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THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


VOL.  1. 


JUNE,    1887. 


NO.  1. 


ENGLISH   STUDIES  IN  COLLEGES. 


To  the  average  man  the  ahove 
heading  suggests  only  the  most 
vaguely  defined  conception,  a  nega- 
tive rather  than  a  positive  conception. 
He  knows  merely  what  English  is 
not — it  is  whatever  is  not  mathema- 
tics, or  languages,  or  science,  or  phil- 
osophy. 

With  what,  then,  is  the  teaching 
of  English  in  our  colleges  concern- 
ed? Three  distinct  and  yet  closely 
related  fields  of  study  are  comprised 
under  the  designation,  each  of  suffi- 
cient importance  and  idiosyncrasy  to 
justify  the  allotment  to  it  of  a  dis- 
tinct chair  of  teaching  in  a  well 
equipped  college.  Yet  in  our  small 
colleges  all  that  is  included  under 
the  term  English — and  frequently 
much  more — is  made  the  work  of  a 
single  teacher.  Under  English  is  in- 
cluded :  First,  the  philological  study 
of  our  language,  pursued  just  as  that 
in  the  Greek  and  Latin  languages  is 
pursued.  This  line  of  research  has, 
until  recentlv,  been  almost  monopol- 
ized in  collegiate  study  by  the  classi- 
cal languages.  Happily,  now,  in 
our  best  colleges,  the  English  lan- 
guage is  being  given  its  due  share 
of  philological  attention,  under  the 
powerful   stimulus   of  such  teachers 


as  March,  Garnett,  Harrison,  Cook, 
and  Baskerville.  The  required  col- 
legiate work  in  this  field  of  study 
can  never  be  great  in  amount,  but 
certainly  a  secure  basis  can  be  laid 
for  future  philological  attainment. 
Yet,  too  often,  in  our  colleges  students 
are  patiently  drilled  in  classical  ety- 
mologies and  constructions,  while  no 
place  is  made  in  the  courses  of  study 
for  similar  work  with  the  mother 
tongue.  The  work  in  this  depart- 
ment of  English  studies  is  critical 
and  analytical,  is  in  no  sense  art,  but 
science,  and  calls  for  special  linguistic 
qualifications  in  the  instructor. 

A  second  division  of  English 
studies  contemplates  the  literature 
which  has  been  embodied  in  the 
language.  This  also  is  an  analytic 
and  critical  work.  The  time-honored 
arrangement  has  been  to  have  teach- 
ers of  a  language  and  its  literature, 
but  experience  is  proving  that  special 
fitness  to  give  instruction  in  the 
philology  of  a  tongue  by  no  means 
involves  fitness  to  present  its  liter- 
ature as  a  means  of  culture.  Indeed, 
the  purposes  of  the  philologist  and  of 
the  critic  are,  if  not  in  conflict,  so 
widely  separated  that  it  is  difficult 
for  one  man  to  do  the  work  of  both. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


The  philologist  looks  at  the  language 
as  a  thing  in  itself,  a  perfect  mechan- 
ism; the  critic  must  consider  it  as  the 
mere  outer  garb  of  an  inner  soul  of 
thought,  which  to  him  is  the  main 
thing  to  be  concerned  with. 

This  critical  study  of  our  literature 
is  one  of  the  most  important  portions 
of  a  collegiate  education.  The  lin- 
guistic studies  are  an  accomplish- 
ment; the  study  of  our  literature  is 
an  essential  means  to  culture.  To 
have  at  first  hand  the  best  thought 
of  English  minds  from  all  periods 
of  our  history  cannot  be  accomplish- 
ed in  the  college  years  of  a  man's  life, 
but  a  beginning  can  be  made  that 
shall  lead  on  to  pursuits  which  end 
only  with  ones  life.  To  this  end 
literature  should  be  the  study,  and 
not  literature  text-books.  Text-books 
are  useful  as  giving  the  incidentals 
of  literature  study:  to- wit,  biogra- 
phy and  bibliography — but  the  best 
criticism  is  not  to  be  found  in  Warton 
or  Morley  or  Welsh — not  even  in 
Taine  or  Ten  Brink.  It  will  be 
found  in  such  books  as  are  literature 
themselves — Lowell's  Among  my 
Books  or  My  Study  Windozvs,  Stedt- 
man's  Victorian  Poets  or  Poets  of 
America,  Dowden's  Mind  a?id  Art 
of  Skakspere,  Bascom's  Philosophy 
of  English  Literature.  Still,  that 
is  a  vicious  mode  of  instruction  in 
any  literature  which  is  content  to  in- 
troduce the,  student  to  thoughts 
about  literature.  Better  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  a  single  play  of  Shak- 
spere  than  glib  recital  of  all  the 
pages  of  Shawns  Complete  Manual. 
A  face  to  face  knowledge  of  even 
a    few    texts,    around    which     may 


be  gathered  the  bibliography  and 
biography,  and  to  which  shall  be 
added  some  attempt  at  a  j)hilosophy 
which  recognizes  both  individuality 
and  environment,  may  be  made  the 
basis  for  an  all  pervasive  element  of 
culture  in  the  maturer  life. 

More  important  than  either  philo- 
logy or  literature  is  that  division  of 
English  studies  embraced  under  the 
term  Rhetoric.  The  former  give 
knowledge — this  last  means  power. 
There  is  no  more  onerous  and  dis- 
tasteful branch  of  collegiate  educat- 
ion, from  the  teacher's  point  of  view, 
than  rhetoric;  there  is  none,  which 
if  properly  cultivated,  is  more  fruit- 
ful of  growth  and  power  to  the  stu- 
dent. The  professor  is  a  drudge  to 
a  work  which  in  his  heart  he  feels 
will  be  his  best  memorial,  not  in 
facts  acquired  or  suggested,  but  in 
power  developed  in  others.  His 
work  is  drudgery  because  he  is  no 
scientist  in  philology  or  criticism, 
calmly  investigating,  and  communi- 
cating the  results  of  his  research  to 
others,  but  an  inventor  finding  out 
the  latent  powers  of  each  mind  be- 
fore him,  and  an  artisan  building  a 
human  structure  of  expression,  of 
conviction,  of  persuasion,  toward 
perfection.  Rhetoric  is  an  art  which 
deals  with  different  material  in  each 
undertaking.  Like  all  arts,  it  is  not 
confined  by  lines  of  language  or  of 
nationality,  but  is  for  the  universal 
man.  Only  when  the  absurdity  had 
been  reached  of  making  rhetoric 
commensurate  with  style  and  nothing 
more,  could  the  parallel  absurdity  be 
achieved  of  making  rhetoric  an 
Enolish    study.       The     art    which 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


bases  itself  on  the  teachings  of  Aristo- 
tle and  Quinctilian,  and  draws  its 
principles  from  the  practice  of  Isaiah 
and  Paul,  of  Demosthenes  and 
Cicero,  Bossuet  and  Danton,  as  well 
as  Latimer  and  Burke  and  Webster, 
knows  no  such  narrow  bounds  as  the 
word  English.  Perchance  there  is  a 
French  rhetoric  and  also  a  Russian. 
When  will  it  be  recognized  that 
rhetoric,  as  a  portion  of  academic 
and  collegiate  education,  is  co-ordi- 
nate with  all  the  other  studies  put 
together,  and  that  unless  and  until  a 
man  acquire  the  power  of  expres- 
sion it  is  worse  than  useless  to  teach 
him  mathematics  or  latin  or  botany, 
or  any  thing !  Men  are  in  this  world  to 
be  instruments  and  not  mere  recepta- 
cles. What  use  to  put  the  best  steel 
into  a  sword  blade  if  one  neglect  to 
temper  the  edge?  "  To  glorify  God" 
comes  before  "  to  enjov  him  forever" 
in  the  old  Catechism.  The  work  of 
the  teacher  of  rhetoric,  then,  includes 
the  teaching  of  grammar  as  an  art — 
of  sentence  construction  based  upon 
a  correct  use  of  words.  It  ends  in 
the  college  it  is  true,  too  often  at  the 
close  of  the  Sophomore  year,  but  it 
begins  at  the  mother's  knee.  Alas, 
for  the  commissioned  teachers,  the 
soundest  work  is  most  frequently 
done  at  the  mother's  knee  by  the 
teacher  from  no  normal  school! 
Once  out  from  the  parental  school- 
house,  the  learner  finds  that  con- 
struction has  become  destruction,  as 
purely  negative  in  its  results  as  the 
destructive  criticism  of  the  Elohists 
and  Jahvists  in  the  Pentateuch.  The 
boy  knows  bad  English,  but  cannot 
construct    good    English,    so   as    he 


must  perforce  speak,  he  falls  back 
on  his  acquirements  made  in  learning 
how  not  to  do  a  thing.  If  we  could 
only  come  to  see  that  it  is  better  to 
teach  him  how  to  do  the  thing  by 
setting  him  to  do  it,  a  beginning 
would  be  r::ade  for  further  rhetorical 
training.  For,  after  all,  rhetorical 
training  largely  concerns  itself  with 
the  sentence,  constructing  it  out  of 
good  grammatical  material  and  then 
building  it  in  with  other  similar 
material,  along  the  lines  of  force  and 
elegance.  But  rhetorical  work  is,  of 
all  training  work,  personal  work 
with  students,  for  the  builder  must 
not  only  be  shown  how  to  build  but 
stimulated  to  collect  material  and  go 
to  building. 

In  this,  the  most  important  work 
of  the  so-called  teacher  of  English, 
our  teachers  of  the  classical  lan- 
guages can  co-operate  largely,  but 
unfortunately  in  many  cases  their 
work  is  detrimental  to  good  training 
in  English.  How  many  of  our  teach- 
ers of  Latin  and  Greek  throughout 
the  land  are  permitting  their  students 
to  produce  in  so-called  translation  a 
mongrel  parody  on  English,  which 
violates  all  the  principles  of  English 
syntax  and  idiom.  College  students 
cannot  be  brought  to  a  correct  style 
in  the  rhetorical  class-room  so  long 
as  in  classical  rooms  they  are  daily 
allowed  to  mutilate  and  distort  our  ■ 
beautiful  language.  We  seek  no 
higher  conception  of  the  functions 
of  a  teacher  of  the  classics  than  that 
which  leads  the  student  to  strive  to 
express  the  noble  thoughts  of  one 
beautiful  language  in  another  equally 
beautiful.    The  successful  effort  to  do 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


so  results  in  power,  and,  by  a  trans- 
mutation of  forces,  present  knowl- 
edge is  converted  into  future  ex- 
pression. There  are  men  teaching 
the  classics  to-day  who  are  doing 
more  for  a  correct  rhetorical  training 
than  most  accredited  teachers  of  rhe- 
toric. More  than  one  high  school 
in    this    locality   is    fortunate   in   the 


presence  of  a  teacher  who  in  his 
teaching  of  the  classics  is  stimulat- 
ing his  pupils  to  produce  a  nervous 
elegant  idiomatic  English.  Let  us 
trust  that  our  teachers  of  rhetoric 
will  not  long  be  behind  these  in 
striving  to  redeem  the  art  of  expres- 
sion. 

J.  J.  Halsey. 


GLADSTONE,  THE  STATESMAN  OF  PEACE,  JUSTICE, 

AND   LIBERTY. 


Upon  William  Ewart  Gladstone, 
the  gaze  of  the  world  centres.  Is  it 
because  of  his  great  abilities,  his  di- 
versified talents,  or  is  it  because  he 
held  so  long  the  supreme  place  of 
honor  and  power  in  such  a  nation  as 
Britain?  No:  There  are  reasons 
deeper  than  these,  for  on  the  list  of 
England's  great  Prime  Ministers  the 
name  of  Gladstone  stands  out  unique, 
peculiar,  because  he  has  deviated 
from  the  old  trodden  paths  of  state- 
craft, and  applied  his  principles  with 
courageous  and  unswerving  con- 
stancy. 

Born  and  trained  a  conservative, 
educated  at  Oxford,  a  high-church- 
man and  an  aristocrat,  he  became  a 
liberal  of  the  liberals,  the  disestab- 
lisher  of  a  state  church,  and  the 
leader  of  the  people.  Early  in  his 
career  he  saw  above  and  beyond  the 
confines  of  conservatism,  and  to  him 
change  of  party  was  adherence  to 
that  which  is  higher  than  party. 
Honest,  frank,  and  sincere,  he  sought 
truth  wherever  it  could  be  found. 
He  might  be  charged  with  party  in- 
consistency, but  never  with  incon- 
sistency of  conscience.     "A  logically 


consequent  policy,"  says  Demos- 
thenes, "  consists  not  in  always  re- 
maining on  the  same  side,  but  in  im- 
mutably following  the  same  prin- 
ciples." Ever  careful  and  conscious 
before  adopting  any  new  principle, 
but  fearless  and  bold  in  pressing  it 
to  its  logical  conclusion,  he  cared  not 
how  he  might  overstep  party  bounds 
or  break  up  factions;  his  ambition 
stirred  him  not  to  be  the  leader  of  a 
party,  even  of  a  nation,  but  the 
dauntless  follower  of  all  that  is  true 
and  right.  For  conscience  sake,  in 
the  early  part  of  his  career  he  re- 
signed a  parliamentary  seat,  refused 
a  chancellorship,  and  disdained  the 
emoluments  of  office.  Ever  pressing 
forward,  he  has  left  party  behind 
and  never  flinched  to  break  with 
error.  He  is  not  as  one  drifting  on 
the  surface  of  public  opinion,  but  a 
light-ship  anchored  in  the  ground 
principles  of  morality  and  religion 
and  pointing  out  to  public  opinion 
the  safer  channels. 

For  centuries  the  statesmen  of 
Christian  England  have  flaunted 
high  their  Christian  principles,  but 
who   of  them    have  put  these  prin- 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


ciples  in  practice?  From  such  a 
background  Gladstone  stands  out  in 
high  relief  as  one  who  does  what 
others  only  thought.  He  has  not 
onlv  grasped  those  pure  and  sincere 
principles  of  Christian  polity,  but 
with  fearless  genius  successfully  ap- 
plied them. 

The  pomp  of  conquest  and  the 
flourish  of  what  statesmen  like  Dis- 
raeli call  a  spirited  foreign  policy, 
had  no  charm  for  Gladstone.  He 
preferred  to  see  the  temple  of  Janus 
closed,  and  the  god  confined  in  the 
city, — a  lover  of  peace  like  William 
Pitt.  Yet  Pitt,  through  the  force  of 
circumstances,  was  involved  in  a 
long  and  bloody  series  of  wars,  and 
in  despair  of  the  peace  he  longed 
for,  died  of  a  broken  heart.  Glad- 
stone, more  successful,  has  many 
times  hushed  the  cry  of  battle,  and 
kept  the  sword  in  its  sheath.  Time 
and  again  has  he  struggled  in  an  un- 
popular cause  in  order  to  spare  human 
life.  He  was  a  leader  in  that  arbi- 
tration in  which  our  own  country 
was  the  principal  participant,  and 
which  redounds  to  the  honor  of 
England  as  the  first  nation  to  give  to 
the  world  so  humane  and  Christian 
a  system.  With  all  the  earnestness 
and  influence  of  a  man  who  was 
never  otherwise  than  serious,  he  ad- 
vocated the  payment  of  the  Alabama 
claim. 

The  booming  of  cannon  and  rattle 
of  musketry  are  not  the  heralds  of 
the  peace  statesman.  His  battles  are 
fought  inside  the  walls  of  Parlia- 
ment. His  mightiest  victories  may 
cause  no  greater  demonstration  than 
the   clapping  of  a  few  hands.     It  is 


the  war  minister  that  moves  in  the 
brilliant  pageant  of  cavalry,  midst 
the  flash  and  glitter  of  shining  steel, 
and  whose  mandates  are  echoed  by 
the  thunder  of  artillery.  The  public 
mind  is  dazzled  and  amazed,  and  all 
cry  out,  How  great  is  the  man!  But 
war  is  not  progress,  nor  victory  na- 
tional prosperity.  Peace  alone  builds 
the  homes,  develops  the  industries, 
increases  commerce,  stimulates  the 
arts  and  sciences,  and  advances  civili- 
zation. War,  like  the  furious  torna- 
do, leaves  in  its  track  nothing  but 
wrecks;  but  peace  flows  on  like  the 
mighty  river,  bearing  on  its  swelling 
bosom  its  freighted  ships,  and  re- 
freshing the  thirsty  land  through 
which  it  flows. 

How  much  does  England  owe  to 
the  peace  policv  of  the  man  who 
gave  liberty  to  the  Ionian  Islands, 
spared  Africa,  cut  short  the  sacrifice 
of  human  life  in  Asia,  and  saved  the 
millions  of  England  from  a  deadly 
conflict  with  the  millions  of  Russia! 
Few  men  without  appealing  to  the 
animosities  and  passions  of  the  peo- 
ple have  received  so  long  the  contin- 
ued confidence  of  their  country. 

More  remarkable  than  Gladstone's 
peace  policy  is  the  principle  of  jus- 
tice which  governs  his  dealings  with 
friend  and  foe.  Diplomacy  has  long 
meant  nothing  more  than  dexterity 
in  taking  advantage  of  another  na- 
tion. England  had  become  imbued 
with  the  idea  that  justice  to  others 
was  injustice  to  herself.  British  in- 
terests had  girded  the  world  with  a 
circle  of  colonies,  and  if  other  nations 
wished  to  do  likewise,  the  British 
lion  at  once  became  rampant.     The 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


Scriptural  doctrine,  "  Do  unto  others 
as  you  would  be  done  by,"  Gladstone 
believed  should  be  applied  even  in 
politics.  In  carrying  out  the  prin- 
ciple he  was  forced  to  break  through 
the  prejudice  of  a  nation  maturing 
for  centuries,  to  subject  himself  to 
the  charge  of  foplishness  from  his 
colleagues  and  of  weakness  from 
the  nations,  while  his  enemies  cried 
that  he  was  dragging  the  glory  of 
England  in  the  dust.  But  he  him- 
self had  perfect  faith  in  the  ultimate 
triumph  of  a  policy  of  justice. 

Whether  in  behalf  of  the  rights  of 
the  barbarous  tribes  of  Africa,  or  the 
rights  of  colonization  of  an  empire 
like  Germany,  or  to  make  Europe 
ring  with  a  sense  of  the  wrongs  of  a 
few  political  prisoners  in  Sicily,  his 
voice  and  influence  were  ever  found 
on  the  side  of  justice.  In  Parlia- 
ment, in  the  Cabinet,  before  the  na- 
tion, with  all  his  eloquence  and  ex- 
haustive argument,  he  pleaded  and 
labored  for  this  sublime  principle. 
He  has  indeed  infused  a  purer  and 
nobler  tone  into  the  politics  of  the 
English  Empire,  and  thence  the  in- 
fluence goes  out  over  all  the  world. 
It  is  a  fact  full  of  inspiration  that 
England's  greatest  financier  and  the 
most  powerful  parliamentary  leader 
of  the  century  has  made  his  grandest 
efforts  in  behalf  of  liberty.  His  elo- 
quent protest  against  the  Neapolitan 
King,  says  Garibaldi,  "  sounded  the 
first  trumpet  call  of  Italian  liberty." 
A  monument  erected  to  his  memory 
in  Athens  records  his  splendid  efforts 
in  behalf  of  Greece.  But  his  most 
patient  and  strenuous  labors  have 
been  exercised  for  Ireland.     Ireland, 


after  groaning  and  bleeding  for  cen- 
turies, after  sacrificing  on  the  altar  of 
liberty  the  life  of  some  of  her  no- 
blest sons,  after  the  failure  of  both 
prayers  and  rebellion,  found  at  last  a 
worthy  champion  in  England's  great 
Prime  Minister. 

Great  men  have  ever  set  before 
thern  grand  ends,  and  the  grander  the 
end  the  greater  the  man.  William 
Pitt  held  as  an  end  "  the  glorv  of 
England;"  Napoleon,  an  ambition  to 
be,  like  Alexander,  a  world  con- 
queror; Bismark,  the  unity  of  the 
German  Empire;  Lord  Beaconsfield, 
a  dazzling  imperialism;  but  Glad- 
stone seeks  for  all  his  race  the  ina- 
lienable rights  of   man. 

I  have  not  spoken  of  Gladstone 
the  brilliant  orator,  the  greatest  liv- 
ing financier,  the  cultured  scholar 
standing  among  the  few  in  letters, 
science,  and  theology, — I  have  not 
spoken  of  his  victorious  school-days, 
of  an  unspotted  private  life  after  the 
test  of  more  than  three-quarters  of  a 
century,  or  the  versatility  of  his 
talents,  his  power  of  tireless  work, 
his  boundless  resources,  and  his 
matchless  self-possession  in  every 
emergency — I  have  spoken  onlv  of 
Gladstone,  the  statesman,  the  advo- 
cate of  peace,  the  minister  of  justice, 
the  champion  of  liberty.  Will  not 
the  voice  of  eulogy  and  praise 
already  rising  from  pulpit  and  press, 
from  statesman  and  citizen,  from  the 
free  Republic  of  America  and  the 
Monarchies  of  Europe  be  echoed  in 
the  ages  to  come?  Will  they  not 
look  back  on  Gladstone  as  the  pro- 
totype of  that  which  is  loftiest, 
purest,  and  best  in  statesmanship? 
Hexry  Tennyson  Peare. 


THE  L.  F.    U.  STENTOR. 


THE    BELLS. 


How  gently  come  stealing 

The  chimes  o'er  the  lea, 
Of  bells  sweetly  pealing 

Their  parting  to  me. 
'Tis  no  carol  of  gladness 

That  faint  music  tells, 
But  a  lay  of  soft  sadness 

Comes  forth  from  the  bells. 

Hush,  hush  your  soft  grieving, 

Nor  wake  in  my  heart 
Such  sad  thoughts  at  leaving, 

Ere  yet  I  depart. 
For  wildly  'tis  beating 

In  time  to  those  swells, 
And  sadly  repeating 

Thy  sorrow,  sweet  bells! 

Lloyd  Moss  Bergen. 


CARMEN    INAUGURALE. 


X.   Kal  Iul.,  1887. 

Air,  Gaudeamus  igitur. 

Tempus  adest,  Socii,  nomen  celebrare  (bis) 

Nostrae  Universitatis, 

Viribus  nunc  recreatis, 
Laudes  et  cantare.  (bis) 

Situs  nobilissimus,  multi  sunt  amici; 

Magna  tua  sit  potestas! 

Summaper  aevum  maiestas 
Possit  de  te  dici! 

Vivat  Universitas !     Vivant  professores! 

Vivant  pueri,  puellae ! 

Absint  et  omnes  querellae, 
Et  absint  labores! 

Crescat  Universitas  late  in  aperto! 

P  ereant  acerbitates ! 

Magnae  fiant  facultates, 
Praeside  Roberto! 

F.  W.  K. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


AMERICA'S    INDEBTEDNESS   TO    HOLLAND. 


Of  all  the  branches  of  the  Ger- 
manic family,  the  Dutch  have  endur- 
ed and  wrought  the  most  for  liberty. 
Their  country,  rescued  from  the 
ocean,  from  Spanish  oppression,  from 
all  the  foes  of  both  civil  and  religi- 
ous liberty,  they  made  an  asylum  for 
the  persecuted;  and  they  made  their 
government  the  first  free  Republic 
of  Europe.  To  this  Republic  the 
American  people  are  deeply  indebt- 
ed. Yet,  while  England  has  been 
honored  as  the  mother  country,  and 
France  extolled  for  her  sympathy 
and  help  in  our  revolutionary  strug- 
gle, her  claims  to  our  gratitude, 
though  equally  worthy  of  recognit- 
ion, have  been  ignored.  We  believe 
that  if  estimate  were  duly  made 
of  our  indebtedness  to  any  foreign 
nation,  Holland  would  be  enrolled 
high  on  the  list  of  America's  bene- 
factors. 

Their  war  for  liberty  inspired  the 
Dutch  with  confidence  in  themselves, 
and  made  them  bold  and  aggressive. 
Their  enterprising  mariners  display- 
ed the  flag  of  the  Republic  from 
South  Africa  to  the  Arctic  Circle, 
while  their  commercial  relations  em- 
braced the  whole  of  the  known 
world.  Among  the  first  to  explore 
our  continent,  the  Dutch  with  keen 
eye  selected  the  most  auspicious  spot 
for  settlement  and  commerce.  On 
Manhattan  Island  thev  laid  the  foun- 
dation of  our  great  commercial  met- 
ropolis. Back  from  the  sea-coast, 
through  river  valleys  and  across  the 
chain  of  lakes,  thev  established  lines 
of  trade,  and  colonized  four  of    our 


states  with  the  choicest  sons  of 
Europe. 

The  early  emigrants  which  Hol- 
land sent  to  this  country  were  the 
best  material  for  building  a  free 
commonwealth.  They  were  "  farm- 
ers and  laborers,  foreigners  and  ex- 
iles, men  inured  to  penury."  The 
Dutch  Republic  gave  protection  to 
all  who  were  oppressed  for  matters 
of  conscience.  Our  Pilgrim  Fathers, 
banished  from  England,  found  there 
a  home  and  liberty.  From  the  Bel- 
gic  Provinces  and  France,  from 
Hungary,  Bohemia,  Germany,  and 
Switzerland,  from  Piedmont  and  the 
Italian  Alps,  came  the  down  trodden 
and  the  oppressed  to  find  peace  and 
freedom  beneath  her  flag.  The 
scanty  resources  of  the  country  fur- 
nishing no  opportunity  for  the  acti- 
vities of  so  many  fugitives,  the  city 
of  Amsterdam  offered  them  a  free 
passage  to  America.  These  were  no 
offscourings  of  Socialism  and  Nihil- 
ism, no  overflow  of  prisons  and 
poor-houses,  but  men  of  character 
the  pioneers  of  liberty  and  religion. 
Such  men,  impressed  with  the  liber- 
ties of  Holland  and  planted  in  so 
favorable  a  location,  had  great  in- 
fluence in  shaping  our  early  national 
development. 

Noble  ideas,  once  matured,  live 
forever.  In  shaking  off  the  fetters 
of  tyranny  the  Dutch  had  made  a 
great  stride  toward  intellectual  ad- 
vancement. Less  than  three  hun- 
dred years  ago,  in  any  country  but 
Holland,  the  idea  that  "full  religious 
liberty    is   a  blessing    to    the    state," 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


would  have  •  been  considered  blas- 
phemy. While  England  was  still 
gasping  under  despotism  and  Europe 
bled  with  implacable  religious  wars, 
the  great  doctrine  of  intellectual  lib- 
erty had  been  applied  in  Holland 
and  transplanted  to  her  American 
colonies. 

Hence  the  Dutch  were  ever  in  the 
van  of  the  other  American  settlers. 
When  the  Puritans  condemned 
toleration  and  exiled  heretics,  the 
Dutch  advocated  freedom  of  con- 
science. When  once  their  colonial 
governor,  through  zeal  for  Calvinism 
and  his  hatred  of  the  Quakers,  was 
led  to  deeds  of  oppression,  he  met 
the  rebuke  of  all  his  constituents,  and 
received  from  the  home  government 
the  command,  "  Let  every  peaceful 
citizen  enjoy  freedom  of  conscience." 
Did  the  New  England  States  restrict 
the  freedom  of  the  press?  In  the 
New  Netherlands  every  attempted 
restriction  was  a  complete  failure.  It 
was  deemed  inconsistent  with  the 
liberties  of  these  early  settlers  to 
hamper  in  any  way  the  interchange 
of  ideas.  There  the  literary  fugitive 
ever  found  an  asylum,  thither  the 
oppressed  of  every  nation  flocked. 
Only  sixty  years  after  its  foundation, 
not  less  than  eighteen  languages 
were  spoken  in  New  Amsterdam. 

In  their  struggle  against  Spain, 
the  Dutch  vindicated  the  freedom  of 
commerce.  They  were  the  first  to 
claim  the  international  freedom  of  the 
ocean.  The  restrictions  of  Spain 
hid  infested  the  seas  with  reckless 
buccaneers;  but  the  policy  and  the 
naval  power  of  Holland  opened  a 
new  era  to  commerce.      One   of    her 


most  gifted  sons  gave  to  the  world 
the  first  just  and  equitable  code  of 
international  law,  by  which  he  placed 
commercial  freedom  on  an  imperish- 
able basis.  The  Dutch  settlers  car- 
ried these  principles  across  the 
Atlantic,  observed  them  in  their  col- 
ony, diffused  them  throughout  the 
other  states,  and  thus  established 
commercial  liberty  on  our  continent. 
After  the  lapse  of  more  than  a  cen- 
tury, when  in  our  colonial  struggle 
this  liberty  was  jeopardized,  Hol- 
land again  came  to  its  rescue,  and,  as 
our  ally,  helped  us  to  defend  it,  thus 
becoming  not  only  its  founder,  but 
also  its  preserver. 

If  the  Swiss  Republic  gave  our 
forefathers  the  idea  of  purely  popu- 
lar government,  the  Dutch  set  the 
example  of  a  federal  union.  That 
our  political  institutions  in  perfection 
far  surpass  those  of  the  Dutch  Repub- 
lic, no  one  would  deny;  but  her 
shortcomings  showed  us  the  errors 
most  important  to  avoid.  Our  strug- 
gle for  independence  was  but  a  repe- 
tition of  her  history.  Her  example 
was  constantly  before  us.  Her  doc- 
trine that  "  the  prince  is  made  for 
the  subject,  and  may  be  justly  de- 
posed whenever  he  seeks  to  enslave 
the  freedom  of  his  subjects,"  was  one 
of  the  inspiring  causes  of  the  Ameri- 
can revolution.  Her  sons  in  New 
York,  still  cherishing  her  language, 
customs,  and  institutions,  were  among 
the  first  to  cry  for  liberty.  Zenger, 
an  editor  of  Dutch  descent,  was  the 
first  to  suffer  punishment  for  defend- 
ing the  cause  of  freedom  and  oppos- 
ing the  arbitrary  power  of  Great 
Britain.      With  no  chance  for  success 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


except  through  vears  of  sorrow,  with 
the  British  army  on  their  threshold, 
these  Knickerbockers  declared  for 
independence,  and  remained  forever 
faithful  to  their  pledge. 

From  the  beginning  of  our  strug- 
gle Holland  was  our  sympathizer. 
"  With  the  new  Republic  clearly 
raised  up  by  the  help  of  Providence," 
wrote  the  regent  of  Amsterdam, 
"  we  desire  a  league  of  amity  and 
commerce  which  shall  last  to  the  end 
of  time."  Holland  sanctioned  our 
cause  and  encouraged  its  leaders, 
spurring  on  Adams  and  Jefferson, 
Henry,  Jay,  and  above  all,  Wash- 
ington, as  they  led  our  colonies 
through  perils  and  disasters  to  the 
goal  of  national  existence.  The  aid 
which  England  demanded  of  Hol- 
land at  the  beginning  of  the  strug- 
gle, and  which,  according  to  the 
treaty  of  Nymegen,  she  was  under 
obligation  to  give,  was  firmly  refused. 
Free  Holland  would  not  make  war 
on  free  America,  nor  would  she 
give  England  permission  to  recruit 
soldiers  in  her  country. 

When  finally  the  darkest  period 
had  arrived  and  tyranny  seemed  in- 
evitable in  our  country,  when  our 
dollar  had  depreciated  to  the   value 


of  five  cents  and  our  credit  was 
gone,  when  troops  were  hard  to 
secure,  and  even  when  secured  could 
not  be  supported,  loans  from  Holland 
replenished  our  coffers  and  her 
money  fought  our  battles.  Our 
merchant  vessels  were  welcomed  at 
Amsterdam,  and  our  bold  mariner, 
Paul  Jones,  after  having  upheld  our 
honor  against  the  British,  found  a 
refuge  for  his  squadron  in  a  Dutch 
harbor. 

It  was  for  the  interest  of  France 
to  war  with  us  against  England,  her 
natural  enemy ;  for  Holland  to  side 
with  England,  her  natural  ally. 
But  her  strong  sympathies  for  Ame- 
rica plunged  her  into  war  with  Eng- 
land, a  war  in  which  her  ships  were 
captured,  her  possessions  in  both  the 
Indies  lost,  her  commerce  destroyed. 
Yet  as  a  compensation  for  all  this 
loss,  she  has  the  honor  of  having 
been  the  first  nation  in  the  world  to 
recognize  our  independence.  Of  this 
distinction  she  is  justly  proud;  for 
this,  for  all  her  splendid  gifts  of  men, 
of  traditions  of  liberty,  of  sympathy 
and  help,  our  great  Republic  will 
never  cease  to  be  profoundly  grate- 
ful. 

Gerrit  Dirk  Helver,  'Sj. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


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EDITORIAL. 

In  the  outset  of  an  undertaking 
in  which  individuals  present  them- 
selves or  their  work  before  the  pub- 
lic, an  apologv  or  exposition  of  the 
reasons  for  that  action  is  usually 
expected.  In  the  present  case,  how- 
ever, the  apology  ought  rather  to  be 
for  the  fact  such  a  paper  has  never 
appeared  before.  That  the  publica- 
tion of  a  paper  for  the  benefit  of  our 
undergraduates  and  Alumni  has  been 
long  needed,  is  felt  by  every  one. 
The  defunct  Review  had  a  different 
aim,  and  so  failed  to  satisfy  this 
want.-  The  object  of  the  present  en- 
deavor is  to  produce  a  paper  which 
will  be  entirely  under  the  manage- 
ment of  the  students,  and  for  their 
especial  benefit.  And  so,  as  their 
own  property,  and  rejDresenting  their 
interests  at  home  and  abroad,  it 
should  certainly  have  the  earnest 
support  of  every  loyal  son  of  the 
University.  The  board  of  editors, 
upon  whom  devolve  the  duties  of 
spokesmen   for   their    fellows,   enter 


upon  their  work  with  the  desire  to 
represent  them  in  the  best  possible 
way.  But  in  order  to  be  successful 
they  must  have  the  hearty  coopera- 
tion of  all. 

In  thus  making  our  first  appear- 
ance before  the  public,  we  crave  the 
kind  indulgence  of  our  constituents 
and  patrons  which  is  properly  due 
to  such  novices  in  the  art,  being 
without  the  help  of  any  precedent 
to  follow.  Embarkation  on  such  an 
enterprise  is  naturally  attended  by 
some  difficulties,  and  the  products  of 
inexperienced  workmen  cannot  be 
without  mistakes.  Yet  it  is  a  source 
of  comfort  that  those  who  come  after 
us,  becoming  more  proficient  by  the 
teachings  of  our  errors,  may  bring 
the  work  to  a  higher  degree  of  per- 
fection. 


The  -  appearance  of  this  journal 
now  is  most  seasonable,  at  the  inau- 
guration of  the  new  regime.  At 
the  present  time  there  seems  to  be  a 
new  birth,  a  springing  into  new  life, 
of  all  the  forces  which  animate  our 
University,  and  we  feel  confident 
that  the  period  of  its  growth  into 
eminence  and  importance  has  truly 
commenced.  With  the  advent  of 
the  new  President  there  was  an  in- 
spiriting vigor  infused  into  every  one 
connected  with  the  University;  this 
has  so  thoroughly  permeated  all  de- 
partments that  from  the  most  insig- 
nificant "  Cad  "  to  the  grave  and 
august  Trustees,  all  have  felt  its  in- 
fluence, and  by  it  have  been  encour- 
aged, strengthened,  and  filled  with 
enthusiasm.  The  reason  for  this  is 
most  natural.     The  prospects  for  the 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


future  could  not  be  brighter,  and 
everything  seems  to  show  that  the 
fondest  hopes  of  the  most  ardent 
lovers  of  Lake  Foi-est  will  surely  be 
fulfilled.  With  the  many  changes 
which  will  be  made  by  way  of  im- 
provement, all  the  peculiar  excel- 
lences of  the  former  system  will  be 
carefully  retained ;  above  all,  the 
standard  of  the  various  schools  will 
be  preserved  as  high  or  higher  than 
before.  Conformably  to  the  ad- 
vancement in  other  lines,  the  differ- 
ent courses  of  study  are  being  made 
broader  and  allow  greater  range  in 
the  choice  of  studies,  but  this  is  done 
without  in  the  least  reducing  the 
standard  of  the  work  to  be  done. 
An  instance  of  this  new  growth 
which  is  encouraging  to  all  friends 
of  the  University  is  the  incorporation 
with  it  of  Rush  Medical  College  and 
the  Northwestern  College  of  Dental 
Surgery,  both  old  and  famous  in- 
stitutions, with  eminent  professors 
and  many  hundred  students.  This 
is  a  mark  of  progress  for  all  con- 
cerned, as  union  of  effort  and  coope- 
ration is  greatly  beneficial  to  the 
cause  of  education.  With  the  en- 
larged corps  of  professors  and  in- 
structors, the  work  next  year  will 
undoubtedly  be  better  than  ever  be- 
fore. The  selection  of  the  new  pro- 
fessors was  very  judicious,  as  men 
of  marked  ability  and  fitness  were 
chosen  for  each  position. 


What  is  the  present  condition  of 
the  University,  and  what  are  its 
prospects?  This  question  is  so  fre- 
quently asked    that  it  seems  best  to 


the   editors  to   give    some  statement 
here. 

The  Lake  Forest  University  sys- 
tem at  present  consists  of  two  de- 
partments,— a  Philosophical  Depart- 
ment or  College  of  Arts,  situated  at 
Lake  Forest,  comprising  undergrad- 
uate classical,  scientific,  and  prepara- 
tory courses;  and  a  Medical  Depart- 
ment, comprising  two  co-ordinate 
schools,  the  Rush  Medical  College 
and  the  Northwestern  College  of 
Dental  Surgery,  both  in  Chicago. 

The  courses  of  the  Philosophical 
Department  extend  over  four  years. 
During  the  first  two  years  the 
student  pursues  required  studies; 
during  the  last  two  a  wide  choice  is 
offered  among  linguistic  studies,  the 
mental  and  moral  sciences,  and  the 
natural  sciences.  Preparatory  courses 
are  provided  for  those  not  fitted  to 
enter  at  once  upon  more  advanced 
work. 

The  Rush  Medical  College  and 
the  College  of  Dental  Surgery  re- 
quire a  liberal  education  as  an  indis- 
pensable condition  of  entrance,  and 
place  before  their  students  graded 
courses  of  three  years,  unsurpassed 
in  scope  and  thoroughness. 

The  organization  of  the  University 
is  not  yet  complete.  Steps  have 
already  been  taken  toward  the  for- 
mation of.  a  Theological  Department 
and  a  Law  Department.  The  Philo- 
sophical Department  also  is  to  be  en- 
larged by  the  establishment  of  post-  . 
graduate  courses  in  Philosophy, 
Philology,  and  Science,  specially  en- 
couraging original  investigation.  The 
Library  is  to  be  rapidly  enlarged  and 
a   new    building   erected    for   it.     A 


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Laboratory  is  soon  to  be  built  with 
all  the  modern  appliances,  and 
ground  is  immediately  to  be  broken 
for  an  Observatory,  in  'which  the 
telescope  of  the  Chicago  Astronomi- 
cal Society,  the  fourth  in  size  in 
America,  will  probably  be  placed. 

The  group  of  institutions  thus  con- 
stituted, with  the  four  Faculties  of 
Philosophy,  Theology,  Law,  and 
Medicine,  will  embody  the  concep- 
tion of  a  University  developed 
through  centuries  of  educational  pro- 
gress in  Europe,  as  adapted  to  the 
practical  progressive  atmosphere  of 
American  life.  It  will  properly  be 
the  University  of  Chicago,  and  such, 
perhaps,  will  be  its  name. 


The  first  season  of  the  University 
base  ball  nine  as  a  member  of  the 
Northwestern  College  League  has 
almost  closed.  Though  our  boys 
have  not  attained  to  the  laurels  of 
championship,  they  have  at  least 
shown  the  other  nines  that  they 
know  how  to  play  ball,  and  have 
reallv  done  better  than  was  to  be  ex- 
pected under  the  circumstances. 
Profiting  by  the  experiences  of  this 
year,  they  will  hereafter  be  able  to 
make  their  record  more  brilliant.  A 
wholesome  number  of  reverses  at 
the  outset  will  serve  onlv  as  a  stimu- 
lus for  achieving  greater  success  in 
the  future,  besides  leaving  ample 
room  for  continued  improvement. 
The  games  of  this  term  have  not 
been  without  beneficial  effects  on 
others  than  the  players.  These  in- 
ter-collegiate contests  have  aided 
greatly  in  arousing   a   loyal  college 


spirit.  Everv  one  enjoyed  them  and 
sympathized  fully  with  their  cham- 
pions. We  think  that  in  no  college 
has  the  non-plaving  element  of  the 
students  shown  a  greater  interest  in 
the  games  than  in  our  own.  Even 
the  most  confirmed  bookworms  crept 
out  to  join  in  the  excitement  and  en- 
thusiasm of  the  diamond  field.  The 
most  noticeable  result,  perhaps,  of 
the  league  games  is  the  increasing 
fraternal  feeling  between  the  differ- 
ent colleges.  By  intercom-se  at  the 
games  we  learn  more  of  each  other 
and  take  a  greater  interest  in  each 
other.  It  widens  our  views  and  ex- 
tends our  sympathies.  The  inter- 
collegiate sports  thus  far  have  cer- 
tainly proved  beneficial.  Now  why 
can  we  not  also  have  tennis  and  foot- 
ball associations? 


About  ten  miles  northwest  of 
Lake  Forest  is  located  a  small  vil- 
lage styled  Diamond  Lake.  A 
stranger  passing  through  this  retired 
and  secluded  hamlet  would  consider 
it  very  insignificant,  and,  from  a 
commercial  point  of  view,  it  is  of 
little  importance;  but  just  north  of 
the  village  there  is  one  of  the  pret- 
tiest of  the  many  lakes  which  unite 
to  give  our  county  its  name. 

The  Lake  is  fitly  called  Diamond, 
for  its  sparkling  water  gives  the  sur- 
face the  appearance  of  countless 
gems  constantly  changing  position. 
It  is  a  mile  long  and  about  two- 
thirds  of  a  mile  wide.  Its  sloping 
shores  are  covered  with  trees,  while 
water-lilies  and  yellow  cow-lilies  in 
profusion     dot    its     surface     during 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


their  season,  and  rushes  grow  along 
the  edge.  There  is  a  small  hotel 
close  beside  the  lake,  and  a  little 
further  away,  a  pavilion  for  the  use 
of  picnic  parties.  Boats  can  be  hired 
at  any  time  during  the  summer,  and 
altogether  it  is  one  of  the  finest 
places  in  this  whole  region  for  social 
parties,  picnics,  and  pleasure  seekers 
who  enjoy  the  beauty  and  silent 
grandeur  of  natural  scenery.  It  is 
a  most  charming  place  for  class 
picnics,  as  scores  of  our  Alumni  can 
testify. 


The  second  article  in  this  number 
of  the  Stentor  will  doubtless  be 
welcomed  by  many  of  our  former 
students,  as  it  will  recall  to  their 
minds  the  person  of  its  writer,  the 
loving  friend  of  former  years,  whose 
untimely  death  is  one  of  the  many 
inexplicable  mysteries  of  Providence. 
He  went  from  us  last  summer  in  the 
full  pride  of  a  healthy,  vigorous 
manhood,  with  prospects  before  him 
of  a  future  career  which  could  not 
have  been  brighter.  We  had  such 
trust  in  his  abilities  that  it  seemed 
these  hopes  must  certainly  be  real- 
ized. Yet,  when  we  think  of  that 
life,  ended  before  the  season  of 
active  work  had  begun,  we  are 
brought  to  realize  the  capabilities 
for  good  of  any  mind,  even  during 
this  formative  period  of  college  life. 

Henry  Tennyson  Peare  was  a 
man  whose  good  influences  ended 
not  with  his  life,  but  all  who  have 
been  his  close  friends  must  bear  with 
them,  as  the  mementos  of  that  friend- 
ship, the  helping  influences  that  he 
exerted.     We  feel  that  we  are  better 


for  having  known  him;  we  have  a 
higher  conception  of  true  manhood. 
Surely,  he  can  not  have  lived  in  vain 
of  whom  this  may  be  said. 

OUR  NOTE  BOOK. 


THE    COLLEGE. 

No  more  "  annuals!  " 

No  more  oral  display  examina- 
tions commencement  week! 

Prof,  and  Mrs.  Kelsey  entertained 
the  young  ladies  of  Mitchell  Hall  at 
tea  Saturday  evening,  May  2Sth. 

The  new  Presbyterian  church, 
begun  last  fall,  is  completed,  and  is  a 
grateful  change  from  the  old  edifice. 

Rush  Medical  College  and  the 
Northwestern  Dental  Surgical  Col- 
lege have  been  formally  united  with 
the  Lake  Forest   University  system. 

Two  hundred  volumes  from  the 
library  of  the  late  Prof.  Francis,  of 
the  Harvard  Divinity  School,  have 
been  recently  received  into  the 
college  libraiy. 

The  Glee  Club  has  practiced  twice 
a  week  all  the  term,  and  is  now  pre- 
pared to  sing  anything  from  "  A 
Hole  in  the  Bottom  of  the  Sea,"  to 
"  The  Soldier's  Farewell." 

May  6,  1SS7,  being  the  date  of 
Mrs.  Boners  crystal  wedding,  the 
young  ladies  of  Mitchell  Hall  pre- 
sented her  with  a.  beautiful  vase 
filled  with  her  favorite  roses. 

Tuesday  evening,  May  17,  the 
members  of  the  Art  Institute,  of 
Lake  Foi-esl,  met  in  the  Mitchell 
Hall  parlors  and  listened  to  an  in- 
teresting lecture  on  "  Archaic  Greek 
Art,"  by  Prof.  Zenos. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


The  Greek  Club,  under  direction 
of  Prof.  Zenos,  is  making  a  very 
interesting  study  of  the  historians  of 
the  Post-classical  period  in  Greek 
literature.  The  course  of  reading 
this  year  comprised  Plutarch  and 
Arrian. 

As  Commencement  draws  nigh 
the  Juniors  begin  to  feel  their  im- 
portance, and  they  look  forward 
with  mingled  feelings  of  hope  and 
joy  to  the  time  when  they  will  tread 
the  campus  as  Seniors,  ornamented 
with  the  black  silk  tile. 

Examinations  for  admission  to  the 
College  will  be  held  on  June  28  and 
29,  this,  year,  at  Chicago,  Peoria, 
Springfield,  Milwaukee,  Indianapo- 
lis, Kalamazoo,  Marquette,  Dubu- 
que, St.  Paul,  St.  Louis,  Kansas 
City,  Omaha,  and  Denver. 

The  following  absurd  report  is 
going  the  rounds.  We  advise  our 
readers  to  skip  it: — 

•}i  pua.i 

JJI.W  AljS.lSAUl^     3q}   III  }U3pU}S  A".13A9 

:reqi    Sop  .nj[[op    .inoj  e    puu    uicaao 
so;    jo     qsip     v   .isSbav    nt3AV    lu9 

In  mathematics:  Professor — "Will 
you  construct  the  curve  of  the  cy- 
cloid upon  the  blackboard?"  First 
Student — "  Can't  make  it,  Profes- 
sor." Professor— "Next!"  Second 
Student — "  I  pass  too."  Professor — 
"  That  remains  to  be  seen  after  ex- 
amination!" Student  thinks  that  it 
is  a  bad  deal  all  around. 

The  great  telescope  of  the  Chicago 
Astronomical  Society  will  soon  be 
removed  to  Lake  Forest,  and  mount- 
ed in  a  new  observatory,  which  is  to 
be  built  here    with  all   the    modern 


improvements,  and  which  will  prob- 
ably be  situated  between  the  College 
and  the  cemetery.  This  telescope 
ranks  fourth  among  the  best  tele- 
scopes in  America. 

Friday  evening,  April  1 5,  Miss 
Jennie  Durand  gave  an  informal 
reception  to  the  members  and 
.younger  friends  of  the  Athenaean 
Society.  With  games,  music,  and 
conversation  the  evening  passed  all 
too  soon.  The  guests  went  away 
delighted  with  their  entertainment 
and  agreeing  that  the  hostess  was 
skilled  in  the  art  of  entertaining. 

The  young  ladies  of  the  Sopho- 
more class  gave  their  gentlemen 
classmates  a  high  tea  on  Thursday 
evening,  the  26th  of  May,  at 
McCormick's  Point  on  the  lake 
bluff.  The  boys  did  full  justice  to 
the  edibles,  which  were  of  the  best, 
as  usual,  and,  after  a  stroll  along  the 
beach,  the  class  attended  an  enter- 
tainment at  Ferry  Hall.  The  Sophs 
are  confident,  as  they  always  have 
been,  that  the  class  of  '89  is  the  finest 
in  the   University. 

Friday  evening,  April  22,  was  the 
date  of  the  open  meeting  of  the 
Zeta  Epsilon  Society.  The  chapel 
was  filled  with  an  audience  which 
listened  to  a  pleasing  program  of 
exercises.  All  were  then  invited  to 
a  reception  on  the  fourth  floor. 
There  the  garret  had  been  tastefully 
hung  with  evergreens,  concealing 
the  bare  boards,  and  Chinese  lanterns 
illuminated  the  scene,  making  all  in 
all  a  very  pleasant  reception  room. 
Refreshments  were  served  and 
everyone  enjoyed  the  occasion  very 
much. 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  STB  NT  OR. 


Thursday  evening,  May  12,  an 
amateur  opera  company  of  local 
talent  produced  the  pleasing  operetta, 
"  The  Doctor  of  Alcantara,"  to  an 
audience  of  seventy-five  invited 
guests  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Cal- 
vin Durand.  The  improvised  stage 
was  well  appointed  and  tastily  dec- 
orated. All  the  actors  were  pecu- 
liarly suited  to  their  respective  parts, 
and  the  acting  and  singing  was  ex- 
cellent. For  two  hours  the  company 
was  highly  entertained,  and  all  who 
were  present  hope  that  the  first  ap- 
pearance of  this  company  will  not  be 
its  last. 

One  day  a  poor  Freshman  sat  in 
his  room,  congratulating  himself  up- 
on his  recent  escape  from  some  tor- 
menting Sophomores  or  other  evils, 
when  he  heard  a  gentle  knock  at  his 
door.  "  Who  in  thunder's  there  ?  " 
shouts  Freshy,  reaching  mechani- 
callv  for  his  water-pail.  Hearing  no 
answer  he  strikes  a  defiant  attitude 
and  exclaims:  "Stay  out,  confound 
you!  If  you  come  in  here  I'll  duck 
you!"  A  still,  small  voice  sounds 
from  without,  "  Kelsey."  Tableau 
errectce  comceque  within;  Freshy 
rushes  to  the  door  and  endeavors  to 
explain,  while  the  worthy  professor 
conceals  his  sense  of    the  ridiculous. 

Two  parties  from  Lake  Forest 
started  in  May  for  Europe.  The 
first  was  composed  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Dwight  and  their  two  daughters; 
the  second  comprised  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Durand,  daughter  Daisy,  and 
niece  Miss  Jennie  Durand.  The 
latter  was  a  member  of  the  Class  of 
'89  in  the  College,  and  nearly  all 
her    classmates,    with    '-elatives    and 


other  friends,  were  at  the  train  to 
bid  her  good-bye  and  wish  her  a 
delightful  year.  Though  glad  she 
was  able  to  go,  yet  all  were  sorry  to 
see  depart  from  among  us  a  young 
lady  so  universally  popular  as  Miss 
Durand. 

Of  late  it  has  been  the  habit  of 
some  of  the  Academy  boys  to  come 
over  to  the  College  dormitory  at 
night,  after  every  one  is  sound  asleep, 
and  amuse  themselves  by  kicking  in 
doors,  and  throwing  about  the  halls 
such  trifles  as  sods,  stones,  or  any- 
thing available,  and  then  fleeing 
before  the  righteous  indignation  of 
the  disturbed  sleepers.  We  cannot 
expect  much  else  of  the  babes,  but 
we  give  them  fair  warning  that  Lee 
has  loaded  his  self-cocking,  spring- 
halt six-shooter,  Welch  has  charged 
his  squirt-gun,  and  Halsey  has  un- 
sheathed his  bread-knife,  while 
"Pat"  sleeps  with  both  eyes  and  his 
mouth  wide  open,  and  further  dep- 
redators of  this  variety  will  have  to 
run  the  gauntlet  of  the  vigilance 
committee. 

As  the  editor  was  sitting  in  his 
den  one  calm  evening  not  long  since, 
he  was  aroused  by  a  knock  at  the 
door,  and  upon  opening  it  there 
entered  two  Academy  boys,  pale  and 
breathless.  Each  sank  into  a  chair 
and  began  to  tell  an  exciting  tale  of 
a  hair-breadth  escape  from  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  Academv.  The  boys 
had  been  strolling  about  the  Ferry 
Hall  grounds  when  their  imagination, 
heightened  by  the  consciousness  that 
they  were  subjects  for  demerits,  per- 
ceived their  worthy  principal  close  at 
hand.     An  exciting  chase    followed, 


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in  which  the  pursuer  showed  signs 
of  speed  never  dreamed  of  by  his 
fleeing  pupils.  After  a  long  run  the 
fugitives  escaped  to  tell  of  their 
good  luck,  and  to  marvel  at  the 
alacrity  of  their  principal.  The 
next  morning  it  was  ascertained  that 
a  bold  Sophomore  from  Wisconsin 
had  been  impersonating  the  good 
Doctor.  We  compliment  the  Soph, 
upon  his  full  beard  and  general  good 
looks,  and  admonish  the  "Cads" 
that  their  principal  has  something  to 
do  beside  chasing  them  away  from 
the  Seminary. 

In    Soph'tnore    Greek   class,  one    warm 
day, 
The  "  Stub  "  was  dreaming  of  the  hour 

When  Evanston,  engaged  in  play, 
Should  tremble  at  his  power. 

In  dreams  he  made  a  three-base  hit 
And  on  third  base  he  squarely  lit; 

Then  sneaked  his  "home"  on  a  passed 
ball, 
Amid  the  applause  and  praise  of  all. 

In  Soph'more  Greek  class,  that  same  day, 
With  dignity  and  wonted  ease, 

Professor  Zenos  held  full  sway, 
While    some   poor    Soph's   dry  brain  he'd 
squeeze 

For  derivations,  roots  of  verbs, 
Or  other  more  perplexing  herbs, 

And  heard  the  girls  give  from  the  pony 
Translations  fine,  but  oh,  so  "  Bohny." 

An  hour  passed  on;  the  "Stub''  awoke; 
That  bright  dream  was  his  last! 

He  woke  to  hear  Professor  shriek, 
"Wake  up!    Wake    up!    'Tis    Greek!  'Tis 
Greek!  " 

He  woke  to  flunk,  mid  student's  howl, 
And  shout,  and  groan,  and  tutor's  scowl, 

And  questions  falling  thick  and  fast 
As  lightnings  from  the  mountain  cloud. 

An      unfortunate      and     ponyless 
youth  in  a  New  York  school  recent- 


ly wrote  to  Prof.  Kelsey  as  follows: 
Dear  Sir: — I  enclose  a  postal 
card  and  please  let  me  know  if  you 
have  any  translation  books  for  your 
first  book  in  your  Caesar's  Gallic 
War,  and  let  me  know  the  price  of 
them  apiece.         Yours  truly, 

Prof.  K.  hastened  to  inform  him 
that  he  had  never  examined  a  trans- 
lation of  Caesar,  and  had  none  in  his 
possession.  Poor  youth!  "  So  near 
and  yet  so  far!  "  For  if  he  had  only 
written  to  the  Freshmen  who  study 
special  Latin,  they  would  no  doubt 
have  closed  out  to  him  their  equines 
of  Caesar  at  less  than  cost,  as  they 
are  now  pursuing  with  cavalry  the 
wily  Cicero. 

The  Athenaean  and  Zeta  Epsilon 
Literary  Societies  held  a  joint  meet- 
ing on  Friday  evening,  June  3,  in 
the  Zeta  Epsilon  hall.  The  program 
comprised  a  song  by  the  Glee  Club, 
declamation  by  Mr.  G.  H.  Steele, 
paper  by  Messrs. Welch  and  Dickin- 
son, oration  by  Mr.  G.  A.  Wilson, 
debate  upon  question,  Would  Home 
Rule  Benefit  Ireland?  Aff.,  Messrs. 
Lee  and  Jackson;  Neg.,  Messrs. 
Gallwey  and  Johnson;  song  by  the 
Glee  Club.  The  performances  were 
interesting,  and  the  audience  filled 
the  hall.  The  debate  proved  the 
exciting  event  of  the  evening,  for 
there  were  two  Irishmen  on  the 
negative,  and  they  had  seventeen 
pies  up  on  the  decision  of  the  judges. 
They  obtained  their  side  of  the 
question  and  the  pies,  though  bribery 
was  rumored.  This  was  the  second 
joint  meeting  of  these  societies  this 
year.     Both   meetings    have  proved 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


profitable,  and  have  strengthened 
the  good  feeling  between  the 
societies. 

L.  F.  U.  B.  B.C. 

The  national  game  is  receiving 
this  year  the  interest  it  deserves  in 
Lake  Forest.  Our  ball  club  was 
admitted  to  the  Northwestern 
College  League  this  season  and  was 
scheduled  for  two  games  with  each 
of  the  other  clubs  comprising  the 
league, — Evanston,  Racine,  Madi- 
son and  Beloit. 

The  object  of  this  league  is  not 
the  training  of  future  professionals 
or  the  rousing  of  jealous  rivalry;  it 
aims  rather  to  make  the  students  of 
the  different  colleges  acquainted  with 
each  other,  to  arouse  college  spirit, 
and  to  create  interest  in  the  greatest 
of  all  athletic  games. 

The  members  of  the  L.  F.  U. 
club  this  season  are  S.  S.  Durand, 
catcher;  A.  F.  Yohe,  pitcher;  E.  S. 
Wells,  first  base;  W.  G.  Wise, 
second  base;  W.  O.  O'Neill,  third 
base;  W.  Norton,  short  stop;  K. 
Becker,  right  field;  T.  W.  Marsh, 
center  field;  S.  A.  Benedict,  left 
field;  A.Warren,  scorer. 

The  initial  game  of  our  club 
was  played  on  the  home  grounds, 
with  Evanston,  on  Saturday,  May 
yth.  The  game  was  Evanston's 
up  to  the  eighth  inning,  when  our 
boys  rallied  at  the  bat  and  six  of 
them  crossed  the  plate.  In  the  ninth, 
Evanston  retired  with  a  goose-egg, 
and  the  score  stood  thirteen  to  eight 
in  favor  of  Lake  Forest. 

The  following  Saturday  our  boys 
went  to  Racine.     There  they  found 


a  most  gentlemanly  set  of  young 
men,  who  met  them  at  the  train, 
showed  them  about  the  fine  college 
grounds,  treated  them  to  a  good 
dinner,  and — defeated  them  at  ball 
by  the  humiliating  score  of  twenty- 
five  to  six. 

Saturday,  May  21,  the  Madison 
team  came  to  play  at  Lake  Forest. 
The  first  half  of  the  game  was  a 
close  one,  but  costly  errors  by  our 
boys  gave  the  game  to  Madison  by 
a  score  of  nineteen  to  eleven.  The 
champions  are  probably  the  heaviest 
team  in  the  league,  and  it  could 
hardly  be  expected  that  the}-  would 
not  beat  Lake  Forest.  However, 
they  acknowledged  after  the  game 
that  we  surprised  them,  for  they 
thought  to  defeat  us  easily,  as  did 
the  Evanstons. 

Saturday,  May  2S,  the  Beloits 
(gentlemen,  every  one  of  them) 
crossed  bats  with  our  nine  on  the 
home' grounds.  The  game  proved 
the  most  exciting  of  the  season,  as 
eleven  innings  were  played  before 
the  visitors  gained  a  hard  earned 
victory  with  the  score  of  twelve  to 
seven. 

The  next  Saturday  morning  the 
home  club  started  on  its  Wisconsin 
trip  to  play  at  Beloit  and  Madison. 
A  pleasant  ride  of  four  hours 
brought  them  to  Beloit  in  time  for 
dinner,  after  which-  they  played  a 
good  game  of  ball.  Fielding- and 
good  work  at  the  willow  won  the 
game  for  the  wearers  of  the  blue  and 
white,  by  a  score  of  nine  to  seven. 
Norton's  running  catch  and  double 
play,and  Durand's  batting  were  alike 
fine,    and    won     merited     applause. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


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The  crowd,  composed  largely  of 
students,  was  very  well  mannered, 
and  our  boys  say  they  -would  just  as 
soon  play  in  Beloit  as  at  home.  The 
club  staid  in  Beloit  over  Sunday, 
enjoying  the  companionship  of  the 
students  there,  all  of  whom  appear 
to  be  fine  young  men. 

Monday  morning,  June  6,  the 
nine  went  to  Madison,  where  they 
were  pleasantly  received.  In  the 
afternoon  they  played  a  very  poor 
game  of  ball,  giving  the  Madisons 
the  game  with  twenty-three  runs  to 
their  credit,  while  L.  F.  U.  obtained 
but  four.  The  battery  did  most  of 
the  work  for  Lake  Forest,  which 
seemed  to  be  completely  demoralized 
as  a  club.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that 
the  boys  were  so  badly  beaten,  they 
all  enjoyed  the  trip  and  will  look 
forward  with  pleasure  to  the  time 
when  they  can  go  again. 

BASE    HITS. 

The  club  had  its  picture  taken  at 
Beloit,  immediately  after  the  game. 

Mr.  Chas.  Holt  accompanied  the 
ball  club  on  its  Wisconsin  trip,  and 
shouted  for  L.  F.  U. 

"  Tommy  "  Norton  went  fishing 
while  at  Beloit.  He  says  the  only 
fish  he  caught  was  a  mud  turtle. 
"  Tommy  "  may  not  be  much  at 
catching  fish,  but  he  can  catch  flies 
quite  well,  we  have  noticed. 

The  College  indulged  in  a  half 
holiday  Decoration  Day.  The  Wads- 
worth  ball  nine  came  over  to  play 
our  nine  in  the  afternoon,  but  rain 
prevented  the  game. 

The  second  Beloit  game  was 
played  with  but  three  errors  to  the 
credit  of  L.  F.  U. 


Ikey — Ikey  —  Yah-yah-yah — L.F. 
U. !  Base  ball  has  aroused  college 
spirit  to  such  an  extent  that  we  now 
have  a  college  yell  as  a  consequence. 
It  was  first  given  at  Beloit  by  the 
victorious  nine. 

A  funny  incident  occurred  in  the 
Madison  game  at  Lake  Forest.  A 
foul  went  up,  and  the  Madison 
catcher,  in  following  it,  ran  into  the 
scorers'  table.  For  a  minute  the  air 
was  full  of  legs,  arms,  score  books, 
and  other  movable  articles.  The 
catcher  was  the  first  to  rise  and  re- 
surrect the  ball  from  the  debris, 
while  the  crowd  roared  and  the 
scorers  readjusted  their  chattels. 

Of  the  games  played  by  the 
Northwestern  College  League  up  to 
this  writing,  Madison  has  won  six 
and  lost  one,  Racine  has  won  five 
and  lost  two,  Beloit  has  won  two  and 
lost  five,  Lake  Forest  has  won  two 
and  lost  four,  and  Evanston  has  won 
two  and  lost  five.  Evanston  will 
probably  foot  the  league  this  year, 
as  all  the  games  she  has  won  have 
been  protested. 

THE  ACADEMY. 

The  Chestnut  Nine  has  concluded 
not  to  play  the  Detroits  this  sum- 
mer. 

Public  rhetoricals  were  fair. 
"  What  can't  be  cured  must  be  en- 
dured." 

The  placard  with  "  Kindergar- 
ten" on  it,  which  appeared  on  the 
outside  of  the  Academy  some  weeks 
ago,  has  been  taken  in. 

It  is  hereby  officially  announced 
that  the  "Witch's  Korcet  "  will   not 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


be  rendered  in  public  again.  Those 
who  have  their  regrets  handy  will 
please  send  them  in. 

Two  Academy  boys  joined  in  the 
hymn  in  chapel  the  other  morning. 
The  kind  principal  recognized  their 
efforts,  and  gave  them  an  hour  extra 
study  apiece. 

It  is  generally  undei-stood  that 
"Julius,"  the  pie-man,  has  excellent 
pies.  He  aims  to  keep  the  fresh  arti- 
cle. When  those  on  hand  begin  to  get 
old,  he  notifies  the  College  Fresh- 
men, and  they  in  turn  notify  the 
Ferry  Hall  Juniors;  then  the  two 
classes  co-educate  and  clear  out  the 
old  stock  at  the  barn  where  the  pies 
are  retailed.  "  So  runs  the  world 
away." 

Life  is  not  entirely  made  up  of  its 
joys,  for  the  festive  mumps  are  still 
at  large.  They  seem  to  make  no 
discrimination  between  man  and 
man.  For  a  week  the  banner  alge- 
bra class  was  without  its  accustomed 
head,  Prof.  Vance  being  exiled  to 
the  shades  of  Wisconsin,  a  sorry 
victim  of  this  disaffection.  Mr. 
Heuver,  of  the  College,  taught  dur- 
ing his  absence. 

Viewed  from  a  serious  standpoint, 
the  current  year  at  the  Academy  has 
been  a  very  satisfactory  one.  Affairs 
have,  perhaps,  been  more  quiet  than 
in  former  years,  but  none  the  less 
pleasant  on  that  account.  It  has  been 
a  year  of  hard  study  on  the  part  of 
most  of  the  students;  and  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  any  Academy  in  the  land  can 
show  a  better  record,  taking  into 
consideration  the  requirements  of  the 
curriculum.     The   principal  and  his 


assistants  have  made  things  as  pleas- 
ant as  possible,  and  deserve  praise 
for  their  success.  The  frequent 
entertainments  at  Ferry  Hall,  and 
the  many  courtesies  which  the 
students  have  received  from  the  peo- 
ple of  Lake  Forest,  have  combined 
to  make  the  past  year  exceedingly 
pleasant. 

The  night  was  dark  and  the  street 
leading  to  the  "  Sem  "  was  wrapped 
in  the  gloom  occasioned  by  a  Lake 
Forest  street  lamp,  when  a  young 
man  in  a  gray  suit  and  a  cane  might 
have  been  heard  restlessly  pacing  the 
network  of  loose  planks  called  by 
courtesy  a  sidewalk.  "  Will  she 
come?"  he  muttered;  "She  wrote 
that  she  would  meet  me  here;  ah, 
she  comes!  "  *  *  "  How  did  you 
get  out?"  said  he,  as  a  fair  figure 
appeared  in  the  gloaming.  "Sh!" 
said  a  soft  voice;  "I  escaped  by  the 
laundry  window."  "  Will  you  take 
my  arm?"  The  deed  was  done,  and 
congratulations  and  compliments 
were  passed.  O  blissful  moments!  O 
illusion  soon  to  be  rudely  dispelled  ! 
Deceit,  thy  name  is  "  Cad."  For  lo, 
as  they  were  strolling,  the  light  of  a 
falling  star  disclosed  to  the  fond 
gaze  of  the  enraptured  Trojan  the 
face,  not  of  the  graceful  Seminary 
girl,  but  of  a  bold,  bad  "  Cad." 
"Sold,  by  gosh!"  exclaimed  the 
deluded  youth,  while  an  ambuscade, 
composed  of  "  Deak  "  and  numerous 
other  "  Cads,"  rose  from  all  sides, 
and  pandemonium  reigned.  Then 
did  the  grey  suit  sadly  depart 
through  the  gloom  to  muse  on  the 
vanity  of  life  and  the  price  of 
Havanas. 


THE  Z.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


A  short  time  ago  the  silver-plated 
bell  at  the  Academy  "  eloped  "  with 
the  "  Sem  "  bell,— that  is,  the  call 
bell,  not  one  of  the  belles  that  is 
called  on.  It  is  rumored  that  the 
dining-hall  bell  also  went  along  to 
keep  them  company.  If  any  should 
meet  this  stray  trio,  please  send 
notice  of  their  whereabouts  to  head- 
quarters at  once. 


FERRY   HALL. 

The  Ferry  Hall  girls  usually  look 
forward  to  the  spring  term  as  the 
most  enjoyable  one  of  the  whole 
year..  They  have  not  been  greatly 
disappointed  in  the  spring  of  '87. 

Mr.  Larned  favored  the  students 
of  Lake  Forest  by  giving  them  an 
entertaining  lecture  at  the  beginning 
of  the  term  upon  the  great  French 
artist,  Millet. 

Tlje  regular  pupils'  recital  took 
place  May  6th.  Not  only  the 
pupils  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  De  Prosse, 
but  also  those  of  Miss  Fisher  took 
part  in  the  entertainment. 

The  musical  and  literary  enter- 
tainment held  May  26th  was  very 
much  enjoyed  by  those  present. 
Miss  Jennie  Baker's  playing  was 
especially  appreciated. 

We  judge  that  the  socials  given 
after  the  various  entertainments  held 
at  Ferry  Hall  were  very  acceptable 
to  the  College  and  Academy  students. 

The  Ferry  Hall  girls  have 
thoroughly  appreciated  the  great 
privilege  of  watching  the  games 
between  the  L.  F.  U.  ball  nine  and 
the  nines  of  other  colleges. 


The  ravines  and  the  banks  over- 
looking the  lake  seem  to  be  favorite 
resorts  since  the  flowers  put  in  their 
appearance;  though  some  persons 
might  be  sarcastic  enough  to  remark 
that  some  of  the  flowers  were  of  a 
peculiar  growth. 

To  envious  outsiders  the  botany 
class  of  this  year  appears  to  have  a 
great  deal  of  fun  mixed  in  with 
the  work  of  procuring  specimens. 
The  class  enjoyed  their  trip  to  Lake 
Eluff,  where,  besides  finding  many 
flowers,  they  enjoyed  a  boat  ride  and 
ate  as  many  onions   as   they  desired. 

During  the  absence  of  the  princi- 
pal some  of  the  "  Sems"  determined 
to  have  a  feast.  So  after  making 
all  due  arrangements  they  adjourned 
to  the  cupola.  The  feast  was  at  its 
height  when  one  of  the  faculty,  who 
by  some  mistake  had  not  been  in- 
vited, came  suddenly  upon  the 
revellers.  The  feast  was  ended 
immediately. 

The  Juniors  went  astronomizing 
on  Thursday  evening,  June  9,  after 
the  recital.  Each  was  provided 
with  an  escort,  which  was  very 
thoughtful  in  someone,  for  it  left  the 
worthy  professor  nothing  to  do  but 
point  out  the  constellations  with  his 
cane.  After  gaining  an  accurate 
knowledge  of  the  heavenly  bodies 
the  observers  returned  to  the  Hall, 
and  dispersed  just  as  the  lights  in  the 
dining-room  were  extinguished. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr. 
DeProsse  the  students  have  enjoyed 
the  rare  privilege  of  spending  several 
delightful  evenings  with  some  of  the 
old  musical   composers.     The  even- 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


ing  that  he  introduced  us  to  George 
Frederick  Handel,  Mr.  DeProsse 
was  assisted  by  Miss  Claussenius,  of 
Chicago,  who  charmed  all  by  sing- 
ing English,  German  and  Italian 
songs.  The  pleasure  of  the  evening 
spent  with  Felix  Mendelssohn  Bar- 
tholdy  was  greatly  enhanced  by  the 
music  furnished  by  Miss  Jennie 
Dura-d,  Mr.  DeProsse,  and  Mr. 
J.  J.  Murphy.  The  audience  gave 
more  than  their  usual  attention  to 
Miss  Durand's  playing,  knowing 
that  it  would  be  some  time  before 
they  would  again  have  the  pleasure 
of  hearing  her.  Thursday  evening, 
June  9,  Prof.  De  Prosse,  assisted  by 
Mr.  Wyatt  McGaffey,  basso,  and 
several  pupils,  gave  a  Haydn  and 
Mozart  musicale.  All  the  playing 
was  good,  and  Mr.  McGaffey's  sing- 
ing was  highly  appreciated  by  the 
audience,  which  persisted  in  hearing 
him  again  and  again. 

We  frequently  hear  of  "  wars  and 
rumors  of  wars,"  but  it  seldom 
devolves  upon  us  to  chronicle  a  con- 
flict such  as  occurred  at  Ferry  Hall 
a  short  time  since.  The  girls  had 
agreed  to  have  a  sham  battle,  so, 
when  all  the  world  was  supposed  to 
be  wrapped  in  slumber,  the  bugle- 
call  sounded  from  a  tin  whistle  and 
the  contending  forces  repaired  to  the 
scene  of  the  strife  in  the  upper  story. 
The  battle  began  on  the  left  wing, 
from  which  some  of  the  feathers 
were  detached,  but  the  conflict  soon 
became  general,  and,  the  sham  being 
cast  to  the  winds,  weapons  were 
unsheathed  and  the  thick  air  was 
filled  with  flying  missiles.  One  brave 
heroine     after    another   falls    to    the 


ground  under  the  mighty  blows 
from  some  opposing  sister's  pillow. 
Fierce  and  long  the  battle  rages,  un- 
til a  voice  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs 
demands  "  the  reason  for  that  noise." 
The  troops  are  assembled-  and 
marched  into  the  guard-house  below. 
There  are  none  killed,  but  many 
missing.  Those  unfortunate  enough 
to  get  into  the  guard-house  paid  the 
penalty  by  being  obliged  to  study  an 
hour  or  so,  and  at  3:30  a.  m.  all  was 
quiet  once  more.  Thus  did  the 
mighty  battle  cease  and  the  threaten- 
ing war-cloud  dissolve  into  a  mere 
mist,  as  light  as  a  feather. 


COMMENCEMENT  WEEK. 

The  program  for  Commencement 
week  is  as  follows: 

Sunday,  June  19:  Baccalaureate 
sermon  by  President  Roberts  at 
10:30;  address  before  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Barrows,  D.  D., 
at  7  :45. 

Monday,  June  20:  Closing  ex- 
ercises of  the  Academ}'  at  S  p.  m. 

Tuesday,  June  21:  Annual 
concert  of  Ferry  Hal!,  3  p.  m.;  prize 
contest  in  oratory,  at  S  p.  m. 

Wednesday,  June  22:  Com- 
mencement exercises,  10  a.  m.;  in- 
auguration of  President  Roberts, 
with  addresses  by  Hon.  Wm.  Bross, 
Rev.  S.J.  MacPherson,  D.  D.,  and 
Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  13 
m.;  alumni  banquet,  2  p.  m.;  Presi- 
dent's reception,  S  p.  m. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


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RUSH  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 

Probably  no  medical  institution  in 
the  West  has  been  longer  or  better 
known  than  Rush  Medical  College. 
In  the  forty-four  years  that  students 
and  practicipners  have  passed  in  and 
out  of  her  doors,  the  medical  pro- 
fession and  public  at  large  have 
learned  to  honor  and  revere  her 
name,  and  no  medical  college  in  the 
West  can  to-day  offer  as  good  ad- 
vantages for  a  thorough  and  practi- 
cal education  in  medicine  and  surgery. 
The  faculty  includes  many  of  Chi- 
cago's most  eminent  men,  among 
whom  may  be  mentioned  J.  Adams 
Allen,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President; 
Moses  Gunn,  M.  D.,  LL.D.,  whose 
name  as  a  surgeon  is  a  household 
word  in  the  West;  William  H. 
Byford,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  professor  of 
gynecology;  Henry  M.  Lvman,  A. 
M.,  M.  D.  physiology  and  nervous 
diseases;  Walter  S.  Haine=,  A.  M. 
M.  D.,  chemistry,  pharmacy  and 
toxicology;  J.  Nevins  Hyde,  A.  M. 
M.  D.,  skin  and  venereal  diseases 

The  college  building  is  beautifully 
located  in  one  of  the  most  healthful 
quarters  of  the  city,  at  the  corner  of 
West  Harrison  and  Wood  streets, 
and  from  its  situation  commands  the 
most  complete  hospital  advantages 
of  any  in  the  city.  Opposite  the 
college  stands  the  Cook  County 
Hospital,  erected  at  an  expense  of 
nearly  a  million  dollars,  and  where 
last  year  alone  over  two  thousand 
patients  were  treated.  In  the  hos- 
pital building,  the  Necropsy  Theater, 
where  hundreds  of  surgical  oper- 
ations are  performed,  is  open  to  the 
students  who  desire  to  attend. 


The  Presbyterian  hospital  contain- 
ing sixty  cots  is  built  contiguous  to 
the  college  building,  and  affords 
unrivaled  .clinical  advantages  to  all 
the  students.  Positions  of  interne  in 
both  these  hospitals  are  open  to 
students.  The  Central  Free  Dis- 
pensary, where  many  thousands  of 
patients  are  treated  annually,occupies 
the  first  floor  of  the  College  building. 

The  courses  of  instruction  are 
thorough  in  every  particular,  the 
three  years  course  being  especially 
adapted  to  students  from  literary  in- 
stitutions who  have  never  entered 
upon  a  previous  medical  course. 

Within  the  past  few  weeks  Rush 
Medical  College  has  united  with 
Lake  Forest  University  in  order  to 
still  further  elevate  her  rank  as  a 
first  class  institution  of  learning. 

This  union  will  tend  to  raise  the 
genera]  tone  and  standing  of  the 
college  and  bring  to  her  halls  a  larger 
proportion  of  students  who  are 
graduates  of  literary  colleges,  and 
men  who  will,  in  the  years  to  come, 
prove  an  honor  to  their  alma  mater- 
With  such  bright  prospects  opening 
before  her,  Rush  may  congratulate 
herself  that  in  the  future,  more  than 
ever,  she  is  to  stand  first  in  rank  and 
influence  as  a  western  medical 
college,  and  that  in  the  years  to 
come  the  two  institutions  thus  united 
will  prove  to  be  a  source  of  mutual 
support  and  strength  to  one  another. 
Long  live  Rush ! 

RUSH     LOCALS. 

Yohe  is  doing  good  work  in  the 
L.  F.  U.  ball   nine  and    already  has 


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THE  L.  E\   U.  STENTOR. 


the    reputation    of    being    the    best 
pitcher  in  the  College  League. 

Although  the  spring  term  has 
closed,  a  few  of  the  class  still  haunt 
the  old  halls — "  the  cream  of  the 
class." 

Some  one  please  start  a  new  song 
next  fall.  "  He  Will  Quiz  us,"  and 
that  "  Sea  Hole  "  are  chestnuts. 

*'  What's  the  matter  with  G ro- 
ver?" "Oh,  he's  all  right!"  For 
further  particulars  inquire  of  the 
dark  browed  Scalpel  wielder  in  the 
Phys.  Lab. 

The  R.  M.  C.  youth,  whom 
"  gentle  Mary "  embraced  at  the 
asylum,  is  improving.  Union  has 
taken  place  in  both  clavicles,  and  the 
five  fractured  ribs  are  doing  as  well 
as  could  be  expected. 

"  Uncle  Allen  "  has  gone  abroad 
for  his  health  it  is  claimed,  yet  those 
who  know  best  say  that  he  is  gather- 
ing up  a  choice  and  carefully  select- 
ed stock  of  new  stories  for  the  "  fall 
opening." 

Absent  minded  medical  youth  (for- 
merly a  barber)  who  has  just  finished 
clipping  a  "  stiff's "  head.  "  Sea 
foam,  sir? " 

Old  Grimes  is  gone,  that  good  old  soul, 
We  ne'er  shall  see  him  more — 
•   He  used  to  grasp  his  tailor  shears 
And  revel  in  the  gore. 

"  Who  threw  that  over-shoe?" 

"  How  many  remember  which 
blade  of  the  forceps  goes  under- 
neath ?  " 


ALUMNI  AND  PERSONAL. 


'79.  Dr.  H.  P.  Safford  is  in  Dr. 
Strong's  Remedial  Institute,  Sara- 
toga Springs,  N.Y.  He  was  gradu- 
ated in  1SS6  from  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 
City,  and  spent  the  winter  of  18S5-6 
in  the  Manhattan  Eye  and  Ear  Hos- 
pital. 

'So.  Rev.  Paul  Bergen  is  a  foreign 
missionary  at  Chenanfoo,  China.  He 
and  his  wife,  formerly  Miss  McKin- 
ney,  of  'S3,  are  earnest  and  success- 
ful workers.  In  order  to  facilitate 
their  work,  they  have  both  adopted 
the  Chinese  dress,  even  to  the  queue 
for  Mr.  Bergen. 

'So.  Rev.  Fred  L.  Forbes  is  set- 
tled in  Monticello,  111.,  as  pastor  of 
the  Presbyterian  church. 

'So.  Rev.  W.  O.  Forbes  is  preach- 
ing at  Albina,  Oregon. 

'So.  Mrs.  Anna  Farwell  DeKoven 
is  living  in  Chicago. 

'So.  Mrs.  Josephine  W.  Bates  is 
in  Kansas   City,  Mo. 

'Si.  Frank  S.Jewett  is  doing  good 
work  as  city  missionary  in  Chicago. 
His  brother  and  classmate,  Fred,  died 
soon  after  being  graduated. 

'Si.  Mrs.  Anna  Rhea  Wilson  is  a 
missionary  in  Tabriz,  Persia.  She 
enters  upon  the  mission  work  in  her 
native  city  with  the  promise  of  great 
usefulness.  Rev.  Samuel  Wilson 
had  been  a  missionary  in  Tabriz  for 
some  years  before  he  returned  and 
married  Miss  Rhea. 

'Si.  Miss  Charlotte  Skinner  is  at 
home  in  Lake  Forest. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


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'Si.  H.  M.  Stanley  spent  the 
school  year  1SS1-2  in  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  The  two  follow- 
ing years  he  spent  in  Andover  Semi- 
nar}-. During  the  year  18S4-5  ^ie 
attended  Harvard  Divinity  School, 
and  was  awarded  the  Morgan  Philo- 
sophical Fellowship  for  the  year 
1SS5-6.  During  the  present  year  he 
has  filled,  temporarily,  the  chair  of 
mental  science  in  the  College. 

'S2.  Rev.  Enos  P.  Baker  is  preach- 
ing in  Midland,  Mich. 

'S2.  Mrs. Etta  Vaughn  Groeneveld 
is  in  Deer  Lodge,  Mont.  Rev. 
Groeneveld  is  pastor  of  the  church, 
and  at  the  same  time  professor  in 
the  College  of  Montana.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  G.  claim  the  liveliest  and  of 
course  the  prettiest  little  "  tot  "  that 
any  of  the  alumni  can  boast  of. 

'S3.  Rev.  J.  W.  Millar  has  been 
called  to  preach  at  Onarga,  111.  He 
was  graduated  from  McCormick 
Theological  Seminary  last  April. 

'S3.  K.J.  L.  Ross,  when  last  heard 
from,  was  in  the  insurance  business 
with  his  father  in  Portland,  Oregon. 

'S3.  Miss  Elizabeth  B.  Gardner  is 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Halsey. 

'84.  W.  B.  Hotchkiss  is  business 
manager  of  "  The  Daily  and  Weekly 
Beacon,"  Wichita,  Kas.  After  his 
graduation  he  entered  the  service  of 
the  Associated  Press  in  Chicago. 
Here  he  remained  until  Dec,  1SS5. 
He  was  then  appointed  agent  of  the 
same  institution  at  St.  Louis.  This 
position  he  held  until  March,  1S87, 
when  he  became  one-third  owner  of 
the  "  Wichita  Beacon." 


'84.  H.  H.  Clark  is  manager  of 
the  business  of  H.  S.  Clark  &  Co. 
The  firm  manufactures  and  deals  in 
linseed  oil  and  oil  cake,  and  in  con- 
nection with  this  business  they  grind 
mixed  paints.  They  have  factories 
at  Mendota  and  Decatur,  111. 

'S4.  On  April  14th  last,  at  Maren- 
go, 111.,  Rev.  N.  D.  Hillis  and  Miss 
Annie  L.  Patrick  were  married. 
Both  were  of  the  class  of  '84.  Mr. 
Hillis  was  graduated  from  McCor- 
mick Theological  Seminary  last 
April,  and  was  called  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Peoria,  111., 
where  he  was  ordained  May  3d,  and 
installed  as  pastor  May  13th. 

'84.  Rev.  A.  E.Jack  has  finished 
his  course  in  Princeton  Seminary, 
and  is  preaching  at  Long  Branch, 
N.J. 

'84.  Rev.  E.  W.  St.  Pierre  is 
booked  for  the  foreign  mission  work 
in  Persia.  He  was  graduated  from 
McCormick  Seminary  in  April, 
and  is  supplying,  for  the  summer, 
the  pulpit  of  Dr.  Meade  Williams, 
of  Princeton,  111.  Mr.  St.  Pierre 
will  be  ordained  in  Lake  Forest  next 
fall,  and,  it  is  reported,  will  be  mar- 
ried before  sailing. 

'84.  Miss  Badger  has  become  Mrs. 
F.  W.  Kelsey. 

'84.  Miss  Lily  Reid  is  expected  to 

return  soon  from  Europe,  where  she 

has  spent  the  year  with  her  father's 

family. 

\ 
'85.  Rev.  Thomas    Barr  has  been 

called  to  the  Presbyterian  pulpit  in 

Beloit,    Wis.       He    spent    the    year 

1SS5-6  in  Princeton    Seminary,  but 

was  obliged  to  quit  study  on  account 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  STB  NT  OR. 


of  his  failing  health.  He  has  mar- 
ried Miss  Balch,  who  was  also  of  '85. 

'S5.  A.  C.  McNeil  is  in  business 
with  his  brothers  in  Chicago. 

'85.  H.  W.  Sutton  is  principal  of 
public  schools  in  Stockton,  Kas.  He 
is  retained  for  the  coming  year. 

'85.  S.  F.  Vance  and  A.  C.  Wen- 
ban  have,  during  the  past  two  years, 
been  the  successful  first  and  second 
assistants  in  the  Academy. 

'85.  Miss  Anderson  is  at  home  in 
Lake  Forest. 

'S6.  W.  E.  Bates  has  been  teach- 
ing school  during  the  year,  near  his 
home  in  Kansas.  He  is  now  taking 
a  carriage  ride  across  the  plains  to 
Montana. 

~"&6.  B.  D.  Holter  and  George 
Thompson  are  in  Princeton  Semi- 
nary. 

'S6.  Miss  Mitchell  is  teaching  at 
Anna,  111.  She  is  retained  for  an- 
other year. 

'"S>6.  Miss  Mary  Taylor  has  been 
teaching  in  Lake  Forest  public 
schools. 

