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THE HESTERAN.
EXCHANGE BRIC-A-BRAC.
Canon Farrarhas an article on the "Church in America" in
the January number of the North American Review.
The Georgia College Journal goes into mourning in great
shape over the demise of "Bob" Toombs. It has poetry,
prose and clippings on the subject.
The Vanderbilt Observer contains the expected 'Memorial
Discourse" on Win. H. Vanderbilt. In addition the paper is
bordered throughout with black lines and altogether presents
quite a funereal appearance.
We sec by the December number of the Sedgwick Lit. that
athletics have been one of the principle attractions at Great
Barrington. Foot ball, boat and tub races, swimming match
es and water polo occupy the main part of the paper.
Our last Foster Academy Reviciv is a sprightly paper, but
rather neglects editorials and "sich" for locals and person
als. It israthersmall for a monthl), but it has two features
which are distinctive, a chess and a mathematical column.
The Hillsdale College Herald has got a new way. It post
pones matters till the pressure becomes unbearable and then
devotes about two columns of taffy to its exchange and gets
through the whole list in one issue; scheme! It prints a good
oration on "The Spirit of Iconoclasm."
We are interested to learn from the Cornell Daily Sun that
Cornell has the small but choice law library of the Jatc Merritt
King of Ithaca, which the University has lately purchased. It
is said to contain rare books and the Sun interprets the move
ment as an indication that a department of law will soon be
added to the University.
A small sheet, or rather magazine, or perhaps it should be
called a college journal, appears from the State University of
Georgia. It has the euphonious cognomen of Reporter such
an unusual name and contains the greatest conglomeration
of stuff we ever heard called poetry. There arc also some old
worn-out, worthless cuts; and all this in the Christmas number.
We have a curiosity to sec what the ordinary issues arc.
Fac'ionnl fights ran high the last few weeks. Sometimes a
side makes up in stratagem what it loses in strength. One of
the factions took advantage of the tardy tendency of the
other and met exactly on time. Then followed short prayers
and concise motions. Steele was called on to open the meet
ing. The society arose and Mr. Steele said: "Lord bless the
proceedings of this meeting forChiist's sake amen I nominate
John Rumbargcr for president." De Pauw Monthly.
Somebody perpetrates a thing which sviacks of love in
The Occident. We protest. It has been our understanding
that, if college discipline was good for anything, it was cal
culated to cure that morbid taste for which the ordinary sto
ry is gotten up, by supplying something sensible as a subject
of thought. If The Occident wishes to maintain the reputation
of the University tt represents it should keep such slush out
of its columns. Why! many students are sent to college for
nothing else than to break up a mash (not always successful
though.)
The Bellevue College Star, an eight page exchange with
blue cover and ink, presents a rather novel appearance. Its
vagaries may be accounted for by the fact that the number un
der consideration is the holiday number. It contains the usu
al holiday exortations. Passing this, we come suddenly upon
an exchange column(?) where about half a column is given to
praises of itself which it has found in exchanges. Of course
we all look with eager, onging eyes for any puff which some
exchange may accidentally let fall, but it doesn't do to tell
about it not modest you know. The Star is excusable howev
er on account of age and we hope it will receive the correction
in the same humbl" spirit in which it is given.
The Rockford Seminary Magazine seriously disturbs our
self-esteem by saying that the Hesperian ought to contain
less exchange and senseless things and more solid matter.
We arc sorry, but will order the North American and West
minster Reviews sent to the Magazine at once. But perhaps
our ideal of a college paper is unique. We don't like to sec
such senselessly senseless things, cither, but students arc
supposed to get a sufficiency of "solid" things in the course
of regular routine. If we are not mistaken, a college paper
should be somewhat of an antithesis to the -egular work. Of
course too much of anything makes that which would other
wise be pleasant unbearably tiresome. But after all, it may
be that it was only a fit of indigestion that prompted the edi
tor to perpetrate such a crushing thing; who knows?
The Alabama University Monthly over-flows with indigna
tion against the Weekly University Courier of Kansas Univcr
We are not intending to take up the cudgel in defense of
the Courier, but we desire to say to the A. U. M. that it docs
not sound well to use such language. He that mastcrcth him
self is greater than he who takcth a city, or words to that ef
fect. The Monthly should take heed and, if it has any thing
to say, say it in a dignified and-busincss like way and stop.
By the way, the Monthly contains two articles on well, no
matter what they're on which arc written in a somewhat dis
jointed style. In fact, they arc the most disjointed things we
have seen lately. It sometimes takes a long time for students
to learn that a collection of sayings, smart or otherwise, is not
literary production, especially when it is patched up in a
most clumsy manner and serves no apparent purpose.
The last Wooster Collegian contains a good article on the
saying of an eminent personage to the effect that "For the
most part, colleges arc places where pebbles arc polished and
diamonds dimmed." It is altogether too true that the out
side world is apt to judge the worth of college education by
those graduates who most constantly thrust their diploma
forward as a claim to preferment. The success of those who
do not flourish their diploma is not attributed to their college
training but to natural ability. The fact is patent that college
training helps many a fool to appear sensible; how much then
ought it to polish one who has trucworth. It is quite a pop
ular habit, but one with which we have no sympathy, to pick
flaws in our system of education, especially in higher educa
tion. It is something that takes well with those who seem to
have a perpetual grudge against education and culture and
whose name is legion.
A new exchange, the Pennsylvania Western, has uncere
moniously made its appearance. It is fortunate that the
Hesperian exchange editor happens to be in a happy mood.
Its motto is "For genius, guided by culture, the Muses'
tablet is waiting," at least we suppose it is the motto, as it
appears on the first page of the cover. We are a little uncer
tain, however. It may be an advertisement for some new
brand of writing tablet, but that is not exactly appropriate.
The ordinary paper tablet generally waits for nothing more
than five or ten cents. But we give it up. As to the paper
itself, it is of fair quality and typographically it is good.
The matter is not so good, however, being permeated (that's
a pretty big word) by a spirit of burlesque which is too pro
nounced. But we are, not particular in the matter of ex
changes. Number is the principal thing and the quality isn't
much anyhow; so, Western, come again. ' '"
