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THE SWARTHMOER PHENIX.
STAFF: a
- &@ditor:
JAMES W. PONDER, ’g0.
Associate Editors: a
ABBY MARY HALL, ’go. WILLIAM C. SPROUL, ’g90.
BEULAH W. DARLINGTON, ’90. FRANCES E. OTTLEY, ‘90.
A. MITCHELL PALMER, ’o1. JOHN W. HUTCHINSON, ’g91. :
GERTRUDE HUTCHINGS, ’o1. ms
Business Manager :
' SAMUEL R. LIPPINCOTT, ’go. .
WILLIAM L. DONOHUGH, ’o2. . Beye:
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Alumni Bureau of Professional In-
formation. ...:0++ssessererrenesecceove
Athletic Advisory Board.............,
Athletic Track, Improvements on
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Bible, The Study of..........-....+++
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Catalogue, Comments on the........
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College Paper, The Function of a..
College Politics..........-cseeseeseeedy
College Reception.........csseeseeee
College Songs, The Lack of,........
Contributions, A Plea for..,........1,
Departments, Arrangement of the..
Directory of Organizations, The
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Edgar Allen Brown, The Death of 61
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Elizabeth T. ree Mee apap 124
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Oratorical Contest.....
INDEX TO VOLUME IX.
Editorials.
TITLE.
Finances of Athletics................+
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Gymnasium, Condition of............
Gymnasium Exhibition, The.........
FICE, Gy A Bb asin svescove-svecese
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Haverford, An Answer to............
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Mid-Year Examinations, The.......
Musical Organizations, The Lack
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Perseverance, The Necessity of.....
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Preparatory School, Abolition of the
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What Books to Read......+....:.000++
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TITLE. : AUTHOR. TITLE. AUTHOR.
Afternoon with Bret Harte, Two of a kind.............000+. Gertrude Hutchings....... 127
Anieccsecsuteteciiiieaseee Laura M. Smith. ......006 260 1 Zam iai cessed: svsvnssinetacavedee | Gertrude Hutchings....... 63
Ballot Reform in the United se eN MISCELLANEOUS HEADINGS.
Se gsits ccs erscscunseis Beulah W. Darlington... 148 | Alumni Aid......... Caaussabeget Contributed........ avcekeneel: Oe
Bartram’s Garden, A glance Charles A. McClenahan,
Sten sisascsdeececcdsscssessesas Abby Mary FHall.......0.06 49 Obituary of.............264 Contributed.....0esessceeeee 152
Birds, Departing of the...... Willard L. Maris.......+. Fo" 1 CURE ads eh itsocccovscncd' Sealpebabcindeceseley cdvaiosavese 163
Christmas Ramble, A......... Frances E. Ottley......+0 84 | College Banquet, A.......... « Witham. C. Sproul... 7
Co-education at Swarthmore. (Selected) ......sssseeereeeeee 51 1 DC CHOY BE ORO, oso iacce ck cedbssnpSpasdadibdeveevewes sss 164
College Loyalty, ............++ Mitchell Paltrow. 135 | Election of the President...... 4. Mitchell Delete. - 178
Comte, The Philosophy of... Frances E. Ottley.....0++++ 106 | First Prize Oration....... « 4. Mitchell Pah. sibonings 176
Delphi Exploration Fund, Franklin and Marshall Lattin tasendavencentexbedeivenigoadsd ove 69
An Appeal for the....... Vm, H. Appleton.......00 43 | Inter-Collegiate Athletic Con-
Dr. Amelia B. Edwards...... Abby Mary Hall......+0000 110 WOREIONE 0s ca jaigiaionsaanes Sames W, Ponderseeeeee + 150
Elizabeth, Queen of England Edgar Allen Brown....... 3 | Inter-Collegiate Press Con-
Familiar Phenomena.......... John C. Gifford........0+0 146 VOU .665 cn cnveccqessecive Sames W. Ponder n...+.+00- 93
Féte des Vignerons........... Frances E.. Ottleyiicecseees 132 | Inter-Collegiate hen Con- :
FOrestry........sesseceee veceeeees Beulah W. Darlington. 87 VOIR 0350.0 ss asieecteinss William C. Sproul.....0++ 179
© Beggepents a0. cisvcesnsees Abby Mary Hall............. 89 | Joint Meeting, The Somer-
Girolamo Savonarola.......... Esther Haviland......++++ 7o | ville-Delphic .............. Beulah W. Darlington... 13
Greek Play, The...........00+« Wm. H. Appleton.....+.... 23 | Junior Oratorical Contest..... James W. Ponder........... 175
Henry D. Thoreau............ Willard L. Maris......... 104 | Literary Societies, The........ Communication........0..+« 15
In Memoriam..............++++ Elizabeth Powell Bond... 71% | New Matriculates... hak « ¢seahineh add sasenecbanmepeatnanarsapoaren: Ae
John Bright...............-.+00 Beulah W. Darlington... 45 | Pennsylvania I.-C, A. kk ‘Cie
Memorable Day, A...........- Elizabeth Powell Bond... 133 VENOM 5... cceeseneisreseevs James W. Ponder.....10 179
Oratory at Swarthmore........ Ralph Stone.....ccsceeesesees 25 | Second Prize Oration............ Frances M. Whitescos. 078
» Phantom Schooner............ James W. Ponder.......1 6 | Senior Reception............... Communication,....s.00+ 34
President Magill's. Letter... sicsccccocoiscosessscccsonsdescas 108 | Social.......... Nesey bbstecswecctben, Sshquedhe Olas brsdbeebiasonvanss 116
Royal Frederick William Somerville Reunion, The..... Beulah W. Darlingion..:. 40
University at Berlin, The Prof. Ferris W. Price..... 124 | Swarthmore Banquet, The... William C. Sproul........ 152
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Through the Mists of Time.. Edgar Allen Brown...... 46 | Vacation, Echoes tf.c.0.5..60 0 ela Gslsseeues BP eaneciaeyicde 50
Toynbee Hall, The Work of Beulah W. Durlington.. 131 | W. Howard Paist............... Abby Mary Hallissccccccin 13
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ALUMNI DifarTMeNT—Condueted by William G. Underwood, °87....-.-+.seseecscceneeess rapt 10, 27, §3, 67,-150, 180
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Swarthmore Phoenix.
Vou. IX.
SWARTHMORE PHENIX.
Published each Month during the College Year by the
Students of Swarthmore College.
STAFF:
EDITOR :
EDGAR ALLEN BROWN, ’9go.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Assy MARY HALL, ’9o. James W. PoNDER, ’90
BEULAH W. DARLINGTON, ’90. JOSEPHINE T. ANCONA, OI.
FREDERICK E, STONE, ’9I. WILLIAM C. SPROUL, ’9I.
GERTRUDE HUTCHINGS, ’92.
Business Manager: Sam’. R. Lippincott, ’9o.