Faculty — Dr.  Roberts  has  lately 
been  supplying  the  pulpit  of  Dr.  J. 
H.  Worcester  in  the  sixth  church  of 
Chicago.  Fie  will  spend  a  part  of 
the  summer  at  Saratoga  and  in  the 
White  Mountains.  Fie  expects  to 
meet  Dr.  McCosh  upon  the  trip. 
Princeton  lately  conferred  the  degree 
of  LL.D.  upon  Dr.  Roberts. 

Professor  Halsey  expects  to  spend 
a  few  weeks  in  Minnesota  and  along 
the  shores  of  Lake  Superior. 

Professor  Kelsey  and  his  wife  will 
visit  in  the  East  during1  the  vacation. 


A  second  edition  of  the  professor's 
"  Caesar,"  and  a  third  edition  of  his 
"  De  Amictia,"  will  soon  be  pub- 
lished. 

Professor  Zenos  and  Dr.  Wilson 
will  probably  remain  in  Lake  Forest 
during  the  summer. 

Professor  Griffin,  it  is  rumored, 
will  geologize  in  the  North. 

Professor  McCalla  will  attend  the 
convention  of  microscopists,  which  is 
held  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  in  August. 

The  following  appointments  to 
positions  in  the  University  have  been 
announced:  Prof.  J.  Mark  Baldwin 
(of  Princeton),  chair  of  Psychology, 
Metaphysics,  and  Logic;  Prof. 
Arthur  C.  Dawson  (of  Beloit),  chair 
of  Modern  Languages;  Prof.  Levi 
Seeley  (formerly  of  the  Albany 
Normal  School,  N.  Y.),  Principal  of 
Ferry  Hall;  Mrs.  Mills,  Instructor 
in  Ancient  Languages,  Ferry  Hall; 
Miss  Person,  Instructor  in  Mathe- 
matics, Ferry  Hall;  Miss  Calhoun, 
Instructor  in  English,  Ferry  Hall. 
Prof.  Baldwin  is  a  graduate  of 
Princeton,  where  he  was  awarded 
a  scholarship  in  philosophy.  He 
afterwards  studied  at  Berlin,  and,  re- 
turning to  this  country,  has  for  two 
years  been  a  member  of  the  Prince- 
ton faculty.  His  principal  literary 
work  is  a  translation  of  Ribot's 
"  German  Psychology  of  To-day," 
which  has  been  highly  praised. 
Prof.  A.  C.  Dawson  is  a  graduate 
from  Swarthmore  College,  Phila- 
delphia, of  the  class  of  '79.  He  then 
spent  two  years  in  travel  and  study 
abroad.  As  professor  of  modern 
langiuisfes,  first  at  Swarthmore  Col- 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


27 


lege  and  then  at  Beloit,  he  has  been 
very  successful.  He  is  a  frequent 
contributor  of  poems,  stories,  and 
translations  to  the  leading  periodi- 
cals-. Of  his  writings,  the  Boston 
Literary  World  says:  "  Prof.  Daw- 
son's entire  work  is  characterized  by 
fine  mental  and  moral  tone,  and  ex- 
quisite literary  finish.  His  work  in 
translation  has  been  highly  praised 
by  Victor  Hugo."  Prof.  Levi 
Seeley  is  a  practical  educator.  After 
his  graduation  at  the  Albany  Nor- 
mal School,  he  was  for  ten  years  a 
successful  principal  of  Union  Schools 
in  New  York  .State.  Pie  then  went 
abroad  for  three  years  and  made  a 
careful  study  of  foreign  educational 
methods.  He  visited  nearly  two 
hundred  schools  and  universities,  and 
made  the  acquaintance  of  the  leading 
educators  of  Germany,  Norway, 
Sweden,  Denmark,  and  Austria.  In 
1S86,  he  received  the  degree  of 
Ph.  D.  from  the  University  of  Leip- 
sic.  Plis  thesis  on  The  American 
School  System,  from  the  Standpoint 
of  German  Pedagogics,  has  been 
recognized  as  a  contribution  of  great 
value  to  American  educational  litera- 
ture. 

Trustees — Hon.  William  Bross, 
while  on  a  trip  through  Kansas,  not 
long  since,  discovered  the  skeleton 
of  a  mastodon. 

Rev.  Thomas  H.  Skinner,  D.  D., 
has  recently  returned  from  New 
York,  where  he  went  as  a  member 
of  the  committee  to  consider  the 
matter  of  lay-preaching. 

Plon.  Homer  N.  Hibbard  is  presi- 
dent of  the  newly  organized  Fort 
Dearborn  Xat'l  Bank,  of  Chicago. 


Sylvester  Lind,  for  whom  the 
University  was  originally  named,  is 
an  esteemed  citizen  of  Lake  Forest. 

Hon.  C.  B.  Farwell  was  received 
by  the  Senate  with  the  appreciation 
due  a  Western  man.  He  will  spend 
the  summer  in  his  home  at  Lake 
Forest. 

Mr.  Ezra  J.  Warner  is  daily  ex- 
pected to  return  from  Europe,  where 
he  has  spent  the  past  year.  While 
in  England  he  was  presented  to 
Queen  Victoria. 

Mr.  Jacob  Beidler  is  an  elder  in 
the  Jefferson  Park  Church,  Chicago. 
He  is  a  man  who  has  found  that  the 
path  of  the  just  has  led  to  the  home 
of  the  millionaire. 

Dr.  Herrick  Johnson  has  lately  re- 
turned from  San  Francisco,  where 
he  addressed  a  body  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A. 

Rev.  David  J.  Burrell,  D.  D.,  edits 
the  Sunday-school  lesson  helps  for 
the  "  Evangelist." 

Rev.  Simon  J.  McPherson,  D.  D., 
assisted  at  the  dedication  of  the  new 
church  in  Lake  Forest  on  June  10th. 
He  will  also  assist  at  the  inaugura- 
tion of  Dr.  Roberts,  June  32d. 

Rev.  John  N.  Freeman,  of  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  preaches  in  one  of  the 
finest  church  buildings  in  the  West. 

Mr.  Abram  Poole  will  soon  oc- 
cupy his  summer  residence  in  Lake 
Forest. 

Rev.  Amos  M.  Kiehle  of  Milwau- 
kee, Wis.,  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  Board  last  June. 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


Mr.  Amzi  Benedict  is  one  of  the 
members  of  the  Board,  who,  being  a 
resident  of  Lake  Forest,  and  having 
a  son  in  the  college,  always  has  a 
lively  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the 
students. 

Rev.  Eli  Corwin,  D.D.,  of  Racine, 
Wis.,  is  a  man  in  whose  preaching 
there  is  never  an  uncertain  sound. 
When  he  addresses  the  students,  as 
he  occasionally  does,  they  feel  that 
in  him  the  fire  of  youth  has  not 
abated  in  its  fervor,  while  it  burns 
with  a  more  genial  and  steady 
warmth  because  of  his  longer  expe- 
rience of  life.  He  has  a  daughter 
in  the  Freshman  class  of  Ferry  Hall. 

Miscellaneous: — Prof.  Zenos 
was  sent  as  a  delegate  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Chicago  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  at  Omaha.  When 
Greek  meets  Greek,  it  is  said,  then 
comes  the  tug  of  war;  but  when  the 
Greek  Professor  meets  the  Doctors 
of  Divinity,  then  there  is  delightful 
accord,  and  full  reports  to  those  of  us 
who  cannot  attend  this  highest  as- 
semblage of  our  church. 

Dr.  Gregory  does  not  regain  his 
health  in  the  Minnesota  breezes  as 
rapidly  as  his  friends  could  wish. 
The  cessation  of  work  came  none 
too  soon.  It  is  a  question,  however, 
whether  it  has  come  in  fact.  The 
Doctor  is  a  man  to  whom  rest  in  the 
form  of  idleness  appears  to  be  im- 
possible. He  carries  on  the  church 
work  in  a  field  which  would  other- 
wise be  entirely  unoccupied,  and  is 
active  in  the  affairs  of  his  county 
and  state. 


Edgar  Wilson,  of  the  class  of  '8S, 
is  in  California.  He  was  compelled 
to  leave  school  at  the  end  of  the  win- 
ter term  of  this  year,  on  account  of 
ill  health.  It  is  hoped  that  he  will 
be  sufficiently  recovered  to  return 
and  be  graduated  with  the  class  of 
'89. 

Miss  Jennie  S.  Wilson,  of  '88,  will 
spend  the  summer  in  New  York, 
visiting  with  friends. 

Miss  Rose  Farwell  will  spend  the 
summer  traveling. 

Miss  S.  L.  Mitchell,  of  '86,  will 
spend  commencement  week  in  Lake 
Forest. 

Mr.  S.  F.  Vance,  of  '85,  will  at- 
tend the  Hebrew  School  at  Evans- 
ton  during-  the  vacation. 


GENERAL  COLLEGE  NEWS. 


The  first  college  paper  in  this 
country  was  the  Dartmouth  Gazette, 
of  which  Daniel  Webster  was  an 
editor. 

The  Glee  Club  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  made  a  successful 
western  trip  during  the  last  vacation. 

There  are  said  to  be  more  gradu- 
ates of  Yale  engaged  in  journalism 
than  of  any  other  university  in  the 
country. 

Harvard  is  the  oldest  college  in 
the  country,  Oberlin  second,  Colum- 
bia third,  Michigan  fourth,  and  Yale 
fifth. 

The  Senior  class  at  Princeton 
have  decided  to  pay  the  expenses  of 
lighting  the  college  campus  with 
electricitv  as  a  class  memorial. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR. 


29 


Columbia,  Harvard,  Yale,  Prince- 
ton, Pennsylvania,  Williams,  and 
Amherst  have  professional  trainers 
for  their  ball  clubs. 

The  trustees  of  Princeton  have 
under  consideration  a  proposition 
made  by  Dr.  McCosh  to  transfer 
the  college  into  a  university. 

A  young  lady  of  Dickinson  Col- 
lege was  hissed  at  and  otherwise 
abused  because  she  entered  for  the 
Junior  prize  in  oratory. 

Fifty  per  cent,  of  the  past  editors 
of  the  Harvard  Crimson  are  said  to 
be  now  engaged  in  journalism. 

Fraternities,  in  our  western  col- 
leges, at  least,  tend  to  hurt  the  base 
ball  nines.  This  is  where  L.  F.  U. 
is  free  from  danger,  since  it  has  no 
"  Frats." 

The  elective  system  at  Harvard  is 
said  to  have  established  a  better 
feeling  among  the  students  toward 
the  professors* 

Beloit  expects  a  large  influx  of 
students  next  fall.  Their  new  presi- 
dent, Dr.  Eaton,  is  giving  general 
satisfaction. 

The  trophies  of  the  Yale  Foot 
Ball  team  are  minature  foot  balls, 
an  inch  long  and  about  half  an  inch 
in  diameter,  engraved  with  appropi"i- 
ate  inscriptions. 

The  inter-state  oratorical  contest 
held  at  Bloomington,  Mav  5th,  was 
won  by  a  student  of  Knox  College. 
The  second  prize  was  taken  by  a 
student  of  Wabash  College,  Indiana. 

At  the  North- Western  University 
the  "  Sophs  "  stole  the  Juniors  light 
plugs,  and  as  a  punishment  the 
Juniors  have  ducked  one  Sophomore 


in  Lake  Michigan  and  intend  to 
treat  the  whole  class  in  a  similar 
manner. — Bellevue      College     Star. 

The  youngest  man  in  the  Fresh- 
man class  at  Yale  is  15  years  and  10 
months  old;  the  eldest  is  30  years 
and  2  months  old.  The  average  age 
of  the  class  of  '87  at  commencement 
will  be  22  years  and  9  months. 

Thursday,  of  the  Presbyterian 
General  Assembly  at  Omaha,  being 
Washington-Jefferson  College  day, 
was  observed  with  appropriate  exer- 
cises. About  fifty  of  the  Alumni 
were  present,  including  Dr.  Mar- 
quis, '57,  the  out-going  moderator; 
Dr.  J.  T.  Smith,  '36,  the  newly 
elected  moderator;  Dr.  Patterson,  of 
the  Philadelphia  Journal;  Rev.  S. 
S.  Wilson,  of  the  Herald  and  Pres- 
byter, and  other  well  known  men. 
They  had  a  banquet  during  the 
session  of  the  assembly. — Bellevue 
College  Star. 

Messrs.  Wilder  and  Foreman,  in 
their  tour  of  the  colleges  of  the 
United  States  in  the  interests  of 
Foreign  Missionaries,  have  found 
1,836  students  willing  and  desirous 
to  become  Foreign  Missionaries. 
The  schools  of  Illinois  furnish  2S4. 
Oberlin  has  given  no  names,  this 
being  the  largest  number  from  any 
one  school.  Among  others,  Amherst 
furnishes  25,  Harvard  9,  Princeton 
4S,  McCormick  Theological  Sem- 
minary  31,  Cornell  35,  Lake  Forest 
19,  Evanston  6,  and  Michigan  Uni- 
versity 30  names.  Of  course  all  may 
not  go  but  a  large  per  cent,  will,  and 
it  shows  what  an  interest  there  is  in 
Foreign  Missions  throughout  our 
colleges. 


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VOL.  1. 


OCTOBER,    1887. 


NO.  2. 


STUDY  OF  SANSKRIT. 


Let  it  be  understood  at  the  outset 
that  we  are  not  pleading  for  the  in- 
troduction of  the  Sanskrit  into  the 
schedule  of  required  studies  either  in 
the  college  curriculum  or  into  any  of 
the  special  courses  leading  to  a  first 
academic  degree.  The  Sanskrit  has 
always  been  content  in  the  American 
College  with  a  place  among  the  elec- 
tives.  In  Eurojoe  it  is  a  university 
study  and  taken  only  by  those  who 
choose  to  do  so.  No  one  has  ever 
put  forth,  nor  is  likely  to  put  forth, 
in  its  behalf  a  claim  to  a  more  vital 
or  essential  place  in  the  course.  This 
place,  however,  it  should  hold;  and 
in  this  place  every  encouragement 
should  be  afforded  to  its  study. 
Other  things  being  equal,  students, 
especially  those  who  intend  to  teach 
language,  should  be  urged  to  choose 
it.  Provision  should  be  made  for  its 
thorough  study  through  the  posses- 
sion of  all  books  necessary  by  all 
college  libraries  and  through  the  of- 
fer of  instruction  in  all  Colleges.  In 
fact  no  College  should  aspire  to  the 
name  of  "  first  class,"  "  high  grade," 
etc.,  without  furnishing  these  facil- 
ities. 

In  itself  the  Sanskrit  is  worth 
studying  as  a  highly  developed  lan- 


guage. All  that  has  been  urged  in 
favor  of  the  study  of  any  language 
will  hold  true  and  in  some  respects 
with  new  force  in  respect  to  the 
Sanskrit. 

Now  the  reasons  for  the  study  of 
the  highly  developed  languages 
without  losing  their  force  have  varied 
from  time  to  time.  In  the  earlier 
days  of  the  modern  era,  when  all 
that  is  valuable  and  original  in  Sci- 
ence, Philosophy  and  Art  was  to  be 
found  in  the  literatures  of  Greece 
and  Rome,  the  languages  of  these 
countries  together  with  the  Hebrew, 
the  tongue  of  the  greater  part  of  the 
Bible,  were  studied  because  they 
gave  access  to  these  stores  of  learn- 
ing, culture  and  devotion.  As  each 
of  the  modern  European  nations 
worked  over  the  problems  handled 
by  the  ancients  and  attained  some 
perfection  in  literary  and  philosophical 
development,  the  necessity  for  study- 
ing the  ancient  tongues  as  channels 
of  approach  to  the  philosophical 
and  literary  treasures  of  the  world 
was  done  away  with.  But  this  very 
development  of  modern  thought  and 
culture  resulted  in  the  enlargement 
of  the  sphere  of  knowledge  and 
the  establishment  of  a  new  twofold 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


necessity  for  the  study  of  the  so 
called  dead  languages.  In  the  first 
place  it  drew  the  languages  into  the 
sphere  of  the  knowable.  It  made  it 
plain  that  linguistic  study  is  just  as 
much  a  part  of  science  as  Physiology 
or  Astronomy,  and  therefore  worthy 
of  a  place  among  the  sciences.  It 
aroused  the  desire  to  study  language 
for  its  own  sake.  In  the  second 
place  the  larger  sphere  of  knowledge 
made  it  necessary  to  discipline  the 
mind,  so  that  it  might  grapple  with 
its  larger  number,  variety  and  com- 
plication of  departments;  and  as  a 
mode  of  discipline  the  study  of  lan- 
guage was  found  exactly  suited  to 
this  changed  state  of  things.  As  a 
result,not  only  the  study  of  the  Latin, 
Greek  and  Hebrew  is  now  more  ex- 
tensively, pursued,  but  also  some 
languages  generally  unknown  and 
neglected  hitherto,  have  been  taken 
up  with  enthusiasm.  Every  one  will 
call  to  mind  the  case  of  the  Shemitic 
dialects  and  the  remarkable  revival  of 
interest  in  them  within  a  few  years. 
Almost  every  College  of  importance 
deems  it  necessary  now  to  offer  in- 
struction in  these. 

The  same  cause  working  some- 
what earlier  made  the  introduction 
of  the  Sanskrit  opportune,  so  that  at 
the  very  outset  this  language  won  a 
large  number  of  enthusiastic  students. 
Morever,its  relations  to  the  Greek  and 
Latin,  the  flood  of  light  it  threw  on 
these,  its  own  hoary  antiquity,  its 
complicated  symmetry,  the  mystic 
chai-acter  of  the  religions  and  civili- 
zations to  which  it  opened  the  way, 
all  combined  in  rendering  it  an  allur- 
ing field  of  investigation.     Besides,  to 


the  mere  lover  of  linguistics  it  proved 
not  an  entirely  new  and  uncultivated 
soil,  but  one  which  had  been  care- 
fully worked  over.  The  first  West- 
ern students  of  Sanskrit  found  a 
grammar  already  formulated  and  ar- 
ranged with  great  precision  and  reg- 
ularity ;  the  work  to  be  done  at  the 
the  start  had  all  the  attractions  of  "ad- 
advanced  work  " ;  it  was  not  burdened 
with  the  necesity  of  deciphering  new 
and  difficult  documents  or  of  arrang- 
ing facts  given  in  confusion,  or  of  ex- 
perimenting with  theory  after  theory 
and  principle  after  principle  in  the 
search  for  the  key  to  a  difficult  situ- 
ation, a  state  of  things  which  has 
hitherto  deterred  many  from  entering 
other  similar  fields,  such  as  the  As- 
syrian and  Accadian.  Then  as  soon 
as  it  was  studied  by  scholars  ac- 
quainted with  the  other  members  of 
the  same  family  of  speech  it  made  it 
plain  that  a  careful  comparative  study 
of  these  all  would  result  in  the  ex- 
planation on  a  scientific  basis  of  their 
relations  and  characteristics.  Thus 
the  science  of  Comparative  Philology 
came  into  existence  as  a  consequence 
of  the  study  of  Sanskrit.  This  sci- 
ence did  not  exist  previously  and  has 
closely  followed  the  phases  of  inter- 
est shown  in  the  specific  study  of  the 
Indian  language  and  literature,  and  a 
thorough  understanding  of  the  sci- 
ence of  language  depends  very 
largely  on  a  knowledge  of  at  least 
the  elements  of  Sanskrit. 

We  need  not  enumerate  here  the 
advantages  accruing  from  the  study 
of  Linguistics.  The  study  of  speech 
is  the  study  of  man  as  a  thinking  be- 
ing, of  man  as  a  social  being,  of  man 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


35 


as  a  being  capable  of  expressing  his 
thoughts  in  precise  terms.  Language 
from  one  point  of  view  is  the  nearest 
thing  to  man.  We  often  hear  words 
in  denunciation  of  systems  of  educa- 
tion, because  these  make  the  student 
acquainted  "with  Latin  and  Greek, 
German  and  French,  and  either  fur- 
nish no  opportunity  for  the  study  of 
English  or  require  ridiculously  little 
in  it.  The  point  is  well  taken,  but 
the  principle  underlying  it  ought  to 
be  applied  more  broadly.  That  ed- 
ucation ought  to  be  considered  im- 
perfect which  only  gives  a  glimpse 
of  the  heavens  and  the  earth  and 
makes  little  or  nothing  of  that  which 
is  much  nearer  the  student  than  these, 
viz. :  speech.  No  education  can  be  en- 
cyclopaedic without  the  study  of 
speech,  and  to  that  class  of  students 
who  propose  to  teach  (esjDecially  the 
languages)  it  is  of  the  utmost  import- 
ance that  they  should  make  their  ed- 
ucation not  only  encyclopaedic  but 
especially  strong  in  familarity  with 
Linguistics,  and  with  that  language 
which  is  so  intimately  related  wTith 
the  whole  science  of  language  and 
with  all  the  modern  languages. 

But  besides  the  pure  linguist  and 
the -teacher  of  language,  the  original 
investigator  in  the  field  of  Ethnology 
and  History  cannot  fail  to  find  vast 
helpfulness    in     the   knowledge     of 


the  Sanskrit.  In  order  to  know 
thoroughly  and  fairly  the  civilizations 
of  Asia  he  must  put  himself  into  the 
position  of  those  who  lived  in  har- 
mony with  their  spirit,  in  other 
words  he  must  familiarize  himself 
with  the  general  character  at  least  of 
their  language. 

If  a  language  then  is  to  be  studied 
not  merely  from  the  low  utilitarian 
motive  of  communicating  with  our 
neighbors  in  commercial  transac- 
tions, if  it  is  to  be  used  not  as  a  mere 
means  of  making  advantageous  bar- 
gains with  men  of  other  races,  if  its 
inherent  beauties  and  perfections  as  a 
language  are  to  be  considerations 
worthy  of  attention  in  themselves,  if 
its  helpfulness  in  mastering  a  grand 
science  and  its  broadening  and  culti- 
vating influence  are  to  be  taken  into 
account,  then  the  Sanskrit  ought  to 
have  all  encouragement.  We  are 
not  asking  that  colleges  should  re- 
quire from  all  students  a  knowledge 
of  it,  but  that  they  should  make  that 
knowledge  possible.  We  are  not 
finding  fault  with  any  because  they 
do  not  condition  the  granting  of  any 
degree  on  acquaintance  with  Sans- 
krit, but  because  they  make  it  im- 
possible for  any  one  to  gain  that  ac- 
quaintance. 

A.  C.  Zenos. 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


SOLITUDE. 


Deep  moaned  the  sea  that  autumn  night 

In  wild  unrest,  and  fell  the  surf 
In  long-  low  lines  of  ashen  white 

Amid  the  wave  drenched  heaps  of  turf. 
No  requiem  knew  that  sighing  deep, 

But  sobbed  its  mournful  cadence  there, 
And  brooding  Nature  seemed  to  weep 

Herself  away  in  that  wild  lair. 

Then,  there  was  that  cold  barren  waste 
Of  desolate  sand  hills  dimly  traced 
In  ragged  profile,  dark  revealed 

By  evening  skies,  and  lower,  where 
Their  skirts  were  indistincly  veiled 

By  deeper  y  loom,  while"  here  and  there 
Strayed  upward  thro'  the  thickening  night, 

Some  lonely  pine  whose  naked  arms 
Served  as  wild  harp  strings  to  the  flight 

Of  storm  blasts,  and,  by  those  drear  charms 
Allured,  the  sea-gull  nightly  sings 

Herself  to  sleep,  with  wearied  wings; 
While  o'er  her  tired  head  sounds  the  blast 

Of  north  winds,  sweeping  chill  and  fast. 

O'r  head  the  silver,  crescent  moon, 
Pale,  wan  at  first,  but  brightening  soon. 
For  as  with  darkness,  day-beams  fade, 
So  too,  by  it,  her  charms  are  made, 
Lends,  by  her  dim  romantic  sheen, 
Strange  witchery  to  this  desert  scene. 

Nocturnal  still,  that  same  sad  sea, 
Weeps  at  its  own  deep  misery; 
Still  lonely  sea-gulls  wing  their  flight 

In  circles  o'er  the  wind-swept  waves, 
Those  ghostly  watchers  of  the  night, 

That  guard  the  ship- wrecked  sailors'  graves. 
*  *  *  * 

Oh  Solitude!     How  cold  and  drear! 
And  yet  what  joys  lurk  latent  here, 
How  sad!    Yet  how  divinely  sweet 
To  pause  upon  this  knoll,  and  meet 
The  freshness  of  the  Ocean  gale 

That  sweeps  in  landward  from  the  sea! 
When  those  strong  odors  I  inhale, 
A  strange  Dewitchment  seizeth  me. 
Enchanted  bay,  oh  lonliness 
Of  that  deserted  wilderness! 


7  HE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 
PESSIMISM. 


37 


When  a  man  has  been  overtaken 
by  failure  in  business,  or  has  been 
thwarted  in  some  personal  ambition, 
he  needs  encouragement.  He  must 
have  sympathy  and  be,  in  some  way, 
taught  to  hope.  If  that  is  denied,  he 
loses  his  hold  on  all  the  restraining 
and  hope-inspiring  influences  which 
have  hitherto  affected  him.  He  be- 
comes a  pessimist.  He  thinks  the 
world  an  unmitigated  evil  and  adopts 
a  philosophy  of  life  and  a  creed  and 
personal  belief  in  which  all  hope,  all 
motives  for  exertion  are  destroyed. 
He  believes,  with  the  advocates  of 
our  modern  pessimistic  philosophy, 
that  the  world  is  the  worst  possible 
world  and  that  it  is  utterly  useless  to 
try  to  improve  it. 

Imagine,  if  you  can,  for  a  mo- 
ment, a  world  in  which  all  men 
believed  and  were  fully  controlled 
by  these  principles  of  pessimism. 
What  would  follow  ?  Human  sym- 
pathy would  be  at  an  end.  The 
weak  and  helpless  would  be  trodden 
under  foot  in  the  mad  struggle  f or 
existence.  Fear  and  selfishness  and 
despair  would  overwhelm  every  soul. 
All  bounds  would  be  broken  over. 
Law  would  be  at  an  end,  and  anarchy 
reign  supreme.  War  would  spread 
its  black  pinions  over  the  land,  and 
death  and  carnage  destroy  the  race. 
Jealousy,  suspicion,  hatred,  treachery, 
revenge,  would  take  the  place  of 
charity,  helpfulness  and  love.  The 
thirst  for  revenge  would  prompt  to 
the  use  of  the  dagger,  the  pistol,  and 
the  bomb,  and  murder  and  outrage 
go   hand    in    hand.       The    speeches 


under  the  red  flag,  on  the  Lake 
Front  in  Chicago,  would  ripen 
everywhere  into  the  deadly  fruit- 
age of  the  Haymarket  riot.  The 
Christian  home  would  no  longer 
exist.  There  would  be  no  Sabbath, 
no  church,  no  school,  no  virtue, 
no  charity,  no  honesty,  no  patriotism, 
— and  in  their  place  vice  and  wild 
debauchery  would  hold  universal 
swav,  in  a  world  where  every  man 
is  for  himself  and  where  the  de'il 
takes  not  the  hindmost  only,  but  the 
whole  race.  And  let  us  understand 
that  although  this  theory  of  life  is 
not  fashionable  as  a  philosophic  sys- 
tem in  this  country,  the  results  of  its 
adoption  in  others  are  felt  profound- 
ly here.  Its  dark  spirit,  like  the 
pestilential  vapor  of  the  Pontine 
Marshes,  permeates  the  lower  ele- 
ments of  society — for  Anarchism  and 
Nihilism  in  their  various  and  hideous 
forms  are  simple  outgrowths  and 
illustrations  of  atheistic  pessimism. 

Of  pessimism,  as  a  philosophic 
system,  Schopenhauer  and  von  Hart- 
mann,  two  German  thinkers,  are  the 
chief  exponents.  Schopenhauer  may 
be  called  its  father.  He  elaborated 
the  system  on  a  metaphysical  basis, 
while  von  Hartmann  is  later  and  aims 
to  correct  certain  inaccuracies  of 
Schopenhauer  and  to  establish  the 
system  by  an  appeal  to  the  practical 
experiences  of  life.  Pesssimism,  as 
explained  by  these  writers,  is  not  the 
mere  recognition  of  the  fact  that  evil 
is  present  in  the  world.  This  no 
sane  man  will  deny.  The  pessimist 
not  only  says  that  there  is  evil  but 


38 


THE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


lieves  that  if  all  the  ingenuity  of 
Hell  had  been  taxed  to  the  utmost 
in  the  formation  of  this  world  no 
worse  result  could  have  been  ob- 
tained. The  world  is  bad,  utterly 
bad,  and  corrupt,  he  says,  beyond 
redemption.  "The  life  of  most  men," 
says  Schopenhauer,  "  is  a  strug- 
gle for  existence  with  a  certainty 
of  eventually  losing  it."  Man  is  the 
creature  of  circumstances  which  are 
adverse  and  can  never  become  pro- 
pitious. The  only  known  and  con- 
stant factors  in  the  problem  of  hu- 
man existence  are  unmitigated  suf- 
fering and  unutterable  hopelessness. 
Again,  this  prince  of  pessimists  says: 
"  If  all  our  pains  and  wants  were 
banished  to  hell  we  should  have 
nothing  left  for  heaven  but  eternal 
weariness."  And  again  :  "  Life  is 
like  a  pendulum  swinging  to  and 
fro  between  want  and  ennui!'''  There 
is  neither  joy  nor  happiness  in  life. 
Everything  is  dark  and  growing 
darker.  No  ray  of  hope  illumines 
the  gloomy  night  of  misery  that 
lowers  over  mankind.  To  talk  of 
gaining  happiness  in  the  next  world 
is  absurd  since  heaven  is  the  most 
idle  fancy  of  an  empty  brain. 
,Life  is  a  blank.  Existence  is  value- 
less. Each  of  us  has  staked  his 
soul  on  a  game  of  chance  with  the 
evil  one  and  the  devil  will  surely 
win. 

Such  is  the  system  as  expounded 
by  its  most  distinguished  advocates, 
and  its  fatal  defects  are,  that  it  takes 
out  of  the  life  of  man  every  idea 
of  duty  and  obligation;  and,  that  it 
utterly    extinguishes    every    human 


hope  and  destroys  all  the  great 
working  motives  of  human  history 
and  civilization;  and  again,  that  it 
is  a  mere  mass  of  cheeky,  barefaced 
assertions  without  proof.  How  does 
Schopenhauer  know,  for  instance, 
that  our  hopes  of  immortality  are 
mere  illusions, — nothing  more?  He 
neither  knows  it  nor  offers  any  valid 
evidence  to  prove  it. 

Now  may  we  not  say  that  we 
do  not  any  of  us  want  such  a  world 
as  this  ? — a  world  in  which  the  work 
of  the  missionary  and  explorer  is 
vain — a  world  that  has  no  use  for  a 
Moffatt  or  a  Livingstone,  and  where 
the  heroic  struggles  and  privations 
of  Stanlev  only  add  to  the  sum  of 
human  wretchedness — where  Galileo 
and  Newton  wasted  their  energies — 
where  Plato  and  Aristotle  would 
have  been  much  better  employed 
in  sleep  than  when  uttering  their 
most  profound  dicta — where  accord- 
ing to  this  wretched  philosophy  the 
whole  race  through  all  the  course  of 
history  has  been  deceiving  itself — 
where  Savonarola  and  Luther  were 
no  reformers  but  the  most  degraded 
of  men,  since  their  effort  turned  men 
away  from  the  truth  of  pessimism  to 
a  false  hope —and,  to  crown  all, 
where  Jesus  Christ  and  his  disciples 
were  the  most  villainous  of  deceivers 
because  the  most  successful  promot- 
ers of  virtue  and  hope. 

And  may  we  not  further  say,  for 
every  one  of  us  here  to-night,  that 
a  position  of  mere  philosophic  in- 
difference between  this  distinctive 
system  and  the  truth  is  untenable? 
Shall  we  allow  the  propagation  of 
doctrines  which  take  out  of   the    life 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


39 


of  man,  the  hope,  the  joy,  the  love 
and  sympathy  of  friendship — all  that 
is  sweet  and  pure,  all  that  is  lofty 
and  noble  ?  No  true  man  or  loyal 
citizen  ought  to  sit  quietly  by  to  see 
a  system  introduced  among  our 
people  which  strikes  a  death-blow 
at  all  government,  and  which  would 
place  our  nation  below  the  level  of 
the    most    degraded     savage    tribe. 


History  and  experience  prove  that 
the  world  has  been  made  better, 
and  can  be  made  better,  and  we 
have  the  means  by  which  this 
may  be  accomplished.  We  must 
hold  up  to  the  world  the  great  Light 
and  Hope  of  the  ages,  and  point  out 
to  men  the  way  of  truth  and  purity 
and  life. 

L.  J.  Davies,  '88. 


THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  STORM. 


Out  upon  the  olden  ocean, 

Wildly  wierd  and  fierce  of  form, 

Gesturing  with  mysterious  motion, 
Stalks  the  Spirit  of  the  Storm. 

Oh  thou  Spirit,  grand  and  awful, 
Art  thou  not  of  Satan's  host  ? 

Get  thee  back  unto  thy  lawful 
Heritage  amongst  the  lost  ! 

As  the  dark'ning  haze  grows  denser, 
Whispered  wierdly  o'er  the  lea, 

Floating  faintly,  comes  no  answer, 
Save  the  moaning  of  the  sea. 


Softly  echoed  o'er  the  surges 

Mourns    the  mystic  music's  sound, 

Till  it  sweetly,  sadly  merges 
Into  silence,  all  profound. 

W.  E.  D. 


4° 


1 HE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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EDITORIAL. 

Because  of  the  difficulty  in  getting 
the  editorial  machine  into  perfect 
working  order  so  early  in  the  year, 
we  thought  best  to  dispense  with  the 
September  number  of  the  Stentor. 
As  a  compensation  for  this,  a  Com- 
mencement number  will  be  issued  as 
soon  as  possible  after  the  close  of  the 
year.  We  think  the  plan  adopted 
will  not  only  be  a  convenience  for 
the  editors,  but  will  also  meet  the 
approval  of  our  patrons,  for  by  this 
means  only  can  we  give  the  news  of 
Commencement  week,  allowing  it 
a  proper  place  and  the  attention  due 
its    importance. 


On  coming  back  this  year  we  met 
so  many  changes  that  we  were  quite 
astonished.  The  college  building, 
inside  at  least,  is  so  much  altered  and 
improved  as  to  be  scarcely  recogniz- 
able. The  chapel  and  recitation 
rooms    especially  seem   like   entirely 


different  places.  The  dormitory 
floors  have  also  undergone  so  many 
modifications  for  the  better  that  the 
life  of  the  student  is  thereby  made 
vastly  more  pleasant  and  comfort- 
able. We  believe  that'some  of  these 
improvements  'will  result  in  bet- 
ter work  by  the  students,  as  they  can 
work  more  contentedly  and  with 
greater  ease,  while  other  conveni- 
ences will  allow  them  more  time  for 
work.  One  of  the  most  striking 
features  of  the  building  now  is  the 
tasteful  and  elegant  appearance  of 
the  society  halls,  which,  though  high 
up  in  the  -world,  will  well  repay  one 
for  the  trouble  of  climbing.  Taking 
it  altogether,  we  can  challenge  any 
college  to  show  more  comfortable 
accommodations  for  its  students. 


We  rejoice  to  see  the  long-needed 
revolution  in  the  library  this  year. 
The  more  systematic  arrangement 
and  classification  of  the  books  and 
the  catalogues  to  be  published  shortly 
will  aid  greatly  in  consulting  the 
library.  This  is  a  movement  to  be 
heartily  commended;  if  the  library 
is  to  be  used  it  should  be  so  arranged 
as  to  give  the  greatest  possible  assist- 
ance to  the  students.  As  this  de- 
partment is  now  under  the  charge  of 
a  professional  librarian,  we  hope 
it  will  receive  its  proper  care  and  at- 
tention. It  is  gradually  increasing 
in  size  and  value  by  the  continual 
purchase  of  new  matter,  and  we  un- 
derstand that  a  large  invoice  of  new 
and  valuable  books  is  soon  to  be  re- 
ceived in  all  departments,  a  majority 
of  them,  however,  being  classical. 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


4» 


We  wish  the  improvements  in  the 
department  of  Natural  Sciences 
could  be  made  to  keep  pace  with 
those  in  this  mental  laboratory  and  its 
apparatus.  The  departments  of  Bio- 
logy and  Physics  are  sufficiently  well 
equipped,  but  the  chemical  laboratory 
is  not  what  it  should  be.  It  is  not 
large  enough  to  accommodate  a  large 
class  comfortably,  and  so  the  student 
works  under  a  disadvantage.  The 
apparatus,  also,  is  not  complete 
enough  to  allow  the  same  experi- 
ments to  be  performed  by  many  at 
the  same  time,  causing  much  incon- 
venience. There  should  be  some 
arrangement  made  by  which  any 
who  have  unavoidably  fallen  behind 
in  the  work  may  have  an  opjoortun- 
ity  to  make  it  up  outside  the  regular 
hours.  If  they  were  allowed  access 
to  the  laboratory  on  Saturdays  it 
would  be  entirely  satisfactory.  If 
this  cannot  be  done  it  is  certainly 
nothing  more  than  right  that  such 
students  be  permitted  to  make  up  the 
back  work  before  more  is  assigned. 
The  wisdom  in  piling  on  a  ■  class 
work  that  they  cannot  do  in  the  reg- 
ular hours  and  are  not  allowed  to  do 
outside,  we  fail  to  see. 


Why  isn't  our  college  a  member 
of  the  State  Oratorical  Association? 
It  is  a  shame  that  we  have  always 
been  so  negligent  in  this  respect. 
Year  by  year  gifted  speakers  have 
come  here,  finished  their  course,  and 
gone  away  without  making  their 
talents  known  outside  their  own 
college,  without  caring  to  seek  a 
higher  reward  than  local  prizes  and 


the  admiration  of  their  fellows.  This 
was  owing  to  the  spirit  of  conserva- 
tism, from  which  it  is  now  time  that 
we  should  break  away.  We  have 
orators  among  us  that  we  should  be 
proud  to  enter  at  any  inter-collegiate 
contest.  Let  us  open  to  them  a 
wider  field  of  action,  confident  as  we 
may  be  that  they  will  not  only  dis- 
tinguish and  benefit  themselves,  but 
also  bring  honor  upon  our  college. 
We  should  act  at  once  in  this  matter 
that  we  may  not  fail  to  be  represent- 
ed at  the  contest  next  year. 


It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  time  will 
soon  come  when  we  shall  have  a  sys- 
tem of  instruction  in  elocution  that 
will  be  more  adequate  to  our  needs. 
We  should  have  instruction  and 
practice  in  this  department  through- 
out the  year.  Our  literary  societies 
furnish  this  practice  to  a  certain 
extent,  but  it  is  a  fact  to  be  regretted 
that  too  few  of  the  society  members 
are  willing  to  avail  themselves  of 
these  privileges  as  much  as  they 
might.  It  cannot  be  too  strongly 
impressed  upon  our  students  that 
they  should  do  all  the  society  work 
that  they  can  for  the  practice,  partic- 
ularly in  speaking. 


There  is  in  the  College  a  rapidly 
growing  sentiment  hostile  to  Friday 
evening  entertainments.  Ever  since 
the  organization  of  our  literary  so- 
cieties, it  has  been  the  custom  for 
them  to  hold  their  meetings  on  Fri- 
day evening.  Their  members  all 
agree  that  no  other  eveningf  will  suit 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


their  purpose  as  well;  it  is  the  only 
time  in  the  week  when  they  are  free 
from  the  work  of  preparing  lessons. 
Now  it  is  with  increasing  frequency 
that  entertainments, — social,  musical, 
and  literary,  public  and  private,  usurp 
the  evening  rightfully  belonging  to 
the  Society  meetings.  The  result  is 
naturally  harmful  to  the  good  order 
of  the  Societies.  Omission  of  the 
meetings  is  a  gross  violation  of  dis- 
cipline, postponement  to  another 
time  is  unsatisfactory,  and  excusing 
certain  members  is  an  injustice  to  the 
rest,  throwing  upon  them  more  than 
their  share  of  the  work.  The  So- 
ciety work  is  of  as  much  value,  if  we 
could  only  realize  it,  as  any  study  we 
have,  and  the  Society  meeting  should 
no  more  be  "  skipped  "  than  a  regu- 
lar recitation.  We  cannot  afford  to 
let  any  outside  influence  interfere 
with  our  regular  duty;  and  if  each 
Society  would  firmly  resolve  to  ful- 
fil its  duty  regardless  of 'whatever 
may  try  to  hinder,  we  should  find 
that  the  entertainments  would  dis- 
pose themselves  accordingly. 


It  is  a  question  worthy  of  consider- 
ation whether  the  Biblical  study,  as 
at  present  pursued  in  this  College,  is 
profitable.  According  to  the  present 
arrangement,  three  recitations  per 
week  for  one  term  is  required  of 
each  class.  The  work  of  these  four 
terms  would  be  sufficient  to  give  an 
acquaintance  with  one  of  the  modern 
languages,      it     would      furnish      a 


thorough  course  in  some  natural 
science,  it  would  give  that  opportun- 
ity for  collateral  reading  which  the 
student  of  literature  so  ardently 
craves.  We  maintain  that  this  time 
properly  belongs  to  such  branches  of 
study  as  will  assist  in  giving  the  stu- 
dent a  broad,  general  knowledge,  and 
the  best  training  of  all  his  faculties. 
The  majority  of  the  subjects  included 
in  our  course  in  Biblical  instruction 
seem  to  be  more  fit  for  the  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  they  are  special 
studies.  We  believe  that  by  the  re- 
moval of  the  entire  course  in  Biblical 
the  Christian  tone  of  the  University 
would  in  no  wise  be  lowered,  and 
that  the  spirituality  of  the  students 
individually  would  be  just  as  great. 
If  other  branches  are  not  to  be  uni- 
versally substituted  for  the  Biblical, 
why  may  it  not  be  so  in  the  case  of 
students  for  the  ministry?  More 
than  half  of  the  men  in  the  College 
are  candidates  for  the  Gospel  minis- 
try. The  subjects  which  our  Biblical 
course  offers  are  to  them  ground  to 
be  gone  over  again  in  the  Seminary; 
they  cannot  here  give  them  that  at- 
tention which  would  avoid  the  neces- 
sity of  studying  them  again.  Really, 
it  seems  as  if  the  time  of  such  stu- 
dents could  be  employed  to  better 
advantage  when  in  College.  The 
students  would  probably  all  be  satis- 
fied if  they  could  have  the  instruction 
in  th  is  department  in  the  form  of 
popular  lectures  to  all  the  students 
tog-ether  or  to  classes. 


7 HE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


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OUR  NOTE  BOOK. 

THE    COLLEGE. 

Now ! 

Who 

Plays  ball 

In  the  hall  ?' 

I  thought  so!  I  thought  so! 

What  shall  we  do  with  the"Blue- 
jay?"  "Putiminabouks!" 

The  University  will  soon  issue  a 
new  catalogue  of  all  departments. 

There  is  a  Sanskrit  class  of  six 
students  in  College.     Bha! 

Mitchell  hall  rings  with  the  gay 
voices  of  fifteen  young  ladies. 

Soph,  (to  Junior) — "  Dick,  are  you 
a  Unitarian?"  Dick — "Yes  sir;  I 
believe  in  prohibition   after  death!" 

One  of  the  new  professors  is  au- 
thority for  the  statement  that  some 
people  faint  at  the  sight  of  "  Blood." 

We  don't  blame  them. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Seeley  gave  a  de- 
lightful reception  at  Ferry  Hall, 
Friday  evening,  Oct.  21. 

Conundrum  propounded  in  the 
Latin  class:  "Why  was  Polyphemus 
like  an  oak  tree?"  Answer:  "Be- 
cause he  was  a  quer-cus."  • 

The  student  returning  this  fall  was 
surprised  and  pleased  to  find  that  so 
many  new  sidewalks  had  been  laid 
during  his  absence.  It  is  quite  a 
relief  to  know  that  you  are  not  going 
to  trip  up  your  companion,  or  lose 
some  valuable  cuticle  yourself,  while 
you  are  out  walking. 


Our  College  Y.  M.  C.  A.  sent 
Graham  Lee  as  its  delegate  to  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  convention  at  Quincy, 
October  20-23. 

German  class:  Professor — "What 
is  the  rhetorical  use  of  damitV  Ex- 
perienced Soph. — "  It  is  generally 
used  in  exclamation." 

A  quartet  of  college  girls  has  been 
organized  at  Mitchell  Hall,  and  the 
welkin  may  ring  on  any  fine  moon- 
light night  in  the  near  future. 

A  foot-ball  team  has  recently  been 
organized  in  College.  The  mem- 
bers and  their  positions  are  as  fol- 
lows, subject  to  change:  Rushers — 
Royce,  Denise,  Lansden,  Stearns, 
Gilchrist,  Linnell,  Gallwey;  quarter- 
back— Dodge;  half-backs  —  Wise, 
Lee;  full  back---Becker.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  much  latent  talent  will  be 
brought  out  by  practice  at  "  Rugby." 

As  Hallowe'en  draws  near,  the 
question  arises:  What  shall  we  do 
to  celebrate?  Get  up  something  new 
and  original.  Former  celebrations 
have  been  very  tame.  Let  us  cele- 
brate in  style  if  we   celebrate   at  all. 

The  former  recitation  rooms  in  the 
College  were  found  to  be  inadequate 
to  the  increase  in  the  number  of 
students,  so  two  corner  rooms  have 
been  fitted  up  as  recitation  rooms  on 
the  second  floor.  They  are  occupied 
by  Prof.  Locy  and  Prof.  Dawson. 

Miss  Learned  and  her  sister  enter- 
tained their  Junior  classmates  at  their 
home  on  Thursday  evening  October 
6.  Two  charades  only  were  given,and 
neither  side  could  guess   the   other's, 


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7 HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


so  great  was  the  inventive  genius  dis- 
played. 

The  college  huilding  should  either 
be  provided  with  some  new  front 
steps  or  else  have  the  old  ones  fixed 
so  that  they  will  not  hold  water  for 
a  day  and  a  half  after  a  rain,  as  this 
is  very  unpleasant  for  the  ladies  who 
go  to  and  from  recitations. 

In  Physics:  Professor — "The 
cleaver  is  a  kind  of  wedge,  used, 
when  I  was  a  boy,  to  split  shingles." 
Tender  Junior  (who  once  worked  in 
a  saw-mill) — "  I  think  they  use  those 
still  in  the  back-woods."  Professor 
— "  They  used  them  where  you  came 
from,  did  they?" 

The  Glee  Club  met  and  elected 
officers  shortly  after  school  com- 
menced, the  election  resulting  as 
follows:  President,  E.  F.  Dickin- 
son; treasurer,  W.  W.  Johnson;  sec- 
retary and  manager,  B.  M.  Linnell. 
The  club  has  procured  some  new 
music,  and  likewise  has  some  new 
talent.  The  members  practice  twice 
a  week.  They  may  concertize  this 
winter. 

The  league  base  ball  nine  went  to 
Racine  for  a  practice  game  on  Satur- 
day, Oct.  15,  and  returned  victorious, 
the  score  being  6  to  7.  The  boys 
had  a  very  pleasant  time,  as  they  al- 
ways do  when  they  go  to  Racine. 
The  umpiring  was  the  only  unpleas- 
ant feature  of  the  game.  The  second 
nine  played  at  Evanston  on  the 
morning  of  the  same  clay,  and  were 
defeated  by  the  high  school  nine. 
Score,  10  to  5. 


Friday  evening,  Sept.  30,  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  reception  was  held  on  the 
fourth  floor  of  the  college  building. 
Both  the  Society  halls  were  thrown 
open  and  made  to  look  as  homelike 
as  possible.  A  declamation  by  Mr. 
Stroh,  solo  by  Mr.  Lansden,  recita- 
tion by  Miss  Magill,  and  story  by 
Mr.  Lee  helped  to  pass  the  time 
pleasantly.  The  reception,  like  all 
those  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  was  very 
informal  and  everyone  appeared  to 
have  a  good  time. 

It  is  under  very  favorable  auspices 
that  the  departments  of  the  Univer- 
sity at  Lake  Forest  have  begun  the 
new  school  year.  The  Academy 
and  Seminary  are  full  to  overflowing, 
and  the  College  has  a  Freshman 
class  of  thirty-four,  besides  additions 
in  the  other  classes.  The  College 
dormitory  accommodates  its  inhabi- 
tants very  comfortably.  It  makes 
the  old  building  look  very  gay  in  the 
evening  to  have  a  light  shining  from 
nearly  every  window. 

Thursday  evening,  October  13,  the 
young  ladies  of  Mitchell  Hall  char- 
tered a  four-seated  rig  and  went 
serenading,  honoring  among  others 
their  friends  at  the  college  building. 
From  the  applause  it  was  evident 
that  the  boys  appreciated  the  songs 
and  the  songsters.  All  regretted 
that  Lee  was  absent  in  Chicago,  and 
could  not  hear  the  part  which  evi- 
dently related  to  him,  for  the  young 
ladies  sang  very  pathetically  of  "  Lee, 
made  of  golden  hair." 

The  Grand  Pacific  Club  has 
changed  from  its  old  headquarters 
across    the    track   to    Prof.    Griffin's 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


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former  residence.  This  is  nearer  the 
school  and  there  are  better  accommo- 
dations as  regards  room.  W.  W. 
Tohnson  is  steward  of  the  club, 
which  has  sixteen  members.  The 
King  Club  still  flourishes  at  Dr. 
King's  with  a  membership  of  eigh- 
teen. A.  G.  Welch  is  steward.  N. 
B.  Gallwey  has  started  a  club  this 
term. 

The  most  unpleasant  thing  about 
the  college  building  at  present  is  the 
smoke  that  comes  from  the  boilers 
of  the  steam  heating  apparatus.  The 
chimneys  have  been  made  higher, 
but  this  does  not  alleviate  the  diffi- 
culty very  much.  A  smoke  con- 
sumer would  be  appreciated ;  but  we 
cannot  expect  everything  to  be  done 
in  a  minute. 

Is  there  anyone  who  has  ever  been 
in  the  school  at  Lake  Forest  who 
does  not  know  Samuel  Dent?  If  so, 
let  that  person  be  looked  upon  as  a 
marvel  of  ignorance.  "  Uncle  "  Dent 
is  always  good  natured,  but  he  is 
happiest  when  the  boys  and  girls  are 
coming  back  to  school,  for  he  likes 
them — and  their  quarters.  He  is 
getting  very  aristocratic  of  late,  and 
drives  a  fine  span  of  horses  to  a  single 
buggy.  May  his  jolly  laugh  be  heard 
by  many  classes  of  students  yet  to 
come  to  L.  F.  U. 

The  old  students  who  returned  to 
College  this  fall  hardly  knew  the 
inside  of  the  building,  so  changed 
had  it  become  since  they  went  away. 
The  rooms  had  all  been  re-calci- 
mined ;  the  chapel  and  the  north  re- 
citation room    were    tastily    papered 


and  carpeted ;  the  "  garret "  was  fitted 
up  into  rooms.  The  chapel  and  the 
recitation  rooms  contained  new  seats. 
Hardwood  floors  are  down  in  all  the 
halls,  new  locks  on  all  the  doors,  and 
a  closet  in  every  room.  For  all 
these  things  the  dormitory  student 
is  deeply  gratified. 

As  the  Athenaean  Society  Hall  on 
the  fourth  floor  was  made  over  into 
rooms  last  summer,  the  institution 
built  another  hall  on  the  north  end 
of  that  floor  to  replace  the  old  one. 
The  new  hall  is  more  commodious 
than  the  old  one,  and  the  Society 
members  are  well  pleased  with  it. 
They  have  just  added  a  beautiful  new 
upright  piano  to  their  pleasant  hall. 
The  Zeta  Epsilons  have  made  valu- 
able improvements  in  their  hall, 
among  them  being  an  organ,  up- 
holstered chairs,  and  cut-glass  doors. 
Both  the  Societies  are  in  a  flourish- 
ing condition,  which  speaks  well  for 
the  activity  of  Lake  Forest  intellect. 

"  NOW  DON'T  YOU  TELL  IF  I  TELL 
YOU," 

That  Nourse  is  endeavoring  to  rear 
a  moustache. 

That  one  of  the  Freshmen  is  en- 
gaged— in  study. 

That  the  Sophomore  class  is  of 
few  boys  and  full  of  trouble. 

That  our  postmistress  is  an  ex- 
ample of  the  best  results  of  civil 
service  reform  as  practiced  by  Grovie 
Cleveland. 

That  "  cow-chuck  "  is  not  elastic. 

That  Lee  threatens  to  raise  a  full 
and  flowing  beard. 


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THE  Z.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


That  uoy  era  trams  fi  uoy  nac 
daer  siht  eht  tsrif  emit  tuohtiw 
gnippots  ot  Heps  eht  sdrow. 

Did  you  know 

That  L.  F.  U  was  going  to  have  a 
fine  library  building  within   a  year? 

That  the  boys  would  have  a  large 
new  gymnasium  to  practice  in  this 
winter? 

That  the  Faculty  was  going  to  take 
a  lively  and  paying  interest  in  the 
foot- ball  team? 

That  our  ball  grounds  were  to  be 
made  the  best  in  the  league  before 
next  season  ? 

That  a  good  teacher  in  elocution 
would  soon  be  added  to  the  Faculty? 

Well,  we  don't  know  that  any  of 
the  above  statements  are  facts  either, 
but  we  sincerely  wish  tbey  were, 
and  that  we  might  soon  have  the 
pleasure  of  announcing  them  to  you 
as  such. 

Lake  Forest  has  always  lacked  a 
true  college  spirit.  It  has  had  more 
book-worms  and  less  enthusiasm  in 
proportion  than  any  school  in  the 
land.  We  are  glad,  then,  to  see 
further  indications  of  the  kind  of 
college  spirit  which  was  started  by 
the  ball  club  last  spring.  Now  the 
students  of  the  different  classes,  with 
a  few  exceptions,  have  distinctive 
head-gear.  The  boys  were  the  first 
to  inaugurate  the  change.  The 
Senior  wore  a  black  silk  tile,  while 
the  Junior  donned  a  white  felt  one. 
The  underclassmen  wore  mortar- 
boards, Sophomores  wearing  red 
and  black  tassels,  and  Freshmen, 
plain  black.     Not  long  after  the  boys 


were  thus  arrayed,  the  Junior  girls 
appeared  in  chapel  one  morning  with 
light  hats,  and  a  few  days  after  that 
the  Sophomore  girls  blossomed  forth 
in  black  hats  with  tall  feathers  and 
red  trimmings.  At  the  present 
writing  the  young  ladies  of  the  other 
classes  have  not  taken  any  violent 
action  on  the  question. 

A  Wisconsin  Freshman,  whose 
father  is  a  retail  merchant,  purchased 
a  bill  of  goods  for  his  father  and 
some  furnishings  for  himself  at  a 
wholesale  dry  goods  house  in  Chi- 
cago, before  coming  to  Lake  Forest. 
Two  weeks  after  he  received  a  large 
box  by  express,  and  with  the  aid  of 
a  classmate  he  took  it  to  his  room 
and  proceeded  to  unpack,  while  the 
boys  gathered  round,  curious    to  see 

what  R— — -  had    received.       R 

soon  had  the  top  of  the  box  off,  and 
diving  in  he  pulled  out  what  first 
appeared  to  be  a  base  ball  mask,  but, 
after  a  close  observation,  proved  to 
be  a  patent  clothes-hanger.  He  tried 
again,  and  was  rewarded  with  an- 
other wire  concern — fearfully  and 
wonderfully  made.  There  were 
two  dozen  just  alike  in  the  box,  and 
as  the  poor  Freshman  drew  up  his 
paw  from  the  last  haul  he  brought 
to  light  a  hoop  sk — excuse  us,  a  bird- 
cage. "  V  very  truth,"  said  Freshy, 
"all  is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit." 
He  has  forwarded  the  "  confusion  " 
to  headquarters  in  Wisconsin,  and 
there  is  no  longer  any  bustle  on  the 
fourth  floor. 

The  intellectual  activity  which 
centers  in  the  Junior  and  Senior 
classes  of  the  College,  burst  forth  in 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


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a  game  of  ball  on  Saturday,  Septem- 
ber 24.  Everything  was  arranged 
beforehand ;  the  young  ladies  were 
invited  to  be  present,  and  Dr.  Bergen, 
for  a  consideration,  consented  to  wear 
the  umpire's  mask  and  make  a  foul 
target  of  himself.  The  Seniors  were 
a  tough  crowd  to  handle,  and  to 
their  credit  be  it  said  that  they  look- 
ed as  tough  as  they  were.  French, 
who  never  plays  ball  except  on  com- 
pulsion, wore  a  ball  suit  with  short 
sleeves  and  low  neck.  Hyde  wore 
boots  and  a  belt,  and  from  his  station 
on  third  base  loomed  up  like  a  Car- 
thagenian  mummy.  "Jack"  found 
it  convenient  to  go  to  the  city,  and 
Boggs  disappointed  all  the  ladies  by 
not  playing.  The  Seniors  took  the 
lead,  and  at  the  end  of  the  third  in- 
ning had  made  eleven  runs,  while 
the  Juniors  had  but  one.  Then  the 
Juniors  began  to  pick  up.  The  way 
the  fielders  dropped  balls  was  a 
caution.  Lee's  inertia  once  carried 
him  about  twenty  feet  over  second 
base.  Welsh  insisted  on  playing  in 
his  white  tile,  and  the  Juniors  decided 
it  was  the  "Jonah"  which  defeated 
them  by  a  score  of  17  to   12. 


THE    ACADEMY. 

In  this,  the  age  of  invention,  it  is 
strange  that  no  genius  has  produced 
a  self-acting  grape-arbor  protector. 

"  Professor  "■  Burdick  is  at  present 
grinding  out  doleful  strains  from  the 
antiquated  piano,  and  the  boys 
languish. 

Candidates  for  the  pump  :  Oba- 
diah  Whiteside,  Van  Eps  Steele,  S. 


Dudley  Overholt,  Johnnie  alias 
Short-pants.  This  list  is  subject  to 
revisal  in  case  the  candidates  cease 
their  "  freshness."  If  any  error  has 
been  made  in  the  names,  will  some- 
one kindly  inform  us  at  1365  Mel- 
ody Bullyvard? 

If  any  resident  of  this  city  has 
missed  a  goodly  supply  of  small 
green  pumpkins  from  his  garden,  we 
are  requested  to  inform  him  that  a 
mistake  was  made  when  said  pump- 
kins were  abducted.  Musk-melons 
were  the  fruit  sought. 

Chewing  gum,  expectorating  on 
the  floor,  and  lying  down  in  the  seat, 
are  pronounced  by  the  chair  as  out  of 
order.  Immediate  suspension  from 
a  lofty  window  is  the  penalty. 

The  students  of  this  year  should 
be  less  naughty  than  those  of  former 
days,  if  the  interior  arrangement 
and  decoration  are  of  any  influence 
for  good.  Expense  not  having  been 
spared  in  renovating  and  refitting 
the  building,  the  metamorphosis  is 
complete,  and  the  change  from 
former  interior  embellishment  is  not 
unlike  what  one  meets  with  in  the 
"Arabian  Nights." 

The  only  shadow  on  an  otherwise 
pleasant  opening  pathway  for  the 
students  of  former  years  who  are 
here  now,  is  the  fact  that  Miss 
Benedict  will  no  longer  act  as 
teacher.  The  loss  of  her  helpful 
presence  creates  a  void  that  cannot 
be  filled.  Her  influence  for  good 
upon  the  students  has  been  far- 
reaching,  as  all  of  her  pupils  of 
the  days  gone  by  will    testify.       No 


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7  HE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


permission  has  been  given  us  to  state 
her  reasons  for  not  continuing  in  her 
former  position  during  the  coming 
year,  and  we  simply  add  the  stereo- 
typed phrase,  "  Our  loss  is  another's 
gain." 

It  has  not  taken  the  "  Cads  "  long 
to  make  up  their  minds  that  business, 
and  nothing  else,  is  the  word  under 
the  new  regime.  The  force  of  in- 
structors is  sufficiently  large  to  do 
full  justice  in  the  case  of  every 
student,  as  far  as  watchful  care  goes. 
The  new  Principal  and  his  assistants, 
having  made  a  life  study  of  the  art  of 
"  teaching  the  young  idea  how  to 
shoot"  in  the  right  direction,  are  de- 
termined to  make  the  Academy  one 
of  the  best  institutions  of  its  kind  in 
the  United  States.  The  names  of 
the  instructors  are  as  follows:  Rev. 
G.  R.  Cutting,  Principal;  S.  R 
Smith,  Classics;  W.  H.  Williams, 
Mathematics;  E.J.  Swift,  Sciences; 
W.  L.  Burnap,  English. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  term,  be- 
fore it  was  cold  enough  to  have 
steam  on  in  the  dormitory,  some  of 
the  boys  made  use  of  the  steam  pipes 
in  the  halls  as  turning  bars,  and  took 
their  morning  exercise  thereon.  One. 
of  the  new  boys,  who  had  just 
mastered  a  peculiarly  graceful  aerial 
flight  from  an  elevation  to  the  steam 
pipe  overhead,  tried  it  one  cool 
morning  when  several  pounds  of 
steam  was  coursing  through  the 
pipe.  His  surprise  was  great,  for  he 
did  not  expect  so  warm  a  reception 
as  his  blistered  hands  testified  he  had 
received.  He  will  not  star  upon  the 
steam  pipes  this  winter. 


With  our  new  faculty  come  some 
new  changes,  one  of  them  being  a 
change  in  the  weekly  holiday.  In- 
stead of  having  all  day  Saturday, 
Wednesday  and  Saturday  afternoons 
are  free  to  the  students,  school  being 
held  on  Saturdav  morning.  This 
does  not  meet  with  the  hearty  ap- 
proval of  the  students.  They  prefer 
a  full  holiday. 

Mr.  Wm.  Steel  departed  from  our 
midst  not  long  since.  It  is  rumored 
that  lake  air  did  not  agree  with 
"  Billy,  the  Kid."  Mr.  Pantheon 
Smith  is  likewise  with  us  no  longer, 
and  Mr.  Burdick  has  been  compelled 
to  go  home  on  account  of  difficulty 
with  his  eyes. 


FERRY   HALL 


The  happy  faces  of  Ferry  Hall 
girls  are  again  seen  in  Lake  Forest. 

The  school  year  opened  with  a 
larger  number  of  new  students  than 
Ferry  Hall  has  ever  had  at  one  time 
before. 

As  Ferry  Hall  was  not  large 
enough  to  accommodate  all  of  the 
students,  a  house  standing  near  the 
Seminary  Was  fitted  up  as  a  dor- 
mitory. It  has  been  christened 
"  The  Cottage."  Former  students 
will  remember  it  as  Dr.  Veeder's 
residence. 

When  the  old  students  returned 
from  their  summer  vacation  they 
found  a  decided  change  for  the 
better  in  the  appearance  of  their 
rooms.  The  girls  feel  that  now 
they  can  take  pleasure  in  arranging 
their  apartments. 


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49 


The  Ferry  Hall  students  respect 
and  honor  Dr.  Seeley,  their  new 
Principal.  The  girls  fully  realize 
that,  while  he  will  grant  them  as 
many  privileges  as  passible,  still  they 
must  observe  the  few  restrictions 
placed  upon  them. 

The  students  who  room  at  "The 
Cottage  "  are  all  settled  and  ready 
to  receive  visitors;  their  large  rooms, 
and  neat,  pretty  furniture  are  coveted 
by  the  Ferry  Hall  boarders. 

Mrs.  Seeley  has  won  all  the  girls' 
hearts  by  her  bright  face  and  win- 
ning ways.  She  is  one  who  dispels 
all  feelings  of  homesickness  from 
those  about  her. 

The  students  studying  German 
are  seated  at  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Seeley's 
table.  The  scholars  will  be  perfect- 
ly satisfied  if  they  make  as  rapid 
advancement  in  speaking  the  Ger- 
man language  as  Mrs.  Seeley  does 
in  speaking  the  English. 

This  is  the  first  year  that  the  young 
ladies  in  the  Seminary  have  had 
laboratory  work.  They  are  now  free 
to  test  their  skill  in  performing  ex- 
periments. 

The  Senior  class  of  '87  has  re- 
turned to  take  a  postgraduate  course- 
As  this  is  the  first  time  such  an  event 
has  occurred,  Ferry  Hall  feels 
honored. 

One  pleasant  day  in  the  early  part 
of  the  term  two  boys  were  out  walk- 
ing, when  they  espied,  upon  a  bridge 
near  by,  a  group  of  Seminary  girls, 
three  in  number.  One  of  the  boys 
knew  two  of  the  girls  and  promised 
to  introduce  his  companion.    So  they 


"  braced  up  "  and  the  deed  was  done- 
Then  one  of  the  young  ladies  turned 
and  introduced  the  third  and  un- 
known Seminary  girl,  who  proved 
to  be  a  teacher!  The  boys  were 
quietly  but  firmly  informed  that 
"  tea  was  waiting,"  and  the  group 
vanished,  leaving  the  boys  to  wonder 
why  teachers  at  the  Seminary  are 
always  young,  golden-haired,  and 
good-looking. 


RUSH  LOCALS. 


"Plug  hat!" 
"  Sit  down  !" 
"F-i-r-e!" 

"  Up-up-up-pup-pup-pup ! " 
"Whistle  Cox!" 
"  New  York  is  here !  " 
"  What's    the    matter  with  Schu- 
bert?" 

•'  Young  man,  is  that  thing  a  letter 
box?  "  She  was  a  '  hen-medic  '  and 
stood  seven  feet  two  in  her  stocking 
feet.  "  Is  that  thing  a  letter  box  ?  " 
and  she  glared  down  upon  little 
"  Sun-set,"  and  waved  a  huge  letter 
in  one  hand,  while  with  the  other  she 
directed  his  attention  to  a  fire  alarm 
box  twenty  feet  above  her  head. 
Little  "  Sun-set  "  never  removed  his 
eyes  from  her  own,  but  craw -fished 
over  an  alley  fence  and  "  lit  out "  for 
Rush. 

Prof.,  "  Is  Mr.  R.  C.  Robe  here  ?  " 
Small  voice  from  "  the  perch," 
"Here!"  Prof.,  "Mr.  Robe  what 
is  Physiology?"  Small  voice, 
"  I'm  a  "  D.  J."  Professor,  I've  only 
been  here  three  weeks,  and  don't 
know."     Prof.,  "  Is  Mr.  A.  M.  Cor- 


5° 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


win  here?  "  Dull  thud  on  the  floor 
in  front  of  seat  No.  374,  "  Yes  he 
was  there." 

"  I  pass  "  said  the  fresh  Junior  as 
he  found  himself  whirling  wildly 
over  the  heads  of  the  Seniors  towards 
the  "  perch." 

"  You  perceive,  gentlemen,  that 
the  animal  is  thoroughly  under  the 
influence  of  morphine  "  explained 
the  Professor  as  the  Senior  supe 
ripped  open  the  thorax,  and  the  dog 
heaved  a  long  sigh  of  regret  and  pro- 
ceeded to  kick  the  inferior  maxillary 
off  the  nearest  assistant,  and  "all 
movement  is  purely  reflex  and  invo- 
lunt — "  he  added  as  the  poor  uncon- 
scious animal  locked  its  teeth  in  the 
hand  of  a  "middler;"  kicked  the 
Senior  supe  in  the  abdomen,  closing 
him  like  a  jack  knife ;  and  proceeded 
to  fill  the  "  bull  pen  "  with  scalpels, 
ether  cans,  electricity,  and  howls. 

The  new  wing  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian hospital  is  to  be  erected  at  once. 
The  contract  is  let  and  in  six  weeks 
the  addition  is  to  be  under  cover. 
The  old  buildings  on  the  corner  of 
Wood  and  Congress  streets  will  be  re- 
moved and  the  ground  cleared  this 
fall,  so  that  early  in  the  spring  work 
may  be  begun  on  the  main  building. 
The  hospital  when  in  a  state  of  com- 
pletion will  present  a  magnificent  ap- 
pearance; the  present  building  being 
only  a  small  part  of  the  original  de- 
sign. This  news  is  received  with 
rejoicing  by  the  Rush  boys,  since  the 
College  is  dependent  largely  upon 
the  hospital  for  Surgical  Clinics,  and 
in  the  future  the  clinics  are  to  be  even 
better  than  in  the  past. 


OUR    FACULTY. 

A  Merri-man  saw  a  Strong  Miller 
take  his  Gunn  and  go  By  (a)  ford, 
over  a  Bridge  and  through  some 
Parkes,  simply  to  Hyde  in  a  Cotton 
field  to  shoot  at  a  Hind  (e), — Allen 
account  of  wanting  some  Mover 
meat  for  Mel(s)son.  Shaw!  that's 
what  Knox. 

"  When  the  Cat's   away 

The  Mice  will  play." — Time, 
twenty  seconds.  Prof.  Parkes,  ref- 
feree. 


ALUMI   AND  PERSONAL. 


'So.  Mrs.  Anna  Farwell  De 
Koven   is  at  present  in  Philadelphia. 

The  new  De  Koven  opera,  "  The 
Begum,"  is  soon  to  be  brought  out. 

'Si.  Mrs.  Anna  Rhea  Wilson 
spent  the  hot  season  in  the  mountains 
near  her  mission  field  in  Persia.  A 
number  of  the  missionaries  spent  the 
season  in  the  same  place  in  company 
with  the  Russian  legation.  The 
Russians  were  thus  enlightened  as  to 
the  character  of  our  missionaries  and 
their  work. 

'Si.  H.  M.  Stanley  has  been  ap- 
pointed librarian  of  the  College.  He 
is  going  over  the  books,  reshelving 
them,  and  getting  out  catalogues  and 
finding  lists.  Many  new.  books  are 
coming  in  by  donation  and  money 
is  appropriated  for  about  one  thous- 
and volumes  in  the  various  depart- 
ments. The  number  at  present 
listed  is  6,200. 

'84.  Rev.  A.  E.  Jack,  settled  at 
Long  Branch,  N.  Y.,  after  gradu- 


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51 


ating  from  Princeton  Seminary  last 
spring.  Soon  after,  opportunity  of- 
fering, he  went  to  Europe  to  study 
for  a  year.     He  is  now  in  Berlin. 

'S-i..  We  visited  Mendota  during 
the  summer  and  saw  H.  H.  Clark  in 
his  office  at  the  Clark  Oil  Mills.  He 
is  full  of  business,  and  when  we  saw 
him  he  was  doing  the  work  of  two 
men  in  the  way  of  keeping  books 
and  driving  bargains. 

'S^..  Rev.  E.  W.  St.  Pierre  was 
married  at  Waterman,  111.,  on  July 
26th,  to  Miss  Kirkpatrick.  .  His  or- 
dination took  place  at  Lake  Forest 
last  June,  instead  of  this  fall  as  stated 
in  the  last  issue.  He  has  by  this  time 
arrived  at  the  scene  of  his  labors  as  a 
foreign  missionary  in  Persia. 

'85.  Rev.  Thos.  E.  Barr  has  en. 
tered  upon  a  most  prosperous  pastor- 
ate at  Beloit,  Wis.  His  church  has 
refitted  their  large  and  comfortable 
parsonage,  near  the  College.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Barr  became  settled  in 
their  new  home  during  the  summer) 
and  now  the  family  circle  is  com_ 
pleted  by  the  addition  of  Rev.  Barr 
D.  D.,  jr.,  aged  four  months.  Not 
long  ago  the  ladies  of  the  congrega- 
tion presented  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  a 
table  service  of  one  hundred  and 
eighty  pieces. 

'85.  H.  W.  Sutton  is  teaching  his 
second  year  at  Stockton,  Kas.  His 
school  numbers  four  hundred. 

'85.  S.  F.  Vance  is  teaching 
special  Latin  in  the  College  and 
taking  post-graduate  studies,  (San- 
scrit and  Latin). 


'86.  Miss  Mary  Taylor  is  teach- 
ing Latin  in  Ferry  Hall,  and  taking 
post-graduate  studies  in  the  College, 
(Sanscrit  and  Latin). 

,86.  W.  E.  Bates  has  invested  his 
"  pile  "  in  a  land  claim  in  the  extreme 
western  part  of  Neb.  He  went 
there  last  spring  seeking  health,  and 
has  remained  ever  since,  roughing  it 
with  cowboys,  rattle-snakes,  and  ante- 
lope. He  has  had  one  narrow  escape 
from  being  bitten  by  a  rattle-snake, 
has  shot  two  antelope,  traded  his 
guitar  for  a  rifle,  and  at  last  ac- 
counts was  on  his  way  to  the  Lara- 
mie Mts.  to  shoot  a  bear.  He  will 
enter  McCormick  Seminary  about 
the  first  of  Dec. 

'S6.  G.  E.  Thompson  has  return- 
ed to  Princeton  Seminary  for  his 
middle  year.  He  was  present  at  the 
L.  F.  U.  Commencement  exercises 
last  June  and  responded  to  an  alumni 
toast. 

'86.  B.  D.  Holter  is  also  in  the 
middle  year  at  Princeton  Seminary. 
He  "  pounded  the  pulpit "  on  the 
Delaware  coast  during  the  summer, 
and  he  says  there  are.  no  girls  like 
the  eastern  girls. 

'S6.  Mrs.  Ruby  Snodgrass  Van 
Slyke  is  living  at  Madison,  Wis. 

'87.  J.  W.  Doughty,  C.  E.  Mi- 
Ginnis,  R.  E.  Porterfield,  and  A. 
M.  Corwin  were  graduated  last 
June  from  Princeton  College.  Mr. 
Doughty  preached  during  the  sum- 
mer. He  and  Mr.  McGihnis  have 
entered  the  junior  class  of  Princeton 
Seminary.  Mr.  Corwin  has  entered 
Rush    Medical     College,    with    the 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


view  of  becoming  a  medical  mission- 
ary. Mr.  Porterfield  has  entered 
Columbia  Law  College,  N.  Y.  He 
stopped  at  Lake  Forest  on  his  way 
east.     He  looks  just  the  same  as  ever. 

'87.  John  Hammond  was  gradu- 
ated from  Beloit  College,  Wis.,  last 
June  and  is  now  Pastor  of  the  Welsh 
church  of  Milwaukee. 

'87.  Miss  M.  B.  Barrett  was 
graduated  from  the  University  of 
Wooster,  O.,  last  June,  and  is  now 
teaching  at  Elkhorn,  Wis.  She 
spent  a  few  days  in  Lake  Forest 
while  on  her  way  to  Elkhorn. 

'87.  B.  A.  Konkle  has  been  doing 
journalistic  work  in  Chicago  during 
the  last  year.  He  is  now  at  his  home 
in  Ind.,  sick.  At  last  accounts  he 
was  recovering. 

'87.  G.  D.  Heuver  was  graduated 
from  Lake  Forest  last  June.  He  is 
now  in  McCormick  Theological 
Seminary.  He  spent  the  summer 
with  the  carpenters  who  were  re- 
fitting the  college  building. 

'S7.  Miss  M.  G.  King  was  grad- 
uated from  Lake  Forest  in  the  class 
of  '87,  and  is  now  laboratory  assistant 
to  Prof.  Griffin. 

'88.  J.J.  Boggs,  our  Ed.  in  chief, 
spent  the  summer  travelling  in  the 
west,  most  of  the  time  being  spent 
in  Colorado  climbing  the  mountains. 

'8.8.  L.  M.  Bergen  is  in  his 
second  year  at  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege. 

'88.  J.  W.  Cabeen,  unable  to 
stand    the     lake    breezes    of    Lake 


Forest,  is    taking  his  Senior  year  at 
Ripon  College. 

'88.  E.  E.  Nourse  has  returned 
from  McAllister  College,  Minn. 

'88.  Ed.  Wilson  is  in  California, 
on  account  of  ill  health. 

'89.  Grant  Stroh,  formerly  of  'SS, 
has  returned  from  Hamilton  College, 
N.  Y.,  and  will  graduate  with  '89. 

'89.  R.  Chalmers  Robe  is  a 
Junior  in  Rush  Medical  College. 
He  frequently  visits  Lake  Forest. 

'90.  Miss  Anna  McKee  has  gone 
to  Geneseo,  111.,  where  her  father  has 
taken  charge  of  a  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute. 

'90.  Miss  Clark  is  teaching  in 
Kentucky. 

'90.  Miss  Irma  Camp  is  keeping 
house  for  her  brother  in  Minn. 

'90  Miss  Lizzie  Smith  is  teaching 
school  at  her  home. 

'90  E.  D.  Patrick  fell  from  his 
bicycle  dislocating  his  hip. 

Gov.  Bross  did  his  best  for  the 
Chicago  telescope  last  summer. 

The  Astronomical  Society  were 
entertained  by  the  Gov.  at  the  L.  F. 
hotel  while  they  visited  the  College 
early  in  the  vacation.  They  went 
away  much  pleased  with  the  Gov.  and 
the  place.  Evanston  by  a  secret  bid, 
however  added  another  Professor  to 
her  offer  and  turned  the  tide  in  her  fa- 
vor, upon  which  Gov.  B.  declared  that 
Lake  Forest  should  have  a  Science 
hall  which  should  eclipse  Evanston. 
The  outcome  of  it  all  is  that  the  tele- 
scope will  probably  remain  in  Chi- 


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53 


cago,  and  the  good  Gov.  is  only 
waiting  to  be  asked  to  see  that  L.  F, 
has  a  substantial  Science  hall. 

Dr.  Veeder  passed  through  Lake 
Forest,  stopping  over  night  on  his 
way  to  Cal.  The  "boom"  has 
reached  his  land  in  Southern  Cal. 
and  he  is  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  richer  there  by. 

Prof.  Halsey  took  a  flying  trip  to 
Europe  during  the  summer.  Spent 
seventeen  days  after  landing,  most 
of  it  in  England  and  part  in  France. 

Prof.  Griffin  taught  a  class  in 
astronomy  during  the  summer. 


GENERAL  COLLEGE  NEWS 


Knox  College  has  85  Freshmen 
this  year. 

Harvard  University  opens  with 
about  2,000  students. 

President  Carter,  of  Williams' 
College,  starts  the  college  year  by 
giving  the  "  Soph's "  a  lecture  on 
hazing. 

Wellesley  College  has  opened  with 
an  attendance  of  about  600. 

Princeton  College  opens  its  141st 
year  more  prosperous  than  ever. 
There  are  nearly  600  students  with 
a  corps  of  professors  and  tutors 
numbering  40  to  take  charge  of  them. 

Columbia  has  graduated  over  9,- 
000  students. 

Hamilton  is  raising  money  for  a 
gymnasium  and  Y.  M.  C.  A.  build- 
ing. 


The  Seniors  at  Vassar  claim  to 
have  received  over  four  hundred 
valentines  last  February. 

The  students  in  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  wear  caps  and  gowns. 

The  first  foreign  College  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  was  organized  at  Jeffua 
College,  Ceylon. 

There  were  one  hundred  and  four 
college  graduates  in  the  last  House 
of  Representatives. 

The  Dartmouth  is  said  to  have  the 
largest  circulation  of  any  of  the 
college  papers,  there  being  1,100 
copies  per  issue. 

Princeton  has  a  student  from 
Egypt,  and  a  young  lady  from  the 
Sandwich  Islands  is  studying  law  at 
the  University  of  Michigan. 

It  is  stated  that  of  the  seventeen 
presidents  of  the  United  States, 
eleven  of  them  were  college  gradu- 
ates; of  twenty  vice-presidents,  ten; 
of  twenty-nine  secretaries  of  state, 
nineteen;  of  forty-one  associated 
justices  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
thirty. 

Madison  University,  at  Hamilton, 
New  York,  has  established  competi- 
tive examinations  for  free  tuition 
scholarships.  The  examinations  are 
written  and  embrace  the  subjects 
usually  required  for  admission  to 
colleges. 

Albion  College,  Michigan,  having 
an  attendance  of  over  four  hundred 
students  has  a  unique  method  of 
studying.  Modern  languages  are 
studied  before  the  ancient,  the  history 
of  the  present  before  the  history  of 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


the  past;  that  being  put  first  in  order 
which  lies  nearest  to  the  knowledge 
already  gained  by  the  student. — In- 
dependent. 

The  Roman  Catholics  propose 
founding  a  University  worth  $S,ooo,- 
ooo  at  Washington.  The  theological 
department  will  be  the  first  opened. 

Princeton  has  announced  some  ad- 
ditional Fellowships.  These  Fellow- 
ships bring  an  income  of  five  to  six 
hundred  dollars  per  year  to  those 
graduates  of  Princeton  College  tak- 
ing an  advanced  and  special  course  in 
the  college. 

J.  P.  Haynes,  of  Galveston,  Tex., 
a  colored  student  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  has  been  appointed 
Demonstrator  of  Anatomy  at  that 
institution  for  the  ensuing  term. 

There  is  a  movement  on  foot  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  the  admis- 
sion of  women  to  the  degrees  of  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  England. 


The  Inter  Collegian  informs  us 
that  the  College  student's  Summer 
School  for  Bible  study  at  North- 
field  last  summer  was  a  very  pleas- 
ant and  successful  conference. 
There  were  eighty-nine  colleges 
represented,  including  some  from 
England  and  Scotland.  Yale  and 
Princeton  each  sent  thirty  men,  and 
Amherst  twenty-five.  Randolph- 
Macon  College,  Virginia,  sent  six- 
teen delegates.  Harvard  and  Brown 
also  had  large  representations.  Ath- 
letics were  entered  into  as  heartily 
as  the  study  of  the  Bible.  Members 
of  the  "  Varsity  Eleven  "  were 
present  from  various  colleges. 
Messrs.  Moody,  Drummond,  Brodus 
and  others  who  were  giving  instruc- 
tion in  the  Bible  were  found  mak- 
ing plans  for  sport  and  recreation. 
It  will  be  well  to  bear  in  mind 
that  "  L.  F.  U."  ought  to  be  repre- 
sented there  next  year.     . 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 

VOL.1.  NOVEMBER,    1887.  NO.  3. 


AN  EPISODE  IN  BAIiE. 


A  NARRATIVE  FORMING  THE  BASIS  OF  ONE  OF  THE  OPENING  LECTURES  OF  THE  ANNUAL  COURSE  DELIVERED 
AT  RUSH  MEDICAL  COLLEGE,  CHICAGO,  BY  PROFESSOR  JAMES  NEVINS  HYDE  A.  M.,  M.  D. 


It  was,  according  to  our  mode  of  reckoning,  the  12th  day  of  July,  Anno 
Domini,  160;  and  the  sun-dials  were  marking  the  fifth  hour  of  Roman  time, 
or,  as  we  should  compute  it,  near  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning.  At  the  moment  in 
question,  the  sun  was  smiling  as  brightly  on  the  sea  and  on  the  shore,  as  ever 
during  the  centuries  since  passed.  The  Mediterranean  at  the  Northern  limit 
of  the  Gulf  of  Naples  lay  blue  as  an  amethyst  under  the  rocky  slopes  of  Baise, 
and  presented  the  brilliant  contrast,  almost  peculiar  to  Italian  scenery,  with 
the  azure  of  the  over-arching  sky  and  the  rich  green  of  the  abundant  foliage 
on  the  shore.  At  this  date,  Baise  was,  during  the  hot  season,  the  popular  re- 
sort of  the  wealthy  citizens  of  Rome,  and  was  now  enjoying  to  the  full  the 
flood  of  its  summer-tide  of  visitors.  In  that  part  of  the  little  town  devoted 
chiefly  to  business  and  pleasure,  the  main  street  was  suddenly  thrown  into  a 
confusion  that  for  a  moment  diverted  the  course  of  its  busy  traffic,  and  ex- 
plained why  the  laws  forbidding  the  driving  of  vehicles  in  the  city  of  Rome 
except  on  special  occasions,  were  so  rigidly  enforced.  A  gaily-decorated 
two-wheeled  chariot,  to  which  were  yoked  four  well-groomed  Parthian 
horses,  was  dashing  up  the  smooth  road,  swaying  as  it  passed  in  a  most  dan- 
gerous fashion  from  side  to  side.  Its  owner  stood  within,  just  behind  his  cha- 
ioteer,  his  body  reeling  with  every  plunge  of  the  vehicle.  He  had  evidently 
not  yet  recovered  from  a  prolonged  debauch  of  the  previous  night,  for  his 
face  was  deeply  flushed  with  wine  and  a  chaplet  of  roses  depended  from  his 
left  brow.  It  was  to  his  drunken  freak  alone  that  was  due  the  disturbance 
of  the  street,  for  he  had  seized  the  whip  from  his  driver  and  laid  its  lash 
viciously  over  the  flank  of  the  trace-mate  horse  nearest  his  right  hand. 
The  frightened  animal  had  with  a  plunge  broken  his  outer  trace  fastened  to 
the  top  rim  of  the  chariot-bed,  and  had  thus  been  borne  over  to  the  right  by 
the  two  yoke-steeds  and  the  further  trace-mate. 


56  7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 

The  cry,"  Cave  equos!"  (Beware  of  the  horses!)  flew  before  them  up  the 
crowded  street,  where  match-peddlers,  sausage-sellers,  and  a  curious  group 
surrounding  an  Egyptian  snake-charmer,  scattered  in  every  direction. 
Just  ahead,  a  litter  was  passing  supported  by  poles,  carried  on  the  shoulders  of 
eight  stalwart  Scythians.  One  could  tell  by  their  bright  red  livery,  that  they 
were  in  the  service  of  the  praetor  of  Rome,  Sergius  Paulus,  whose  sum- 
mer villa  lay  just  beyond  the  next  turn  of  the  road.  Behind  the  litter 
walked  two  female  slaves.  It  was  not  difficult  to  surmise  that  they  were 
following  home  from  the  bath  the  only  child  and  daughter  of  the  praetor, 
Julia,  even  though  the  silken  curtains  at  the  side  hid  her  figure,  for  above 
them  could  be  seen  the  white  sun-shade  that  protected  her  head.  Evident- 
ly she  too  heard  the  warning  cry  on  the  street,  for  at  the  precise  moment 
when  the  Scythians  moved  to  one  side  in  order  to  escape  the  flying  chariot 
in  whose  track  they  were,  she  suddenly  leaped  out  of  the  litter.  But, 
though  she  landed  on  her  feet,  she  sank  at  once  to  the  ground,  and,  even 
on  a  second  attempt  at  rising,  her  ankle  turned  and  she  fell  helpless  on  her 
side.  Meantime  the  chariot  swept  harmlessly  by,  and  the  slaves,  some  of 
them  keeping  off  the  crowd,  moved  to  the  assistance  of  their  mistress. 

