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We do not wonder that the members of the facul
ty do not take kindly to the stage in chapel, because
there is a huge lump of plaster suspended above their
heads like the sword of Damocles, by a single hair,
and needs not very much persuasion to induce it to
descend upon their erudite heads.
George Eliot tells of certain young ladies who
had carried their education so for as to forget a little
German. To have learned and forgotten is better
than never to have learned at all. If a man has once
travelled a certain road he may ..not be able to sit
down and make a map of it. but could, when necessary,
go over it again without danger of getting lost. So,
as many of us advance in our college course the way
seems to close in behind us, but if we should ever
have occasion to travel it again the old land-marks
will be familiar as we meet them, the way will be
easier, and we will be more confident of ourselves.
On the first Friday evening of this term the Palla
dian society enjoyed what is known by that organi
zation as "Girls' Night." The only acknowledged
diffeiance between this and other programs prepared
by the society is that the class for the evening is
composed entirely of young ladies, but practically
the aforesaid co-eds generally introduce some new and
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astonishing feature, which is a surprise and a change
from the regular routine. The last performance of
the kind was no exception, for, to quote from the
Palladian minutes, "they entertained the audience
by a modern opera, written in ancient times by Pon
tius Pilate." An infinitely ridiculous thing once in
a while is a valuable relief to audiences whose intel
lects have been strained by uniformly ambitious ex
ercises, but once a year is often enough for such pro
grams. There are many customs in vogue in older insti
tutions of learning both in England and America that
we have no desire to see adopted here, and among
them we would mention secret societies. Older col
leges, everwhere, would gladly be rid of that relic of
the feudal times, and yet new colleges ns they spring
up in the west, thoughtlessly introduce them. The
custom of hazing was so firmly established in old
institutions that it was a most difficult task to uproot
it, and indeed in many places it is not yet entirely
dead. The new colleges and universities establshed
in the west, believing that an ounce of prvention was
worth a pound of cure, used every endeavor to pre
vent its introduction, but either because the prohibi
tion of secret societies was more difficult, or that the
evil results were not so apparent, the same effort was
not put forth to prevent its introduction. But if the
evils of gecret societies are not so apparent at first
sight, it is nevertheless the opinion of those who have
studied the subject, that they are greater and more
far-reaching. This however the Student will not
discuss now, but refers those who wish to see a full
discussion of the matter to the correspondence in
some late numbers of the "Nation"
There are other customs again that tend to pro
mote a unity and fraternal feeling among college
students, that we would like to see adopted in our
University. Almost every secret society, college or
otherwise, has a badge or emblem peculiar to its
members. Throughout the English speaking world
there is also a badge recognized as the peculiar prop
erty, not of any secret society, but of the college
student in general, we mean the Oxford hat. The
student who dons it feels that he is a member of a
great fraternity. The students of English and Can
adian Universities wear them. Those of Yale, Prince
ton, Cornell, Oberlin, Williams and others of our
own country wear them. It is not in any sense a
class hat, like its high-toned brother the "plug," as
it is worn by all classes alike. All its associations
recommend it. It must be as becoming as any other
style, or it would long ago have been rejected. We
suggest that the classes discuss the subject at their
next meetings.
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