Assistant Business Manager ; WiLL1AM L. DONOHUGH, ’92.
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TERMS: Single Copies, . . 0 aS
Payable in Advance.
Persons wishing to discontinue their subscriptions should
notify us immediately.
Contributions of A are requested from all students of
the College.
Ex-members and Graduates of the College will oblige us
by keeping us informed of their whereabouts or of any other
items of interest.
Subscriptions and all other business communications should
be addressed to the Business Manager; contributions of
matter to the Editor—P. O. address Swarthmore, Delaware
County, Pa.
Entered at the Post Office at Swarthmore as second-class
. matter,
E ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI!
Volume VIII of .the .PHa:nix has
been completed, and the first number of
Volume IX lies before you. The volume
just closed has, throughout, kept nearthe high,
standard set up for it at its beginning. As
for ourselves, we make no promises. The
results which we accomplish must speak
for us. But we will keep ever before us an
ideal standard to which we shall endeavor to
raisé. the PHaznix, yet which it were but vain
presumption to hope ever, to fully attain.
The ideal college paper is one in which
ass or society feeling does not predominate,
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, FIFTH MONTH, 18809.
No. 1.
and from which everything that would tend
to encourage these feelings to an inordinate:
extent isexcluded. In this ideal paper every-
thing is viewed from an independent stand-
point, mere personal likes and dislikes are
thrown aside and the general weal: alone
considered. This paper should be the organ
of all connected with the college, in ‘which
their opinions could be freely expressed, and
it should in all cases voice the ences sen-
timent of the students. ' :
As we have said, we do not promise to
attain this standard—far be it from us to
attempt the impossible—but we shall endeavor
to keep as near it as we can. How we shall
succeed time will show.
* , * “age
E have made some changes in the
arrangement of the departments for
the coming volume. The principal change is
in the local department. Hereafter the
Society Reports, Personals, and accounts of
various occasional events, will all come under
the- supervision of the Local Editor. These
have heretofore been left to be written up,
often at the last minute, by anybody who
might be willing to do it. The Exchange
Editor will have charge of the Exchanges,
Intercollegiate Notes, and Book Reviews. The
Athletic Editor will have full charge of the
‘Athletic Department. We have decided to *~ |
. follow the example of other college papers in. ©
placing the names of the editors at the i o
of their departments.
William C. Sproul, ’91, will cs in
charge of the Exchange Department; Fred-
| erick E. Stone, ’o1, has been appointed
Athletic Editor, and Gertrude Hutchings, ’92,
Local Editor.
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2 THE SWARTHMORE PHCENIX.
E seriously aeabe ihe aicscy of aipenis
to the students in general to con-
tribute to the college paper, as we have never
noticed any great superabundance of contri-
butions in the Pxuaznix mail-box after one of
these periodic endeavors to stir up latent
literary ability. However, we shall gladly
receive any contributions, either of literary
articles, verses, etc., or items of news suitable
for the Locals or Personals. From the Alumni
and others interested in the college any items
of interest, or suggestions concerning the
paper, will be welcomed. If you have nothing
else to write, write us about yourselves, where
you are and what you are doing, some one
will be interested to know ; and, if you lighten
our somewhat thankless task by a few words
of encouragement and kindly interest, we shall
be all the more grateful to you.
*
* *
NE of the most desirable acquisitions for
a man (or, in these times, for a woman
either) is the ability to make a good extempore
speech. And by a good speech we do not
mean a flight of spread-eagle oratory, such as
is popular in country debating societies and
among the lower class of stump speakers, but
a speech that goes right into the subject and
makes it plain to every one of the listeners.
Almost any one can write a moderately
good speech, if he be given time enough, and,
with sufficient preparation, deliver it well;
but to speak without previous preparation is
quite another thing. To present the facts and
arguments briefly and lucidly; to use apt
illustrations which will catch the attention of |
the hearers; to flavor it all with the right
amount of wit. and ‘sarcasm; and, above all,
to comprehend and adapt the speech to the
spirit of the audience, these require long
continued practice. And this practice the
college should, in some way, give us.
The literary societies do this, to some
extent, but it is entirely optional with each
person whether he avail himself of the privi-
lege or not, and the majority do not. The
Underwood Prize \ast year stimulated the
Sophomores and Freshmen in this direction,
but this was in but one of the Societies.
This year the Furman Prize for Oratory to
the Senior Class ; the PHazn1x Prizes to the
Junior Class, and the Magill Prizes to the
Sophomore and Freshmen Classes, have cre-
ated a renewed interest in the oratorical style
of composition and in the cultivation of a
correct manner of delivery, and these have
been supplemented by the courses in rhetoric,
in which especial attention has been paid to
the subjects of debating and public speaking
in general. This. department has also given
encouragement to impromptu speaking and
debating.
But the above prizes have all been for
orations which were carefully prepared and
practiced beforehand. This, while excellent
in its way, does not cover the entire field.
We should have something which would give™,
practice in extempore speaking, and would
enable the young and inexperienced speakers
to develop their powers in this direction. We
do not advise offering any inducement in the
way of a prize as those with more experience
would eclipse the very class which it is de-
sirable to reach. oil
* * *
HE work of leveling the space enclosed
by the track is almost completed. We
are glad to see the interest which the Board
of Managers takes in our college athletics.
This improvement gives us a fine base-ball
ground, and, as it is to be sown with grass
seed, we may expect to have a good foot-ball
field next fall.
The matter has demanded attention ever
since the making of the track ; it was brought
to the managers’ notice by a petition signed
by the President of the Senior Class, on behalf
of the students in general, and by the Manager
of Base-ball on behalf of the ball players.
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These men have had general oversight of the
work from its beginning.
* . * ;
E wish to call attention to the com-
munication in another column con-
cerning our Literary Societies. We fully
endorse the writer’s views and think the plan
is one which should receive the attention of
the college authorities at an early date.
though, as a rule, we have never known
opinions or suggestions of the PHaznrx to have
much effect upon those august personages.
* ma *
UR college catalogue says that candidates
for the Master’s Degree must pursue
either'a one year’s course of study at the
college, or a two years’ course elsewhere.
Quite a number of students have taken their
second degrees since we have been here, and
of these not one has taken a post-graduate
course here in the college. Does the college
offer no inducements to students wishing to
take post-graduate courses? If it does not, it
should. We think it would be a great advan-
tage to the college to establish a certain
number of free scholarships for those wishing
to take second degrees. These free scholar-
ships should be open to those among the
applicants who had made the best records as
students while here. Some of the routine
work which is now done by the professors
might be transferred to these students, thus
benefitting them and relieying the professors,
This plan would be especially well adapted to
_ the Scientific departments, as in these the
post-graduates could do original work for
which there is no time in the college course.