She  had  not  uttered  a  cry,  but  was  white  with  pain,  the  color  of  her 
cheek  being  scarce  distinguishable  from  that  of  the  snowy  palla  with  which 
her  figure  was  girt.  A  dirty  little  beggar,  peering  between  the  legs  of  the 
slaves,  gazed  with  wide  wonder  upon  the  long  golden  chain  encircling  her 
shapely  neck,  fastened  with  a  buckle  representing  a  wild  boar  with  brilliant 
rubies  for  his  angry  eyes. 

The  maiden  was  evidently  accustomed  to  assume  command,  for  at  her 
bidding  one  of  the  female  slaves  lifted  her  again  without  difficulty  into  the 
litter,  while  the  other  hastened  forward  up  the  road.  The  Scythians  then 
hoisted  again  to  their  broad  shoulders  the  long  poles  run  through  the  rings 
of  her  vehicle,  and  marched  with  it  sturdily  up  the  ascent  of  the  hill.  The 
scene  was  ended  in  far  less  time  than  it  has  taken  to  describe  it. 

Beyond  the  next  turning  of  the  gravelled  street,  one  who  watched  the 
red  liveries  could  see  them  entering  on  the  left  the  broad  marble  stair-way 
leading  up  to  the  villa  of  the  Roman  praetor.  On  either  side,  at  every 
winding  of  the  carved  balustrade,  rose  statues  of  Flora,  Vesta,  Fauns,  and 
Satyrs.  Between  these,  one  caught  glimpses  of  a  smooth-shaven  sward, 
with  interspersed  beds  of  gladiolus,  hyacinth,  and  narcissus,  bordered  by  lines 
of  box.  Here  and  there  were  plane  and  myrtle  trees,  their  foliage  artifi- 
cially trimmed  in  the  shapes  of  lions,  tigers,  and  bears.  From  the  top  of  the 
stair-way  rose  the  two-storied  villa,  its  lofty  turrets  so  placed  that  from  them, 
one  could  look  on  one  side,  far  over  the  blue  of  the  Mediterranean,  and  on 
the  other  across  the  Lucrine  Lake  to  Nauplia  and  Puteoli.  Nature  and  Art 
had  here  in  fact  conspired,  in  order  to  furnish  refreshment  for  the  senses  and 
a  charm  for  the  spirit  in  the  heats  of  the  summer. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR.  57 

The  litter  with  its  attendants  was  met  at  the  open  door  of  the  entrance- 
hall  above,  by  the  praetor  himself,  accompanied  by  a  young  man  who  was 
at  the  time  his  guest,  and  evidently  one  of  high  social  position.  The  clean- 
shaven face  of  the  elder  was  seamed  with  the  furrows  worn  there  by  the 
stern  struggles  of  political  life  in  the  Roman  capital.  His  head,  quite  bald 
above  and  fringed  with  a  line  of  whitened  hairs  at  the  temples,  was  some- 
what bowed  upon  his  tall  and  slender  figure.  He  had,  however,  the  com- 
manding presence  of  his  social  rank,  and  the  regular  features  of  a  typical 
Italian  of  his  period,  with  such  an  expression  as  might  be  looked  for  in  a 
president  of  the  judges  of  the  city  courts. 

He  greeted  his  child,  as  she  was  removed  by  the  slaves  to  her  own  apart- 
ment, with  a  mixture  of  grave  dignity  and  repressed  emotion  which  be- 
tokened in  one  of  his  character  and  training,  far  more  than  could  words,  his 
sympathy  for  her  suffering. 

The  young  man  at  his  side  strove  less  to  hide  the  anxiety  awakened  by 
the  accident.  He  had  scarcely  more  than  attained  his  majority,  but  his 
figure  exhibited  in  a  high  degree  the  muscular  development  resulting  from 
systematic  ballista-training  and  military  exercise.  His  curly  hair  was  cut 
close  to  his  head;  his  face  was  smooth-shaven;  and  the  expression  of  his 
dark  features  suggested  that  the  education  of  his  intellect  had  not  quite  suf- 
ficed to  soften  a  sternness  for  which  his  square  jaw  and  firm  lips  were  in 
part  responsible.  Both  gentlemen  wore  as  an  outer  garment,  merely  the  light 
tunic  adapted  to  indoor  life  and  the  summer  season.  These  were  white  and 
of  the  finest  linen,  the  front  of  each  being  marked  by  a  narrow  strip  of  pur- 
ple woven  into  the  cloth  and  running  from  the  neck  to  the  lower  border  in 
front,  a  mark  of  the  order  of  knighthood  to  which  they  belonged. 
Severus,  the  younger  of  the  two,  wore  his  tunic  caught  to  the  waist  with  a 
belt  of  gold  whose  links  were  so  fine  that  it  was  as  pliant  as  the  product  of 
the  loom.     To  it  was  fastened  a  short  Roman  sword. 

While  the  daughter  of  the  house  was  gently  carried  by  her  slaves  to  her 
own  chamber  on  the  sea-ward  side  of  the  villa,  in  the  rear  part  of  the 
ground  floor,  the  praetor  sought  his  library,  a  spacious  apartment  looking  to 
the  east.  It  was  divided  down  the  middle  in  two  parts  by  a  double  row  of 
cedar-wood  presses  placed  back  to  back,  containing  rolls  and  parchments. 
Above  these  cases  were  the  busts  of  a  number  of  Roman  and  Greek  authors 
who  had  attained  distinction  in  the  world  of  literature.  At  a  table  near  one 
of  the  windows,  sat  the  scribe,  or  secretary,  of  the  praetor,  who  had  been 
engaged,  just  before  the  news  of  the  accident  reached  them,  in  taking  down, 
by  aid  of  abbreviations,  from  the  lips  of  his  superior,  a  decision  about  to  be 
rendered  in  one  of  the  Roman  courts.  The  secretary  was  evidently  a  freed- 
man,  who  looked  in  his  neat  but  worn  attire,  as  though  many  years  of  his 
life  had  been  passed  in  the  service  of  the  great  house  to  which  he  was 
attached. 


58  7 HE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 

"  Britanicus,"  said  the  praetor,  as  he  threw  himself  into  a  studying- 
couch  at  hand,  "  fetch  me  the  roll  on  which  I  have  had  written  a  number  of 
prescriptions  for  domestic  use.  My  daughter  has  just  suffered  a  serious 
sprain  of  the  ankle,  and  I  -would  have  an  embrocation  that  might  be  used 
for  it." 

"  Noble  Sergius,"  responded  the  freedman,  as  he  sought  one  of  the  cases 
and  began  examining  the  red  tickets  on  which  were  written  the  titles  of  the 
rolls  contained  within,  "  I  have  heard  from  the  slaves  that  the  lady  Julia, 
whom  we  all  love  to  honor,  is  suffering  grievously.  And  now  I  remember 
that  yesterday,  when  in  town  purchasing  some  new  parchments,  I  heard  of 
a  learned  physician  but  lately  come  to  Rome,  who  is  spending  a  few  days 
at  Baiag  that  he  may  study  the  effects  of  the  sulphur  water  of  the  springs. 
They  say  of  him  that  he  is  both  wise  and  skillful,  and  that  already  he  has 
had  success  in  relieving  the  empress  of  a  malady.  Would  it  not  be  prudent 
to  summon  him?  " 

"  By  Jupiter!  I  thank  you  for  your  careful  memory,  Britanicus,"  respond- 
ed the  praetor,  a  look  of  relief  lighting  his  contracted  brows.  "  Have  the 
slaves  call  him  at  once  and,  look  you,  see  that  I  am  warned  of  his  coming! ' 

With  this  the  master  of  the  house  sought  his  daughter's  chamber  which 
he  did  not  leave  till  a  slave  announced  that  the  physician  whom  they  had 
summoned  was  approaching.  As  Sergius  strode  between  the  double  rows 
of  fluted  marble  columns  through  the  atrium,  he  found  there  also  the  young 
soldier,  his  guest,  awaiting  with  no  less  impatience  the  coming  of  the 
stranger. 

They  looked  to  see  an  aged  person,  humble  of  exterior  and  servile  of 
demeanor.  The  surprise  of  each  was  almost  unbounded  on  perceiving  the 
approach  of  a  young  man,  who  looked  to  be,  as  he  actually  was,  in  his 
twenty-eighth  year,  and  who  was  evidently  possessed  of  wealth,  for  he  was 
wrapped  in  a  red-bordered  toga  of  the  finest  and  whitest  wool.  He  was 
also  attended  by  two  slaves  in  light  blue  livery,  who  relieved  him  of  his 
outer  garment  and  foot-gear,  as  he  passed  through  the  ostium.  In  doing 
this,  it  was  noticeable  that  he  took  care  to  put  his  right  foot  foremost,  as  he 
crossed  the  word,  "SALVE!"  wrought  in  elegant  mosaic  on  the  lower 
threshold ;  and  that  at  the  same  moment  his  lips  moved  as  though  he  were 
repeating  something  to  himself.  He  had  soon  passed  the  line  of  slaves  in 
the  vestibule  and  was  cordially  greeted  by  the  two  gentlemen  who  awaited 
him. 

It  is  difficult  to  describe  in  words  the  impression  he  produced  upon  the 
two  inmates  of  the  villa.  The  latter  had  expected  to  greet  an  inferior  not 
an  equal,  yet,  after  brief  conversation,  each  of  them  had  asked  himself 
whether  really  the  new  comer  were  not  the  superior  of  both.  After  the 
removal  of  his  toga,  the  physician  stood  before  them  in  his  short-sleeved 
and  crimson-bordered  tunic,  which  dropped   to  the  knees  and  exhibited  bare 


7  HE  Z.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR.  59 

arms  and  legs  rounded  with  the  muscles  of  an  athlete.  His  hands,  though 
large,  were  plastic  and  full  of  expression.  He  was,  like  his  hosts,  close- 
shaven,  and  his  blonde  hair  was  cut  short  over  his  well-shaped  head.  His 
forehead  was  broad  and  high;  his  cheeks  ruddy;  his  chin  well-rounded; 
the  dark  grey  eyes  under  his  sweeping  brows  seemed  to  suffer  no  object 
within  their  range  to  escape  study.  He  had  a  Greek  rather  than  a  Roman 
type  of  feature.  His  expression  was  variable,  with  always  a  generous  and 
kindly  light  beaming  from  his  brows  and  a  quaint  humor  mingled  with 
sterling  common  sense  lingering  about  the  somewhat  irregular  curves  of  his 
lips.  It  was  impossible  not  to  be  favorably  impressed  with  the  grace  of  his 
manner,  the  refinement  of  his  features,  and  the  culture  expressed  in  the 
tones  of  his  voice.  He  spoke  the  Latin  language  with  marked  ease  and 
elegance  but  with  the  slight  accent  then  occasionally  noticed  in  educated 
persons  of  Greek  nativity. 

As  the  master  of  the  house  accompanied  him  to  the  sleeping-apartment 
of  the  daughter,  the  eyes  of  the  physician  took  note  of  all  the  surroundings. 
He  saw  the  low  and  then  modern  bed-stead,  of  inlaid  ivory  and  tortoise- 
shell,  which  had  not  to  be  ascended  by  steps  but  was  easily  accessible  from 
the  tessellated  floor  covered  with  rugs.  He  saw  the  bronze-lamp  on  one 
side,  representing  Venus  drawn  in  her  chariot  by  twelve  silver  doves  with 
out-spread  wings,  the  body  of  each  dove  holding  the  oil  for  the  wick  that 
protruded  from  its  upraised  beak.  He  saw  the  polished  metal  mirror  on  the 
other  side,  and,  hanging  above  it,  the  waxen  mask  which  was  a  fac-simile  of 
the  features  of  the  girl's  dead  mother.  He  gathered  every  detail  of  the 
costume  of  the  patient  as  she  lay  on  the  purple  coverlet  of  the  couch  before 
him,  wrapped  in  a  soft  white  stola  gathered  at  the  waist  by  a  pink-tinted 
cord  and  tassle  of  silk,  with  pearls  gleaming  in  her  shell-like  ears.  Nor  did 
he  fail  to  take  note  of  the  small  and  curly-haired  pet  dog  that,  fondled  by 
its  mistress'  hand,  nestled  on  the  tapestry  of  the  pillow  where  rested  her  head. 
While  the  details  of  the  accident  were  related  to  him,  the  physician  drew 
a  stool  to  the  side  of  the  bed,  seated  himself  so  that  the  light  from  the  mica 
window-panes  should  fall  upon  his  patient,  and  then  proceeded  to  make  a 
deliberate  and  methodical  examination  of  the  limb.  One  of  the  female 
slaves,  meanwhile,  removed  the  white  sandal  from  the  swollen  foot,  and  the 
bath-towel,  wrung  out  of  cool  water,  which  had  been  placed  about  the  ankle. 
There  is  no  better  test  of  a  surgeon's  skill,  than  that  set  up  by  a  patient 
with  an  injured  limb,  when  the  latter  is  manipulated  either  for  the  purpose 
of  examination  or  of  dressing.  In  the  present  instance,  that  test  was  well 
met.  The  surgeon  deftly  passed  his  left  hand  beneath  the  knee  of  the  in- 
jured leg,  and  gently  but  firmly  grasping  the  foot  with  the  other,  raised 
the  limb  so  that  it  was  fully  in  his  control.  Meanwhile,  his  patient  scarcely 
wincing  at  the  movements,  he  performed  flexion  and  extension  of  both  knee 
and    ankle-joints,  slid    a    sentient    finger  down  the  line  of  the  bones,  and 


6o  7  HE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 

produced  abduction  and  adduction  of  the  foot  on  the  leg.  While  thus  en- 
gaged he  seemed  not  to  hear  one  or  two  of  the  remarks  addressed  to  him 
by  the  praetor  who  anxiously  superintended  the  operation. 

The  examination  completed,  he  laid  the  limb  again  upon  the  bed  and 
spoke  as  follows: 

"  This  is  not  what  it  has  been  assumed  to  be,  a  simple  sprain  of  the  ankle, 
but  is  a  fracture  of  one  of  the  bones  of  the  leg.  There  are  two  of  these, 
both  named  because  of  their  resemblance  to  our  musical  instruments,  viz: 
the  tibia  and  the  fibula.  Here,  on  the  outer  side,  lies  the  fibula,  and  you 
see  that  when  I  come  to  a  point  about  a  finger's  length  from  the  lower  ex- 
tremity, there  is  a  lack  of  continuity  in  the  line  of  the  bone,  and  a  slight  de- 
pression in  the  flesh.  As  a  result,  the  foot  is  slightly  inclined  outward,  there 
is  great  pain  and  considerable  swelling.  So  much  for  the  nature  of  the  in- 
jury, which  is  one  not  rarely  produced  by  just  such  sudden  shock  of  landing 
upon  the  feet  as  in  the  present  case.  For  the  future,  we  cannot  now  deter- 
mine, whether  the  resulting  inflammation  will  be  pneumatoid  because  that 
the  pneurna  has  insinuated  itself  along  with  the  blood ;  or  oedematoid,  be- 
cause accompanied  by  phlegm;  or  erysipelatoid,  because  united  with  bile; or 
scirrous,  because  joined  with  atrabile.  But  of  this  we  may  be  sure,  she  will 
speedily  recover  and  that  without  resulting  deformity  or  lameness.  Na- 
ture," he  continued,  "  shall  be  our  good  physician  in  this  case,  and  we  shall 
content  ourselves  with  merely  placing  these  parts  in  the  position  where  they 
can  most  readily  return  to  their  natural  condition,  acting  thus  only  as  humble 
servants  of  the  great  healing  power." 

This  said,  he  ordered  the  slaves  to  fetch  him  the  material  which  he  wished 
to  use,  and  taking  a  soft  pillow  of  the  sort  used  on  the  bed,  he  laid  the  limb 
lengthwise  along  the  middle.  He  then  skillfully  moulded  a  mass  of  soft 
wool  over  the  tibia  and,  gathering  the  pillow  well  about  it,  fastened  a  light 
strip  of  wood  to  the  inside.  The  whole  was  finally  secured  in  place  by 
linen  bandages  encircling  the  ankle  below  and  the  knee  above.  The  patient 
sighed  with  relief  on  the  completion  of  this  dressing,  which  not  only  did 
away  with  the  slight  degree  of  deformity  due  to  the  fracture,  but  produced 
sufficient  extension  to  give  complete  relief  of  the  pain. 

His  task  completed,  the  surgeon  rose  from  his  stool  and  was  rewarded 
with  a  grateful  smile  on  the  sympathetic  face  of  his  patient.  "  May  I  ask," 
she  said  with  marked  respect,  "  for  the  name  of  him  whose  skill  has  served 
to  give  me  such  prompt  relief?     I  would  not  soon  forget  it." 

"  My  name  is  Galen,"  he  answered  simpty,  "  Claudius  Galen." 

"  It  is  a  name  I  shall  remember,"  was  her  response.  "  My  father  will  re- 
ward you  with  gold ;  but  you  must  permit  me  to  return  you  the  grateful  thanks 
of  one  who  appreciates  to  the  utmost  your  gentle  and  efficient  service." 

"  Indeed,"  he  rejoined,  "in  that  case  your  return  to  me  will  be  greater  than 
that  of  your  father.     Though  placed  by  fortune  beyond  its  need,  I  may  not 


7  HE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR.  61 

for  the  honoi-  of  my  profession,  refuse  just  compensation  for  my  service ;  yet 
without  the  thanks'  and  gratitude  of  his  patient  the  physician  is  indeed  al- 
ways unrewarded." 

"  Spoken  like  a  young  gallant  of  the  Court,"  she  smiled  in  return,  "  albeit 
with  the  manner  of  a  parent  and  the  expression  of  a  friend."  With  this  she 
beckoned  to  her  slave  Geta,  who  at  once  handed  her  from  a  table  near  by,  a 
finger- ring  in  the  shape  of  a  delicately  carven  golden  lizard  set  with  precious 
stones.  "  I  pray  you  to  keep  this,"  she  said,  "  as  a  souvenir  of  the  gratitude 
of  Julia." 

"  You  will  at  least "  interposed  the  praetor,  as  soon  as  the  physician  had 
expressed  his  thanks  for  the  gift,  "  you  will  at  least  order  her  to  take  some 
hellebore  that  the  severity  of  the  inflammation  may  be  reduced?" 

"  No!"  answered  the  physician  promptly  and  cheerfully,  "  no  hellebore 
this  time.     We  shall  do  well  without  it." 

"  That  is  just  like  my  papa,"  interrupted  the  girl.  "  He  is  always  anxious 
to  do  just  a  little  more  than  is  actually  needed.  When  he  was  ^Edile  and 
had  charge  of  the  public  games  in  the  Circus  Maximus,  he  ordered  nearly 
a  score  of  panthers  to  be  kept  in  tbe  city,  when  one  alone  would  have  been 
sufficient  to  astonish  the  people  and  worry  the  elephants.  But,"  she  went 
on,  "  the  water-clock  in  the  atrium  must  be  marking  the  hour  for  our  noon- 
day meal.  Do  you  know,"  she  said  turning  to  the  physician,  "  out  here  by 
the  sea  we  have  such  appetites  that  we  eat  at  mid-day  almost  as  heartily  as 
at  dinner  in  town.  I  am  sure  that  you  will  not  refuse  to  join  the  gentlemen 
at  this  repast?" 

As  this  invitation  was  cordially  seconded  by  the  host,  the  physician  ac- 
cepted, and  was  at  once  escorted  to  the  triclinium,  one  of  the  smaller  dining- 
rooms  situated  on  the  sea-ward  side  of  the  villa,  where  a  delicious  sea-breeze 
swept  over  them  through  the  windows.  The  frescoing  of  this  room  was 
in  Egyptian  patterns.  It  was  furnished  with  a  large  inlaid  cedar-wood 
table,  surrounded  by  richly  embroidered  sofas  and  two  ample  side-boards 
covered  with  gold  and  silver  plate.  Here  they  were  joined  by  Severus,  who 
took  the  sofa  on  the  left,  while  the  physician  was  bidden  to  that  on  the  right 
of  the  host,  who  reclined  at  the  head  of  the  table.  The  butler  at  once  plac- 
ed before  each  flagons  filled  with  Falernian  wine,  while  the  slaves  removed 
the  sandals  of  those  who  reclined  on  the  couches  and  washed  their  feet  with 
scented  water  brought  in  silver  bowls,  drying  them  afterward  with  linen 
towels. 

The  table,  covered  with  a  purple  cloth,  was  adorned  with  vases  of  bronze 
filled  with  flowers.  On  it  were  also  placed  small  dishes  containing  white 
and  black  olives  and  several  kinds  of  cheese.  The  first  course  consisted  of 
broiled  oysters  from  the  Lucrine  Lake,  dressed  with  a  garum,  or  fish-sauce. 
"  I  admire,"  began  the  praetor,  "  your  excellent  skill,  my  good  Galen, 
which  I   recognize  as  far  superior  to  that  of  all  our  physicians  here.     To 


62  m  1 HE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 

which  of  the  sects  by  the  way,  do  you  belong,  to  the  pneumatics,  the  epi- 
synthetics,  the  methodists,  the  eclectics,  or ." 

"A  plague  on  all  sects  in  medicine:"  broke  forth  his  guest.  "I  abjure 
them  all!  Know,  O  Sergius,  that  I  am  only  a  disciple  of  my  great  master, 
Hippocrates.  He  was  the  faithful,  loving,  and  patient  student  of  nature 
herself,  in  whose  sovereign  po wer  only,  the  vis  medicatrix  naturce,  we  put 
our  trust.  This  is  my  creed,  and  my  practice  is  based  on  it  alone.  My  mis- 
sion here  is  to  bring  back  to  the  old  paths  those  who  have  been  straying 
from  them  for  nigh  four  hundred  years.  What  your  great  Trajan  did  for 
the  Roman  empire,  when  he  re-built  its  ruined  highways  and  repaired  its 
broken  aqueducts,  that  I  purpose  doing  for  the  men  of  my  profession  and 
my  day." 

"  Good!  "  responded  the  praetor,  "  but  I  marvel  that  you  should  under- 
stand the  bones  of  the  leg  when,  as  you  well  know,  in  all,  even  in  barbarian 
countries,  it  is  forbidden  by  law  to  open  the  human  body  for  the  prosecution 
of  such  studies." 

"  Ah !  there  speaks  the  lawyer,"  rejoined  Galen.  "  In  consequence  of  a 
dream  had  by  my  father,  a  wealthy  architect  of  Pergamus,  named  Nicon,  I 
was  from  my  earliest  youth  devoted  to  preparation  for  my  profession.  Since 
that  time  I  have  studied  in  the  great  medical  school  of  Alexandria,  and  have 
on  foot  travelled  through  Cilicia,  Palestine,  Thrace,  Italy,  Syria,  Crete,  and 
Cyprus,  yet  have  I  altogether  seen  but  two  skeletons  of  the  human  body, 
both  of  these  in  Alexandria;  one,  that  of  a  robber  condemned  to  exposure. 
Judge  if  I  have  not  spent  days  in  the  study  of  these!  But  there  are  other 
resources.  I  have  opened  hundreds  of  bodies  of  apes,  which  most  resemble 
those  of  the  human  race,  and  then  there  are  also  the  corpses  of  our  enemies 
slain  in  battle,  of  children  exposed  by  inhuman  parents,  and  of  slaves.  After 
all,"  (this  with  a  certain  quiet  smile  lingering  at  the  corner  of  his  mouth,) 
"the  few  make  the  laws;  the  many  must  suffer  and  die.  It  is  the  duty  of 
the  physician  to  obey  the  highest  law,  in  his  efforts  to  alleviate  that  suffer- 
ing and  to  postpone  that  death."  » 

"  Touching  that  question,"  interposed  Severus,  "  you  do  not  seem  to  be 
superstitious,  yet,  unless  I  greatly  err,  you  took  pains  to  enter  this  house 
with  the  right  foot  in  advance,  and  to  mutter  a  charm  as  you  crossed  the 
threshold.  For  one,  I  was  glad  to  see  it,  as  I  put  a  great  deal  of  faith  in 
these  things." 

"  As  to  the  first  charge,  it  is  true,"  returned  Galenus,  "  but  that  is  a  practice 
I  have  adopted  solely  for  the  benefit  of  superstitious  patients,  who  insist  that 
it  should  be  done;  and  I  am  ready  to  oblige  them  with  so  trifling  a  favor. 
But  as  to  the  second  charge,  it  Was  not  a  charm  that  I  uttered  as  I  came  in, 
but  only  one  of  the  aphorisms  of  my  master,  Hippocrates,  which  I  am  fond 
of  repeating." 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR.  63 

"  And  would  you  object  to  repeating  it  to  us  ?"  enquired  the  young 
soldier. , 

"  By  no  means,"  was  the  response.  "  It  runs  in  this  way:  '  Life  is  short; 
the  art  is  long;  occasion  sudden;  to  make  experiments  dangerous;  judgment 
difficult.  Neither  is  it  sufficient  that  the  physician  do  his  office  unless  the 
patient  and  his  attendants  do  their  duty,  and  that  externals  are  well  ordered !'  " 

"By  your  god,  Esculapius!"  ejaculated  Severus,  as  he  took  a  tablet  and 
stylus  from  his  bosom  and  made  a  note  of  the  words  he  had  heard  uttered, 
"  That  is  a  charm  good  enough  for  me,  and  is  worth  trying  some  day  in  a 
predicament! " 

At  this  moment  the  slaves  brought  in  for  the  second  course,  a  large,  well- 
seasoned  turbot  dressed  with  eggs  and  garnished  with  a  number  of  small 
sausages  no  larger  than  marbles,  all  smoking  hot.  Rolls  of  fine  wheat 
bread  were  also  placed  in  silver  bowls  near  the  hand  of  each  as  he  reclined 
at  the  table,  and  also  smaller  dishes  of  dressed  lettuce. 

"  They  tell  me,"  resumed  the  prastor,  "  that  you  have  been  in  attendance 
upon  the  family  at  the  palace,  and  have  had  in  your  charge  the  empress 
Faustina  and  the  young  prince  Commodus.     These  are  among  my  friends.'' 

"  You  are  right,"  said  the  physician,  his  genial  smile  suddenly  changing 
to  an  expression  of  gravity.  "  The  emperor,  his  wife,  and  the  prince  have 
been  lately  in  my  care." '  Here  he  stopped  rather  abruptly.  It  seemed  that 
he  preferred  to  talk  of  his  profession  rather  than  of  matters  at  court.  Sev- 
erus, noticing  this  hesitation,  was  diplomat  enough  to  change  the  subject. 

"  What  you  say  of  studying  anatomy  from  skeletons  is  well  enough,  but, 
by  Hercules!  how  can  one  know  all  about  broken  bones,  if  he  has  not  seen 
and  handled  many!     We  have  no  schools  for  such  study  as  this." 

"  For  this,"  replied  Galen,  "  I  am  indebted  to  my  native  Pergamus,  where, 
by  the  grace  of  the  Pontiff,  for  many  years  I  had  surgical  charge  of  the 
school  of  gladiators.  Perpol!  if  the  gladiators  and  wrestlers  do  not  serve 
for  the  study  of  broken  bones  and  wounds,  who  in  the  world  do!  Here  I 
was  first  to  observe  the  poplitaeus  muscle  and  the  platysma  myoides,  and 
first  also  to  describe  the  origin  of  the  tendo  Achillis." 

"  How  distant  and  far  separated,"  continued  Severus,  "  are  the  places 
where  one  must  study  all  the  details  of  your  art,  while  my  poor  profession 
can  be  acquired  in  the  camp  of  a  single  legion  of  the  Roman  Army!  When 
yours  is  mastered,  study  and  skill  do  the  rest;  but  the  soldier,  after  com- 
pletion of  his  training,  is  still  only  a  suppliant  to  the  goddess  of  Fortune!" 

"  Ah,  my  friend,  do  not  talk  in  that  way,"  interrupted  the  physician. 
"  Only  a  crowd  of  fools  pursue  that  false  divinity.  She  never  remains  for  any 
time  in  one  place,  since  the  pedestal  of  her  statue  is  moved  about  from  one 
situation  to  another;  now  above  a  precipice,  again  over  the  uncertain  waves 

1  It  was  a  favorite  saying-  of  the  Empress  Faustina,  that  'there  was  but  one  physician  in  the  world  and 
his  name  was  Galen!' 


64  THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 

of  the  sea.  And  when  her  followers  have  lost  all  hope  and  fall  dying  at 
the  base,  to  all  their  groans  and  appeals  for  aid  the  goddess,  safe  and  sound 
above,  has  for  an  answer  only  a  scornful  laugh!  " 

"  I  admire  your  philosophy,"  interjected  Sergius. 

"  Every  true  physician  is  a  philosopher,"  returned  Galen.  "  In  order  to 
understand  the  human  body,  its  different  maladies,  and  the  indications  for 
their  relief,  one  must  be  a  master  of  logic.  But  in  order  to  study  this  with 
ardor,  one  must  despise  wealth  and  practice  temperance;  that  is  all  there  is 
to  philosophy,  logic,  physics,  and  ethics.  A  man  who  cares  not  for  riches 
and  practices  temperance  can  never  commit  a  shameful  action;  for  all  the 
iniquities  of  which  man  is  ever  guilty  are  the  fruit  either  of  his  avarice  or  of 
his  appetites.  Your  true  philosopher  necessarily  possesses  all  the  virtues, 
for  they  are  all  so  indissolubly  linked  together  that  he  who  has  one  must 
have  all.  This  is  the  only  way  in  which  a  man  can  even  begin  the  study  of 
medicine." 

"  Well,"  added  the  soldier,  "  what  a  grand  thing  it  would  be  for  the  phy- 
sicians of  Rome,  if  all  could  be  philosophers;  and  if  in  some  such  vast  building 
as  the  baths  of  Hadrian,  one  could  collect  and  study  the  victims  alike  of 
accident  and  disease!" 

"  Ah!"  said  Galen  thoughtfully,  his  eyes  fixed  upon  vacancy, "  all  that  is 
yet  to  come.  To-day,  there  is  but  one  religion  that  encourages  the  care  of 
the  sick  and  of  the  poor.  It  is  that  of  the  unfortunate  and  persecuted  Nazar- 
enes.  But  they  are  rapidly  multiplying  in  the  East  and  in  the  West.  Thev 
fill  the  palace  of  the  Emperor  and  lodge  in  the  cell  of  the  .slave.  If  the 
time  ever  comes  (and  come  I  think  it  will)  when  a  Nazarene  shall  wear  the 
imperial  purple,  then  the  men  of  my  profession  shall  care  for  the  sick  and 
the  destitute  in  asylums  as  large  as  your  public  baths;  and  the  knowledge 
which  they  ask  me  to  impart  in  public  lectures  at  the  capital  shall  be  used 
for  the  benefit  of  the  rich  and  the  poor  alike." 

As  Galen  finished  with  these  words,  he  chanced  to  notice  a  Libyan  slave 
who  had  been  serving  his  vis-a-vis  at  table,  the  young  Severus,  and  who 
was  then  standing  behind  the  sofa  on  which  the  soldier  reclined.  As  he 
caught  the  words  uttered  by  the  physician,  a  tear  gushed  from  the  slave's 
dark  eyes  and  rolled  down  his  swarthy  cheek.  He  at  once  turned  aside  his 
head  to  conceal  his  emotion. 

"  Well  "  ejaculated  the  praetor,  "  it  is  all  one  to  the  most  of  us,  whether 
it  be  the  Master  of  the  Thunders,  Isis,  or  the  Jewish  hero,  whom  we  exalt 
to  the  pinnacles  of  religion;  the  Pantheon  is  large  enough  for  all." 

"  I  once  suffered  from  an  accident,"  said  Severus,  "  for  which  I  -was  treated 
by  one  of  my  slaves  with  their  sacred  oil,  and  the  result  was  simply  marvel- 
ous. I  have  a  great  respect  for  the  Nazai'enes,  and  would  not,  if  I  had  the 
power,  permit  their  persecution." 

At  the  sound  of  these  words,  Galen  regarded  the  young  man  with  fixed 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR.  65 

attention.     u  Of  course,"   Severus  continued,  "  you  have   no  more  faith  in 
the  gods,  excellent  Galen,  than  have  the  most  of  us!" 

"  If  you  are  at  all  interested  in  my  creed,"  said  Galen,  "  I  can  best  give  it 
to  you,  by  repeating  the  words  in  which  I  have  expressed  it  in  my  treatise 
entitled  De  usu  ■partium;  they  are  these:  —  In  writing  this  book,  I 
compose  a  true  and  real  hymn  to  that  awful  Being  who  made  us  all;  and, 
in  my  opinion,  true  religion  consists  not  so  much  in  costly  sacrifices  and 
fragrant  perfumes  offered  upon  His  altars,  as  in  a  thorough  conviction  im- 
pressed upon  our  own  minds  and  an  endeavor  to  produce  a  similar  impres- 
sion upon  the  minds  of  all  others,  of  His  unerring  wisdom,  His  resistless 
power,  and  His  all  diffusive  goodness.  For,  the  fact  that  he  has  arranged 
everything  in  that  order  and  disposition  which  are  best  calculated  for  its 
preservation  and  continuance,  and  that  He  has  condescended  to  distribute 
His  favors  to  all  His  works,  is  a  manifest  proof  of  His  goodness  which 
calls  aloud  for  our  hymns  and  praises.  That  He  has  found  the  means 
necessary  for  the  establishment  and  preservation  of  this  beauty,  order, 
and  disposition,  is  as  incontestible  a  proof  of  His  wisdom,  as  that  He  has 
done  whatever  He  pleased,  is  of  His  omnipotence."2 

Never  before  had  his  auditors  listened  to  words  like  these.  The  phy- 
sician had  spoken  with  a  feeling  that  betrayed  itself  in  the  tones  of  his 
voice  and  the  expression  of  his  clear  grey  eyes.  The  lawyer  and  the  soldier 
even  caught  something  of  his  inspiration  as  they  looked  with  mingled  awe 
and  admiration  upon  the  man  who  was  their  guest. 

Meanwhile  the  attendants  upon  the  table  served  them  with  the  last  qourse, 
consisting  of  pieces  of  pastry  baked  in  the  shape  of  pigeons  and  hawks, 
together  with  dried  figs. 

With  this  the  luncheon  was  concluded,  and  the  physician,  now  attended 
by  his  own  slaves,  took  leave  of  his  host,  promising  to  visit  his  patient  again. 
Severus,  however,  having  evidently  conceived  an  attachment  for  a  com- 
panion so  nearly  of  his  own  age,  accompanied  the  latter  down  the  marble 
stair-way  of  the  villa,  leading  to  the  street  below.  As  they  were  about  to 
part,,  the  young  soldier  expressed  the  hope  that  they  might  again  meet  in 
Rome. 

"  Noble  Severus,"  responded  Galen,  "  friend,  if  I  may  dare  to  employ 
such  a  name,  I  am  sure  that  we  shall  meet  again  and  that  often.  Before  we 
part,  however,  I  have  a  word  to  say  to  you,  under  the  rose.  I  know  well, 
as  who  in  the  Capital  does  not,  the  story  of  your  African  birth,  your  modest 
origin,  and  your  reputation  as  a  gallant  soldier,  which  has  well  earned  your 
advancement.  Even  now  your  name  is  mentioned  in  the  city  as  the  probable 
Consul  for  the  coming  year.     I  can  read  your  character  in  your  face;  and 

2The  most  of  these  responses  of  the  Master  are  translations  of  his  exact  language  as  found  in  his 
works. 


66  7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 

have  but  little  difficulty  in  guessing  the  height  of  your  ambition."  The 
cheek  of  the  young  man  glowed,  as  he  heard  these  words. 

"  I  know  also  that  you  are  superstitious,  and  that  your  dreams  have  been 
favored  by  omens.  There  is  that  in  you  which  persuades  me  of  your  future. 
The  empress  is,  as  you  know,  the  cousin  of  the  Emperor,  and  it  ill  becomes 
me  to  speak  of  her  character.  But  the  Prince  Commodus  has  received  a 
fatal  inheritance  that  renders  him  as  despicable  in  his  youth  as  he  will  be 
odious  in  his  manhood.  Fit  yourself  therefore,  for  the  responsibilities  of 
the  future  by  a  life  of  strict  self-denial.  Despise  gold;  put  a  strong  hand 
upon  all  your  appetites  and  passions;  preserve  by  exercise  your  physical 
vigor,  and  "  here  he  hesitated  a  moment,  "and  you  shall  yet  prove  of  inesti- 
mable value  to  your  country!  " 

With  this  the  physician  received  again  his  toga  from  his  slaves,  and  bade 
farewell  to  Severus,  who  was  not  only  profoundly  stirred  by  the  words  he 
had  just  heard,  but  also  astonished  at  the  revelation  they  made  to  him  of  the 
keen  insight  possessed  by  the  extraordinary  man  from  whom  he  was  parting. 
Before  we  bid  them  both  farewell  ourselves,  it  will  be  interesting  to  note 
that  Galen  was  practicing  medicine  in  Rome,  years  after  the  vile  wretch 
Commodus  had  been  strangled  to  death  in  a  drunken  stupor  by  a  professional 
wrestler,  and  Septimius  Severus,  Galen's  life-long  friend,  after  revenging 
the  death  of  the  gentle  Pertinax,  had  himself  attained  to  the  imperial 
purple  of  the  throne  of  the  Ctesars. 


THE  REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

The  reorganization  of  the  University,  intimated  in  the  Inaugural  Address 
of  President  Roberts,  has  been  consummated,  at  least  in  outline,  and  has  re- 
ceived the  formal  sanction  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  changes  made 
are  of  far-reaching  importance.  The  organization  adopted  is  designed  on 
the  one  hand  to  harmonize  and  adjust  the  relations  of  the  schools  now  under 
the  University  management,  and  on  the  other  to  outline  a  plan  sufficiently 
broad  to  provide  for  the  enlargement  of  the  University,  as  contemplated  in 
the  charter,  by  the  founding  of  professional  schools. 

Among  the  more  striking  changes  to  be  noticed  are,  the  designation  of 
the  college  as  Lake  Forest  College;  the  co-ordination  of  the  collegiate  de- 
partment of  Ferry  Hall  with  Lake  Forest  College,  under  the  name  Ferry 
College  for  Young  Ladies,  while  the  preparatory  and  seminary  depart- 
ments are  retained  under  the  name  of  Ferry  Hall  Seminary/  the  grouping 
of  these  schools  and  the  Lake  Forest  Academy  together  in  an  Undergradu- 
ate Department;  and  the  establishment  of  a  Professional  Depart- 
ment, comprising  the  four  University  Faculties  of   Philosophy,  Theology, 


7  HE  L.  F.   U.  STENT  OR.  67 

Law    and    Medicine.     A    general    view  of    schools    and    courses .  as    now 
arranged  is  here  given: 

Undergraduate  Department: 
Lake  Forest   College: 

Classical  Course;  Degree,  B.  A. 

Scientific  Course;  Degree,  B.  Sc. 
Ferry   College  for   Young  Ladies: 

Classical  Course;  Degree,  B.  A. 

Literary  Course;  Degree,  B.  Ph. 
Ferry  Hall  Seminary: 

Classical  Course,  Preparatory;  Diploma. 

Literary  Course,  Preparatory;  Diploma. 

Seminary  Course;  Degree,  B.  L. 

Music  Course;  Diploma. 
Lake  Forest  Academy: 

Classical  Course,  Preparatory;  Diploma. 

Scientific  Course,  Preparatory;  Diploma. 

English  Course  (General);  Diploma. 
Professional  Department: 
The  Philosophical  Faculty : 

Advanced  Courses  in  Philosophy;  Degree,  Ph.  D. 

Advanced  Courses  in  Classical  Philology;  Degree,  Ph.  D. 

Advanced  Course  in  Biology  and  Geology;  Degree,  Sc.  D. 
The  Theological  Faculty  : 

Not  yet  organized. 
The  Law  Faculty: 

Not  yet  organized. 
The  Medical  Faculty : 

Advanced    Com-ses    in    General    Theory    and    Practice    of    Medicine; 
Degree,  M.  D.    Rush  Medical  College. 

Advanced    Courses  in    Dental   and  Oral   Surgery;    Degree,   D.  D.  S. 

Northwestern  College  of  Dental  and  Oral  Surgery. 
The  following    considerations    are    among    those    that    have  led  to    the 
adoption  of  this  University  System : 

1.  It  is  simple,  showing  at  a  glance  the  relation  of  all  parts  to  the  general 
whole. 

2.  It  is  comprehensive,    providing    a  place    for  the  present  schools  and 
courses,  and  for  all  schools  and  courses  that  in  the  future  may  be  added. 

3.  It    is    symmetrical,  giving  each    school    and  course    a  distinct  places 
without  encroaching  upon  the  rjrovince  of  another. 


68  THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 

4.  Apparently  revolutionary,  it  is  really  conservative,  returning  from  the 
disorder  prevalent  in  the  adjustment  of  departments  in  American  institu- 
tions to  the  acceptance  of  the  organization  of  the  university  faculties  de- 
veloped through  the  centuries  of  educational  progress  in  Europe. 

5.  It  embodies  the  best  features  of  both  the  American  and  the  European 
organization  of  higher  institutions  of  learning,  for 

a.  It  replaces  the  gymnasium  of  the  Continent,  which  is  generally  ac- 
knowledged to  be  weak  on  the  side  of  philosophical  and  moral  train- 
ing, by  the  American  collegiate  courses,  which  are  equal  to  the 
gymnasium  as  regards  discipline  and  superior  in  point  of  general  culture; 

b.  By  means  of  elective  studies  in  the  last  two  years  of  all  collegiate 
courses,  and  the  distribution  of  courses  under  the  care  of  the  four  facul- 
ties of  Philosophy,  Theology,  Law  and  Medicine,  it  affords  the  widest 
opportunities  for  the  pursuit  of  specialties,  which  is  the  principal  re- 
commendation of  the  European  university  system ; 

c.  It  provides  for  the  education  of  both  sexes  alike;  in  the  Undergraduate 
Department,  by  parallel  courses;  in  the  Professional  Department,  by 
raising  no  barriers  to  women  becoming  candidates  for  degrees.  No 
European  University  has  so  generous  a  provision  as  this  for  the  higher 
education  of  women;  no  American  University  can  now  afford  to  ignore 
her  claims. 

Full  information  regarding  the  changes  in  the  University  and  its  courses 
will  be  found  in  the  new  catalogue,  which  will  appear  in  December. 


7  HE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


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Local,  .  .  .  Keyes  Becker, '89 
Alumni  and  Personal,  .  C.  H.  French, '88 
Exchange,  .  .  B.  M.  Linnell,'S9 
Advertising,         .         .       G.  A.  Wilson, '89 

RUSH  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 
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EDITORIAL. 


It  is  very  seldom  we  are  led  to 
openly  express  a  few  words  of  ad- 
vice to  the  "  funny  "  boys  of  our  col- 
lege, simply  because  in  the  past  the 
"  smart  and  funny  "  sort  have  been 
very  scarce  here.  We  enjoy  a  good 
practical  joke;  we  welcome  with 
pleasure  and  approval  anything  that 
will  enliven  our  college  life,  arouse 
our  spirits,  create  a  hearty  laugh,or  be 
an  amusing  subject  for  either  chat  or 
table  talk :  but  we  are  disgusted  with 
those  things  which  have  evidently 
been  done  for  the  express  purpose, 
on  the  part  of  some  one,  of  appearin°- 
funny  or  of  doing  something  funny. 
Now  we  recognize  in  a  few  things 
that  have  happened  lately  a  germ  of 
this  excessive  "  cutish  "  spirit. 
When  a  college  student  has  no  more 
esteem  for  himself,  or  regard  for  his 
fellow-students,  or  respect  for  the 
Faculty,  or  sense  of    what    is    truly 


funny  and  deserving  of  being  called 
a  good  joke,  than  to  remove  the 
Bible  from  the  chapel  pulpit  and  put 
a  box  in  its  place,  as  was  recently 
done,  we  with  all  earnestness  say  such 
a  person  truly  deserves  someexternal- 
ly  applied  force  for  his  own  edifi- 
cation and  his  neighbor's  pleasure. 
And  those  young  men  (we  can't 
believe  they  are  from  among  our 
numbers)  who  take  such  pleasure 
in  roosting  upon  the  Mitchell  Hall 
veranda  and  making  themselves  gen- 
erally a  nuisance,  surely  are  utterly 
lacking  in  any  of  those  noble  quali- 
ties that  go  to  make  up  a  gentleman. 
They  need  instruction  and  are  liable 
to  get  it. 

Nor  do  we  approve  of  tricks  that 
involve  the  destruction  of  property, 
whether  of  the  students  or  the  Uni- 
versity. We  make  due  allowance 
for  accidents,  but  cannot  call  it  an  ac- 
cident for  a  young  Freshie  to  delib- 
erately walk  up  to  a  door  and  kick 
the  panel  out,  merely  because  the 
boys  were  having  a  good  time  other- 
wise. He  had  too  much  of  the 
Adam  in  him,  and,  let  it  be  known, 
we  have  declared  war  against  the 
ways  and  meanness  of  old  Adam. 
And  this  practice  also  of  yelling  and 
singing  in  the  halls  during  recitations 
is  being  repeated  too  often  to  be  ap- 
preciated either  by  a  majority  of  the 
boys,  or  the  girls,  or  the  Professors. 
The  first  two  or  three  times  it  occur- 
red it  caused  hearty  laughter,  but 
now  it  only  arouses  a  weary  and 
sickly  smile  induced  by  mournful 
pity  for  those  who  so  plainly  reveal 
the  calf  nature  from  which  they 
sprang,  by  blatting  through  the  halls. 


7° 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


We  have  it  under  consideration  to 
take  up  a  collection  for  the  purpose 
of  buying  some  skimmed  milk  for 
these  little  calflings.  If  any  desire  a 
bottle,  just  send  in  your  names. 

We  hope  "  these  few  remarks  will 
be  sufficient "  to  improve  the  tone 
and  spirit  of  those  actions  that  are  in 
themselves  neither  funny  nor  elevat- 


A  small  volume  has  been  laid  on 
our  table  which  is  well  worthy  of 
being  read  by  all  young  men,  as  it  is 
the  account  of  a  young  man's  life 
written  by  a  young  man.  * 

In  it  is  told  the  story  of  a  young 
Englishman's  home  and  school  life 
and  his  subsequent  voyage  to  the 
South  Seas,  where  he  met  his  death 
by  the  terrible  volcanic  eruption  in 
New  Zealand,  June  1886.  The  first 
part  of  the  book  is  of  more  interest, 
perhaps,  to  the  friends  of  the  young 
man  than  to  the  general  reader,  but 
the  greater  part  consists  of  a  very 
interesting  narration  of  his  travels  in 
lands  too  little  known  by  us  and  the 
details,  graphically  recounted,  of  the 
wonders  and  terrors  of  the  last  fatal 
night.  The  chief  attraction,  how- 
ever, is  Bainbridge's  character.  One 
so  young  but  yet  exerting  so  mani- 
fest an  influence  for  good  is  seldom 
found.  Grandeur  of  character  must 
always  have  its  influence,  and  so  no 
one  who  has  thoughtfully  read  this 
work  can  go  back  to  his  tasks  with- 
out having  more  earnestness  of  pur- 


*  Edwin  Bainbridge,  A  Memoir:  By  T.  Darling- 
ton. London:  Morgan  &  Scott.  Chicago:  F.  H. 
Revell. 


pose  in  life.  The  volume  is  hand- 
somely bound  and  contains,  besides 
a  portrait,  several  illustrations  of 
New  Zealand  scenery. 


To  the  editors  of  The  Stentor : 

Gentlemen: — Your  last  issue 
contained  an  editorial  which  to 
us  seemed  not  only  entirely  uncalled 
for,  but  also  unwarranted.  We  re- 
fer to  the  article  on  Biblical  study. 

You  seemed  to  forget  that  you  are 
students  in  a  Christian  college,  sup- 
ported by  and  under  the  control  of  a 
Christian  church.  Such  a  college 
evidently  should  have  some  depart- 
ment in  which  Christianity,  as  a  dis- 
tinct subject,  would  be  made  an  ob- 
ject of  study. 

You  say  that  "  it  is  a  question 
worthy  of  consideration,"  whether 
such  a  study  is  profitable,  and  then 
proceed  to  enforce  your  position  by 
what  we  consider  very  weak  reasons. 

Your  first  objection  seems  to  be 
that  Biblical  study  is  at  any  rate  a 
very  unimportant  study,  and  too  much 
time  is  given  to  it. 

We  would  wish  to  be  informed 
why  it  is  more  important  for  a  young 
man  or  woman  to  have  "  an  acquaint- 
ance with  a  modern  language,"  or  "a 
thorough  course  in  some  natural 
science,"  or  "  the  opportunity  for  col- 
lateral reading,"  rather  than  a  course 
in  the  History,  Evidences,  and  Claims 
of  Christianity?  Why  should  a  stu- 
dent have  any  one  of  these  rather 
than  a  knowledge  of  the  influence  of 
Christianity  upon  the  history  and 
thought  of  the  world? 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


7i 


You  also  say  that  the  subjects 
studied  are  more  fit  for  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary. 

If  you  will  look  over  a  curriculum 
of  a  Theological  Seminary  you  will 
find  that  very  few  of  the  subjects  in 
our  Biblical  course  are  separately 
studied  in  the  seminary.  If  they 
come  in  a  seminary  course,  they 
come  in  incidentallv. 

You  also  say  that  more  than  half 
of  the  men  in  our  college  are  theo- 
logical students. 

This  is  a  mistake.  But  even  if  it 
were  true,  what  of  the  young  ladies 
and  the  remaining  men? 

But  your  greatest  mistake  is  of  a 
more  serious  nature.  You  appear  to 
overlook  the  fact  that  to-day  a  dead- 
ly struggle  is  being  waged  between 
Christianity  and  its  enemies.  These 
enemies  are  educated  and  aggressive. 
It  becomes  a  Christian  college  to 
send  out  graduates  able  to  cope  with 
these  enemies.  This  can  never  be 
done  by  paying  no  attention  to  the 
grounds  of  dispute,  or  by  treating 
them  as  of  no  importance.  It  can 
only  be  done  by  giving  the  student  a 
clear  view  of  the  disputed  field,  and 
showing  him  the  strong  foundations 
on  which  Christianity  rests.  If  a 
young  man  or  woman  leaves  college 
without  having  acquired  such  a  def- 
inite knowledge  in  regard  to  Christ- 
ianity, the  chances  are  much  against 
its  ever  being  attained.  And  we 
claim  that  no  student  can  conscien- 
tiously apply  himself  to  the  four 
years'  course  in  Biblical  in  this  col- 
lege without  being  well  grounded  in 
the  principles  of  Christian  Apologet- 
ics. Respectfully, 

Edward  E.  Nourse. 


We  are  well  aware  that  we  are 
students  under  the  direction  of  a  par- 
ticular church,  we  realize  our  obliga- 
tions to  that  church,  and  we  are  now 
seeking  only  the  education  which 
will  best  fit  us  to  advance  the  cause 
which  that  church  represents. 

Now,  the  question  raised  in  our 
last  issue,  was  not  if  Biblical  study  in 
our  college  should  be  abolished,  but 
if  the  existing  course  of  study  is 
profitable.  Further  thought  on  the 
subject  has  served  only  to  convince 
us  more  fully  that  it  is  noj;  sufficient- 
ly profitable.  First,  the  studies  in- 
cluded in  it  do  not  develop  and  train 
the  mental  faculties,  nor  is  the  knowl- 
edge gained  from  them — to  the  most 
of  us — of  any  practical  use.  While 
they  are  too  specific  to  form  a  part 
of  that  general  culture  which  the 
healthy  mind  demands,  at  the  same 
time  they  are  too  loose  and  rambling 
to  be  of  service  to  the  student  in 
special  lines  of  work.  We  do  not 
think  that  the  college  is  the  place  for 
work  in  specialties;  but  we  do  think 
that  the  college  ought  to  furnish  a 
broad,  solid  foundation  for  any  kind 
of  special  work  in  the  future.  Op- 
portunity for  more  work  in  the  En- 
glish language,  especially  practice  in 
the  art  of  expression,  elocutionary, 
training  throughout  each  term  of  the 
four  years,  more  work  in  such  nat- 
ural sciences  as  will  train  us  to  scien- 
tific methods  of  investigation  and 
thinking, — either  of  these,  we  be- 
lieve, would  be  more  profitable  than 
our  present  course  in  Biblical  study, 
in  preparation  for  any  work  of  life. 
These  subjects  should  be  included  in 
the  required  course  in  order  to  allow 
time  in  the  elective  course  for  some 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


of  those  studies  too  often  regarded 
as  mere  ornaments,  but  which  not 
only  fit  their  possessor  to  enjoy  life 
more,  but  also  bring  him  into  closer 
sympathy  with  mankind,  and  by  giv- 
ing him  a  higher  appreciation  of 
beauty  will,  perhaps,  enable  him  to 
reflect  some  glimmers  of  light  and 
gladness  on  the  dark  world  about 
him.  Such  studies  must  be  pursued 
while  in  college  by  one  who  intends 
to  devote  himself  strictly  to  his  own 
work  after  leaving  these  halls.  Now 
the  soul  of  man  should  be  well 
rounded  out,  symmetrical  in  all  its 
proportions.  The  narrow-minded 
man  and  the  lopsided  man  seem  hid- 
eous and  repulsive  to  us,  if  for  no 
other  reason,  because  they  offend  our 
aesthetic  nature.  It  is  a  fault  found 
with  many  of  our  ministers,  and 
with  justice,  that  they  are  too  nar- 
row-minded. The  ministerial  stu- 
dents who  form  at  least  half,  per- 
haps more,  of  our  young  men,  can 
study  in  any  first-class  seminary  all 
there  is  in  our  Biblical  course  that 
requires  work  in  the  class-room.  To 
those  who  are  not  studying  for  the 
ministry,  especially,  this  course  is  not 
practical.  They  are  not  the  ones  to 
meet  the  great  foes  of  Christianity. 
The  arms  of  Christianity  in  this  war- 
fare are  of  a  different  nature  from 
those  it  used  in  former  ages;  they 
cannot  be  used  by  every  man,  but 
only  by  him  who  has  had  a  long 
special  training  for  it.  Some  times 
in  the  pulpit  attempts  to  refute  the 
arguments  of  agnostic  scientists  are 
made  by  men  whose  zeal  is  praise- 
worthy, but  whose  preparation  is  in- 
sufficient for  the  task.     By  the  futil- 


ity of  their  offorts  thev  often  weaken 
the  cause  they  try  to  defend.  The 
special  training  requisite  for  success 
in  this  line  the  college  cannot  expect 
to  give,  but  it  can  and  should  lay  the 
foundation  for  it.  Our  Biblical  course 
is  not  adequate  to  this;  in  fact,  we 
believe  the  same  amount  of  time 
spent  on  Biology  alone,  would  be 
more  effective  in  attaining  this  end 
than  our  whole  course  in  Biblical. 

But  let  us  look  at  another  side  of 
the  question.  The  working  of  the 
great  engines  of  war  belongs  to  the 
few;  the  rest  of  us  have  a  single 
weapon,  which,  if  rightly  used,  will 
answer  all  our  needs.  In  our  Bib- 
lical course  why  not  study  the  Bible 
itself?  This,  we  think,  is  our  proper 
sphere.  We  can  all  use  it,  whatever 
place  in  life  we  may  fill;  and  while 
in  college  we  might  be  taught  its 
contents  in  a  scientific  and  orderly 
way,  and  be  trained  in  its  systematic 
use.  That  would  be  practical.  Such 
knowledge  every  one  could  use 
among  his  fellow  men;  it  would  at 
least  be  more  profitable  than  that 
gained  from  our  present  course. 


OUR  NOTE  BOOK. 


THE    COLLEGE. 

Who  hit  Smithy? 

Our  first  snow  storm — November 
19. 

Juniors  begin  the  study  of  literature 
after  Thanksgiving. 

Why  is  an  appetence  like  a  stand- 
ing high  jump  ?  Because  it  is  a  spring 
of  action. 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


73 


The  Junior  class  in  Physics  are 
billed  for  essays  in  December. 

Professor — "  Can  you  tell  who 
held  this  theory  of  phenomena?" 
Student  -"  Can't."  Prof essor  -"  Yes, 
that's  right,  and  what  can  you  say  of 
Kant's  idea?" 

The  Freshman  class  gathered  for 
an  evening  'of  enjoyment  at  the 
house  of  Miss  Rumsey,  on  Thursday, 
November  10. 

A  large  amount  of  new  apparatus 
has  been  purchased  for  the  natural 
science  department. 

Who  runs  the  College?  Dr. 
Roberts.  Who  thinks  he  runs  the 
College?     Fireman  Frye. 

The  members  of  the  Junior  class 
surprised  their  classmate,  Miss  Griff- 
in, at  her  home  on  Monday  evening, 
November  21.  They  spent  a  very 
pleasant  evening,  among  other  things 
enjoying  some  candy  which  two  of 
the  boys  "  found."  It  was  so  late 
when  they  parted  that  no  one  stu- 
died Physics  that  evening. 

In  connection  with  the  Zeta  Epsi- 
lon  Society  program  for  November 
19,  Mr.  Thos.  Mills  gave  the  mem- 
bers and  invited  guests  of  that  So- 
ciety a  talk  on  Prohibition.  Ques- 
tions written  by  those  present  and 
handed  to  the  speaker,  were  answer- 
ed by  him.  In  this  way  the  talk  was 
made  very  interesting  throughout. 

One  of  the  Sems  noticed  that 
Mr.  Nourse  had  his  hair  cut. 

Prof.  B.  «  Miss  D.  do  you  find 
the  study  of  the  Motive  Powers  hard, 
or  difficult  ?"  She  found  the  ques- 
tion easy. 


Prof.  D.  "  Miss  G — n,  how  would 
you  render  'I  was  very  much  pleas- 
ed,' in  German?'"  Miss  G — n. 
"  Ich  war  ganz  tickled  to  death." 
So  was  the  class. 

Math.  Mr.  Davis.  "  Prof,  will 
you  explain  the 'moduluses'  to  me?" 

"What  is  the  gentleman's  name  ?" 
The   college   boys  were  informed 
that    they    have    a   bad  influence  on 
the    "  Cads."     It  was  a  Cutting  re- 
mark. 

Biology  students  examining  the 
gills  of  lobster.  A.  G.  "  I  say, 
Dick,  do  you  know  what  this  last 
gill — this  post  gill — is  called?" 
Dick.      "  Yes,  it  is  the  Magill." 

We  here  desire  to  inform  those 
who  do  not  know  it  that  the  "  ladies" 
who  furnished  the  girls  waiting 
room  were  the  boys  of  the  college — 
at  least  they  did  the  major  part  of  it; 
and  they  do  not  remember  making 
any  conditions  that  would  exclude 
them  or  their  descendants  from  oc- 
casionally entering  the  room  they 
helped  to  decorate. 

Student.  "  Prof,  how  do  you  pro- 
nounce a-c-o-u-s-t-i-c-s?''  Prof. 
"  A-cow-sticks."  Student.  "  Where 
does  she  stick,  Prof?" 

Prof.  "  Miss  G.  what  is  a  well?" 
Miss  G.     "  A  hole." 

Critic  of  the  debate.  "Mr.  R. 
would  do  well  to  keep  his  hands  off 
his  revolver  while  talking,  and  Mr. 
J.  would  do  much  better  if  he  would 
take  some  of  Dr.  Stone's  Cough 
Drops  before  beginning  to  talk." 

Can    anyone  inform   Mr.  Linnel\ 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


whether  the    audiphone   will    work 
with  false  teeth  ? 

Fresh  to  Junior.  "  Got  your  bill 
yet?"  Junior.  "Yep!"  Fresh. 
"  What  does  it  amount  to?"  Junior. 
"  Tuition,  room  rent,  fuel,  $29.50, 
and  let  me  see,  $1.25  makes  $30.75." 
Fresh.  "$1.25!  What  is  that  for?" 
Junior.  "Oh,  that  is  for  religion! 
Going  to  charge  for  that  this  year." 

Not  long  ago  the  Senior  class  and 
the  young  ladies  of  Mitchell  Hall 
spent  an  enjoyable  evening  together 
at  the  house  of  President  Roberts. 

Omniscient  Senior  (after  long  and 
intricate  discussion  in  philosophy) — 
"  Well,  Professor,  I  don't  think  you 
see  my  point  yet."  Professor — 
"Well,  no.  Pretty  fine  point;  hard 
to  distinguish!  "     O.  S.  subsides. 

The  reception  given  by  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Seeley,  at  Ferry  Hall  on  Fri- 
day evening,  November  18,  was 
most  enjoyable.  The  reception 
room  was  very  tastefully  decorated, 
and  the  young  ladies  looked  their  very 
best.  Like  all  the  receptions  at  the 
Seminary,  this  one  left  a  bright  spot  in 
the  memories  of  those  present. 

"  This  world  is  but  a  fleeting 
show,"  sang  the  Soph  who  followed 
a  form  divine  for  two  blocks  and 
then  found  it  to  be  only  a  teacher. 

The  week  of  prayer  for  young 
men,  November  13-20,  was  observed 
by  Y.  M.  C.  A.  meetings  in  the 
academy  chapel  every  evening  dur- 
ing the  week.  There  was  a  large 
attendance  at  each  meeting,  and  gen- 
eral interest  was  manifested  through- 
out.    A  choir  of  college  students,  or- 


ganized for  the  purpose  sang  at  every 
meeting. 

Three  parties  at  Hallowe'en  help- 
ed to  enliven  the  routine  of  college 
life.  The  Juniors  met  at  the  home 
of  their  classmate,  Miss  •  Horton. 
Miss  Grace  Reid  entertained  a  com- 
pany of  friends  at  her  home,  and 
Misses  Nellie  and  Florence  Durand 
gave  some  of  their  friends  an  enjoy- 
able evening. 

We  are  sorry  to  report  the  severe 
accident  which  occurred  recently  to 
Aubrey  Warren,  of  the  class  of  '91. 
As  he  was  climbing  into  the  back  of 
a  moving  wagon,  a  board  gave  way, 
throwing  him  against  a  wheel  which 
threw  him  violently  to  the  ground. 
His  face  was  very  badly  bruised  and 
cut,  the  injuries  being  quite  serious 
and  necessitating  his  staying  at  home 
for  some  time.  His  speedy  recov- 
ery is  hoped  for  by  all  his  many 
friends. 

'Twas  night.  The  restless  inmate 
of  the  "  Cad  "  had  sunk  to  rest,  the 
"  detective"  had  shut  one  eye  for  the 
night,  and  the  lights  in  the  palace  of 
the  chancellor  were  extinguished. 
The  moon,  piercing  the  thin  tissue 
of  fleecy  clouds,  tipped  the  dark 
waters  of  the  lake  with  a  wavy, 
tremulous  light,  and  the  dark-brow- 
ed emerald  Freshman  moved  on 
his  homeward  way  from  the  initial 
class  party  of  the  season,  his  borrow- 
ed suit  flapping  in  the  wind.  No 
sound  was  heard  save  the  last  sob  of 
some  retiring  Soph,  as  he  gently 
turned  off  the  gas  in  the  hall,  and 
mournfully  but  firmly  grasped  the 
handle   of   his    water-pitcher.     In    a 


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corner  of  the  dormitory  a  little  band 
of  Sophomores  was  gathered  togeth- 
er. The  scowl  of  conflict  was  gath- 
ering on  their  brows  and  their  dress 
gave  evidence  of  an  approaching 
crisis.  There  was  an  aching  void  of 
sixty  seconds,  when  Georgeacus  gent- 
ly laying  his  mortar-board  upon  the 
banister,  stepped  forth  and  addressed 
them:  "Ye  call  me  chief,  and  ye 
do  well  to  call  him  chief,  who  for 
two  long  years  has  faced  Mathemat- 
ics and  yet  has  never  flunked!  I  will 
omit  the  rest  of  my  speech,  and  will 
only  remind  you  that  we  have  lock- 
ed out  the  Freshmen,  and  if  they  get 
in  they  will  have  Blood,  and  don't 
you  forget  it!  Let  us  keep  them  at 
bay,  if  possible,  but  if  they  should 
overpower  us,  then  let  us  fly  to  our 
rooms,  lock  the  doors,  and  engage  in 
slumber,  deep  yet  noiseless.  E'en  now 
the  rampant  Freshman  is  abroad  be- 
low. It  is  time  for  action.  All  hands  to 
the  pump,  and  don't  give  up  the  ship !" 
Orders  were  obeyed,  a  window  was 
lifted,  and  one  Freshman  was  floated 
off  towards  the  Sem.  Wrathy 
shouts  below  soon  indicated  that  the 
Freshies  had  found  an  entrance  by 
the  back  door.  With  a  rush  they 
came  up  stairs,  and  Adams,  in  the 
front  rank,  was  providentially 
drowned.  "  Gr-reat  Shcott!  boys, 
they've  been  in  moy  room !  "  ejacu- 
lated the  noble  president,  as  he  view- 
ed through  the  door  which  he  had 
carefully  barricaded,  a  waste  of 
second-hand  dry  goods  and  litera- 
ture, and  a  conspicuous  absence  of 
his  bed.  But  the  Freshman  who 
boasted  that  "  they  could'nt  get  into 
i  his   room,"    found    his    three    locks 


counted  for  nothing,  and  his  room 
looked  as  though  a  cyclone,  wearing 
a  mortar-board  with  a  red  tassel,  had 
paid  strict  attention  to  busines? 
Then  did  the  Freshmen  show  the! 
mettle.  Sixteen  in  all,  they  gather- 
ed round  the  door  of k the  Bluejay, 
who  in  response  to  their  beseeching 
entreaties,  appeared  upon  the  scene 
with  a  flourish  of  Indian  clubs  and 
oratory.  At  sight  of  this  one  poor  lit- 
tle Freshman's  eyes  watered,  and 
moaning  "Pretty  good !  "t'he  wiggled 
to  his  room.  The  chief  fought  hard, 
but  sixteen  were  one  too  many  for 
him.  In  the  course  of  his  exercise 
some  language  just  missed  Blood  and 
hit  the  wall,  making  a  hole  about  3 
inches  in  diameter  and  5^  of  an  inch 
deep.  Bound  hand  and  foot,  the 
captain  was  carried  to  the  fourth 
floor  and  stationed  in  an  empty 
room.  Two  of  his  classmates  soon 
joined  him,  and  it  only  remained  to 
capture  the  "  cow-boy  Soph."  How- 
ever, after  hearing  him  talk,  and 
knowing  that  he  was  truthful,  the 
arbitration  committee  decided  that  fif- 
teen could  hardly  handle  him.  A 
night  watch  was  set  over  the  others 
and  the  worthy  president,  as  he  had 
no  bed,  went  on  duty.  At  early 
dawn  the  Bat  and  the  Blue-jay  flew 
out  of  the  window  and  escaped  to 
the  tall  timber  on  the  second  floor. 
That  morning  the  Freshman  girls 
came  to  chapel  in  their  best  dresses, 
the  Sophs  at  Mitchell  Hall  having 
taken  care  that  they  should  have 
nothing  else  to  wear.  They  looked 
very  nice.  The  secretary  of  the  fac- 
ulty has  been  seen  in  close  conversa- 
tion with  President  Neptune,  and  it 


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s  supposed  that  damages  will  be 
paid.  The  Sophs  now  roost  under 
he  protecting  wing  of  the  faculty. 

Morning  after  Freshies  par  ty. 
Mr.  G— y,  coming  out  of  Greek 
recitation  meets  a  friend  and  confi- 
dentially whispers  him,  "  I  made  a 
dead  flunk  in  Greek."  Prof.  Z., 
just  behind  overheard  and  supported 
Mr.  G — y  by  saying,  "  Y-e-s  you 
did,  Mr.  G — y,  you  did,  you  did!" 

Psy  class.  Prof.  B.  "Well,  Mr. 
W— n,  what  do  you  think  about  the 
moral  appetences,  are  they  original  ?' 
Mr.  W — n  hesitates,  thinks  hard, 
and  finally  says,  "  Yes,  sir,  I  do." 
Prof.  B.  "  Yes,  so  does  our  author, 
Dr.  McCosh."  (Shame  to  so  dis- 
courage original  thought.) 

Mr.  D.  translated  the  German 
clause  "Loben  wir  ihn  und  sia,"  by 
"we  he  she  praise."  When  asked  to 
translate  the  English  he  flunked. 

Prof.  "  And  men  and  animals 
are  — ?"  Student.  "Gregarious." 
Prof.  "  Yes,  I  think  so.  This  is 
seen  in  the  flocking  of  birds  and  the 
sculling  of  fish."  We  suppose  he 
had  reference  to  the  schooling  of 
Fresh  fish. 

Senior  class.  Prof.  H.  "Mr.  J. 
have  you    read    the  life   of  the  poet 

?"     Mr.  J.     "Yes,  sir."     Prof. 

H.  "  Well,  what  can  you  tell  us 
about  him?"  Mr.  J.  "  Hem— I— 
I— he  died  in  '61,  I  think."  What 
an  impressive  narration! 

The  gentleman  who  did  not  desire 
to  subscribe  for  our  Stentor  because 
he  only  had  time  to   read   for  infor- 


mation was  too  Swift  in  his  decision1 
The  Stentor  is  full  of  information. 

The  Faculty  consider  the  Fresh- 
men are  "  on  top."  What  do  you 
think  about  it,  Sophs? 

Prof.  G.  is  authority  for  saying 
that  Miss  D.  eats  a  loaf  of  bread  for 
breakfast  every  morning.  Mr.  G — y 
wants  to  know  if  Annie  one  be- 
lieves it. 

FERRY    HALL. 
MARRIED. 

Socialist — Bond. — Friday  even- 
ing, November  n,  1887,  at  the  resi- 
dence of  the  bride,  Ferry  Hall,  Lake 
Forest,  111.,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mc- 
Snorter,  Miss  Silly,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parsons  Bond,  to  Mr. 
J.  G.  Socialist,  son  of  T.  B.  Socialist, 
Esq. 

Promptly  at  fifteen  minutes  past 
eight  o'clock  the  sounds  of  Mendels- 
sohn's Wedding  March  were  heard  in 
the  palatial  residence,  the  doors  of 
the  drawing  room  were  thrown  open 
and  the  wedding  cortege  appeared. 
The  pages  Barraclis  and  Gondalez 
came  first,  followed  by  the  bride's 
maid  and  groom's  man.  The  groom 
accompanied  the  mother  of  the  bride 
and  the  bride  followed  leaning  on 
the  arm  of  her  father. 

The  following  ceremony  was  then 
performed  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mac- 
Snorter:  "Dearly  Beloved:  We 
are  gathered  in  the  face  of  this  com- 
pany to  join  this  man  and  this  wo- 
man in  matrimony.  Into  this  estate 
these  two  persons  come  now  to  be 
joined.     If  any  man  can  show  great 


7  HE  Z.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


11 


cause  why  they  may  not  foolishly  be 
joined  together,  let  him  speak  now 
or  else  hereafter  forever  hold  his 
tongue.     Come  Forward." 

To  Man.—"  Wilt  thou  have  this 
woman  to  be  thy  petted  wife,  to  live 
and  fight,  to  scratch  and  belt  her,  as 
in  the  state  of  matrimony?  Wilt 
thou  domineer  over  her  command 
and  find  fault  with  her,  and  altogether 
make  her  life  miserable  as  becometh 
a  lord  of  creation?  " 
Man  :  "  I  will." 

To  Woman:  "Wilt  thou  have 
this  '  lord  of  creation  '  to  be  thy  mas- 
ter? Wilt  thou  be  meek,  obedient, 
bring  up  his  meals  to  time  (without 
extra  Gharge),  pick  up  after  him,  and 
sew  on  buttons  for  him  as  long  as  you 
both  shall  live?" 
Woman  :  "  I  will." 
"  Who  giveth  this  woman  to  be 
married  to  this  man?  Is  there  any 
token  of  this  wish  ?  " 

"  With  this  ring  he  thee  weds,  and 
with  all  his  worldly  goods  he  thee 
endows." 

"  I  pronounce  you  man  and  wo- 
man." 

Congratulations  were  then  in  or- 
der, and  the  remainder  of  the  even- 
ing was  spent  in  dancing. 

The  costumes  worn  were  mostly 
borrowed.  The  bride  was  attired  in 
a  poem  of  ivory  satin,  high  puffed 
sleeves,  demitrain,  draperies  of  In- 
dia, crepe  and  white  lace  veil.  Mrs. 
Parsons  Bond,  the  mother  of  the 
bride,  wore  black  satin  with  cut  jet 
trimmings,  her  one  ornament  being 
a  diamond  pin.  The  brides'  maid, 
Miss  Idiot,  was  dressed  in  pink  In- 
dia   mull,  her    only  ornament  being 


a  gold  bracelet,  a  present  from  the 
groom.  The  presents  were  numer- 
ous and  costly.  The  parents  of  the 
bride  presented  the  young  couple 
with  two  apples  and  as  many  ginger 
cookies.  The  groom  presented  his 
bride  with  an  exquisite  China  pig. 

On  Friday  evening,  Nov.  18,  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Seeley  took  great  pleasure 
in  receiving  the  townspeople  of  Lake 
Forest  and  a  number  of  the  students 
of  the  university. 

Miss  Jennie  Snyder,  of  Morris, 
spent  a  few  days  with  us.  Ferry 
Hall  is  always  glad  to  welcome 
back  the  old  faces. 

The  champion  pedestrians  of  Ferry 
Hall  start  for  a  short  walk.  They 
arrive  at  Waukegan,  a  town  about 
nine  miles  distant  from  their  Semi, 
nary.  As  they  have  only  fifteen  min- 
utes for  their  return,  they  do  return 
but  by  rail. 

Will  the  member  of  the  class  of 
1888  please  inform  an  anxious  in- 
quirer at  what  date  the  French  Re- 
formation occurred  ? 

Debate. — Question:  Are  balls 
of  frozen  vapor  detrimental  to  Seno- 
rial  dignity  ?  Affirmative,  class  of 
'87;  negative,  class  of  '88. 

A  certain  doctor  gave  a  great  din- 
ner and  bade  many  to  be  present, 
whereupon  a  few  with  harmonious 
discord  began  making  excuses.  Two 
were  too  young  and  susceptible  to 
wander  so  far  from  their  Alma  Ma- 
ter, but  remorse  soon  o'ertook  them, 
and  they  endeavored  to  put  an  end 
to  their  miserable  existence  by  call- 
ing upon   the   Heavens  to  rain  plase 


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J  HE  L.  F  U.  STENTOR. 


ter  and  smite  them.  Some  were  too 
tightly  bound  in  the  golden  chords 

of for  "  the  girl  I  left  behind 

me."  Some — ah,  well!  What  can 
we  say?  The  distant  city  called 
them  away.  Some  were  distracted 
by  two  opposing  forces.  The  neg- 
ative failed,  and  the  positive  drew 
them  with  overwhelming  power  a 
few  rods  to  the  westward  and  left 
them  at  the  abode  of  the  Graces. 


ACADEMY. 

Who  put  that  sticky  stuff  on  the 
handle  of  Macalester's  door? 

Where  have  Jonney's  short  pants 
gone  to? 

Our  reporters  have  purchased  a 
new  suit  and  found  a  clean  collar 
left  over  from  last  spring.  They  are 
now  able  to  take  notes  in  either  short 
hand  or  telephone,  and  the  next  issue 
of  the  Stentor  will  not  be  delayed 
on  their  account. 

Longfellow,  according  to  an  Aca- 
demic authority,  is  a  beautiful  poet, 
especially  in  that  part  of  the  poem 
Evangeline  where  he  compares 
Evangeline  to  a  cow!  ! 

If  any  one  wishes  to  know  why 
Robert,  son  of  the  Earl  of  Essex, 
was  so  obedient  to  his  father's  com- 
mands please  ask  "  Historical  Jones  " 
— he  will  inform  you. 

The  poets  which  the  students  of 
L.  F.  U.  like  to  peruse  while  sitting 
on    the  shores  of    the    lake    (in  the 


winter    of    course)    are    Shell v    and 
Crabbe. 

Terrible  accident!  A  dull  thud 
was  heard  at  the  east  end  of  Acade- 
my Hall  this  morning  at  10:45  P- M. 
On  investigation  it  was  soon  ascer- 
tained that  G.  W.  Nichol's  jug  had 
fallen  from  the  fourth  story  window 
and*  broken  its  neck.  The  remains 
will  lie  in  state  at  the  end  of  the 
Hall  until  "  Guv  "  deposits  them  in 
the  ravine.  One  more  step  towards 
the  cause  of  Prohibition. 

As  it  is  time  for  us  to  go  to  our 
Swineology  class  and  hear  Prof.  S — 
tell  us  that  the  electric  eel  is  the  most 
shocking  thing  in  natural  history, 
and  for  the  boys  to  stand  up  without 
being  propped  up,  and  to  quit  putting 
pins  in  chairs  with  the  points 
towards  the  zenith,  we  will  wipe  our 
pen  and  lay  it  gently  aside  (on  ac- 
count of  the  handle  being  busted) 
and  bid  you  adieu. 

For  the  Stentor. — 

We  would  gently  warn  the  bril- 
liant youth  who  writes  the  Academic 
columns  of  the  L.  F.  U.  Stentor, 
that  if  he  tries  to  elect  the  "  Candi- 
dates for  the  Pump;"  namely,  the 
undersigned,  that  an  article  called  a 
base-ball  bat,  will,  in  all  probabilitv, 
come  in  contact  with  the  balloon  like 
structure  situated  on  his  shoulders 
and  carried  in  lieu  of  a  head. 
Respectfully, 
Obidiah  Whiteside. 

S.    DUDLY    OvCHOEF. 

Van  Epps  Steel. 
Johnnie,  alias  Short  pants. 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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Don't  tell  any  one,  but  in  a  few 
days,  as  soon  as  we  can  get  a  tank 
made  ar.d  the  paraphernalia  connect- 
ed therewith,  we  are  going  to  put 
our  "  Fish  "  in  water.  Be  it  known 
our  "  Fish  "  is  a  whale. 


RUSH  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 


EDITORIAL. 

The  story  of  the  life  of  Professor 
Moses  Gunn,  of  his  lingering  and 
painful  illness,  his  heroic  suffering 
and  sad  death,  has  been  told  in  the 
daily  papers  and  is  doubtless  familiar 
to  all.  A  few  words  concerning  him 
as  he  appeared  to  the  students  of 
Rush  Medical  College,  the  scene  of 
his  labors  and  triumphs  for  the  last 
twenty  years  may  not  be  amiss. 

We  all  thought  him  a  noble  speci- 
men of  physical  manhood.  His  tall, 
erect,  well-rounded  and  well-knit 
frame;  his  white,  curling  locks;  his 
keen,  blue  eye — all  made  him  a  con- 
spicuous figure.  And  when  added 
to  this,  we  noted  his  firm,  quick  step; 
his  energy  in  action  showing  the 
Highland  blood  that  coursed  through 
his  veins;  his  scrupulous  nicety  about 
his  appearance  and  dress,  even  to  the 
minutest  details,  we  could  readily  un- 
derstand why  he  was  the  prominent 
personage  whether  in  the  parlor,  the 
arena  at  his  clinic,  or  in  the  sick- 
room ;  and  why  it  was  that  he  was 
looked  upon  as  the  master,  as  the 
one  who  commanded,  by  all  with 
whom  he  was  associated. 

Many  of  us,  at  first,  misjudged  the 
man  and  the  surgeon,  as  we  saw  him 
at  his  Tuesday  and  Saturday  clinics. 


We  sometimes  thought  him  harsh 
and  overbearing.  But  we  gradually 
learned  that  he  was  born  to  have 
authority,  and  that  underneath  the 
apparently  rough  word  or  action  was 
a  warm  and  honest  heart.  He  had 
no  nonsense  in  himself;  he  did  not 
like  it  in  others;  and  his  words  of  re- 
proof, like  his  scalpel,  often  caused 
pain  by  the  wound  so  freely  made, 
but  they  were  sure  to  do  good  and 
in  many  cases  to  work  a  cure. 

Viewing  him  as  a  surgeon,  we 
could  not  comprehend  the  cer- 
tainty of  the  rapid  diagnosis  and 
the  equally  certain  and  rapid 
operation.  At  times  we  accused 
him  of  cai-elessness  in  the  one 
case  and  "cutting  and  slashing"  in 
the  other.  But  our  censure  soon 
changed  to  wonder  and  admiration. 
His  keen,  disciplined  eye  detected  at 
a  glance  the  irregularity,  change  of 
contour,  loss  of  function  in  the  part, 
things  which  we  could  but  faintly 
perceive  after  careful  study. 

And  we  saw  that  where  other 
surgeons  toiled  with  laborsome  and 
painstaking  carefulness,  feeling  every 
step  of  their  way,  he,  trusting  to  his 
very  accurate  knowledge  of  anatomy 
and  his  wide  experience,  worked 
with  a  boldness  and  rapidity  that 
were  marvelous.  He  always  took 
the  short  cut  in  his  surgical  opera- 
tions, for  with  him  it  was  the 
safest.  We  have  seen  him  make  the 
complete  operation  for  hare-lip  in 
five  minutes.  And  the  manner  in 
which  he  extirpated  tonsils,  cut  for 
stone,  opened  abscesses,  etc.,  was  a 
never-failing  source  of  enjoyment  to 
the    student   audience.       Before  one 


So 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


fairly  realized  that  he  was  ready  to 
begin,  he  seemed  to  be  through. 
And  yet  he  was  not  tempted  to  un- 
dertake an  operation  that  would, 
perhaps,  bring  renown  for  its  brilli- 
ancy, while  it  could  not  benefit  the 
patient.  Often  as  we  saw  the  large 
tumor  enter  the  clinic,  our  younger 
pulses  beat  a  little  more  rapidly  and 
our  blood  tingled  in  our  veins  with 
expectancy.  But  we  were  frequently 
disappointed  in  our  hopes  of  seeing  a 
brilliant  operation,  for  he  was  al- 
ways honest  with  his  patients  and 
never  held  out  to  them  false  hopes 
for  the  sake  of  gaining  temporary 
applause. 

Much  more  might  be  said  of  him 
did  space  permit.  He  was  a  clear, 
enthusiastic,  and  practical  lecturer;  he 
had  always  on  hand  a  fund  of  humor 
and  good-fellowship;  he  was  kind 
and  indulgent  in  speaking  of  the  mis- 
takes of  other  physicians.  And  the 
students  always  liked  him  for  his 
promptness  and  punctuality.  At  the 
exact  minute  for  clinic  or  lecture,  he 
entered  the  arena.  Many  a  time  I 
have  seen  him  stand  with  watch  in 
hand,  impatiently  waiting  for  the 
moment  to  come  when  he  could  en- 
ter the  amphitheater  and  be  at  work. 
"  I  would  make  a  poor  waiter?  he 
once  remarked. 

We  scarcely  recognized  his  great- 
ness when  he  was  among  us.  Yet 
those  of  us  who  listened  to  the  ex- 
cellent analysis  of  his  character  by 
Rev.  Clinton  Locke,  as  he  spoke 
over  the  body  of  his  dead  friend  on 
that  Sabbath  afternoon,  felt  in  our 
hearts  how  true  was  the  tribute  of 
the    few    well-chosen    words     that 


were  uttered,  and  realized  as  we 
never  had  before,  that  our  friend  and 
teacher  was  a  prince  among  surgeons, 
in  very  truth  a  great  and  noble  man. 

j.  B.  H. 

The  following  are  the  resolutions 
adopted  unanimously  by  the  students 
of  Rush,  and  read  at  the  funeral  of 
Dr.  Gunn.  A  copy  of  the  same  was 
also  written  on  parchment  and  pre- 
sented in  a  beautiful  frame  to  Mrs. 
Gunn. 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty 
God  to  call  from  among  us  our  dis- 
tinguished professor  and  friend,  Mo- 
ses Gunn,  who  for  the  past  twenty- 
one  years  has  earnestly  labored  for 
the  best  interests  of  the  students  of 
our  college:  We,  the  students  of 
Rush  Medical  College,  desire  to 
place  on  record  the  high  esteem  in 
which  the  deceased  was  held  by  us. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of 
Professor  Gunn  the  Medical  profes- 
sion of  America  has  lost  one  of  its 
ablest  surgeons,  and  suffering  hu- 
manity has  been  deprived  of  one  of 
its  greatest  benefactors. 

Resolved,  That  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, in  the  death  of  the  member  of 
its  Faculty,  has  suffered  an  almost  ir- 
reparable loss;  while  the  students 
have  been  deprived  of  the  instruction 
of  one  whose  wisdom  has  been  ev- 
erywhere known  and  acknowledged. 

Resolved,  That  we  do  extend  to 
the  bereaved  widow  and  family  of 
the  deceased  our  sincere  sympathy 
and  condolence. 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  students  of 
the  college,  attend  the  funeral  cere- 
monies in  a  body. 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


Si 


The  news  of  the  recent  resignation 
of  Professor  Strong,  and  the  sever- 
ance of  his  connection  with  Rush, 
was  as  unlooked  for  as  it  was  unwel- 
comed  by  the  students.  For  more 
than  fourteen  years  Professor  Strong 
has  labored  earnestly,  conscientiously 
and  faithfully  to  advance  the  highest 
interests  of  the  students  and  the  insti- 
tution in  which  he  served ;  and  it  is 
with  sincere  regret  and  a  high  ap- 
preciation of  his  labors  that  we  see 
him  step  out  from  our  midst.  Cer- 
tainly those  of  us  who  have  been 
under  his  immediate  supervision  and 
guidance  in  his  position  as  Demon- 
stator  of  Anatomy  can  testify  that 
his  instruction  was  that  of  a  sound, 
scholarly  man,  whose  knowledge  of 
the"  department  was  anything  but 
superficial. 

