the city? One teacher alone has given instruction during the present year to between thirty and forty former students of the Uni veisity conservatory. To-day the number of pupils takings lessons in the University building is less than six. The regents should make a change at their next meeting. Il is said that the reason scientific men arc certain that they hare discovered Noah's Ark, is because tbey have found the grease spot where Ham was stowed. Ex. 0e giuilvtta' gtw gook, . ... 1 OiVLY. Only tho smllo ol a llttlo child To a Bin ataludo aonl was glvon, With the smllo.camo hnpo, that soul was savod And thoro wan Joy In hoavon. Only a toar on a coffin foil When somohody closed tho lid, Tot it gnvo mo strength to do and dure When tho form wo loved waa h!d. Only a word, a cruol word And tho love of two Hvc3 WA3 slain Had hcarta walked In a shaddowy path And Joy was turned to pain. Only a word, poisoned word From tho lips of a tempter fell And a pure young soul waa lost In shame, And Hfo was dark aa.hefi. Only a yes whon It should have heen no, And a youth was lost to fame: Ho raised tho cup to his ruddy lips, And dtcd-a death of ehame. Only a kind and lovinrfword It knew cfir heart were tired and sad Only a clasp of a friendly hand, Ail these have made na glad. Ivt. J. G. HOLLAND. The sculptor, ore his cunning hand touches the mar ble block, studies long and carefully that which he would reproduce. Every lineament, every curve I fixed upon his mind. And when at last ho stands, chisel in hand, he sees not the rough outline of the passive block before him, but looks within at the beautiful figure hidden, there. He labors not to create the graceful image, for that he sees already. He but tears away the covering that hides it from other eyes. The artist would idealize a landscape. Ho selects a scene for his foundation, studies it faithfully, then sketch es its features, remodelling them as far.cy dictates. Thi unsightly marsh is replaced by a silvery lake, whore birds dip their dainty beaks in its sparkling water. Those narrow hills in tho distance rise into ma jestic mountains, while the stin'ed forest beneath yields to the towering oak and the widespread ing maple. Up on tie canvas appears everything in its completeness-. Not a defect mars the harmonious blending. But the sculptor who moulds, not crumbling clay or stone, but the heaven born-intellect, the artist who see in man an ideal, and labors, like the philanthropist tint he is, to bring out his highest capabilities, subduing thir passion and cultivating that, has a task to which that former are strangers. If they must needs possess a crit ical knowledge of their subjects, he must be absolute master of his: for his material is not the passive marble nor tho unresisting canvas. He moulds in human character. His study is human naturo; and success means years of patient toil, and a heart full cf sympathy and charily for the weaknesses of its kini. To no man in Aracracan literature arc we more in debted for the high standard of social morality than II 21 II