*
* ; *
E have decided to increase the size of
the Puanix, beginning with this
number, from sixteen to twenty pages. This
will give us more room for the various depart-
ments which it has too often been necessary
to curtail for lack of space. We wish to
the strongest and feeblest of queens.
obviate this, and also desire that our paper
may not fall behind in the rapid progress
which our college is making.
a”
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HERE are at Swarthmore, as at ali other
places where any considerable number
of people are associated, different parties and
factions. Questions arise, as a matter of
course, upon which all do not think alike, and
so we have parties formed. Then there will
be factions composed of those who are per-
sonally attracted toward each other, or toward
some one or two prominent leaders. This is
not an unnatural state of things and, so long
as the contest is carried on by open and hon-
orable means, the difference of opinion may
produce good results by causing general dis-
cussion and expression of opinion on plans
which might otherwise be accepted or rejected
without due consideration. But when factional
feeling overtops everything else ; when per-
sons are called upon to blindly follow a party
leader without knowing whither he is leading
them; when all sorts of dishonesty, petty
trickery and scheming is resorted to for a
partisan motive; when no action is too dis-
honorable, or no plan too vile to be used to
perpetuate the party in power ; when morality,
reason and right are thrown aside at the com-
mand of the factional leaders, then it is time,
and high time, to call a halt.
+ ~~
ELIZABETH: QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
F all the monarchs who have ruled over
England not one has been more loved
by subjects, and more hated by enemies ;-
more eulogized and more execrated; more
praised and more blamed; more reverenced
and more despised, than has Elizabeth Tudor.
And she, in a measure, deserved it all. She
was at once the greatest and least of women :
She,
who could outwit any statesman of Europe,
she, who was herself one of the greatest states-
4 THE SWARTHMORE PHEENIX.
men whom the world has ever seen, would
stoop to mingle in all the petty broils of her
court, and would indulge in the most despic-
able trickery to accomplish an unimportant
end. But she always rose equal to a great emer-
gency. If danger from without or within
menaced her nation or her crown, her cour-
age never failed her. She cast aside all the
frivolous pursuits and shallow diplomacy with
which she amused her idle moments, and rose
up a leader of her people. When the Invin-
cible Armada approached the country, and
her wisest councillors trembled, she showed
no fear; she called together her troops, and
herself rode on horseback through the camp,
exhorting the soldiers, and promising to lead
them to battle. ‘ Let tyrants fear,” she cried,
“let tyrants fear! I have always so behaved
myself that, under God, I have placed my
chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal
hearts and good-will of my subjects. And,
therefore, 1 am come among you, as you see,
resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle,
to live and die amongst you all.’’ This daunt- .
less and fearless character she inherited from
her father, the courageous Henry VIIL., while
from her mother, Anne Boleyn, she received
the vanity and love of dress and flattery which
were her chief faults.
Her early training taught her to control
her personal feelings for the sake of her
policy. The close seclusion in which she
was kept before her accession to the throne
gave her many opportunities for self-control.
The fortunes of England had never been
at a lower ebb than they were when Elizabeth
succeeded to the throne. Impoverished, torn
by civil and religious strife, engaged -in a
dangerous war with France, and bound with
a no less dangerous alliance to Spain, the
prospects were dismal indeed. But the new
queen changed all this. With the greatest
adroitness she harmonized the warring fac-
Her next great work was to introduce the
Protestant religion, which had been estab-
lished under Henry VIII. and Edward VI.,
but had been suddenly relinquished by Mary,
and the Roman Catholic introduced in its
place. This task she performed ably and
well, laying the foundations so deep that they
have never since been shaken. No violent
measures were resorted to, but the change
was brought about gradually, as all great
changes are, by the queen’s example and her
moral influence on the people, coupled with
a judicious choice of advisers and measures.
The change, though gradual, was thorough.
It drew down upon her at last the maledic-
tions of the Pope, and the unappeasable hatred
of her former brother-in-law, Philip II., of
Spain.
But the threats of Philip daunted her even
less than did the thunderbolts of the Vatican.
Her policy was approved by her people, and
she did not waver. In the long, long strug-
gle between the Catholic and Protestant
religions she stood ever at the head of the
Protestant ranks, confronted by her great
rival. For years the conflict went on. It
was fought out on every spot of Europe; and
in every council-chamber of the world the
diplomatic strife was continued. But Philip,
who had subdued all the kings of the world
to do his bidding, and who aimed at universal
empire, Philip, the ruler of all the wealth
of the vast, unexplored Americas, and master
of the seas,—had at last met a foe whom he
could not conquer, had at last found him-
self checkmated,—and by awoman. But that
woman was the “ Royal Lioness of the House
of Tudor;” that woman had at her back a
people united and vigorous, while his subjects,
although far outnumbering hers, were widely.
separated and feeble. He, with the subtlest
statesmen of Europe as his advisers, could
not outwit her by diplomacy any more than
tions at home, and cut loose from all entafig| fhe could subjugate her by force. The mazes
ling alliances with other powers.
of her statesmanship were never penetrated
THE SWARTHMORE PHCENIX. 5
by her enemies, and it was only when they
became hopelessly entagled that they knew
of their existence. Her light and frivolous
demeanor did much to throw them off their
guard ; she assumed levity as a mask, and
when it was useless she threw it aside, only
to resume it again when the supreme moment
for which she had arisen in her true garb,
was passed. .
Except at these times there was noth-
ing in the manners of Elizabeth to indi-
cate her greatness. She had her father’s
harsh, outspoken manner, mingled with her
mother’s love of pleasure. But behind all
this was her real character, hard, cold and
keen as steel was her intellect. Her mind
was as many-sided as is the diamond. Hers
was a purely intellectual nature, knowing
neither love nor hate nor fear. She had no
spouse but her country, and she cared for
naught but her people’s good ; all other pas-
sions were only the careless dalliance of her
idle hours. The only seeming exceptions to
this were Leicester and Essex. She has
been much censured for her conduct towards
these men. But I do not think but that these
stories are mere calumnies taised by her ene-
mies. Her mind was not of the temper, and
= heart was far too cold, to be moved by
ove.
Another point, of which her detractors
speak a great deal, is her treatment of Mary
Stuart, her only rival to the throne. But if
we take the exigencies of the time into ac-
count, I think we must ‘admit that she did
well in keeping that mischief-making queen
imprisoned.
Elizabeth, in her iong fight against the
Scottish queen, had much at stake. Her
crown would have been lost, her life endan-
_ gered, the religion which she had introduced
with such great difficulty overthrown, and
her country ruined if Mary had won in the
desperate game. With all this Elizabeth
was magnanimous. When she had thwarted
Mary’s plans, and secured her person, she
was satisfied, and did not wish for her life.