It  belongs  not  to  us  as  students  to 
find  fault  with  or  even  question  the 
wisdom  and  purposes  of  our  honored 
Faculty :  yet  we  do  wish,  as  students, 
to  say, — and  we  certainly  express 
the  unanimous  sentiment  of  the 
college — that  we  wish  Professor 
Strong  to  remember  that  we  have 
appreciated  his  earnest  efforts  in  our 
behalf;  that  we  honor  him  for  the 
manliness  which  he  has  shown  in 
his  resignation;  and  that  wherever 
his  walk  in  life  may  lead,  we  shall 
retain  for  him  a  warm  corner  in  our 
hearts. 

It  is  with  sincerest  wishes  that  he 
may  attain  and  reap  the  honors 
which  his  earnest  life,  deserves  that 
we  pass  from  his  instruction  and 
sever  our  relations  to  him  as  students' 

L.   M.   B. 


RUSH    LOCALS. 

M-o-r-e! 

M-a-a-a-ail! 

"  Which  is  the  quiz  row  ?  " 

"  Now  I  want  to  say  in  reference 
to—" 

You  will  kick  the  dog  will  you, 
Hannah? 

Sounds  from  the  arena 

"  Bo!-woh-ho-t-cho-mac-mai-up 
wowmacmailuppasshimmail ! " 
This    means   "  we  are  desirous  of 
receiving  our  mail." 

Cod  Liver  Oil  is  here! 

There  was  a  young  Rushite  named    Han- 
nah, 
Who  assumed  quite  a  confident  mannah 
Till  he  kicked  at  a  pup 
And  some  one  said  "  up!" 
And  "that's  what's  the  matter  with    Han- 
nah.'' 

Dispensary  Dialect. 

"  Been  here  befor?" 

"  No,  I've-a- 

"  Let's  see!  all  right!  54  and  13; 
gentlemen." 

"  Bandage  soup  " — (Marcuson)  *  '. 
"  Pass  up  Mac!" 

Lock  and  Schubert  were  not  in 
earnest,  they  were  only  having  a 
game  of  "  Hermit  and  Bear."  Both 
wanted  to  do  the  "  bear  act  "  and 
brush  the  flies  off  the  others  nose. 

"  I  wish  now  to  call  your  atten- 
tion to  another  remedy  called—" 


82 


1 HE  L.  K  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


The  last  successful  operation  per- 
formed in  the  college  was  a  brilliant 
one.  The  great  Fistula  gastrica 
in  dogo.  (Private  instructions  in 
Dogorology  given  by  the  Phys.  Lab. 
Supes.) 

Cod  Liver  Oil  when  "taken  should 
be  well  shaken." 

Ah  ha!  Tyler!  and  thou  didst  go 
up !  and  what  did'st  thy  wail  of  "Pa ! ! 
pa ! !  oh  fa  !  !  !  "  avail  thee  then  ? 

The  Rush  men  must  subscribe  for 
the  Stentor  for  one  year  and  pay 
a  dollar  each;  of  course  they  must — 

If  you  want  to  know  how  to  sit 
down  in  a  chair  when  there  isn't  any 


chair  there,  just  ask  Beeson;  he  can 
tell  you  all  about  it. 

Wanted,     three     new    supes     for 
Prof.  Parkes'  Clinic;  we  only   have 

twelve. 

The  new  version: 
There's  a  hole! 

There's  a  hole! 
There's  a  hole! 

There's  a  hole 
There's  a  hole!   there's  a  hole! 
there's  a  hole! 
There's  the  whole  of  it. 

"  Always    let     your    patients    die 
curedP 

« l  t  1 l  t 


said  Father 
Time  when  the  wet  sponge  kissed 
his  aged  brow. 


In  JUQprnoriain, 


HOSBS    Q-TTIfcTafl-,   3ȣ.  ID.,  iLD. 


Shall  we  then  view  that  silent  tomb  in  dread, 
Or  deem  that  noble  life  forever  dead, 

While  Heaven,  serene  and  smiling,  bends  in  love 
And  bids  us  live  and  hope  to  meet  above  ? 


No;  let  us  lift  our  eyes  from  this  dark  earth, 

And  view  that  Heaven!     And  let  our  grief  give  birth 

To  grander  hopes,  and  nobler  thoughts,  and  then 
We  yet  may  hope  to  meet  and  greet  again. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


83 


ALUMNI  AND  PERSONAL. 


ALUMNI. 
'80.  Rev.  W.  O.  Forbes  is  intend- 
ing soon   to  begin  the  post-graduate 
course  in  Philosophy  established  here 
a  year  ago. 

'82.  Mrs.  E.  J.  Groeneveld  writes 
a  pleasant  letter  saying  that  her 
sister,  Miss  Laura  Vaughn,  formerly 
a  student  at  L.  F.,  is  teaching  in  the 
College  of  Montana.  Mrs.  G.  finds 
the  life  of  a  minister's  wife  to  be  much 
the  same  in  Montana  as  elsewhere. 

'84.  We  have  received  a  copy  of 
the  Wichita  Daily  Beacon,  a  large 
eight  page  paper,  W.  B.  Hotchkiss, 
business  manager.  It  is  well  print- 
ed and  looks  like  a  live  paper. 

'84.  E.  W.  St.  Pierre  is  traveling 
in  Europe.  He  will  reach  Persia  by 
the  first  of  December. 

'84.  Miss  Lily  Reid  was  married 
on  Sabbath,  Nov.  20,  to  Mr.  Alfred 
Holt.  Mr.  Holt  has  been  in  Califor- 
nia during  the  past  year  on  account 
ill  health.  Miss  Reid  accompanied 
by  several  of  her  friends  went  to 
California  where  the  marriage  took 
place,  Rev.  J.  G.  K.  McClure,  of 
Lake  Forest,  performing  the  cere- 
mony. 

'85.  H.  W.  Sutton  will  soon  take 
up  the  post-graduate  course  in  Phil- 
osophy. 

'85.  We  have  received  the  an- 
nouncement of  a  new  book,  "  The 
Gist  of  It;  A  Philosophy  of  Human 
Life,"  by  Rev.  Thos.  E.  Barr,  with 
an  introduction  by  Rev.  D.  S.  Greg- 


ory, D.  D.     It  is  a  portly  volume  of 
four  hundred  pages. 

'86.  Mr.  G.  E.  Thompson  was 
sent  as  delegate  from  Princeton  to 
the  Inter-Seminary  Missionary  Alli- 
ance at  Alexandria,  Va.  He  reports 
an  enjoyable  time. 

'86.  Miss  S.  L.  Mitchell  is  highly 
successful  as  teacher  at  Anna,  111. 
She,  with  the  help  of  H.  E.  Lufkin, 
one  of  our  former  students,  has  or- 
ganized a  Young  Peoples'  Society 
on  the  plan  of  the  Lake  Forest 
Young  Peoples'  Council. 

'86.  W.  E.  Bates  visited  Lake 
Forest  a  short  time  ago,  coming 
from  McCormick  Seminary. 


PERSONAL. 


Rev.  Edwin  J.  Bartlett,  son  of  the 
President  of  Dartmouth  College, 
and  a  graduate  of  the  Academy  class 
of  1 868,  preached  here  last  Sabbath. 
Mr.  Bartlett  is  preaching  at  Lake 
View. 

Theodore  Starrett,  formerly  of  '84, 
will  be  graduated  with  the  present 
Senior  class.  He  is  attending  to  his 
business  by  day  and  studying  by 
night. 

Miss  Amy  Ward  has  gone  to 
spend  the  winter  with  an  invalid 
sister  in  New  York. 


EXCHANGE  NOTES. 

We  wish  to  acknowledge  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  Bellevue   College  Star. 


s4 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


The  Monmouth  Collegian  comes 
to  us  with  a  number  of  good  articles 
and  a  noticeable  one  on  the  "Em- 
press Josephine." 

The  Dartmouth  is  quite  welcome 
with  its  departments  pretty  well 
rilled.  The  boys  at  Dartmouth 
seem  to  have  a  talent  for  story- 
writing,  judging  from  the  several 
stories  in  its  literary  column. 

The  Aegis  will  always  be  looked 
for  on  account  of  its  breezy  and  at- 
tractive news  columns.  Although 
her  literary  department  is  not  as  full 
as  some,  still  the  news  she  gives  over- 
balances it  and  must  make  it  a  good 
paper  for  the  students. . 


GENERAL  COLLEGE  NEWS. 


Ann  Harbor  has  a  number  of 
Japanese  students. 

A  debating  society  has  been  form- 
ed at  Amherst  by  non-society  men. 

Dartmouth  has  a  Sunday  after- 
noon Bible  class  conducted  by  Sena- 
tor Patterson. 

The  glee  club  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity practices  three  times  per  week 
under  a  professor. 

Hai'vard,  Yale,  Cornell  and 
Princeton  are  the  only  colleges  pub- 
lishing daily  college  papers. 

The  Dartmouth  glee  club  in  get- 
ting ready  for  their  concert  season 
have  been  practicing  daily. 


There  are  eight-hundred  and 
thirty-seven  students  in  the  fresh- 
man class  at  Cambridge  University, 
England. — Ex. 

Haward,  Columbia,  Princeton 
and  Tulane  Universities  have  estab- 
lished the  Anex  for  women. 

Lunt,  the  dread  of  the  University 
of  Wisconsin  and  the  pride  of  Ra- 
cine, is  attending  the  Columbia  Law 
School. — Aegis. 

Cornell  is  full  to  overflowing, 
more  than  one  thousand  students 
have  registered.  There  are  three- 
hundred  and  fifty  freshmen. 

Vanderbilt's  new  building  for  the 
New  York  College  of  Physcians 
and  Surgeons,  costing  $500,000  has 
has  been  formally  opened. 

The  house  work  of  Wellesley  Col- 
lege is  done  by  students  who  devote 
to  it  45  minutes  daily.  There  are 
over  600  girls  and  each  are  trained 
to  do  one  kind  of  work  and  to  do  it 
quickly  and  well. 

Dr.  James  McCosh  has  re- 
signed the  presidency  of  Princeton. 
His  retirement  is  to  begin  Feb.  1st, 
next.  Rev.  Dr.  Francis  L.  Patton, 
Prof.  M.  M.  Sloan  of  Princeton,  and 
Rev.  Dr.W.  C.  Roberts,  of  L.  F.  U. 
have  been  thought  of  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy to  be  left  by  the  venerable 
President.  His  fast-approaching  old 
age  has  warned  him  to  drop  the 
work  so  well  carried  on  by  him  for 
over  twenty  years.  He  will  build  a 
residence  in  Princeton,  and  will  still 
hold  the  chair  of  Philosophy. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


VOL.  1. 


DECEMBER,    1887. 


NO.  4. 


JAMES    McCOSH. 


James  McCosh  was  born  in  Scot- 
land in  i  So  i,  and  studied  divinity  at 
the  University  of  Edinburgh,  receiv- 
ing the  degree  of  A.  M.,  while  a 
student,  for  an  essay  in  philosophy. 
He  early  became  distinguished  for 
the  power  of  his  pulpit  discourses, 
and  at  the  time  of  the  organization 
of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  in 
1843,  was  associated  with  Chalmers, 
Duff,  Guthrie,  and  others,  being  con- 
spicuous among  the  younger  men  of 
the  secession.  Before  the  appear- 
ance of  his  first  book,  "  Method  of 
Divine  Government,"  his  articles  on 
religious  and  philosophic  subjects 
had  attracted  wide  attention,  and 
when  it  appeared  its  reception  indi- 
cated the  hold  the  author  had  already 
taken  upon  the  public  mind.  He  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Logic  and 
Metaphysics  at  Queen's  College, 
Belfast,  in  1S51.  His  lectures  em- 
braced Metaphysics,  Ethics,  Psych- 
ology, and  Logic,  covering  a  period 
of  sixteen  years,  at  the  close  of  which 
he  was  elected  President  of  the  Col- 
lege of  New  Jersey,  at  Princeton, 
succeeding  Dr.  John  McLean.  Dur- 
ing the  time  of  his  residence  at  Belfast 


his  literary  and  philosophical  fruit- 
fulness  was  very  great.  His  thought 
was  broad  and  comprehensive,  fol- 
lowing in  trend  of  doctrine  the  tra- 
ditions of  the  Scottish  school,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  call  to  America  he 
was  considered,  as  he  is  to-day,  the 
leading  representative  of  the  philos- 
phy  which  has  had  its  home  in  Scot- 
land, and  has  made  the  University 
of  Edinburgh  famous. 

President  McCosh  was  inaugurat- 
ed at  Princeton  in  1S6S.  During  the 
years  of  his  administration  the  college 
has  become  essentially  what  it  is. 
The  faculty  and  endowment  have 
been  doubled,  and  activity  in  scien- 
tific, and  especially  philosophic  in- 
quiry stimulated  to  a  wonderful  de- 
gree. His  interest  in  the  problems 
of  higher  education  has  led  him  fre- 
quently into  public  discussion  with 
other  prominent  educators,  and  his 
positions  have  been  more  than  once 
confirmed  experimentally  by  the 
success  of  his  plans  at  Princeton. 

During  his  residence  at  Princeton 
he  has  published  numerous  works  : 
notable  among  them  are  "  Christi- 
anity and  Positivism,"  "  The  History 


7 HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


of  the  Scottish  Philosophy,"  and 
"  The  Emotions."  His  more  recent 
thinking  on  Philosophic  subjects  has 
been  embodied  in  two  notable  books, 
the  first,  "Realistic  Philosophy,  de- 
fended in  a  Philosophic  Series."  As 
the  title  indicates,  the  matter  of  this 
work  appeared  first  in  brochure,  the 
eight  articles  being  afterwards  col- 
lected with  introductory  essays  into 
book  form.  They  substituted  an 
extended  exposition  of  the  Scottish 
and  later  English  philosophy  and  an 
able  defense  of  philosophic  realism. 

The  latest  work  of  Dr.  McCosh  is 
"Psychology,"  in  two  volumes,  treat- 
ing respectively  of  the  "  Cognitive 
Powers,"  and  "Motive  Powers."  In 
it  he  publishes  lectures  delivered  to 
his  psychology  classes  in  Princeton. 
They  are  the  result  of  his  longest 
and  ripest  thought,  having  been  re- 
vised again  and  again  in  view  of  the 
surprising  growth  of  psychological 
literature  in  English  and  German 
during  late  years,  and  represent  long 
varied  experience  in  the  class-room. 
The  book  meets  the  requirements  of 
modern  teaching,  as  perhaps  no 
other  text  book  does  in  its  recogni- 
tion of  the  physiological  and  experi- 
mental movements. 

Dr.  McCosh  resigned  his  position 
at  Princeton  in  November  last  to  take 
effect  at  the  beginning  of  the  next 
academic  year.  It  is  not  until  his 
retirement  is  considered  and  the  ne- 


cessity of  the  selection  of  a  successor 
confronted  that  his  true  relation  to 
the  college  becomes  apparent.  A 
prominent  educator  and  former  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Trustees  at 
Princeton  has  publicly  declared  that 
Dr.  McCosh's  administration  has 
been  the  most  brilliant  page  in  the 
history  of  collegiate  education  in  the 
United  States.  He  is  great  in  educa- 
tion, in  philosophy  and  in  practical 
administration,  and  it  is  perhaps  too 
much  to  expect  to  find  the  same  com- 
bination in  his  successor. 

His  position  in  philosophy  is  avow- 
ed and  unmistakable.  His  volum- 
inous writings — and  he  has  written 
more  in  pure  philosophy  than  any 
other  living  user  of  English — are 
devoted  from  first  to  last  to  realism 
in  knowledge,  intutionism  in  meta- 
physics and  ethics,  and  conservatism 
in  theology.  This  tendency,  already 
powerful  in  American  theology, 
found  speculative  consciousness  in 
America  first  in  Dr.  McCosh.  He 
brought  to  our  generation  the  tradi- 
tions of  Edinborough  and  the  Sor- 
bonne.  If  in  the  future  the  American 
philosophy  be  a  realistic  philosophy, 
it  will  be  in  large  measure  his  work, 
and  his  name  will  be  to  us  what 
those  of  Reid  and  Biron  are  in  the 
currents  of  national  thought  to  which 
they  respectively  gave  direction. 
T-  M.  B. 


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THE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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OUR    CITIES    THE    NATION'S    DANGER. 


The  population  01  our  country 
tends  more  and  more  to  collect  in 
cities.  In  seventeen  hundred  and 
ninety,  only  one  thirtieth  of  the  people 
of  the  United  States  lived  in  towns 
of  more  than  eight  thousand  inhabi- 
tants ;  in  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty, 
more  than  one-fourth.  During  this 
period  of  ninety  years  our  whole  pop- 
ulation increased  to  twelve  times  its 
original  number,  while  our  city  pop- 
ulation shows  the  startling  increase 
of  eighty  six  times  its  original 
number. 

We  cannot  observe  this  tendency 
without  misgiving.  What  are  the 
causes  of  this  mighty  influx  into  our 
cities,  and  what  will  be  the  results? 
These  are  questions  that  may  well 
engage  the  attention  of  the  philan- 
thropist and  statesman,  but  they  come 
home,  as  well,  to  every  patriotic  citi- 
zen. 

There  are  two  sources  from  which 
the  increase  in  our  city  population 
comes.  They  are  foreign  immigration, 
and  the  influx  from  our  own  country 
districts. 

The  political  upheavals  of  Europe 
in  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-eight 
and  forty-nine,  and  the  increase  of 
military  burdens,  caused  an  enorm- 
ous emigration  to  America.  These 
emigrants  tend  to  settle  in  our  cities. 
In  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty, 
there  were,  in  this  country,  more 
than  six  and  one  half  millions  of 
foreigners.  Of  these  more  than  one 
third  were  in  forty-four  cities.  These 


people  are  from  the  lower  classes  of 
European  society.  The  vast  major- 
itv  of  them  are  unskilled  laborers.  In 
addition  to  these  there  are  thousands 
of  paupers  sent  over  from  European 
cities. 

If  our  cities  had  only  to  assimilate 
this  struggling  multitude,  the  prob- 
lem would  be  difficult  enough.  But 
the  foreigner  is  not  the  only  factor. 
The  spirit  of  our  institutions  inspires 
ambition.  Our  young  men  untram- 
melled by  the  traditions  and  restric- 
tions of  the  old  world,  desire  to  ob- 
tain honor  and  success  in  life.  Allur- 
ed by  the  glitter  and  excitement  of 
city  life,  they  think  that  in  the  met- 
ropolis.all  their  ambitions  will  be  re- 
alized. Leaving  the  farms  and 
small  towns  they  crowd  into  the 
great  cities.  There  is  among  them 
even  less  of  skilled  labor  than  among 
the  foreigners.  As  a  result  those 
trades  which  require  but  a  small 
amount  of  skill,  are  over-crowded. 
For  every  position  where  little  or  no 
preparation  is  required,  there  are 
scores  of  applicants.  They  can  not 
all  obtain  work,  and  from  those  who 
fail  to  find  it,  is  recruited  the  army  of 
our  unemployed.  The  wants  of  these 
do  not  cease  with  the  failure  to  obtain 
proper  support.  Day  after  day  pov- 
erty pinches  more  keenly.  The  bitter 
cry  of  outcast  London  has  become 
the  bitter  cry  of  outcast  New  York 
and  Chicago. 

Poverty  and  ignorance  furnish  the 
fiist  conditions  of  moral  degradation. 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


Poverty  brings  disregard  of  moral 
law,  ignorance  dulls  preception  of  it. 
These  two  conditions  alone  would 
hasten  the  spread  of  evil  and  of 
crime.  But  where  poverty  is  most 
extreme  and  ignorance  most  dense, 
there. every  evil  influence  is  most 
active.  In  the  tenement  districts  of 
our  large  cities  are  found  the  worst 
forms  of  foreign  vice.  Many  of  the 
emigrants  who  congregrate  there, 
know  little  of  our  Amei'ican  law. 
There  is  the  saloon  which  turns  des- 
perate and  evil  men  into  demons.  Is 
there  no  danger  to  the  state  from  those 
places  where  all  forces  combined  to 
destroy  public  morality?  There  is 
great  danger.  Every  nation  of  the 
past  has  fallen  when  the  morals  of 
its  people  have  declined,  and  in  our 
cities  the  very  foundations  of  our 
national  integrity  are  being  under- 
mined. 

There  is  also  another,  not  less  real 
but  more  insidious.  Association  is 
an  especial  characteristic  of  modern 
life.  In  every  calling  men  are  en- 
tering more  and  more  into  combina- 
tion and  forming  classes.  These 
classes  are  the  individual  units  of 
society,  and  the  ends  of  social  life  are 
accomplished  by  means  of  friendly 
rivalry  between  them.  This  rivalry  is 
competition  and  freedom  of  compe- 
tion  is  an  essential  condition  of  com- 
mercial progress.  But  in  the  unnat- 
ural life  of  our  cities,  competition 
becomes  contention.  Class,  attempts 
to  dictate  to  class  and  thus  is  destroyed 
individual  liberty  which  is  the  basis 
of  national  liberty. 

The  direct  results  of  this  unnatural 
struggle  of  classes  are  socialism   and 


anarchy.  Those  who  are  worsted 
in  the  conflict,  conclude  that  the  rich 
are  always  the  oppressors  of  the 
poor,  and  that  society  is  their  instru- 
ment in  such  oppression.  Thus  the 
conditions  of  our  city  life  produce  a 
growing  class  of  those  who  are  hos- 
tile to  society.  To  these  are  added 
the  avowed  anarchists  of  Europe. 
Many  of  the  foreigners  who  come 
here,  are  imbued  with  the  socialism 
produced  by  despotism  and  wretch- 
edness 'abroad.  This  class  gathers  in 
our  cities.  From  these  two  sources 
anarchy  in  America  is  spreading  with 
terrible  rapidity.  The  gospel  of 
anarchists  is  destruction  to  society. 
They  would  do  away  with  private 
property,  they  would  subvert  the 
state  and  destroy  the  family. 

Two  dangers  which  threaten  the 
republic  from  our  cities  have  been 
shown.  They  are  the  decline  of 
public  morals,  and  the  rise  of  an- 
archy. Are  there  any  forces  opera- 
ting to  avert  these  dangers?  There 
is  but  one  agency  to  withstand  moral 
evil,  and  that  is  the  Christian  Church. 
But  observe  the  condition  of  the 
Church  in  America.  In  eighteen 
hundred  and  eighty,  there  was,  in 
the  United  States,  one  Evangelical 
church  for  every  five  hundred  and 
sixteen  of  the  population.  But  in 
Boston,  the  Athens  of  America,  there 
was  only  one  for  every  two  thousand 
and  eighty,  while  in  St.  Louis  there 
was  only  one  church  for  every  two 
thousand  eight  hundred  people. 

Consider  the  social  danger  and  see 
whether  the  defences  against  it  are 
stronger.  Anarchy  is  a  direct  attack 
upon  the  state,  and    the  instrument 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


89 


which  must  deal  with  it  is  municipal 
government.  But  our  city  govern- 
ments are  most  imperfect.  There 
has  never  been  devised  a  scheme 
which  met  the  wants  of  the  Ameri- 
can municipal  community.  And  in 
addition  to  a  vicious  system  there  is 
corruption  in  those  who  administer 
it.  Is  there  promise  in  these  circum- 
stances for  a  speedy  overthrow  of 
this  evil? 

Great,  then,  is  the  danger  arising 
from  our  cities  to  the  nation,  and  the 
agencies  which  can  avert  it  seem  in- 


adequate. What  shall,  quicken  in 
the  masses  the  knowledge  and  ap- 
preciation of  our  liberties?  The 
teacher  and  the  city  missionary  must 
counteract  the  influence  of  the  an- 
archists and  selfish  demagogues. 
Churches  must  be  multiplied  in  those 
places  where  moral  evil  press  upon 
national  life.  Are  the  liberties  we 
have  to  be  preserved  from  destroy- 
ers? Then  every  citizen  must  exert 
himself  in  the  interests  of  pure  and 
honest  municipal  government. 

C.  H.  French,  '88. 


SONG. 

The  student  sits  at  his  book  all  night 
In  the  chilly  air,  with  a  flickering  light, 
'Till  it  fades  his  cheek  and  dims  his  sight, 
And  all  for  the  sake  of  knowledg-e. 


O,  up  and  out  in  the  world  so  gay, 
From  birds  and  men  much  more,  I  say, 
You'll  learn,  if  you  try,  in  a  single  day, 
Than  a  century  spent  in  college! 


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There  is  a  certain  feeling  existing 
in  the  minds  of  some  of  our  students 
which  cannot  be  too  strongly  con- 
demned ;  and  that  is  the  hostility  be- 
tween the  two  young  men's  literary 
societies  of  the  college.  Rivalry,  to 
a  certain  degree,  is  all  right  and 
really  necessary  to  healthful  life  and 
development  in  the  societies,  but 
when  it  goes  further  and  becomes 
enmity  and  even  hatred,  as  appears 
in-  the  actions  of  some,  it  is  time  it 
should  be  stopped.  The  man  who 
harbors  such  feelings  is  unworthy  to 
be  a  member  of  our  little  college 
commonwealth.  We  ought  to  have 
more  friendly  relations  between  the 
societies,  and  we  could  have  them 
without  in  the  least  interfering  with 
the  work  of  the  societies. 


Another  class  of  unworthies — very 
small,  we  are  thankful — consists  of 
those  elegible  to  that  expressive  name 
usually  given  to  those  who  don't  pay 
their  honest  debts.  It  seems  rather 
strange  that  in  a  community  pretend- 
ingly so  moral  there  should  any  of 
this  kind  exist.  The  sordidness  of 
those  who,  though  able,  refuse  to 
"chip  in"  for  any  common  fund  is 
despicable,  but  this  fault  is  worse. 
And  when  members  of  the  Y.  M.  C. 
A.  repudiate  their  financial  obliga- 
tions as  such,  the  natural  inference  is 
that  all  the  Christianity  they  possess 
is  an  infinitesimal  quantity. 


Where  are  the  magazines  and 
other  periodicals  promised  to  the 
reading-room  early  in  the  term?  We 
have  waited  for  them  long  and 
patiently,  but,  alas!  only  to  be  disap- 
pointed. The  students,  we  think, 
have  done  their  duty  in  providing 
the  humorous  and  illustrated  papers, 
but  between  this  lighter  reading  and 
the  heavy  matter  of  the  reviews 
there  is  needed  the  intermediate  class 
of  literary  magazines  and  papers. 
We  hope  that  their  appearance  may 
not  be  long  delayed. 


Knowing  that  there  is  strength  in 
union,  it  is  the  intention  of  those  in- 
terested in  athletics  to  form  an  Ath- 
letic Association  in  L.  F.  U.  The 
aim  of  such  an  association  should  be 
to  further  the  interests  of  all  athletics 
in  connection  with  student  life.  Base 
ball,  tennis,  foot-ball — no  one  of  these 


THE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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should  be  all-absorbing,  but  each  in 
season  should  receive  its  share  of 
attention.  An  interest  in  general 
athletics  would  be  created  by  such  an 
organization,  and  field-day,  with  its 
excitement  and  pleasure,  would  be  a 
certainty,  and  not,  as  last  year,  an 
omission.  Our  present  crying  need 
is  a  gymnasium.  The  barn-like 
structure  now  used  as  such,  and  whose 
only  decoration  is  its  name,  is  ill-ap- 
pointed and  inadequate.  By  band- 
ing together  the  students  will  show 
that  they  take  an  interest  in  the  cause, 
and  that  is  one  important  step  toward 
a  new  gymnasium.  Each  member 
of  the  association  would  have  a  vote 
to  elect  players  in  representative  base 
ball,  tennis,  or  other  organizations. 
The  league  games  of  last  year  showed 
that  there  was  a  college  spirit  here. 
That  spirit  can  be  made  much 
stronger  by  creating  among  the  stu- 
dents a  more  personal  interest  in  the 
nine,  through  the  medium  of  such 
an  association.  Now  is  the  time  to 
begin,  and  while  we  are  at  it,  let  us 
begin  right. 


An  ideal  college  in  an  educational 
Utopia  would  have  a  system  of  train- 
ing adapted  to  the  growth  of  the 
heart  as  well  as  the  intellect.  Not 
that  our  present  system  lacks  a  cer- 
tain form  of  heart  culture,  the  result 
— nesci,  Facultas  ! — of  coeducation, 
but  we  mean  another  kind.  The  ten- 
dencies of  a  long  course  of  close 
application  to  intellectual  work,  es- 
pecially when  entered  upon  at  an 
early    age,  is    unmistakably    toward 


crowding  down  the  more  human 
feelings  and  unduly  exalting  the 
ego.  We  must  guard  against  this 
in  our  studies  and  beware  of  the 
slightest  growth  toward  that  con- 
summate selfishness  which  is  often 
the  most  prominent  characteristic  of 
earnest  students.  If  we  do  not,  our 
usefulness  in  the  world  will  be  cur- 
tailed to  an  immeasurable  extent. 
We  must  be  able  to  associate  with 
men  without  totally  disgusting  them, 
to  love  and  benefit  mankind  in  the 
concrete  as  well  as  the  abstract,  the 
individual  as  well  as  the  race,  and  to 
make  ourselves  harmonious  with  all 
the  world.  The  overbearing  dog- 
matic man  the  world  has  no  use  for, 
and  consequently,  will  set  aside.  A 
lovely  character  will  do  more  good 
than  one  that  is  only  strong;  men  like 
sheep,  can  be  led  more  easily  than 
driven. 

In  college  life  more  than  anywhere 
else  perhaps,  the  spirit  of  personal 
rivalry  waxes  strong,  and  there 
comes  the  liability  to  bitter  feelings 
of  envy,  jealousy  and  hatred.  To 
allow  these  to  spring  up  and  bear 
fruit  is  most  reprehensible;  and  yet 
the  occurrence  of  low,  mean  acts 
show  that  such  feelings  are  really 
fostered  by  some  among  us.  A  little 
more  manliness  then  let  us  strive  for, 
even  if  it  must  be  at  the  expense  of 
a  little  bit  of  intellect.  There  lived 
a  man  once — a  young  man,  too — 
who  was  kind  and  gracious  to  all; 
let  us  try  to  be  a  little  more  like 
him. 


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THE    COLLEGE. 

Happy  Leap- Year! 

Mr.  Allan  Gilchrist,  of  Ft.  Madi- 
son, Iowa,  paid  us  a  flying  visit  last 
week. 

Who  among  us  is  mellen-cholic? 
Where  has  Jimmy  gone  to? 
Which  see  !  !  ! 

Sophomorical  definition  of  allitera- 
tion: "A  poem  which  is  too  literal  to 
suit  the  modern  taste." 

French  translation  in  class:  "J'ai 
plusieurs  amis  et  quelques  parents.'' 
"  I  have  several  friends  and  some  pa- 
rents." It  was  suggested  that  the 
subject  might  be  a  Mormon. 

Will  you  tell  me  about  gravitation? 
This  was  the  ? 

Which  in  Physics  one  day 

Caused  a  J  unior  so  gay 
To  utter  a  slang ! 

Fragment  from  Willie  Blood's  or- 
atorio: 

There's  many  an  ology,  withered  and  old, 
And  many  an  onomy  out  in  the  cold ; 
But  the  science  of  gases,  in  logic  we  see, 
Is  called  by  the  title  of  gas-tronomy. 

Instructor  in  Chemistry  (who  is  a 
stickler  for  proof),  to  freshman — 
"  Now,  if  I  were  to  tell  you  that  bell 
jar  was  full  of  carbonic  anhydride, 
what  would  you  say?" 

Freshman — "  I'd  say,  '  Prove  it.'  " 

Dr.  Herrick  Johnson  preached  two 
fine  sermons  in  Lake  Forest,  on  Sun- 
day, December  4.     One  awfully  pro- 


found Senior  was  heard  to  remark  to 
some  friends:  "  Say,  boys,  Dr.  John- 
son's a  fine  preacher.  Why,  in  his 
sermon  this  morning,  he  mentioned 
one  thing  which  I  had  never  thought 
of!  " 

A  class  in  the  "American  School 
of  Politics"  has  been  organized  at 
Lake  Forest.  Its  object  is  to  gain  a 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  the 
subject  of  American  politics  and  po- 
litical questions  by  means  of  informal 
discussions  and  a  course  of  reading, 
and  to  cultivate  an  interest  in  pure 
politics.  This  class  is  open  to  both 
sexes,  and  has  now  about  twenty 
members.  Meetings  are  held  every 
other  week  on  Tuesday  evening.  A 
program  committee,  consisting,  at 
present,  of  Messrs.  Lee,  Stroh  and 
Davies,  arrange  for  each  meeting  a 
short  program,  in  which  topics  are 
discussed  by  different  members. 

Whish!  Bang!!  Whack!!!  "Go 
it,  S— !"  "Go  it,  D~a— !"  Plunk, 
plunk!  "Hitimagain,  Lub!"  Biff! 
"Brace up, 'Pretty'!"  Bim!  "Time!" 
What  is  it  ?  O,  nothing  but  a  friendly 
semi-quaver,  Paris  green,  anti-fat, 
four-round,  hard-glove  contest  be- 
tween Sutton  and  Davis,  in  the  room 
of  one  of  their  Freshman  classmates 

A    TRUE    STORY. 

Ch.  I.     Ice — moonlight. 

Ch.  II.     Party— skates. 

Ch.  III.      Enjoyment — unalloyed. 

Ch.  IV.     Refreshment — delicious. 

Ch.  V.     Music — conversation. 

Conclusion.  Miss  Farwell  bids 
good-bye  to  her  guests,  all  of  whom 
have  enjoyed  to  the  utmost  her  skat- 
ing party. 


THE  Z.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


93 


And  she,  being  a  Freshman,  slew 
Jason.  And  he  fell,  and  great  was 
the  fall  thereof.  And  they  collected 
the  fragments.  And  there  remained 
a  soulful  look  and  a  stiff  neck! 

Now  hid  away  are  bat  and  ball ; 

Ye  summer  suit  hiberniates  ; 
His  racket  hangs  upon  the  wall, 

While  on  the  floor  hang  "Acme"  skates. 

The  student  thinks  of-  glaring  ice, 
And  swiftly-gliding  skaters  gay. 
A  friend  appears  with  this  advice: 
"You'd  better  come  and  skate  to-day." 

"  No,  I  can't  skate,"  the  youth  replies, 
His  face  revealing  signs  of  sorrow; 

"  I'm  sure  my  horse  needs  exercise. 
For  we  have  Latin  on  the  morrow." 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Zeta 
Epsilon  Literary  Society,  Dr.  Rob- 
erts delivered  a  lecture,  "From  the 
Foot  of  the  Rockies  to  the  Heart  of 
the  Sierras,"  at  Ferry  Hall, Thursday, 
December  8.  Before  the  president 
introduced  Dr.  Roberts,  the  audience 
listened  to  a  finely  executed  piano 
solo  by  Miss  Baker.  The  Doctor,  in 
his  usual  hearty  manner,  then  de- 
scribed scenes  and  incidents  of  his 
trip  in  the  West. 

The  latest  authorities  claim  that 
Steel  can  kick  when  he  has  his  feet 
and  hand?  tied  behind  him,  and  is 
gagged  besides. 

The  University  now  furnishes 
paper  to  the  students  for  examinations, 
in  order  to  make  all  such  papers  of 
uniform  dimensions. 

It  is  authentically  stated  that  Mc- 
Vay,  the  pride  of  the  Freshmen,  has 
a  pair  of  gloves  which   he   likes   so 


well  that  he  persists  in  wearing  them 
to  bed  to  prevent  them  from  being 
stolen. 

It  is  rumored  that  at  least  two 
Senioi's  will  "  Frenchify"  their  names 
when  they  graduate.  Jackson  intends 
to  spell  his  "Jacqueson,"  and  may 
discard  "T.  S."  and  prefix  "Napo- 
leon." Nourse  will  preface  his  name 
with  a  "  de,"  and  drop  out  the  "  u," 
pronouncing  it  "  de  Norse." 

Miss  N.  desired  to  know  if  'negroes 
are  black  because  they  do  not  reflect 
the  rays  of  light. '  Her  theory  was 
approved.  Now  we  desire  to  know 
what  the  African  does  with  all  the 
heat  he  absorbs. 

He  had  just  been  having  a  round 
at  the  gloves,  and  we  are  afraid  it 
left  a  profound  impression  on  his 
head  for  he  read  the  German  sen- 
tence "  Ich  schlug  ihn," — "Ichslug 
him."  In  the  contest  which  im- 
mediately followed,  the  Professor 
came  out  first  best. 

There  is  with  us  a  young  man 
who  has  had  varied  experiences  dur- 
ing his  short  life.  He  has  been 
water-boy,  chore-boy,  news-boy,  of- 
fice-boy; janitor,  worked  in  a  bake- 
shop, — helped  make  bread,  rolls, 
pies,  cakes;  was  bread  vender,  ice- 
peddler,  teamster;  wood-sawer,  coal- 
heaver,  coal-solicitor;  wielder  of  the 
spade,  the  paint-brush,  the  scrubbing- 
brush,  the  dish-cloth;  has  been  a 
mill-hand,  roll-hand,  scrap-piler;  fire- 
man, engineer,  machinist;  walked 
two  and  a  half  miles  to  work  (carry- 
ing with  him  a  dinner  worth  twenty- 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


five  cents)  and  was  paid  twenty  cents 
a  day. — He  then  quit  and  went  to 
school. 

The  following  officers  were  elect- 
ed at  the  last  meeting  of  the  college 
literary  societies. 
Zeta  Epsilon : — 

President— A.  G.  Welch. 

Vice  President — E.  E.  Nourse. 

Secretary — H.  Z.  Durand. 

Critic — L.  J.  Davies. 

Treasurer — B.  M.  Linnell. 

Sergeant-at-arms — J.  Sutton. 
Athenaean, — 

President — W.  W.Johnson. 

Vice  President — W.  N.  Halsey. 

Secretary — W.  E.  Danforth. 

Critic — G.  Stroh. 

Treasurer — J.  H.  McVay. 

Sergeant-at-arms— F.  W.    Schett- 
ler. 
Aletheian, — 

President — Miss  J.  S.  Wilson. 

Vice  President — Miss    A.  F.    Da- 
vies. 

Secretary — Miss  M.  L.  Phelps. 

Treasurer — Miss  McNair. 

Critic — Miss  H.  S.  Vance. 

Sergeant-at-arms  —  Miss     B.    L. 
Fleming. 
Program  Committee: 

Miss  F.  Raymond. 

Miss  Johnson. 

Vacation.     He. — When    are    you 
going  home? 

She. — To-morrow  morning  on  the 

7=45- 

He. —  Better    wait  until  the   12:30 

and  go  with  me. 

She. — Perhaps  I  will  wait  and  get 

a  catalogue.  (  !  !) 


Friday  evening,  December  2,  the 
Athenaean  Literary  Society  held  an 
open  meeting.  Though  the  night 
was  unpleasant,  the  hall  was  well 
filled  with  the  invited  friends  of  the 
society.  The  program  opened  with 
a  duet,  violin  and  piano,  by  W.  N. 
Halsey  and  E.  F.  Dodge.  G.  H. 
Steel  then  gave  an  excellent  decla- 
mation, "  The  Anglo-Saxon."  He 
was  followed  by  Grant  Stroh,  who 
delivered  a  fitting  oration,  his  sub- 
ject being  "The  Old  Age  of  the 
Nineteenth  Century."  The  Athen- 
aean quartet,  Messrs.  Steel,  Lee, 
Dodge  and  Stroh,  then  sang  and 
were  encored.  In  the  debate  which 
followed,  the  question  "  Should  the 
Marking  System  of  our  Colleges  be 
Abolished? "  was  upheld  on  the  af- 
firmative by  S.  A.  Benedict,  and  on 
the  negative  by  C.  H.  French.  The 
discussion  was  interesting  and  in- 
structive, Mr.  French  receiving  two 
votes  of  the  judges.  E.  F.  Dodge 
then  sang  "  The  Brave  Sentinel," 
for  the  fine  rendering  of  which  he 
was  encored.  The  Society  paper, 
edited  by  Messrs  Dickinson,  McVay, 
and  Danforth,  was  read  by  Mr.  Mc- 
Vay and  caused  much  merriment. 
The  quartet  then  sang  again,  and 
the  society  adjourned. 

The  Junior  class  in  Physics  has 
listened  to  the  following  essays  this 
term:  "The  Pneumatic  Despatch 
System,"  E.  E.  Nourse;  "  The  Sani- 
tary Dangers  of  Cellars  in  Dwell- 
ing Houses,"  Miss  Slattery;  "The 
Water  Supply  for  Cities,"  Miss 
Griffin;  "Hammering  in  Pipes,"  G. 
Lee;     "  The     Applications    of     the 


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95 


Pendulum,"  Miss  Horton;  "Hy- 
draulic and  Pneumatic  Clocks,"  G. 
A.  Wilson;  "  The  Nature  and  Rela- 
tions of  Molecules,"  Miss  Davies; 
"Artesian  Wells,"  Miss  Phelps; 
"  The  Balloon  in    War,"  G.  Stroh. 

Did  Dr.  see  Lee  at  the  Sem. 
Thanksgiving  ? 

The  son  of  Mr.  Will  renders  Eng- 
lish into  German  according  to  how 
he  thinks  it  ought  to  sound. 

Btozu  into  that  tube. 

What  shall  I  say  ? 

What  young  lady  in  Mr.  Vance's 
class  said,  "I  should  snicker?" 

Freshman  Greek;  Xenophon, 
Symposium.  Socrates  comparing  his 
beauty  with  that  of  Critobulus, 
says,  "  Thus,  you  see,  my  eyes  would 
be  more  beautiful  than  yours."  A 
young  lady  rendering  the  transla- 
tion put  it,  "  Thus,  you  see,  my  eyes 
would  be  more  beautiful  than  a 
hog's"  !!  It  is  rumored  some  of  the 
Sophs  translated  it  for  her. 

We  are  beginning  to  notice  the 
effect  of  the  Freshie's  training  in  the 
English  department.  They  never 
say,  "It  seems  to  me;"  nor  "He 
gently  passed  away,"  for,  He  died. 
Prof.  Halsey  is  very  practical  and 
we  admire  him  for  it. 

Did  you  ever  know  the  figure  8  is 
larger  at  the  bottom  than  at  the  top? 
Look  at  it  g  and  see.     S,  just  gee  it. 

The  Business  manager  offers  a  re- 
ward to  the  student  or  professor 
who  will  logically  prove  that  3'1=°°. 


A  fine  point  for  Psychological  dis- 
cussion.—  Do  you  feel  regret  or  sor- 
row, after  stepping  on  a  tack  ? 

A  black-board  in  the  German  reci- 
tation room  was  seen  to  suddenly 
crack  while  one  of  the  young  ladies 
finished  her  sixth  round  in  a  vain  at- 
tempt to  pronounce  "  Wahrhaftig- 
i  keit."  She  was  just  opposite  the 
board.     Cause? 


RUSH  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 


EDITORIAL. 

The  habit  of  passing  down  pro- 
miscuous notes  to  the  professor  ap- 
pears to  be  growing  more  frequent 
of  late,  and  is  certainly  a  thing  to 
be  regretted. 

To  send  a  professor  a  note  con- 
cerning some  student  joke  which  he 
knows  nothing  of  and  cares  little 
about  is  in  our  estimation  impolite  to 
say  the  least.  A  roar  of  laughter  in 
the  face  of  a  lecturer  which  annoys 
and  perplexes  him  exhibits  not  only 
great  thoughtlessness  on  our  part, 
but  positively  shows  a  lack  of  good 
culture,  even  though  it  is  done 
thoughtlessly. 


At  the  time  of  Professor  Strong's 
resignation,  the  manuscript  of  his 
address  to  the  students  could  not  be 
obtained  for  publication  in  the  Sten- 
tor.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  many 
could  not  obtain  a  copy  of  the  Inter- 
Ocean  and  to  a  desire  on  the  part  of  a 
large  number  of  students  and  their 
preceptors   to   possess  a  copy  of  the 


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remarks,  they  are  published  even  at 
this  late  hour. 

Professor  Strong  entered  the  arena 
at  the  lecture  hour  on  Nov.  28,  and 
surprised  the  students  by  the  follow- 
ing remarks  which  are  clipped  from 
the  Inter- Ocean  of  Dec.  2nd: 

Gentlemen:  I  desire  to  make  a 
few  remarks  upon  a  subject  not 
strictly  anatomical.  In  order  thaf 
my  words  may  be  correctly  under- 
stood, I  have  committed  them  to 
paper.  I  shall  not  lecture  this  morn- 
ing. It  may  be  a  source  of  surprise 
to  you  to  know  that  I  have  resigned 
my  position  in  Rush  Medical  College. 
For  fifteen  consecutive  years  I  have 
faithfully  labored  to  the  best  of  my 
ability  for  the  welfare  of  the  college. 
Twelve  of  these  years  I  have  been 
demonstrator  of  anatomy,  and  lec- 
tured on  anatomy  in  the  spring 
course.  I  have  time  and  again  been 
most  flatteringly  informed  by  stu- 
dents and  alumni  of  the  college  that 
my  services  were  satisfactory  and 
highly  appreciated.  Different  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty  have  from  time  to 
time  indorsed  my  ability  as  a  teacher. 
The  verdict  of  the  faculty  often  ex- 
pressed to  me  is  that  I  have  been 
faithful  and  competent  as  a  teacher. 

In  1S75,  when  I  entered  the  an- 
atomical department,  the  procuring 
of  subjects  was  altogether  a  different 
thing  from  what  it  is  now  under  our 
excellent  Illinois  State  anatomical 
law.  Rush  Medical  College  never, 
since  my  connection  with  it,  has 
been  without  abundant  anatomical 
material,  procured  often  by  myself 
at  much  personal  risk.  A  few  years 
back;  when  designing  politicians 
sought  to  bleed  the  medical  colleges 
by  shutting  off  the  supply  of  ma- 
terial from  the  county  institutions, 
my  efforts  were  redoubled  and  sub- 
jects came  to  the  college  from  far 
and  near.  A  little  later  the  medical 
colleges  of   the    city    combined    and 


drafted  a  new  anatomical  bill  and 
placed  it  before  the  people,  asking 
for  their  approval.  The  matter  was 
placed  in  my  hands  to  bring  to  the 
notice  of  the  profession  and  Legisla- 
ture. It  took  nearly  two  years  of 
hard,  persistent  work  day  and  night 
to  get  the  bill  through  the  Legisla- 
ture. During  that  time  I  correspond 
ed  with  more  than  5,000  physicians 
and  dentists  of  the  State.  More  than 
70,000  pieces  of  printed  matter  per- 
taining to  the  necessities  of  the  law 
went  out  of  my  office  during  the 
time  the  act  was  before  the  people. 
The  result  of  this  immense  work  is 
the  present  anatomical  law  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  by  which  anatomi- 
cal material  in  abundance  is  easily 
procured  at  the  nominal  cost  of  col- 
lecting it.  I  received  great  credit 
from  the  colleges,  medical  societies, 
and  profession  at  large  for  the  suc- 
cessful management  of  the  work, 
many  affirming  that  without  my 
individual  efforts  the  bill  never 
would  have  become  a  law.  The 
duties  of  the  demonstrator  in  the 
dissecting-room  are  not  always  the 
most  pleasant.  The  record  for  the 
past  twelve  years  will  show  that  I 
was  seldom  absent  from  the  room 
when  duty  required  my  presence, 
which  was  five  nights  a  week  dur- 
ing the  winter  term.  To  accomplish 
this,  my  private  practice  was  often 
neglected.  For  the  past  few  years 
the  fee  derived  from  this  work  has 
not  compensated  me  for  time  lost  in 
private  practice.  In  all  this  the 
unanimous  verdict  has  been,  "Well 
done,  thou  good  and  faithful  servant." 
I  am  dealing,  gentlemen,  with  facts, 
each  and  everv  one  of  which  can  be 
verified.  But  to  come  to  the  present. 
Time  brings  changes  in  the  depart- 
ment in  which  I  have  had  special 
training.  My  ability  to  fill  the  chair 
of  anatomy  is  recognized  by  the 
faculty  in  asking  me  to  temporarily 
occupy  it.  The  present  term  has 
progressed  satisfactorily    to    all  con- 


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91 


cerned.  A  day  or  so  ago  I  received 
a  communicatiou  from  the  faculty 
complimenting  me  on  my  present  and 
past  labors  in  behalf  of  the  college, 
stating  that  a  new  professor  of 
anatomy  had  been  elected,  but  ask- 
ing me  to  continue  the  present  course 
of  lectures  to  the  close  of  the  term 
in  February.  My  reply  after  ma- 
ture and  deliberate  consideration, 
was  my  resigning  all  connection 
with  the  college.  This  action,  of 
course,  will  make  little  difference. 
Men  may  come  and  men  may  go, 
but  the  college  will  go  on  just  the 
same,  and  you  will  go  with  it.  I, 
however,  think  too  much  of  my 
manhood  to  longer  remain,  and  so  I 
shall  meet  you  no  more  as  your 
teacher.  I  can  not,  however,  retire 
without  telling  you  how  highly  I 
appreciate  the  many  kind  attentions 
I  have  ever  received  from  you  dur- 
ing our  relations  of  pupil  and  teacher, 
permit  me,  gentlemen,  to  thank  you 
most  sincerely  for  this  mark  of  es- 
teem, and  to  wish  each  one  of  you  a 
full  measure  of  success  in  the  profes- 
sion we  delight  to  honor.  Never  by 
thought,  word,  or  act  compromise 
your  manhood  and  self-respect  in 
this  or  any  other  walk  of  life.  Be- 
fore doing  so,  give  up  position,  give 
up  wealth,  give  up  anything,  but 
keep  your  self-respect. 

During  this  address  the  remark- 
able quietness  indicated  the  interest 
•  of  the  college  in  what  was  being 
said,  and  at  its  close  there  went  up 
such  a  round  of  applause  for  Dr. 
Strong  as  is  seldom  heard.  When  it 
died  down  it  was  repeated  again 
with  renewed  vigor. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  students  of 
Rush  Medical  College,  Nov.  30,  the 
following  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously adopted: 

Whereas,  Professor  Albert  B. 
Strong  has   severed    his    connection 


fore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  students 
of  said  college,  do  hereby  express 
our  sincere  regret  at  his  resignation 
and  the  loss  we  have  sustained  in 
consequence  thereof. 

Resolved,  That  we  bear  testimony 
to  his  high  ability  and  proficiency 
as  a  teacher  of  anatomy,  and  to  his 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  the  stu- 
dents. 

Resolved,  That  we  tender  our  sin- 
cere gratitude  and  esteem  for  his  un- 
tiring efforts  in  our  behalf. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  be  transmitted  to  him, 
and  also  to  the  Hon.  L.  C.  P.  Freer, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  Rush  Medical  College. 

Committee: — Edwin  Hamill,  R. 
L.  Nourse,  J.  S.  Perekhan,  R.  E. 
Butler,  D.  J.  Reynish. 

Professor  Strong  sent  the  follow- 
ing reply  which  was  read  before 
the  students: 

To  the  Committee  on  Resolutions, 
Messrs.  Edwin  Hamill,  R.  L. 
Nourse,  J.  S.  Perekhan,  R.  E. 
Butler,  D.  J.  Reynish:  Gentle- 
men: 

Please  accept  for  yourself  and 
convey  to  the  class  my  sincere  thanks 
for  the  friendly  sentiments  expressed 
in  the  resolutions,  an  engrossed  copy 
of  which  you  have  honored  me  by 
presenting  in  their  behalf.  During 
many  years  I  have  faithfully 
labored  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
students  of  the  college  for  which  the 
assurance  you  bring  me  of  their  ap- 
proval of  my  acts  is  my  best  reward. 
Your  handsomely  framed  parchment 
shall  have  a  conspicuous  place  in  my 
home,  that  it  may  ever  remind  me 
that  sentiments  of  justice,  loyalty 
and  friendship  are  among  the  promin- 


9s 


7  HE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


ent  virtues  that    characterize    young 
men. 

Again  I  thank  you  and  assure  you 
that  I  shall  not  forget  the  "  boys." 
My  best  wishes  go  with  you.  Al- 
ways set  your  standard  high  and  per- 
severe to  the  end.  Then  will  you 
bean  honor  to  the  noble  profession 
which  is  our  common  brotherhood. 

Now  that  Professor  Strong  has 
resigned  and  a  new  man  stands  be- 
fore us  in  his  place,  would  it  not  be 
wise  for  us  as  students  to  cease  our 
discussions  of  the  matter.  Even 
though  as  students  we  may  feel  that 
a  great  injustice  has  been  done  our 
friend  and  instructor  is  it  wise  to  con- 
tinually refer  to  the  fact  that  we  do 
not  believe  the."  best  interests  of  the 
institution "  was  the  mainspring  of 
action?  Even  though  many  pre- 
ceptors aie  dissatisfied  and  call  for 
an  explanation  of  the  change,  or  the 
public  continually  ask  us  why  an  ex- 
perienced man,  faithful  for  so  many 
years  to  the  institution  which  em- 
ployed him,  should  be  without  warn- 
ing deposed  from  the  chair  which  he 
had  so  nearly  attained. 

People  may  ask  wh)r  was  not  a 
man  of  national  reputation  called  to 
the  chair?  We  can  only  answer 
"We  do  not  know."  Certainly  we 
may  have  our  own  opinions — per- 
haps well  founded — as  to  why  this 
was  not  done,  but  should  we  express 
them  openly?  Has  not  our  Alma 
Mater  suffered  sevei-e  enough  cen- 
sure (perhaps  permanent  detriment) 
already  at  the  hands*  of  so  many  who 
denounce  the  change  as  being  one 
not  made  in  the  interests  of  Rush 
Medical  College.     We  feel   that    in 


the  eyes  of  the  world  our  institution 
has  been  sacrificed  to  other  interests 
than  her  own;  still  are  we  acquainted 
enough  with  the  secret  workings  of 
our  Faculty  and  Board  to  under- 
stand the  case?  The  information 
we  have  received  has  been  gathered 
up  largely  from  rumor  and  at  no 
time  hav^e  we  heard  even  a  whisper 
from  headquarters  as  to  why  the 
change  was  made.  Evidently  our 
faculty  consider  it  wisest  that  we 
should  not  /enow,  and  consequently 
we  may  be  utterlv  incompetent  to 
judge  the  circumstances.  It  may  be 
and  is  mortifying  to  hear  our  college 
spoken  of  as  stooping  to  things  be- 
neath her  dignity;  yet  we  can  not 
remedy  them;  and  therefore  we 
should  aid  by  our  silence  in  render- 
ing the  subject  a  forgotten  one. 


It  seems  to  be  a  source  of  great 
conjecture  on  the  part  of  many  of  the 
students  as  to  why  an  institution  of 
the  age  and  high  standing  of  Rush 
does  not  possess  more  than  one  sur- 
geon. They  seem  to  think  that  be- 
cause all  other  colleges  of  the  size  and 
even  smaller  than  ours  can  boast  of 
several  men  on  surgery  and  surgical 
pathology  we  also  should  be  able  to 
do  the  same. 

Very  few  of  us  have  had  the  op- 
portunity of  visiting  or  attending 
other  institutions  of  a  similar  charac- 
ter and  perhaps  do  not  know  wheth- 
er there  are  advantages  in  such  a 
management  of  this  all  important 
department.  Yet  it  does  seem  im- 
possible that  one  man  can  teach 
all      the     important      branches      of 


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99 


this  subject  in  a  single  course  of  lec- 
tures. This  truth  seems  demonstra- 
ted by  the  fact  that  several  of  our 
students  attend  lectures  at  the  P.  and 
S.  college  for  the  purpose  of  obtain- 
ing what  is  lacking  in  this  depart- 
ment. This  fact  is  a  much  to  be 
regretted  one,  and  would  we  that  it 
misfht  be  otherwise. 


Professor  Bevan  entered  the  arena 
at  exactly  eleven  o'clock  on 'Monday, 
Dec.  12th.  Professor  Parkes,  our  big 
surgeon,  headed  the  procession,  gor- 
geous in  the  veritable  button -hole 
boquet  which  always  adorns  his  per- 
son on  unusual  occasions. 

Professer  Bevan  next  appeared 
"  with  downcast  eyes  and  modest 
mein  "  and  was  greeted  with  as  great 
a  storm  of  applause  as  ever  shook 
the  ampitheatre;  while  good  old 
"  Uncle  "  brought  up  the  rear.  He 
wore  his  usual  complacent,  sober 
expression,  which  usually  is  the  pre- 
cursory symptom  of  a  joke  that 
"  doubles  the  boys  up,"  and  seemed  to 
say  "I  don't  mind  the  noise;  I'm  used 
to  it." 

The  resignation  remarks  of  Pro- 
fessor Parkes  were  simple  yet  elo- 
quent, and  to  the  point.  He  spoke 
regretfully  of  the  cause  which  had 
led  up  to  the  change,  mentioning 
especially  the  warm  and  uninterrupt- 
ed friendship,  which  had  always 
existed  between  Professor  Gunn 
and  himself.  He  then  related  touch- 
ingly  some  of  the  last  scenes  of  the 
former's  life,  and  at  once  introduced 
Professor  Bevan.  After  a  second  out- 
break on  the  part  of  the  students,  the 


new  anatomist  spoke  a  few  words 
which  led  up  to  the  muscles  of  the 
forearm  and  began  work  in  a  busi- 
ness like  way. 


Students  are  invited  to  contribute 
articles  of  general  interest  to  the 
medical  department  of  the  Stentor. 
Such  articles  if  of  personal  character 
must  be  signed  at  least  with  the 
writer's  initials.  Such  communica- 
tions will  be  gladly  received. 


When  a  man  comes  in  to  the  lec- 
ture a  few  moments  late,  and  enters 
as  quietly  as  possible;  it  is  a  poor 
paying  business  to  raise  a  cloud  of 
dust,  annoy  the  lecturer,  and  take  the 
time  of  three  hundred  men  to  "seat  " 
him.  As  a  matter  of  policy  it  does 
not  pay. 


RUSH    LOCALS. 
N.  B.     No  one  responsible  for  this  department. 

"Merry  Christmas  is  here!" 
Have  you  seen  him? 

Who? 

Who!  Why  our  new  Anatomy 
Prof. 

Do  the  boys  like  him? 

Well  slightly.  Whitwer  wanted  to 
give  him  a  boquet,  but  the  rest  per- 
suaded him  not  to. 

Smith  is  here!  He  came  to  intro- 
duce his  new  instrument  to  the  rising 


1 HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


profession;    it    is    named    "Smith's 
New  Trojar." 

J.  Vanderbilt  Cox  soon  returns 
from  nursing,  with  his  pockets  full 
of  shekels. 

There  is  a  new  complaint  preva- 
lent among  one  or  two  of  the  D. 
J's,  which  we  diagnose  Gab-orr- 
hagia;  the  prognosis  is  very  good 
considering  the  treatment  whichRush 
affords. 

Q.  What  is  the  differential  diag- 
nosis between  a  Rush  man  and  a 
bull  frog? 

A.  One  sits  and  growls  at  the 
rushes,  the  other  gets  up  and  rushes 
at  the  "  growler." 

Some  Seniors  had  a  little  scheme, 

And  it  was  smooth  as  snow ! 
They  thought  we  ought  to  get  some  flowers 

For  our  new  Prof,  you  know. 

"  What  makes  the  Seniors  love  him  so? '" 

The  "  D.  J's"  faintly  cry, 
Oh  they're  not  stuck  on  getting  plucked !  " 

The  four-branch  men  reply. 

"  This  is  grave  business,"  as  the 
medical  student  said  when  he  hustled 
the  stiff  over  the  cemetery  fence. 

THE   FABLE    OF  THE  STUDENTS. 

Some  medical  students  once  met 
in  serious  conference  concerning  a 
subject  which  deeply  involved  all 
their  interests ;  the  first  said. 

"  Lo!  there  has  come  among  us  a 
new  hireling  who  is  to  teach  us  An- 
atomy." 

The  second  replied  in  the  follow- 
ing words: 


"  Truly  the  Rush  men  are  a  guile- 
less set  and  will  not  fathom  our 
scheme." 

The  third  continued  thus: 

"  Verily,  dear  fellows,  it  is  essen- 
tial that  we  pass  our  final  in  Anato- 
my 'ere  we  can  perpetrate  our 
knowledge  on  the  innocent  popu- 
lace." 

The  first  replied: 

"  Let  us  therefore  scheme." 

The  second  repeated : 

"  Yea,  let  us  scheme  most  might- 
ily!" 

And  the  third: 

"  We  will,  at  once,  scheme  violent- 
ly." 

And  they  schemed. 

Then  the  first  said: 

"  We  will  by  furtive  methods 
make  traction  upon  the  wool  and 
draw  it  over  the  orbits  of  these  guile- 
less students,  and  by  a  series  of  false 
reasonings  and  petty  prevarications, 
prevail  upon  their  innocence,  and 
persuade  them  to  appoint  us  a  com- 
mittee to  present  the  hireling  with  a 
few  blossoms,  then  right  gladly  will 
he  pass  us." 

The  second  then  replied  : 

"  Yea,  let  us  make  hay  while  the 
iron  is  hot." 

The  third  looked  very  wise  indeed 
and  said: 

"  I  being  the  boldest  and  having 
glasses  through  which  to  look  wise, 
will  make  the  speech  to  the  medical 
children,  I  wot  too,  that  I  support 
somewhat  of  a  beard  through  which 
even  now  the  light  breezes  are  wont 
to  whistle  and  they  (the  children) 
will  respect  my  Seniorial  words." 


The  first  said: 

"  Good." 

The  second  gurgled : 

"  Great  scheme!  " 

The  third  giggled: 

"  Already  I  see  the  hireling  grasp- 
ing my  hand." 

Then  these  three  foolish  students 
did  as  they  had  agreed  upon — but 
for  some  unacountable  reason  the 
scheme  flunked. 

There  was  a  Prosector  named  Peri — 
Whose  style  was  too  verily  very 

He  learned  Anato — mee 
Way  out  in  Tur — kee, 

This  Antipohlgistical  Peri. — 

Q.  What  would  you  do  in  case 
of  hanging? 

A.     Cut  him  down. 

Q.  But  if  he  were  already  cut 
down? 

A.     Then  cut  him  up  of  course. 

Prof.  S gives  the  following 

highly  euphoneous  appelation  to  a 
nerve.  "  The  tri-facial,  trigemini,  by 
Jiminy !  " 

New  articles  written  by  Rush 
men  during  the  last  month. 

How  to  Take  a  Joke — by  "  Mac." 

How  I  Mastered  Anatomy — or 
Over-shoe  Throwing — McGrath. 

A  Treatise  on  the  Use  of  the  Tro- 
jar — Smith. 

Boquets  in  and  Out  of  Season — 
Whitwer. 

The  Science  of  Sleeping — by  one 
who  can  sleep. 


THE  L.  F.    U.   STBNTOR.  101 

FERRY    HALL. 


FAREWELL  TO  GRACE. 

(ADAPTED   FROM  MOORE.) 

Farewell!    but    when'er  we  welcome  the 

hour 
That  awakens  the  night  song  of  mirth  in 

our  bower, 
We'll   think  of  the   friend    who  welcomed 

it  too, 
And    forget   our   own    griefs  to  be  happy 

with  you. 

Our   grief     may   return — yet     hope    doth 

remain 
That  you  to  our  home  we  may  welcome 

again. 
But  we  will  ne'er  forget  the  short  vision 

that  threw 
Its  enchantment  around  us  while  mingling 

with  you ! 

And  still  in    the  evenings  when  pleasure 

fills  up, 
To  the  highest  top  sparkle  each  heart   and 

each  cup, 
Where'er  thy  path  lies — be  it    gloomy    or 

bright. 
May  thy  soul,  dearest  Grace,  be  with    us 

that  night — 

May  it  join  in  our  revels,  our   sports   and 

our  wiles, 
And  return  to  thee  beaming  all  over  with 

smiles; 
And    true  would  it  tell  thee  that,  mid  the 

glad  cheer, 
Some    loved  voice  had  murmur'd   "  I  wish 

she  were  here! " 

Let  Fate  do  her  worst,  there  are  relics  of 

joy, 

Bright  dreams  of  the  past,  which  she  can- 
not destroy, 

Which  come  in  the  night-time  of  sorrow 
and  care, 

And  bring  back  the  features  that  joy  used 
to  wear, 

Long,    long  will     our   hearts    with    such 

memories  be  filled ! 
Like  the  vase   in  which  roses  have   once 

been  distilled ; 
One   may  break,  one  may  ruin  the  vase  if 

he  will, 

But  the  scent  of  the  roses  will  linger  there 
still! 


THE  L.  F.   U.  STENTOR. 


One  of  the  recent  enjoyable  events 
at  Ferry  Hall  was  a  Mythological 
Ball,  given  on  Friday  evening,  De- 
cember 10.  The  affair  was  kept  a 
profound  secret,  and  no  guests  were 
invited  either  from  within  or  without. 
The  first  thing  of  the  evening  was  a 
grand  march,  headed  by  the  king  and 
queen  of  Olympus  and  followed  by 
the  lesser  gods  and  goddesses,  about 
twenty-five  in  number,  of  whom  the 
most  conspicuous  were  Cupid  and 
Psyche,'  Venus  and  Minerva,  Mer- 
cury and  Iris,  the  nine  Muses,  the 
three  "  Graces,"  the  Fates,  and  the 
Furies.  Suddenly  the  region  round 
about  was  darkened  but  upon  the 
summit  of  Olympus  the  gods  and 
goddesses  appeared  in  brilliant  re- 
view. "  Venus  being  crowned  by 
the  Graces"  was  followed  by  "  Pal- 
las Athene,"  "Jupiter  and  Juno  sur- 
veying the  assembled  divinities. 
"  Cupid  discovering  Psyche,"  and 
many  others,  among  which  the  most 
striking  was  "  The  Fury  with  her 
prey," — our  respected,  venerated  and 
long  suffering  friend,  Mr.  Skeleton. 
The  festivities  closed  with  speeches 
from  a  few  of  the  goddesses 
and  dancing — and  Olympus  was 
again  wrapped  in  darkness. 

The  first  Pupil's  Recital  for  this 
year  occurred  on  Monday  evening, 
December  12,  given  before  a  large 
and  appreciative  audience.  The  fol- 
lowing programme  was  successfully 
carried  out: 

Overture,  "  La  Dame  Blanche," 
Miss  Juliette  Rumsey  and  Mr.  De- 
Prosse;  Recitation,  "  Only  a  Drunk- 
ard,"    Miss    Grace    Taylor;    Piano, 


"  Harmonious  Blacksmith,"  Miss 
Bessie  Hodge;  Vocal,  "  A  Night  in 
May,"  Miss  Harriet  Axtell;  Piano, 
"  Ein  Liebes  Leben,"  Miss  Frances 
Brown;  Recitation,  "The  Three 
Lovers,"  Miss  Harriette  Magill; 
Piano,  Nocturne  in  F  Minor,  Miss 
Grace  Stanley;  Vocal,  "Christmas 
Song,"  Miss  Elsie  Webster;  Piano, 
Valse  Caprice,  Miss  Hattie  Durand; 
Recitation,  "  Dot's  Christmas,"  Miss 
Mabel  Durand;  Vocal,  "By  the 
Bend  of  the  River,"  Miss  Harriet 
Vance;  Recitation,  (by  special  re- 
quest,) Miss  Grace  Taylor;  Piano, 
"  Whispering  Winds,"  Miss  Luella 
Camp. 

Not  long  since  Dr.  Seeley  delighted 
us  all  by  informing  us  that  the  term 
would  close  four  days  earlier  than 
usual.  As  we  were  about  to  express 
our  appreciation  of  the  unexpected 
favor  he  further  informed  us  that  it 
was  solely  because  our  room  would 
be  more  acceptable  than  our  compa- 
ny.    Repairs  are  the  cause. 

One  Friday  during  the  month 
some  of  the  members  of  our  literary 
society  accepted  the  kind  invitation 
extended  to  us  by  the  Athenaean 
Society  to  attend  its  open  meeting. 
Our  members  expressed  themselves 
as  greatly  pleased  with  the  major 
part  of  the  programme,  the  musical 
portion  being   especially  enjoyable. 

Question. — "  Do  callers  often  fail 
to   appear  when  their   cards  do,  and 
the    young    lady  upon   entering  the 
parlor  find  nothing  but  leaves?" 
Red  Wings. 


7  HE  L.  F.   U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


103 


The  popular  melody — "  We're 
going  home  to-morrow." 

Scene  in  Latin  class: 

Teacher. — "  Of  what  was  Ceres 
the  goddess?" 

Bright  Soph. — "  She  was  the  god- 
dess of  marriage." 

Teacher.— "What!" 

Bright  Soph. — "  Yes,  I  looked  it 
up,  and  the  notes  said  she  was  the 
goddess  of  husbandry." 

Don't  say  "  Chemistry  "  '  to  the 
(enraged)  Seniors! 

Ah,  there!  Heigh  there!  What's 
in  a  name?  By  a  name  O,  ye  gods! 
Puss  escaped  being  slain. 

The  popular  amusement  is  the  re- 
fined and  sublimated  modification  of 
circumambulatory  locomotion  over 
frozen  H  ,  O. 

Question. — "  What  statue  com- 
memorative of  the  late  civil  war  is 
attracting  a  good  deal  of  attention  in 
the  city  at  present  ?  " 

Answer. — From  absent  minded 
Eighty-eighter— "  The  Colonel." 


ACADEMY. 


Toot! 

Suspended!! 

Fired!!! 

Now  is  the  time  to  subscribe  for 
the  "  Trumpet  "  issued  nightly  at 
Academy  Hall. 

Terms  three  blasts. 


Restrictions  have  descended  and 
the  boys  languish. 

Two  new  books  from  the  pen  of 
"  Bonus"  are  in  press  and  will  come 
before  the  public  in  a  few  days. 
They  are  respectively  entitled 
"Academy  Hall  at  Midnight"  and 
"A  Link  from  the  Great  Con- 
spiracy." 

Some  of  the  Academy  boys  who 
tried  to  work  off  their  highly  hilari- 
ous and  exultant  spirits  through  the 
semi  circular  canals  of  a  brass  trum- 
pet "  came  out  at  the  little  end  of 
the  horn." 

A  night  student  of  the  'cad  has 
discovered  that  milk  comes  from  a 
ruminant  animal  called  a  cow!  In- 
vention will  never  cease! 

It  is  a  heaven  sent  blessing  upon 
suffering  humanity  that  the  occupant 
of  room  No.  35  can't  hear  himself 
snore. 

Revenge  is  sweet;  but  it  can  only 
be  procured  at  the  Academy  under 
expelation  prices. 

On  a  calm,  still,  serene  day,  when 
a  cyclone  was  perambulating  the 
streets  of  our  beautiful  city,  a  silver- 
tongued  son  of  Africa  possessing  all 
the  unadulterated  cheek  and  in- 
genuity of  a  book  agent,  and  who 
could  see  into  the  pockets  of  a  col- 
lege youth,  put  in  an  appearance  at 
the  University.  He  was  a  schemer, 
and  the  way  in  which  he  set  to  work 
showed  that  he  had  gauged  the  mind 
of  the  average  college  student.     His 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


little  plan  was  to  set  up  a  fruit  stand 
and  black  boots  at  the  University, 
and  in  accordance  with  it  he  demand- 
ed a  quarter  from  each  of  the  boys  as 
"  a  starter."  The  insignificant  mind 
of  the  collegian  readily  conceded 
to  the  demands  of  the  Sable  Son, 
while  the  shrewd  academian  who 
fore-saw  the  coming  of  the  beforesaid 
Sable  Son,wisely  witheld  from  grant- 
ing the  demand.  Finding  out  the 
generosity  of  college  students,  he 
asked  where  the  next  nearest  college 
was  located.  Being  informed,  he 
with  exhuberant  spirits  took  the  train 
for  that  town. 

P.  S.  We  saw  in  our  dreams  last 
night  this  Son  of  Color  feasting  up- 
on the  spoils  in  Canada. 

On  the  eve  of  December  ist  as  we 
sat  toasting  our  shins  and  thinking 
how  we  were  going  to  mend  the 
button  on  our  coat  sleeve,  a  groan 
was  heard  seemingly  coming  from 
the  third  floor  as  if  some  one  was 
dying.  We  rushed  down  in  our 
necktie  and  found  what  we  thought 
was  a  very  lively  looking  corpse 
hugging  a  great  big  horn,  and  trying 
to  press  the  electric  button  on  the 
thing  which  was  to  set  all  the  Acade- 
mical machinery  in  motion.  Mo- 
ment of  awful  suspense!! 

Would  she  fail  to  work?  Ah  I  At 
last  the  key  was  touched  and  there 
issued  forth  from  the  brazen  throat 
of  the  infernal  "  masheen  "  a  blast 
which  shook  the  entire  and  massive 
structure  called  Academy  Hall.  The 
halls  which  had  seemed  dead  sprang 
to  life  and  from  top  to  bottom  came 
the  awful    noise   like    the    sound    of 


many  waters  and  the  pounding  of 
many  steam  pipes.  Each  peaceful 
room  became  a  little  Sheol  from 
which  proceeded  groans  and  shrieks. 
But  during  all  the  tumult  the 
thought  uppermost  in  the  minds  of 
the  school  masters  was  would  the 
wire  hold?  Lo  it  didn't!!  Suddenly 
above  the  noise  and  strife  of  battle 
rang    out    like    a  silver    clarion    the 

voice    of    Mr. ,  "We 

understand  it  all."  How  like  magic 
the  effect  of  that  call!  instantaneously 
quiet  '  reigned  throughout  the 
Academy  of  "  Music" 


ALUMNI. 


'79.  Rev.  B.  Fay  Mills  preached 
as  an  evangelist  in  Massachusetts  dur- 
ing last  year.  He  worked  for  one  week 
at  Philip's  Academy,  Exeter,  where 
as  a  result  of  the  meetings  there  were 
sixty  conversions.  During  the  fall  of 
the  year  Mr.  Mills  preached  in  Bos- 
ton. 

J8o.  John  E.  Tarble  died  a  few 
years  ago  in  Pensacola,  Florida,  of 
yellow  fever. 

'81.  Rev.  — .  — .  Jewett  is  pastor 
of  a  mission  church  connected  with 
the  church  of  which  Dr.  Johnson  was 
formerly  pastor. 

'81.  Miss  Lottie  E.  Skinner  is 
teaching  in  the  Hyde  Park  High 
School. 

'83.  Rev.  John  W.  Millar  is  pas- 
tor  of    the   Presbyterian   church    at 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STBNTOR. 


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Onarga,  Illinois.  The  church  has  a 
membership  of  about  six  hundred 
and  pays  a  salary  of  about  one  thous- 
dollars.  Mr.  Millar  keeps  bachelor's 
hall  in  the  parsonage.  His  people 
are  intelligent  and  harmonious. 
They  chose  Mr.  Millar  by  unani- 
mous vote  from  a  number  of  candi- 
dates and  he  has  retained  the  hold 
which  he  gained  as  a  scholarly  man. 

Ferry  Hall. — Miss  Mary  E. 
Hawley  of  '84,  is  instructor  in  Cot- 
tage Seminary,  Clinton,  New  York. 

Miss  Hattie  E.  Ashley  of  '85  is 
assistant  principal  in  a  Pawnee  City, 
Nebraska,  school. 

Miss  Mary  S.  Martin  of  '85,  is 
teaching  in  Denver,  Colorado. 

Miss  Esther  W.  Wetherell  of  '85 
has  become  Mrs.  George  Magill,  of 
Chicago. 

Miss  H.  E.  Magill  of  '87,  is  taking 
a  post-graduate  course  at  Perry 
Hall. 

Rev.  Chapman  is  pastor  of  the 
church  known  as  the  Old  Brick 
church,  at  Albany,  New  York. 

Warren  Dickinson  is  in  business  in 
Chicago,  He  is  connected  with  the 
Board  of  Trade. 

Miss  Alice  Mitchell,  formerly  of 
'82,  has  been  interne  in  the  Presby- 
terian Hospital,  Chicago.  Her  sister, 
Miss  Susan  Mitchell,  is  missionary  in 
Mexico. 

Leonidas  Curtiss,  formerly  of  '83, 
is  teaching  Mathematics  in  the  South 


Side  High  School,  Chicago.  He 
was  married  last  summer  and  has 
been  living  in  Waukegan,  Illinois. 

Miss  Alice  Lake  is  dead. 

Miss  Allie  E.  Smith  is  the  wife  of 
Mr.  Charles  R.  Williams,  formerly 
Professor  of  Greek  in  the  college. 
Mr.  Williams  is  now  in  New  York, 
and  is  manager  of  the  Western  As- 
sociated Press. 

Miss  Ella  F.  Ward  has  returned 
in  ill  health  from  China,  where  she 
was  closing  mission  work.  She  is 
now  at  a  Sanitarium  at  Castile,  New 
York. 


GENERAL  COLLEGE  NEWS. 


Princeton  has  a  Theolog  seventy- 
seven  years  old. 

There  has  been  a  little  hazing  at 
the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

Longfellow  became  a  professor  at 
Bowdoin  at  nineteen  years  of  age. 

The  Yale  College  professors  have 
published  forty-one  books  in  the  last 
six  years. 

A  Henry  George  club  has  been 
formed  at  Cornell. 

The  oldest  college  paper  is  the 
Tale  Lit.  The  Beloit  Round  Table 
stands  next. — Ex. 

The  composite  picture  of  the  class 
of  '87  of  Amherst  College  is  said  to 
be  an  exact  likeness  of  Guiteau  as  he 
appeared  on  the  day  before  execu- 
tion.— Ex. 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Fifty  students  of  Yale  Theological 
Seminary  are  trying  to  memorise  the 
Bible. — Ex. 

There  are  101  medical  colleges  in 
the  United  States,  attended  by  15,- 
000  students. 

Yale  and  Amherst  have  this  year 
introduced  the  study  of  the  Bible  as 
an  elective. 

A  "  Rumabai  Circle  "  for  eleva- 
tion of  women  in  India  has  been 
formed  at  Cornell  university.  They 
have  almost  as  many  organizations 
at  Cornell  as  at  L.  F.  U. 

The  Yale  students  are  writing  nov- 
els. The  first  one  was  a  dime  novel 
recently  published  in  New  York, 
and  the  scene  of  it  is  laid  in  New 
Haven. — Ex. 

Charles  Dickens,  Jr.,  is  delivering 
lectures  and  giving  readings  in  a 
number  of  our  western  villages. 

The  system  of  giving  honors  has 
been  abolished  at  Cornell. 

We  have  received  the  School  Life 
from  Griswold  College,  Davenport, 
la. 

The  College  Mercury,  Racine 
College,  tells  us  that  their  course  is 
being  changed  somewhat  by  the  col- 
lege authorities. 

Christmas  Holidays  are  to  be  three 
weeks  this  year  at  Princeton.  The 
glee  club  will  make  through  the  west 
to  California. — Ex. 

Beloit  has  organized  a  band  of 
seventeen  pieces. 


Fair  Luna  has  the  silver  wing; 

Saturn,  a  ring  of  flame, 
The  sun  has  got  no  ring  at  all, 

But  gets  there  just  the  same. 


—Ex. 


We  are  pleased  to  receive  the  Nas- 
sau Literary  Magazine  from  Prince- 
ton. It  mourns  the  loss  of  the  first 
foot  ball  game  since  Princeton  has 
been  a  college,  and  also  sorrowfully 
regrets  the  resignation  of  their  P  P  s- 
ident. 

The  Llini,  from  the  University  of 
Illinois,  Champaign,  reports  good 
words  for  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  during 
the  week  of  prayer.  The  literary 
societies  of  that  institution  are  hold- 
ing declamation  contests  for  their 
members  with  nine  or  ten  contestants 
in  each  program. 

A  student  may  go  through  the 
German  Universities  for  $500  per 
year. 

We  see  from  the  Wabash,  Wa- 
bash College,  at  Crawfordsville,  Ind., 
that  Capt.  Black,  the  well  known 
defender  of  the  anarchists  was  a  stu- 
dent there  at  one  time. 

If  the  fugitive  slave  law  was  only 
now  enforced  or  if  the  days  were 
not  passed  when  they  used  to  chase 
down  runaway  "  niggers '»  wjth  blood 
hounds,  we  would  have  some  way 
of  reeking  our  vengeance  on  that  lit- 
tle miscreant  who  guyed  about  $40 
out  of  the  students,  on  the  pretence 
of  stai'ting  a  U.  W.  news  stand. — - 
Aegis. 

"  So  say  we  all  of  us."  Don't  we 
Rush? 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


VOL.  1. 


JANUARY,    1888. 


NO.  5. 


AMERICAN     UNIVERSITY. 


The  educational  system  of  our 
country,  at  least  in  its  final  form,  will 
be  shaped  by  no  single  mind.  It  will 
be  rather  an  outgrowth  of  national 
tendencies,  the  result  of  a  long  period 
of  development;  it  will  be  the 
product  of  a  process  of  evolu- 
tion, difficult  to  perceive,  perhaps, 
for  any  one  generation,  yet  by 
gradual  changes  leading  to  a  higher 
if  not  more  complex  type.  What 
its  future  will  be,  no  one  can  now 
foretell  with  exactness;  yet  in  the 
light  of  the  history  and  tenden- 
cies of  education  in  America,  it  is 
possible  in  some  degree  to  read  the 
trend  of  the  times  and  to  determine 
the  general  lines  of  educational  de- 
velopment. 

What  is  thus  true  of  our  educa- 
tional system  in  general,  applies  with 
especial  force  to  the  American  Uni- 
versity, its  crowning  feature.  As 
yet  the  typical  American  University 
does  not  exist.  There  is  no  in- 
stitution which  is  accepted  by  all  as  a 
model,  as  perfectly  meeting  the 
needs  of  American  people  for  the 
highest    education.     The  very    term 


University,  as  used  in  this  country,  is 
hard  to  define.  Harvard  University, 
(we  quote  from  a  recent  announce- 
ment), "  comprehends  the  following 
departments:  Harvard  College,  The 
Divinity  School,  The  Law  School, 
The  Lawrence  Scientific  School,  The 
Medical  School,  The  Dental  School, 
The  Bussey  Institution,The  School  of 
Veterinary  Medicine,  The  Graduate 
Department,  The  Library,  The  Ob- 
servatory, The  Botanic  Gai-den  and 
Herbarium, and  the  Museum  of  Com- 
parative Zoology.  The  Peabody 
Museum  of  American  Archaeology 
and  Ethnology  is  a  constituent  part 
of  the  University;  but  its  relations 
to  it  are  affected  by  certain  peculiar 
provisions."  Here  we  have  a  college, 
professional  schools,  a  library,  an 
observatory,  a  botanic  garden,  and  a 
museum  grouped  apparently  as  co- 
ordinate departments,  under  the 
name  University.  On  the  other 
hand  the  University  of  Rochester 
is  a  college,  and  purposes,  it  would 
seem,  to  extend  its  facilities  no 
further.  In  the  west  there  are  uni- 
versities   consisting    of  preparatory, 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


collegiate,  and  professional  depart- 
ments; others,  comprising  prepara- 
tory and  collegiate  departments  only ; 
and  business  universities  are  common 
enough  east  as  well  as  west.  Thus 
the  word  University  with  us  has  no 
definite  and  invariable  meaning;  it 
is  made  to  cover  educational  institu- 
tions, from  the  grade  of  a  high 
school  to  that  of  a  divinity  or  law 
school,  from  brief  and  crude  business 
courses  to  the  courses  for  original  in- 
vestigation at  Johns  Hopkins  or  the 
University  of  Michigan. 

Obviously,  this  utter  confusion  as 
regards  the  scope  and  proper  posi- 
tion of  a  University  can  not  always 
last.  There  has  lately  been  a  notice- 
able tendency  among  educators  to 
define  the  term  closely,  and  to  limit 
it  either  to  an  aggregation  of  profes- 
sional courses,  or  of  professional  and 
undergraduate  courses  combined. 
With  some  there  seems  to  be  a  de- 
sire to  import  in  a  wholesale  way 
the  organization  and  methods  of  the 
German  University,  and  engraft 
them  on  the  American  college. 
Others  prefer  to  retain  unchanged 
our  college,  which  is  a  thoroughly 
American  product,  developed  to  meet 
the  needs  of  our  people,  and  to  make 
the  university  distinct  and  independ- 
ent. By  all,  however,  it  is  conceded 
that  the  university  of  the  future  will 
not  be  the  present  college  of  arts, 
nor  an  aggregation  of  undergraduate 
courses,  no  matter  how  numerous; 
but  will  receive  its  distinctive  charac- 
ter from  advanced  and  professional 
work. 

If  this  be  granted,  that  the  Amer- 


ican University  will  be  devoted 
wholly  or  chiefly  to  training  for  the 
professions,  questions  at  once  arise  in 
regard  to  three  points, — resources, 
control,  and  organization.  Whence 
shall  the  university  derive  its  means? 
To  whom  or  what  shall  it  be  held  ac- 
countable? What  will  be  the  gen- 
eral character  of  its  organization  and 
administration?  A  full  discussion  of 
these  questions  would  transcend  the 
limits  of  a  single  article;  but  a  few 
suggestions  may  be  presented  under 
each  head. 

FINANCIAL    SUPPORT. 

The  universitv  of  the  future  will 
depend  for  its  support,  upon  neither 
the  federal  government  nor  that  of  a 
state.  Inseparably  connected  with 
the  theory  of  most  monarchies,  as 
in  the  case  of  Germany?  and  mon- 
archical traditions,  as  in  the  case  of 
France,  is  the  idea  that  a  govern- 
ment must  be  paternal,  that  it  must 
look  after  the  well-being  of  the  sub- 
ject at  every  turn.  Consistently  with 
this,  in  such  countries  the  govern- 
ment has  ever  been  charged  with  the 
support  and  control  of  the  universi- 
ties. But  our  government  rests  on  an 
entirely  different  basis.  Its  relation  to 
the  citizen  is  negative  rather  than 
positive,  aiming  to  protect  rather 
than  care  for.  Taxation  with  us 
must  be  regulated  according  to  the 
general  good,  as  indicated  by  the  ex- 
pressed will  of  the  majority.  If  the 
spirit  of  our  government  is  to  be  car- 
ried out,  education  at  public  expense 
may  go  only  so  far  as  the  greatest 
number  are  benefited.     So  soon  as  the 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


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state  offers  educational  facilities  of  a 
sort  that  only  a  few  comparatively 
are  able  to  take  advantage  of  them, 
it  spends  the  public  money  for  the 
good  of  a  class  and  taxes  all  others 
for  the  benefit  of  a  limited  number. 
True,  indeed,  it  is  for  the  general 
good  that  the  state  should  have  well 
trained  teachers,  lawyers  and  doctors; 
but  it  is  also  true  that  those  profes- 
sions are  in  themselves  sufficiently 
remunerative  to  induce  many  to  fit 
themselves  to  enter  them  without  the 
stimulus  of  an  inducement  offered 
in  the  way  of  free  tuition  and  other 
privileges.  Experience  shows  that 
"  the  greatest  number"  receive  direct 
benefit  from  no  educational  facilities 
of  a  grade  above  those  of  the  high 
school. 

But  the  maintenance  of  a  univer- 
sity by  the  state  is  not  only  an  injus- 
tice to  the  great  body  of  tax-payers. 
With  the  introduction  of  political  in- 
fluence into  university  management, 
inevitable  sooner  or  later  in  our  state 
institutions,  the  proper  functions  of 
the  university  are  liable  to  be  im- 
peded. Further  than  this,  society 
needs  trained  ministers  as  well  as 
doctors  or  lawyers;  but  among  us, 
with  no  established  church,  the  state 
cannot  assume  the  teaching  of  the- 
ology. 

To  some  other  source  than  the 
state,  then,  must  the  American  Uni- 
versity look  for  its  resources.  More 
and  more  it  becomes  evident  that 
with  the  sense  of  need,  the  generos- 
ity of  American  private  wealth  will 
take  the  place  of  European  royal 
foundations   and  government  grants 


in  endowing  and  sustaining  the  high- 
er institutions  of  learning. 

With  such  a  basis,  consecrated  in 
a  spirit  of  beneficence,  the  university 
may  pursue  the  even  tenor  of  its 
way,  free  from  the  meddling  of 
politicians  as  well  as  from  the  unap- 
preciative  complaints  of  a  tax-bur- 
dened public. 

CONTROL. 

The  university  of  the  future,  un- 
der no  obligations  to  the  state  for  its 
support,  will  not  be  subject  to  state 
control.  It  will  bear  to  the  state  the 
same  relation  as  any  other  corpora- 
tion similarly  chartered.  Its  con- 
trolling body  will  no  doubt  be  a  board 
of  trust,  directed  or  limited  in  its  ad- 
ministration by  the  provisions  of  a 
charter,  framed  by  its  founders. 

But  the  university,  in  order  to  be 
complete,  must  have  a  department  of 
theology,  a  theological  faculty.  This 
faculty  will  be  expected  to  empha- 
size some  phase  of  theology,  accord- 
ing to  the  will  of  the  founders,  and 
will  thus  be  brought  more  or  less 
directly  into  relation  with  some  re- 
ligious denomination.  Further  than 
this,  the  university  will  not  be  de- 
nominational or  sectarian;  but,  as 
Christianity  is  the  corner-stone  of 
our  civilization,  the  university  will 
be  pervaded  by  a  Christian  atmos- 
phere. It  will  be  a  moulder  of  pub- 
lic opinion;  at  the  same  time  it  will 
be  influenced  in  its  development  and 
activity  by  public  opinion,  and  par- 
ticularly by  the  views  of  alumni.  At 
present    the    influence    of  alumni  in 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


the    management  of  American    col- 
leges is  showing  rapid  increase. 

ORGANIZATION. 

In  its  organization  the  university 
of  the  future  will  be  compact,  yet 
comprehensive:  compact,  in  that  be- 
tween its  various  departments  there 
will  be  a  much  closer  bond  of  union 
than  now  exists  in  many  institutions; 
comprehensive,  in  that  it  will  provide 
a  place  for  the  widest  possible  range 
of  instruction  and  investigation.  The 
characteristic  of  the  university  will 
lie  not  in  matter,  but  in  method;  not 
in  this  or  that  group  of  courses,  but 
in  the  advanced  and  philosophic  way 
in  which  all  courses  are  pursued. 
The  university  will  assume  as  its 
basis  the  college,  which  is  equal  to 
the  continental  gymnasium  in  point 
of  discipline  and  superior  in  point  of 
culture.  As  distinguished  from  the 
college,  which  aims  to  train  and 
broaden,  the  university  will  endeavor 
to  provide  facilities,  first,  for  studies 
in  the  line  of  any  profession;  second, 
for  original  investigation  in  any  field. 

The  tendency  of  the  professions, 
as  of  trades,  is  now  to  run  into  spec- 
ialties. No  one  faculty  can  assume 
to  give  instruction  in  all  branches. 
To  insure  the  best  results  of  work 
there  must  be  in  the  university  itself 
lines  of  division.  Where  shall  these 
be  drawn?  In  most  higher  educa- 
tional institutions  professional  and  un- 
dergraduate departments  are  thrown 
together  apparently  with  no  attempt 
at  classification  and  with  little  rela- 
tion to  one  another,  except  on  com- 


mencement day.  Our  institutions 
will  not  always  remain  satisfied  with 
this  unsystematic  and  loose  arrange- 
ment. The  tendencies  of  the  times 
seem  to  point  to  a  union  of  Conti- 
nental, English  and  American  fea- 
tures of  university  organization  as 
the  proper  solution.  According  to 
this  the  university  will  comprise  four 
faculties,  the  faculties  of  Arts  (or 
Philosophy),  Theology,  Law  and 
Medicine.  Under  these  faculties  will 
be  grouped  the  schools  devoted  to 
the  specialties  of  the  professions. 
Thus  in  the  Faculty  of  Arts,  or 
Philosophical  Faculty,  might  be  en- 
rolled professors  in  schools  of  fine 
arts  and  engineering  as  well  as  those 
in  charge  of  post-graduate  courses  in 
philosophy,  philology,  and  science; 
and  in  the  Medical  Faculty 
would  be  included  professors 
in  schools  of  pharmacy  and 
dentistry  as  well  as  of  the  gen- 
eral theory  and  practice  of  medi- 
cine. For  all  details  of  work  there 
would  be  separate  schools,  or  depart- 
ments, with  separate  buildings  and 
distinct  working  organization;  but 
each  would  be  a  part  of  ^a  larger  part, 
one  of  the  four  faculties;  and  the 
four  faculties  would  often  meet,  now 
separately,  now  together  or  by  dele- 
gation in  a  senatus.  Whether  ar- 
ranged in  exactly  this  way  or  not, 
the  organization  of  the  American 
University,  in  its  perfect  form,  will 
be  comprehensive,  simple,  and  sym- 
metrical. Americans  in  all  things 
are  as  averse  to  lopsidedness  as  they 
are  to  needless  complication. 

Francis  W.  Kelsey. 


7  HE  L.  F,  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 
PURITANISM    IN    HAWTHORNE. 


The  Puritan  fathers,  as  depicted 
by  Hawthorne,  were  bearded  men, 
grim  and  austere,  in  sad  colored  gar- 
ments and  gray  steeple-crowned  hats. 
This  personal  appearance  well  befit- 
ted men  with  whom  religion  and  law 
were  almost  identical  and  who  made 
their  mildest  and  severest  acts  of  dis- 
cipline equally  venerable  and  awful. 
The  women  were  substantial  persons 
with  large  frames,  broad  shoulders, 
round  and  ruddy  cheeks.  Morally, 
they  were  of  coarser  fiber  than  their 
fair  descendants.  For  Hawthorne 
says-that  "  every  successive  mother 
has  transmitted  to  her  child  a  fainter 
bloom,  a  more  delicate  and  briefer 
beauty,  and  a  slighter  physical  frame, 
if  not  a  character  of  less  force  and 
solidity,  than  her  own." 

That  the  women  of  primitive  New 
England  were  more  robust  than 
those  of  the  present,  we  are  willing 
to  concede.  The  demands  of  that 
age  were  such  as  to  produce  women 
of  sturdy  physique  and  coarse  fiber. 
But  we  can  never  admit  that  every 
successive  mother  has  transmitted  a 
"  character  of  less  force  and  solidity 
than  her  own."  It  can  not  be  true 
that  the  noble  women  of  to-day  have 
a  less  high  standard  of  character 
than  the  harsh  matrons  who  so  im- 
modestly stood  about  the  scaffold  of 
Hester  Prynne's  disgrace  and  so  un- 
sympathizingly  gave  vent  to  their 
merciless  feelings  towards  her. 

For  a  picture  of  home  life  in  the 
earliest  days  we  are  shown  into  the 
home  of  Roger  Conant,  founder  of 


Salem.  The  good  wife  is  represent- 
ed as  singing  a  psalm  tune  at  her 
work — just  as  John  Alden 

"  Heard  as  he  drew  near  the  door,  the  mus- 
ical voice  of  Pricilla 

Singing  the  hundreth  psalm,  the  grand  old 
Puritan  anthem." 

Sometimes  she  pauses  with  a  sigh 
at  the  remembrance  of  the  cheerful 
gossip  and  the  men-y  social  life  of 
her  home  in  old  England.  But  now 
she  enters  with  "  sympathetic  glee  " 
into  the  sports  of  her  little  tribe  of 
children ;  and  soon  turns  to  greet  her 
husband,  who  is  heard  approaching 
the  "  rough-hewn  "  threshold. 

Perhaps  we  may  infer  something 
as  to  the  size  of  the  family  circle, 
when  we  read  in  the  biography  of 
Sir  William  Phipps  that  he  was  one 
of  the  twenty-six  children  of  a  gun- 
smith. From  the  picture  given  in 
Old  News  we  see  that  slaves  had 
their  place  in  the  domestic  affections: 
"  When  the  circle  closed  round  the 
evening  hearth,  its  blaze  glowed  on 
their  dark  shining  faces,  intermingled 
familiarly  with  their  master's  chil- 
dren." 

But  we  are  not  left  merely  with 
glimpses  of  the  home  life.  Haw- 
thorne has  described  for  us  the  life 
of  a  single  day — about  1650.  It 
begins  with  the  gray  light  of  the 
early  morning.  The  bell-man,  who 
cries  the  hour  at  the  street  corners, 
rings  the  last  peal  upon  his  hand- 
bell and  goes  wearily  homewards. 
"  Forth     tumbles    the     still    drowsy 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


cow-herd  "  and  with  his  horn  warns 
every  cow  in  the  settlement  that  the 
"  dewy  pasture  hour  is  come."  The 
day  we  look  upon  is  neither  a  holi- 
day nor  a  sabbath ;  nor  is  it  a  common 
week-day.  It  is  the  day  of  the 
Thursday  Lecture.  Besides  being 
the  lecture  day,  it  is,  moreover,  a  day 
of  public  shame:  the  day  on  which 
the  minor  transgressors  of  the  Puri- 
tan law  "  receive  their  reward  of  ig- 
nominy." Here  is  a  man  who,  for 
his  idleness,  has  been  bound  to  the 
whipping-post.  Another  is  standing 
on  the  steps  of  the  meeting-house, 
with  a  halter  about  his  neck,  which 
he  must  wear  visibly  throughout  his 
life-time.  A  woman,  having  lifted 
her  hand  against  her  husband,  is 
chained  to  a  post  at  the  corner  of 
Prison  Lane.  In  the  centre  of  the 
scene  is  a  great  wooden  cage  in  which 
a  man  gnashes  his  teeth  and  shakes 
the  strong  oaken  bars.  But  here 
comes  the  minister,  and  the  whole 
town  throngs  into  the  small  church, 
"  mostly  with  such  sombre  visages 
that  the  sunshine  becomes  little  bet- 
ter than  a  shadow  when  it  falls  upon 
them."  There  go  the  Thirteen  Men, 
"  grim  rulers  of  a  grim  community." 
Last  of  all  enters  the  tithing-man, 
lugging  in  two  small  boys  whom  he 
has  caught  playing  "  beneath  God's 
blessed  sunshine,  in  a  back  lane.'' 
The  picture  is  a  gloomy  one.  It  is 
valuable  as  giving  us  some  of  the 
modes  of  punishment  and  a  further 
knowledge  of  Hawthorne's  estimate 
of  Puritan  life  and  character. 

An  eminent  authority  has  pointed 
out  certain  aspects  of  the  social  life 


portrayed  in  "  The  Scarlet  Letter." 
Here,  nearly  every  phase  of  society 
is  touched  by  our  author.  The  nat- 
ural feelings  of  the  young  matron 
cause  her  to  be  compassionate  to- 
wards her  disgraced  sister;  but  this 
unspoiled  tenderness  contrasts  harsh- 
ly with  the  exultation  of  the  other 
women  over  Hester's  shame.  The 
noble  and  spotless  character  of  Win- 
throp  is  but  dimly  suggested.  Much 
more  distinct  appears  the  mild  and 
saintly  Wilson.  Governor  Belling- 
ham  is  the  "  stern,  unflinching,  man- 
ly upholder  of  the  state."  In  the 
same  house  with  him  dwells  Mis- 
tress Hibbins,  the  witch-lady.  Lastly 
is  Chillingsworth,  "  an  exponent  of 
the  whole  Puritan  idea  of  spiritual 
government,"  which  vainly  attempt- 
ed— though  far  from  intending  such 
a  thing — to  hasten  and  take  in  hand 
the  punishments  of  eternity  on  this 
side  the  grave. 

Throughout  Puritan  New  Eng- 
land the  militia  was  an  essential  in- 
gredient of  the  community  life.  The 
soldiers  of  those  pristine  times  'were 
truly  martial  men,  with  their  steel 
caps  and  iron  breast-plates  well  bur- 
nished. Ponderous  muskets  were  on 
their  shoulders,  bandaliers  about  their 
waists,  and  lighted  matches  in  their 
hands.  It  was  of  such  men  as  those 
that  Cromwell's  famous  regiment  of 
Ironsides  was  made  up.  Every  gov- 
ernor was  both  a  statesman  and  a 
general.  Every  man  was  a  soldier 
or  the  father  or  bi-other  of  a  soldier. 
Such  warlike  aspects  were  in  exact 
keeping  with  the  times,  and  Haw- 


7 HE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


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thorne  does  not  fail  to  assign  to  them 
their  full  importance. 

Law  and  religion  were  the  body 
and  soul  of  Puritan  existence. 
Church  and  state,  forged  at  the  same 
furnace,  were  inseparably  welded  to- 
gether. The  law  was  founded  upon 
religion  and  religion  in  turn  was  sup- 
ported by  law.  Governors  and  min- 
isters counselled  together  for  the  wel- 
fare of  the  people.  "  A  minister 
was  a  more  formidable  man  than  a 
general."  Hawthorne  pays  the  re- 
ligion of  the  early  settlers  a  high 
tribute:  "A  recovered  faith  burned 
like  a  lamp  within  their  hearts." 
They  were  men  who  "  looked 
heavenward  without  a  glance  to 
earth."  These  sentiments  accord 
with  those  of  Bancroft:  "  They  es- 
tablished a  worship  purely  spiritual." 
They  are  also  echoed  by  Drake: 
"  The  Golden  Rule  seems  to  have 
been  the  practice  of  their  lives." 
But  our  author  informs  us  that  this 
pure  religion  became  degenerate. 
The  rigidity  of  life  distorted  the 
moral  nature.  "  The  sons  and  grand- 
sons of  the  first  settlers  were  a  race 
of  lower  and  narrower  souls  than 
their  progenitors  had  been."  Super- 
stition entered  largely  into  their  re- 
ligion. Meteoric  appearances  and 
other  natural  phenomena  that  occur- 
red with  less  regularity  than  the  rise 
and  set  of  sun  or  moon,  were  inter- 
preted as  so  many  revelations  from  a 
supernatural  source.  Indian  warfare 
was  prefigured  by  a  "  blazing  spear,  a 
sword  of  flame,  a  bow,  or  a  sheaf  of 
arrows,  seen  in  the  mid-night  sky." 


Pestilence  was  once  foretold  by  a 
shower  of  crimson  light. 

"  The  purity  of  morals  completes 
the  picture  of  colonial  felicity,  "  says 
Bancroft.  But  Hawthorne  writes, 
"  There  is  no  evidence  that  the  moral 
standard     was      higher     then    than 

now The    pillory,    the 

whipping-post,  the  prison,  and  the 
gallows,  each  had  their  use  in  those 
good  old  times;  and,  in  short,  as  often 
as  our  imagination  lives  in  the  past 
we  find  it  a  ruder  and  rougher  age 
than  our  own."  We  are  inclined  to 
accept  partially  both  opinions.  Ban- 
croft has  reference  to  the  very  first 
colonists.  The  words  of  Hawthorne, 
taken  from  '  Main  Street, '  lead  us 
to  infer  that  he  spoke  of  a  later 
period. 

According  to  Hawthorne  the  civil 
life  overflowed  with  the  same  stern- 
ness and  severity  as  the  religious. 
This  is  decidedly  opposed  to  Ban- 
croft, who  writes,  "  Hardly  a  nation 
in  Europe  has  as  yet  made  its  crim- 
inal law  so  humane  as  that  of  early 
New  England."  We  unhesitating- 
ly support  Hawthorne.  The  laws 
against  crime  were  of  such  a  nature 
as  largely  to  overbalance  their  ap- 
parent leniency.  They  aimed,  by 
the  effect  of  visible  symbols,  to  keep 
alive  the  conscience  and  remorse  for 
guilt.  What  punishment  is  more 
acute  than  that  which  will  not  let  the 
wrong-doer  hide  from  the  staring 
eyes  and  taunting  words  of  the 
masses?  What  must  Hester  Prynne 
have  suffered!  All  the  harshness  of 
this  system  of  penal  punishment 
Hawthorne    clearly     perceived     and 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


has  given  a  powerful  portrayal  of  it 
in  '  The  Scarlet  Letter.' 

We  may  consider  ourselves  fortu- 
nate indeed,  when,  in  seeking  a  sum- 
mary of  an  author's  view  on  any 
subject,  we  find  it  in  his  own  words. 
Hawthorne  has  expressed  his  real 
opinion:—"  Happy  are  we,"  says  he, 
"  if  for  nothing  else,  yet  because  we 
did  not  live  in  those  days."  Again: 
"  Let  us  thank  God  for  having  given 
us  such  ancestors,  and  let  each  suc- 
cessive generation' thank  Him,  not 
less  fervently,  for  being  one  step 
further  removed  from  them  in  the 
march  of  ages."  To  the  mind  of 
Hawthorne,  Puritanism  was  an  insti- 
tution in  which  gloom  and  shade 
vastly  predominated.  The  Puritans 
were  an  austere,  morbid,  sad-faced 
people  who  frowned  upon  anything 
like  frivolity,  mirth  or  gayety.  Yet 
here  also,  as  in  religion,  Hawthorne 
distinguishes  between  the  early  set- 
tlers and  their  near  descendants. 
The  former  had  not  lost  remem- 
brance of  happier  moments  in  merry 
Mother  England.  But  the  latter 
"  wore  the  darkest  shade  of  Puritan- 
ism." 

Hawthorne  fully  realizes  the  dark- 
ness of  his  pictures.  He  justifies 
himself  by  saying  that  "  the  blame 
must  rest  on  the  sombre  spirit  of  our 
forefathers,  who  wove  their  web  of 
life  with  hardly  a  single  thread  of 
rose-color  or  gold."  It  is  not  for  the 
true  artist  to  exaggerate  the  "  single 
thread  "  of  brightness  into  the  warp 
and  woof  of  the  garment.     He  must 


be  faithful  to  the  mood  and  manners 
of  the  age  he  would  reproduce.  Is 
the  tinge  gray  and  sable  ? — He  can- 
not represent  it  as  bright  and  gay. 

Hawthorne  evidently  held  his 
stern  ancestors  in  the  highest  regard. 
It  has  been  urged  against  him,  how- 
evei-,  that  he  did  not  sufficiently 
glorify  the  moral  strength  and  the 
sweeter  qualities  of  the  Puritans. 
As  well  censure  the  wild-rose  for 
not  breathing  forth  the  merry  song 
of  the  lark  instead  of  its  own  sweet 
fragrance!  He  was  not  unconscious 
of  their  merits,  but  it  was  not  his  pur- 
pose to  extol  them.  He  chose  rather 
to  dwell  upon  the  picturesque  points 
and  striking  features  of  Puritan  life, 
where  shadows  and  severities  pre- 
dominated. In  giving  to  Puritanism 
its  own  distinctive  coloring  Haw- 
thorne made  no  distortion.  As  time 
removes  us  further  and  still  further 
from  the  Puritans  there  appears  an 
ever-increasing  tendenc}'  to  refer 
simply  to  their  virtues.  All  the  more 
reason  why  America's  great  novelist 
should  not  have  forgone  his  im- 
mortal privilege  of  giving  us  these 
gloomy-grounded  pictures  of  our 
forefathers!  Himself  a  child  of  the 
past  from  which  he  issued,  his  own 
nature  a  blending  of  the  same  ele- 
ments and  the  same  capabilities  that 
belonged  to  his  Puritan  fathers,  with 
a  poet's  insight,  with  a  genius  unsur- 
passed, who  better  than  he  could  il- 
lumine those  dark  but  characteristic 
features  of  Puritanism? 

Grant  Stroh,  'S9. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


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EDITORIAL. 


If  keen  regret  at  the  loss  of  a 
professor  be  an  evidence  of  the  es- 
teem in  which  he  is  held,  that  which 
our  students  have  for  Professor 
Zenos  must  be  very  great  ;  and  this 
universal  feeling  of  regret,  caused  by 
his  recent  resignation,  is  as  deep 
and  sincere  as  it  is  widely  extended. 
During  the  years  of  his  connection 
with  our  college  his  attitude  toward 
his  students  has  ever  been,  such 
as  to  gain  their  highest  respect 
and  esteem.  Thus  he  has  won 
from  them,  in  addition  to  their 
reverence  for  his  profound  schol- 
arship and  abilities  as  an  instructor, 
the  much  more  desirable  homage 
of  admiration  and  affection.    Though 


we  regret  that  he  is  to  leave 
us,  it  is  with  delight  that  we  hear  of 
his  acquiring  a  new  honor  ;  and 
though  after  this  year  he  will  be 
separated  from  our  college,  where- 
ever  he  may  be  he  will  always  have 
a  large  share  of  the  pleasant  memo- 
ries and  affections  of  the  many  who 
have  been  under  his  instruction. 


We  publish  this  month  a  letter 
from  a  gentleman  whose  name  is 
withheld  at  his  request — which  sets 
forth  exactly  our  ideas  on  a  certain 
phase  of  college  journalism.  Written 
by  a  very  highly  esteemed  gentleman 
and  one  who  takes  a  lively  interest  in 
college  life,  we  hope  that  it  will  be 
read  thoughtfully  by  all  students  and 
that  its  suggestions  will  be  acted  up- 
on. This  "  paper  spirit  "  we  have 
vainly  attempted  to  arouse;  it  seems 
impossible  to  make  it  understood 
that  the  college  paper  is  the  property 
of  all  the  students,  and  is  for  their 
benefit,  the  organ  for  the  expression 
of  their  views  and  the  field  for  prac- 
tice in  literary  work.  To  make  still 
more  free  the  opportunity  for  ex- 
pression of  opinions  relating  to  col- 
lege matters,  we  have  established  a 
"  Contributors'  Department,"  which, 
if  the  students  so  will,  may  be  made 
a  source  of  great  benefit.  Let  the 
alumni,  also,  take  this  means  for 
making  their  opinions  known. 


One  hundred  and  twenty-four  stu- 
dents are  working  their  way  through 
Harvard. 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


To  the  S  tent  or  : 

As  I  have  read  your  paper  from 
month  to  month,  I  have  become  in- 
terested in  it  because  it  revived  the 
associations,  almost  forgotten,  of  my 
own  college  life.  As  I  have  become 
interested  in  your  enterprise,  re- 
calling of  those  old  associations,  I 
have  read  your  pages  with  a  criti- 
cal eye.  In  my  own  college  the  stu- 
dents conducted  a  paper  which  was 
of  great  help  to  us  because  it  gave 
an  opportunity  to  every  student  for 
doing  journalistic  work,  even  though 
in  a  small  way.  I  do  not  mean  that 
the  students  as  a  whole  conducted 
the  paper.  We  had  a  board  of  edi- 
tors to  whom  was  entrusted  the  man- 
agement, but  each  student  regarded 
the  paper  as  having  a  personal  value 
to  him,  and  as  furnishing  a  place  for 
the  expression  of  any  legitimate 
opinions  he  might  have.  It  made  no 
difference  upon  what  subject  those 
opinions  might  be,  and  whether 
upon  college  matters,  current  poli- 
tics, or  morals.  Thus  we  had  a  paper 
always  interesting  and  helpful.  Your 
students  must  have  opinions  upon 
current  questions;  can  you  not  bring 
before  them  the  necessity  of  giving 
to  those  opinions  opportunity  for  ex- 
pression in  your  columns?  You 
need  it  for  the  sake  of  your  paper, 
and  by  that  I  do  not  say  anything 
derogatory  to  the  paper  as  at  present. 
I  only  wish  to  be  recognized  the 
great  advantage  that  will  be  en- 
joyed on  all  sides  when  this  oppor- 
tunity is  embraced  and  a  proper 
"paper  spirit"  aroused  among  the 
students.     The  benefit  to  the  students 


is  two-fold:  The  literary  training 
and  increased  interest  in  your  paper 
as  the  exponent  of  your  college  life. 
There  is  nothing  which  students  will 
look  back  to  with  greater  pleasure 
in  after  life  than  their  connection 
with  a  good  live  college  paper. 

Wishing  you  great  success,  I  re- 
main Yours  very  truly, 


In  oratory  there  are  two  elements, 
the  internal  and  the  external.  The 
internal  is  made  up  of  the  thoughts 
which  arise  and  are  elaborated  in  the 
mind.  The  external  element  is  com- 
posed of  the  various  ways  in  which 
those  thoughts  are  given  expression 
by  the  physical  organism.  These 
two  elements  are  inseparable  in  ora- 
tory, and  when  viewed  in  this  light 
it  is  surprising  that  our  students  take 
so  little  interest  in  one  of  them.  We 
assiduously  store  our  minds  with 
knowledge,  but  pay  but  little  atten- 
tion to  the  means  by  which  that 
knowledge  is  to  be  brought  to  bear 
upon  others.  Many  of  us  expect  to 
enter  the  ministry  where  we  will 
proclaim  the  most  important  truths. 
Would  it  not  be  well  to  render  our- 
selves able  to  proclaim  those  truths 
in  an  acceptable  manner?  Cicero 
says  that  some  orators  are  so  insuf- 
ferably harsh  that  they  may  be  said 
to  bark  rather  than  to  speak,  and  we 
have  some  painful  memories  of  ser- 
mons, the  truth  in  which  was  lost 
because  of  harsh  and  unmodulated 
tones  and  incongruous  gestures. 

The    lawyer,  the    business    man, 


7  HE  L.  E.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


and  the  physician  all  need  to  culti- 
vate the  external  element  of  oratory 
no  less  than  the  minister,  for  the 
great  business  of  every  man  who 
does  not  labor  with  his  hands  is  to 
persuade. 

It  is  true  that  we  have  here  no 
department  of  oratory  on  the  same 
basis  as  the  other  departments  of  the 
college,  but  such  a  department  is  not 
necessary  for  the  attaining  of  some 
degree  of  proficiency  in  the  essentials 
of  oratory.  determined  private 
practice  will  do  wonders  in  the  way 
of  developing  the  voice  and  obtaining 
freedom  of  gesture.  Indeed,  all 
that  an  instructor  in  elocution  can  do 
is  to  give  hints,  and  direct  the  in- 
dividual effort  by  which  we  make 
his  power  and  grace  our  own.  It  is 
constant,  persevering,  individual 
practice  which  tells  in  this  eminently 
practical  art. 

And  we  are  not  without  certain 
facilities  in  this  line.  Every  year  we 
have  more  or  less  instruction,  and  it 
is  our  business  to  gather  what 
crumbs  we  may  until  the  time  comes 
when  we  may  have  a  regular  de- 
partment of  elocution.  Are  we 
overcrowded  with  other  work  ?  But 
the  same  complaint  comes  from 
other  colleges  where  there  is  great 
enthusiasm  upon  this  subject. 

Our  college  offers  prizes  at  the 
end  of  the  year  to  contestants  in  ora- 
tory, and  more  of  our  students 
should  enter  for  them.  Then  we 
should  be  represented  in  the  State 
contest.  At  present  the  state  asso- 
ciation has  a  membership  of  about 
seven    colleges,  and    of    these    some 


are  much  inferior  to  ours,  both  in 
ability  of  students  and  incentives  to 
oratorical  work.  Knox  College 
considered  the  winning  of  the  State 
and  inter-State  contests  of  last  year 
to  be  worth  two  thousand  dollars, 
simply  as  an  advertisement;  and  to 
the  student  who  represented  Knox 
at  these  contests  the  value  was 
not  to  be  estimated  in  dollars  and 
cents.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  next 
fall  Lake  Forest  will  send  a  delega- 
tion and  an  orator  to  the  State  con- 
test, and  that  in  the  future  we  may 
be  represented  in  the  association.  If 
we  are  wide-awake  in  other  depart- 
ments, we  should  be  in  this  also. 
Student. 


OUR  NOTE  BOOK. 


THE  COLLEGE. 
I 

"  Now  is  the  winter  of  our  discon- 
tent." 

What's  the  matter  with  the  Glee 
Club? 

To  the  orchestra — "  We  are  grate- 
ful for  this  much." 

Prof.  Locy  has  recently  received 
ten  Zeiss  microscopes,  costing  $450, 
imported  from  Germany  for  his  Bi- 
ology class.  His  class-room  is  fitted 
up  for  convenience,  each  pupil  hav- 
ing a  desk  and  locker,  and  the  use  of 
a  microscope.  Another  addition  to 
this  department  is  a  microtome, 
which  is  used  to  mount  specimens  for 
microscopes. 


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7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


Several  of  the  Junior  class  have 
taken  Mediaeval  History  as  an  elect- 
ive this  term.  Prof.  Halsey's  repu- 
tation as  a  historian  as  well  as  an  in- 
structor in  history  is  well  established, 
and  this  class  cannot  fail  to  be  in- 
spired by  their  professor. 

During  vacation  the  floors  of  the 
college  building  were  oiled  and  the 
stair-railings  varnished.  Our  janitor, 
Mr.  Lichtfeld,  keeps  things  looking 
very  civilized,  considering  the  amount 
of  work  he  has  to  do. 

A  logical  classification:  Profess- 
or— "  Whom  would  you  class  with 
Moses  as  a  great  prophet  ?"  Freshie 
—"Aaron ! " 

The  first  year's  endowment  for 
the  University,  $200,000,  has  been 
raised.  The  same  amount  each  year 
for  four  years  to  come  should  putL. 
F.  U.  on  a  basis  from  which  it  would 
never  topple. 

Prof.  Griffin  has  some  valuable 
additions  to  his  department,  among 
them  being  an  Atwood's  machine,  a 
galvanic  battery,  a  Tepler  -  Holtz 
electrical  machine  and  many  smaller 
instruments  for  illustration. 

There  was  an  old  crank  who  said  :  "Dough 
Is  spelled  in  a  way  which  I  knough 

Is  perfectly  awful ! 

It  should  he  unlawful 
To  exhibit  one's  ignorance  sough!  '' 

The  Faculty  have  decided  that 
College  students  may  choose  electives 
henceforth  at  the  beginning  of  each 


term,  and  not  necessarily  keep  the 
same  elective  throughout  the  year. 
This  gives  the  student  a  much  better 
chance  to  follow  his  bent,  and  to  get 
the  real  benefit  of  an  elective  system* 

A  good  audience  greeted  the  Ida 
Clark  Concert  Company  at  the  town 
hall  Tuesday  evening,  January  17th. 
The  entertainment,  which  was  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Zeta  Epsilon 
Literary  Society,  gave  general  satis- 
faction and  was  likewise  a  financial 
success. 

The  ladies'  waiting  room — -so  we 
are  informed,  for  we  dare  not  enter 
its  precincts — could  be  improved.  If 
more  hooks  were  put  in,  it  would 
give  the  chairs  a  chance  to  be  free 
from  wraps  once  in  a  while.  If 
overshoe  receptacles  and  umbrella 
stands  were  added,  the  carpet  would 
be  saved.  If  another  looking  glass 
could  be  attached,  much  valuable 
time  would  not  be  lost.  Will  some- 
one please  grasp  the  emergency  ? 

Prof.  Gray,  the  celebrated  tele- 
phone inventor  and  electrician,  of 
Highland  Park,  is  expected  to  give 
a  series  of  lectures  on  electricity  here 
in  February.  These  lectures  will 
probably  be  given  on  Saturday  morn- 
ings, and  are  mainly  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Junior  class,  who  are  now 
studying  the  subject  of  electricity  in 
the  Natural  Science  department. 
Others  who  feel  interested  will  prob- 
ably be  given  an  opportunity  to  hear 
the  lectures. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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The  Freshman  dissertations  for 
the  term  in  the  Latin  department  are 
as  follows: 

The  Roman  House — Miss  Lucia 
Sickels,  Jan.  16. 

The  Roman  Family — Miss  Gracia 
Sickels,  Jan.  iS. 

The  Roman  Religion — A.  I.  An- 
derson, Jan.  23. 

Roman  Education  —  Miss  Flem- 
ing, Jan.  25. 

Roman  Slavery — G.  R.  Denise, 
Jan.  30. 

Roman  Agriculture  —  W.  H. 
Humiston,  Feb.  1. 

The  Land  Question  in  Ancient 
Italy — H.  D.  Stearns,  Feb.  6. 

Commerce  among  the  Romans — 
J.  E.  Smith,  Feb.  S. 

Roman  Amusements — Miss  J.  F. 
Rumsey,  Feb.  13. 

Roman  Luxury — F.  W.  Schettler, 
Feb.  15. 

The  Roman  Art  of  War — H.  H. 
Davis,  Feb.  20. 

The  Roman  Law — D.  S.  Lansden, 
Feb.  22. 

Roman  Music — Miss  M.  A.  Davies, 
Feb.  27. 

The  City  of  Rome  in  the  Time 
of  Augustus — W.  E.  Danforth, 
Feb.  29. 

Remains  of  Ancient  Architec- 
ture in  Modern  Rome — J.  H. 
McVay,  March  5. 

Survivals  of  Ancient  Roman 
Life  in  Modern  Italy— J.  Sut- 
ton, March  7. 

Contributions  of  Rome  to  Mod- 
ern   Civilization — Miss    Flor- 
ence Phelps,  March  12. 
All  are  invited  to  attend. 


When  will  the  University,  or  the 
town — to  whichever  belongs  the  du- 
ty— put  down  a  sidewalk  at  least 
three  feet  wide,  through  the  College 
grounds? 

A.  G.  Welch,  steward  of  the  King 
Club,  made  out  the  average  of  $2.28 
per  week  for  board  at  that  club  last 
term.  The  Grand  Pacific,  W.  W. 
Johnson,  steward,  averaged  $2.75  per 
week  for  the  same  length  of  time. 
The  Academia,  a  new  club  formed 
for  the  Academy  boys,  expended 
$3.00,  and  the  Delmonico,  N.  B. 
Gallwey,  steward,  rose  to  the  dignity 
of  $3<S5-  To  board  at  any  of  these 
clubs,  with  the  exception  of  the 
Academia,  a  good  bracing  walk  is 
the  precedent  of  each  meal.  This 
serves  as  a  fine  appetizer,  and  is  a 
good  constitutional  besides. 

The  boys  say  they  are  only  wait- 
ing for  a  chance  to  be  wall-flowers, 
and  to  let  leap-year  rob  them  of  their 
questionable  rights. 

Elocution — that  long-time  vagrant 
of  our  curriculum — has  at  last  found 
a  place  among  college  duties.  Prof. 
Cutting,  who  has  had  instruction  in 
the  best  schools,  and  who  is  an  ex- 
perienced instructor,  has  taken  four 
classes  in  oratory.  The  plan  for 
work  is  eminently  practical.  Besides 
regular  exercises  in  reading,  speak- 
ing and  free  criticism,  a  study  of  the 
leading  English  and  American  ora- 
tors is  designed.  The  latter  will  be  in 
the  form  of  argumentative  essays. 
The  Junior  class  will  discuss  first  the 
English,    and    then    the    American 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


orators.  Each  orator  will  be  the 
subject  of  two  essays,  one  to  define 
his  virtues,  the  other  his  failings. 
The  appointments  for  this  class  are 
here  given: 

ENGLISH    ORATORS. 

Edmund  Burke — Miss  Learned, 
Mr.  Lee — Jan.  30. 

Lord  Chatham  —  Mr.  Halsey, 
Miss  Horton — Feb.  6. 

William  Pitt— Mr.  Welch,  Mr. 
Wilson — Feb.  13. 

Charles  J.  Fox  —  Mr.  Becker, 
Miss  Davies — Feb.  20. 

Lord  Beaconsfield — Mr.  Sti-oh, 
Miss  Vance — Feb.  27. 

John  Bright — Miss  Griffin,  Mr. 
Dickinson — March  5. 

William  Ewart  Gladstone — 
Mr.  Linnell,  Miss  Phelps  —  March 
12. 

AMERICAN    ORATORS. 

Patrick  Henry — Mr.  Dickin- 
son, Miss  Griffin — March  19. 

Daniel  Webster — Miss  Horton, 
Mr.  Halsey — April  9. 

Henry  Clay — Miss  Phelps,  Mr. 
Linnell — April  16. 

Edward  Everett— Miss  Davies, 
Mr.  Becker — April  23. 

Charles  Sumner  —  Mr.  Stroh, 
Miss  Vance — April  30. 

Wendell  Phillips  —  Mr.  Lee, 
Miss  Learned — May  7. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher  — Mr. 
Wilson,  Mr.  Welch — May    14. 


Y.  M.  C.  A.    NOTES. 

Our  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation is  in  a  pretty  good  condi- 
tion, as  is  shown  by  our  sending  five 
delegates  to  the  College  Conference 
at  Champaign,  Jan.  20-22.  We  owe 
thanks  to  our  friends  who  contribut- 
ed so  liberally  to  make  this  possible. 
The  meeting  was  particularly  inter- 
esting as  it  was  the  last  that  will  be 
held  separately  from  the  regular 
State  Convention  in  October,  and 
because  it  is  the  last  which  our  Inter- 
national College  Secretary,  Mr.  L.  D. 
Wishard,  will  attend  for  some  time. 
He  leaves  us  in  June  next  to  travel 
among  the  colleges  in  foreign  coun- 
tries for  four  or  five  vears. 

There  were  also  present  Mr.  Wil- 
liams, the  International  Secretary  of 
railroad  work,  and  F.  H.  Jacobs,  of 
Joliet.  The  former  gave  us  hints  on 
bible  study,  and  glimpses  into  God's 
truths  that  we  shall  never  forget. 
Mr.  Jacobs'  singing  was  soul-inspir- 
ing; he  gave  us  some  new  tunes  and 
a  new  understanding  of  old  ones  to 
carry  away  with  us.  The  State 
Secretary,  Mr.  I.  E.  Brown,  had 
charge  of  the  Conference  and  made 
every  one  feel  at  home  by  his  won- 
derful faculty  of  knowing  every  man 
and  all  about  him  and  his  college. 
The  Knox  College  Quartette  also 
took  a  prominent  part  in  the  exer- 
cises. 

There  were  delegates  present  from 
fourteen  of  the  twenty-two  college 
associations.  In  all  we  numbered 
about  ninety.  Illinois  Wesleyan 
University     sent     a     delegation     of 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


twelve ;  Knox  of  six ;  we  ranked  third 
in  numbers. 

We  came  away  greatly  impressed 
with  the  ability  of  our  associations  to 
reach  and  evangelize  not  only  the 
young  men  of  our  own  country,  but 
of  the  rest  of  the  world.  As  the  as- 
sociation is  undenominational  its  very 
elasticity  makes  it  possible  to  work 
for  men  and  in  countries  where  the 
methods  of  the  church  are  useless. 
The  value  of  personal  work  was  im- 
pressed upon  us.  But  to  work  suc- 
cessfully, familiarity  with  God 
through  His  Word  and  through 
prayer  is  necessary.  We  must  not 
only  be  more  consecrated,  but 
more  full  of  His  Spirit  and  more  de- 
sirous that  those  about  us  may  be  as 
happy  as  we.  With  this  preparation 
we  can  work  miracles. 

During  the  Day  of  Prayer  for 
Colleges,  Jan.  26,  several  small  pray- 
er meetings  were  held  in  the  stu- 
dents' rooms  at  various  times.  They 
were  quite  informal,  and  those  pres- 
ent felt  that  those  were  precious 
moments. 

The  next  Y.  M.  C.  A.  State  Con- 
vention will  be  held  in  Rock  Island 
in  October  of  this  year. 

Dr.  Hensan,  of  the  first  Baptist 
Church,  Chicago,  addressed  the  stu- 
dents concerning  their  souls'  welfare 
on  the  day  of  prayer.  The  boys 
were  very  much  pleased,  and  will 
not  only  attempt  to  profit  by  his  ora- 
tory but  to  live  out  the  truths  he 
made  so  plain. 


FERRY  HALL. 

Hard  colds ! 

Hard  blows! 

The  gas  tanks  and  sewerage  are 
undergoing  repairs. 

Everyone  is  busy  now.  The  term 
has  opened  for  work,  and  the  young 
ladies  seem  to  be  taking  hold  with  a 
will. 

We  havre  Miss  Bessie  Pinney  with 
us  again  this  term. 

The  class  of  'SS  is  beginning  to 
look  up  their  essays  for  the  great 
and  only  event  of  the  year.  Mys- 
terious looks  and  consultations  are 
the  order  of  the  day. 

Miss  Ray's  mother  and  sister  spent 
Sunday  with  her  recently.  They 
were  on  their  way  to  Colorado. 

Those  who  did  not  go  to  church 
Sunday,  the  14th,  were  edified  by 
one  of  Tal mage's  sermons,  read  by 
the  Principal. 

We  regret  to  record  the  departure 
of  Mrs.  Mills  to  other  fields  of  labor. 
During  her  short  stay  she  made 
many  friends  by  her  refinement  and 
good-will  to  all.  Miss  Laura  Halter, 
a  graduate  of  Wellesley,  takes 
her  place  as  instructor  in  Latin. 

Miss  Lillie  Ward  has  taken  rooms 
with  us  again.  She  will  be  a 
"  sem  "  instead  of  a  college  girl  for 
a  time. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR, 


Four  new  students  this  term. 

Heretofore  the  weekly  prayer 
meetings  of  Monday  evenings  have 
been  carried  on  by  the  young  ladies 
without  an  organization.  Now,  a 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  has  been  formed,  which 
will  do  this  work,  and  any  other  re- 
ligious work  which  it  sees  fit  to  do  in 
the  seminary.  We  are  glad  to  see 
this  movement  and  hope  the  Y.  W. 
C.  A.  will  find  much  work  which 
should  be  done  for  the  sake  of  Christ. 

The  Jean  Ingelow  society  held 
their  first  meeting  of  the  term  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  Jan.  13,  and 
elected  the  following  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year: 

President,  Bessie  Sutton. 
Vice-President,  Alice  Conger. 
Secretary,  Marie  Holloway. 
Treasurer,  Gertrude  Greenlee. 
Sergeant-at-Arms,  Annie  Flack. 

The  leap-year  sleigh-ride  of  the 
Class  of  '88  was  a  complete  success. 
On  the  evening  of  January  25  each 
young  lady  called  for  her  gentleman 
and  a  merry  load  departed  for  High- 
land Park,  where  they  were  served 
with  the  best  the  place  could  afford. 
Not  to  dwell  too  much  on  particu- 
lars, they  all  arrived  home  safely  at 
about  11  o'clock. 


ACADEMY. 


A  Vassar  girl  she  made  a  pie — 
A  pie  which  man  nor  dog  ate; 

Her  brother  took  it  by  and  by 

And  used  it  for  a  home  plate. — Ex. 


Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  Frye, 
Like  a  diamond  in  the  sky ; 
When  we  see  you  from  afar, 
How  we  wonder  what  you  are. 

The  above  beautiful,  romantic,and 
poetic  reproduction  was  handed  us 
by  a  youth  with  a  poetic  turn  of 
mind,  and  as  it  was  not  intended  for 
publication,  we  consequently  with- 
hold it. 

We  see  by  the  lately  issued  cata- 
logue of  the  University  that  frequent 
calls  on  young  ladies  should  be  dis- 
couraged. Dr.  vS. — evidently  knows 
that  it  is  leap  year.  We  hope  most 
earnestly  that  the  young  ladies  will 
take  advantage  of  their  prerogative 
and  pro — er — that  is- — improve  every 
opportunitv. 

CLUB  MEETING. 

Act  I.     Scene  I. 

President: — Has  any  one  seen  any 
improvements?     Have  you,  Tom? 

Tom : — I  don't  want  to  say  any- 
thing. 

Lieutenant: — Here,  too! 

Pres. — I  want  your  opinion. 

Tom — I  don't  like  cerealine. 

Lieut. — Neither  do  I ! 

Pres. — What  would  vou  prefer? 

Tom — Cake. 

Pres. — Would  you  like  plain  or 
layer  cake? 

Tom — Yes,  sir,  I  think  I  would. 
Act  II.     Scene  I. 

Tom — What  they  laughing  at? 

Lieut. — The  butter  of  course. 

All — Luscious  above  all  luscious- 
ness. — Exit. 


THE  L.  K  U.  STENT  OR. 


123 


The  meanest  trick  of  the  season  is 
that  of  putting  melted  gum  on  door- 
knobs, and  the  one  who  does  it  is  of 
about  the  same  calibre  as  the  trick 
itself.  Think  what  a  trick  costs  of 
that  nature. 

A  few  things  to  remember,  that — 

We  have  not  our  privileges. 

"A  soft  answer  turneth  away 
wrath." 

We  can't  go  to  the  Sem.when  we 
want  to. 

"  The  ripest  fruit  grows  on  the 
roughest  wall." 

We  must  never  do  anything  when 
we  are  angry. 

We  must  not  whistle  within  four 
blocks  of  the  'Cad. 

We  must  pay  our  subscription  to 
the  Stentor  at  once. 

The  civil  war  was  one  of  the 
greatest  earthly  contests  humanity 
ever  witnessed. 

Everything  about  the  'Cad.  is 
"strictly  confidential." 

We  must  be  content  to  obey  the 
'One  Rule  of  Lake  Forest  Academy.' 

Hurrah  for  "Academia!" 
Oh  long  may  she  wave, 
And  feed  the  hungry  'Cad, 
Who  is  ever  true  and  brave. 

In  the  above  beautiful  lines  we 
have  a  harmony  which  is  unsurpassed 
for  beauty  and  simplicity,  and  it  buds 
and  blossoms  from  beginning  to  end 
with  the  real  and  not  supernatural 
flowers  of  poetry.     The  'Cad  should 


feel  proud  of  the  praise  given  him, 
as  ever  brave  and  true.  You'r 
right,  they  are  brave  and  especially 
true,  but  they  have  one  fault — they 
want  the  earth  and  a  slice  of  the 
nearest  planet  and  an  income  of 
$  1 ,000,000. 

The  latent  force  and  power  of  in- 
tellect, which  has  been  dormant  these 
many  years  in  the  genial  academy 
student,  has  at  last  been  awakened 
and  two  new  literary  societies  have 
been  formed.  These  societies  were 
organized  January  18th,  by  the 
academy  students,  with  the  aid  of  the 
faculty.  It  is  proposed  to  make 
them  a  training  school  for  young  de- 
baters and  to  aid  fbe  mind  in  a  liter- 
ary direction.  The  names  chosen 
for  the  societies  were,  "  Gamma 
Sigma "  and  "  Tri  Kappa."  We 
have  no  doubt  but  that  they  will 
come  up  to  the  Zeta  Eps,  or  the 
Athenasan.  As  only  the  Gamma 
Sigmas  have  elected  officers,  the 
election  report  will  not  be  given  in 
this  issue.  We  earnestly  hope  that 
these  newly-formed  institutions  will 
be  a  great  success  and  that  much 
benefit  may  be  obtained  by  and 
through  them. 

The  academy  does  not  intend  to  be 
behind  in  the  ranks — not  much!  H. 
H.  Fish  has  started  up  a  printing 
office  in  one  of  the  rooms,  and  we 
expect  to  see  a  thriving  business 
done.  We  wish  success  to  the  new 
enterprise. 

Another  blow  has  fallen!  and 
'twas  "the  last  feather    that    broke 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


he  camel's  back."  What's  up  now 
is,  that  the  boys  have  been  forbidden 
to  seek  the  dark  recesses  of  a  closet 
or  to  crawl  under  a  bed,  when  they 
are  in  danger  of  being  caught  by 
the  hall  master  in  another's  room, 
during  study  hours.  Probably  that 
rule  was  made  in  order  to  do  away 
with  the  necessity  of  the  master's 
searching  closets  and  creeping  under 
beds  to  find  the  naughty  'Cads. 


RUSH  LOCALS. 


Prof. — "  If  you  fail  to  produce 
sweating  by  all  the  ordinary  diaphore- 
tics what  would  you  do?" 

For  branch  man  : — "Ask  him  to 
describe  the  different  parts  of  the 
brain  and  give  their  functions." 


forcible  illustration  of  the. fatal  ef- 
fects of  tobacco  on  the  system! — 
Norristown  Herald. 

Pass  up  the  front  row ! 

It  is  said  that  a  doctor  sent  in  a 
death  certificate  after  an  operation 
and  signed  his  name  in  the  place  for 
"  cause  of  death.,'  Who  would  be- 
lieve that  such  honest  men  live? 

Chicago  people  need  have  no  fear, 
even  if  cholera  should  break  out. 
The  New  School  have  a  plan  on 
foot  (in  case  such  a  catastrophe  does 
occur)  to  drop  two  pills  in  Lake 
Michigan  from  the  crib  and  let  them 
go  through  the  water  supply.  The 
cholera  will  prance  right  back  to 
Rome,  feeling  pretty  much  dis- 
couraged. 


THE    SICK    EDITOR. 

Doctor  (to  professional  nurse): — 
"  Well,  how  is  he  this  morning? " 

Nurse: — "  Weaker,  Doctor;  been 
very  sick  all  night,  and  looks  now 
like  he  was  comatose." 

Doctor: — "How's  his  tempera- 
ture ?  " 

Nurse: — "One  hundred  and  three." 

Doctor: — "  How's  his  circulation?" 

Editor  (with  fearful  yell): — "Big- 
gest in  the  world!  want  an  affi- 
davit? "—BurdeH. 


It  is  reported  that  his  Satanic 
Majesty,  while  on  a  recent  visit  to 
this  planet  for  a  cargo  of  sulpher, 
was  shown  a  sample  of  Iodoform. 
He  immediately  countermanded  the 
sulpher  order  and  substituted  iodo- 
form, saying:  "  Not  in  all  mv  realms 
below  does  any  perfume  so  please 
my  taste."  Iodoform  then  beats 
Sheol. —  Canadian  Medical  and  Sur- 
gical Republican. 

The  latest  thing  in  color  for  even- 
ing wear  is  "  slapped  baby  " — we  be- 
lieve a  sort  of  "  yeller." 


An  Arkansas  man  made  a  bullet 
out  of  a  piece  of  plug  tobacco  and 
shot  it  through  a  wild  cat.  The  ani- 
mal died.      Here  we    have   another 


"A  curious  fact  that  animals  al- 
ways seek  their  own  kind,"  said 
Prof.  L when  the  goats  ap- 
peared in  the.  amphitheatre. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


125 


Prof.  H is    authority   for  the 

fact  that  babies  "  curl  up  their  toes 
when  kissed."  This  startling  an- 
nouncement, when  generally  known, 
will  probably  tend  to  decrease  the 
mortality  among  infants. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  and  worthy  of 
notice  that  the  men  who  will  "knife" 
the  first  man  who  attempts  to  pass 
them  up,  are  the  ones  who  sit  higher 
up  on  the  perch. 

"  Doctor,"  (here  she  smiled  a  very 
pretty  even  sort  of  smile)  "  Doctor, 
what  is  the  best  thing  for  a  bump?" 
"A  bump,  my  dear  girl?  (he  was  an 
old  physician  and  looked  very  wise) 
"  Well,  the  best  things  at  the  present 
time  I  believe  are:  a  piece  of  very 
smooth  ice,  a  pair  of  smooth  skates, 
and  a  smooth  girl  of  seventeen  at- 
tached to  them,  without  the  usual 
'a  posteriora  paraphernalia'  and  who 
'neva  had  skates  on  before  in  her 
life.'  If  this  doesn't  prove  'good  for 
a  bump,'  then  I  can't  imagine  what 
would." 

Now  no  one  would  believe  that 
Chicago  air  would  have  so  exhilirat- 
ing  an  effect  on  a  good  old  preceptor 
from  Arkansas,  that  he  should  drop 
a  nickle  in  the  letter  box  and  ask  the 
driver  to  let  him  off  at  Lincoln  Park, 
or  that  he  should  gaze  at  the  lights 
on  Washington  Boulevard  and  yell 
"torch-light  prosesh ! — 'rah  for  Grov- 
er!"  But  in  the  language  of  Sitting 
Bull,  "Sic  semper  sciatica!"  "In  hoc 
plumbago!"  .     . 


WHAT    WE    HAVE     LEARNED    AT     MEDICAL 
COLLEGE. 

i.  Mothers  should  always  give  the 
little  children  beans  to  play  with, 
telling  them  not  to  put  them  in  their 
ears  or  noses,  as  this  is  the  surest 
way  to  insure  an  operation  for  their 
removal. 

II.  Babies  must  be  taught  by  ex- 
perience that  a  five  dollar  gold  piece 
will  not  pass  everywhere. 

III.  The  new  Presbyterian  hos- 
pital will  reach  from  Wood  street  to 
the  base  ball  park. 

IV.  Microbes  have  a  peculiar  hab- 
it of  showing  their  teeth,  bobbing 
their  tails,  and  remarking  "what  are 
we  here  for?" 

V.  Place  some  candle  in  a  lighted 
house  with  a  powdered  monkey  and 
there  will  be  (we  believe  we  have 
forgotten  this  proverb,  confound  it.) 

Doctor  (returning  from  a  day's 
hunting),  "Well,  wife,  I've  been  out 
tramping  all  day  and  haven't  killed  a 
thing." 

Wife  (petulantly)  "Of  course  not; 
that's  what  you  get  for  not  going 
out  to  see  your  patients." 

Patient. — "Doctor,  it  almost  kills 
me  every  time  I  grasp  anything  with 
my  arm." 

Doctor:  "Well,  you  idiot,  don't 
grasp  anything  with  your  arm  then." 

Patient  (wearily)  "  But  doctor,  I've 
got  to.     I'm  engaged." 


126 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


PERSONAL. 


Edgar  M.  Wilson,  formerly  of 
'88,  will  return  from  California  in 
April  and  enter  the  class  of  '89. 

Miss  Isabel  Ingersoll,  of  the  class 
of  '84,  Ferry  Hall,  is  teaching  in 
Asheville,  North  Carolina.  The 
school  is  in  charge  of  the  Home 
Mission  Board,  and  the  work  is 
among  the  uneducated  white  people. 

Miss  Alice  L.  Foulke  is  teaching 
in  Florida. 

Professor  Zenos  has  resigned  the 
chair  of  Greek  in  the  College  and 
accepted  the  chair  of  New  Testa- 
ment Exegesis  in  the  theological 
seminary  at  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
During  the  holiday  vacation  he  vis- 
ited Hartford  and  expressed  himself 
as  much  pleased  with  the  place  and 
prospects. 

John  H.  Hewitt,  A.  M.,  professor 
of  Greek  at  Lake  Forest,  1877-81, 
now  holds  the  Garfield  chair  of 
ancient  languages  in  Williams  Col- 
lege. 

Edward  P.  Morris,  A.  M.,  profes- 
sor of  mathematics  in  the  College, 
1878-9,  has  the  chair  of  Latin  at 
Williams  College.  His  edition  of 
the  Mostellaria  of  Plautus  is  widely 
usde. 

Albert  R.  Sabin,  A.  M.,  formerly 
principal  of  the  Academy,  and  after- 
wards professor  of  Latin  in  the  Col- 
lege, is  now  assistant  superintendent 
of  public  schools,  Chicago. 


Walter  L.  Rankin,  A.  M.,  succes- 
sor to  Professor  Sabin  as  principal  of 
the  Academy,  is  now  at  the  head  of 
Carroll  College,  Waukesha,  Wis- 
consin. 

James  H.  Hyslop,  Ph.  D.,  formerly 
instructor  in  both  the  Academy  and 
the  College,  is  still  pursuing  his 
studies  at  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

Professors  Griffin  and  Cutting  at- 
tended the  recent  meeting  of  tne 
State  Teachers'  Association  at 
Springfield.  A  permanent  organi- 
zation devoted  to  the  interests  of  the 
colleges  in  the  state  was  effected. 
Professor  Cutting  was  elected  secre- 
tary and  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee.  He  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  State  Teach- 
ers' Association  for  th&  present  year, 
but  as  he  could  not  attend  he  sent 
his  resignation.  He  is  still  conduct- 
ing the  Interchange  Department  of 
the  Academy,  which  is  published  at 
Syracuse,  New  York. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Durand  and  daughter, 
Miss  Lois,  have  started  on  an  ex- 
tended European  tour. 

Wallace  T.  Chapin  is  taking  a  two 
years'  course  in  philosophy  at 
Princeton,  and  intends  to  spend  two 
years  in  Germany  after  completing  \ 
his  course  at  Princeton.  He  has  be- 
come a  ■  foot  ball  player,  and  was 
substitute  in  the  Harvard-Princeton 
game.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Princeton  Glee  Club. 


7  HE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


12.7 


GENERAL  COLLEGE  NEWS. 


Two-thirds  of  the  students  at 
Dartmouth  work  their  way  through 
college. 

Psychology,  a  senior  defines  as  "the 
soul  suffering  in  an  active  state." — 
Ex. 

There  are  more  colleges  in  Illinois 
than  in  all  Europe,  but  one  European 
college  has  more  students  than  all 
Illinois. — Ex. 

Dr.  Sargent,  of  Harvard,  has  of- 
fered $1,600  in  prizes  to  the  person 
of  either  sex  who  will  approach  the 
nearest  to  perfect  physical  symmetry 
after  two  years'  training. 

Prof.  Huxley  says:  "The  most 
valuable  thing  in  education  is  the 
ability  to  make  yourself  do  the  thing 
you  have  to  do  when  it  ought  to  be 
done,  whether  you  like  it  or  not," 

Knox  College  Y.  M.  C.  A.  con- 
ducts five  bible  classes. 

W.  B.  Hale,  a  descendant  of  Na- 
than Hale,  has  organized  a  prohibi- 
tion club  at  Wabash  College. 

The  largest  gymnasium  in  the 
world  is  said  to  be  that  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  at  Liverpool.  Harvard's  ranks 
next. — Ex. 

Illinois  College  students  do  not 
have  to  pass  examinations  unless  their 
grade  runs  below  85.  This  gives 
entire  satisfaction  to  both  professors 
and  students. 


In  all,  twenty-two  graduates  of  the 
University  of  Michigan  have  been 
in  Congress.  Of  these  nine  sit  in 
the  fiftieth  congress. 

The  American  Protective  Tariff 
League  has  renewed  its  offer  to  the 
senior  classes  of  the  colleges  and  uni- 
versities of  the  United  States.  It 
consists  of  three  prizes,  ranking  first, 
second  and  third,  of  $250,  $100  and 
$50.  Subject:  "Home  Production 
Indispensible  to  a  supply  at  Low 
Prices  of  the  Manufactured  Comodi- 
ties  Required  for  the  People  of  the 
United  States,  and  Adequate  Home 
Production  of  These  Comodi- 
ties  Impossible  Without  a  Protective 
Tariff."  A  silver  medal  will  be 
awarded  for  essays  declared  worthy 
of  high  merit.  These  essays  are  not 
to  exceed  10,000  words,  and  are  to 
be  sent  to  the  office  of  the  League., 
No.  23  West  Twenty-third  street, 
on  or  before  April  1,  1888. —  Oberlin 
Review. 

What  we  want  to  do  in  the  "  west  " 
is  to  brace  up  our  own  institutions. 
It  is  ridiculous  for  Chicago,  with  the 
twin  cities,  and  Omaha  and  Kansas 
City  west  of  us  to  be  depending 
upon  little  New  Jersey  for  our  edu- 
cation and  theology.  We  really 
ought  to  be  ashamed  to  do  so.  There 
is  better  brains  in  Lake  Forest  to- 
day than  there  is  anywhere  within  a 
hundred  miles  of  Atlantic  salt  water. 
There  have  abler  men  arisen  in  the 
west,  educated  in  the  small  colleges 
and  school-houses  in  the  west,  than 
ever  stood  on  the  sea-coves  since  the 


128 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENT  OR. 


west  was  a  west.  Why  it  is  not 
long  since  Ohio  had  a  monopoly  of 
men  in  high  position — men  born 
when  Ohio  was  backwoods.  There 
is  just  as  good  a  faculty,  so  far  as  it 
goes  in  numbers,  in  Macalester  Col- 
lege, 400  miles  northwest  of  us,  as 
in  any  college  east  of  us.  We  have 
the  brains,  boys,  and  the  money.  Let 
us  put  them  together  in  our  own  col- 
leges and  universities. — Interior. 

Hanover  has  won  the  champion- 
ship of  Indiana  in  foot-ball. 

It  costs  $1.50  per  year  to  belong 
to  the  Harvard  co-operative  society. 
The  organization  has  been  in  exist- 
ance  five  years,  has  a  store  of  its 
own,  and  last  year  did  a  business 
amounting  to  $37,000. — Ex. 

From  the  College  Echo,  MacAlis- 
ter  College,  in  Minn.,  we  infer  that 
they  must  have  a  lively  college  with 
boys  who  have  their  eyes  open  to 
advancement.  Charles  Dudley  War- 
ner has  lately  paid  them  a  visit. 

The  Oberlin  Review,  coming  tous 
the  first  time,  has  a  good  article  on 
literary  societies  occupying  the  place 
of  college  fraternities.  It  says  among 
other  things:  "The  popularity  of 
our  societies  has  been  maintained  by 
the  perpetuation  of  the  earnest  spirit 
of  work  and  the  desire  for  self-im- 
provement. The  result  has  been  a 
higher  standard  of  literary  work,  the 
best  of  drill  in  practical  extempore 
speaking  and  a  working  knowledge 
of  parliamentary  law.    The  debate  is 


the  distinctive  society  exercise  and  to 
the  societies  we  must  look  for  our 
debaters  to  be  trained.  This  with 
pai-liamentary  practice  is  only  possi- 
ble with  an  organization  like  ours. 
Another  incentive  to  good  work  is 
furnished  by  knowing  that  our  ses- 
sions are  thrown  open  and  liable  to  be 
visited."  We  can  second  this  spiri 
most  heartily  at  L.  F.  U.  as  our  socie- 
ties are  all  open  and  generally  lite- 
rary. 

Walter  Raleigh  Hicks  is  in  his 
last  year  in  Bellvue  Medical  Col- 
lege, New  York. 

Professor  in  Physics  (explaining 
suction  pump),  "  Mr.  B.  can  you  tell 
us  how  high  we  can  raise  water  with 
this  pump?"  Mr.  B. — "  Not  any 
higher  than  your  spout." — Ex. 

In  the  Fiftieth  Congress  Yale  has 
9  graduates,  Harvard  14,  Michigan 
9,  Brown  2,  Amherst  2,  Bowdoin  2, 
Dartmouth  1. 

Borders,  the  captain  of  the  Mon- 
mouth ball  team,  carries  off  the  ora- 
torical prize  at  that  college. 

An  Inter-collegiate  athletic  contest 
will  soon  be  held  in  the  Academy  of 
Music,  Philadelphia.  Yale,  Har- 
vard, Columbia,  Pennsylvania,  Le- 
high, Dickenson,  and  several  other 
colleges  will  be  represented. — Ex. 

It  is  said  that  a  Negro  boot-black, 
who  is  being  taken  through  Beloit 
College  by  a  gentleman  of  Chicago, 
is  creating  great  astonishment  there 
by  his  phenominal  oratorical  powers'. 
—  The   Wabash. 


THE  L.  P.  U.  STENTOR. 


Vol.1. 


FEBRUARY,  1888. 


No.  6. 


MODERN  LANGUAGE  TEACHING. 


The  end  desired  should  always 
govern  the  means  used.  Particu- 
larly is  this  the  case  in  the  teaching 
of  Modern  Languages.  The  stage 
of  development  of  the  student  must 
also  be  taken  into  consideration. 
Even  if  the  end  desired  be  the  same, 
the  method  of  instruction  to  be  used 
with  an  academic  or  high  school 
scholar  must  be  widely  different 
from  that  used  with  a  college  man. 
I  shall  discuss  the  methods'  to  be 
employed  with  the  latter. 

In  all  education  there  should  be 
two  aims:  the  one,  knowledge,  and 
the  other,  skill  and  power  to  use 
that  knowledge.  Not  that  the 
studies  of  a  curriculum  can  be  di- 
vided into  two  classes;  but  that  in 
each  study  there  are  two  ends  in 
view.  In  one  subject  the  knowl- 
edge aim  is  superior;  in  another, 
the  skill  and  power  aim  takes  the 
precedence. 

A  college  man  studies  the  Mod- 
ern Languages  for  what  purpose? 
That  depends  upon  his  course.  If 
he  be  a  classical  student  his  main 
purpose  is  not  to   acquire  skill  and 


power  to  use  knowledge.  The  dis- 
ciplinary training  which  he  wishes 
to  get  from  language  study  is  de- 
rived from  his  Latin  and  Greek. 
The  aim  is  knowledge.  The  end 
desired  is  ability  to  converse  in 
these  languages,  ability  to  read  in 
them,  or  both.  Whichever  it  be,  the 
method  pursued  should  be  the  same. 
Not  the  method  which  some  Mod- 
ern Language  teachers  say  is  used 
in  the  teaching  of  Ancient  Lan- 
guages, meaning  that  method  which 
was  used  at  one  time  but  is  not  used 
by  any  progressive  teacher  today. 
That  long  drill  upon  forms  and  rules 
is  no  longer  in  vogue  in  classical 
training;  nor  should  it  be  in  Mod- 
ern Language  teaching.  The  so- 
called  Natural  method  is  not  the 
one.  A  man  who  has  had  a  good 
preparatory  training  does  not  want 
bits  thrown  to  him  to  be  swallowed 
without  a  reason  being  given  for 
them.  His  mind  is  developed  so 
that  he  can  comprehend  wholes. 
When  a  subject  is  given  to  him  on 
a  scientific  basis  he  can  grasp  it. 
He  gains   a    complete    view.     So- 


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THE  L.  F.  V.  STENTOR. 


called  simpleness  and  the  lack  of 
principles  disgusts  him. 

The  method  to  be  pursued  may 
possibly  be  called  a  combination  of 
these  two,  though  vastly  different 
from  either.  To  the  average  stu- 
dent who  is  ready  for  the  Freshman 
class  in  other  branches,  I  can  give 
in  twenty  lessons  all  of  Latin  Gram- 
mar, which  he  needs  to  enable 
him  to  read  Caesar  with  flu- 
ency. Now  take  the  Freshman 
who  has  spent  his  three  or  four 
years  on  Latin,  his  two  or  three 
years  on  Greek.  He  understands 
language.  He  must  of  necessity 
learn  Etymology.  Why  may  he  not 
with  his  present  ability  in  grasping 
a  language,  master  that  in  equal  or 
less  time  than  my  man,  who  has 
never  studied  a  foreign  language, 
masters  Latin?  Then  read.  Let 
syntax  alone  as  far  as  is  possible. 
The  student  will  almost  uncon- 
sciously grasp  the  syntactic  pecul- 
iarities. 

With  this  method  I  should  com- 
bine conversation.  The  first  thing 
on  the  first  day,  I  should  give  to 
the  classes  such  sentences  as  they 
could  not  help  understanding. 
This  particularly  is  possible  with 
German.  I  should  spend  from  five 
to  ten  minutes  of  each  recitation  in 
conversation,  using  mainly  the 
words  which  are  in  the  lesson. 
This  will  train  the  ear.  I  do  not 
expect  this   course    to   make  fluent 


conversationalists  in  six  months  or 
a  year.  One  who  hopes  to  acquire 
that  ability  ought  to  go  to  some 
other  place  than  a  college. 

So  far  the  discussion  has  been 
with  reference  to  the  classical  stu- 
dent. Men  apply  for  admittance  to 
college  who  have  not  had  the  Greek, 
have  had  the  Latin  and  expect  to 
take  a  course  with  Latin  in  it.  I 
should  treat  them  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible, in  the  same  way  as  the  clas- 
sical men.  My  remarks  will  not 
hold  true  of  them  to  as  great  a 
degree  as  it  will  of  the  classical  stu- 
dent. 

A  third  class  consists  of  students 
who  have  had  Latin  as  an  entrance 
condition  but  who  take  a  course 
which  has  neither  of  the  Ancient 
Languages  in  it.  Such  may  be  that 
called  '  '  Modern  Classical  '  '  or 
Scientific.  In     either     of    these 

courses  as  much  disciplinary  train- 
ing as  is  possible  to  be  acquired 
from  Modern  Languages  should  be 
attempted.  Far  be  it  from  me, 
however,  to  say  as  much  can  be 
acquired. 

I  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as 
saying  certain  methods  are  not  val- 
uable in  certain  places  and  under 
certain  conditions.  I  neither  affirm 
nor  deny  their  value.  I  do  say, 
the  place  and  conditions  are  not  to 
be  found  in  a  college  course. . 

S.  F.  Vance,  '85. 


THE  L.  F,  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


i.V 


\ 


ROBERT    BURNS. 


The  history  of  the  world  is  -the 
record  of  the  thoughts,  actions,  and 
influence  of  great  men.  The  mis- 
sions of  these  men  have  been  dif- 
ferent. Some  have  been  sent  to 
revolutionize  the  political  world, 
some  to  purify  the  social  world,  some 
to  influence  the  literary  world,  and 
one,  only  one,  to  elevate,  ennoble, 
and  redeem  the  universal  world — 
the  world  of  mankind. 

In  the  literary  world  the  great 
and  noble  characters  are  man}-.  An 
almost  unbroken  chain  links  the  re- 
motest past  with  the  nearest  pres- 
ent. We  can  perhaps  with  safety- 
say  the  first  is  Moses,  but  who  can 
name  the  last  ? 

To  claim  for  anyone  that  he  shines 
even  as  an  humble  star  in  that  gal- 
axy where  Moses,  David  and  Isaiah, 
^Eschylus,  Sophocles  and  Euripi- 
des, Plato  and  Lucretius,  Chaucer 
and  Milton,  Wordsworth  and  Ten- 
nyson shine  as  brilliant  suns,  is  to 
claim  a  great  deal.  Yet  we  claim 
that  Burns  has  a  place  in  that  daz- 
zling group,  and  that  amidst  the 
surrounding  effulgence  his  rays  are 
clear  and  bright. 

Let  us  first  notice  Burns  as  a  man. 
The  story  of  his  life  is  short  and 
sad.  He  was  born  on  January  25th, 
1759,  in  the  town  of  Ayr  in  the  low- 
lands of  Scotland.  His  father  was 
a  farmer,  the  house  of  his  birth  a 
clay-built  cottage.  His  early  3'outh 
was  passed  in  trial,  poverty,  and  the 


severest  self-denial.  His  home  was 
a  home  of  religion,  not  of  formal 
piety,  but  of  a  religion  that  regards 
God  as  Father  and  man  as  brother. 

For  his  education  he  was  indebt- 
ed to  his  father,  to  a  private  instruct- 
or, and  above  all  to  the  open  book 
of  nature. 

Until  his  twenty -second  year  Rob- 
ert Burns  was  a  pure,  virtuous  soul. 
Then  a  change  came  over  his  life. 
The  free  livers  and  free  thinkers 
whom  he  met  now  for  the  first  time 
could  not  but  have  a  bad  influence 
upon  one  whose  passions  were  strong 
but  whose  will  was  weak. 

Some  youthful  poems  he  pub- 
lished about  this  time  having  at- 
tracted the  notice  of  some  promi- 
nent men,  he  was  induced  to  go  to 
Hdinburg,  there  to  try  his  fortune 
and  get  his  first  taste  of  high  life. 
His  fortune  was  good, — his  taste 
of  high  life  was  at  once  sweet  and 
bitter.  The  learned  and  the  wealthy 
looked  upon  him  as  a  prodigy,  were 
amused  by  his  genius  and  wit,  but 
despised  him  as  unlearned  and  boor- 
ish. Such  society  as  this  could 
not  suit  Burns.  After  two  years 
he  left  Edinburg  never  to  return 
except  for  a  day's  visit.  Then 
Burns  went  to  farming.  But  fann- 
ing and  poetry  are  not  good  busi- 
ness companions.  His  finances  ran 
low.  He  was  compelled  to  accept  a 
government  office.  He  became  an 
excise-man  and   continued    in    that 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


position  until  his  end.  He  died 
Jul}-  21,  1796 — thirty  seven  years 
old. 

The  character  of  Burns  could  be- 
long only  to  a  man  of  poetic  nature 
and  sensibility.  An  intense  love  for 
nature,  not  in  the  abstract,  but  in 
the  concrete,  an  ardent  longing  for 
jolly  society,  a  keen  sense  of  wit 
and  humor,  a  reverence,  almost  a 
worship,  for  man  as  an  indepen- 
dent creature  and  as  one  universal 
brotherhood,  and  a  weak  will — all 
this  was  Burns. 

Weak  he  was  indeed.  His  will 
was  not  master  of  his  body.  Boon 
companions,  the  bottle,  and  his  pas- 
sions conquered  this  man  of  noble 
nature  and  lofty  genius.  But  he 
was  also  strong.  He  feared  not 
the  wrath  or  prejudice  of  man. 
He  declined  the  hospitality  of  the 
noble  because  it  would  deprive 
him  of  the  society  and  companion- 
ship of  the  humble.  He  always  de- 
fended the  downtrodden  and 
oppressed  against  the  proud  and 
overbearing.  He  saw  and  honored, 
even  almost  adored,  the  divine 
element  in  man. 

The  revelation  that  he  was  a 
poet  came  to  Burns  in  early  youth. 
It  was  while  his  young  soul  was  all 
aflame  with  ardent  love  for  a  beauti- 
ful country  lass  that  inspiration 
came;  his  feelings  burst  forth  in 
verse;  he  found  that  he  was  a 
poet.  He  commenced  not  with  de- 
liberate attempts  but  because  forced 
to  do  so.  The  poetry  was  in  him 
and  forced  itself  out. 


Burns  is  the  natural  poet.  He 
learned  not  his  poetry  from  schools. 
He  sat  at  the  feet  of  no  great  mas- 
ter to  catch  his  impressions.  He 
studied  not  the  science  of  poetry. 
His  verse  is  spontaneous,  free,  art- 
less and  yet  full  of  art.  While  he 
composed  he  was  inspired.  A 
frenzy  would  seize  him.  His  whole 
frame  would  vibrate  to  and  fro, 
almost  break,  under  the  inspi- 
ration of  genius.  It  is  this  very 
artlessness  and  lack  of  studied 
effect  that  makes  his  poetry  full  of 
wit  and  power.  If  Pope  could 
say  "I  lisped  in  numbers,  for  the 
numbers  came,"  much  more  Burns 
might  have  said  "I  lived,  I  thought, 
I  felt,  I  acted  in  numbers,  for 
I  had  no  other  way."  The  truth 
is  Burns  could  not  help  being  a 
poet.  He  had  no  need  to  invoke 
the  Muse  of  poetry,  for  Polyhymnia 
was  the  guiding  genius  of  his  life 
and  was  ever  present  wTith  him. 

But  he  is  not  only  the  natural 
poet,  he  is  the  poet  of  nature  and  of 
man. 

Burns  had  a  poet's  reverence  for 
and  sympathy  with  nature.  It  was 
not  a  reverence  such  as  Wordsworth 
had  which  amounted  to  almost  wor- 
ship. It  is  the  same  feeling  which 
town-bred  people  have  to  whom 
open  nature  is  a  new  revelation, 
another  world,  a  source  of  surprised 
delight.  It  was  the  sympathy  of 
one  who  was  ardently  in  love 
with  the  sensuous,  the  external- 
ly beautiful;  of  one  who  looked 
upon     Nature      as    the     hand-maid 


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53 


of  the  Creator,  having  her  own 
feelings  of  joy  and  sorrow,  yet  with- 
al created  for  the  service  and  enjoy- 
ment of  man. 

His  poems  to  nature  alone  are 
few,  yet  such  as  they  are.  they 
come  from  a  heart  that  was  deeply 
impressed  with  the  beauties  of  the 
external  world,  and  was  keenly 
sensitive  to  the  divine  element  in 
even  the  humblest  blade  of  grass, 
or  the  weakest  insect.  It  is,  how- 
ever, in  his  poems  on  numerous 
other  subjects  that'  we  detect 
most  of  all  the  love  Burns  had  for 
the  world  of  sense  and  the  deep  im- 
pressions it  made  upon  him.  It  is 
in  them  that  we  discover  how  the 
mountain  and  the  valley,  the  ocean 
and  the  brooklet,  the  giant  oak  and 
the  weak  and  lonely  daisy,  the 
eagle  and  the  sparrow,  the  ox  and 
the  insect,  the  thunder  and  the 
calm  sunshine,  the  years  and  the 
moments, — how  all  these  were  alive 
and  full  of  meaning  to  the  sensitive 
poetic  nature  of  Burns. 

But  the  genius  of  Scotland's  poet 
did  not  reach  its  highest  flight  when 
engaged  in  putting  life  and  vigor 
into  nature.  As  we  have  said  be- 
fore, Burns  is  the  poet  of  man.  Hu- 
manity was  the  keyboard  on  which 
his  genius  played  its  most  enchant- 
ing strains,  and  human  thought, 
human  feeling,  human  action  were 
the  themes  from  which  he  drew  his 
deepest  inspiration.  Let  us  not  be 
misunderstood.  It  was  man  in  life, 
man  as  a  sentient,  active,  and  suf- 
fering creature  that  attracted  Burns. 


Man  as  an  abstract,  rational  soul,  as 
a  spirit  formless  and  spaceless,  was 
not  the  man  of  our  poet.  He  did 
not  delve  to  the  depths  of  our  nat- 
ure .as  Tennyson  does,  and  examine 
the  hidden  springs  of  action;  he  did 
not  give  us  a  system  of  metaphysics, 
psychology,  or  even  of  theoretical 
ethics.  But  he  is  the  spokesman  of  the 
man  of  action  ;  the  man  struggling 
with  the  hardships  of  positive  life. 
He  is  more  than  this  —he  is  the  poet 
of  mankind  as  a  brotherhood.  To 
Burns  the  humblest  cottager  and  the 
noblest  prince  were  alike  —  they 
were.both  men,  and  weak  and  erring 
men  at  best. 

And  it  is  when  Burns  sings  of  man 
that  you  can  most  clearly  recognise 
the  great  poet.  Then  it  is  that  his 
verse  is  most  spontaneous.  Then  it 
is  that  the  lines,  the  very  words,  al- 
most burn  themselves  into  your 
heart.  His  poetry  strikes  a  respons- 
ive chord  in  almost  every  fibre  of 
our  sentient  nature  and  often  ap- 
peals to  our  noblest  instincts  of  love 
and  piety.  This  poetry  about  man  is 
poetry  we  can  feel.  We  can  read 
Pope's  "Essay  on  Man"  without  the 
least  emotion.  But  who  can  read 
the  "Cotter's  Saturday  Night"  or 
"Tarn  O'Shanter"  or  "To  Man-  in 
Heaven"  or  "Bruce's  Address"  or 
"A  man's  a  man  for  a'  that"  or 
scores  of  other  pieces  without  being 
moved  to  the  very  heart? 

Not  that  we  would  seek  to  excuse 
the  faults  in  this  element  of  Burn's 
poetry.  His  animal  nature  and 
passions    were    strong.     Too    often 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


they  influenced  his  verse.  There  is 
a  sensual  element  in  his  poetry 
that  we  would  gladly  see  out  of 
it.  But  after  all  it  is  but  the  cloud 
over  the  face  of  the  sun.  It  is  but 
the  refuse  metal  that  hides  the  true. 
The  gold  is  there — let  us  take  it 
and  forget  the  other. 

Shall  we  say  such  a  genius  had 
no  mission?  Assuredly  he  had. 
He  came  at  a  time  when  English 
poetry  was  at  a  low  ebb.  The  in- 
fluence of  Pope  was  paramount. 
Everything  was  artificial.  Poets 
and  poetry  were  plenty,  but  the 
poets  were  obscure  and  the  poetry 
was  soulless.  The  world  was 
waiting  for  a  master-genius  who 
would  put  new  life  and  vigor, 
soul  and  feeling  into  English  verse. 
It  found  this  master  in  Burns,  and 
his  influence  lives  to-day. 

But  this  was  not  all.  His  times 
were  times  of  revolution.  Revolu- 
tion was  the  watchword  of  the  age. 
Politics,  Society,  Religion,  Nation- 
alities,   Literature, — all    were    in    a 


trembling,  critical  state.  Old  forms, 
old  notions,  old  customs  were  even- 
where  giving  way,  and  new  ones 
were  preparing  to  take   their   place. 

Into  this  revolutionary  movement 
Burns  threw  himself  with  all  the  ar- 
dor of  his  fiery  nature.  He  assisted 
by  word  and  act.  He  wrote  in  favor 
of  the  American  Revolution  and 
worked  in  favor  of  the  French. 
All  imaginable  subjects,  from  the 
Devil  to  a  field  mouse,  were  handled 
by  him  in  verse  and  in  them  all  he 
found  something  to  favor  a  change. 

Let  us,  then,  who  enjoy  some  of 
the  pleasures  which  were  denied  to 
Burns,  never  forget  that  he  helped 
the  cause  which  gave  us  these 
pleasures.  Let  us  cherish  the 
me  non-  of  this  poor  Scottish  peas- 
ant. Let  us  overlook,  not  forgive; 
his  faults,  while  we  praise  his 
virtues.  Let  us  imitate  him  in  our 
struggles  against  oppression  of 
every  kind  and  especially  in  our 
love  for  our  brother-man. 

Edwd.  E.  Nourse,  '88. 


SONG. 

It  happened  away  in  the  summer  night;   the  piper  piped  three  times  three. 
He  laughed  and  piped  and  piped  and  laughed  by  the  great  rocks  over  the  sea. 

A  cloud  came  out  of  the  silent  night;  a  cloud  that  was  filled  with  glee; 
The  glee  of  the  cloud  was  a  maiden  fair,  who  danced  on  the  flowing  sea. 

"Oh  maiden,  oh  maiden!  "  he  piped  and  cried,  "Come  up  to  the  rocks  and  me!" 
The  maiden  laughed  and  bowed  three  times;  "Nay  piper,  come  clown  to  the  sea! 

"For  the  rocks  are  rough  and  the  sea  is  soft, and  the  winds  are  calling  to  thee!" 
Her  arms  were  white  and  the  piper  laughed,  and  went  him  down  to  the  sea. 


And  all  night  long  he  piped  and  laughed, 
And  the  maiden  danced  on  the  sen. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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AN    ADVERTISEMENT. 


I  am  an  inveterate  reader  of  the 
newspapers.  Perhaps  this  may  seem 
strange  for  one  of  my  sex,  but  the 
manner  in  which  I  read  them  will 
appear  even  more  odd.  This  is  the 
order:  first  the  murders,  then  the 
advertisements,  and,  last  of  all,  the 
news.  I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  I 
read  all  the  advertisements,  but 
only    those  headed    "personal." 

Often  have  I  built  np  around 
one  of  these  notices  quite  a  little 
romance;  beginning  with  a  flirtation 
and  ending  with  an  elopement. 

More  frequently  I  have  been 
amused  at  the  foolishness  of  the 
people  who  would  publish  secrets 
in  this  way.  Sometimes  there  are 
none  of  these  items  in  the  paper, 
and  even  when  there  are  they  do 
not  always  interest  those  who  read 
them,  knowing  nothing  except 
what  they  can  make  out  from  the 
words  inserted.  They  remind  one 
of  a  conversation  heard  at  one  end 
of  a  telephone  :  interesting  but 
not  satisfying. 

However  they  are  not  always  of 
this  kind,  and,  one  morning  in 
September,  1880,  as  I  glanced  down 
the  column  devoted  to  these  notices, 
my  attention  was  arrested  by  one 
which  differed  from  the  rest. 
—  "Wanted,  a  young  lad}'  corre- 
spondent, in  or  near  Chicago. 
Address,  J.  P.  Oswald,  Denver, 
Colorado."     So  ran  the  notice. 


Probably  many  of  the  readers 
of  the  paper  saw  it  and  smiled  at 
the  sight.  What  spirit  posessed  me 
I  do  not  know,  but  I  determined  to 
answer  it.  Instantly  my  thoughts 
began  to  occupy  themselves,  trying 
to  find  out  something  about  the  one 
who  had  inserted  the  piece. 
Young?  Certainly  or  he  would  not 
have  advertised  thus.  A  man  ? 
Yes,  else  why  the  "young  lady  cor- 
respondent"? But  who  was  he  and 
where  did  he  live  ?  These  were 
questions  which  I  could  not  answer. 
"But  never  mind,"  I  thought,  "if 
he  answers  my  letter  I  will  find  out 
all  about  him." 

Taking  a  pin  from  my  cuff,  I  pro- 
ceeded to  cut  out  the  notice  as  well 
as  I  was  able.  But  what  was  my 
surprise,  as  I  turned  it  over,  to  read 
on  the  other  side,  "H.  O.  Oswald, 
Detroit,  Mich.,  at  the  Pacific." 

An  odd  chance,  was  it  not,  that 
the  personals  should  happen  to  be 
in  the  same  place  as  the  hotel 
arrivals  but  on  the  reverse  side  of 
the  sheet:  but  it  was  stranger  still 
that  this  name  should  have  happen- 
ed to  be  on  both  sides  of  the  same 
slip  of  paper.  "It  must  be  the 
same  person"  I  thought,  "the  name 
is  so  odd."  As  he  passed  through 
Chicago  on  his  way  out  west,  he  had 
put  this  piece  in  the  paper,  doubtless 
thinking  that  he  was  going  too  far 
awav  to  be  found  out,  and  that    he 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


would  have  a  little  amusement 
while  he  was  gone.  Was  not  this 
the  most  probable  explanation  ? 