To this conclusion all must at length come ;
for if she wished to murder the royal captive,
why give her a formal trial? Were there
not assassins enough in England? Mary
had found them, and had hired them for
Elizabeth’s destruction. Were Mary set at
liberty they might even yet accomplish their
end. Better let loose the Demon of the
Plague in a crowded city than Mary, Queen
of Scots, in England. However, in the light
of recent historical evidence, we are forced to
believe Elizabeth’s own statement, that she
did not intend the death-warrant to be ex-
ecuted; but it was done without her knowl-
edge by her ministers.
With the death of Mary and the destruction
of the Armada her long struggle for security
practically ended. Secure on the throne, be-
loved by her people, she could now devote
herself to the best interests of her nation,—
the nation whose power she had created, and
whose advancement from a second-rate power
to one of. the first powers of the world, and
Mistress of the Seas, was her work,—the na-
tion which, under her, had reached the zenith
of its intellectual glory, and had produced a
Sidney, a Spenser, a Bacon, and a Shakes-
peare,—names which, were there naught else,
would shed a brightness over that time which
would concentre in a resplendent halo round
the head of their Virgin Queen.
The gorgeous ‘pageant of the Sixteenth
Century,—the century‘which was the joyous
morning-time of our present era, when the
‘sun first dispersed the clouds of night, and
men, blinded by his rays, seemed to be wildly
intoxicated with their new-found freedom,—.
the Sixteenth Century passed away, and the
more prosaic Seventeenth came. The world
moved tranquilly on, mén settled down into
the calm stolidity which accompanies pros-
perity. Elizabeth was growing old, her old
friends and enemies were falling away, a new
generation was growing up which had little
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in common with her. Her work was done,
and nobly done. She looked down upon a
people united where once discordant, pros-
perous and wealthy where once impoverished,
happy and contented where once rebellious,
beloved at home and respected abroad,—what
more was there for her todo? Among them
all she stood lonely and isolated, a last rem-
nant of the past. Her people adored her
but no longer needed. her. Her time was
come. »
Her last days were full of bitterness; she
felt the separation between herself and the
peoplewhich she lovedand served. Slowly her
strength failed her and at last, in the seventieth
year of her age and the forty-fourth of her
reign, expired the greatest queen, and one of
the greatest sovereigns, whom the world has
ever known. on
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LAMENT.
Eis 70 pevpa r75 Qwi,¢ pov.
(FROM THE MODERN GREEK.)
In the stream of life, O, tell me—
Tell me why I meet thee here.
Since for me thou wast not destined,
Tell me why dost thou appear.
Thou hast made me, without ending,
Days-and nights of sorrow see ;
And thou smil’st while I am sighing,
Sighing out my life for thee.
O, have pity! Let me either
Truly live, or yield my breath,
Surely, surely ’t will repent thee,
Standing by my couch of death.
If I may not hope to win thee,
Hear the single boon I crave—
Drop at least the tear of parting,
Standing by my lonely grave.
W. H. A.
On the 3d inst. Dr. Spencer Trotter gave an
interesting lecture upon ‘‘ The Significance of
Animal Migration ;” it was given under*the
auspices of the Scientific Society.
THE PHANTOM SCHOONER.
T was a beautiful summer evening. The
moon shone forth in all her grandeur and
the glittering water seemed to rival in its
brightness the glorious orbitself. We sat on
the shore and were silent; no sounds broke
the evening stillness save the gentle ripples,
lapping the the shining sands of the shore.
For some time we had been chatting gaily—
recalling old memories and living over again
the happy hours long since fled, but we had
now grown quiet. Each with his eyes fixed
upon the shining moon and the shimmering
water seemed to be communing with his own
thoughts ; each seemed to be far away, oblivi-
ous of his companions and the objects around
him. Who has not had feelings such as these ?
There come times to everyone when he feels
that he musz¢ think, when he feels like naught
‘else. We have all sat on the shore in the
moonlight, and experienced just such sensa-
tions—when our companion’s laughter and
jest grated on our ears and when we seemed
carried far, far away.
There we sat and gazed. The sky was clear,
save one cloud which was slowly crossing the
zenith; our eyes were fixed upon the water,
when suddenly the cloud threw its shadow
over the bay to the left of us, and at our right
the water appeared brighter by the contrast.
As I sat enjoying the beautiful scene, I felt
my arm clutched convulsively by one of my
friends who sat near me. I turned quickly.
He uttered no word, but pointed over the
water where the moonlight fell. I looked and
beheld a schooner under full sail and between
her and the shore there appeared to be two
black masses moving on the water beside her,
which seemed to make great leaps toward her
and then fall back. She shot by like an ar-
row, yet there was scarcely wind enough to fill
her sails, and in an instant she was lost in the
shadow. I tried to follow her with my eyes,
but could see nothing. Weall looked at one
another, but not a word was spoken. We
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looked again into the shadow and this time to
our great surprise we saw two balls of fire,
one a bright green, the other a blood red, sink
slowly into the water.
The cloud in a few minutes had passed the
moon and the shadow disappeared. Eagerly
did we scan the surface of the water seeking
the vessel. You can imagine our surprise
when no sign of the schooner could. be seen.
Long and eagerly did we watch, but no sign
of the craft and no cause for the lights which
we had seen a few minutes before, could we
discern. Finally we gave up the search and
started to our tent. Not one word had yet
been spoken by any of our party, but just as
we reached our camp, my friend Jack said to
.me, “Have you ever heard of the Flying
Dutchman"? How relieved we all felt after
that first question. The spell was broken.
We discussed the mysterious affair until the
faint streaks of dawn were visible in the East.
Not one of us thought of sleep, that was out
of the question.
If, reader, you have ever been mystified at
night by something entirely inexplicable, you
will have an idea of the profound impression
_made upon us that night.
As soon as it had grown light enough, we
took our station at our old post of observation,
but nothing disturbed the surface of the bay ;
| we walked the beach looking everywhere for
some explanation of the flying schooner. Soon
after this we broke camp. I don’t know why
it was, nor do the others, but we did not en-
joy staying there after we: saw what the boys
termed ‘‘the phantom schooner.”
_ We all went to my home about ten miles
rom our camping ground, and after a few
days, my friends left for their respective
homes, and the mystery of the phantom ship
was forgotten. However, I could not shake
it off my mind and not a day passed, but I
thought over the strange affair and tried in
vain to find a solution.
One day about two weeks after our party
had broken up, as I was passing the office of
Burton & Co., in a neighboring town, I
dropped in to see my friend Mr. Burton and
found him intently scanning the shipping
columns of the V. Y. Herald of three weeks
previous. He said to me. ‘Look here, my
vessel—the ‘ Garnet’ —is reported passing out
Hell Gate on the 15th. She should have
been hereat least two weeks ago. Read this.”
. And he handed me a copy of the same paper
bearing the date of about six days later, in
which the Garnet was reported passing the
Delaware Breakwater. “It is indeed a mys-
tery to every one; I know that she must be in
the bay, but where? and she must be near, as
the Breakwater is but twenty miles away.