But  a  secret  is  not  of  much  value 
if  you  have  to  keep  it  strictly  to 
yourself,  so,  on  my  return  home,  I 
confided  in  a  friend  whom  I  could 
trust  and  together  we  sat  down  to 
answer  the  advertisement.  A  crazy 
thing  to  do?  But  who  is  not  car- 
ried away  at  times  by  the  desire  to 
do  what  is  unusual:  the  risk  of  dis- 
covery added  to  the  pleasure,  even 
as  stolen  fruit  is  supposed  to  be  the 
sweetest. 

At  the  start  we  did  not  intend  to 
do  anything  more  than  merely  to 
write  and  get  his  reply:  then  we  ex- 
pected to  stop. 

The  thought  of  a  continued  corres- 
pondence did  not  occur  to  us,  or  if 
it  did  we  rejected  the  thought 
through  fear  of  the  consequences. 

It  is  impossible  for  me  to  give 
you  our  letters,  for  we  did  not  keep 
a  copy  of  those  we  wrote  and  his 
replies  were  accidentally  burned 
about  two  years  ago.  If  I  still 
posessed  them  I  am  not  sure  that  I 
should  allow  them  to  be  seen  for 
there  was  much  in  them  that  would 
not  be  of  general  interest.  The 
drift  of  the  letters,  I  can  give 
as  the>T  are  stamped  on  my  memory : 
the  words  you  can  supply,  if  you 
have  ever  seen  any  schoolgirl's  let- 
ters: his  differed  not  at  all  from 
what  you  would  expect  from  one 
who  would  insert  such  a  notice  in  a 
daily  paper. 


The  first  letter  was  very  general. 
I  told  him  that  I  was  then  at  a  pri- 
vate school  in  Chicago  where  they 
were  very  strict.  Not  being  accus- 
tomed to  such  control,  it  was  very 
natural  that  I  should  be  inclined  to 
do  something  ' '  real  wicked  ' '  to 
make  up  for  being  ' '  real  good ' '  in 
school.  Of  course  it  was  impossi- 
ble that  he  should  write  to  me  here, 
as  the  letters  had  all  to  undergo  the 
inspection  of  the  lady  principal,  and 
her  eyes  were  far  too  sharp  to  allow 
any  letter  from  him  to  pass  unopen- 
ed. To  avoid  this  difficulty,  he  was 
to  direct  his  replies  to  Amy  Z.  Par- 
ry, Chicago,  and  I  would  call  for 
them  at  the  post-office  when  I  was 
down  town  shopping.  I  did  not 
wish  to  present  myself  too  many 
times  for  the  letter,  so  I  told  him  I 
would  expect  an  answer  in  three 
weeks,  by  the  first  of  October. 

We  did  not  have  very  much 
trouble  with  the  letter  only  when 
we  came  to  give  him  directions  so 
that  we  might  get  his  answer  easily. 
We  did  not  dare  give  our  real  ad- 
dress, for  fear  that  he,  or  some  one 
else,  might  find  out  whom  we  really 
were,  and  this  was  by  all  means  to 
be  avoided.  We  felt  no  little  satis- 
faction as  we  sealed  and  stamped 
our  production,  but  we  were  sorry 
that  we  must  wrait  three  weeks  for 
his  reply;  we  set  that  length  of  time 
that  there  might  be  no  mistake  and 
that  we  might  be  sure  of  getting  his 
letter  when  we  first  went  for  it. 

The  weeks  that  followed  seemed 


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137 


long  enough  to  us,  as  we  waited  for 
the  time  to  pass  until  we  might  ex- 
pect to  hear  from  the  west. 

Would  it  come  on  time?  Would 
he  answer  us  at  all  ?  What  would 
his  letter  be  like  ?  We  had  plenty 
of  material  to  talk  about  while  we 
waited.  Have  you  ever  heard  two 
schoolgirls  chatter?  If  so,  you 
may  possibly  imagine  how  our 
tongues  ran  on  as  we  discussed  this 
—  to  us — all-important  topic,  and 
day  by  day  our  anxiety  to  hear  in- 
creased. 

October  first  fell  on  Saturday  that 
year,  and  it  was  about  the  most 
disagreeable  day  I  ever  saw.  It  had 
been  raining  for  nearly  a  week,  and 
the  clouds  showed  no  signs  of  break- 
ing. A  raw  north-easter  was  blow- 
ing off  the  lake,  making  it  even 
more  unpleasant;  but  what  did  that 
matter  to  us  ?  Nothing  short  of  a 
cyclone  or  an  earthquake  could 
have  kept  us  at  home  that  day. 

Wrapping  up  well,  we  started 
down  town,  steering  our  way 
through  mud  and  water  to  the  post- 
office.  Trembling  with  excitement, 
for  the  weeks  that  had  passed  made 
us  very  eager  to  see  his  response, 
we  presented  ourselves  before  the 
office  window,  and  asked  if  there 
was  a  letter  for  Amy  Z.  Parry  It 
seemed  as  if  the  names  of  all  the 
people  in  the  city  must  begin  with  a 
P,  such  a  bundle  did  the  clerk  have 
to  look  over. 

Perry s  there  were,  and  Parry s, 
but  none  that  we  dared  claim. 

More  dismally  fell   the  rain,   the 


streets  seemed  even  more  sloppy,  as 
two  disappointed  people  turned 
towards  home. 

Though  without  much  hope  of 
success,  we  yet  decided  to  go  down 
again  on  Monday.  The  day  dawned 
bright  and  pleasant,  and  we  again 
felt  more  hopeful  as  we  turned  to- 
wards town. 

Success  awaited  us.  The  letter 
had  come  !  With  happy  hearts  we 
hurried  home  as  fast  as  we  could  go. 
Locked  in  our  room,  we  read  how 
Mr.  Oswald  had  "  passed  over  num- 
bers of  other  letters  in  order  to  an- 
swer ours,  which  he  had  selected 
from  all  the  replies  to  his  advertise- 
ment." This  was  encouraging;  we 
thought  we  had  made  an  impression ; 
we  were  sure  of  it  when  we  reached 
the  part  where  he  urged  me  to 
"write  again  and  soon." 

After  a  good  deal  of  discussion 
we  decided  to  keep  up  the  corres- 
pondence, at  least  for  the  present, 
and  before  the  week  was  gone  our 
letter  was  ready.  It  required  more 
care  than  the  first,  but,  as  we  now 
knew  something  about  "our  young 
man,"  we  were  not  working  entire- 
ly in  the  dark,  and  our  second  let- 
ter was  better  than  the  first. 

It  is  not  necessary  that  I  should 
give  you  an  account  of  each  letter. 
We  passed  through  the  various 
stages,  not  omitting  to  exchange 
pictures.  He  sent  his;  we  returned 
that  of. a  friend.  He  was  not  very 
handsome,  nor  was  he  very  homely. 
A  long,  rather  thin  face,  high  fore- 
head,  dark  hair  and   eyes;    mouth 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


small,  and  chin  retreating;  so  he 
appeared  in  his  picture.  There 
was  one  thing  about  him,  however, 
that  would  mark  him  anywhere; 
his  ears  stuck  out  almost  straight 
from  his  head :  had  they  been  larger, 
they  would  have  served  nicely  for 
wings.  In  spite  of  this  one  mark, 
his  face  was  rather  attractive:  it 
was  that  of  an  intelligent  young 
man.  His  eyes  declared  that  he 
was  fond  of  mischief  though  he  did 
not  have  a  bad  face:  so  much  we 
learned  from  his  photograph;  from 
his  letters,  that  he  was  fairly  well 
educated. 

Our  correspondence  was  kept  up 
quite  regularly  and  many  a  pleasant 
hour  did  we  spend  over  his  letters 
and  in  constructing  our  answers. 

This  went  on  for  about  eight 
months  when,  in  May  I  think 
it  was,  we  received  a  letter  saying 
that  he  was  ' '  about  to  come  east 
on  business  and  would  stop  in 
Chicago  and  see  me — that  is,  Amy 
Parry — on  his  way." 

Had  a  bomb  exploded  at  our  feet 
we  could  not  have  been  more  aston- 
ished. Such  a  possibility  as  this  we 
had  never  considered.  What  should 
we  do  ?  When  we  began  to  write 
we  had  no  intention  of  continuing, 
but  now,  as  it  had  gone  so  far,  we 
could  not  think  of  allowing  him  to 
go  through  the  city  without  seeing 
him.  We  might  appoint  some  place 
to  meet  where  we  could  watch  him 
without  being  seen,  but  that  was  too 
bad, — he  had  not  deserved  it.   Some 


days  passed  before  we  decided  what 
to  do.  We  were  rather  afraid  to 
meet  him  but  at  last  we  resolved  to 
make  an  appointment  with  him  and 
keep  it.  So  much  we  decided;  but 
the  final  arrangements  had  yet  to 
be  made.  He  did  not  know  exactly 
when  he  should  be  in  the  city,  but 
promised  to  let  us  know  as  soon  as 
he  found  out.  During  the  first  week 
in  June,  if  I  remember  rightly,  his 
letter  came.  He  would  be  here  on 
Jul)-  second,  and  hoped  to  see  me 
( Amy )  without  fail. 

"Amy"  and  a  friend,  so  we  prom- 
ised, should  be  in  the  north  entrance 
of  the  post-office  upon  the  morning 
of  July  third  at  eleven  o'clock. 

We  were  to  wear  blue  street  suits 
and  black  hats  ;  to  carry  small  yel- 
low satchels  and  silk  umbrellas  with 
silver  handles.  We  were  to  dress 
exactly  alike. 

We  were  pretty  sure  to  recognize 
him  from  his  picture,  since  his  feat- 
ures were  somewhat  peculiar,  as  I 
have  said  ;  but  that  there  might  be 
no  mistake,  he  promised  to  wear  a 
gray  checked  coat — he  enclosed  a 
sample — and  dark  trowsers.  He 
would  wear  a  straw  hat,  carry  a 
large  hand-bag,  and  be  looking  at 
his  watch  as  he  came  up  the  steps, 
arriving  there  as  nearly  as  possible 
at  eleven  o'clock. 

Before  the  end  of  June  we  were 
ready  and  eagerly  looking  forward 
to  the  day. 

The  place  we  had  appointed  was 
not  perfect,  but  it  was  the  best  we 


THE  L.  F.    U.   S  TEN  TOR. 


:39 


could  think  of  at  the  time,  and 
looking  back  at  it  now  I  think  we 
chose  most  wisely. 

The  spot  had  at  least  two  advan- 
tages :  it  was  convenient  and  it  was 
public. 

The  third  of  July  was  as  pleas- 
ant as  the  first  of  October  had  been 
disagreeable,  and  Mr.  Oswald — so 
we  learned  from  consulting  the  ho- 
tel registers  in  the  morning  papers 
— had  arrived  in  the  city  the  day 
before.  We  dressed  as  I  had  prom- 
ised we  would  and  some  little  time 
before  the  appointed  hour  we  were 
at  the  place.  This  time  there  was 
to  be  no  disappointment — for  us. 

Exactly  at  eleven  o'clock  a  young 
man,  dressed  as  he  had  promised 
that  he  would  be,  came  up  the  steps 


of  the  post-office,  and  there  walked 
out  to  meet  him  Amy  Parry  and  a 
friend  —  two  young  men,  wearing 
blue  suits  and  black  derby|hats,  and 
carrying  bags  and  umbrellas,  as  had 
been  promised. 

There  must  be  some  ingenious 
young  men  in  Colorado,  for  the  ex- 
pressions we  heard  were  new  to  us 
and  we  hope  never  to  have  the  like 
addressed  to  us  again. 

No  more  letters  have  come  from 
Colorado  for  Amy  Z.  Parrv.  She 
sleeps  peacefully  in  her  grave,  gone 
but  not  forgotten,  and  we  do  not 
think  that  Mr.  Oswald  has  again 
advertised  for  another  "young  lady 
correspondent. ' ' 

vS.  A.  Benedict,  '88. 


A    MORMON    EXHORTATION. 


"  Seven  women  shall  take  ahold 
o'  one  man  !  There  !"  (with  a  slap 
on  the  back  of  the  nearest  subject 
for  conversion)  "  What  d'  ye  think 
o'  that  ?  Shall  !  Shall  take  ahold 
on  him  !  That  don't  mean  they 
ska'n't,  does  it  ?  No  !  God's  word 
means  what  it  says,  and  therefore 
means  no  otherwise — not  in  no  way, 
shape,  nor  manner.  Not  in  no  way, 
for  he  saith,  '  I  am  the  way  and  the 
truth  and  the  life  ' ;  not  in  no  shape, 
for  a  man  beholdeth  his  nat'ral  shape 
in  a  glass  ;  nor  in  no  manner,  for  he 
straightway  forgetteth  what  manner 
o'  man  he  was.  Seven  women  shall 
catch  ahold  on  him.  And  if  they 
shall,  then  thev  will}     You  who  try 


to  explain  away  the  Scriptur'  would 
make  it  fig'rative.  But  don't  come 
to  me  with  any  o'  your  spiritooal- 
izers  !  Not  one  good  word  shall  fall. 
Therefore  seven  shall  not  fall.  And 
if  seven  shall  catch  hold  on  him. — 
and,  as  I  just  proved,  seven  will 
catch  ahold  on  him, — then  seven 
ought,  and  in  the  Latter-Day  Glory, 
seven,  yea,  as  our  Lord  said  untew 
Peter,  '  Verily  I  say  untew  you,  not 
seven,  but  seventy  times  seven,' 
these  seventy  times  seven  shall 
catch  ahold  and  cleave.  Blessed 
day  !  For  the  end  shall  be  as  the 
beginning,  and  seventy-fold  more 
abundantly.  Come  over  into  my 
garden. " — Atlantic  Monthly. 


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Does  the  lecture  system  pay? 
After  sufficient  experience  in  it  and 
due  comparison  of  its  advantages 
and  disadvantages  with  those  of 
text-book  study,  we  would  answer. 
No,  if  we  view  the  question  •  only 
from  a  local  aspect  and  consider  the 
needs  of  this  College.  And  we 
feel  that  we  voice  the  sentiments 
not  only  of  the  College  as  at 
present  constituted  but  also  of  its 
former  students.  It  may  be  said 
that  the  cause  of  our  combating  the 
lecture  system  is  the  merely  local 
spirit  against  it,  but  allied  to  that 
is;  also  the  local  spirit  of  industry 
and  earnest  application  to  stud}-,  and 
this  should  be  allowed  to  operate  by 
the  easiest  and  best  method. 


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141 


In  applying  the  question  thus 
loeall)-  there  comes  first  to  our  no- 
tice the  difficulty  of  the  system.  It 
cannot  be  denied  that  our  students 
have  to  work  hard;  therefore,  as  so 
much  is  required  of  them,  let  it  be 
made  as  easy  as  possible.  An  hour's 
work  in  taking  down  a  lecture  rap- 
idly delivered  consumes  the  forces 
more  than  two  hours  spent  in  study 
or  in  the  recitation  room.  After 
the  lecture  is  taken  down  it  is  hard- 
er to  comprehend  when  contained 
in  many  pages  of  written  matter 
than  when  printed.  The  College  is 
not  a  Kindergarten,  but  the  same 
principle  applies  to  both — that  the 
subject  to  be  studied  should  be  put 
in  the  most  attractive  shape ;  the 
more  interesting  the  method  em- 
ployed, the  lighter  the  work  will 
seem. 

Another  element  to  be  regarded  is 
that  of  time.  The  time  used  in  the 
mechanical  work  of  taking  down 
the  lectures  is  lost.  It  could  be 
better  spent.  Hearing  the  lecture 
does  not  aid  perceptibly  in  prepar- 
ing it  for  the  next  lesson,  for  the 
effort  to  put  it  on  paper  prevents 
digestion  of  it.  When  rapidly  de- 
livered it  requires  as  much  study  as 
if  never  heard  ;  the  full  share  of 
time  must  be  spent  in  its  prepara- 
tion, to  say  nothing  of  the  trans- 
cription necessary  that  it  may  be  in 
a  permanently  useful  form. 

When  we  examine  the  irsults  of 
the  lecture  system  we  see  it  at  its 
greatest  disadvantage.     As  we  see 


them  here  its  results  are  not  satis- 
factory. That  which  is  learned  in 
this  way  does  not  stay  in  the 
student's  grasp  as  well  as  by  the 
other  method,  either  for  the  next 
recitation  or  for  after  years.  We 
have  observed  that  the  best-learned 
lessons  were  prepared  by  text-book 
study  ;  and  this  is  so,  not  because 
the  student  has  simply  memorized 
the  words  of  the  book,  but  because 
he  has  gained  a  fuller  and  more 
comprehensive  view  of  the  subject. 
Again,  the  lecture  system  not  only 
interferes  with  right  methods  of 
thought,  but  is  even  demoralizing 
in  that  it  induces  wrong  and  harm- 
ful methods  and  habits  itself. 

What  we  need  is  more  time  for 
recitation,  class  discussions  of  the 
subjects,  and  their  explanation  by 
the  instructor.  We  appreciate  fully 
the  efforts  of  the  instructor  in  pre- 
paring the  lectures,  but  if  that  time 
were  devoted  to  preparation  for  the 
systematic  outlining  or  clear,  logical 
presentation  of  the  subject  before 
the  class,  the  student  at  least  would 
be  benefited.  The  use  of  the  text- 
book need  not  interfere  with  the  in- 
dividuality of  the  instructor  or  the 
impression  of  his  own  views  on  the 
class.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
student  not  having  the  time  for  col- 
lateral reading  could  profit  by  hav- 
ing the  opinions  of  at  least  two  men 
on  each  point.  Thus  a  liberal  spirit 
would  be  encouraged,  and  the  habit 
of  thinking  for  one's  self  would  be 
formed. 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


Contributors' 

Department. 


To  The  Stentor: 

Ours  is  a  Christian  college.  It  is 
tor  this  reason  man}-  of  us  are  here. 
Only  a  very  few  of  our  number  are 
not  professing  Christians.  An  un- 
usually large  proportion  are  either 
studying  for  the  ministry  or  prepar- 
ing themselves  for  Christian  work 
of  like  character.  Lake  Forest  it- 
self is  noted  for  its  religious  senti- 
ment. Under  such  circumstances  it 
is  only  natural  that  a  high  religious 
tone  and  a  good  deal  of  religious 
enthusiasm  should  pervade  the  col- 
lege. 

We  are  thankful  for  all  this.  What 
we  do  not  approve  is  the  existence 
of  a  certain  exclusive  foreign  mis- 
sionary spirit  that  has  manifested 
itself  in  and  through  some  of  the 
students.  Its  center  is  the  Foreign 
Missionary  Association.  Although 
we  question  the  wisdom  of  permit- 
ting such  associations  in  an  under- 
graduate department,  if  they  are  al- 
lowed we  do  not  question  any  per- 
son's right  to  join  them  and  to  be- 
come an  earnest  member.  But  those 
of  us  who  do  not  belong  to  it,  have 
chosen  our  professions  in  life,  and 
do  honestly  feel  that  our  lines  of 
work  are  just  as  honorable,  are  just 
as  necessary,  are  just  as  approved  of 
God,  as  the  foreign  missionary  work, 
we,  as  Christians,  beg  that  a  little 
more  consideration  be  paid  to  us  as 
thinking and  feeling  Christians.   We 


have  ' '  thought  on  these  things. 
The  foreign  field  is  vast,  the  work 
is  noble,  but  when  we  are  told  it  is 
the  only  ripe  field,  the  only  noble 
work,  the  only  Christian  labor  that 
calls  for  a  larger  share  of  consecra- 
tion, of  self  sacrifice,  of  personal 
risk,  of  hard  toil, — that  demands 
complete  renunciation  of  the  world 
and  all  worldly  honors,  we   demur. 

Is  there,  then,  only  one  honor- 
able, one  noble,  one  God-approved 
work  for  all  true  Christian  men  to 
do  ?  Christ  was  a  foreign  mission- 
ary. Yes,  but  was  He  not  also  a 
good  Samaritan,  a  physician,  a 
teacher,  a  lawyer  ?  Was  he  not  a 
home  missionary  ?  And  was  it  not 
Christ  who  said  'a  prophet  hath  no 
honor  in  his  own  country'  ?  This 
looks  as  though  there  are  a  few 
other  occupations  that  Christ  follow- 
ed, found  necessary  to  do,  consider- 
ed antagonistic  to  worldly  honor 
and  praise!  We  have  not  the  varied 
capabilities  of  Christ;  we  can't  do 
all  that  he  did;  but  in  following  any 
one  of  the  lines  of  work  that  he  did 
we  consider  we  are  obeying  his  com- 
mand to  "do  as  I  do." 

Now  is  it  so  certain  after  all  that 
because  I  am  convinced  of  the  im- 
portance, the  greatness,  and  the 
needs  of  foreign  missionary  work 
that  my  life,  will  be  unhappy,  will 
be  a  failure,  if  I  still  determine  to 
be  a  home  missionary,  a  teacher, 
a  lawyer?  If  I  enter  upon  any  one  of 
these  lines  of  work  in  the  right  spir- 
it, with  the  right  motive,  with  a 
firm  resolve  to  do  the  most  I  can  and 


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143 


for  God,  for  man,  for  myself,  I  am 
thoroughly  convinced  I  enter  upon 
such  work  with  God's  approval. 

Man  sums  up  deeds,  God  questions 
motives.  I  can  only  see  what  you 
do,  I  cannot  know  for  a  certainty 
why  you  do  it;  but  I  generally  know 
why  I  myself  do  a  thing.  This 
should  be  borne  in  mind  by  those 
who  so  plainly  and  repeatedly  tell 
us  we  are  not  foreign  missionaries 
because  we  are  afraid  of  its  hard- 
ships, are  worldly  and  selfish,  and 
are  waiting  for  a  'call'.  This  is  un- 
just. A  true  Christian  never  thinks 
of  such  things.  No  one  should 
coolly  measure  the  good  we  do  by 
sacrifices  we  make,  much  less  Christ- 
ians. We  cannot  correctly  interpret 
sacrifices  that  are  not  our  own.  Nor 
can  we  make  our  sacrifices  the  stan- 
dard of  measurement  in  nature  and 
extent  for  the  sacrifices  of  others. 
What  is  a  great  sacrifice  for  me  is 
none  whatever  for  you.  We  need 
to  be  more  charitable,  more  tolerant. 

When  we  are  sure  one  neighbor  is 
a  Christian  it  is  not  for  us  to  dictate 
just  the  line  of  work  he  must  follow 
iti  order  to  please  and  do  the  most 
for  our  Heavenly  Father.  Our  na- 
tures, our  abilities,  our  tempera- 
ments are  different.  Consequently 
our  choice  of  work  is  different.  While 
choosing  for  ourselves  what  we  will 
do  let  us  have  due  respect  for  the 
choice  of  others.  That  choice  un- 
doubtedly was  made  in  the  right 
spirit,  with  the  right  motive.  If  not, 
it  rests  not  with  us  to  condemn  the 
choser.     Our  one  Christian  dutv  is 


to  preach,  to  teach,  to  follow  Christ 
and  the  Bible;  not  foreign  mission- 
ary work  exclusively,  nor  any  other 
special  line  of  work.  Bony. 


STUDENTS   AND   POLITICS. 


Why  ought  college  students  to 
be  interested  in  politics?  Because 
the)-  are  men  and  politics  are  made 
by  men.  When  the  student  leaves 
college  he  enters  life,  and  part  of 
that  life  is  political  life.  He  can- 
not escape  that  part  of  his  existence 
and  be  a  perfect  man. 

But  this  reason  for  being  interest- 
ed in  politics  will  apply  to  even- 
one.  There  is  another  which  will 
apply  especially  to  college  students. 
Or,  perhaps  it  is  only  the  same  rea- 
son in  a  different  form.  It  is  this. 
Politics  is  a  science  and  college 
students  know  all(?)  about  science. 
There  is  given,  in  an  old  book,  a 
definition  of  science  which  always 
commends  itself.  It  is  as  follows. 
The  building  up  of  a  science  is  the 
gathering  up  of  all  the  facts  in  any 
sphere  of  knowledge,  and  the  for- 
mulation of  the  laws  which  set  forth 
the  relations  between  those  facts. 
Does  this  seem  to  be  a  long  and  dry 
definition?  All  definitions  are  some- 
what dry,  but  apply  this  one  to  pol- 
itics and  see  if  there  is  not  some 
thing  of  interest  in  it. 

The  sphere  of  knowledge  in  which 
the  facts  of  politics  lie  is  the  one  in 
which  the  practical  every  da)'  life  of 
men   is  lived.     There  is  a  great  cry 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


at  the  present  time  for  the  practical, 
and  a  general  impression  that  a 
higher  education  makes  men  imprac- 
tical and  visionary.  No  impression 
is  more  mistaken.  What  is  the 
practical,  but  that  which  is  prac- 
ticed and  what  is  the  science  of 
politics  concerned  with  if  not  the 
facts  of  every  day  life?  The  reason 
why  so  many  men  do  not  consider 
that  the  subject  of  politics  has  a 
personal  interest  for  them  is  that 
they  do  not  realize  that  their  own 
actions  are  a  part  of  those  which  the 
science  of  politics  attempts  to  account 
for.  As  a  result  there  is  coming  to 
be  a  class  of  professional  politicians 
in  this  country.  Now  the  college 
man  understands  the  relations  be- 
tween the  life  of  the  individual  and 
the  life  of  the  Nation.  He  under- 
stands also  the  vital  importance  of 
having  this  relation  apprehended  as 
fully  as  possible  by  all.  Here  then 
is  work  for  him.  Let  him  under- 
stand the  true  scope  of  politics,  and 
then  let  him  teach  others,  less  favor- 
ed by  circumstances  than  himself. 
And  there  is  a  certain  inspiration 
in  the  work. 

It  was  said  that  the  second  part 
of  politics  had  to  do  with  the 
relations  existing  between  the  facts 
discovered. 

These  are  not  case  or  adverbial 
relations,  or  relations  between  root 
and  stem,  which,  however  interest- 
ing they  may  be  on  account  of  their 
singularity  or  complexity  are  not 
human. 

The    relations   set   forth     bv   the 


laws  of  political  science  are  living, 
changing  things.  Next  in  dignity 
to  Theology,  which  deals  with  the 
relation  between  God  and  man, 
comes  Politics  which  deals  with 
the  relations  between  man  and  man, 
and  in  this  aspect  it  must  appeal  to 
every  broadly  educated  man. 

Student. 


Our  Note  Book. 

THE  COLLEGE. 


Quite  shocking — An  electric  bat- 
ter}-. 

New  gasoline  tanks  have  been 
put  in  at  the  College,  the  Seminary, 
and  the  President's  house. 

The  sems  will  wander  by  the  shore, 
The  frogs  will  warble  in  the  moat, 

The  robins  they  will  nest  once  more — 
When  Eddie  peels  his  overcoat. 

The  meeting  of  the  delegates  of 
the  Northwestern  College  Base  Ball 
League  is  set  for  March  16  at  the 
Plankinton  House,  Milwaukee. 

What  broke  Dick's  hat  ?  He  used 
it  for  a  toboggan  on  the  Ferry  Hall 
front  steps.  What  did  he  do  that 
for?  It  was  a  generous  impulse, 
but  positively  his  last  appearance. 

A  logical  conclusion  :  Student 
( laboriously ) — "If  rain' has  fallen, 
the  ground  is  wet ;  the  -er-  ground 
has  f-fallen" —  Prof. — "Therefore 
the  rain  is  wet!"  Class  con- 
vulsed. 

About  ten  couples  were  invited  to 
the    home    of   Miss  Grace  Reid  on 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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Tuesday  evening,  February  21st. 
Games,  refreshments,  and  general 
merry  -  making  characterized  the 
gathering. 

Instead  of  having  Washington's 
Birthday  for  a  holiday,  the  students 
voted  to  have  the  day  before,  the 
21st,  since  the  commencement  of 
Rush  Medical  College  was  on  that 
day.  Several  of  the  Faculty  and 
numerous  students  went  to  the  city. 

Secretary  Bass,  of  the  N.  W.  C. 
L.,  wrote  to  Manager  Wells,  of  L. 
F.  U.  B.  B.  C,  that  the  best  kept 
records  of  league  games  played  last 
season  were  handed  in  by  Lake  For- 
est. This  speaks  well  for  our  first 
year. 

T.  S.  Jackson,  of  '88,  has  been 
obliged  to  give  up  scholastic  duties 
and  seek  a  few  months'  rest  at  his 
"old  Kentucky  home."  He  in- 
tends to  return  next  year  and  join 
the  Class  of  '89.  J.  Sutton,  of '91, 
succeeds  to  Mr.  Jackson's  business. 

A  certain  Freshman  with  an 
Avernistic  turn  of  mind  put  the  fol- 
lowing notice  on  his  door:  "Reliu- 
qui  spem  pone,  omnes  vos  qui  hie 
initis."  It  was  translated  by  a 
young  lady,  "Leave  hope  of  a  pony, 
all  you  who  enter  here." 

On  the  eve  of  St.  Valentine's  da}-, 
Misses  Nellie  and  Florence  Durand 
entertained  about  fifteen  couples  of 
their  young  friends  at  a  valentine 
part}'.  Much  amusement  was  de- 
rived from  reading  the  original  sen- 
timents expressed  in  many  of  Cupid' s 


tokens.  Dancing  and  refreshments 
were  not  forgotten,  and  the  guests 
voted  it  a  royal  entertainment. 

The  Y.  W.  C.  A.  of  Mitchell 
Hall  sent  Miss  Gracia  Sickels  as  a 
delegate  to  the  state  convention  at 
Galesburg,  February  3-5.  She  re- 
turned and  reported  as  much  enthu- 
siasm as  was  manifested  at  Cham- 
paign last  month.  The  con- 
vention was  intensely  interesting. 
They  decided  that  a  state  secretary 
was  necessary  to  their  work,  and 
they  raised  six  hundred  dollars  on 
the  spot  to  pay  her  first  year's  sal- 
ary. They  will  surpass  the  boys  in 
their  efforts. 

The  Base  Ball  Club  gave  an  en- 
tertainment at  Ferry  Hall  on  Tues- 
day evening,  February  28.  Mr.W. 
C.  Larned  gave  some  of  his  charac- 
teristic readings.  The  Athenaean 
Quartet  appeared  several  times 
and  sang  so  well  that  they  were 
frequently  recalled.  Miss  Rhea 
sang  twice  to  an  admiring  com- 
pany. E.  F.  Dodge's  fine  baritone 
solo  was  encored.  Dr.  Seeley  made 
some  very  pleasant  remarks  at  the 
close  of  the  entertainment,  and  the 
nine  has  $45  clear,  which  makes 
them  feel  grateful  to  all  who  assist- 
ed in  making  the  event,  a  success. 

A  mass  meeting  of  the  students 
was  held  in  February  to  consider 
the  feasibility  cf  Lake  Forest  mak- 
ing application  for  admission  to  the 
State  Oratorical  Association.  The 
matter  was  lift  to  two  commit- 
tees to  look  up. 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


Miss  L —  thinks  that  the  soles  of 
her  shoes  are  made  of  wood  ! 

The  official  record  of  our  ball  club 
for  last  season  will  appear  in  these 
columns  soon. 

Did  you  ever  hear  the  principal 
parts  of  the  verb  "  smile  "  ?  They 
are  :  Laugheo,  gigglere,  collapsi, 
bus  turn. 

We  are  pleased  to  record  visits 
from  R.  C.  Robe,  A.  M.  Corwin,  L. 
M.  Bergen,  A.  C.  Wenban,  W.  E. 
Bates,  G.  D.  Heuver,  Theodore  Jes- 
sup,  and  G.  M.  Trowbridge  during 
February. 

The  entertainment  for  the  benefit 
of  G.  A.  Wilson's  Sunday  school  at 
Lake  Bluff  on  Thursday  evening, 
March  i,  was  a  success.  The  enter- 
tainers were  royally  entertained 
after  the  performance. 

Messrs.  Bergen  &  Dickinson  will 
soon  put  their  new  tragedy,  "Laer- 
tes, "  on  the  boards.  The  Batchelor 
Square  Theatre  Company,  forwhich 
the  play  was  expressly  written,  will 
present  it. 

"Prof."  A.  C.  Wenban,  of  Chi- 
cago, frequently  treads  our  campus, 
as  of  yore.  The  other  evening  he 
went  to  call  at  Mitchell  Hall.  With 
firm  foot-prints  he  traversed  the 
mellow  light  of  the  storm-house 
and  hung  affectingly'ori  the  door- 
bell. He  jerked  the  clammy  knob. 
No  response.  Again.  The  wind 
whispered  through  the  evergreens 
in  the  yard.  His  noble  brow  bead- 
ed and  his  "stand-up"  fainted,  but 


no  sound  came  to  his  burning  ear- 
laps.  Possible  cases  of  libel  and 
eviction  wandered  before  his  Webs- 
terian  brain,  and  he  was  about  to 
rend  his  raiment,  when  his  hand 
struck  the  door-bell  and  the  awful 
truth  flashed  across  his  tired  senses 
that  he  had  been  trying  to  ring  the 
door-knob. 

The  Jean  Ingelow  Literary  Soci- 
ety, of  the  Seminary,  held  an  open 
meeting  on  the  evening  of  February 
24.  Opening  exercises  were  fol- 
lowed with  an  instrumental  solo  by 
Miss  Camp.  Miss  Rood  then  read 
a  well  prepared  essay  upon  "  The 
Holy  Grail."  Miss  Greenlee,  as  an 
Irish  philosopher,  gave  a  recitation 
which  was  well  received.  This  was 
followed  by  Miss  Axtell's  vocal  solo, 
which  gained  a  deserved  encore 
from  the  audience.  The  debate, 
"Which  is  the  more  destructive, 
water  or  fire  ? ' '  was  rendered  very 
interesting  by  the  debaters,  Miss 
Ashley  and  Miss  Conger,  who  ad- 
vanced many  arguments  for  their 
respective  sides.  Miss  Ashley  won 
the  decision  of  the  judges.  A  piano 
duet  by  Misses  Flack  and  Corwin 
followed  Miss  Pinhey's  recitation 
and  closed  the  first  part  of  the  pro- 
gram. After  the  recess,  Tenny- 
son's "Dream  of  Fair  Women" 
was  given  in  a  series  pi  tableaus, 
and  elicited  the  applause  of  all  who 
witnessed.  The  parts  were  all  well' 
taken  and  the  appointments  were 
artistic.  The  society  is  to  be  con- 
gratulated on  the  success  of  its 
meeting. 


THE  L.  F.    U.   S  TEN  TOR. 


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FERRY  HALL. 


Ah  there,  Nature!!  Two  buckets 
of  hot  water. 

One  of  our  estimable  young  spec- 
ials had  her  ear  frozen  while  out 
walking  one  Saturday.  It  was 
thought  amputation  would  be  neces- 
sary, but  through  the  skillful  treat- 
ment of  Dr.  Brown  we  were  able  to 
save  the  ear. 

A  convention  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A. 
was  held  at  Gilesburg,  Feb.  3d  to 
5th.  inclusive.  Miss  Alice  Conger 
was  sent  as  a  delegate  from  Ferry 
Hall,  and  reports  a  very  pleasant 
and  profitable  meeting.  Over  116 
delegates  were  present.  Pledges 
were  given  by  the  different  societies, 
and  Illinois  is  to  have  a  state  secre- 
tary the  ensuing  year. 

An  ardent  admirer  of  Cicero 
reading  of  Aulus  Gabinius  would 
gladly  have  given  him  the  name 
Abraham. 

Among  the  Ferry  Hall  visitors 
we  were  glad  to  welcome  back  Miss 
Winifred  Hecht,  who  was  with  us 
last  3rear. 

Miss  Grace  Taylor  writes  from 
San  Diego,  California,  where  she  is 
enjoying  fruit  and  summer  weather. 
From  there  she  goes  to  Pasadena, 
where  she  expects  to  meet  one  of 
Ferry  Hall's  old  pupils,  Miss  Alice 
Polley.  The  trip  to  California  was 
a  pleasant  one.  Only  one  stop  was 
made,  that  being  at  Denison,  Tex., 
where     Mr.      Taylor     and     family 


were  invited  to  attend  a  large  ban- 
quet. 

We  would  advise  the  young 
ladies  while  walking  in  the  attic  to 
tread  softly  and  look  out  sharply 
for  the  cross-beams. 

Miss  Nellie  Hecht,  who  has  been 
suffering  with  rheumatism  the  past 
week,  has  been  obliged  to  go  home 
for  a  rest.  We  hope  she  may  be 
with  us  in  the  near  future. 

One  of  the  latest  attractions  is  a 
handsome  English  setter,  named 
Don.  He  is  a  great  pet  among  the 
girls. 

Cowardly  Act  ! !  !  !  Non-ap- 
pearance of  the  youths  on  St.  Valen- 
tine's night.     Don  is  a  faithful  dog. 


Wanted. - 


-A  new  chestnut. 
"Peanut." 


Miss  Alice  Williams,  a  former 
student  here,  was  married  Thurs- 
day evening,  February  8th,  at  the 
home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Getty,  of  Chicago,  to  Mr.  Hallowell, 
junior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Hallo- 
well  &  Co.,  of  Waukegan.  They 
are  to  reside  in  Waukegan. 

Miss  Lucia  Hayes,  of  Milwaukee, 
not  long  ago  gave  a  lunch  in  honor 
of  Miss  Julia  Van  Kirk. 

Fire  !  Fire  !  !  Fire  !  !  !  A  few 
minutes  before  six,  on  the  evening 
of  February  7  th,  fire  was  discovered 
in  the  room  of  one  of  our  illustri- 
ous Seniors,  by  a  gallant  College 
youth.  When  the  fire  broke  out 
the  young  ladies  were  preparing 
for  supper,  and  at  the  sound  of  the 


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gong  calmly  walked  down  stairs, 
where  they  were  met  by  the  start- 
ling news  that  the  Sem  was  on  fire. 
•  Great  excitement  prevailed,  audit 
required  all  the  efforts  of  the  fire- 
men to  prevent  the  young  ladies 
from  leaping  from  the  windows. 
After  calling  in  the  aid  of  some  of 
the  young  ladies,  the  fire  was 
finally  extinguished.  Loss — One 
water  pitcher,  one  bowl,  one  glass, 
one  shoe,  one  hat,  and  the  total 
ruin  of  the  decorations  of  the  room. 
No  insurance.  The  young  ladies 
desire  to  express  their  thanks  to 
this  youth  for  his  heroic  deeds,  and 
we  are  extremely  sorry  that  one  of 
our  Seniors  was  so  frightened  as  to 
throw  water  on  him.  We  now  have 
the  latest  improvements  in  the  way 
of  fire  extinguishers,  the  Smith  pat- 
ent. 

Wanted. — A  new  smile.     M. 

The  Brown  and  Dean  studio  was 
opened  on  Friday,  February  17th. 
Crowds  poured  in  during  the  entire 
evening,  to  see  the  fine  works  of  art. 
Among  the  visitors  from  afar  were 
Miss  Emery,  of  New  York,  Miss 
Hecht,  of  Clarence,  Iowa,  and  Miss 
Reed,  of  Chicago.  The  pictures 
were  pronounced  the  finest  ever  ex- 
hibited in  the  studio.  Among  the 
best  were  Ophelia,  Marguerite  be- 
fore the  Shrine,  Blind  Nydia,  Leap 
Year,  By  Jingo,  One  of  Our  Alder- 
men, The  Dirty  Boy,  Charlotte  in 
Prison . 

The  young  ladies  would  make 
fewer  mistakes  if  they    would    look 


twice  before  they  burst  forth  with 
some  such  expression  as  "Hello, 
it's  about  time  you  went  home 
again ! ' ' 

The  latest  style  of  hat  for  young 
men — the  S.  crush  hat. 

"Mamma's  darling"  must  not  go 
out  in  February  without  his  over- 
coat and  mittens. 

THE  ACADEMY. 


Work  in  the  Academy  is  being 
strictly  attended  to  and  everything 
is  in  a  prospering  condition.  The 
boys  find  the  hour  of  Bible  Study 
each  morning  very  profitable;  much 
good  is  gleaned  from  it  and  all  seem 
to  take  great  interest  in  it. 

Prof.  —  "  Here  is  a  sentence  I 
wish  all  you  boys  would  learn;  'Liars 
should  have  good  memories.'  ' 

Small  Voice.  —  "  You  have  an  ex- 
cellent memory  Prof. ,  honestly  you 
have.  "  Can  that  be  beaten  for 
Euphemism  ? 

We  mentioned  the  fa:t  in  the 
last  issue  of  the  Stentor  that  H.  H. 
Fish  had  started  a.  printing  office  in 
the  Academy.  Since  then  Mr.  Fish 
has  purchased  a  'complete  outfit. 
Among  the  noticeable  things  is  a 
fine  press  and  its  complement  the 
paper  cutter  and  many  cases  of  new 
type.  Everything  in  the  office  is 
neat  and  convenient.  Beginning  with 
this  month  Mr.  Fish  will  issue  the 
Stentor  regularly.  He  employs 
from  two  to  four   students    and  has 


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149 


all  he  can  do.  He  is  constantly  re- 
ceiving orders  for  job  work  of  which 
he  gets  out  some  fine  specimens. 

It  has  always  seemed  strange  to 
ns  how  much  of  that  ready  article, 
blame,  falls  on  the  unlucky  'Cad. 
A  few  evenings  ago  quite  a  noise 
was  made  while  the  Academy  and 
College  students  were  returning 
from  an  entertainment.  The  next 
morning  in  chapel  the  'Cads  were 
blamed  for  the  noise  of  the  previous 
evening.  Strange  as  it  may  seem 
the  '  Cads  had  ample  assistance  from 
another  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity, yet  they  received  full  credit. 
The  'Cads  were  also  blamed  because 
that  old  land-mark,  namely  the  cis- 
tern pump  which  has  been  in  opera- 
tion since  1776,  failed  to  "R.  S.  V. 
P."  when  the  handle  was  gently 
worked  the  other  morning.  The 
verdict  of  Judge  Frye,  who  presided 
at  the  inquest,  was,  "Them  'ere 
'Cadmy  boys  has  spiled  that  'ere 
pump  by  pumpin'  with  er  short 
jerk  er  the  handle."  Strange  as  it 
may  seem,  others  than  the  'Cads 
have  pumped  "with  er  short  jerk  er 
the  handle"  We  are  willing  to  take 
oar  share  of  blame,  but  we  do 
not  wish  to  take  the  blame  of  every 
thing  and  everybody.  Kind  friends, 
there  is  a  point  where  patience 
ceases  to  be  a  virtue.  Don't  push 
us  upon  the  point. 

The  other  morning  in  chapel  the 
boys  were  treated  to  a  pleasant  sur- 
prise. The  Dr.  was  giving  a  little 
talk    on    the    Bible    lesson    and   he 


made  the  following  statement: 
"Whenever  I  think  of  the  apostle 
Peter,  I  always  think  of  him  as  the 
one  who  parried  the  keys  to  the 
Gates  of  Heaven,  and  as  one  in 
whom  great  trust  was  placed;  and 
thoughts  of  him  in  that  light  always 
put  me  in  mind  of  the  door-keeper 
who  carried  the  keys  at  Auburn 
prison,  where  I  lived  so  many 
years!"  Matters  were  afterward 
explained.  The  boys  all  have  a 
warm  friend  in  the  Doctor  and  we 
know  they  would  not  doubt  his 
word  an  instant. 

Brooms  and  fire  combined  make 
a  highly  combustible  material  but 
they  should  not  be  used  for  Aca- 
demic kindling:  wood. 


Delicious ! ! 
Water!!! 


Wausau's    Mineral 


Prof.  Dawkius  in  his  work,  "His- 
tory of  Man,"  makes  an  assertion  to 
the  effect  that,  "Man  contended  for 
and  gained  complete  mastery  over 
all."  Excuse  us  Mr.  Dawkins  but 
you  are  misstciken  —  er  —  gentle 
sex,  "don't  you  know." 

Here  is  an  example  which  is 
probably  related  to  those  our  grand- 
fathers used  to  do  in  the  days  when 
the  good  old  "Rule  of  Three"  flour- 
ished : 

"If  a  hen  and  a  half  lay  an  egg 
and  three  fourths  in  a  day  and  one 
sixth,  how  man}'  days  will  it  take 
twenty  hens  to  lay  one  gross  of 
eggs?" 

Can  you  solve  it  ? 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


RUSH    MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 


Work  on  the  main  structure  of 
the  Presbyterian  hospital  will  be 
begun  as  soon  as  the  condition  of 
the  ground  will  permit.  The  build- 
ing, when  completed,  will  present  a 
grand  and  imposing  appearance. 
The  main  front,  on  Wood  St. ,  will 
be  a  continuation  of  the  present 
building  to  Congress  St.,  along 
which  the  Congress  front  will  ex- 
tend. The  entire  hospital  will  ac- 
commodate from  three  hundred  to 
three  hundred  and  fifty  patients, 
and  will  be  thoroughly  equipped 
with  all  the  modern  improvements 
and  conveniences.  We  venture  to 
state  that  no  hospital  in  the  city  will 
surpass  or  equal  it  in  perfection  of 
system,  architectural  design,  or 
pleasant  location. 

The  students  as  a  body  owe  Dr. 
Ross  a  debt  of  thanks  for  the  ener- 
getic waj'  in  which  he  is  filling  his 
office  as  chairman  of  the  building 
committee. 

Commencement  has  passed  with 
the  usual  increase  of  M.  D.'s.  The 
' '  plucked  ' '  ones  this  year  were 
fewer  than  in  most  of  the  preceding 
years,  and  on  the  whole  Rush  has 
graduated  a  class  that  she  ma}-  feel 
proud  of  as  alumni.  At  the  clos- 
ing exercises,  Dr.  Roberts,  Presi- 
dent of  the  University,  gave  a 
pleasing  address  to  the  boys,  and 
succeeded  in  finding  a  warm  place 
in  the  hearts  of  the  students  of  the 
Medical  Department.      In  express- 


ing through  the  Stentor  our  high- 
est regard  and  esteem  for  him,  we 
are  certain  that  we  but  faintly  echo 
the  sentiments  of  the  Rush  men. 


Personal. 


A  short  sketch  of  the  work  of 
Rev.  Paul  Bergen  will  doubtless  be 
interesting  to  those  who  knew  him. 
Six  months  after  his  arrival  at  his 
mission  field  in  China,  he  had  ac- 
quired the  spoken  language  suffic- 
iently well  to  begin  preaching.  This 
is  a  very  unusual  thing.  He  has 
also  made  remarkable  and  rapid  pro- 
gress in  the  written  language,  read- 
ing the  classics  with  ease  and  flu- 
ency and  being  able  to  write  every 
character  in  them.  His  brother 
missionaries  tell  us  that  they  are 
proud  of  Mr.  Bergen's  attainments, 
and  regard  him  as  one  of  the  strong- 
est men  in  the  church  in  China. 
Two  years  ago  he  and  a  native 
Chinaman  were  appointed  by  the 
authorities  at  Shanghai  as  a  com- 
mission to  distribute  thirty  thous- 
and dollars  among  the  famine  suffer- 
ers. About  a  year  ago  he  was  elected 
pastor  of  the  native  church  at  Che- 
naufoo.  He  makes  frequent  itiner- 
ary trips  of  two  or  three  weeks'  du- 
ration, traveling  on  wheelbarrows, 
sleeping  in  native  houses,  and  eat- 
ing, for  the  most  part,  native  food. 
While  upon  one  such  trip,  taken  in 
March,  1887,  he  writes  of  climbing 
with  a  Friend,  Tai  Shan,  the  most 
famous  mountain  in  China,  and  of 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


■4> 


various  troubles  they  had  with  the 
head  man  of  the  sedan  chair  associ- 
ation. Finally  they  were  off,  at  the 
rate  of  four  miles  an  hour,  for  the 
"South  Heaven  Gate,"  at  the  sum- 
mit of  the  mountain.  Passing  up 
the  winding,  stone-paved  road, 
meeting  limping  pilgrims,  being 
shaded  by  immense  cypress  trees  of 
unknown  age,  rounding  abrupt 
curves  and  avoiding  awful  chasms, 
they  reached  the  top  just  at  dusk,  • 
climbing  the  last  stage  of  the  ascent 
by  two  thousand  steps  cut  in  the 
sheer  dizzy  side  of  the  mountain. 
1 '  We  stood  a  long  time  in  the 
twilight,  looking  over  the  hills,  up 
the  long  valle3'S,  and  out  over  the 
broad  plain  stretching  hundreds  of 
li  to  the  south,  and  thought  we  had 
never  seen,  or  at  least  seldom  seen, 
a  more  majestic  prospect.  Then  we 
hurried  to  see  a  crystal  spring  which 
bubbles  right  out  of  the  top  of  the 
old  mountain's  head,  and  wondered 
in  vain  what  forced  the  water  from 
the  ground  at  that  height.  I  asked 
a  native,  and  he  completely  silenced 
me  by  saying  that  it  was  just  as  easy 
as  for  the  blood  to  come  out  of  the 
top  of  a  man's  head  when  cut !  * 
*  *  *  *  We  awoke  in  the 
morning  to  find  it  raining  and  sleet- 
ing. Thus  our  fine  plans  for  spend- 
ing the  day  were  spoiled,  and  we 
had  to  descend  hastily  lest  the  stairs 
should  become  so  slippery  as  to 
make  descent  impossible.  So  down 
we  went,  much  faster  than  we  came 
up ;  and  to  go  down  those  steep 
stairs  on  the  shoulders  of  men,  so 


rapidly,  sometimes    made  in}-  hair 
rise. ' ' 

Mr.  Bergen  has  received  numbers 
into  the  church.  He  dresses  in 
native  costume,  which  is  not  gener- 
ally done  by  missionaries.  The 
reason  he  gives  for  this  is,  that  be- 
ing so  far  inland  the  natives  are  not 
accustomed  to  foreign  attire,  and 
the}-  are  so  curious  about  his  clothes 
that  he  cannot  get  them  to  listen  to 
what  he  is  saying.  This  difficulty 
is  avoided  wheu  he  wears  the  native 
dress.  His  health  has  been  good 
from  the  start  and  he  is  in  love  with 
his  work. 

'83.  Correction. —  Rev.  J.  W. 
Millar's  church  at  Onarga,  111.,  has 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  mem- 
bers. Thirteen  were  received  into 
membership  on  February  26. 

'84.  '  Rev.  A.  H.  Jack  was  no- 
ticed in  October  as  studying  in  Ber- 
lin. He  dined  recently  by  invita- 
tion with  Dr.  Edward  Zeller,  the 
philosopher.  Prof.  Zeller  does  not 
often  give  such  invitations- 


General  College  Notes. 

My  name  is  Solomon  Levi ; 

A  college  student  I. 
The  Greek  and  Latin  books  I  read, 

And  dote  on  apple  pie;. 
But  Mathematics  is  the  best, — 

I  like  it  best  of  all ; 
It  seems  to  fit  my  system 

"  Like  der  baper  on  der  vail." 

— College  Echo. 

Salt  Lake  City  is  to  have  another 
Mormon  college. — Ex. 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


The  number  of  volunteers  for  the 
foreign  mission  field  is  now  2,320. 
—  The  In  tercolkgia  n . 

It  is  remarkable  how  skilful  Nor- 
ton, 'go,  is  on  the  horizontal  bar. 
His  movements  are  really  wonder- 
ful and  worthy  of  a  scientific  gym- 
nast.—77?<?  Dartmouth. 

At  a  recent  glee  club  contest  in 
Yale  the  Freshmen  let  loose  a  flock 
of  pigeons  in  the  hall,  with  "  '91  " 
fastened  to  their  feet.  The  aston- ' 
ished  Sophs  tried  to  get  them  out, 
but  did  not  succeed. 

The  new  base  ball  cage  at  Prince- 
ton has  been  finished  and  is  in 
daily  use.  Princeton  sports  a  la- 
crosse team,  a  glee  club,  a  banjo 
club,  a  mandolin  club,  and  an  in- 
strumental club. — Ex. 

Several  '90  men  have  already  ob- 
tained positions  in  the  hotels,  for 
the    coming    season. —  Dartmouth. 

This  is  the  wav  the  boys  down  east 
1 
go  through  college.      It  seems  to  us 

an  improvement   on  selling  books. 

.  Dr.  Hodge,  formerly  President  of 

Lenox,  is  now  living  at  Rockford, 

111.    His  daughter  Bessie  is  teaching 

in  Rockford  Seminary,   we  believe. 

— Lenox  Nutshell.      The  above  is  a 

mistake.       Dr.    Hodge    and  family 

are  living  in  Lake  Forest,  and  have 

been  since  they  left  Hopkinton. 

The  Ohio  State  Oratorical  Contest 
was  held  in  Columbus  on  February 
16,  1888.  There  were  nine  colleges 
represented  in  this  contest,  among 
them  Oberlin,  Ohio  Wesleyan,  Mar- 
ietta, Wooster,  and  Dennisou.    The 


last  named  was  the  winning  college. 
It  was  represented  by  Chas.  Bosler. 
Oberlin  came  second  on  the  list,  and 
Wooster  third. 

Talking  with  one  who  knows 
whereof  he  speaks,  the  other  day, 
about  Dr.  Patton's  recent  election 
to  the  presidency  of  Princeton,  the 
question  was  asked  what  the  stu- 
dents at  Princeton  thought  of  the 
election.  He  replied  that  the  semi- 
nary students  were  unanimously  in 
favor  of  the  election.  The  college 
students  were  divided  between  Prof. 
Sloan  and  Dr.  Patton  before  the 
election,  but  after  the  election  they 
wrote  a  song,  speaking  of  how 
' '  Sloan  got  left, ' '  and 

"The  trustees   pleased    'Jimmy'  just  as 

well , 
For  they  unanimously  elected  FraneisL." 

Dr.  Patton  is  popular  with  the  stu- 
dents, from  all  accounts,  although 
he  may  seem  somewhat  reserved  on 
account  of  his  scholarly  habits.  He 
is  a  keen,  sharp,  thinking  man,  and 
one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the  coun- 
try. "The  idea  of  his  not  being 
liberal-minded  is  a  mistalSe,"  our 
authority  says,  ' '  for  he  is  the  most 
liberal  man  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  And  as  to  his  executive 
ability  we  cannot  judge  yet,  but  we 
know  this,  that  he  has  never  yet 
failed  in  anything  he .  has  under- 
taken." 

On  February  4,  Racine  College 
lost  by  fire  the  building  containing 
the  laboratory,  gymnasium  and  art 
sudio.  The  building  and  apparatus 
was  valued  at  $17,000.  Total  in- 
surance $6,000. — Ex. 


THE  L.  F.  II.  STENTOR. 


i/ 


Vol.1. 


MARCH,   1888. 


No.  7. 


AMERICAN  LITERATURE. 


In  the  history  of  American  edu- 
cation how  little  time  has  been  giv- 
en to  the  study  of  our  Nation's  lit- 
erature as  compared  with  that  spent 
in  the — to  us — less  productive  fields 
of  classics  and  foreign  writings.  In 
late  years  indeed  more  liberty  has 
been  granted  and  American  litera- 
ture has  won  no  insignificant  place 
in  the  curriculum  of  school  and  col- 
lege, but  even  now  too  little  time  is 
allowed  for  the  thorough  analytic 
and  progressive  study  of  it.  It  may 
be  said  that  the  whole  of  American 
literature  is  so  little  that  it  is  hardly 
worth  while  to  give  it  any  special 
attention.  The  idea  is  erroneous 
and  the  very  fact  of  its  scarcity 
should  but  lead  to  a  more  careful 
cultivation  of  and  closer  acquain- 
tance with  the  thoughts  and  writings 
of  our  countrymen . 

Our  literature  is  not  old,  nor  can 
we  trace  it  to  pre-historic  ages 
through  centuries  of  feudalism  and 
semi-civilization.  It  was  born  with 
the  American  colonies  and  its  growth 
and  history  is  the  history  of  Amer- 


ica. It  is  not  intended  to  disparage 
the  importance  and  influence  of 
other  writers  than  our  own,  but  to 
advocate  the  proper  care  and  atten- 
tion to  home  talent.  What  can  give 
the  youth  of  to-day,  the  citizen  of 
to-morrow,  more  ennobling  and  pa- 
triotic ideas  than  a  proper  study  of 
the  "gems  of  literature."  It 
broadens  the  views,  creates  a  love 
for  history,  for  government,  for  lib- 
erty and  freedom.  The  Germans 
have  long  taken  pride  in  teaching 
their  children  to  appreciate  and  en- 
joy their  classics;  the  Arabs,  the 
most  civilized  of  ancient  nations, 
taught  their  children  to  repeat  the 
thoughts  of  their  poets  as  "un- 
strung pearls,"  and  the  Greeks 
drilled  their  youth  in  the  works  of 
the  masters. 

Too  much  time  in  the  past  has 
been  devoted  to  subjects  of  narrow 
range  and  the  aim  seems  to 
have  been  to  take  in  as  large  a  var- 
iety of  studies  as  possible  and  not  to 
do  thorough  work  with  a  limited 
study  of  the  most  beneficial  subjects. 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


Especially  is  this  true  of  the  common 
and  high  schools  of  to-day,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  courses  of  study  in 
many  academies  and  colleges. 
In  the  earlier  years  of  school  life 
sufficient  time  of  course  must  be 
given  to  mathematics  and  the  phys- 
ical sciences;  in  a  more  advanced 
stage  to  history  and  the  mental  and 
moral  sciences;  but  the  stud)' of  our 
language  and  literature  is  of  pri- 
miry  importance.  A  few  scattered 
facts  of  science  and  descriptive 
studies  linger  in  the  mind  to  late  life, 
but  what  has  greater  influence  upon 
life  and  thought  than  the  "gems  of 
literat  ure? ' '  '  'The  literature  of  the 
world  embodies  a  universal  moral 
creed,"  and  the  literature  of  a  coun- 
try reflects  its  history  and  character. 
Too  much  can  be  expected  from 
these  gems.  They  are  not  intended  to 
take  the  place  of  religious  and  moral 
instruction  but  to  aid  them;  and  it 
is  certainly  true  that  a  broad-minded 
selection  of  authors  can  do  much  to 
elevate  man  morally,  politically, 
and  socially.  There  are  in  American 
literature,  as  in  English,  man)-  such 
gems  adapted  to  such  ends;  and  as 
proper  reading  means  right  think- 
ing and  acting  let  us  by  all  means 
have  a  more  thorough  and  practical 


study  of  our  classics  which  are  good 
even  though  few.  The  religious 
world  will  get  a  great  deal  of  good, 
and  the  secular  world  nothing  ob- 
jectionable. May  it  not  be,  then, 
that  hi  this  very  line  of  study  is  a 
partial  solution  to  the  problem  of 
moral  training  in  common  and  high 
schools? 

Heretofore  the  boy  has  been  edu- 
cated according  to  his  business  ex- 
pectations with  little  regard  to  his 
pleasure  in  after  life  and  his  worth 
as  a  citizen.  The  principles  have 
been  too  narrow.  Here  is  one  way 
to  make  them  broader  and  to  fur- 
nish well  equipped,  thoughtful,  pa- 
triotic men. 

Man)'  academies  and  too  many  col- 
leges devote  too  little  time  to  Amer- 
ican literature  and  would  do  far  more 
toward  its  continuance  and  toward 
the  future  welfare  of  the  people  were 
they  to  foster  it  and  make  it  a 
source  of  enjoyment  and  profit.  In 
a  few  schools  literature,  chiefly  Am- 
erican, has  been  given  special  at- 
tention with  excellent  results. 

Then  let  the  work  spread  and 
help  to  make  the  coming  generation 
nobler  and  better  than  those  now 
in  active  life. 

W.  W;  Johnson;  '88. 


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155 


VYAGHRA-GITA. 


Oh,  the  slender-waisted  maiden 
By  the  banks  of  sacred  Dhooni, 

Lotus-eyed,  with  airy  footsteps 
Roaming  where  the  lilies  bloom  ! 

Ah  !  thou  cruel,  red-jawed  tiger 
On  the  reedy  shores  of  Dhoom, 

Thou  didst  win, — O,  slay  thy  rival 
Kneeling  here  beside  her  tomb. 


THE  TONIC  SOL-FA  SYSTEM. 


WHAT  IT  IS,  AND  WHAT  IT  DOES. 


This  system  is  a  method  of  musi- 
cal notation  for  voices  which  has 
popularized  musical  knowledge  in 
Great  Britain  to  such  an  extent  that 
many  amateur  choruses  can  sing, 
and  sing  correctly,  such  choruses  as 
those  of  the  Messiah.  The  system 
was  invented  about  1S44,  by  John 
Curwen,  a  poor  dissenting  clergy- 
man. It  was  gradually  introduced 
into  the  public  schools,  only,  how- 
ever, after  much  bitter  opposition, 
and  now  there  is  hardly  a  musician 
in  the  Kingdom  who  is  not  a  thor- 
ough believer  in  the  system. 

The  syllables  of  the  scale  are  used 
as  the  basis  of  the  system,  the  initials 
of  which,  d,  r,  m,  f,  s,  1,  t  (for  si), 
make    the    scale       in      any      kev. 


Lower  notes  are  denoted  by  sub  1 , 
thus.  — th  and  upper  notes  by  1 
written  as  an  exponent:  — d'.  Ac- 
cidental sharps  and  flats  are  de- 
noted by  the  syllables  fi,  si,  etc. 
but  where  the  influence  of  the 
sharps  or  flats  would  be  sufficient  to 
change  the  key,  at  the  point  of 
change  the  new  kejr  is  announced 
above  and  the  first  note  of  the  new 
key  preceded  by  a  small  letter  de- 
noting the  same  note  as  the  syllable 
would  have,  if  sounded  in  the  old 
key,  thus : 

KEY  C.  KEY  G. 

I  d  :  m.f  I  fi  :shd  :  till  I  1  :  8  |  etc. 

The  measures  are  separated  by 
heavier  bars  extending  down  be- 
tween the  words  and  the   half  niea- 


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THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR 


sures  by  shorter  bars,  the  smaller 
divisions  being  respectively,  colon, 
period,  and  comma.  A  rest  is  de- 
noted by  leaving  the  space  blank, 
but  if  a  note  is  continued  into  the 
next  space,  a  dash  is  inserted.  Thus 
two  measures,  the  first  of  which  is 
occupied  by  a  half  note,  a  quarter 
note, and  two  sixteenths,  and  the  se- 
cond by  a  half  note  and  a  half  rest 
would  appear  in  tonic  sol-fa  thus: 
I  d:-|  d  :  d  d,dt  d:  —  I      :      | 

The  smaller  marks  of  division,  the 
period  and  the  comma,  are  not  used 
unless  the  music  requires  them, 
but  every  measure  has  the  other 
marks,  whether  the  value  of  the 
notes  is  small  or  large.  Triple  time 
is  divided  as  follows: 

|  d  :—  :T  |  m  :  r  :  d  |    etc. 

The  above  very  faintly  describes 
the  mechanism  of  the  system.  We 
will  now  investigate  its  claims  on 
the  musician  and  student. 

In  the  first  place,  it  is  the  natu- 
ral system.  To  the  singer  all  keys 
are  alike,  the  only  difference  being 
in  pitch.  Not  so  with  the  player 
who  has  a  different  scale  for  each 
key,  no  matter  what  his  instrument. 
For  instrumental  notation,  then, 
the  S}rstem  is  useless,  but  as  a  vocal 
notation  it  is  much  superior  to  the 
staff. 

It  is  founded  on  the  true  principle 
of  key  relationship.  Each  note  is 
sounded,  not  from  its  pictorial  posi- 
tion on  the  staff,  but  from  its  rela- 
tion to  the  keynote,  or  tonic,  of  the 
scale.     Thus,  the  singer  is  not  con- 


fused by  a  multitude  of  sharps,  fiats, 
and  naturals,  but  knows  exactly 
what  the  interval  is  that  he  is  re- 
quired to  sing.  A  bird,  which  in 
flying  from  one  limb  of  a  tree  to  an- 
other, stopped  to  count  the  interven- 
ing limbs  before  spreading  his  wings, 
would  be  like  some  singers  who  try 
to  calculate  the  distance  of  each  in- 
terval from  the  position  of  the  notes 
on  the  staff. 

This  system  gives  a  deeper  in- 
sight into  the  spirit  of  a  composition. 
William  Mason,  of  Boston,  one  of 
the  most  scholarly  musicians  of  Am- 
erica, says  that  his  knowledge  of 
music  has  been  rendered  more  pro- 
found since  he  made  acquaintance 
with  the  tonic  sol-fa  system  than  it 
was  before.  It  is  a  notable  fact  that 
those  who  sing  from  the  tonic  sol-fa 
notation  enter  more  thoroughly  into 
the  spirit  of  the  work,  enjoy  it  with 
more  of  the  appreciation  of  the  mu- 
sician, and  consequently  take  a 
deeper  interest  in  music  than  they 
otherwise  would.  They  begin  to 
look  upon  music  as  they  should; 
not  as  a  mere  amusement  or  accom- 
plishment, something  to  tickle  the 
car,  but  as  a  language  of  the  emo- 
tions, saying  infinitely  more  than 
can  be  expressed  in  words,  however 
fitly  chosen. 

For  staff  reading,  it  offers  the 
quickest  route  to  accurate  sight 
reading.  This  alone  ought  to  be  a 
sufficient  incentive  to  its  study,  for 
notwithstanding  its  superiority  in 
the  line  of  vocal  music,  it  is    neces- 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


157 


sary,  for  thorough  musicianship,  to 
be  acquainted  with  instrumental  no- 
tation. Although  the  system  is 
gaining  ground  rapidly  in  America 
and  Germany,  it  will  probably  be 
many  years  before  all  vocal  music 
will  be  printed  in  the  tonic  sol-fa 
notation.  Novello  and  Co.,  of  Eng- 
land, however,  are  reproducing  al- 
most their  entire  catalogue  of  clas- 
sical vocal  music,  which  includes 
nearly  everything  from  Bach's  Pas- 
sion Music  to  Dvorak's  Spectre's 
Bride,  in  the  tonic  sol-fa  notation. 
As  an  assistant  also  to  quicker 
reading  of  orchestral  scores  of  from 
a  dozen  to  thirty  different  staves 
to  be  read  at  one  glance,  in  five  dif- 


ferent clefs  and  with  the  parts  for 
the  transposing  instruments  written 
in  different  ke3's,  ready  testimon}'  is 
borne  by  Mr.  Tomlins,  leader  of  the 
Apollo  Musical  Club  of  Chicago, 
who  was  educated  in  the  Tonic 
Sol-fa  Schools  when  a  small  boy. 

At  all  events,  the  system  will 
bear  investigation.  It  has  stood  the 
slings  and  arrows  of  hostile  musi- 
aiaus  for  forty-four  years  but,  like 
any  good  movement,  has  gained 
new  strength  by  its  trials  and  has 
now  practically  conquered,  as  far 
as  Great  Britain  is  concerned. 

In  conclusion  let  me  offer  as  an 
example  a  familiar  hymn  tune: 


CHRISTMAS.     Key    E  flat. 


Handel. 


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S      :d' 

1  t 

:i 

S 

:  d.,  r 

m    :m.,1 

S 

:S 

s 

:f.,m 

d 

d     :m 

r 

:f 

d 

:d.,  ti 

d     Td 

d 

d 

d 

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While 

shep-herds 

watched  their 

flocks  by 

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seat 

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on 

the 

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S      :S 

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S       :S 

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d.,r 

rri     :d 

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m 

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d     :d.,  r 

m 

d 

m 

:f 

m       :r 

:t-,d' 
:r 

The 

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r 
an 

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:d 

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f 
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of 

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the 

f       :m.r 
r     ":d.t, 

Lord  came 

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ground; 

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S          :— 

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:m 

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:s-,li 

ti 

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:Si 

(1       :d 

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f      :  m 

1      :S 

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m    :  r 

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d     :d 

d     :  — 

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shone   a- 

round, 

And 

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-  it 

shone  a- 

round. 

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W.  H.  Humiston,  '91. 


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portaut  voice  in  the  management  of 
the  College  and  in  general  matters 
relating  to  the  institution.  Let  them 
then  take  this  means  for  the  expres- 
sion of  their  sentiments.  Especi- 
ally acceptable  are  personal  items 
concerning:  the  alumni. 


Although  attendance  at  morning 
prayers  is  a  rule  of  the  College,  very 
few,  if  any  of  us,  attend  chapel  from 
a  sense  of  duty,  but  rather  for  plea- 
sure derived  from  participating  in 
its  exercises.  It  would  greatly  add 
to  the  enjoyment  of  the  occasion  if 
all  would  make  an  honest  effort  to  be 
on  time  and  to  begin  on  time.  We 
are  pleased  to  notice  the  Freshmen 
and  Sophomores  very  seldom  whis- 
per during  the  exercises  but  the 
Juniors  and  Seniors — a  hint  to  the 
wise  we  hold  to  be  sufficient. 


Editorial. 


We  request  that  our  contributors 
sign  their  own  names  to  all  com- 
munications, and  they  will,  of 
course,  be  withheld  from  publication 
at  the  desire  of  the  writers. 


We  were  glad  to  receive  a  contri- 
bution for  the  last  number  from  one 
of  our  alumni.  We  wish  we  might 
hear  oftener  from  former  students. 
The  alumni  deserve  to  have  an  im- 


As  our  elective  system  gradually 
becomes  more  extended,  it  increases 
the  difficulty  which  each  term 
meets  the  student,  as  to  what  of 
many  attractive  studies  he  will  take. 
This  suggests  a  wider  question 
which  we  must  also  encounter  in 
after- college  studies:  how  broad  a 
field  should  we  include  in  our  stu- 
dies? The  tendency  here  has  been 
to  make  it  too  much  restricted,  but 
a  broader  spirit  seems  to  be  devel- 
oping. Yet  the  man  who  "branches 
out"  and  tries  to  gain  a  wider  than 
usual    ran<re   of  knowledge    makes 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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himself  liable  to  the  charge  of  sup- 
erficiality. The  justice  of  the  ac- 
cusation depends  entirely  on  the 
man  and  his  aims.  If  the  studies 
are  such  that  they  will  serve  his 
needs  or  pleasures  in  subsequent 
years,  the  choice  is  well  made.  The 
man  who  intends  to  enter  on  a  very 
limited  line  of  work  is  in  danger  of 
choosing  onl}T  such  studies  as  will 
bear  directljr  on  his  specialty.  A 
more  proper  principle  would  be  to 
select  as  wide  as  possible  a  range 
of  studies  to  be  consonant  with  the 
student's  special  aim.  A  man  to  be 
intelleetuall}-  perfect  must  have 
broad  knowledge  and  wide  sympa- 
thies. Probably  one  of  the  most 
effective  ways  of  expanding  the 
sympathies  is  the  study  of  the  diff- 
erent literatures.  But  it  is  in  the 
study  of  the  languages  necessary 
to  this  that  one  is  most  liable  to  the 
charge  of  being  a  "smatterer. "  The 
charge  is  true  or  false  according  to 
the  method  employed;  if  the  student 
wishes  to  study  a  language  for  the 
purpose  mentioned,  to  acquaint 
himself  with  its  literature  and  the 
nature  and  modes  of  thought  of 
the  people  who  speak  it,  he  will  not 
lay  the  language  aside  when  his 
college  course  is  finished.  The  man 
who  makes  no  further  use  or  study  of 
the  language  after  leaving  college 
and  yet  pretends  to  a  knowledge  of  it 
may  justly  be  called  a  "smatterer." 
If  one  makes  this  right  use  of  what 
he  studies  it  will  be  more  profitable, 
in  two  years  given  to  language 
study,  to  devote  one  of  them  to  one 


language  and  the  next  to  another 
language.  A  year's  proper  study 
of  a  language  instead  of  giving  a 
very  superficial  view  of  it  will  ena- 
ble a  person  to  pursue  a  private 
reading  of  its  literature  intelligently 
and  with  profit.  Superficiality  is 
determined  not  by  the  extent  of 
surface  covered  by  our  studies,  but 
by  their  depth  as  manifested  in  their 
utilitv  to  us. 


But  when  we  go  from  the  realm 
of  theoretical  studies  to  that  of  the 
practical  we  find  a  tendency  of  a 
directly  opposite  nature,  but  which 
in  its  own  way,  is  just  as  harmful. 
Those  who  are  broad  enough  by 
nature  or  education  to  become  ama- 
teurs in  the  arts  are  apt  to  let  their 
artistic  zeal  run  away  with  them, 
and  so  become  dabblers  in  many 
things.  To  become  familiar  with 
the  history  and  principles  of  the  arts 
is  essential  to  a  thorough  education; 
and  acquaintance  with  their  details, 
so  far  as  is  necessary  to  a  critical 
knowledge,  may  be  attained  by 
by  the  student  who  has  sufficient 
leisure.  But  it  is  another  thing  to 
try  to  practice  all  the  arts.  A  man 
cannot  became  a  successful  amateur 
in  man}"  fields  any  more  than  he 
can  become  a  professional  ar- 
tist in  the  same.  If  some  of  our 
amateurs  would  limit  their  efforts 
and  concentrate  their  energies,  we 
are  confident  they  would  find  more 
deliarht  in  their  work  and  more 


i5§ 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


isfaction  in  their  productions.  The 
primary  notion  of  amateurship  is 
attachment  to  a  particular  art  or 
stud)-.  The  difficulty  is  that  the 
young  amateur,  instinct  with  new 
artistic  life,  is  prone  to  be  incited 
by  the  work  of  a  brother  artist  in 
another  province  to  emulate  him 
there  and  leave  his  own  field.  It  is 
better,  we  think,  to  apply  one's  self 
to  a  single  kind  of  amateur  work 
and  do  it  well. 


As  the  base  ball  season  ap- 
proaches we  notice  everywhere  a 
growing  teeling  of  confidence  in 
the  nine,  and  it  is  well.  Last 
year  it  was  an  experiment;  but  this 
year  it  will  be  on  a  different  basis. 
The  students  all  know  this  and 
the}7  expect  more  of  the  nine  this 
year  because  they  feel  they  have  a 
right  to  do  it.  They  have  always 
stood  by  the  nine  but  they  will  this 
season  more  than  ever  before. 


vSome  observation  during  the  re- 
cent vacation  has  led  us  to  think 
for  a  moment  about  students'  read- 
ing in  leisure  hours.  The  stu  le  it 
naturally  seeks  some  form  of  reading 
which  will  afford  the  greatest  possi- 
ble change  and  rest  to  his  mind  from 
the  more  severe  exercise  of  college 
studies.  And  the  field  which 
spreads  out  before  him  with  most 
alluring  pleasures  and  refreshments 
is  that  of  fiction.       Now    there    are 


novels  and  novels,  and  the  theme  of 
this  little  sermon  of  ours  is  that  the 
student  of  culture  and  refinement 
should  learn  to  discriminat:  wisely 
between  the  different  kinds,  what 
are  fit  for  him  and  what  are  not  fit. 
It  seems  to  be  the  impression  of 
many  that  a  book  ^annot  be  light 
and  refreshing  unless  it  be  also  of 
the  shallow,  sensational  order,  with 
flaring  paper  covers.  But  there  are 
novels  light  enough  to  read  on  a 
lazy  summer's  day  which  are  capa- 
ble of  furnishing  a  lasting  benefit 
as  well  as  momentary  delight.  Some 
novels  make  epochs  in  the  lives  of 
thoughtful  reader.-.  The  present 
period,  it  is  true,  is  not  fruitful  in 
great  works  of  this  kind.  While  it 
is  prolific  as  no  other  age  has  been 
in  the  production  of  fascinating 
stories  and  tales  for  children  and 
youth,  it  is  singularly  barren  in  fic- 
tion helpful  to  young  men  and  wo- 
men. At  such  a  time  it  becomes 
necessary  to  fall  back  on  the  old  di- 
vinities. Some  of  the  people  who 
yawn  over  the  tedious,  pros}- novels 
of  modern  society  or  devour  the  un- 
wholesome food  offered  by  the 
French  novelists,  know  nothing  at 
all  of  the  pleasures  of  reading  such 
books  as  those  of  Thackeray,  Haw- 
thorne, and  George  Eliot.  It  pays 
best  to  read  only  those  novels 
wliich  have  an  established  place  in 
literature;  and  furthermore,  it  is  the 
duty  of  the  student  to  confine  him- 
self in  his  lighter  reading  to  'hooks  . 
not  below  the  standard  of  his  stu- 
dies, in  point  of  taste  and  tone. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


159 


Contibutors' 


D 


SPAKTMENT. 


FOREIGN  MISSIONS  AGAIN. 


The  cruise  of  Foreign  Missions  is 
riot  getting  a  monopoly,  as- some  oi 
its  well-wishers  seem  to  fear.  We 
need  not  be  alarmed.  Our  country 
will  not  soon  be  depopulated. 
There  is  no  immediate  danger  of 
any  mad  and  wholesale  stampede 
for  foreign  parts.  As  long  as  we 
retain  one  minister  for  every  seven 
hundred  of  our  population,  a  doctor 
for  an  equal  number  of  victims, 
lawyers  in  fair  proportion  and  more 
teachers,  or  applicants  as  such, 
than  can  hope  to  find  adequate  work 
and  salaries,  we  need  not  fear  that 
even  the  higher  intellectual  class 
— the  members  of  our  professional 
departments — will  be  sacrificed  to 
this  cause 

Some  have  gone,  some  are  going, 
but  this  by  no  means  includes  all. 
There  will  always  be  those  who  with 
fast-closed  ears  will  not  hear  any 
call  to  the  work,  who,  with  tight- 
shut  eyes  can  not  see  the  needs  of 
perishing  heathen,  who,  with  well- 
barred  hearts  have  no  drawings  in 
that  direction;  always  those,  too, 
who  realizing  the  privilege,  could 
not  go  if  they  would  and  can  only 
pray  at  home,  and  those  to  whom 
God  has  given  special  work  at  hand 
and  whose  duty,  and  discipline  per- 
haps, it  is  to  do  that  work. 

It  is  of  course  in  all  cases  a  ques- 
tion of  individual  conscience.       But 


those  who  do  hear  the  call,  who 
realize  the  vastness  of  the  work,  the 
awful  and  pressing  need  of  workers 
can  not  rest  till  they  do  all  in  their 
power  to  supply  the  demand.  For 
this  reason  our  schools  are  visited, 
our  states  canvassed,  and  young 
men  and  women  urged  and  be- 
sought to  join  this  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury Crusade,  to  come  up  to  the 
help  of  the  L,ord  against  the  mighty, 
to  sacrifice  hopes  and  ambitions, 
friends  and  native  land,  that  evil 
may  not  have  dominion  but  the 
world  be  made  read}'  for  Him  whose 
right  it  is  to  reign. 

One  who  can  resist  this  urgency 
of  appeal,  who  can  hear  the  echo  of 
the  Master's  parting  command  and 
feel  no  glad  responsive  thrill  of 
obedience,  who  can  see  his  brother's 
need  and  }-et  feel  no  pulling  on  his 
heart-strings  to  relieve  it,  is  indeed 
not  called  to  be  a  foreign  mission- 
ary. Cold  hearts  or  even  luke-warm, 
uninspired  ones  had  better  keep  out 
of  the  conflict  where  fiery  zeal  and 
intense  devotion  are  so  requisite. 
Incredible  that  a  Christian  heart 
should  be  cold  to  such  a  cause,  or 
be  willing  to  dampen  in  any  degree 
the  ardor  of  others  i 

Si-uay. 


To  the  Stentor; 

In  the  Contributors'  Department 
of  the  Stentor  for  the  month  of 
February  there  is  an  article  signed 
"B0113-,"  which  I  do  not  think,  in 
justice  to    those    referred    to   in    it 


162 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


ought  to  be  let  go  hy  unnoticed. 
It  attacks  the  would-be  foreign  mis- 
sionaries and  the  zeal  for  foreign 
missions  generally. 

It  is  of  course  universally  granted 
that  the  aim  of  all  Christians  and 
Christian  work  is  the  conversion  of 
souls,  the  hastening  of  the  coming 
again  of  our  L,ord,  and  the  glory  of 
God. 

Now  as  to  "Bony 's"  article.  After 
expressing  his  thankfulness  for  the 
Christian  privileges  and  the  reli- 
gious atmosphere  which  surrounds 
this  college  and  this  town,  he  im- 
mediately proceeds  to  attack  that 
part  of  Christian  work  which  has 
proved  to  be  the  mainspring  of 
Christian  zeal  and  enterprise  in  this 
college  and  in  this  town,  that  which 
has  given  Lake  Forest  and  L,ake 
Forest  University  the  name  which 
the>'  now  hold  as  a  Christian  center, 
I  mean  foreign  mission  work.  But 
he  chiefly  confines  his  attack  to  the 
college  missionary  association. 

Now  the  very  way  in  which  he 
talks  about  this  association  shows 
that  he  is  totally  ignorant  as  to  its 
spirit  and  aim.  It  was  formed  after 
Mr.  Wilder's  visit  to  this  college,  at 
which  time,  nineteen  of  our  stu- 
dents signed  a  paper  pledging  them- 
selves as  "willing  to  go  to  foreign 
fields  if  they  believed  it  to  be  God's 
will" — mind  you,  not  pledging 
themselves  blindly  to  be  foreign 
missionaries,  but  to  obey  God's  will. 
My  friend  may  say  '  'but  are  not  all 
Christians  ready  to  do  God's  will?" 
I  am  sorry  to  sav  that  such  has  not 


been  my  experience,  nor  the  exper- 
ience of  anyone  I  have  ever  asked. 
I  believe  there  are  many  Christians 
who  believe  it  is  God's  will  that 
the)'  should  do  a  certain  kind  of 
Christian  work  and  they  don't  do 
it,  for  they  will  to  do  something  else, 
and  I  may  here  add  in  answer  to 
one  part  of  my  friend's  article,  that 
I  do  not  think  any  Christian  will  be 
happy  and  content  in  any  vocation 
other  than  the  one  he  believes  God 
to  have  called  him  to.  The  aim  of 
our  Missionary  Association  is  to 
bring  in  all  who  want  to  talk  about 
missionary  work  of  whatever  kind; 
we  have  always  thrown  open  our 
meetings  and  at  the  beginning  of 
this  year,  we  resolved  to  discuss  all 
kinds  of  Christian  work,  so  that 
everyone  could  have  a  part,  and 
and  this  has  been  taken  advantage 
of,  especially  by  the  ladies;  far 
from  being  exclusive,  we  have  been 
as  open  as  we  can  be  and  let  my 
friend  show  us  how  we  can  be  more 
so  and  I  promise  him  we  shall  do  it. 
He  questions  the  advisability  of 
allowing  such  associations  in  an 
undergraduate  department — at  this 
rate,  by  and  by  he  will  question  the 
right  of  zeal  in  any  shape  for  mis- 
sionary enterprise.  But  methinks 
my  friend  is  being  carried  away  by 
his  zeal  when  he  says  '  'but  when 
we  are  told  that  it  (foreign  field)  is 
the  only  ripe  field,  the  only  noble 
work,  the  only  Christian  labor, 
etc.,"  and  represents  it  as  the  sen- 
timents of  our  missionary  associa- 
tion as  a  whole,  or  of  its   members 


THE  L.F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


16.1 


individually.  This  I  emphatically 
deny;  I  have  asked  nearl}''  all  the 
members  of  the  association  if  such 
sentiments  were  ever  expressed  by 
them  and  they  said  "no."  If  any 
one  ever  did  say  such  things  it-was 
an  extreme  case  and  we  have  no 
sympathy  with  such  sentiments. 
What  better  example  have  we  than 
the  one  quoted — Christ.  Our  friend 
says  "he  was  a  foreign  missionary 
and  was  he  not  also  a  good  Samar- 
itan, a  physician,  a  teacher,  a  law- 
yer?'.' Yes,  all  that.  "Was  it 
not  Christ  who  said  'a  prophet 
hath  no  honor  in  his  own  coun- 
try?' '  Yes,  it  was,  and  using  our 
friend's  argument  we  will  say  to 
him,  why  do  you  not  go  as  a  foreign 
missionary  since  a  prophet  has  no 
honor  in  his  own  country?  There  is 
room  for  ail  callings  in  the  foreign 
mission  field;  good  Samaritan,  phy- 
sician, teacher  and  lawyer.  Again 
I  would  say  for  the  association 
and  personally  for  myself,  we  have 
no  sympathy  with  such  remarks  as 
that  those  who  do  not  go  to  foreign 
fields  are  afraid  of  the  hardships, 
etc. ,  nor  have  I  ever  heard  them  so 
stated.  I  have  heard  in  the  Young 
People's  prayer  meeting  these  sen- 
timents expressed  by  members  of 
the  association  as  questions,  not  as 
charges,  aiming  to  clear  away 
an3roue's  difficulties  on  such  points 
and  as  such  I  commend  them.  Now 
as  Christians,  we  all  aim  at  the 
speedy  return  of  our  Lord,  and  de- 
sire to  work  to  that  end.     In  Mat- 


thew XXIV:  14  R.  V.  our  Lord  says 
'  'And  this  gospel  of  the  kingdom 
shall  be  preached  in  the  whole  in- 
habited world  for  a  testimony  unto 
all  nations  and  then  shall  the  end 
come."  Now  please  notice  the 
word  "testimony"  and  "then,"  the 
the  gospel  shall  be  preached  to  all 
nations,  not  for  their  conversion  as 
commonly  stated,  but  as  a  testi- 
mony and  then  the  end  shall 
come.  Now  our  friend  can  see 
plainly  one  of  the  many  reasons 
why  the  foreign  mission  cause  is 
waged  so  zealously  because  there  are 
856,000,000  who  have  never  heard 
the  "testimony,"  and  by  going  to 
them  with  the  testimony  we  can  ac- 
complish in  the  quickest  way  the 
return  of  our  Lord.  Don'tmisunder- 
stand,  as  my  friend  has;  we  are  not 
opposed  to  other  callings,  there  is 
room  for  all,  nor  do  we  think  you 
are  opposed  to  foreign  missions  as 
your  article  might  lead  some  to  be- 
lieve. On  the  contrary  I  think 
you  believe  heartily  in  them,  so 
that  this  association  with  its  zeal 
has  been  a  thorn  in  your  flesh 
whose  pricking  has  brought  forth 
this  complaint. 

N.  B.  W.  Gaixwky. 


To  the  Stentor: 

Knox  has  concluded  to  dispense 
with  senior  orations  on  commence- 
ment day.  The  exercise  will  merely 
be  an  address  by  some  distingiiished 
speaker,  and  conferring  of  degrees. 
Why  not  Lake  Forest?         A.  G. 