She has never been seen since her passage of
the Capes.” I could but express my sorrow
at my friend’s loss and wonder at the strange
event.
I scarcely gave the matter another thought
until I had gone to bed that night, when it
suddenly flashed upon me that the “ phantom
schooner” and the missing Garnet were in
some way connected. The more I thought of
the matter, the more convinced I became that
my conjecture was correct. It is needless to
say that sleep forsook me that night. Early
the next morning I hastened to Mr. Burton,
and so convinced had I become in my own
mind, that I offered to find his schooner for
him. He stared at me in amazement and de-
sired me to explain myself. This I refused
to do, and finally he reluctantly promised to
assist me in any way he was able,
We soon had our arrangements made and
by the evening of the next day were ready to
start on our novel expedition. We chartered
the tug /rene, and by the following morne
ing were at the old camping ground. I was
sent ashore in the tug’s ‘skiff, and as I had
marked the spot of our mysterious experience,
I had no difficulty in finding it. I judged as
near as possible the place at which I had seen
the balls of fire and had the tug take her
position there while I stood on the shore and
directed her movements. When she had come
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to anchor, I was taken on board and the search
began. We cruised all that day without suc-
cess, and Mr. Burton informed me that even-
ing at supper, in as polite a way as possible,
that he thought I was suffering under an at-
tack of temporary insanity and that he desired
to return home the next morning. I was anx-
ious to remain and after, much persuasion he
decided to wait until événing and cruise one
more day. |
The next morning we threw out our drag
once more, and had not gone fifty yards when
our tug stopped with a sudden jerk and our
drag-line became tight. ‘There is the Gar-
et,’ I cried.
Well, to make a long story short, it was the
Garnet, and the divers discovered not only the
Garnet, but also another vessel—a small fish-
ing boat, whose bowsprit had gone completely
through the port bulwarks of the schooner.
The Garnet was afterwards raised and soon
put into ship-shape once more. The fishing
boat was damaged to such an extent that no
attempt was made to raise her.
What a shame that we can never be satis-
fied with a mystery as a mystery, but must
have everything made clear. Common-place
and prosaic as it becomes when all is explain-
ed, this desire is so in accordance with our
nature that there are few, who, when they
have finished reading an unexplained mystery,
feel satisfied with themselves or with the
writer. Such being the case, I will explain
the mystery of the “ Phantom Schooner.”
The black masses referred to were the
shadows of the schooner’s sails, seeming alive
by the movements of the waves. The appar-
ent wonderful speed of the vessel was caused
by the rapid approach of the shadow, which
we had not noticed and which made her ap-
pear to move with the speed of a thunder-bolt.
of the fishing boat as they slowly sank into
the water. In the few minutes that it took
the shadow to pass away the vessels had sunk.
Now is it strange that we were somewhat
frightened the night we beheld the “ phantom
schooner ?”
In justice to the party I must say that
we finished our camping trip soon after the
Garnet was discovered ; and strange to say we
enjoyed the place as well as ever after that.
LIFE’S ROUND.
The tedious round of Life we tread
Alway :
Yesterday, and the days long fled
Are like to-day.
To-morrow’s sun will shine as bright
As when from the gloom of primal Night
Darted his first warm ray.
Fore’er is doomed the petty Mind of Man
To grope
In darkness for the Truth he cannot span :
And cope, .
Tangled in mazes which he cannot thread,
As best he may with Fiends of Doubt and Dread,
And that grim Spectre of the Soul, Wanhope.
And thus our lives in tedious round
Go on:
Death comes, without a warning sound,
To every one.
The Fates, unpitying, spin the fragile thread,
Quick close the shears—a life has fled,
Its toilsome task is done.
A COLLEGE BANQUET.
NE of the pleasantest, and certainly the
most successful reunion of old Swarth-
moreans ever held, took place in Philadelphia,
at the Hotel Bellevue, a famous place for such
gatherings, on the evening of Seventh day,
the 13th ult. The idea of the affair emanated
from Professor G. E. H. Weaver, Dr. Edward
The Garnet had collided with the other crafg ‘Martin, Wm. J. Hall, and James E. Verree,
immediately after her disappearance into the
shadow and the lights that we saw were her
red port light and the green starboard light
who soon interested others i in the project and
about three hundred invitations were sent
out. The object was to bring together men
THE SWARTHMORE PHENIX. 9
who had left college without graduation, and
hence are not in the Alumni Association, as
well as alumni, and, in renewing old college
friendships, to maintain the interest of the
old students in their A4ma Mater. In this
the efforts of the committee were entirely
successful, and of the more than sixty guests
a majority were not graduates.
Shortly after seven o'clock the banquet
began, and after a nine-course dinner had
been done away with the “feast of reason”
began. Every class in the history of the col-
lege was represented, and the dignified pro-
fessional men and solid merchants of the
early classes, became students again in their
enthusiasm, and were as hilarious with their
jokes as the younger representatives. The
toasts were informal, and in the main con-
sisted of a recounting of old college pranks
and experiences. Dr. Edward Martin offici-
ated as Toast Master, and the classes were
answered for as follows :—
ec 8 George M. Booth; ’74, Oliver Jenks ;
*75, W. H. Ridgway; ’76, Dr. F. L. Bassett ;
’77, Charles T. Bunting; ’78, Dr. J. Paul
Chambers and William J. Hall; ’79, Joseph
Fitch; 80, Thomas L. Moore; ’81, James
Dallett and I. Byron Thomas; 82, Prof. G.
E, H. Weaver ; ’83, James E. Verree; 84,
Henry J. Hancock ; ’85, Fred. P. Moore ; ’86,
William L. Elkins, Jr. ; ’87, Alfred T. Con-
_ row; 88, William S. Marshall.
A prominent feature of the occasion, which
was displayed with considerable pride as an
old college relic, was the silk hat which Presi-
dent Magill wore at the time of the great fire
in 1881. The hat’s appearance did not belie
its adventures, and it looked like a remnant
of the times ante incendium. After the last
toast had been finished and the last song
sung, the meeting resolved to perpetuate the
_ annual gatherings, and adopted the battered
hat as an emblem of the informal organiza-
_ tion. Messrs. Martin, Booth, Verree, Weaver
«
and Bunting were appointed a committee to
make arrangements for the next banquet.
Among those present were :—
’73.——-Lowndes Taylor, A. B., St. Paul,
Minn. ; George M. Booth, Chester.
’74.—Herman Hoopes, C. E. ; Oliver Jenks
and W. T. Lippincott, of Philadelphia.
’75.—Barton Hoopes, Jr., B. S.; Franklin
A. Corlies, B. S., and Rodman Wharton, of
Philadelphia; W. H. Ridgway,C. E., of Coates-
ville, Pa.
’76.—Dr. Frank L. Bassett, B. S., Philadel-
phia.
’77,— Dr. J. Paul Lukens, Wilmington, —
Del.; George W. Price, Joseph T. Bunting, .
B. S.; S. B. Chambers and J. H. Chambers,
of Philadelphia.
’78,—J. P. Chambers and Dr. Edward Mar-
tin, A. M., of Philadelphia; Samuel J. Sea-
man, Jericho, N. Y.; William J. Hall, B. S.,
Swarthmore.
’'79.—Isaac R. Coles, C. E., Brooklyn; Jo-
seph Fitch, A. B., New York; P. Lesley
Hopper, A. B., Havre-de-Grace, Md. ; Charles
R. Miller, B. L., Wilmington, Del.
’80.— George T. Laing, Philadelphia;
Thomas L. Moore, A. B., Sandy Springs,
Md.; Harry B. Price, Upper Lehigh, Pa.
’81.—J. Byron Thomas, B. S. ; S. H. French
and James Dallett, of Philadelphia; George
L. Hopper, Havre-de-Grace, Md.
’82.—William Butler, Jr., A. B., West Ches-
ter; C. Herbert Cochran, A. B.; Alfred Lip-
ery
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pincott and William L. Emerson, of Philadel- :
phia; G. E. H.
’83.—R. Roland Moore, Sandy Springs,
Md.; Charles A. McClenahan, Port Deposit,
Md.; Edward A. Pennock. A. B., London
Grove, Pa.; John Richardson, Jr., Wilming-
ton, Del.; Joseph R. Grundy, Bristol, Pa.
Edward Thorn, Boston; James E. Verree,
eaver, A. M., Swarthmore,
B. L., and John G. White, of Philadelphia. +.
’
10 THE SWARTHMORE PERENTA.
’°84.—H. C. Ash, Benjamin Allen, F. G.
Caldwell, Charles Levis, and Henry J. Han-
cock, A. B., Philadelphia; W. F. Dowdall,
Avondale, Pa.; Russell Hoopes, West Ches-
ter.
’°85.—Fred. P. Moore, A. B., New York;
Samuel S. Thornton, Philadelphia.
’86.—William L. Elkins, Jr., C. Fred. Kohl,
Justice Thompson, and C. Percy Willcox,
B. S., of Philadelphia; Charles C. Miller,
Media.
’87.—Alfred T. Conrow, Philadelphia.
°88.—W. W. Hancock, B. S.; P. Sharples
Hall, B. S.; T. Montgomery Lightfoot, B. S.,
of Philadelphia; William S. Marshall, B. S.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Under Graduates. — Joseph Sill, ex-'go,
of Philadelphia, and William C. Sproul, ’gr.
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT.
EDITOR, W. G. UNDERWOOD, ’87.
{All communications intended for the Alumni Department should be
addressed to the Alumni Editor, Elizabeth City, N. C.]
As yet no voice has been raised against one
of the most radical changes that has ever
been proposed to the Alumni Association,—
the proposition made at the special meeting
in January to admit to certain privileges of
the Alumni, those who did not graduate from
the College. The meeting at which this
change came so near being rushed through, in
fact the proposition would no doubt have
slipped through, had the report of the com-
mittee been in better shape, was slimly at-
tended, about twenty-five members of the As-
sociation being present. Of these probably
not more than a dozen had ever given five
minutes thought to the subject. And yet, the
whole discussion at that meeting hinged not
on the question, whether it was a wise policy
to make the change, but upon the petty de-
tails of how the change should be made, such
as ar we ait sealleuts astio hea taken
irregular courses or only those who had taken
regular ones.
A close analysis of the proposition now be-
fore the Association will, I think, reveal the
fact that the whole plan should be rejected,
or at least that a proposition of so much im-
portance to the whole Association should not
be decided by twenty-five members, until
some effort has been made to obtain the sen-
timent of the majority of the Association.
The privileges of the Alumni are not very
numerous nor very exalted, but such as they
are, they should be preserved strictly for gra-
duates of the College alone. The question is,
are we prepared to treble our numbers in the
proportion of three graduates of the Fresh-
man Class to two of the Sophomore Class,
and one of the Junior Class? Are we willing
to have all those who would thus be admitted
to the Association stand before the world as
graduates of Swarthmore? For to the world,
to be an Alumnus signifies at once to bea gra-
duate, and when a man says he belongs to the
Swarthmore College Alumni Association, or
that he attended a Swarthmore Alumni
banquet, the person to whom he is talking, at
once assumes that he is a graduate of Swarth-
‘more College, and yet perhaps he may have
been at the College for but one year and may
lack all the polish and culture of a College
graduate. - But,some one says we need not
admit such, we can use our own discretion
about whom we admit. Certainly we can, but
it is a hundred times easier not to let the bars
down than it is to try to separate those who
would enter.
Then if we treble or quadruple our mem-
bership where would we hold our banquets.
Our Association is now increasing in number,
healthfully and normally, but if we admit this
large alien element we would not know what
to do with them. The dining hall at Swarth-
more would soon grow too small for the ban-
quets, and we would either be compelled to
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change the place of having them, hold a series
of banquets, or, form a number of local asso-'
ciations.
I think I have shown that the change is
too radical and important to be entered upon
hastily and as one of a large number of the
Alumni who are warmly interested in the As.
sociation, but who are not likely to be present
at the annual business meeting, I protest
against the Association taking this step until
the views of the absentees or at least of a re-
spectable majority are obtained.
If persons who did not graduate must be-
come members of the Association, there is a
way left by which the very cream of those
who did not finish their course may obtain
membership. This is under a resolution
passed by the Association two years ago, to
the effect that married members be allowed
to bring their detter-halves to the banquet,
This resolution has already had a beneficial
effect.as quite a number have availed them-
selves of it, while others are clamoring for ad-
mission under its provision. It is certainly
not the intent of this article to discourage
any such for, I gladly welcome all who come
in that way. W. G. U.
PERSONALS.
*82. Charles Palmer, A. M., has been elected
Secretary of the Chester Bicycling Club.
_’82. G. E, H. Weaver was lately made a mem-
ber of the University Club of Philadelphia.
| ’85. Philip Q. Churchman is studying law with
denator Anthony Higgins.
’86. C. Fred Kohl visited the a on the
1st ult.
’87. Wm. G. Underwood has been re-elected a
pacoiber of the City Council of Elizabeth City,
. C. He is a candidate for the or to be
Siectait in 1890.
_ *87. Married, fourth month 3oth, at Mill-
ville, Pa. Alice T. Battin to Ralph Lewis, ’92.
1?
"88. Esther E. Willits attended the joint
meeting.
’89. Ralph Stone will study law with United
States Senator Anthony Higgins immediately after
graduation. J. Carroll Hayes will enter Harvard.
He has already received his certificate of admission
to the Senior class.
’89. William H. Brooks visited the college
recently.