164 


THE  L.  F.U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


A  RAVING. 

As  the  "wee  sma'  hours"  were  coming, 
A  professor  sat,  a-thumbing 
Students'  ex.'s  written  out 
The  day  before; 
While  he  read  them,  frowning,  grinning, 
Going  through  them  from  beginning, 
Joj'ous  in  his  own  great  learning, 

And  his  scorn  of  students'  lore — 
Stood  a  spectre  there  beside  him, 
Solemn  looked  him  o'er  and  o'er — 
Silently  he  looked  him  o'er. 
Then  the  Prof., with  faint  heart  beating, 
Sought,  across  the  floor  retreating, 
To  escape  the  fearful  gaze  that 
Pierced  him  to  the  core ; 
But  the  spectre,  speaking  firmly, 
Pointing  to  the  table  sternry, 
Bade  him  write,  and  write,  and  write, 
As  he  ne'er  had  writ  before — 
Bade  him  fill  the  paper  up  with 
All  he  ever  knew,  and  more, 

Kre  the  dark  to  daylight  wore. 
Then  the  Prof.,  with  fingers  chill y, 
Scrawled  his  hieroglyphics  illy, 
And  his  weary  brain  for  thoughts 
Did  anxiously  explore, — 
While  this  angel  of  the  classes 
Told  him  of  the  lads  and  lasses 
Now  exhausted  by  the  work  he'd 
Given  them  the  day  before. 
Cried  the  pallid,  hungry  writer : 
"Give  me  respite,  I  implore!  " 

Ouoth  the  spectre,  "Write  some 
more! " 

None  the  less  and  notwithstanding 
All  the  spectre's  solemn  warning, — 
All  the  writing  through  the  night,  till 
Nerveless  fingers  dropped  the  pencil 
to  the  floor — 
Though  you'd  think  the  retribution 
Would  have  changed  his  constitution, 
At  the  next  term's  end  he  worked  the 
classes 
As  they'd  ne'er  been  worked  before; 
Though  they  crammed,  he  flunked  them 
As  they'd  ne'er  been  flunked  before, — 
And  he  let  up — Nevei'more! 

Alas! 


Editors  of  the  Stentor: 

Believing  that  your  columns  are 
always  open  to  fair  expressions  of 
honest  opinion,  I  take  the  liberty  of 
asking  you  to  give  room  to  a  few 
words  on  the  subject  of  examina- 
tions. I  do  not  propose  to  argue 
against  the  system  at  present  in 
vogue  in  Lake  Forest  but  simply 
to  enter  a  protest  against  the  me- 
thod pursued  in  certain  depart- 
ments. 

The  theory  according  to  which 
the  work  of  the  college  course  is  laid 
out — so,  at  least,  I  have  been  in- 
formed by  a  senior  member  of  the 
faculty — is  this:  fifteen  hours  of 
recitation  complete  the  wrork  of  the 
week.  The  amount  of  work  to  be 
assigned  for  each  exercise  is  to  be 
such  that  a  student  of  average  abil- 
ities can  master  it  during  two  hours 
of  diligent  study.  If  work  were  as- 
signed on  this  basis  the  brighter 
students  would,  not,  of  course  be 
compelled  to  put  the  full  two  hours 
upon  the  preparation  for  the  class 
room,  but  on  the  other  hand  the 
student  whose  powers  of  acquisition 
were  less  highh*  developed  would 
not  be  under  the  necessity  of  con- 
suming from  three  to  five  hours 
upon  work  which  can  theoretically 
be  accomplished  in  two. 

In  practice,  this  theory  is  not  fol- 
lowed in  all  departments  of  the  col- 
lege work.  In  fact  the  work  as- 
signed in  some  cases  is  such  in 
quantity  that  no  student  can  mas- 
ter it   within   the  two   hours   sup- 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


165 


posed  to  be  employed  upon  it.  All 
the  students  do  not  desire  to  make 
specialists  of  themselves  in  each 
department.  The  college  course  is 
not  a  school  of  philosophy,  nor  yet 
a  series  of  exercises  in  the  physical 
or  chemical  labratory.  It  is  not  de- 
signed, exclusively,  to  send  out  fin- 
ished linguists  nor  to  produce  pol- 
ished orators.  In  so  far  as  one  de- 
partment is  obtruded  within  the 
province  of  another,  the  department 
is  failing  to  advance  the  interests 
of  the  students.  In  so  far  as  the 
student  accepts,  without  decided 
remonstrance,  work  that  cannot  be 
accomplished  within  the  allotted 
time  he  is  robbing  himself.  The 
statement  on  the  one  side  that  the 
subject  is  so  easy — after  years  of 
study — that  it  is  impossible  to  real- 
ize that  the  amount  required  is  too 
great,  and  the  failure  011  the  other 
to  refuse  absolutely  to  attempt  to 
pass  the  limits  of  what  can  be  done 
thoroughly  and  completely  arise 
both  alike  from  one  source,  viz: 
the  failure  to  apprehend  the  true 
nature  and  aim  of  the  college 
course. 

It  is  a  fact  that  the  ground  cov- 
ered in  certain  departments  during 
the  term  is  much  greater  than  can 
be  thoroughly  mastered  by  a  man  of 
ordinary  abilities.  When  the  end 
of  the  term  comes,  recitations  are 
continued  through  the  Friday  pre- 
ceding the  closing  Wednesday.  The 
examinations  occupy  Saturday, 
Monday,  Tuesday,  and'Wednesday 
morning,  leaving  very  little  oppor- 


tunity for  review.  At  the  examina- 
tion a  list  of  questions  is  presented 
which  not  only  requires  a  very  mi- 
nute and  particularized  knowledge 
of  all  the  ground  considered  during 
the  term,  but  which — assuming  that 
this  knowledge  is  possessed  by  the 
student  in  such  a  degree  that  it  can 
be  at  once  recalled — demands  the 
expenditure  of  three  hours  of  con- 
centrated energy. 

Some  years  ago,  while  attending 
a  public  school,  I  asked  a  young 
lady  a  question  in  physics  which 
she  was  unable  to  answer.  '  'Why, ' ' 
said  I,  "  didn't  you  study  physics 
last  year?"  "Yes,"  she  said, 
"and  if  you  will  let  me  get  my  ex- 
amination paper  I  can  answer  al- 
most any  question  you  may  ask." 
The  idea  here  illustrated  seems  to 
be  very  prevalent.  But  is  it  neces- 
sary in  a  system  of  which  daily  rec- 
itations are  an  integral  part,  to 
make  the  examinations  so  exhaust- 
ive? Is  it  of  special  benefit  to  the 
student  to  be  obliged  to  cram  up  a 
subject,  which  he  has  not  thorough- 
ly mastered  during  the  term,  in  the 
few  hours  preceding  the  examina- 
tion? From  my  own  experience, 
No.  The  subject  which  has  been 
grasped  slowly  through  a  long  pe- 
riod of  time  remains  fixed  in  the 
mind  much  more  firmly  than  the 
subject  prepared  within  a  few  hours 
with  a  view  to  examination.  Can 
it  not  be  sufficiently  determined 
from  the  manner  of  recitation  how 
thoroughly  the  work  is  being  done? 
I  am  informed  that  in  the  opinion 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


of  several  members  of  the  Faculty 
this  can  te  done.  If  it  is  so,  it 
seems  hardly  necessary  to  give  an 
examination  whose  chief  aim  seems 
to  be  to  discover  quantitatively  the 
exact  amount  of  knowledge  stored 
within  the  cranium  of  the  student. 
These,  then,  are  the  two  points 
which  I  wish,  to  urge:  First,  that 
the  scope  of  the  examination  should 
be  gauged  by  the  manner  in  which 
the  work  has  been  conducted  dur- 
ing the  term;  and  secondly,  that  it 
is  neither  necessary  nor  just  to  re- 
quire the  student  to  write  until  he 
is  exhausted  in  order  to  show  that 
he  has  done  fair  work  during  the 
term.  Will  not  better  results  be  at- 
tained by  gauging  the  work  more 
carefully  and  by  requiring  more 
thorough  ahd  accurate  work  during 
the  term  than  by  assigning  more 
than  can  be  well  handled  and  then 
requiring  so  exhaustive  a  review  of 
the  subject  in  the  examination? 
Very  respectfully, 

Veritas. 


Our  Note  Book. 

THE  COFFEGE. 


Who  says  "Pill"  ? 

The  King  Club  ran  during  vaca- 
tion. 

Miss  Farwell  went  to  Washing- 
ton for  her  vacation. 

The  Athletic  Association  has  six- 
ty-five members. 


Prof.  Baldwin  went  to  Columbia, 
South  Carolina,  in  March,  to  see 
his  mother,  who  was  ill. 

Dr.  Seeley  gave  a  dinner  during 
vacation  in  honor  of  those  students 
who  did  not  go  home. 

'Tis  an  age  of  comparisons,  and 
"Faertes"  has  been  likened  to  "Jul- 
ius and  Romiet. " 

Misses  Goodale  and  Bassett  re- 
mained at  Mitchell  Hall  for  their 
spring  vacation. 

Miss   Mary  Sampson,  of  Helena, 
Montana,     has    been    visiting     her 
cousin,  Miss  Abigail  Goodale. 
The  College  bcn^s  make  all  the  noise, 

The  'Cads  get  all  the  blame; 
The  Sem  girls  make  no  noise  at  all, 
"But  they  get  there  just  the  same!" 

Dame  Rumor  has  it  that  there 
are  to  be  some  improvements  made 
in  the  line  of  new  carpets  at  Mitch- 
ell Hall. 

Allan  Gilchrist,  Sophomore,  has 
left  College  and  expects  to  go  to 
China  and  engage  in  the  civil  engi- 
neering business. 

Prof.  Kelsey  and  wife  are  "at 
home"  in  their  new  residence.  Dis- 
creet citizens  recently  elected  the 
Professor  to  the  position  of  alder- 
man. 

The  complete  works  of  Voltaire 
have  been  added  to  our  library. 
Much  that  is  useless  is  being  weed- 
ed out,  and  new  books  are  arriving 
constantly,  so  that  when  we  get 
our  new  library  building  we  will 
have  something  to  put  into  it. 


THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


167. 


Prof.  Nicholas  Serin  has  accepted 
the  professorship  of  the  principles 
of  surgery  and  of  surgical  pathology 
in  Rush  Medical  College. 

Only  an  ambiguity:  Young  Lady 
(studying  German)— "Die  sonne  ist 
hell."  (Turning  to  her  companion) 
"Is  'heir  hot?" 

A  professor  in  the  medical  de- 
partment of  this  University,  it  is 
stated,  possesses  the  largest  private 
medical  and  scientific  library  in  the 
world. 

About  the  first  week  in  May  a 
meeting  of  the  college  students  will 
be  held  to  elect  an  editorial  staff  of 
the  Stentor  for  the  coming  school 
year. 

Miss  Jennie  Duraud  sails  with 
her  party  from  Southampton,  April 
26,  for  her  native  land.  Recent  ad- 
vices sajr  that  Miss  Lois  Duraud 
has  been  ill. 

Miss  Emma  Butler,  a  quondam 
student  of  our  University,  was  mar- 
ried iu  March  at  her  home  in  Elgin 
to  Mr.  F.  B.  Cornell  of  that  city. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cornell  went  to  .St. 
Paul  for  their  bridal  tour.  They 
will  reside  in  Elgin. 

The  officers  of  our  ball  league 
are  as  follows:  President,  A,  H, 
Armstrong,  Beloit;  vice  presidents, 
R.L.  Kershaw,  Racine;  Keyes  Beck- 
er, Lake  Forest ;  L.  M.  Beckmau, 
Madison;  P.  R,  Shumway,  Evans- 
ton;  secretar}-  and  treasurer,  Grant 
Stroh,  Lake  Forest. 


Scene — Auction  sale  of  library 
books.  Auctioneer  (a  Freshman) 
—  "Here,  b'ys,  here's  an  Ovid — 
Greek! — wid  notes!  How  many 
fer  that  ?  ' '  The  entire  audience 
was  moved  to  tears  as  he  knocked 
down  Ovid  for  31  cents. 

The  positions  of  players  in  our 
league  nine,  as  far  as  assigned,  are 
as  follows:  Catcher,  Wise;  pitcher, 
Yohe;  first  base,  Wells;  second 
base,  Parker;  third  base,  Cole;  short 
stop,  Scofield;  right  field,  Becker; 
center  field,  O'Neill.  A  practice 
game  has  been  arranged  with  Ra- 
cine on  our  grounds  April  2  r . 

The  result  of  biblical    research  ; 

Young  Lady — "Mr.  Nowit,  what 
is  the  smallest  animal  mentioned  in 
the  Bible?" 

Mr.  Nowit — "I  weally  cawn't 
think." 

Y.  L.— "Why,  the  wicked  flee,  of 
course. ' ' 

Mr.  N.— "Is  that  in  the  Bible? 
Why,  how  dweadful  !  " 

Monday,  March  5,  the  College 
and  Academy  students  met  to  form 
an  Athletic  Association.  Officers 
were  elected  as  follows:  President, 
E.  S.  Wells;  vice  president,  George 
Scofield;  secretary,  E.  F.  Dodge; 
treasurer  and  manager,  S.  A.  Ben- 
edict. S.  A.  Benedict  and  E.  S. 
Wells  were  elected  as  delegates  to 
attend  the  College  B.  B.  L-  at  Mil- 
waukee, and  a  committee  was  also 
elected  to  report  upon  the  players 
for  the  league  nine. 


168 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


Dick  (seeing  his  friend  to  the 
train) — "I  say,  Bergen,  does  that 
memory  system  do  yon  any  good?" 

Bergen — "Well  I  should  whisper! 
See  that  list  of  name's?  Well  I  can 
say  'em  backwards  and  forwards." 

Dick  (with  a  twinkle  in  his  eye) 
—  "Say,  didn't  you  leave  your  over- 
coat in  my  room?" 

Bergen — "Well  I'll  be  dissected 
if  I  didn't!  Hold  this  satchel." 
And  the  wind  blew  through  his 
whiskers. 

What  shall  be  our  college  yell  ? 
As  instituted  by  the  ball  nine  at 
Beloit  last  year,  it  was  "Ikey!  Ikey! 
Yah-yah-yah  !  L-F-U  !  "  But  sev- 
eral students  want  it  changed  to 
"Nike!  Nike!  Yah-yah-yah!  E-F- 
U  !"  The>r  think  this  would  be 
more  classical,  and  consequently 
more  in  keeping  with  the  general 
tone  of  our  College.  Perhaps  the 
decision  of  a  question  so  moment- 
ous rests  with  the  Athletic  Associ- 
ation. Certain  it  is  that  the}*  would 
have  more  interest  in  it  than  any 
other  organization.  The  change 
suggested  would  make  a  unique 
yell. 

Our  ball  nine  endeavored  to  ar- 
range for  a  practice  game  with  Ev- 
anston  one  Saturday  recently.  The 
telegram  which  the  Evanstons  sent 
was  marked  "Due,  35c"  Our  boys 
paid  it,  and  sent  back  an  answer  in 
good  rhetoric,  telling  the  Evanstons 
how  sad  the}-  were  that  110  game 
could  be  arranged,  and  the  telegram 
was  marked  "Due,  50c."     This    is 


only  another  instance  of  the  '  'meas- 
ly" character  of  Evanston's  would- 
be  athletes,  When  our  boys  go 
there  they  are  never  met  at  the 
train,  to  say  nothing  of  a  convey- 
ance. They  are  left  to  choose  be- 
tween breaking  into  the  gymnasium 
or  putting  on  their  suits  behind  a 
tree,  This  may  not  be  the  spirit  of 
Evanston  University  but  at  least  it 
gives  an  impression  to  that  effect. 

Officers  of  the  college  literary  so- 
cieties for  the   spring   term   are    as 
follows: 
Athenaeau — 

President,  E.  F.  Dickinson. 

Vice  President,  G.  H.  Steel. 

Secretary,  J.  H.  McVay. 

Treasurer,  W.  E.  Danforth. 

Critic,  E.  H.  Hyde. 

Sergeaut-at-Arms,  J.  E.  Smith. 
Zeta  Epsilon — 

President,  N.  B.  W.  Gallwey. 

Vice  President,  G.  A.   Wilson. 

Secretary,  PI.  D.  Stearns. 

Treasurer,  G.  R.  Deuise. 

Critic,  B.  M,  Einnell. 

Sergeant-at-Arms,  D,  S.  Eausden, 
Aletheiau — 

President,  Mary  L.  Phelps. 

Vice  President,  Abigail  E.  Good- 
ale. 

Secretary,  Florence  Raymond. 

Treasurer,  Agues  Brown. 

Critic,  May  Horton. 

Sergeant-at-Arms,  Julia  Ensign. 

Program  Committee,  Gracia  Sick- 
els,  Harriett  Vance. 

The  entertainment  given  by  the 
Athenaean  and  Zeta  Epsilon  Literary 
Soeieties  at  Ferry  Hall,  March    1**, 


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169 


was  a  success  in  every  way.  The 
first  part  of  the  program  was 
mainly  musical.  W.  H.  Humiston 
rendered  a  fine  selection  upon 
the  piano,  songs  were  given  by  E. 
F.  Dodge,  the  Athenaean  Quartette, 
and  N.  B.  W,  Gallwey,  and  decla- 
mations by  G.  A.  Wilson  and  B. 
M.  Liuuell.  The  second  part  of  the 
program  consisted  of  the  presenta- 
tion of  the  tragedy,  "Laertes," 
written  by  Mr.  L.  M.  Bergen  ex- 
pressly for  the  Bachelor  Square 
Theater  Co.  A  masked  battery  of 
four  pieces  opened  the  ball  with  an 
overture,  which  intensified  the  cu- 
riosity of  those  who  listened.  E.  F. 
Dodge  sang  the  prologue,  after  which 
he  sat  down  on  the  old  base  drum, 
severely  shocking  both  drum  and 
audience.  The  play  proved  very 
taking.  Mr.  Dickinson  as  Laertes 
acted  the  courtier  and  lover  most 
appropriately,  and  Mr.  Bergen  as 
Pomponius  gave  a  most  excellent 
conception  of  the  heavy  villain.  The 
climax  is  reached  when  the  entire 
court  dies  in  the  last  act,  while  Pom- 
ponius still  remains  to  see  the  effect 
of  his  revenue  and  dyingexclaims: 
"O  bloody  period!  O  sanguinated 
semicolon."  The  parts  of  Opertia 
and  the  King  were  taken  by  Messrs. 
Linuell  and  Becker.  The  fair 
Opertia  won  the  hearts  of  all 
by  her  beauty,  and  the  King's 
costume  dazzled  the  assemblage. 
The  music  throughout  the  play  was 
composed  by  W.  H.  Humiston.  N. 
B.  W.  Gallwey,  as  stage  manager 
rang  the  bell  and  pulled    the    cur- 


tain in  two  consecutive  seconds. 
About  $50  was  realized.  '  'Laertes' ' 
has  been  enlarged  and  may  be  re- 
peated this  term. 

SCHEDULE  OF  LEAGUE  GAMES. 

Racine  vs.  Beloit  at  Beloit,  April  2S. 
Lake  Forest  vs.  Evanston  at    Evanston, 

April  2S. 
Racine  vs.  Madison  at  Madison,  April  30. 
Evanston  vs.  Racine   at   Racine,  May  5. 
Madison  vs.  Beloit  at  Beloit,  May  5. 
Madison  vs.  Evanston  at  Evanston,  May 

11. 
Madison  vs.  Lake  Forest  at  Lake  Forest, 

May  12. 
Beloit  vs.  Racine  at  Racine,  May  12. 
Madison  vs.  Racine  at  Racine,  May  14. 
Evanston  vs.  Beloit  at  Beloit,  May  19. 
Evanston  vs.  Madison  at  Madison,  May 

21. 
Lake  Forest  vs.  Racine   at   Racine,    May 

21. 
Beloit  vs.  Evanston   at    Evanston,    May 

26. 
Racine  vs.  Lake  Forest  tit   Lake   Forest, 

May  2G. 
Beloit  vs.  Lake  Forest  at  Lake  Forest, 

May  28. 
Racine  vs.  Evanston  at  Evanston,  June  2. 
Lake  Forest  vs.  Beloit  at  Beloit,  June  2. 
Lake  Forest   vs.    Madison   at   Madison, 

June  -1. 
Evanston  vs.  Lake  Forest  at  Lake  Forest 

June  9. 
Madison  vs.  Beloit  at  Madison  June  9. 

Those  wdio  were  so  fortunate  as 
to  be  at  the  home  of  Miss  Rose  Far- 
well  on  Wednesday  evening,  March 
7,  reported  a  most  enjoyable  time. 
Supper  was  served  early  in  the 
evening,  after  which  came  dreamy 
waltzes  to  the  enchanting  music  of 
the  orchestra;  and  other  more  varied 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


amusements.  The  party  was  con- 
ducted on  the  leap-year  plan,  the 
gentlemen  being  waited  on  to  their 
heart's  content.  The}-  hemmed 
handkerchiefs,  while  the  ladies 
sawed  wood,  prizes  being  received 
by  those  who  obtained  the  quickest 
and  best  results.  The  company, 
which  had  convened  in  honor  of 
Miss  Farwell's  birthday,  dispersed 
at  a  late  hour. 


KERRY  HALL. 


Why  does  Miss  F.  wear  a  long 
face? 

Sally,  how  are  you  going  to  have 
your  new  spring  hat  trimmed? 

Hurrah  !  for  the  sixty-five  thou- 
sand dollar  addition  to  our  build- 
ing. 

The  Seniors  passed  a  very  plea- 
sant evening  April  5th  at  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Mc  Clure's. 

One  of  the  Sophomores  has  re- 
turned from  her  vacation  with  a 
handsome  diamond  ring. 

Miss  Grace  Taylor,  having  spent 
three  delightful  months  in  Califor- 
nia, is  now  at  her  home  in  Hudson, 
Wis. 

No  further  answer  is  needed  to 
the  advertisement,  found  in  our  last 
number,  for  a  new  chestnut.  One 
lias  been  offered  and  accepted  in 
the  shape  of  a  splendid  peanut 
pie. 


The  Pupils'  Recital  given  at  Fer- 
ry Hall.  March  15th  was  much  en- 
joyed by  all  present.  The  pupils 
did  full  credit  to  their  teachers, 
Prof,  and  Mrs.  Angelo  De  Prosse. 
The  following  program  was  carried 
out  with  great  success. 

Piano — Marche  de  Jubilee  (quatre 

mains)      ....        Xicode 
Bessie  Hodge  and  Angelo  De  Prosse. 
Recitation — The  Last  Meeting   of 
Pocahontas  and  the  Great 
Captain  (1616)        .         .        Anon 
Estellc  Durand. 
Piano — Menuet        .        .        .        Delacour 

Belle  MacArthur. 
Vocal — "Greyport  Town"   .        .        Lohr 

Luella  Camp. 
Fiano — Song  Without  Words    .    Spindler 

Helen  Durand. 
Recitation — "What  is  Home  with- 
out a  M other."     .         .        Forrest 
Gertrude  Greenlee. 
Piano — Sonata.  .         .        .        Diabelli 

Lilian  Moore. 
Vocal— "Little  Maid  of  Kent."     .       Diehl 

Enid  Smith. 
Piano — Prelude,  Op.  28,  No.  15.     Chopin 

Grace  Stanley. 
Recitation — "Thora."      .         .        Boyescn 

Florence  Durand. 
Piano — Fentaisie  Impromptu.         Chopin 

Juliet  Rumsej^. 

Vocal  Trio — "Summer  Fancies."      Mclra 

Misses  Hodge,  Hattie  Durand 

and  Webster. 

Miss  Nellie  Hecht,  who,  as  the 
Stentorians  remember,  has  been 
quite  ill  for  some  weeks  past,  may 
once  more  be  numbered  among  the 
students  of  Ferry  Hall. 

Miss  Gertrude  Greenlee  who  has 
been  with  us  during  the  past  two 
years  has  now  left  school,  as  in  Mav, 


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171 


accompanied  by  her  parents  she  ex- 
pects to  start  on  a  two  years  tonr 
around  the  world,  first  spending 
about  three  months  in  Australia. 
She  will  be  greatl}-  missed,  as,  with 
her  winning  ways  and  love  of  fun 
she  has  won  the  hearts  of  all. 

Miss  Wood,  a  graduate  of  the 
Boston  Conservatory  of  Music,  has 
taken  Miss  Baker's  place  as  a  teach- 
er of  instrumental  music. 

woman's  rights  !  !  !  - 

Ferry  Hall  Parlor,  March  roth. 

(  Parlor  occupied  by  several  cal- 
lers, one  sitting  with  his  back  to- 
ward the  door  waiting  patiently, 
when  the  door  is  pushed  gently 
and  the  dignified  Senior  enters. ) 

Senior — Good  evening  Mr,  D. 

Bold  Soph,  pointing  to  a  chair — 
Good  evening.     Sit  down. 

Senior  indignantly — Aren't  you 
going  to  rise? 

Soph,  waxing  bolder — No,  there 
is  a  chair.     Sit  down. 

Senior — I  will  not. 

Soph — What  will  you  do  ? 

Senior — Return  to  my  room. 

vSoph — You  would  not  dare ! 

Senior,  haughtily — We   will  see. 

(Exit  Senior  followed  by  the  an- 
gry Soph.) 

SCENE  II — HALL. 

Senior — Now  that  you  have  risen 
I  might  deign  to  return  to  the  par- 
lor for  a  little  while. 

With  all  the  dignity  worthy  of  a 
vSoph  came  the  reply  —I  never  give 
in  to  a  woman. 

Senior,  with  head  held  high — Nor 


I  to  a  man. 

Calmly  the  Senior  walked  up 
stairs,  while  the  Soph  shut  the  door 
with  such  a  bang  as  was  never  be- 
fore heard  in  Ferry  Hall, 

Oft  times  it  gives  a  man  a  cold 
chill  to  get  "fired." 

Miss  May  Downing  of  Carence, 
Jowa,  is  pursuing  a  course  of  study 
at  the  Seminarv. 

Miss  Gertrude  Ketcham  was  un- 
able to  return  to  school  on  account 
of  sickness. 

During  the  vacation  Miss  Flor- 
ence Hawes  gave  a  party  at  her 
beautiful  home  in  Kenwood,  where 
many  of  the  students  spent  a  plea- 
sant evening. 

The  Misses  Colvin  and  Keller 
have  removed  to  the  cottage  for  the 
summer  months. 


THE  ACADEMY. 


' '  Jess,  ' '  revised  by  Haggard 
Owens. 

Pine  is  awfully  afraid  we'll  put 
in  a  joke  about  him. 

How  does  the  "Mikader"  chart 
plan  strike  you  John  E.? 

Since  last  term  the  Academy  has 
changed  janitors.  Mr.  Marshall, 
who  has  been  the  janitor  for  so  long, 
having  left.  Mr.  Wilson  fills  his 
place  and  is  very  competent  in  that 
position. 


THE  L.  E.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Lost  Strayed  or  Stolen  ! — A 
pony — color,  black;  branded  on  the 
fly-leaf  "Burr  Dick" — no  halter  on. 
Finder  will  return  to  Cicero  class, 

Who  poured  that  water  down  the 

stairs?     Mr. did  it.    He  told 

the  Prof,  that  he  was  a  kleptoman- 
iac. Poor  boy,  he  meant  aqua- 
maniac. 

Important  Announcement ! — The 
new  gymnasium  apparatus  will  ar- 
rive and  be  set  up  July  i  '88  and  on 
Sept.  i,  '88  will  be  taken  down  and 
sent  back  to  winter  quarters. 

It  has  reached  us  in  an  indirect 
way  that  "Judge"  Frye  says  he  is 
"going  to  hurt  some  one  if  they 
don't  stop  using  his  name  in  the 
Stentor."  So  boys  you  had  bet- 
ter stop  as  there  are  plenty  of  other 
names  on  record  and  we  can  have 
them  served  up  in  some  other  style 
besides  Fryes, 

Vacation  has  passed  and  we  are 
all  at  work  again.  This  term  is  the 
best  of  all  the  year  for  now  come 
fine  clays,  out  door  games  and,  last 
but  not  least,  the  commencement  ex- 
ercises and  all  that  goes  therewith. 
(We  don't  count  the  lessons  of 
course. )  It  is  not  known  at  present 
how  large  a  class  will  graduate 
from  the  Academy. 

As  the  days  go  by  the  Academy 
students  seem  to  dislike  the  "Half 
Holidays"  more  and  more.  We 
think  that  every  student  would  pre- 
fer the  whole  of  Saturday.  When 
the  change  was  made    from    Satur- 


day to  the  present  way  we  were  told, 
(we  are  certain  of  it)  that  if  the 
majority  of  students  disliked  it  they 
could  change  back. 

An  improvement  which  might  be 
made  in  the  interior  of  the  Academy 
would  be  to  place  new  matting  on 
the  stairs,  for  that  which  is  there 
now  has  been  worn  thread-bare  by 
the  "manly  tread  of  countless  feet." 
The  "Rapid  Transit  Route"  maybe 
well  enough  for  cities  but  we  don't 
think  anyone  would  care  to  come 
down  stairs  by  that  route,  especially 
with  a  pitcher  or  two  in  their 
hands. 

The  Academy  Literary  Societies 
are  thriving  finely,  and  some  of  the 
debates  and  also  the  debaters  are 
quite  full  of  enthusiasm  (?)  and 
some  very  good  talks  are  made. 
Best  of  all  in  the  line  of  amusements 
is  the  impromptu.  One  of  the  de- 
baters in  the  Tri  Kappa  Society 
wanted  to  know  where  commercial 
men  and  those  who  charged  high 
prices  for  goods  '  'would  spend  their 
eternity."  Josiah  Bill  you'd  better 
look  out! 

A  'Cad  on  one  of  his  visits  home 
was  given  a  lecture  by  his  father  to 
this  effect:  "My  son  your  reports 
are  not  what  they  should  be  and  in 
the  future  I  hope  they  will  im- 
prove." To  which  Caddy  responded: 
"That's  right  dad,  glad  to  see  you 
have  got  some  back-bone,  all  we 
can  do  is  to  hope  for  the  best.  Grit 
vou  know  will  do  most  anything." 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


J73 


"  So  will  a  horse  whip  !  "  mur- 
mured the  "old  geut"  with  an  an- 
gelic look  in  his  eyes. 

Mr.  Shinskey  De  Pole — So  you 
lost  your  poor  little  dog,  did  you  Mr. 
Frye?     How  did  it  happen? 

Frye — Street  lamp  'xploded  and 
he  was  killed,  I  'scaped. 

Mr.  Shinskej-  De  Pole  (soothing- 
ly)— What  a  pity! 

We  wish  some  of  the  boys  knew 
what  a  pleasure  it  is  to  earn'  water 
up  four  flights  of  stairs  and  then  be 
met  at  the  top  with,  "gimme  some 
water' '  and  then  have  a  No.  1 1  paw 
grasp  your  pitcher  gently  but  firmly 
and  turn  the  contents  into  a  wash- 
bowl, not  your  own, — "unalloyed, 
etc." 

Have  you  seen  the  TEN  (thousand) 
COMMANDMENTS  of  the  Aca- 
demy ?  Well  we  have  them  in  a 
nice  lithographed  volume,  (which is 
railed  "Hand  Book  of  Regulations" 
being  the  forty-second  edition  re- 
vised and  enlarged)  which  is 
"  durably  bound  in  a  handsome 
cover,"  When  we  first  started  out 
we  had  "an  only  rule."  This  has 
become  so  popular  until  now  it  is 
the  "general  rule."  This  "general 
rule' '  has  thrown  out  its  roots  and 
branches  in  the  shape  of  divisions, 
sub-divisions,  and  amendments  and 
it  has  grown  and  grown  until  it  con- 
tains everything  from  Genesis  to 
Revelation.  And  the  'Cads?  well 
thev  have    groan    and    groan    and 


groan    until    the}-     contain    every- 
thing from  grief  to  sorrow. 

EXPELLED    FOR    SMOKING. 

During  vacation  our  printer  tried 
to  run  a  stove  in  connection  with 
the  office.  Plucking  up  courage, 
(the  5'oung  ladies  being  gone,)  he 
ventured  over  to  the  Sem  and 
requested  the  loan  of  a  stove!! 
This  request  being  granted,  he  se- 
cured the  sendees  of  Uncle  Dent 
and  took  the  stove  over  to  the  '  Cad. 
He  proceeded  upstairs  with  his  loan 
and  then  went  down  town  and  ex- 
pended his  pocket  money  for  the 
necessary  appendages  to  it.  Com- 
ing back,  he  placed  it  in  position 
and  proceeded  to  "fire  up."  All 
went  well  until  Mr.  Rowe  of  New 
York,  entered  his  room,  which  is 
immediately  above  the  office,  and 
was  there  met  with  a  vast  volume 
of  smoke.  '  'Er — wha — what — who 
is  smoking  in  my  room  ?  ' '  said 
Rowe.  "Boys  you  are  breaking 
regulations,  get  out  of  here."  He 
tried  to  find  the  merry  makers  and 
came  in  contact  with  soot  on  every- 
thing he  touched.  Then  he  mut- 
tered, "It's  the  Sem  stove,"  and 
then  he  reported  to  the  printer. 
That  worthy,  whose  ire  was  already 
at  112  in  the  shade,  told  him  to 
"plug  up  the  flue."  Mr.  R.  went 
back  and  did  as  he  was  told. 
The  result  was  that  the  stove  be- 
gan to  reverse  the  plan  of  its  opera- 
tions and  pour  forth  its  its  smoke 
into  the  office.     The  now   exasper- 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEX  TOR. 


ated  printer,  (with  a  short  prayer) 
grasped  the  firey  cast-iron  monster 
in  a  eateh-as-cateh-can  style  and, 
dancing  a  wild  and  wierd  waltz,  he 
gave  it  a  through  ticket  to  terra  fir- 
ma  via  the  window.  So  ended  the 
tragedy.  The  remains  of  this  doer 
of  evil  was  last  seen  walking  off  in 
the  fond  embrace  of  Frye,  toward 
the  college. 

Personal. 


John  Negararian,  of  Constantino- 
ple, is  taking  the  English  language 
of  a  private  tutor  in  our  College 
this  term. 

J.  I,  Bennett,  a  former  student  of 
Union  College,  has  entered  upon 
scholastic  duties  in  L,.  F.  U.,  and 
will  cast  his  lot  with  '91. 

'80.  Rev.  F.  L.  Forbes  has  re- 
signed his  pastorate  at  Monticello, 
111.,  and  accepted  a  call  to  Midland, 
Mich . 

'So.  The  J.  B.  L,ippincott  Com- 
pany has  just  published  "A  Blind 
Bead — The  Sto^  of  a  Mine," — a 
novel  by  Josephine  W.  Bates.  Mrs. 
Bates  was  formerly  Miss  White  of 
the  class  of  '80.  She  has  seen  much 
of  wild  Western  life  since  her  mar- 
riage, and  has  put  her  observations 
into  this  volume.  Her  home  at  pre- 
sent is  at  San  Diego,  Cal.  Mr.  Bates 
is  engaged  upon  a  contract  in  con- 
nection with  the  Hotel  Del  Corona- 
do,    at  Coronado  Beach,  Cal.     This 


hotel  is  said,  by  some,  to  be  the 
largest  and  finest  in  the  world.  Mr. 
Bates'  contract  is  to  extend  the 
beach  by  depositing  sand  which  is 
dredged  from  the  deeper  water. 

'Si.  Mrs.  S.  G.  Wilson  nee  Rhea 
writes  with  interest  of  her  work  in 
Tabriz,  Persia.  Her  fifteen  mouths 
of  residence  there  have  familiarized 
her  with  the  customs  of  the  people, 
and  the  Armenian  and  Turkish 
languages,  so  that  missionary  work 
in  the  form  of  classes  in  the  Boys' 
School,  Bible  work  and  prayer  meet- 
ings for  the  women,  and  touring  in 
the  villages  has  become  practical. 
Mrs.  Wilson's  piano  is  a  great  at- 
traction to  the  natives,  and  she  has 
had  to  add  to  her  occupations  that 
of  a  music  teacher.  Her  pupil  is 
no  one  less  than  the  wife  of  the 
Valialid,  the  heir  to  the  throne. 
The  princess  is  a  mere  child,  young, 
undisciplined,  and  with  the  beauty 
of  a  Laila  Rookh.  The  visits  to 
the  palace  are  always  attended  with 
great  state,  and  it  is  hoped  that  this 
will  prove  an  entree  to  not  only  the 
home  but  the  hearts  of  the  royal 
family. 

'84.  Rev.  E.  W.  St.  Pierre,  who 
with  his  wife  sailed  for  Persia  last 
fall,  promises  to  be  a  useful  mis- 
sionanT  in  Oroomiah.'  The  Russian 
consul  visiting  there  was  delighted 
to  find  an  American  with  whom  he 
could  talk  French  so  easily.  This 
language  is  spoken  by  travelers,  all 
the  Ambassadors,  and  the  educated 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEX  TOR. 


L75 


noblemen  of  Persia,  and  Mr.  St. 
Pierre's  thorough  command  of  it  is  a 
most  useful  accomplishment,  and 
one  which  will  never  be  amiss.  A 
letter  from  Mrs.  St.  Pierre  describes 
sad  scenes  of  the  famine,  but  recent 
news  tells  of  a  mild  winter  and  that 
this  threatened  trouble  has  been 
averted. 

'85.  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Barr,  of 
Beloit,  Wis.,  visited  Lake  Forest 
during  the  vacation. 

'85.  Rev,  W.  S.  Shiells  was 
graduated  from  McCormick  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  April  5.  He  has 
accepted  a  call  to  the  church  at 
West  Point,  la. 

'85.  A.  C.  Wenban  is  reading 
law  in  Chicago,  room  59,  107  Dear- 
born St. 

'86.  W.  E.  Bates  has  returned 
to  his  land  in  Western,  Neb.  Ad- 
dress, Hull,  Neb. 

'86.  G.  E.  Thompson  has  ac- 
cepted a  call  for  the  summer  to  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Corunua, 
Mich. 

'87.  G.  D.  Heuver  will  work 
during  the  summer  at  Iowa,  Mich., 
under  the  Sunday  School  Board. 

-  Prof.  Griffin  made  a  short  visit  in 
the  East  during  the  vacation.  While 
there  he  met  many  prominent  edu- 
cators. 

Rev.  J.  T,  Evans,  formerly  of '86 
was  graduated  from  McCormick 
Theological  Seminary,  April  5.  He 
has  general  charge  of  the  State  of 


Minnesota  under  the  Sunday  School 
Board. 

Rev.  Edgar  P,  Hill  was  gradu- 
ated from  McCormick  Seminary 
April  5.  He  was  given  one  of  the 
four  addresses  delivered  by  mem- 
bers of  his  class. 

Fred  C,  Smith,  an  old  Lake  For- 
est boy,  is  on  a  tour  of  the  world, 
with  the  Drexel  boys  of  Philadel- 
phia. 

Miss  Maggie  Wyiie,  a  Ferry  Hall 
graduate,  has  become  the  wife  of 
Dr.  Charles  Cook,  of  Mendota,  this 
state. 

John  D.  Pope  is  the  leading  law- 
yer of  Friend,  Neb. 

Fred  M.  Stephenson  is  runni  g  his 
uncle's  stock  farm  near  Menominee, 
Michigan.  He  spent  the  winter  in 
the  south  buying  stock. 

William  Frye  is  the  most  promi- 
nent lumberman  of  Freeport,  111, 

Miss  Maud  Clisbee  is  teaching 
Latin  near  New  York  City, 


General  College  [Notes. 


Ninety-two  of  Yale's  graduates 
have  become  college  presidents. 

Amherst  is  the  only  college  that 
has  a  billiard-room  attached  to  its 
gymnasium. — Ex. 

Work  on  the  college  paper  is  ac- 
cepted as  a  substitute  for  one  elec- 
tive in  regular  literary  work  at  Har- 
vard. 


176 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Compulsory  attendance  at  prayers 
is  decidedly  tyrannical  and  catholic 
in  its  nature. —  University  Reporter. 

One  of  the  editors  of  the  Dart- 
mouth is  publishing  a  volume  of  his 
college  poems. 

The  base  ball  nine  of  the  North- 
Western  University  has  engaged  a 
professional  trainer. — Ex. 

Prof. — "What  did  Caesar  say  to 
his  men  when  he  saw  the  enemy 
approaching?" 

Student — "Soc  ct  tii-um." — Ex. 

The  glee  club  of  Illinois  College 
sang  at  Springfield  lately  and  was 
very  highly  complimented  by  the 
city  papers. 

The  Mercury  is  urging  Racine 
College  authorities  to  get  a  printing 
outfit  for  printing  their  paper  and 
the  college  manuscripts.  It  is  now 
issued  weekly. 

The  trustees  of  Atlanta  Universi- 
ty have  refused  to  compfy  with  the 
law  of  the  state,  which  forbids  the 
co-education  of  whites  and  blacks, 
and  thereby  forfeit  the  state  appro- 
priation.— Ex. 

Every  class  at  Yale  has  four  or 
five  monitors,  each  of  whom  re- 
ceives $35  a  year  from  the  faculty. — 
Ex. 

We  think  that  something  more 
than  this  will  have  to  be  done  be- 
fore our  students  are  willing  to  serve 
as  mentors. 


The  prospects  of  the  ball  nine 
this  year  are  very  good,  and  the 
certainty  of  carrying  off  the  pennant 
is  an  almost  foregone  conclusion. 
Much  depends  upon  the  first  game 
with  the  Racine  club. — Aegis. 

And  also  upon  the  succeeding 
games  with  the  other  clubs  of  the 
league. 

It  appears  to  be  the  prevalent 
opinion  that  an  exchange  editor's 
only  object  in  life  ought  to  be  to 
raise  Cain  among  the  several  jour- 
nals which  be  has  the  opportunity 
to  criticize;  that  the  minute  he  is 
chosen  for  that  office  he  should  lay 
aside  all  courtesy,  all  common  sense 
and  all  decency.  No  matter  how 
unpretentious  and  modest  a  paper 
is  otherwise,  you  will  always  find 
egotism  in  the  exchange  depart- 
ment. — Mon mou th  Collegia n . 

Alma  College,  Mich.,  has  a  fac- 
ulty who  must  certainly  appreciate 
college  boys'  idea  of  the  faculty's 
authority.  The  justice  of  that  col- 
lege is  administered  by  the  presi- 
dent as  representing  the  faculty  and 
a  jury  representing  the  students. 
Each  class  and  each  society  elect 
one  member  apiece  to  serve  on  the 
jury.  The  term  of  office  is  one 
year.  The  verdict  of  fact  of  the  jury 
must  be  agreed  to  unanimous^. 
The  students  by  a  petition  can 
challenge  the  right  of  any  person 
to  sit  on  the  jury.  There  is  a  writ- 
ten contract  between  the  students 
aud  faculty. 


THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN TOR. 


177 


Macalister  college  will  not  pay 
the  tuition  fee  of  those  candidates 
for  the  ministry  who  use  tobacco. 

The  president  of  Beloit  College 
keeps  open  house  every  Wednesday 
evening  for  all  college  students. — 
Ex. 

A  Tennis  League  was  organized 
last  year  between  the  University  of 
Wisconsin  and  Beloit  College.  The 
officers  of  this  league  are  desirous 
of  extending  the  league  to  the 
neighboring  colleges,  especially  to 
those  which  are  now  included  in  the 
Northwestern  College  Base  Ball 
League.  We  hope  the  near  future 
will  find  L-  F.  U.  enough  interested 
in  tennis  to  enter  such  a  league. 

In  the  United  States  one  man  in 
every  two  hundred  takes  a  college 
course;  in  England  one  in  every  five 
hundred;  in  Scotland  one  in  every 
six  hundred;  in  Germany  one  in  ev- 
ery two  hundred  and  thirteen.  — 
Ex. 

A  Michigan  farmer  has  written  to 
the  faculty  of  Yale:  "What  are  your 
terms  for  a  year,  and  does  it  cost 
anything  extra  if  my  son  wants  to 
learn  to  read  and  write  as  well  as 
row  a  boat?"  —  Ex. 

The  youngest  graduate  of  Yale,  so 
far  as  known  is  Charles  Chauucey, 
1 792 ,  who  was  graduated  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  years,  twenty-six  days,  and 
afterward  became  a  leading  lawyer 
in  Philadelphia. 


CLIPPINGS. 


BON  MOTS. 
When  rny  winks  in  vain  are  wunk, 
And  my  last  stray  thoughts  are  thunk, 

Who  saves  me  from  a  shameful  flunk? 
My  pony. 

The  jockey's  horse  has  feet  of  speed, 

Maud  S.  has  feet  of  fame; 
The  student's  horse  has  none  at  all, 

But  it  gets  there  just  the  same. 

The  commissary  chanced  to  see 
Jones  rise,  with  saddest  air. 

And  place  a  well  filled  cup  of  tea 
Upon  the  nearest  chair. 

"Why  are  you  doing  thus?"  he  cried, 
To  Jones,  with  lips  compressed, 

"It  was  so  weak,"  poor  Jones  replied, 
"I  thought  I'd  let  it  rest. — Lafayette. 

A  QUERY. 

"Who  is  she?"  and  "Who  is  he?" 

How  often  these  queries  are  heard. 

But  who  am  I  ?    Now  answer, 

If  you  can,  in  a  single  word. 

Ah,  you  can  tell  of  a  stranger 

Whom  you've  known  but  a  single  day; 

You  know  the  exact  tastes  and  feelings 

Of  your  "neighbors  over  the  wa}'"; 

You  can  judge  their  sayings  and  doings 

And  you  know  when  they're  going  wrong: 

But  can  you  tell  of  yourself,  sir  ? 

Can  you  judge  one  you've  known  so  long? 

Can  you  sa3',  and  say  it  with  truth,  sir, 

"I  thoroughly  know  myself?" 

Can  you  say,  now  answer  me  truly: — 

"There  was  never  a  wicked  elf, 

Which  prompted  me  to  actions, 

I  know  not  why  nor  how, 

And  made  one  feel  that  yesterday, 

I  was  a  different  man  than  now  ?" 

Can  you  give  reasons  for  deed  and  speech? 

Now  answer  yes,  if  you  can, 

And  I  will  grant  you  one  of  these: 

A  fool  or  a  happy  man.  — Aegis. 


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MRS.  WILLIAMS 

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No.  S. 


THE  HOME  RULE  BILL  OF  1886. 


No  country  of  its  size  in  the 
world's  history  has  demanded  the 
attention  of  all  nations  so  much  as 
Ireland,  especially  at  the  present 
time.  Individuals,  families,  cities, 
states,  and  political  parties  have  ex- 
pressed their  opinion  and  passed 
their  judgment  upon  the  Irish  ques- 
tion; but  the  difficulty  of  under- 
standing it,  in  this  country  at  least, 
is,  that  only  one  side  of  the  ques- 
tion is  seen.  Ireland  is  represented 
as  clad  in  rags,  in  one  hand  holding 
a  blunderbuss,  in  the  other  a  sher- 
iff's writ  for  eviction  for  back  rent; 
in  the  background  a  mud  hovel,  an 
animal  which  once  deserved  the 
name  of  pig,  and  some  half  starved 
children  returning  from  the  beach 
with  seaweed  as  the  only  procurable 
food.  This  is  held  out  to  the  na- 
tions as  an  object  for  sympathy/ 
and  in  such  a  guise  receives  it.  On 
the  other  hand  England  is  repre- 
sented as  the  cruel  taskmaster  with 
rod    in    hand    demanding    "bricks 


without  straw. ' '  This  is  held  out 
to  the  nations  as  an  object  of  odium 
and  in  such  a  guise  receives  it. 

Such  is  the  general  conception  of 
the  relations  existing  between  Eng- 
land and  Ireland  to-day,  but  such  is 
not  a  true  picture;  it  is  indeed  the 
exception,  not  the  rule.  Let  us  in- 
vestigate the  matter  a  little  and  see 
how  true  this  picture  is,  and  if  true 
in  rare  instances  at  whose  door  lies 
the  blame. 

We  need  not  go  further  back  in 
the  history  of  Ireland  than  1782, 
the  year  in  which  Ireland  was  grant- 
ed a  parliament  of  her  own,  which 
she  maintained  for  eighteen  years. 

When  England  granted  Ireland  a 
parliament,  she  had  no  choice  in  the 
matter.  Her  wars  with  America 
and  France  demanded  all  her  at- 
tention, and  upon  demand  of  the 
Irish  party  she  relinquished  her 
control  over  the  parliament  in  Dub- 
lin, and  Ireland  had  Home  Rule. 
This  proved  a   greater   curse   than 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


ever  British  rule  did.  The  Protes- 
tant party  controlled  the  whole 
country.  The  Catholics  who  com- 
posed three-fourths  cf  the  popula- 
tion were  nothing  more  than  slaves ; 
they  could  not  vote  at  parliament- 
ary elections,  or  at  vestries;  they 
could  not  act  as  constables,  sheriffs, 
or  jurymen,  or  serve  in  the  army  or 
navy,  or  become  solicitors,  or  even 
hold  the  position  of  gamekeeper  or 
watchman;  they  could  not  own  a 
horse  above  the  value  of  £5. 
Schools  were  established  to  bring 
up  their  children  as  Protestants, 
they  were  excluded  from  the  univer- 
sities, and  were  forbidden  to  act  as 
schoolmasters  or  as  private  tutors, 
or  to  send  their  children  abroad  to 
obtain  the  instruction  refused  at 
home.  These  are  but  a  few  instan- 
ces of  the  restrictions  placed  upon 
the  Catholics,  and  the  picture  of  I  re- 
land  which  has  already  been  given 
applies  admirably  to  this  period. 
But  let  us  glance  at  the  nation  as 
a  whole  during  this  period.  If  time 
would  permit  I  could  show  in  de- 
tail how  each  succeeding  year  after 
1782  brought  fresh  troubles  to  Ire- 
land, and  also  to  England  on  Ire- 
land's account;  first,  regarding  du- 
ties and  customs,  then  commercial 
relations,  then  the  agitation  for 
Catholic  suffrage,  then  the  forming 
of  secret  societies  by  the  Catholics 
for  the  protection  of  themselves 
against  the  inroads  of  the  aristoc- 
racy. Then  societies  came  into  con- 
flict several  times  with   the  Protes- 


tant yeomanry,  and  for  the  five  or 
six  years  which  preceded  the  Union 
Ireland  was  the  scene  of  a  contin- 
uous warfare  between  religious  fac- 
tions. 

This  warfare  came  to  a  climax  in 
the  rebellion  of  1798,  when  the 
rebels  were  utterly  defeated.  Eng- 
land, who  before  this  had  made  a 
proposal  regarding  the  union  of  Ire- 
land to  England  which  was  refused, 
again  brought  forward  the  measure 
and  presented  it  to  the  Irish  parlia- 
ment. Petitions  from  both  Catholics 
and  Protestants  wrere  forwarded  in 
favor  of  the  union,  although  the 
latter  at  first  opposed  the  measure. 
but  in  1800  the  bill  for  the  union  of 
Ireland  with  Great  Britain  was 
carried. 

What  was  the  result?  It  freed  the 
three  -  fourths  of  the  population 
from  the  oppression  and  degradation 
to  which  the  aristocrats  had  brought 
them  and  thus  to  a  great  degree  un- 
ified the  once  divided  population, 
placed  law  and  its  protection  within 
their  reach,  and  gave  them  the 
educating  of  their  own  children. 
Finally  in  1829  O'Connell  carried 
the  Catholic  Emancipation  bill 
which  extended  suffrage  and  equal 
rights  to  the  three-fourths  of  the 
population  who  had  been  enslaved 
by  the  corrupt  aristocrac5r.  Land 
laws  were  adopted  which  had  not 
their  equal  in  Europe  in  providing 
for  the  rights  of  the  tenant,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  benefits  of  education, 
commerce,  increased    manufactures 


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181 


and  capital  until  to-day,  with  the 
exception  of  Home  Rule,  Ireland 
stands  on  an  equal  footing  with 
Great  Britain. 

After  this  glance  at  the  past  his- 
tory of  Ireland  I  will  now  turn  more 
directly  to  the  question,  "Was  Eng- 
land justified  in  refusing  to  grant 
Home  Rule  to  Ireland  in  18S6?" 

I  have  already  scanned  the  his- 
tory of  Ireland  during  the  period 
when  she  had  a  parliament  of  her 
own ;  I  do  not  quote  that  as  a  repre- 
sentative parliament  for  it  was  not, 
it  was  a  parliament  composed  of 
Protestants  which  then  ruled  Ire- 
land, and  ruled  it  disgracefully  and 
shamefully.  But  I  do  quote  it  to 
show  you  what  a  religious  faction 
will  do  when  it  gets  into  power.  At 
that  time  three-fourths  of  the  nation 
was  Catholic  with  no  votes,  and 
ruled  by  one-fourth  Protestants  with 
full  power.  Now  two-thirds  of  the 
voters  are  Catholic  and  one-third 
Protestant.  This  also  means  two- 
thirds  Home  Rulers  and  one-third 
Unionists;  why  are  the  Catholics  to- 
day so  eager  for  Home  Rule,  they 
who  petitioned  for  the  Union  in  1800? 
The  figures  which  I  have  given 
you  show  the  Catholics  holding  two- 
thirds  of  the  votes,  hence  Home 
Rule  would  mean  a  Catholic  govern- 
ment, and  show  me  to-day  a  nation 
which  has  ever  prospered  under  Ca- 
tholicism. But  let  us  look  and  see 
what  class  of  people  make  up  this 
two-thirds.  Official  reports  tell  us 
that  one-fifth  of  them  can  neither 


read  nor  write,  and  the  great  major- 
ity of  the  remainder  are  of  the  un- 
educated classes,  coming  chiefly 
from  the  least  educated  part  of  Ire- 
land. How  few  are  the  voices  of 
any  real  importance  heard  advoca- 
ting Home  Rule!  After  you  mention 
the  names  of  the  authors, — Glad- 
stone. Parnell,  and  Morley,  no  influ- 
ential bodies  are  heard  advocating 
it,  but  arrayed  on  the  other  side, 
which  composes  the  one-third  loyal 
minority,  besides  such  leading 
names  as  Hartington,  Salisbury, 
Bright,  Chamberlain,  Dicey,  Mat- 
thew Arnold,  Lecky,  Goldwin 
Smith,  Fitzjames  Stephens,  Froude, 
Beach,  Cowper,  and  Bromwell,  we 
have  all  the  intellectual  interests 
of  the  country,  landed  interests, 
trading  interests,  Episcopal  synods, 
Presb3rterian  general  assemblies, 
professional  classes  including  mag- 
istrates, judges,  and  lawyers,  and 
many  enlightened  Catholics, — all  of 
whom  vehemently  protest  against 
the  dissolution  of  the  Union, 

I  will  take,  if  you  please,  the  men 
who  represent  the  Irish  party  in 
parliament,  led  as  they  are  by 
Messrs.  Parnell,  Dillon,  Sexton, 
Biggar,  O'Brien,  McCarthy,  Gray, 
and  Dawson,  men  who  sympathised 
with  murder  and  rapine  and  total 
separation  of  Ireland  from  England; 
who  spoke  of  the  murder  of  Lord 
Cavendish  and  Mr.  Burke  as  a  jus- 
tifiable execution,  not  a  murder; 
who  supplied  money  from  the  Land 
League  funds  to    buy    the    knives 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


which  slew  these  men,  and  then 
helped  seme  of  the  accomplices  to 
escape;  who  commended  the  action 
of  the  dynamiters  who  tried  to  blow 
up  Westminster  Abbey  and  the  Tow- 
er of  London  and  other  places; 
who  have  bound  the  tenants  of  Ire- 
land not  to  pay  rent  whether  they 
are  able  or  not,  and  then  denounce 
the  landlords  and  government  for 
demanding  what  was  due  for 
many  years.  But  you  ask  "what 
about  Mr.  Gladstone?"  In  my 
opinion  and  that  of  many  others, 
Mr.  Gladstone  is  like  a  kaleidoscope 
which  b\r  turning  makes  the  col- 
ored glasses  assume  different  shapes 
and  forms.  Mr.  Gladstone  has  as- 
sumed many  forms  during  his  life- 
time and  the  last  turn  brought  him 
out  in  the  shape  of  a  Home  Ruler, 
and  he  merely  used  orange  and 
green  colored  glasses  to  do  it.  But 
the  worst  of  it  is  that  he  is  trying 
to  pursuade  everybody  else,  as  well 
as  himself,  that  orange  and  green 
will  blend  well  together  and  har- 
monize. But  they  wont,  never  did, 
and  never  will. 

In  1 38 1  Mr.  Gladstone  spoke  in 
the  House  of  Commons  upon  the 
Home  Rule  question,  as  follows: — 
"I  utterly  protest  cgainst  it.  I  be- 
lieve a  greater  calumny,  a  more 
gross  and  injurious  statement  could 
not  possibly  be  made  against  the 
Irish  nation.  We  believe  we  are 
at  issue  with  an  organized   attempt 


to  override  the  freewill  and  judg- 
ment of  the  Irish  nation.  It  is  a 
great  issue;  it  is  a  conflict  for  the 
very  first  and  elementary  principles 
upon  which  civil  society  is  consti- 
tuted. It  is  idle  to  talk  of  either  law 
or  order,  religion  or  civilization,  if 
these  gentlemen  ( Parnellites)  are  to 
carry  through  the  reckless  or  chao- 
tic schemes  that  they  have  devised. 
Rapine  is  the  first  object,  but  rap- 
ine not  the  only  object.  It  is  per- 
fectly true  that  these  gentlemen 
wish  to  march  through  rapine  to 
disintegration  and  dismemberment 
of  the  empire."  This  is  Mr.  Glad- 
stone's opinion  when  he  didn't 
want  the  support  of  Mr.  Parnell 
and  his  party.  Yet  two  years  later 
this  same  Mr.  Gladstone  co-operates 
hand  in  hand  with  the  men  he  de- 
nounced so  strongly,  and  brings  in 
a  bill  for  Home  Rule  for  Ireland 
which  but  a  short  time  before  he 
condemned  and  protested  against. 
But  now  he  needs  Mr.  Parnell's  aid, 
and  does  not  refrain  from  joining 
hands  with  him  to  gain  his  ends. 
We  also  hear  him  now  denouncing 
the  present  Coercion  Bill  as  mon- 
strous and  inhuman.  Does  he  for- 
get that  two  years  ago  he  carried  a 
Coercion  Bill  through  the  House, 
the  severity  of  which  has  never 
since  been  equalled,  by  which  he 
imprisoned  Mr.  Parnell  and  two 
thousand  of  his  followers  and  only 
because  the}-  were  reasonably   sus- 


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183 


pected,  the  bill  refusing  such  pris- 
oners even  a  trial. 

Give  Home  Rule  to  Ireland  and 
it  would  mean  a  court,  an  army,  and 
a  police  controlled  by  the  men  I 
have  described,  as  Mr.  Dillon  said: 
'  'Soon  we  will  have  the  police  un- 
der our  control  and  then  we  will 
make  our  enemies  feel  our  power. ' ' 
Happy  outlook  for  poor  Ireland! 
Home  Rule  also  means  no  represen- 
tation in  imperial  parliament,  it 
means  custom  duties  and  excise 
controlled,  it  means  assuming  part 
of  the  national  debt,  it  means  no 
voice  to  object  to  war.  All  these 
are  true  reasons  why  Home  Rule 
should  not  be  granted. 

Give  me  such  men  as  Grattan, 
Flood,  Curran,  Fitzgerald,  O'Con- 
nell,  and  Burke  and  I  am  a  Home 
Ruler;  but  I  care  too  much  for  my 
country  to  be  even  but  one  voice 
that  would  advocate  Home  Rule 
under  such  men  as  would  now  rep- 
resent Ireland.  Parnell  and  his 
followers  are  alone  responsible  for 
the  misery  regarding  the  land  ques- 
tion. The  tenants  and  landlords 
would  come  to  some  arrangement 
by  the  laws  of  the  land  acts  which 
would  satisfy  both  if  they  were  not 


prevented  by  the  Nationalists  from 
taking  such  steps.  Of  course  there 
are  some  cases  of  bad  landlords  who 
ought  to  be  punished,  but  they  are 
exceptions,  and  I  have  heard  tenant 
after  tenant  say:  "God  knows  we 
would  willingly  come  to  some  set- 
tlement with  the  landlords  but  the 
Land  Leaguers  won't  let  us." 

Therefore  I  maintain  that  Eng- 
land was  justified  in  refusing  to 
grant  Home  Rule  to  Ireland  be- 
cause it  was  demanded  chiefly  by 
the  ignorant  classes;  because  the 
whole  intellectual  interests  and 
people  of  the  country  petitioned 
against  it;  because  of  the  character 
of  the  men  into  whose  hands  the 
government  would  fall;  because  the 
government  would  be  a  Catholic 
one;  because  it  means  a  court,  army, 
and  police  under  the  control  of  men 
not  fit  to  govern;  because  it  means 
no  representatation  in  imperial  par- 
liament, no  control  over  excise  and 
custom  duties,  no  voice  in  the  mat- 
ters of  war,  and  the  assuming  of 
part  of  the  national  debt. 

With  such  an  outbreak  as  this 
represents  I  think  you  will  all  agree 
that  Home  Rule  is  not  the  best 
thing  for  Ireland. 

N.  B.  W.  Galwey,  '91. 


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THE  L.  F.U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


THE  CANTERBURY  TALES. 


To  the  student  who  has  groped 
through  the  period  of  English  lit- 
erature preceding  Chaucer,  it  seems 
peculiarly  fitting  that  the  prologue 
of  the  "Canterbury  Tales"  should 
open  with  a  description  of  spring. 
It  is  certainly  refreshing,  after  read- 
ing dry  and  lifeless  translations 
from  the  French  or  Latin,  to  take 
up  the  bright  and  delightful  poetry 
of  Chaucer.  We  have  come  to  a 
poet  who  writes  in  the  English  lan- 
guage, handling  it  with  the  grace 
of  a  complete  mastery.  There  is  at 
last  a  basis  for  personal  criticism 
and  j  udgment ,  and  we  are  no  longer 
dependent  on  the  opinion  of  some 
German  who  expresses  himself  in  a 
style  more  execrable  and  unintell- 
i gable  than  that  of  any  whom  he 
criticises, 

Such  being  the  case  a  writer  of 
less  merit  would  be  welcomed,  and 
Chaucer  with  his  gracefulluess, 
drollery,  and  at  times  touching  pa- 
thos becomes  at  once  a  favorite,  and 
the  reader  falls  immediately  into 
the  spirit  of  his  genius. 

The  Canterbury  Tales  were  the 
great  effort  of  his  life.  No  dates  can 
be  given  for  the  different  tales,  nor 
is  it  known  how  long  he  was  engag- 
ed in  writing  them ,  though  we  may 
suppose  they  occupied  the  closing 
decade  of  his  life.  The  plan  of  the 
work  may  have  been  suggested  by 


Boccaccio's  "Decameron,"  though 
the  idea  was  one  well  known  to  the 
writers  of  western  Europe  before 
Boccaccio  wTrote.  The  object  of 
Chaucer  was  to  write  a  work  which 
should  be  popular,  and  in  which 
he  could  comment  on  the  lead 
ing  classes  of  the  time  whose 
peculiarities  and  weaknesses  his 
keen  observation  so  quickly  de- 
tected. 

The  baud  of  pilgrims  on  their  way 
to  the  shrine  of  St.  Thomas  a  Beck- 
et  at  Canterbury  was  well  suited  to 
present  all  phases  of  society.  It  was 
no  natural  thing  for  a  company  to 
be  composed  of  personages  so  diver- 
sified in  character  and  occupation, 
nor  were  they  always  characterized 
by  solemnity  since  all  did  not  go  to 
pray;  some  made  it  profitable,  and 
the  jolly  host  of  the  Tabard  an- 
nounced that  he  would  make  the 
pilgrimage  for  the  pleasure  of  go- 
ing with  so  merry  a  company.  So 
at  close  of  day  we  find  Chaucer  at 
Southwerk  enjoying  the  good  cheer 
of  the  Tabard,  the  remains  of  which 
were  still  to  be  seen  as  late  at  1866, 
when  it  was  torn  down  to  make 
room  for  other  buildings.  Here  he 
joins  a  company  of  nine  and 
twenty  sundry  folk,  pilgrims  like 
himself. 

A  knight  there  was  who  loved 
chivalry,  truth,  honor,  freedom,  and 


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135 


courtesy,  as  squire  he  had  his  son, 
handsome  and  strong  with  manners 
well  suited  to  win  his  lady's  favor; 
with  them  one  sturdy  yeoman  clad 
in  coat  and  hood  of  green. 

A  prioress  also,  coy  and  smiling; 
soft  and  rosy  lips  had  she,  a  fore- 
head broad  and  fair,  nor  could  her 
nun's  dress  lessen  her  coquettish 
charm.  "Another  nonne  with  hire 
hadde  sche  that  was  hire  ehapel- 
l;rn  and  prestes  three." 

A  jolly  monk,  round  and  ruddy 
of  face,  no  stranger  to  the  pleasures 
of  this  baser  life,  a  lord,  full  fat 
and  in  good  point  was  he,  a  friar 
too,  wanton  and  merry,  biloved 
and  familiar  with  every  frankeleyn 
of  the  country  round  and  '  'eke  with 
worthi  women  of  the  toun' '  for  '  'ful 
sweetly  herde  he  confessioun  and 
plesaunt  was  his  absoluciouu." 
Thus  lie  describes  his  nine  and 
twenty  fellow  pilgrims. 

These  are  more  strictly  types  of 
the  great  classes  of  his  day,  the 
genu  3  rather  than  the  individual, 
and  yet  they  are  not  rough  sketches; 
the  contrary  rather,  they  are  real 
and  perfect  in  an  individuality 
which  each  sustains  throughout  the 
work.  The  characters  of  Chaucer 
form  an  historical  portrait  of  the 
time,  and  present  to  the  stu- 
dent of  history  a  most  vivid  concep- 
tion of  the  society  of  that  day. 

According  to  the  plan  of  Harry 
Bailly,  the  jolly  host,  each    pilgrim 


was  to  tell  two  stories  going  to  Can- 
terbrny  and  two  returning,  and  who 
should  tell  one  the  most  pleasing 
should  feast  at  the  Tabard  at  com- 
mon expense.  Upon  drawing  straws 
the  lot  fell  to  the  knight  to  begin. 
Harry  Bailly  having  meantime 
with  refreshing  modesty,  announced 
himself  referee. 

The  tale  was  of  chivalry  and  was 
held  by  all  to  be  a  noble  story. 

This  sentiment  of  chivalry  is  the 
central  idea  pervading  the  Canter- 
bun7  Tales,  and  tales  such  as  the 
Miller's  and  Reeve's  do  but  height- 
en it  by  contrast.  Chaucer  was  a 
mediaeval  poet  and  a  courtier  writ- 
ing for  the  court,  and  so  naturally 
took  his  inspiration  from  chivalry. 

His  ideas  and  ideals  were  influ- 
enced largely  by  the  conventional 
forms  prevalent  in  the  literature 
from  which  he  drew.  He  levied 
boldly  and  freely  on  anything  of 
other  writers  which  stated  his  pur- 
pose, and  yet  everything  left  his 
hands  with  the  stamp  of  originality. 

He  has  been  called  the  heir  ra- 
ther than  the  architect  of  his  own 
fortunes,  but  he  was  not  an  heir 
who  wastes  the  possessions  left 
him;  he  took  material  as  he  found 
it  and  adapted  it  to  his  characters. 
The  stories  told  by  the  different 
members  of  the  party,  he  has 
grouped  with  rare  tact,  throwing 
in  bits  of  dialogue  or  some  sly  jest 
which   gives    a   connection    to    the 


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THE  L.F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


whole  and  sustains  the  reader's  in- 
terest and  attention.  His  descrip- 
tions, energetic  yet  simple,  show  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  nature  and 
character,  his  imagery  is  generally 
bright  and  varied;  his  poetry 
breathes  forth  a  geniality  and  spirit 
of  fellowship  which  efface  all  bitter- 
ness from  his  satire.  Chaucer  looks 
upon  the  evils  of  his  day  with  pity 
rather  than  the  righteous  indigna- 
tion of  a  moral  reformer.  In 
the  tale  of  the  poor  parson 
he  at  times  advances  sentiments 
according  with  what  was  no- 
blest in  Lollardy,  yet  he  was  far 
too  politic  to  avow  openly  such 
sympathizers. 

The  age  of  the  mediaeval  ro- 
mance poetry  was  in  its  decline  and 
people  were  beginning  to  yawn 
over  long  winded  recitals  of  marvel- 
lous deeds  accomplished  by  invin- 
cible knights.  Chaucer  effectually 
ridicules  this  poetry  in  Sir  Thopas, 
in  which  he  narrates  a  tiresome 
succession  of  love  scenes  and  deeds 
of  chivalry  until  he  is  entreated 
by  Harry  Bailly  to  have  mercy 
on  the  company  and  refrain. 

This  host,  by  the  way,  is  a  jolly 
fellow,  the  life  of  the  party,  never 
allowing  their  spirits  to  flag.  He 
was  a  sympathetic  listener;  not  too 
easily  shocked,  in  fact  the  typical 
hail  fellow,  and  is  one  of  Chaucer's 
immortal  characters,   not  simply   a 


person  of  the  period  but  one  known 
and  recognized  to-day. 

In  reading  the  Canterbury  Tales 
we  are  not  pleased  with  the  part 
woman  plays.  The  Wife  of  Bath 
gossips  with  scandalous  volubil- 
ity on  the  foibles  of  her  sex; 
others  of  the  company  nar- 
rate stories  of  woman's  incons  tan- 
cy  outraging  all  propriety.  The 
clerk's  tale  of  Griseldis  pictures  her 
patience  to  such  an  exaggerated  de- 
gree that  it  seems  a  weakness  of 
character  rather  than  a  virtue. 

A  noticeable  feature  of  Chaucer's 
stories,  is  the  utmost  deference  paid 
to  the  "gentils."  They  tell  no  rib- 
ald tales,  neither  do  others  relate 
them  at  their  expense.  Chaucer 
was  writing  for  popularity  at  court 
and  this  coupled  with  exquisite  tact, 
kept  him  from  writing  anything 
displeasing  to  his  audience. 

His  success  may  be  seen  in  the 
fact  that  it  became  quite  the  fad,  if 
the  term  may  be  used,  for  the  people 
at  court  to  speak  Chaucerian  Eng- 
lish. He  was  a  narrator  of  great 
genius,  but  the  distinct  individuality 
permeating  all  his  writings  opposes 
the  high  dramatic  talent  some  crit- 
ics, ascribe  him.  He  is  alwa3*s  mas- 
ter of  his  characters,  never  swayed 
by    their  passions. 

He  may  be  called,  however,  the 
forerunner  of  the  English  novelist 
and  dramatist.       The    Canterbury 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Tales  made  him  one  of  England's 
great  national  poets  and  his  genial 
humanity  has  placed  him  among 
the  poets  of  the  world,   and  time 


seems   to    add    rather 
duct  from  his  popularity 


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The  debate  in  our  contributors' 
department  which  has  excited  some 
interest  is  in  this  number  brought 
to  a  close.  We  can  not  carry  the 
discussion  of  a  question  through 
more  than  three  numbers.  The 
communication  on  "Examinations" 
was  unauoidably  left  over  from  last 
month. 

A  great  deal  of  dissatisfaction  is 
heard  on  all  sides  resrardius:  the  ex- 


ceedingly narrow  limits  allowed  for 
Senior  and  junior  orations.  The 
Seniors  say  they  can  not  express 
themselves  and  can  not  do  justice 
to  themselves,  their  class  or  the 
college,  within  such  restrictions, 
and  so  we  think  their  complaint  de- 
mands consideration.  It  would  be 
better  to  have  fewer  speakers  and 
allow  them  greater  liberty  for  ex- 
pression. 


It  is  often  difficult  to  tell  just 
why  we  dislike  to  have  other  per- 
sons too  solicitous  of  our  welfare, 
and  more  especially  why  we  can't 
endure  the  officious  parental  care 
and  maternal  oversight  of  certain 
persons,  or  community  of  persons. 
Certain  it  is  that  the  feeling  exists 
and  very  strongly  too.  We  are  will- 
ing and  desirious  to  have  the  Fac- 
ulty guide  and  correct  us;  but  when 
it  comes  to  the  town  people,  we,  in 
plain  English,  wish  they  would 
mind  their  own  business.  The  town 
people  say  this,  the  town  people 
think  that;  they  suspect  something 
bad  and  insinuate  something  worse. 
Whether  we  are  in  our  rooms,  or 
our  society  halls;  on  the  street,  in 
the  church  or  at  receptions,  they 
always  have  one  eye  of  modest}- and 
another  of  propriety  fixed  upon  us. 
We  admire  their  foreign  missionaiy 
spirit,  but  when  they  take  the  Col- 
lege for  their  mission,  it  is  altoge- 
ther too  foreign  for  our  apprecia- 
tion. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Under  the  new  regime,  one  of 
the  pleasing  innovations  is  that  of 
the  animal  contest.  Heretofore 
there  was  only  one,  the  oratorical 
prize  contest,  and  the  three  lower 
classes  were  admitted.  Practically 
only  Sophomores  and  Juniors  took 
part;  the  Freshihen  having  neither 
training,  experience,  or  courage  to 
cope  against  Juniors.  Now  only 
Juniors  enter  the  list  in  this  contest 
and  the  Sophomores  and  Freshmen 
have  what  is  called  a  prize  declam- 
ation contest,  the  contestants  being 
selected  from  the  ten  best  in  each 
class.  We  like  the  change.  It 
gives  theFreshies  more  of  a  chance. 
It  arouses  their  enthusiasm;  it  cre- 
ates early  a  spirit  for  good  delivery; 
it  affords  that  practice  before  large 
audiences  that  i:  so  essential  to  a 
good  orator.  While  the  classes  are 
small  there  is  not  much  fear  of  stir- 
ring up  any  bitter  class  feeling  be- 
tween the  two  lower  classes,  but  as 
the  college  increases  we  think  there 
will  be  a  strong  tendency  that  way. 
Although  we  like  this  change,  we 
would  discourage  any  other  that 
.would  s.ill  increase  the  number  of 
exercises  at  commencement. 

We  were  a  little  startled,  at  the 
close  of  chapel  exercises  a  short 
time  ago  when  Prof.  Zenos,  with  a 
twinkle  in  his  eye,  informed  us  that 
he  had  some  newly  printed  Rules 
and  Regulations  of  the  College 
which  he  would  be  pleased  to  hand 


to  any  who  desired  them.  As  we 
had  heard  very  little  about  college 
rules  for  some  time,  and  as  the  new 
"Ten  Commaudire  its''  of  the  Aca- 
demy were  fresh  in  our  minds,  we 
were  rather  anxious  to  have  a  glance 
at  our  own. 

Well,  we  have  them  at  hand; 
moreover,  they  have  been  explained 
and  expounded.  We  do  not  find 
any  extensive  change  as  a  whole. 
They  are  arranged  in  seven  groups, 
a 3  follows:  Admission,  Attendance, 
Studies  and  Examinations,  Stand- 
ing and  Reports,  Public  Exercises, 
Societies,  and  General. 

At  first,  as  is  usually  the  case 
with  youthful  heads,  we  raised  a 
hue  and  cry  about  the  injustice  and 
barbarity  of  even-  other  rule,  but 
after  calm  reflection  we  saw  the 
justice  and  necessity  of  having  some 
rules,  and  the  advantage  of  having 
them  in  black  and  white.  We  ap- 
prove of  them  as  a  whole,  and  think 
their  number  and  spirit  good.  But 
we  take  exception  to  one  or  two. 
Now  the  "Mentor"  clause  under 
Attendance  is  decidedly  objection- 
able. As  far  as  we  can  gather  the  stu- 
dents' opinions  on  this  clause,  they 
are  unanimously  against  it.  Some 
have  hinted  that  it  would  be  shock- 
ingly immodest  for  the  young  ladies 
to  bob  their  heads  about  in  church  to 
see  if  all  the  boys  were  there,  and 
then  the  "town  people"  would  die  of 
shame.  The  reasons  why  we  would 
go  home  first  are  so  evident  and 
numerous  that  it  is  needless  to  men- 
tion them  here..  Co-education  is  not 


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suited  to  eastern  college  rules. 

The  other  clause  objected  to  at 
present  is  the  one  relating  to  society 
visiting;  and  yet  it  is  not  so  much 
the  nature  of  the  clause  as  the  rea- 
sons given  for  inserting  it.  Both 
the  gentlemen  and  the  ladies — and, 
it  is  whispered,  guardians  also, — 
desire  to  know  if  the  only  reason 
why  they  are  forbidden  to  visit 
each  other's  literary  societies  is 
because  it  is  immodest.  Such  a 
thought  never  occurred  to  them. 
What  does  the  Faculty  say  ? 


Contributors' 

Department. 

OUR  EXAMINATIONS. 


To  the  Editors: 

The  two  adjuncts  of  scholastic 
life  most  displeasing  to  the  student 
are  the  lecture  and  the  examination. 
Far  be  it  from  me  to  say  that  college 
life  should  be  a  bed  of  roses.  But 
let  us  look  at  the  examination  as  it 
is  in  our  college,  and  see,  if  possible, 
in  what  way  it  is  useful  and  in  what 
way  defective.  The  studying 
up  of  a  subject  —  the  "  cram  "  — 
always  precedes  examination.  It 
is  inevitable.  It  is  not  reasona- 
ble to  expect  a  student,  at  the 
end  of  three  months,  to  remember 
everything  he  has  studied  during 
that  time.  So  from  two  to  eight  hours 
is  spent   in  hasty  review,  with  the 


stupendous  aim  of  having  every- 
thing in  a  subject  at  the  tongue's 
end,  and  with  the  general  result  of 
getting  nothing  clearly.  Such  a 
method  violates  all  the  rules  of 
study. 

An  examintion  may  fix  a  question 
indelibly  in  the  student's  mind,  but 
dees  it  ever  do  as  much  for  the 
answer? 

Then,  if  the  examination  is  on  a 
difficult  subject,  and  there  is  no 
time  for  the  "cram,"  students  are 
inclined  to  "crib,"  and  to  argue 
that  this  is  justifiable.  Though  the 
argument  is  drawn  from  wrong 
premises,  still  it  produces  harm, 
since  students  believe  and  practice 
it.  I  need  not  enter  into  the  injus- 
tice of  "cribbing" — an  injustice  to 
both  professor  and  student.  Suffice 
it  that  it  has  been  practiced,  is 
practiced,  and  no  doubt  will  con- 
tinue to  be  practice^1,  as  lc.n^  ;s  ex- 
aminations are  what  they  have 
been. 

At  least  four  days  at  the  end  of 
each  term  are  taken  up  b}T  examin- 
ations, which  follow  each  other  in 
undignified  haste.  Could  not  the 
student  get  more  benefit  from  class 
room  work  during  this  time  ? 
Would  not  the  careful  study  of  even 
a  single  topic  be  far  more  beneficial 
in  its  results  than  the  dyspepsia 
arising  from  the  improper  assimi- 
lation of  facts  for  examinations? 
And  not  only  his  mental  status, 
but  his  physical  condition  would  be 
ameliorated.  Watch  the  students 
coming  out  of  a  three  hours'  exam- 


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191 


ination.  Pale,  haggard,  with  just 
enough  breath  remaining  to  revile 
"that  awful  examination,"  they 
scarce  look  the  pictures  of  healrh 
of  which  our  L,.  F.  U.  is  went  to 
boast.  Well  for  them  it  is  that  two 
weeks'  vacation  follows  examina- 
tions.    They  need  it. 

Would  not  the  worthy  professor 
be  more  worthy  if  he  exhausted  in 
solid  instruction  a  tithe  of  the  in- 
genuity he  displays  in  selecting 
easv(?)  questions  for  examinations? 

Those  who  claim  to  know  may 
argue  that  daily  marks  are  no  en 
terion  of  a  student's  work  as  a  whole, 
and  examination  is  the  only  solu- 
tion of  the  difficulty.  Just  give  the 
student  a  chance  in  daily  recitation. 
Don't  mark  him  zero  because  he  is 
uncertain  on  one  single  point  of  the 
recitation.  Try  him  from  several 
points,  if  he  fails  in  one.  Ourclasses 
are  small  enough  to  admit  of  this 
method.  Further,  how  can  an  ex- 
imation  be  a  criterion,  when  it  is 
always  preceded  by  the  chaotic 
"cram"  and  too  often  accompanied 
by  the  clandestine  "crib"? 

Is  it  not  an  argument  against  ex- 
aminations that  not  only  all  the  stu- 
dents but  part  of  the  Faculty  see 
their  evils  and  are  opposed  to 
them  ? 

If  we  must  have  examinations, 
why  not  have  them  at  the  end  of 
each  month's  work,  or  even  more 
frequently,  instead  of  piling  them 
all  on  at  the  end  of  the  term  ?  This 
would  give  the  student  a  chance  to 
acquire  real  knowledge,  the  ground 


gone  over  being  essentially  small 
and  fresh  in  the  mind  of  the  stu- 
dent, and  the  "cram"  at  least  sys- 
tematic, if  necessary  at  all. 

I  have  addressed  this  article  to 
your  excellent  paper,  not  because  I 
wish  to  find  fault  with  old  institu- 
tions, not  that  I  have  a  passion  to 
see  my  words  in  print,  but  because 
this  subject  is  of  common  interest, 
and  I  have  taken  note  of  it  in  its 
various  phases,  besides  having  had 
some  personal  experience. 

Skopeo. 


To  the  S ten  tor: 

It  grieves  me  to  see  the  spirit  of 
antagonism  shown  by  all  parties  in 
the  articles  concerning  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. Christian  sentiment  has  been 
expressed  in  words  cruelly  severe; 
truly  not  a  fitting  garb. 

Presuming  that  I  know  the  spirit 
and  sentiments  of  the  writers  I  send 
a  few  lines. 

"Bony"  protested  against  Chris- 
tian exclusiveness.  Some  have  in- 
terpreted it  to  have  a  bearing  against 
Foreign  Missions,  and  yet  I  know 
of  no  one  more  ready  to  go  to  the 
field  than  "Bony,"  provided  he 
knew  the  Lord  would  have  him 
there. 

Miss  "Spray"  had  an  article  in 
the  following  number  in  which 
some  sarcasm  was  indulged,  much 
sentiment  was  expressed,  but  no 
reasoning.  The  last  paragraph  of 
her  article  is  an  example  of  the  ex- 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


clusiveness  against  which   the  pro- 
test was  made. 

Mr.  Gallwey  misinterprets  the 
purpose  of  "Bony,"  and  proceeds  to 
answer  while  placing  him  upon  the 
wrong  platform.  "A  prophet  hath 
no  honor  in  his  own  country,  there- 
fore go  to  a  foreign  country,  'Bony, '  ' ' 
says  Mr.  Gallwey.  Let  the  love  of 
God  constrain  us,  not  honor.  We 
do  not  suppose,  n(ay  we  know  that 
honor  does  not  prompt  the  Foreign 
Missionary  Association  to  action. 
But  be  careful  not  to  instill  the 
wrong  notions  into  those  whom  you 
would  enlist. 

It  is  well  that  these  subjects 
should  be  discussed  but  in  their  dis- 
cussion do  not  forget  that  we  are 
Christians.  Sentiments  may  be  in- 
dulged but  let  practice  prevail. 

Now    let    us    close    by    singing 
"Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds." 
Respectfully, 

Philadelphia. 


Ouk.  ITote  Book. 

THE  COLLEGE. 


The  new  cover  of  the  Stentgr 
seems  to  be  universally  liked. 

And  so  all  the  Faculty  are  old  in 
the  business  !     Bachelors  and  all  ? 

We  might  have  had  a  tragedy  to 
chronicle  in  this  number,  only 
"Reddy"  failed  to  jump  off. 

Prof.  Griffin  informs  us  that  the 
current  month  has  been  one  of  the 


dryest  spring  months  he  ever  knew. 
Let's  go  out  and  have  somethin'. 

A  frail,  languid  dude  of  Toulouse 
Otic;?  rode  on  a  railway  caboose. 

There  occurred  a  collision 

Which  caused  his  division 
In  pieces  too  minute  for  use. 

Mr.  John  Meeker  High,  of  '91, 
is  under  the  care  of  his  physician, 
owing  to  a  serious  difficulty  of  his 
visual  organs  engendered  by  too 
close  application  to  the  study  of 
botany. 

There  was  a  young  Soph  in  the  College 
Who  said:  "There's  a  highway  \o 
knowledge." 

So  he  harnessed  his  steed, 

And  proceeded  with  speed 
To  ride  Virgil's  pony  in  College. 

The  discussion  was  in  regard  to 
the  law  of  attraction  and  repulsion. 
Professor  —  ' '  Observe,  class,  that 
when  the  prize-fighter  hits  his  op- 
ponent in  the  face,  the  face  hits 
back  with  equal  force.  Yet  the  head 
is  the  more  injured,  since  the  hand 
is  much  harder;  the  fighter  soaks 
his  fists  in  pickle  for  weeks,  to 
make  them  hard. ' ' 

Very  Bright  Junior— "Well,  what 
is  the  matter  with  having  his  oppo- 
nent soak  his  head?" 

Rev.  Dr.  Smith,  of  Evanston,  de- 
livered a  lecture  on  "Our  Unknown 
Neighbors,"  at  Ferry  Hall  on  May 
3rd.  Though  the  threateniugweatli- 
er  prevented  a  large  audience,  it 
did  not  prevent  those  present  from 
enjoying  Dr.  Smith's   development 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


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of  the  character  of  Sandy,  the  typi- 
cal Scotchman,  and  the  many  an- 
ecdotes in  connection. 

Wanted  !  —  A  tennis  outfit  at 
Mitchell  Hall. 

Prof. —"What  is  the  date  of  the 
reign  of  Louis  XIV?" 

Student — "Oh,  he  lived  during 
the  mediaeval  period!" 

A  "seventh  daughter  of  a  seventh 
son"  appeared  to  a  Junior  not  long 
since  and  wanted  to  tell  his  fortune. 
As  his  was  not  big  enough  to  tell, 
he  summoned  Hyde,  laying  the  case 
before  him  thus:  "Eddie,  this  lady 
is  a  palmist — a  prognosticator,  as  it 
were.  Pay  her  twenty-five  cents  and 
learn  the  future  of  the  Prohibition 
party!" 