Francis Hoag, Jr., ex-’80, was married at
Central Bridge, N. Y. He is at present edi-
tor of the Central Bridge Leader.
’90. Howard M. Philips is now engaged in busi-
ness in the West.
——
“OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.”
A SWARTHMORE COLLEGE SONG.
A1iR—“ Other Arrangements”?—Princeton Song !
At tennis in springtime I love to “co-ed,”
But chestnut-bells jangle so over my head,
I'll have to make other arrangements.
This winter, for skating engagements we made
But ice it was minus, and so we're afraid
We'll have to make other arrangements.
Chorus—Other arrangements we must make,
Different measures we must take,
Other arrangements, other arrangements
Other arrangements we must make.
We go to the sanctum and think to pull wires
But find to our grief some other aspires
And makes us make other arrangements.
We heard in room “‘ N”’ a blood-curdling noise,
But found it was merely the athletic boys
Who tried to make other arrangements.
Chorus—Other arrangements we must make, etc.
Sometimes in the parlor we get rather gay e 4
And then comes a voice and it softly does say,
“ You'll have to make other arrangements.”
We go into town to a lecture, you know,
And take the owl train but we find it’s no go. LN
We'll have to make other arrangements. \i a
7”
Chorus—Other arrangements we must make, etc. ie
MAE. t™
Prof. Weaver took a party of girls to the
University Glee-Club Entertainment on the
26th ult.
12 THE SWARTHMORE PHENIX.
LOCALS.
EDITOR: GERTRUDE HUTCHINGS, ’92.
Weary and worn,
Burdened with care,
Forsaken, forlorn,
Nigh to despair,
Grope we for locals.
*
Oh, reader, be kind!
Our efforts sincere
May give you more pleasure
At the end of the year
In reading the locals.
Tennis nets are seen.
Spring-fever is having a bountiful harvest
of cases.
Sweet visions of strawberries disturb the
rest of the weary student.
On the 22d of 4th month, Thomas H. Hall
and family, formerly of West Chester, moved
to Swarthmore Village.
Merrily, merrily, cheerily, cheerily,
Pores the Senior his thesis over.
Sadly, sadly, wearily, wearily,
Wrestles the Prep. with the “ Pigs in the Clover.’
The Eunomian Society is about to put a.
large frame in its library-room, in which there
will be spaces for photographs of ex-members
and honorary members.
The girls of the Freshman Class presented
a class-banner to the boys on the 17th of
4th month.
The change in the spring: holidays, ren-
dered necessary a change in the times set for
the Somerville-Delphic Joint Meeting, and
the Somerville Reunion. The former took
place on the 2oth, and the latter on the 27th
ult.
The retiring staff of the Paa:nix has ad
the good fortune to complete its volume with?
out losing any of its members. This cannot
be said of any previous staff, except that of
Vol. I.
The lecture which was to have been de-
livered by De Witt Leland on the 12th ult.,
was indefinitely postponed.
The national “ Arbor” day drew nigh;
We heard the Sophs, dejected, sigh,—
Ah, Freshies, do you ask us why ?
The Sophs, when Freshmen bold, you see,
For all the Faculty’s decree,
Were bound to pull up ’go’s tree.
But now, in deep and dire dismay,
They hear the’Faculty say “ nay,”—
They must stay there planting till class day.
Ninety’s Halcyon came out on the 27th ult.
As it was too late for review in this issue, it
will be noticed in our next.
The girls of the College and Preparatory
School held their closing exercises in the
gymnasium upon the 29th ult.
Mr. Randal, the Assistant Professor in
Chemistry, is already well liked by the stu-
dents.
Bright Prep.—“ Say, Dick, how can a thin
| baby be made fat ?”
Dick.—* Give it up.”
Bright Prep.— By dropping it from ‘the
fourth floor. It will come down plump.”
It might be well to present the Skating
Committee with suitable medals for their
efforts in our behalf during the past winter.
The following have secured the appoint-
ments as contestants for the Magill Prizes in
Oratory :—
From the Sophomore Class.—Josephine T.
Ancona, Eliza R. Hampton, Esther Haviland,
John W. Hutchinson, Jr., Wm. CG. Sproul,
and Zaida E. Udell.
From the Freshman Class.—Chas. B. Hart,
Gertrude Hutchings, Georgia Porter, Flor-
ence D. Reid, Laura M. Smith, and Edwin
Underwood. The contest will take place on
the roth inst.
We hear that “Busy Bee” has become
quite an orator, and has espoused the cause
of temperance.
Through the efforts of Ralph Stone, ’89,
and George Masters, ’89, the managers have
levelled the space enclosed by the track, that
it may be used as a football and base-ball
field.
How doth the little finny fish
Come every Wednesday morn ;
How doth the garlic in the cream
The oatmeal-dish adorn.
Oh, finny fish ! ; Quit not thy stream
Till thou art larger grown.
Oh, garlic green! Leave not the heath
To make us sigh and moan.
There has been a special meeting of the
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association called
for the fourth of May, in New York City.
Jas. W. Ponder, ’90, will represent Swarth-
more.
The meeting for the Study of Friends’
Principles, which is held at the college every
First-day at five P. M., has increased greatly
in size during a number of meetings past,
and great interest has been taken in the ex-
ercises.
Superintendent Hall expects to move into
his new house some time during the Fifth
month. Prof. Price and family closed the
West House the 2oth ult., and will remain in
Philadelphia until they sail for Berlin in the
coming sixth month.
One of the urgent needs at present is a
substantial walk to the Meeting-House. We
should also have a walk to the Grand-Stand
on Whittierfield.
Swarthmore was represented at the meet-
ng of the Executive Committee of the Inter-
vollegiate Athletic Association, on me 28th
t. by James W. Ponder, ’g0.
Mrs. Bond gave a reception to the Senior
Class on the. evening of the 23d ult. Mem-
bers of the Faculty, and others, were also
pr sent. The occasion was an enjoyable
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It must give the students who managed to
get their “blue print” pictures taken great
satisfaction to think that they were able to
have ¢wo athletes in the group, Roberts and
Sellers ; these men, however, did not know
what the picture was for or they would not
have been in it.
PUNTS.
Poor “ Pompey!”
“ Major’s”” white vest!
“ Ridge”’ is lord of the sky-parlors.
“Dubbs” was the hero of the mock-trial.
What’s the matter with “Flasher” for
first base ?
“Colley” follows too closely the plain
dressing of the Quakers.
TELE
OBITUARY.
The present college-year is drawing near
its close, but before the end has been reached,
the shadow of death has fallen within the
walls of our college-home. W. Howarp
Paist, of Leopard, Pa., a member of the
Second Class in the Preparatory School, died
at Swarthmore College, Fourth month, Fifth,
1889. He had been a faithful student, and a
most exemplary member of his class. Death,
wherever it enters, must needs bring sadness
and deep sorrow with it. We know not what
to say to those to whom this loss is greatest ;
we can only trust that our Heavenly Father
knoweth best.