REMINISCENCES  OF  A  FUTURE  ALUMNUS. 

How  dear  to  this  heart  are  the    rules    of 
our  College. 
When  fond   recollection   presents   them 
to  view ! 
What  restrictions  were  put  on  all 
branches  of  knowledge, 
And  talking,  and  sleeping,  and  exercise 
too! 
The   widespreadiug  law   and   the   profs 
who  stood  by  it; 
The  sections  and  paragraphs  awful   to 
tell; 
The  rage   of  the  students,    who    "never 
would  try  it,"' 
And  e'en  the  poor  mentor  we  drowned 
in  the  well ! 
The  old    soupy    mentor,   the    brazen 

bound  mentor, 
The  moss-covered  mentor  we  drowned 
in  the  well ! 

Dr.    Seely    knows    good     music 
when  he  hears  it.  A  trio  of  College 


boys,  headed  by  a  notorious  Soph, 
went  over  and  serenaded  Ferry  Hall 
one  evening,  singing  everything 
from  "Hole  in  the  Bottom  of  the 
Sea,"  to  the  "Hair  Cut."  The 
faithful  watch  dog  hid  in  the  ravine, 
and  finally  Dr.  S.  came  to  the  res- 
cue and  suggested  from  the  window: 
"Come,  come  boys,  haven't  we  had 
enough?" 

A  Freshman  says  that  the  roses 
in  the  "  '91  "  at  the  Freshman  ex- 
hibition were  "not  made,  but  artifi- 
cial." 

FROM  OUR  VOEAPL'K  DICTIONARY. 

Lepahc:  noun:  a  meeting  of  stu- 
dents presided  over  by  two  profes- 
sors. 

Elur:  noun:  result  of  lack  of 
investigation,  and  what  has  been 
heard  around  town. 

KnulF:  noun:  same  as  zero. 

Rotnem:  noun:  relic  of  the  dark 
ages  recently  unearthed  near  Eake 
Forest,  and  found  to  be  very  poorly 
preserved. 

Reporp:  adjective:  action  of 
young  ladies  in  going  together  to 
prayer  meetings. 

Reporpmi:  adjective:  action  of 
young  ladies  in  going  together  to 
society  meetings. 

Elttat:  noun:  property  of  some 
people  whose  brains  are  smaller 
than  their  mouths. 

Tuesday  evening,  May  i,  the 
Freshmen  class  gave  their  declama- 
tory exhibition  in  the  College  chapel. 
The  Faculty,  as  judges,  selected  five 


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THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


of  the  twelve  speakers  to  represent 
the  class  in  the  contest  of  com- 
mencement week.  Those  chosen 
were  Messrs.  Danforth,  Gallwey, 
and  Dansden,  and  Misses  Phelps 
and  Reid.  Besides  the  speaking, 
which  was  excellent  throughout, 
the  solos  and  the  class  song  written 
by  Mr.  Gallwey  were  all  good.  The 
class  acquitted  itself  nobly  at  its 
first  exhibition,  and  if  the  Sophs 
surpass  them,  they  must  needs  rise 
early.  We  print  the  program  in 
full: 

Piano  Solo,  -  Schuman  Novellette  in  D 
<W.  II.  Humiston.  [Minor. 
A.  I.  Anderson,  -  -  Reply  to  Corry. 
Wm.  E.  Danforth,  The  Demon  of  the  Fire. 
Miss  Florence  S.  Raj'tnond,    -     United  in 

{Death. 
Miss  Mary  A.  Davies — Selection,  -   Jean 

[Ingelow. 

Song, Class  of  91. 

Double  Quartette. 
J.  H.  McVay,        -        -         Galileo  Galilei. 
E.  F.  Dodge,      Massachusetts  and  South 

[Carolina. 

N.  B.  W.  Gallwey,        -        -        -        Idols. 

D.  S.  Lansden,      -       Military  Supremacy 

[Dangerous  to  Liberty. 

Piano  Solo,       ------ 

Miss  Juliet  Runisey. 
Miss  Florence  L.  Phelps,      -       The  Engi- 
neer's Story. 
Miss  Grace  Reid,        -         The  Cry  of  the 

[Children. 
H.  D.  Stearns,      -      Responsibility  to  the 

[Republic. 
A.  M.  Welch,        -  Action. 

Solo,        -         -         -         Out  on  the  Deep. 
N.  B.  W.  Gallwey. 

Upon  invitation  of  Mr.  Aubrey 
Warren,  the  members  and  some  of 
the  many  friends  of  the   Athenaean 


Society  meet  at  his  pleasant  home 
on  Friday  evening,  May  6.  It  was 
an  informal  occasion.  A  short  musi- 
cal and  literary  program  was 
well  received.  After  the  program, 
delectable  refreshments  were  served, 
and  then  dancing,  games,  and  con- 
versation occupied  the  attention  of 
those  present  until  the  company 
separated.  W.  H.  Humiston  added 
materially  to  the  entertainment  by 
presiding  with  his  usual  ability 
at  the  piano.  In  addition  to  the 
members,  the  presence  of  the  follow- 
ing young  ladies  was  noted:  Misses 
Juliet  and  Lucy  Rumsey,  Rose  Far- 
well,  Estelle  Durand,  Harriet  Ma- 
gill,  Hattie  Durand,  Grace  Reid, 
Nellie  and  Florence  Durand,  Sophea 
Rhea,  Grace  Stanley,  Annie  Flack, 
Florence  Phelps,  Jennie  Wilson, 
Julia  Ensign,  Bessie  Sutton,  Ma- 
mie Stanley.  The  reception  was 
highly  enjoyable,  and  was  a  success 
in  every  way. 

A  part  of  the  second  nine  went  to 
Waukegan  April  28,  to  play  the 
nine  there,  and  although  Manches- 
ter did  noble  work  in  the  box,  strik- 
ing out  21  men,  the  score  was  8  to 
6  for  Waukegan. 

The  gentlemen  who  compose  the 
Racine  ball  nine  came  down  and 
played  our  nine  a  practice  game  on 
Saturday,  April  21.  The  day  was 
rather  raw,  and  the  crowd  felt  the 
coolness  especially.  The  visiting 
team  went  to  bat  and  scored  five 
runs  on  three  base  hits  the  first  in- 


THE  L.  F.U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


195 


ning,  before  our  "colt"  battery 
(Scofield  and  Clapp)  got  down  to 
business.  The  first  inning  for  Lake 
Forest  was  a  one-two-three  strike- 
out, all  on  account  of  a  little  up- 
curve  of  Lunt's.  The  next  inning 
gave  Racine  a  run,  but  for  Lake 
Forest  was  a  repetetion  of  the  first 
save  that  Yohe  went  out  on  a  foul. 
In  fact,  Lake  Forest  gained  nothing 
until  the  sixth,  when  base  hits  by 
Scofield  and  O'Neill,  and  errors  by 
Strong  and  Lunt  brought  O'Neill 
and  Wells  across  the  plate.  In  the 
seventh,  Wise  and  O'Neill  each 
made  the  tour  of  the  bases.  Mean- 
time Wickham's  runs  in  the  fourth 
and  seventh,  and  Dearborn's  in  the 
seventh  made  the  score  9  to  4.  In 
the  eighth  Becker  bunted  the  ball 
over  the  right  fielder's  head  for 
two  bases,  and  came  home  on  an 
error  by  Alward,  and  Yohe's  base 
hit.  Yohe  then  clambered  down  to 
second,  and  came  home  on  two  wild 
pitches.  This  ended  the  run-get- 
ting for  both  sides,  and  the  game 
stood  9  to  6  at  its  close. 

Lake  Forest. 

ab  r  i  b  sb  po  a  e 
Wells,  ib  5  1  o  o  13  1  1 
Becker,  rf  4110000 
Scofield,  p  40.101112 
Yohe,  ss  4111231 

Clapp,  c  4002433 

Denise,  cf  4000000 
Wise,  3b  4100421 
O'Neill,  2b42ioi20 
-Stroh,  If         4000200 


Racine. 

ab  R  IB  SB  PO  a  e 
Wickham,  c  5  3  o  4  14  2  , 3 
Lunt,  p  5     1     o     2     1    17     4 

Dearborn,  ib  5  2  2  1600 
Kershaw,  ss  4  1  1  1300 
Alward,  2b  4  1  1  1  1  o  1 
Strong,  3b  4110124 
Gibson,  cf  4011000 
Gilmore,  If  4  o  o  o  1  o  1 
Watson,  rf      4000000 


Total, 


39    9     6     10  27  21   13 


SCORE  BY  INNINGS. 

123456789 

Lake  Forest   00000222  0-6 
Racine  5    1010020  0-9 

Umpire,  C.  S.  Holt.  Time,  two 
hours. 

Space  will  not  allow  a  full  ac- 
count of  our  first  league  game  at 
Evanston,  April  28.  The  Evans- 
tons  put  in  a  patent,  reversable, 
double-back-action  umpire,  contrary 
to  Article  VIII.  of  the  league  con- 
stitution. The  game  was  protested. 
We  give  the  score  below : 

Evanston. 
ab  r  ib  sb  po  a  e 
Moulding,  2b5iooi32 
Walston,  c  5  3  3  1  6  5  1 
Barnes,  cf  5310000 
Ridgway,  ^5330001 
Chapin,  lb  5  2  3  6  15  1  1 
Zeublin,  If  4212300 
Rogers,  3b  4123121 
Haagenson,ss4  o  1  1  1  6  2 
Kirk,  p  4011087 


Total,         37    6     4     3    27  22 


Total,         41    15   15   14  27  25  15 


196 


THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Lake  Forest. 

ab  r  i  b  sb  po  a  e 
Wells,  ib  6  2  1  1  12  o  1 
Becker,  3b  6122110 
Scofield,ss&p5  1  o  3  1  4  3 
Yohe,  p&2b  5  1  o  o  1  10  1 
Parker,  2b  &ss  5  1  1  1020 
Wise,   c  5211832 

O'Neill,   cf      5322103 
Stroh,   If  5131000 

Denise,  rf       5100000 


Total, 


47   13   10  ir   24  20  10 


SCORE  BY  INNINGS. 

1    23456789 

Evanston  20100372  *— 15 
Lake  Forest  23100140  2-13 
Earned  runs — -Evanston  4.  Lake 
Forest  2.  Two-base  hits — Walston, 
Ridgway,  Parker,  Base  on  balls — 
Evanston  1 ;  Lake  Forest  6.  Passed 
balls — Walston  7  ;  Wise  2.  Wild 
pitches — Kirk  1 .  Left  on  bases — 
Evanston  4;  Lake  Forest  7.  Struck 
out — by  Kirk  7  ;  by  Yohe  7 ;  Sco- 
field  5.  Time  of  game — Two  hours. 
Umpire — Noyes. 

Parker  made  a  two-base  hit  at 
Evanston. 

Stroh  led  the  batting  at  Evanston 
— three  base  hits. 

Prof.  Vance  remarked:  "I  did 
say  that  I  would  be  ashamed  of  our 
nineifthey  were  defeated  by  the 
Evanstons,  but  after  seeing  the 
game  I  am  not  ashamed  of  them  in 
the  least. ' ' 

Dr.  Seeley,  who  takes  a  great  in- 
terest in  base  ball,  attended  the  Ev- 


anston game,  and  was  heard  to  s&y 
after  it:  " I  have  attended  a  great 
many  ball  games,  but  never  one 
where  there  was  such  abominable 
umpiring  as  that." 


FERRY  HALL. 


Work  on  the  new  building  is  now 
well  under  way. 

Miss  Liunie  Fernald  lately  made 
us  a  short  visit. 

Miss  Anna  Kela  is  pursuing  a 
course  of  study  at  Ferry  Hall. 

Miss  Gertrude  Greenlee  spent  a 
few  days  with  us. 

Miss  Magill  who  has  been  quite 
ill  for  a  few  days  is  convalescent. 

The  Chorus  Class  under  charge 
of  Prof.  De  Prosse  now  meets  Mon- 
day evenings. 

A  horse  answering  to  the  des- 
cription of  Burr  Dick  has  been  seen 
straying  about  our  premises. 

Misses  Luella  and  Mayme  Camp 
attended  a  wedding  at  their  home 
last  week. 

Three  new  tennis  courts  and 
other  enjoyable  games  add  to  the 
pleasures  of  spring. 

Miss  Lyman  and  Miss  Conger 
spent  last  Sunday  in  Chicago  at  the 
home  of  the  former. 

The  officers  of  the  Jean  Ingelow 
Society  for  the  spring  term  are: 
President,    Miss   Marquita  Corwiu; 


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197 


Vice-President,  Helen  Lyman;  Se- 
cretary, Miss  Jessie  Rood;  Treasur- 
er, Miss  L,ena  Snell;  Sergeant-at- 
Arms,  Miss  Gertrude  Ellis. 

Notice  ! — All  persons  knowing 
themselves  indebted  to  me  will 
please  call  and  settle  at   once. 

— B.  M. 

Miss  Cora  Munson  left  us  this 
week.  She  will  spend  the  next  few 
months  in  travel.  Her  many  friends 
here  wish  her  a  delightful  trip. 

Prof.  Grey  of  Highland  Park  be- 
gins a  series  of  lectures  here  in 
May.  This  course  promises  much 
pleasure  and  profit. 

Miss  Adelaide  Muhlke,  one  of 
our  former  students,  sails  soon  for 
Europe  where  she  expects  to  spend 
the  coming  two  years. 

Miss  Nellie  Mitchell  who  has 
been  absent  for  several  weeks  on 
account  of  illness  is  now  with  us 
again. 

One  Sunday  morning  Dr.  Seeley 
was  very  pleasantly  surprised  on  go- 
ing to  his  office  to  find  the  desk 
covered  with  roses;  a  gift  from  his 
-Sophomore  class. 

Sophomore  Craze  ! — Another  of 
the  Sophs,  not  willing  to  be  outdone 
by  her  schoolmates,  celebrated  her 
eighteenth  birthday  and  now  wears 
a  diamond  equal  to  the  one  spoken 
of  in  the  last  number. 

Miss  Gertrude  Ketcham,  who,  on 
account  of  poor  health,  has  not  been 
able  to  return  this  term,  spent  part 


of  last  week  with  us.  She  hopes  to 
be  able  to  resume  her  studies  within 
two  weeks. 


THE  ACADEMY. 


At  ten  o'clock 
Put  me  me  in  my  little  bed! 

At  ten  o'clock 
Pillow  soft  my  curly  head! 

At  ten  o'clock 
Blow  out  my  little  glim! 

At  ten  o'clock 
Fall  shadows  soft  and  dim ! 

You  had  better  learn    that   little 
stanza  John  E- 

"How  sweet  the    moonlight   sleeps 

upon  this  bank! 
Here  will  we  sit,  and  let  the  sounds 

of  music 
Creep  in  our  ears;  soft  stillness  and 

the  night 
Become  touches  of  sweet  harmony. 

Sity£\5\sica!" 

At  the  last  meeting   the   literary 
societies  of  the  Academy  elected  the 
following   officers    for   the   present 
term: 
Tri  Kappa. 

President,  Robt.  C.  Burchell. 

Vice  President,  W.  D.  McNary. 

Secretary,  N.  H.  Burdick. 

Tueasurer,  G.  S.  Gooding. 

Sergeant- at- Arms,  M.  Scudder. 
Gamma  Sigma. 

President,  C.  H.  Phillips. 

Vice  President,  G.  W.  Nichols. 

Secretary,  C.  G.  Macklin. 

Treasurer,  R.  H,  Crozier. 


THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


The  societies  have  their  exercises 
every  three  weeks  and  cordially 
invite  their  friends  to  attend  when- 
ever it  is  convenient, 

Antiquated  Junior  (College)  to 
Prof. — "Is  there  any  place  where 
absolute  cold  exists?" 

Prof  — "Never  mind  Mr.  B.  you'll 
never  find  it." 

There  is  one  advantage  to  be 
gained  in  L,ake  Forest  Academy 
which  is  rarely  attainable  in  any 
other  school,  and  that  is  the  issuing 
of  pass  cards  for  each  individual 
study  when  finished.  These  cards 
are  of  great  value  as  they  are  a  cor- 
rect record  of  all  work  done. 
They  are  also  a  secondary  diploma 
and  will  be  accepted  at  their  face 
value  in  other  schools  if  a  pupil 
should  chance  to  change. 

One  evening  last  week,  a  few  of 
the  Academ3^  boys  thought  they 
would  like  to  take  a  walk;  so  in  the 
course  of  events  seven  boys  slipped 
out  one  by  one  and  met  on  the 
banks  of  our  beautiful  ravine.  They 
wandered  about  enjoying  the  works 
of  nature  until  they  came  to  the 
public  park  that  stretches  away  in 
the  distance  by  the  side  of  the  rail- 
road track.  "Come,"  said  Bonus 
the  orator,  "let  us  be  seated  on  this 
beautiful  fence,  while  I  expound 
the  doctrine  of  Watt  and  Aristotle 
concerning  the  stars.  Look!  there 
in  the  south  is  the  star  of  the  north 
which  guided  the  ancients — "  "L,et 


us  go  down  to  the  church  bridge," 
said  one  interrupting  the  speech. 
"Agreed,"  said  the  others.  No 
sooner  were  they  nicely  settled  in 
their  new  position,  than  a  light 
buggy  rapid^  advanced,  and  as  it 
came  up  they  saw  it  contained — the 
principal !  He  noted  the  smiling  (?) 
countenances  on  the  bridge  and  then 
remarked  "strange,  very  strange." 
"B — bo — boys  we  had  better  va — 
vamouse,"  said  Bonus,  "and  take  a 
run  for  the  'Cad."  "I'll  be  walked 
on,"  said  W.  Duncan,  as  he  disa- 
peared  in  the  foliage.  "Do  you  sup- 
pose I  can  get  in  through  the  win- 
dow," said  Whale  looking  at  his 
diminutive  person,  "had  to  come 
out  through  the  double  doors,"  he 
mused.  Fifteen  minutes  iater  and 
the  gay  (?)  party  was  lurking  in  the 
shadows  of  the 'Cad.  Then  caa^ 
a  moment  of  suspense.  Some  got 
in  the  'Cad  and  some  didn't.  The 
"some  didn't"  stayed  out  doors  all 
night,  and  one  slept  in  the  reception 
room  on  the  Pine  floor. 


Alumni  md  Personal. 


'79.  Those  who  watch  for  evan- 
gelistic news  will  have  seen  fre- 
quent mention  of  Rev.  B.  Fay  Mills. 
He  is  at  present  in  Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

'So.  Rev.  W.  O,  Forbes  is  hard 
at  work  as  pastor  of  his  church    at 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


199 


Albina,  Oregon.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Forbes  "rejoice  over  the  arrival  of 
their  second  little  girl. ' ' 

'83..  K.  J.  L,.  Rossis  at  present 
engaged  in  the  insurance  business 
in  Portland,  Oregon.  He  was  re- 
cently elected  ruling  elder  in  the 
Calvary  Presbyterian  church  of  that 
place.  In  June  he  goes  to  Spokane 
Falls,  Washington  Territory,  as 
cashier  of  a  savings  bank.  He  has 
been  active  and  useful  in  Y.  M.  C. 
A.  work. 

'S3.  Rev.  J.  W.  Millar  delivered 
an  address  on  "Early  Mediaeval 
Missions,"  before  the  Presbytery  of 
Bloomington,  at  its  spring  meeting. 

'84.  The  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Peoria,  of  which  Rev.  N. 
D.  Hillis  is  pastor,  is  about  to  erect 
a  new  church  building.  The  new 
house  will  be  large  and  handsome, 
and  will  occupy  a  good  location.  It 
will  be  built  0/  brick  upon  a  stone 
foundation,  with  stone  trimmings, 
slate  roof,  and  stained  glass  win- 
dows. The  total  seating  capacity 
will  be  six  hundred  and  seventy-six, 
and  the  cost  of  the  building  will  be 
forty  thousand  dollars.  A  son  has 
been  lately  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hillis.  While  driving  a  few  weeks 
ago,  Mr.  Hillis  was  thrown  from 
his  carriage,  receiving  a  broken  leg 
and  being  severely  bruised. 

'86.  B.  D.  Holter  will  preach 
during  the  summer  at  Georgetown, 
Delaware.       Mr.    Holter    and    Mr. 


Thompson  take  exercise  and  recre- 
ation on  bicycles. 

'86.  W.  E.  Bates  has  had  his 
land  claim  contested,  but  has  esta- 
blished his  own  right.  He  may  go 
to  Princeton  Seminary  next  fall. 

'87.  The  address  of  G.  D.  Heu- 
ver  for  the  summer  is  Ionia,  Mich. 

Rev.  E.  P.  Hill  has  accepted  a 
call  to  the  Reunion  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Chicago. 

J.  W.  Doughty  ma}'  enter  the 
Sabbath  School  Mission  work  for 
the  summer  in  northern  Michigan. 

C.  E.  McGinnis  will  do  Sabbath 
School  Mission  work  during  the 
summer  in  the  Presbytery  of  Em- 
poria, Kas. 

Dr.Seeley,  principal  at  Ferry  Hall, 
has  issued  a  book  with  the  title, 
"Grube's  method  of  Teaching 
Arithmetic."  It  is  an  exposition 
of  Grube's  theory  with  illustrations 
of  the  method  of  teaching  number 
in  accordance  with  it.  The  princi- 
ple upon  which  the  work  is  founded 
is  that  all  mathematical  knowledge 
is  based  upon  immediate  observa- 
tion, and  therefore  must  pro- 
ceed from  the  concrete  to  the  gen- 
eral or  abstract  by  means  of  innum- 
erable examples.  In  view  of  this 
the  teaching  of  arithmetic  is  made 
to  correspond  and  keep  pace  with 
the  capacity  and  growth  of  the 
child. 


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THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


MRS.  WILLIAMS 

RESTAURANT 

^^>tdd  33-a.:e2::e:e2.-2-- 

MEALS  AT  ALL  HOURS. 

Pies,  Cakes,  Ice  Cream,  etc.   Suppers  pre- 
pared to  order  for  special  occasions. 

Deerpath  Av.,  half  block  west  of  R.  R. 
A.  C.  WENBAN 

LIWERY  STABLE 

SINGLE  AND  DOUBLE  RIGS 
With  or  without  driver. 

BAGGAGE  AND  FURNITURE   HANDLED   WITH 
DISPATCH  AND  CARE. 

Deerpath  Av.,  one  block  west  ofR.R. 


C.  C.  PARKER, 

HAIR-CUTTING,  SHAMPOOING, 
ETC. 

Just  west  of  Railroad. 


F.  N.  PRATT, 
LAKE   FOREST,     ILLINOIS, 

REAL  ESTATE  and 
INSURANCE  AGENT. 

FIRE  POLICIES  WRITTEN   IN 

FIRST-CLASS  COMPANIES. 


(6, 


v6) 


HERBERT  H.  FISH. 

JOB  •  PRINTeR 

ROOMS   9  and  10    ACADEMY  HALL. 

LAKE  FOREST,  ILL. 


'We  make  a  specialty  of  Programmes,  Cards,  Tickets,  Bills, 
Letter  Heads,  Note  Heads,  Circulars,  Pamphlets,  etc.,  etc.,  etc. 
Good  work,  Popular  prices.  [The  Stentor  is  a  specimen    of    our 

work.]         Orders  by  mail  promptly  attended  to.     Box  33. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


Vol.  1. 


MAY,  1S8S. 


No.  9. 


THE  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  THE  LAKE  SCHOOL. 


The  picturesque  beauty  of  north- 
western England  is  due  to  the  num- 
erous lakes  cradled  among  its  hills. 
The  most  important  of  these,  Lake 
Windermere,  is  dotted  with  many 
islands  remarkable  for  their  soft, 
rich  beauty,  but  its  wooded  shores 
are  utterly  devoid  of  that  wildness 
and  sublimity  which  characterize 
most  of  the  other  lakes,  except  at 
its  north  end,  where  rise  high  moun- 
tain peaks. 

The  eastern  and  western  banks 
are  bounded  by  gentle  eminences 
luxuriantly  wooded,  and  the  villas 
and  cottages  peeping  out  from 
among  the  trees  give  a  homelike  as- 
pect to  the  scene. 

Of  LakeGrasmere,  situated  near, 
Mrs.  Hemans  writes: 
"Oh  vale  and  lake  within  your  mountain 

urn, 
Smiling  so  tranquilly  and  set  so  deep, 
Oft  doth  your  dreamy  loveliness  return, 
Coloring  the  tender  shadows  of  my  sleep 
With  light  Elysian;    lor    the    lines    that 
steep 


Your  shores  in  melting  lustre  seem  to 
float 

On  golden  clouds,  from  spirit  lands  re- 
mote, 

Isles  of  the  blest,  and  in  our  memory  keep 

Their  place  with   holiest    harmonies." 

Near  these  lakes,  in  a  country 
made  charming  by  the  presence  of 
numerous  other  lakes  of  similar 
beauty,  lived  Wordsworth,  the  rep- 
resentative of  the  Lake  School.  He 
was  born  at  Cockermouth  in  1770; 
was  graduated  at  Cambridge  in 
1 79 1,  and  practically  began  his  lit; 
erary  career  in  1799. 

Wordsworth  is  among  the  most 
voluminous  of  English  poets,  and 
few  of  them  have  more  decided  char- 
acteristics. He  adopted  a  new  theory 
of  poetry  and  in  his  works  gave  it  ex- 
treme illustration,  although  at  first 
he  suffered  the  harshest  criticism. 
Unjustly  by  some,  has  he  been 
looked  upon  as  founding  a  new 
school  of  poetry,  and  giving  birth 
to  a  new  era.  But  as  Bascom  says: 
"Though  not  the   first,    he  is   the 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


highest  and  most  central  summit  in 
the  mountain  range  skirting  the 
new  realm  of  poetry,  and  stands 
disclosed,  quiet,  serene,  eternal,  in 
the  clear  transforming  light  of  an 
earnest,  reflective  imagination." 

According  to  the  principles  of  the 
school,  he  wrote  with  a  view  of 
violating  and  condemning  as 
far  as  possible  the  diction  of 
the  eighteenth  century,  in  fact  he 
took  as  much  pains  to  avoid  the 
diction  as  others  did  to  produce  it. 
"For, "  he  argued,  "the  poet  thinks 
and  feels  in  the  spirit  of  human  pas- 
sions, and  differs  from  other  men 
only  in  the  fact  that  he  thinks  and 
feels  more  rapidly  without  any  im- 
mediate external  excitement,  and 
has  a  greater  power  of  expressing 
the  thoughts  and  feelings  produced 
in  him  in  that  manner.  His  paint- 
ings of  men  and  of  nature  must  show 
deep  perception  of  truth,  and  to  do 
this  fully  they  must  be  true  to  life 
and  speak  a  common  language." 

Accordingly,  the  first  canon  of 
Wordsworth's  poetry  is  simplicity; 
his  second,  fiat  poet'c  diction  is,  or 
ought  to  be,  the  same  as  that  of 
prose.  The  latter  principle  he  mod- 
ified as  his  views  expanded. 

At  first  the  social  and  political 
forces  were  as  keenly  felt  by  Words- 
worth as  the  poetical  ones,  though 
his  own  strong  will  and  the  influence 
of  a  beloved  sister  enabled  him  to 
temper  them  to  moderation.  Hewas 
a  meditative  and  reflective  poet.  He 
loved  to  present  the  emotional  force 


of  the  world,  and  his  spiritual  na- 
ture is  admirably  displayed  in  an 
extract  from  his  "Ode  to  Immortal- 
ity." 

'"Our  birth  is  but  a  sleep  and  a  forgetting; 
The  soul  that  rises  with  ns,  our  life's 

star, 
Hath  elsewhere  its  setting 
And  eometh  from  afar; 
Not  in  utter  nakedness, 
But  trailing  clouds  of  glory  do  we  crime 
From  God  who  is  our  home." 

Wordsworth  is  especially  un- 
dramatic,  for  it  is  not  the  surface 
play  of  events  that  occupies  him, 
but  the  secret  nature  of  the  soul. 
He  above  all  others  calls  for  a  sym- 
pathy of  his  readers  with  himself, 
and  such  are  the  characteristics  of 
his  poetry  that  the  reader  can  readily 
respond  to  the  call. 

Throughout  his  works  there  is  an 
austere  purity  of  language  both 
grammatically  and  logically.  A  per- 
fect appropriateness  of  words  to 
meaning;  the  thoughts  are  derived 
not  from  books,  but  from  the  poet's 
own  meditative  observation;  there 
is  great  strength  and  originality 
shown  in  single  lines  and  para- 
graphs; there  is  a  perfect  truth  of 
nature  in  his  images  and  descrip- 
tions; a  meditative  pathos,  a  sym- 
pathy for  man  as  man  permeates 
his  works,  and  says  Coleridge,  "I 
challenge  for  this  poet,  the  gift  of 
imagination — imagination  in  the 
highest  sense  of  the  word." 

Such  were  the  characteristics  of 
Wordsworth's  poetry  created  in  a 
country  where  the  silent  poetry    of 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


nature  gave  inspiration  to  the  writer; 
a  poetry  created  by  one  whose  indi- 
vidual characteristics  were  such  as 
to  enable  him  to  bring  forward  only 
pure,  noble,  and  elevating  thoughts, 
and  whose  aim  was  to  present  these 
thoughts  simply  with  clearness  and 
force. 

Can  it  be    doubted  that    the    in- 


fluence of  such  poetry  has  been  ex- 
tensive? Ah  no!  The  writings  of 
Wordsworth  and  his  school  have 
had  an  influence  on  the  poetry  of 
the  age  which  has  been  beneficial 
as  well  as  extensive,  for  they  have, 
more  than  any  others,  tended  to 
spiritualize  modern  imagination. 

Mary  L.  Phelps,  '89. 


THE  FUTURE  OF  OUR  INDUSTRIAL  SYSTEM. 


It  is  as  true  of  economics  as 
of  geology,  that  there  are  no  dis- 
tinct dividing  lines,  so  that  we  can 
say,  "here  ends  one  epoch  and  this 
next  year  a  new  one  commences." 
The  growth  from  the  time  when 
each  family  produced  and  manufac- 
tured all  that  it  needed,  to  the  pre- 
sent, when  the  division  has  been 
carried  so  far  that  one  man  forms 
the  seventh  part  of  a  pin,  has  been 
a  gradual  development.  Yet  in 
this  line  of  progress  we  can  point  to 
periods  when  one  feature  of  the  sys- 
tem has  been  prominent. 

During  the  centuries  before  steam 
was  introduced,  the  workmen  under 
the  training  of  the  guilds,  developed 
the  industries  as  far  as  they  could 
be  carried  without  the  aid  of  some 
power.  When  this  agent  was  in- 
troduced manufactures  took  a  long 
stride  forward.  England,  from  her 
position  and  resources,  naturally 
took  the  lead  in  the  production  and, 
for  a  time,  supplied  the  world  with 


nearly  all  that  it  needed.  This  was 
the  last  epoch  which  to-day  we  be- 
lieve we  are  leaving  behind  us.  The 
reason  for  this  is  very  plain;  other 
countries  began  to  manufacture,  and 
now  it  results  that  England  no  lon- 
ger has  a  monopoly.  In  fact  it  has 
been  suggested  that  the  time  is 
coming  when  each  nation  shall  do 
its  own  producing  and  its  own  con- 
suming. This  is  the  view  of  Prince 
Krapotkin;  let  us  see  whether  this 
can  come  about. 

France,  Germany,  Russia,  Aus- 
tria, Italy,  India,  and  the  United 
States  formerhy  drew  the  larger  part 
of  their  manufactured  goods  from 
England;  still  there  was  some  pro- 
ducing going  on  in  other  places. 
France  monopolized  the  silk  pro- 
duction; England  the  cotton  and 
iron  industries;  Belgium  and  Hol- 
land, together  with  England,  man- 
ufactured woolen  goods  for  the 
world,  while  for  watches  we  went 
to  Switzerland;  but  what  is  the  con- 


204 

dition  of  affairs  now  ? 

The  silk  industry  of  southern 
France  is  killed,  and  those  who  for- 
merly made  their  living  by  this 
means  are  now  supported  by  the 
government.  Russian  manufactures 
in  1 86 1  were  valued  at  ,£36,000,000, 
In  1 88 1  the  output  reached  1,300 
millions  and  in  1884  the  total  was 
1,556  millions.  This  was  almost 
a  dead  loss  to  England,  bringing 
about  the  result  that  in  the  last 
ten  years  her  manufactures  have 
fallen  off  one-fourth  of  their  entire 
value!  Russia  now  imports  only 
one-fifth  of  the  entire  amount  of 
manufactured  goods  which  she  con- 
sumes, and  in  a  few  years  she  will 
produce  all  she  needs  and  yet  be  an 
agricultural  nation.  Germany  and 
France  are  fast  following  along  the 
same  line,  while  even  India,  which 
used  to  take  one-third  of  all  cotton 
goods    which    England    exported, 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


stricted  markets  together  with  a 
widespread  diminution  in  our  ex- 
ports such  as  has  not  occurred  dur- 
ing the  last  half  century."  "Our 
customers  have  either  become  poorer 
or  buy  in  other  markets."  While 
our  author  sums  up  with  the  words: 
"It  is  evident  that  we  are  suffering 
in  an  exceptional  manner;  it  is  due 
to  causes  not  acting  on  former  oc- 
casions and  the  agencies  that  helped 
us  before,  do  not  act  now."  He  is 
correct:  other  nations  are  beginning 
to  produce,  and  there  is  not  such  a 
demand  for  her  goods — as  Prince 
Krapotkin  puts  it:  "Decentraliza- 
tion has  set  in."  No  one  nation  is 
hereafter  to  do  all  the  producing. 
yet  we  hesitate  when  he  goes  on  to 
say  that  the  time  is  coming  when 
every  country  will  manufacture  all 
she  needs. 

England  with  her  thirty  millions 
raises  two-thirds    of  all  the   errain 


now  produces  them  to  the  value    of     she  consume-,  and   it    is   estimated 


,£3,500,000  besides  having  under- 
mined the  jute  trade  of  Scotland. 

Thus  it  is  evident  that  the  time 
when  one  country  supplied  the 
world  is  passing  away. 

But  what  will  England  do  when 
her  outlets  are  gone  ?  Her  home 
markets  are  overstocked,  her  foreign 
markets  are  escaping,  while  in  neu- 
tral markets  Britain  is  undersold. 
A  most  disastrous  showing.  Her 
economists  realize  the  situation  as 
is  shown  by  such  expressions  as 
these:  "There  is  a  universal  com- 
plaint of  diminished  profits  and   re- 


that  with  proper  cultivation  she 
could  feed  all  her  people,  if  there 
be  no  increase.  But  this  is  not  all 
that  is  necessary.  England  wants 
cotton  goods  for  clothing,  and  she 
cannot  raise  the  cotton;  she  wants 
iron  for  her  manufactures  and  she 
must  draw  this  from  Sweden;  she 
needs  sugar,  but  if  she  attempts  to 
produce  this  she  must  take  land 
from  her  grain  fields  and  this 
means  that  she  must  import  grain. 

She  can  not  get  on  alone;  no 
country  can  be  entirely  self-support- 
ing.    England  must  have  the   pro- 


THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


duce  of  other  conntries  and  to  ob- 
tain this  she  must  manufacture, 
above  hsr  own  wants,  enough  to 
exchange  for  these  commodities. 
Thus  no  nation  can  ever  get  on 
alone,  yet  year  by  year  less  and  less 
will  be  imported  and  more  and 
more  produced  at  home.  Because 
we  furnish  a  market  for  nearly  all 
we  produce,  and  produce  nearly  all 
we  need,  is  the  reason  that  we  feel 
less  than  England  the  industrial 
depression  which  is  general. 

The  trade  of  Britain    will    never 
reach  its  former  proportions.   Home 


production  for  home  consumption 
shall  be  the  law  of  our  industrial 
system  in  the  future. 

The  nearer  we  approach  to  this 
standard  the  less  we  shall  be  de- 
pendent upon  other  nations  and 
the  less  shall  we  be  subject  to  trade 
depression. 

Each  country  will  manufacture 
only  that  in  the  production  of  which 
she  excels,  the  rest  of  the  world  us- 
ing her  own  raw  material  and  im- 
porting that  only  which  she  can  not 
produce.  This  will  be  the  future 
of  our  industrial  system. 

S.  A.  Benedict,  'S3. 


BLARNEY  CASTLE. 


Have  veil  ever  kissed  the  Blar- 
ney stone  ?  This  is  the  question 
generally  asked  by  every  Irishmen 
of  those  who  have  visited  the  Em- 
erald Isle.  It  is  no  easy  task  as 
some  well  know.  In  order  to  reach 
the  magic  stone  one  must  be  held 
by  the  legs  and  feet  down  over  the 
outside  of  a  wall  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet  high.  The  process  is 
attended  by  some  uncertainty  and 
peril,  but  can  be  done  as  many  will 
readily  testify. 

Five  miles  out  of  Cork  by  jaunt- 
ing car  takes  one  to  old  Blarney 
Castle,  a  relic  of  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury, a  massive  stone  tower  with 
winding  stairs,  underground  pas- 
sage and  all  the  other  inconven- 
iences that  must  have  made  these 
dwellings  the  dispair  of  ancient 
housekeepers.     Cromwell  besieged 


and  captured  this  castle  years  ago, 
and  now  it  is  fenced  in  by  barb  wire 
to  keep  the  tourists  out. 

Lord  Blarney,  or  some  one  else, 
makes  a  six-pence  out  of  every  vis- 
itor, but  the  sweet  Irish  view  from 
the  old  tower  is  well  worth  the 
money.  About  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
away  is  the  lovely  little  lake  of 
Blarney.  Those  who  are  so  unfor- 
tunate as  to  be  dropped  in  a  wild 
attempt  to  kiss  the  stone  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  feet  above  the 
ground  are  kindly  cared  for  at  an 
extensive  hydropathic  establish- 
ment two  miles  away.  This  is  a 
popular  and  elaborately  equipped 
healing  place,  and  the  driver  of  the 
car  confides  the  interesting  fact  that 
more  matches  are  made  there  than 
in  Heaven. 

N.  B.  W.   G. 


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Editorial. 


The  seniors  in  elective  Biology  un- 
der Prof.  Locy  are  enjoying  their 
work  very  much.  We  have  heard 
it  said  by  thote  \\l:o  knew,  that 
"Prof.  Locy  is  a  brick." 

We  understand  that  some  of  the 
town  people  were  offended  at  one 
of  the  editorials  in  our  last  issue. 
Perhaps  we  were  too  severe,  too 
plain  spoken,  but  we  only  said  what 


we  thought,  and  you  will  surely 
grant  us  that  privilege.  We  may 
be  wrong;  indeed  we  would  be 
very  glad  to  find  our  thoughts  and 
impressions  in  this  regard  are  mere- 
ly the  results  of  our  own  imagina- 
tion. If  we  have  misjudged  you, 
we  humbly  beg  your  pardon.  But 
since  we  spoke  from  five  years  of 
personal  experience  and  careful  ob- 
servation ;  since  we  but  mildly 
voiced  the  feelings  of  all  the  stu- 
dents who  attended  the  College 
during  that  time  ;  since  we  but  this 
term  have  had  the  criticisms  of  the 
"town  people"  hurled  at  us  from 
the  official  chair,  and  but  yesterday 
heard  of  shamefully  untrue  reports 
circulating  through  the  town  about 
the  doings  of  the  Mitchellites;  and 
since  we  all  claim  to  be  ladies  and 
gentlemen,  and  do  act  in  accord- 
ance with  our  claim  as  much  as 
in  us  lies,  we  think  our  judg- 
ment has  a  pretty  firm  foundation. 
It  is  well,  sometimes,  to  say  just 
what  we  think,  for  we  then  give 
others  an  opportunity  to  show  us 
that  we  think  wrongly  of  them  and 
their  motives.  Nov-  please  show 
us. 

Lake  Forest  is  indeed  a  pictur- 
esque little  village.  Its  natural 
ravines  varying-  in  breadth  and 
depth  and  running  in  all  directions; 
its  artistic  and  well-kept  gardens;  its 
handsome  and  inviting  dwellings; - 
its  winding,  everchanging,  inter- 
laced streets;  its  beautiful  lawns  and 


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primeval  trees,  all  are  virtues  which 
Lake  Foresters  can  rightfully  aud 
proudly  boast  belong  to  their  vil- 
lage, and  theirs  only.  But — would 
we  could  we  leave  out  these  bids — it 
is  marred  by  one  bad  feature,  it  is 
disgraced  by  its  miserable  sidewalks, 
—  its  spike-protruding,  loose- 
planked,  toe-stubbing,  sun  mersault 
causing,  serenity-breaking  side- 
walks. The  roads  are  far  more  even 
andfeafe.  It  is  not  ourselves  but 
our  bruises  and  gaping  wounds  that 
cry  out  for  new  sidewalks. 

Paul  Hull's  description  of  this 
village  in  the  Morning  News  of 
May  14,  only  does  it  justice  and 
n  Jthing  more,  notwithstanding  a 
back-woodsman,  a  stranger  to  the 
name  and  real  existence  of  the  village 
would  feel  inclined  to  call  it  a  just 
and  beautiful  description  of  an 
Eden  where  live  many  Adams  and 
beautiful  Eves.  But  in  his  cut  and 
description  of  the  College,  Paul  left 
ont  one  of  the  most  conspicuous 
features  of  our  campus.  He  utterly 
ignored  our  "co-educational"  side- 
walk that  stretches  entirely  across 
the  College  grounds.  He  lost  a 
splendid  opportunity  for  drawing  a 
beautiful  and  pregnant  figure;  a  sig- 
nificant analogy  between  the 
"straight  and  narrow  way  that  leads 
to  life  eternal"  and  the  narrow,  two- 
planked,  tight-roped  sidewalk  that 
leads  to  soiled  shoes,  sprained  an- 
kles and  bad  words.  Our  College 
has  lately  taken  a  boom.  Big  men 
are  beginning  to  take  notice  of  and 
visit  it,  and  next  commencement  we 


expect  the  village  will  be  filled  with 
Chicago's  great  men.  Now  as  some 
of  these  men  are  as  big  corporally 
as  they  are  "reputationally,"  how 
are  they  ever  to  walk,  much  less 
pass,  on  our  College  sidewalk? 

The  town  has  bad  sidewalks  but 
the  College  has  worse  ones.  Beware, 
dear  friends,  for  "by  their  walks  ye 
shall  know  them. ' ' 

Almost  everyone  ,  can  remember 
how,  in  the  days  of  his  attendance 
at  the  common  schools,  there  used 
to  be  a  feeling  of  antagonism 
between  teacher  and  pupils,  as  if 
they  were  natural^  each  others 
enemies.  Their  relation  seemed  to 
be  one  of  constant  and  more  or  less 
open  strife  to  gain  the  advantage  of 
each  other.  Such  a  state  of  affairs 
if  entirely  unavoidable  would  not 
be  thought  to  exist  above  the  lower 
grade  of  schools,  but  unfortunately 
it  appears  sometimes  as  if  the  status 
were  the  same  in  college;  as  if  the 
faculty  and  students  thought  them- 
selves necessarily  hostile  to  each 
other.  This  opposition  and  mutual 
distrust  exists,  we  feel  sure, 
because  neither  party  under- 
stands sufficiently  well  the  true  po- 
sition of  the  other  or  the  motives 
which  actuate  it.  That  this  liabili- 
ty to  error  and  consequent  conflict 
may  be  removed,  itis  necessary  that 
faculty  and  students  be  brought 
into  closer  relations,  coming  thereby 
to  know  better  each  other's  feelings 
and  opinions  on  all  matters  of  im- 
port in  the  management  of  the  col- 


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lege.  In  the  different  colleges  suf- 
ficiently progressive  to  try  to  pro- 
duce this  effect,  many  plans  have 
been  adopted.  There  is  one  we 
should  like  to  suggest  for  our  own 
college,  as  an  experiment  at  least, 
and  that  is  that  there  be  a  representa- 
tion of  the  students  at  the  faculty 
meetings  to  take  part  in  their  delib- 
erations as  a  consulting  body  if  not 
to  vote.  A  committee  of  this  kind, 
consisting  of  one  or  more  of  the 
most  mature  and  judicious  of  the 
students,  could  exercise  a  wonder- 
ful power  in  harmonizing  those 
forces  which  even  in  the  best  regu- 
lated colleges  sometimess  cause  an 
unpleasant  friction.  Knowing  by 
this  means  each  other's  sentiments 
and  their  causes,  both  faculty  and 
students  could  work  more  intelli- 
gently. This  having  to  work  under 
a  system  of  management  and  dis- 
cipline iii  which  we  have  no  voice 
is  essentially  the  same  as  the  old 
principle  of  "taxation  without  rep- 
resentation" which  we  supposed 
was  thrown  aside  a  century  and 
more  ago. 

With  representation  of  the  stu- 
dents at  Faculty  meetings  there 
should  also  be  an  organization  of 
the  students  themselves.  The  rep- 
resentative committee  in  our  scheme 
should  be  elected  by,  and  report  to, 
a  kind  of  general  association  of  the 
students,  who  by  being  thus  organ- 
ized could  better  co-operate  with 
the  Faculty  and  also  attend  to  those 


interests  which  are  not  of  such  im- 
portance as  to  come  under  Faculty 
control.  Such  a  body  might  well 
be  composed  of  all  students  who 
would  pay  annual  dues  of  an 
amount  sufficient  to  cover  their 
share  of  expenses  for  college  athle- 
tics, subscription  to  this  paper,  and 
expenses  for  such  other  affairs'  of 
general  interest  to  the  College  as 
may  arise.  So  this  body  would  take 
the  place  of  all  athletic  associations, 
paper  associations,  oratorical  asso- 
ciations, etc.,  etc.,  and  would  have 
complete  control  over  those  various 
enterprises.  Standing  committees 
could  be  elected  each  year  to  have 
the  immediate  direction  of  these 
things,  as,  an  editorial  committee 
to  edit  and  publish  the  paper,  one  or 
more  to  manage  the  athletic  inter- 
ests of  the  College,  one  also  for  law 
and  order,  for  not  the  least  import- 
ant function  of  an  association  like 
the  one  in  view  would  be  to  dis- 
pose of  some  of  the  nuisances  which 
render  life  a  burden  in  the  dormi- 
tories, especially  during  the  winter 
term.  We  believe  that  an  associa- 
tion of  this  nature  would  also  be 
beneficial  in  another  way:  it  would 
give  the  students  practice  in  the  ad- 
ministration of  affairs  in  a  wider 
field  than  the  literary  societies.  We 
have  noticed  that  the  students  of 
some  colleges  have  for  the  sake  of 
this  very  practice  combined  their 
literary  societies  or  united  them  oc- 
casional)}' on  the  "Senate"  plan. 
We  are  not  in  favor   of    combining 


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209 


our  societies,  but  we  think  it  would 
be  an  advantage  to  have  all  stu- 
dents come  together  in  this  way  in 
regular  business  meetings  at  times 
as  definitely  fixed  as  of  the  society 
meetings. 


Contributors' 

Department. 


STUDENTS  vs.  PROFESSORS. 


Occasionally  in  college  circles  the 
question  is  asked,  "How  far  has  a 
student  a  right  to  form  and  express 
opinions  with  regard  to  a  professor?" 
It  is  undeniable  that  with  the  more 
conservative  element  in  the  "profes- 
sorial" ranks,  the  free  expression  of 
such  opinions  is  distasteful.  The 
old  theory  was  that  the  student,  so 
long  as  he  was  a  student  was  in 
bonds  and  subject.  Consequently 
any  expression  of  adverse  opinion 
with  regard  to  those  in  power  was 
frowned  upon.  But  is  not  the  time 
for  this  gone  by?  The  college  men 
of  to-day  are,  when  they  leave  the 
senior  class,  very  much  the  same 
men  they  will  continue  through 
life.  If  they  will  ever  be  able  to 
estimate  character,  some  of  that 
power  is  present  in  the  student. 
Besides  the  circumstances  of  a  stu- 
dent gives  exceptional  opportuni- 
ties for  judging  of  personal  charac- 
ter.    If  the  professor  is  in  some  re- 


spects peculiar,  there  is  no  one  so 
quick  to  appreciate  that  fact  as  the 
student  to  whom  that  peculiarity  is 
daily  displayed.  If  the  professor  is 
at  heart  a  gentleman,  and  in  his 
conduct  toward  students  kind  and 
considerate,  nowhere  will  his  pos- 
sible eccentricities  be  more  gently 
dealt  with  than  among  students. 

Professors  should  not  fear  the 
expression  of  any  legitimate  opin- 
ion which  students  may  have.  The 
world  will  not  come  to  an  end  be- 
cause of  it.  The  thing  which  is  of 
moment  is  not  the  expression  of  the 
opinion,  but  fact  of  the  opinion 
and  that  remains,  however  much 
the  expression  is  limited. 

Student. 


THEORY. 


Should  one  be  condemned  for 
theorizing  ?  Why  should  he  ?  The- 
orizing is  only  considering  and 
formulating  the  truth.  The  com- 
mon tendency  is  to  attach  great  im- 
portance to  practice.  But  practice 
is  only  correct  when  it  is  based  upon 
the  truth,  and  is  it  not  impossible 
thus  to  base  practice  upon  the  truth 
unless  that  truth  is  rightly  appre- 
hended and  formulated  by  the  mind? 
Such  apprehending  and  formu- 
lating of  the  truth  we  have 
just  said  is  theorizing.  What  we 
wish  to  show  at  present,  is,  that 
there  is  a  reciprocal  relation  exist- 
ing between  theory    and    practice, 


THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


Practice  is  right  when  in  accordance 
with  correct  theory.  Theory  justi- 
fies practice,  but  practice  can  never 
establish  theory,  for  formulated 
theory  is  only  the  expression  of 
that  which  has  always  existed. 

In  view  of  this  it  seems  too  bad 
that  so  many  people  underrate  the 
value  of  theor)\  A  classical  course 
wTill  develop  a  perception  of  the- 
connection  between  theory  and 
practice  if  anything  will,  yet  many 
classical  students  will  say:  "We 
have  so  much  theory  that  it  hin- 
ders our  practice. ' ' 

Theory  alone,  is  of  course  value- 
less, but  so  is  practice.  If  the  one 
is  barren  of  result,  the  other  is  pro- 
lific of  mischief.  The  unthinking 
zealot  is  not  to  be  placed  above  the 
visionary  theorizer  when  results  are 
counted  up,  whether  those  results 
be  of  positive  evil  wrought  or  of 
positive  good  prevented.  'That  at 
which  everyone  shou'd  aim,  then,  is 
a  happy  combination  of  these  two 
things. 

Splenetic. 


Que.  ¥ote  Book. 


THE  COLLEGE. 


Who'd  be  a  Freshman?     /// 

All  commencement   orations   are 
limited  to  800  words. 

Archie  M.  Welch  has  left  us.  He 
will  return   next  fall. 


A  young  lady  presumably  bright 
was  heard  to  remark:     "I    didn't 
know  Shakespeare  wrote  the  'Com- 
edy of  Terrors.'  " 
"Those  little  birds,"  aFreshiesaid, 

"Are  only  migratory; 
When  it  gets  warm,  if  they're 

not  dead, 
They'll  fly  to  'Eadradorv.'  ' 

The  pretty  opera  of  "The  Doctor 
of  Alcantara,"  will  be  given  in 
June  under  the  auspices  of  the  Ath- 
enaean  and  Zeta  Epsilon  societies. 

The  new  members  of  the  Sten- 
TOR  editorial  staff,  as  elected  are: 
Editor-in-Chief,  A.  G.  Welch;  busi- 
ness  manager,    ;    local, 

;  alumni  and  personal, 


Grant  Stroh;  exchange,  H.  Z.  Du- 
rand;  advertising,   N.  B.  W.  Gall- 

wey.     The  new  staff  will  begin  their 
work  with  the  July  number. 

As  "Josiah  Bill"  was  arranging 
caramels  artistically  on  top  of  a 
blacking  brush  and  interspersing 
ink  bottles  with  some  of  Noah's 
hardtack  in  his  show  case  the  other 
day,  a  very  nice  ycung  lady  came 
tripping  in  and  said:  "Mr.  S.  have 
I  any  'bill'  here?"  Bill  turned  three 
of  four  different  prima^  colors,  and 
said  that  she  had  not,  but  that  he 
could  probably  furnish  her  with 
one  cheap,  as  it  was  leap  year.  She 
got  her  receipt. 

Prof.  Gray  gave  us  the  first  of  his 
promised  course  of  lectures  on 
"Electricity,"  at  Ferry  Hall  on 
Thursday    evening,   May  10.      He 


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211 


discoursed  to  a  large  audience  on 
the  subject  of  "Crook's  Tubes"  and 
introduced  several  experiments  il- 
lustrating a  few  of  the  many  mys- 
teries of  this  topic.  Prof.  Gray  is 
considered  the  best  authorit3r  on 
electricity  in  our  country.  He  is  at 
work  upon  the  "telautograph, "  an 
instrument  which  writes  by  electri- 
city, and  which  will  probably  sup- 
plant the  telephone. 

Professor  of  Elocution:  "Mr.  L,. 
how  would  you  express  denial?" 

Mr.  L,. :  "Well,  I  hardly  know; 
I  think  I  should  make  it  personal. 
(He  arises  and  speaks  with  much 
force)  You  are  a  liar!" 

Prof:  "Yes that  ^rather personal, 
I  think.  Now  Miss  V.  I  will  give 
you  one  you  can  do;  you  may  ex- 
press contempt." 

It  is  a  shame  that  such  a  good 
pitcher  as  our  nine  has,  does  not 
o-et  better  support.  But  what  can 
we  do?  We  should  have  been  prac- 
ticing all  winter,  as  the  other  nines 
in  the  league  have  done,  but  we 
have  no  gymnasium.  The  weather 
all  through  April  and  a  greater  part 
of  May  was  was  either  too  cold  or 
too  wet  for  practice.  Nothing  but 
errors  and  poor  batting  lost  the  first 
two  games  for  the  nine.  It  wont  do 
to  start  the  season  this  way  another 
year.  A  decent  gymnasium  alone 
will  save  our  base  ball  necks,  A 
club  would  be  phenominal  which 
could  win  without  practice. 


The  Sophomore  declamatory 
contest  occurred  in  the  College 
chapel  Tuesday  evening,  May  15. 
The  chapel  was  tastefully  decorated 
with  flags  and  flowers,  and  the  ten 
Sophomores  who  spoke  did  credit 
to  themselves  and  the  class  of  '90. 
Those  chosen  to  represent  the  class 
at  Commencement  were  Misses  Far- 
well,  Goodale,  and  Stanley,  and 
Messrs.  Stanford  and  Steel.  The 
entire  class  displayed  its  wonderful 
declamatory  powers  by  reciting  in 
unison  a  poem  for  the  occasion.  Of 
the  ten  contestants  fcr  com- 
mencement, five  are  young  ladies 
ynd  five  young  gentlemen.  We  give 
the  program: 

Music.  Duet, — 

Misses  Siekels  and  Stanley. 
"The  Future  of  America," — 

J.  I.  Bennett,  Jr. 
"The  Blessed  Damosel," — 

Miss  Rose  Farwell. 
"German  Love  of  Independence," — 

Mr.  H.  C.  Durand. 
"Battle  Scene  from  Ivanhoe," — 

Miss  Abbie  Goodale. 
"Toussaint  L'Ouverture," — 

Mr.  Wm.  C.  Godfrey. 
Music,  Vocal  Duet, — 

Miss  Stanley  and  Mr.  Steel, 
"The  Wreck,"— 

Miss  Mary  McNair. 
"A  Legend  of  Bregenz," — 

Mr.  G.  E.  Stanford. 
"An  Order  for  a  Picture," — 

Miss  Grace  Stanley. 
"Briar  Rose," — 

Miss  Gracia  Siekels. 
"Lasca," — 

Mr.  G.  H.  Steel. 
Music,  Piano  Solo, — 

Miss  Grace  Stanley. 


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THEL.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


Remark  of  Sophomore:  "I  shall 
think  of  my  class  on  the  4th  ofjuly, 
at  least!" 

The  Misses  Ensign  have  changed 
their  place  of  residence  from  Chica- 
go to  Oak  Park. 

During  the  remaining  weeks  of 
the  present  term  the  Misses  Davis 
will  make  Mitchell  Hall  their 
home. 

The  Y.  M.  C,  A.  officers  are  as 
follows: 

President,  B.  M.  Iyinnell. 
Vice-President,  W.  C.  Godfrey. 
Recording  Secretary,  H.  W.  Jones. 
Corresponding     Secretary,    J.     E. 

Smith. 
Treasurer,  A.  I.  Anderson. 

The  Mitchell  Hall  Y.  W.  C.  A.  is 
officered  as  follows: 
President,  Miss  Goodale. 
Recording  Secretary,  Miss  McNair. 
Corresponding      Secretary,       Miss 

Vance. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Phelps. 

A  few  problems  for  Dr.  Seeley's 
next  arithmetic: — 

Given  a  double  quartet  and  four 
books.     How  distribute  the  books  ? 

Given  a  brick.  How  will  you 
look  through  it? 

Given  a  young  lady  with  her  foot 
caught  in  a  hole  in  the  sidewalk. 
What  strength  of  Steel  is  required 
to  cut  her  loose  with  a  pen-knife  in 
ten  minutes  ? 

The  shot-gun  not  being  loaded, 
and  the  dog  being  a  minus  quantity, 


what  is  the  best  method  of  elimin- 
ating serenaders? 

The  following  Committees  of  the 
Faculty  have  been  appointed  : 
On  Discipline — 

Dr.  Roberts, 

Dr.  Wilson, 

Prof.  Griffin, 

Prof.  Zenos. 
On  Athletics — 

Dr.  Roberts, 

Prof.  Locy, 

Prof.  Halsey, 

Prof.  Cutting. 
On  Scholarships — 

Dr.  Roberts, 

Dr.  Wilson, 

Prof.  Kelsey 
On  Public  Exercises  — 

Dr.  Roberts, 

Prof.  Halsey, 

Prof.  Baldwin, 

Prof.  Cutting. 
On  Programs  for  Examinations — 

Prof.  Zenos, 

Prof.  Halsey. 

Those  members  of  the  Senior 
Class  who  elected  Metaphysics  and 
Contemporary  Philosophy  report 
themselves  as  very  much  pleased 
with  the  work.  The  subject  is  a 
vast  one  and  demands  more  time 
than  is  or  can  well  be  allotted  to 
it.  Prof.  Baldwin  has  not  attempted 
to  cover  the  whole  subject,  but  has 
aimed  to  give  to  the  class  a  clear 
statement  of  the  position,  rank, 
and  importance  to-da}?  assigned  to 
Metaphysics,  together  with   a   de- 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


213 


fence  of  our  fundamental  intui- 
tions. Although  Prof.  Baldwin  is 
a  young  man  his  discussion  of  ma- 
terialism is  the  work  of  a  master. 
His  lectures  combine  to  a  remarka- 
ble degree  force  and  beauty,  concise- 
ness and  clearness.  He  is  ever  fair 
and  courteous  to  those  with  whom 
he  differs,  while  yet  he  does  not 
hesitate  to  attack  and  point  out 
their  errors.  The  subject  is  proba- 
bly the  most  difficult  one  in  the 
curriculum  and  Prof.  Baldwin 
certainly  deserves  commendation 
for  his  masterly  treatment  of 
it. 

BASE    BALL. 

Slide!     Slide! 

Gimme  de  mitts! 

Now  you're  away! 

Trow  de  ball  right  here! 

Can  they  rattle  Yohe  ?  Oh,  no! 
no!  no! 

Stroh  split  his  finger  in  the  Madi- 
son game. 

A  steal  home — "Reddy's"  recent 
departure. 

A  two  -  bagger  —  Johnnie  H.'s 
spring  pants. 

Mister  Umpire!  Keep  dat  man 
from  blockin'  de  base! 

Saturday  afternoon,  May  19,  the 
Waukegan  Blues  came  down  to 
play  our  University  nine.  They 
were  somewhat  defeated,  the  score 
being  28  to  7.    Scofield  pitched  and 


Royce  and  Denise    took    turns    as 
backstop. 

May  12  was  a  cold  day  for  Lake 
Forest.  Madison  defeated  our  nine 
by  a  score  of  8  to  3.  Sullivan  um- 
pired and  not  a  decision  was  ques- 
tioned. We  publish  the  score  of 
the  game: 

Madison, 
ab  r  ib  sb  po  a  e 
Swinburne,  2b  6  1  2  2  1  1  o 
Williams,  p  5  1  i»  1  1  14  2 
Waldo,  c  20141131 
Mc  Cully,  cf  5  o  1  o  1  06 
Simpson,  ib  5  2  o  2  10  o  o 
Harper,  rf  4100000 
Sihler,  If  4112000 
Mc  Coy,  3b  5  1  2  1  2  1  o 
Spencer,  ss      4     1     o    o     1     2     1 


Total,          40    8     8   12  27  21  10 

Lake  Forest. 

ab  r  ib  sb  po  a  e 
Wells,  ib  2  2  1  o  10  o  1 
Becker,  cf  3  1  1  o  1  1  1 
Scofield,  ss  40002  1  3 
Yohe,  p  4     o     1     1      1    11     5 

Wise,  c  4000830 

Parker,  2b  4010342 
O'Neill,  3b  30001  1  1 
Stroh,  If  2001001 

Denise,  rf        3000100 


Total, 


29    3    4      2    27  21  14 


Monday  afternoon,  May  21.  Our 
nine  went  to  Racine,  where  they 
played  with  the  club  there,  losing 
the  game  in  the  ninth  inning.  Both 
clubs  played  loosely,  as  the   figures 


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THEL.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


will  testify.  There  were  no  brilliant 
plays  on  either  side: 

Racine. 

ab  r  ib  sb  po  a  e 
Wickhara,  2b  4  1  0002  1 
Lunt,  p  5     1     o     o     1    17     1 

Alward,  3b  5  3  2  1  2  1  3 
Dearborn,  ib  5  1  2  o  10  o  3 
Kershaw,  ss  4  2  1  3022 
Strong,  c  3  1  o  1  13  2  4 
Gllmore,  If  4  1  o  o  1  o  1 
Watson,  cf  4000001 
Whallon,  rf    4     1     20000 


Total,  38   11    7     5    27  24  16 

Lake  Forest. 

ab  r  ib  sb  po  a  e 
Wells,  ib  5  2  1  2  11  o  1 
Becker,  cf  51  10222 
Scofield,  ss  5202323 
Yohe,  p  5     1     o     2     1     7     1 

Wise,  c  5013460 

Baird,  3b  4  o  00  o  2  2 
O'Neill,  2b  4  2  1  3  4  2  3 
Royce,  If  4  1  o  1  o  o  o 
Denise,  rf        3     1     0000     1 


Total,  40  10  4     13  25  21  13 


FERRY  HALE. 


Ah  there  my  complexion  ! 
Warning! 

Mr.  Wood  spent  the  past  week 
with  his  sister,  Miss  Wood,  who  is 
teaching  music  here. 

Rev.  Mr.  Fulton  of  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona, spent  the  Sabbath  with  his 
daughters,  Fanny  and  Mamie. 


It  is  rumored  that  the  ravine  near 
the  Sem  is  haunted.  On  almost  any 
dark  night  mysterious  lights  may 
be  seen  there. 

Miss  Francis  Brown,  much  to  the 
regret  of  her  many  friends  has  left 
us  to  spend  a  few  months  in  Dakota 
for  the  benefit  of  her  health. 

Prof.  Grey  of  Highland  Park 
commenced  his  series  of  lectures 
here  May  10.  The  second  of  this 
series  wall  be  delivered  May  24. 

Miss  Ray's  mother  and  sister, 
after  a  delightful  trip  in  the  West 
have  returned  to  this  city.  They 
will  remain  here  until  the  latter  part 
of  next  month,  when  they  expect 
to  sail  for  Europe. 

Miss  Grace  Carswell  spent  Sunday 
at  her  home  in  Evanston.  Her  pa- 
rents who  have  been  spending  the 
winter  at  their  home  in  the  south, 
have  returned  to  Evanston  for  the 
summer  months. 

A  few  nights  ago  some  of  the 
young  gentlemen  .while  whistling 
on  the  lawn,  were  astonished  to 
hear  the  Doctor  say  in  awe-inspiring 
tones:  "Boys  are  you  whistling 
for  me?" 

"They  start,  they  move,  they  seem 

to  feel, 
The  thrill  of  life  along  their  heels, 
And  spurning  with  their  feet,    the 

ground, 
With    one    tremendous   frightened 

bound, 
They  leaped  into  the  ravine's  arms. ' ' 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


215 


May  10,  Dr.  Seeley  delivered  a 
lecture  on  "Temperance"  at  Wau- 
kegan. 

Friday,  May  18,  the  young  ladies 
gave  a  masquerade  party. 

May  11,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Seeley  gave 
a  reception  in  honor  of  the  Senior 
Class.  It  was  pronounced  by  all 
to  be  the  pleasantest  reception  ever 
given  at  Ferry  Hall. 


THE  ACADEMY. 

Pants! 

Did  you  enjoy  the  stroll? 

Report  in  the  office! 

Who  smokes  Cubebs? 

A  black  chesnut,  —  Toussaint 
L/Ouverture. 

Play  ball  by  the  pond — lose  your 
ball — swim  for  it. 

Who  runs  the  Gamma  Sigma? 
President  or  Critic? 

H.  S.  Killen,  of  Chicago,  is  tak- 
ing a  course  of  study  at  the  Acad- 
emy. 

The  Academy  boys  have  secured 
the  grounds  and  laid  out  a  new  dia- 
mond to  practice  on,  near  the  frog 
pond. 

Academia  the  "students'  club," 
"entirely  controlled  by  the  students." 
Attendance  at  meetings  compulsory. 


Membership  ditto! 

Pine  is  having  a  large  number  of 
misfortunes  lately.  First — he  is  at 
Academia.  Second — someone  has 
accused  him  of  trying  to  raise  a 
moustache. 

Prof. — In  what  form  did  we  first 
find  the  horse  of  the  present  age  ? 

'  Cad — In  form  of  a  duplex  with 
three  toes. 

Prof. — Stop!     See  me  after  class! 

A  dog  strayed  into  the  Chapel 
the  other  morning  during  Bible 
Study  and,  strange  to  relate,  he  had 
a  better  record  of  behavior  during 
the  time  he  was  in  than  some  of  the 
boys  did. 

The  'Cads  imagine  that  they 
much  to  "kick"  about,  but  they 
certainly  should  kick  when  it  comes 
to  being  compelled  to  patronize  Sun- 
day trains,  especially  when  a  week 
day  train  can  be  taken  just  as  well. 

The  following  clipping  might  ap- 
ply to  some  Academy  boys: 

Boys,  if  you  don't  quit  smoking 
cigarettes  you  will  have  the  amau- 
rosis angina  pectoris  hypocondriasis 
loeomotorataxy,  which  will  make 
you  feel  sick. 

It  is  said  that  the  Academy  is  go- 
ing to  have  a  large  number  of  stu- 
dents next  year,  larger  than  any 
previous  year.  L,ake  Forest  Acad- 
emy is  the  place  for  those  who  wish 
to  .ludy;  "quiet  rooms  and  halls  at 
all  hours." 


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THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


When  the  older  boys  of  the  Acad- 
emy go  out  for  a  walk  and  get  tak- 
en in,  it  is  a  serious  offense  but  when 
any  of  the  younger  pupils  do  the 
same  thing,  it  is  only  a  few  hours 
restriction.  Equality  in  all  like 
cases  is  more  needed  than  anything 
else. 

A  'Cad  was  heard  to  murmur  in 
his  dreams  one  night  the  following 
couplet: 

"She  took  me  by  the  hand, 
And  while  we  were   gazing   at   the 

skies 
'Don'  came  through  the  yard, 
And  took  us  by  surprise." 

That  old  stump  down  by  the  Sem- 
inary front,  was  taken  for  a  fair 
Sem  the  other  night,  and  as  we 
watched  and  listened  a  youth  stole 
gently  up  to  it!  A  second  later  and 
"sold"  reached  our  ears.  Old  Don 
turned  the  whites  of  his  eyes  up 
to  the  moon  and  howled. 

We  do  not  take  much  stock  in  a 
person  who  does  about  what  he 
pleases  with  other  people  and  their 
property,  in  what  he  calls  practical 
jokes,  and  who  when  anything  in 
the  same  line  is  done  to  him, 
either  whines  like  a  baby,  or  else 
is  going  to  thrash  the  whole  Acad- 
emy. If  you  make  jokes,  expect 
to  receive  their  equivalent. 

Our  campus  is  looking  very  nice 
now  owing  to  the  efforts  of  Frye 
to  keep  clipped  it  and  raked.  If 
I,ake    Forest  University  has  any- 


thing in  the  line  of  beauty  to  be 
proud  of  it  is  its  large  campus 
which  is  so  tastefully  laid  out  and 
which  presents  such  a  pleasing  ef- 
fect to  the  beholder. 

It  was  reported  last  week  that 
a  few  of  the  Academy  boys  affronted 
some  young  ladies  during  prayer 
meeting  in  the  Academy  Chapel. 
This  we  positively  deny.  The  stu- 
dents of  Lake  Forest  Academy  are 
and  always  have  been  courteous 
to  every  young  lady  of  L,ake 
Forest.  We  think  that  the 
boys  have  a  truer  spirit  of  manliness 
in  them,  than  to  be  uncivil  to  any 
one. 

The  breakfast  hour  of  Academia 
has  been  changed  to  6:30,  instead  of 
7  o'clock  as  formerly.  The  students 
on  the  whole  are  well  pleased  with 
the  change  as  it  gives  them  an  hour 
of  recreation  between  breakfast  and 
study  hour.  One  of  the  pupils  ob- 
jected to  the  change  in  a  very  flow- 
ery speech,  ending —  "and  I  tell  you 
Mr.  President  that  when  it  rains  we 
wont  want  to  get  up."    (Applause.) 

Some  of  the  'Cads  arise  at  four 
and  half-past  in  the  morning  and 
go  down  to  the  lake  to  fish.  Some 
report  success  and  some  do  not.  By 
success  we  mean  those  who  have 
had  the  good  luck  on  the  way  home 
to  meet  the  young  ladies  of  the  Sem- 
inary out  for  their  morning  walk. 
It  is  strange  how  many  of  the  boys 
have  taken  a  liking  for  fishing 
lately. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


217 


"We  have  a  good  one  on  our  "An- 
telope." While  he  was  down  on 
the  lake  shore  the  other  morning 
building  piers  and  breakwaters  for 
the  Government  a  young  lady  from 
the  Sem  chanced  to  see  him  and  she 
called  to  him  and  asked  him  if  he 
was  a  sailor  boy.  Wheeling  around 
and  seeing  who  it  was  addressing 
him  he  was  so  frightened  that  he 
started  full  speed  for  the  'Cad.  At 
last  reports  he  was  in  a  critical  con- 
dition. 

"Antelope"  has  taken  to  writing 
odes,  poems  and  scraps  about  differ- 
ent things.     We  picked  the  follow- 
ing up  from  his  desk: 
"It  stands  in  a  sunny  meadow, 
The  Sem  which  seems  to  frown 
With  its  cumbrous  old  stone  chim- 
neys 
Alike  on  the  lake  and  the  town. 
At  night  the  'Cads  go  prowling 

'-ound  it, 
The  'Cads  so  very  bold; 
The  dogs  go  barking  at  them 
And  then  love's  dream  grows  cold." 

It  was  respectfully  dedicated  to 
Miss of  the  Seminary. 

The  Tri  Kappa  and  Gamma  Sig- 
ma societies  are  to  have  a  joint  de- 
bate and  exercise  on  Jui  e  5  at  10:30 
A.  M.  Following  is  the  program: 
Opening  Address — Chairman. 
Essay,  t.k.     J.  D.  Russell. 

Declamation,  G.S.  C.  S.  Davies. 
Impromptu,  T.K.  J.  J.  Whiteside. 
Essay,  G.S.     C.  G.  Macklin. 

Declamation,     t.k.      G.W.Jones. 


Impromptu,       G.S.         F.  W.  Pine. 

DEBATE. 

Question — Resolved  that  Gen.  R. 
E.  Dee  was  a  greater  general  than 
Gen.  U.  S.  Grant 

Affirmative.  Negative. 

G.  s.  T.  K. 

P.  H.  Gross,  H.  W.  Jones, 

L.  H.  Bash.  N.  H.   Burdick. 


Alumni  and  Personal. 


'82.  The  Presbytery  of  Montana, 
at  a  called  meeting  at  Butte  on  the 
2d  inst.,  dissolved  the  pastoral  rela- 
tion existing  between  the  Rev,  E. 
J.  Groeneveld  and  the  church  of 
Deer  Lodge,  and  installed  him  as 
pastor  of  our  church  in  Butte.  Mr. 
Groeneveld  has  been  the  pastor  of 
Deer  Lodge  for  six  years,  and 
under  his  ministry  the  church  has 
been  brought  from  great  feebleness 
to  self-support.  He  has  also  been 
identified  with  the  College  of  Mon- 
tana as  a  very  thorough  instruc- 
tor.— Interior. 

Mrs.  Groeneveld,  (  nee  Etta 
Vaughn)  writes  that  she  and  "J  a')y 
Beth,"  expect  to  visit  in  Iowa  and 
also  at  places  further  east  during 
the  summer. 

'85.  Miss  Mary  A.  Samuels  is 
living  at  home  with  her  parents  at 
Ravenswood,  Illinois.  She  expects 
to  be  present  at  the  Commencement 
exercises. 


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THEL.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


'86.  B.  D.  Bolter  was  elected 
one  of  the  two  book  agents  for 
Princeton  Seminar y  for  the  coming 
year.  These  two  agents  are  elected 
from  the  Senior  class  and  their  bu- 
siness is  to  supply  the  students  with 
text-books. 

Mora  F.  Cauda,  formerly  of  the 
Academy,  has  gone  to  Europe. 

H..S.  Candee,  formerly  of '87,  is 
reported  as  cashier  of  a  bank  in 
Milwaukee. 

Henry  Stevens,  formerly  a  stu- 
dent and  tutor  in  the  Academy,  is 
graduated  this  year  from  Dart- 
mouth. 

R.  E.  Porterfild,  formerly  of '87, 
is  visiting  Lake  Forest.  He  has 
just  completed  his  first  year  at  Co- 
lumbia College  law  school.  He  will 
spend  the  summer  at  home. 

J.  W .  Doughty  stopped  in  Lake 
Forest  a  short  tine  ago,  while  on 
his  way  to  the  Black  Hills,  where 
he  will  engage  in  Sabbath  School 
mission  work  during  the  summer. 

Frank  Wells,  formerly  of  the 
Academy,  was  graduated  from  Bel- 
levue  Medical  College  with  the 
class  of  '87.  He  is  now  practising 
in  the  New  York  Charity  Hos- 
pital, having  won  his  position  in  a 
compet'tive  examination,  in  which 
there  were  more  than  one  hundred 
participants.  He  expects  to  go  in 
the  fall  to  Beirut,  Syria,  where  he 
has  accepted  the  Chair  of  Anatomy 
in  the  medical  college. 


J.  F.  Kohout  is  "engaged  upon 
the  monotonous  round  of  duties  in- 
cumbent upon  every  lawyer,"  at 
186  West  Madison  street,  Chicago. 

W.  W.  Wirt  is  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Albion,  Indiana.  He  is 
engaged  for  the  summer  in  normal 
work  at  that  place. 

The  following  card  has  been  re- 
ceived: 

Married 

Clinton  W.Hunt, 

Maud  D.  Pratt, 

Reedsburg,  Wisconsin, 

May  22,  1888. 

Melvin  W.  Fraser,  formerly  of '82 
is  preaching  at  Plato,  near  Elgin, 
Illinois. 

B.  A.  Konkle  is  engaged  in  writ- 
ing in  Chicago.  He  has  been  wag- 
ging the  pen  more  or  less  ever  since 
he  left  school,  and  with  the  usual 
checkered  results  that  attend  the 
wayward  youths  who  try  that 
thorny  path. 

Linnell,  Lutkin,  and  Lansden  are 
not  going  to  Europe  this  summer. 

The  leading  article  in  the  last  is- 
sue of  the  American  Journal  of 
Archaeology  is  by  Prof.  Alfred  Em- 
erson, who  is  expected  to  succeed 
Prof.  Zenos  in  the  chair  of  Greek. 
It  is  a  full  and  careful  discussion 
of  the  Portraiture  of  Alexander  the 
Great,  and  forms  the  conclusion  of 
a  preceding  chapter  on  the  same 
subject.  It  shows  how  the  facial 
type  of  Alexander  became  fixed   on 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STENTOR. 


219 


coins  and  other  plastic  me- 
diums, and  continued  to  be  repro- 
duced long  after  his  time.  The  ar- 
ticle contains  in  a  happy  way, thor- 
oughness of  research  and  attrac- 
tiveness ot  presentation.  The  dis- 
cussion of  a  small  terra-cotta  head 
of  Alexander,  at  Munich,  with  il- 
lustrations, is  of  special  interest. 


General  College  Notes. 


The  students  of  Columbia  College 
must  wear  caps  and  gowns  now. 

No  "Frats"  at  Princeton,  Ober- 
lin,  Monmouth,  or  Georgetown. 

Stagg  of  Yale  is  on  the  Athletic 
Committee  at  Northfield  this  sum- 
mer. 

The  U.  of  W.  students  welcomed 
Ex-President  Bascom  at  Madison 
the  other  day. 

The  number  of  students  at  the 
German  universities  during  the 
winter  semester  1887-88  was  26,- 
945.  The  foreign  students  num- 
bered 1,644. 

It  is  said  that  a  fine  telescope 
worth  $15,000  is  offered  to  Yankton 
College,  Dak.,  provided  $1,500  can 
be  raised  by  the  college  before  the 
1st   of  July. 


What  was  formerly  called  a  chest- 
nut is  now  called  a  church-bell  be- 
cause it  has  been  told  before. — Ex. 

The  college  Y.  M.  C.  A.  num- 
bers over  11,600,  with  representa- 
tions in  nearly  300  institutions  in 
the  world. 

The  venerable  Dr.  F.  A.  P.  Bar- 
nard has  resigned  the  presidency 
of  Columbia  College  after  almost  a 
quarter  of  a  century  of  service. 

In  the  recent  Junior  exhibition  at 
Oberlin,  among  other  features  were 
three  orations,  one  in  each  of 
the  languages,  Latin,  Greek  and 
French. 

The  Columbia  College  library 
furnishes  writing  material  to  visi- 
tors, and  light  meals  are  supplied 
to  those  students  who  are  too  busy 
to  leave  their  work. — Ex. 

One  of  the  Prof's  at  Beloit,  is 
Mayor  of  that  city  and  one  of  the 
students  of  U.  W.  has  recently 
been  elected  alderman  in  a  strong 
student's  ward  in  Madison. 

The  Rambler -has  been  publishing 
a  proposed  constitution  of  an  Illinois 
Inter-Collegiate  Athletic  Associa- 
tion. The  colleges  of  the  Illinois  In- 
ter-Collegiate Oratorical  Association 
are  the  interested  ones.  The  games 
proposed  are  foot  ball,  base  ball, 
running,  walking,  etc.,  to  be  held 
on  the  day  of  the  oratorical  con- 
test. 


THE  L.  F.  U.  STEM  TOR. 


Ex-President  Hayes  has  been 
offered  the  presidency  of  the  Ohio 
State  University. 

Some  time  ago  the  ;Egis  spoke 
of  an  inter- collegiate  foot-ball  asso- 
ciation between  the  colleges  of  the 
league.  We  have  seen  nothing  of 
it  since.     Is  the  scheme  given  up? 

'  'Rah — hoo — rah ! 

Zip — boom — ah ! 

Hip — zoo- — rah — zoo, 

Jimmy  blow  your  bazoo! 

Ipsidi  Iki 

U.  of  I.! 

Champaign  ! !" 

This  is  the  University  yell  at 
Champaign  now.   It  cost  $5. 

Student  (to  Professor  who  is  run- 
ning over  the  time)  "Professor  this 
is  our  time  for  class  prayer  meet- 
ing." 

Professor:  "Well,  I  guess  you 
had  better  have  a  prayer  meeting; 
you  haven't  got  this  lesson." 

Prof.  William  M.  Sloane  of  the 
Chair  of  History  and  Political 
Science  in  Princeton  College,  has 
been  elected  Professor  of  Uatin  in 
Columbia  College,  N.  Y.  Professor 
Sloane  is  a  graduate  of  Columbia. 
He  has  not  made  known  his  deci- 
sion yet. 

The  results  of  the  games  of  the 
base  ball  league  up  to  date  are  as 
follows: 

Racine  vs.  Beloit.  (2)     Beloit   won. 
Evanston  vs.  Racine.     Racine      " 
Madison  vs.  Beloit.       Beloit        " 


Madison  vs.  Racine,  Racine  won 
Evanston  vs.  Beloit,  Evanston  " 
Madison vsEvanston(2)Madison  " 
L.  F.  vs.  Evanston.  Protested. 
L,.  F.  vs.  Madison.  Madison  " 
L.  F.  vs.  Racine.  (2)  Racine  " 
Beloit  vs.  Evanston.     Beloit        " 

The  managers  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity have  made  a  movement  to 
prohibit  the  undergraduates  from 
taking  part  in  athletic  contests  with 
organizations  outside  of  the  Univer- 
sity, The  New  York  Herald  has 
taken  the  trouble  to  ascertain  the 
opinions  of  19  of  the  foremost  col- 
leges in  the  country  in  regard  to 
Inter-Collegiate  games.  Nine  col- 
leges were  for  the  contests;  five  were 
for  restrictions;  five  more  were  for 
moderate  restrictions.  There  seems 
to  be  a  general  feeling  among  col- 
lege authorities  that  the  inter-col- 
legiate contests  are  not  just  the 
thing  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
college  as  a  whole. 

The  outlook  for  the  Summer 
School  at  Northfield  seems  very  fa- 
vorable for  a  large  attendance.  Mr. 
Moody  has  made  preparations  for 
1,000.  Some  are  to  room  in  the 
school  buildings,  others  in  tents. 
The  morning  is  to  be  taken  up  with 
Bible  study;  the  afternoon  will  be 
given  to  recreation,  and  the  evening 
to  the  discussion  of  general  Y.  M. 
C.  A  work. 

We  wish  herewith  to  ask  the 
pardon  of  our  exchanges  for  our 
seeming  negligence  in  sending  them 


THE  L.  F.  U.  S  TEN  TOR. 


our  paper  of  old  dates.  But  the 
dates  were  the  only  things  old  about 
them.  Our  news  was  always  col- 
lected a  few  days  before  the  paper's 
issue.  We  are  about  caught  up  in 
our  work  now  and  hope  after  this 
not  to  seemingly  insult  our  "ex's" 
with  back  numbers. 

On  May  3rd,  in  Greencastle,  Ind., 
the  1 6th  Annual  Inter- state  Orator- 
ical contest  was  held.  There  were 
nine  states  represented  in  Meharry 
Hall,  De  Pauw  University.  R.  G. 
Johnson  of  DePauw  University  won 
the  first  prize  with  an  oration,  upon 
"Principles  of  Political  Parties." 
He  came  eighth  on  the  program.  H. 
M.  Hyde,  of  Beloit,  Wis.,  fifth  on 
the  program,  took  the  second  prize 
with  "The  Defender  of  the  Consti- 
tution," (Webster.)  I.  K.Wilson, 
of  Grinnell  College,  Iowa,  second 
in  order,  took  third  place;  subject: 
"The  Perpetual  in  Poetry."  F.  E. 
Hartigan,  of  Doane  College,  Neb., 
fourth  on  the  program,  won  fourth 
place  with  "Abraham  Lincoln."  C. 
H.  Bosler,  of  Denison  University, 
Ohio,  ninth  on  the  program,  took 
the  next  place  with  '  'The  Problem 
of  To-day."  J.  V.  Shaefer,  of  Cham- 
paign, seventh,  got  sixth  place  with 
"Landlordism  in  America."  B.  W. 
Irwin  of  Macalister,  Minn.,  first, 
took  seventh  place  with  "The  Pope 
in  Politics."  A.  T.  Moore  of  Den- 
ver, Col.,  third,  took  eighth  place 
with  "Reform  and  the  Civil  Ser- 
vice." L-  A.  Stebbins  of  Lawrence, 


Kansas,  sixth,  took  the    last    place 
with  ' '  Partisanship. ' ' 


CLIPPINGS. 


A  TR  AGE  DIE. 

In  Mohawk  vallie 

(180-4) 
Ten  pritie maids 
And  youths — a  score, 
Went  out  upon 
A  sleighing  partie. 

In  Alohawk  vallie 

(1804) 
A  hand  of  Indians 
Spilt  ye  gore 

Ot" pritie  maids  and  youth  >,  a  score 
A  slaying  party. 

—  William's  Weekly. 


EPIFUMINUM. 

Oh  Opium!    Oh  Opium! 
Some  say  thou  art  a  pharmacum, 
So  dreadful  that  they  use  thee  not, 
Fearing  some  fatal  harm  may  come. 

Rut  Opium!     Oh  opium! 
Thy  virtues,  I  am  laudanum. 
Richer  than  diadems  thou  art 
With  every  precious  gaud  in  'em. 

And  Opium!     Oh  Opium! 

Though  mak'st  thou  many  an  orphan, 

Than  thee,  intoxicating  drug, 

I  never  saw  a  thing  Morphine. 

— Oberlin  Review. 


THE  LIT'S  IDEAL  BEST  GIRL  IS: 

Amiable,  beautiful,  constant,  discreet, 
Educated,  graceful ,  heal  thy  and  neat; 
Obliging,  joyous,  queenly,  unique, 
Virtuous,  talented,  serious,  and  sweet; 
Modest  and  kind,  zealous  and  loving; 
Youthful  and  pure,  religious  and  winning; 
Innocent  ever  and  always  forgiving. 

— Hamilton  Lit. 


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C.  C.  PARKER, 

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ETC. 

Just  west  of  Railroad. 

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LAKE   FOREST,     ILLINOIS, 

REAL  ESTATE  and 
INSURANCE  AGENT. 

FIRE  POLICIES  WRITTEN  IN 

FIRST-CLASS  COMPANIES. 


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LAKE  FOREST,  ILL. 


MRS.  WILLIAMS 

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