ER:
THE JOINT MEETING.
The Somerville - Delphic joint meeting, on
Seventh-day evening, 4th month 2oth, was much
enjoyed by the members of both societies. The
exercises were opened by the answering of the
roll-call with sentiments, at the close of which the
President, Howard A. Dill, ’89, gave a short ad-
dress of welcome. ‘The following programme was
then carried out :—Music, ‘‘ Convent Bells,’’ by
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the Swarthmore College Glee Club. Debate,
‘* Resolved: Thatthe Action of Germany in the
Samoan affair is justifiable.’’ Affirmative leader,
Alice W. Titus, ’90; First assistant, James W.
Ponder, ’90; Second assistant, Josephine T. An-
cona, ’91. Negative leader, Edgar A. Brown,
’90; First assistant, Caroline R. Gaston, ’go0; Sec-
ond assistant, Albert H. Smith, ’91. The Judges,
Elizabeth P. Bond and Prof. George A. Hoadley,
gave the decision in favor of the Negative. ‘Then
followed music, ‘‘ Consolation,®’ by Messrs. Hoad-
ley, Anderson, ’89; Stone, ’89, and Davis, ’92.
Recitation, ‘‘The Garrison of Cape Ann,’’ by
Clara Haydock, ’89. Essay, ‘* The Friendship of
Goethe and Schiller,’’ by J. Carroll Hayes, ’89.
Music, ‘‘ The Lark’s Song,’’ Misses L. Passmore,
89; Palmer, ’89; Haydock, ’89, and N. Passmore,
"90. The Critic’s Essay, by Ralph Stone, ’89, con-
cluded the exercises.
It being the first joint meeting of the season,
the members went away well pleased with the
evening’s entertainment. The officers of the
meeting were: Howard A. Dill, ’89, President ;
Lizzie B. Ambler, ’91, Secretary; Committee of
Arrangemefits : Horace B. Forman, Jr., ’89;
Margaret Laurie, ’89 ; - Frances E. Ottley, ’go;
Walter Roberts, ’90; Emily Atkinson, ’91, and
Frederick E. Stone, ’gr.
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SOCIETY REPORTS.
[As the Society Reports have been omitted for some time,
we insert them from the time of their last insertion, that the
record may be complete. ]
Somerville Literary Society—Sigma Chapter,
4th month 16, 1889.—Regular exercises consisted
of ‘‘ Life of George Eliot,’’ Esther Haviland, ’91;
Readings from her prose, Mary Kirk, ’89; Nellie
Atkinson, ’92; Reading from her poetry, Abby
M. Hall, ’go.
Omicron Chapter, ath month 19.—Regular Exer-
cises consisted of ‘Life of George Eliot,’’ Mary
D. Palmer,’90; Readings from her prose, Mary
B. Walker,’92; Jane Watson, ’91; Lillie C. White,
’92; Readings from her poetry, Sadie Moore, ’91;
Sue Van Trump, ’92;' Mary R. Phillips, ’9t.
Delphic Literary Society, 2d month 1, 1889,—
Regular exercises consisted of a Debate, ‘‘Resolved:
That the United States should annex Canada.’’
Affirmative leader, George Masters, ’89; First as-
sistant, Wm. E. Sweet, ’90; Second assistant, John:
W. Hutchinson, ’91. Negative leader, James W.
Ponder, ’90; First assistant, Chester P. Martin-
dale, ’91; Second assistant, Edwin M. Underwood,
’92. Judges, H. B. Forman, Jr.,’89, and Albert
H. Smith, ’91. Debate decided in favor of the
Affirmative.
2d month 16.—Meeting for the election of semi-
annual officers. The elections were as follows :—
President, Howard A. Dill, ’89; Vice-president,
Richard C. Sellers, ’90; Treasurer, Walter Rob- ;
erts, 90; Librarian, R. Barclay Spicer, ’90; Censor,
Horton C. Ryan, ’91; Corresponding Secretary,
James W. Ponder, ’90; Library Committee, Jo- |
seph Bringhurst, ’91, and William L. Donohugh,
"92.
3a month 1.—Regular exercises consisted of a
Lecture by J. Carroll Hayes, ’89, and two Discus-
sions by Ralph Stone, ’89, and Edwin M. Under-
wood, ’92.
3a month 19.—Regular exercises consisted of a
Recitation by Albert H. Smith, ’91, and a Debate, .....
‘* Resolved: That the methods of the British Par-
liament are superior to-those of our National Con-
gress.’’ Affirmative leader, George Ellsler, ’90 ;
. First assistant, Wm. E. Sweet, ’90; Second assist-
9 |
ant, John W. Hutchinson, ’91. Negative leader,
Willard L. Maris, ’90; First assistant, Horace G.
Vernon, ’91; Second assistant, Ralph Stone, ’8o.
Judges, J. Carroll Hayes, ’89, and Isaac O. Harper,
’91. Debate decided in favor of the Negative. |.
34 month 29,—Regular exercises consisted of a
Debate, ‘‘Resolved: That the country has profited
more by the statesmanship of Hamilton than by
that of Jefferson.’’ Affirmative leader, Willis W. -
Vail, ’89; First assistant, Alvan W. Atkinson, ’90 ;
Second assistant, Henry B. Coles,’92. Negative
leader, George H. Bartram, ’90; First assistant,
John W. Hutchinson, ’91; Second assistant, James
@V#Ponder, ’90. Judges, Ralph Stone, ’89, and
G."*Wilmer Koser, ’91. Debate decided in favor
of the affirmative. ‘
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S. C. Botany Club, 34 month 8, 1889.—Willard
L. Maris, ’90, initiated as an active member.
Regular exercises consisted of a Discussion by
Edgar A. Brown, ’9o, on “‘ Organic Acids,’’ fol-
lowed by a general discussion.
3a month 23.—Regular exercises consisted of a
Discussion by R. Barclay Spicer, ’90, on ‘ Lich-
ens,’’ followed by a general discussion of the
subject. ;
4th month 19.—Regular exercises consisted of a
Discussion by Alvan Atkinson, ’go, on ‘‘ The Dif-
ferences between Vernal and Autumnal Flowers.’’
followed by a general discussion of the subject.
The Latin Society, gth month, 24, 1859.—Metri-
cal translation of Ode XII. of Catullus were read
by Fannie B. Smith, ’90; Abby M. Hall, ’90; and
of Qde XIII. by R. B. Spicer, ’go. .
Eunomian Literary Society, 3d month 5, 1889
Regular exercises consisted of a referred question,
‘‘ What is the condition of Athletics in the prin-
cipal Colleges of this Country?’’ Grant Dibert,
’91. A Ten-minutes-talk upon ‘‘ Chaucer,’’ by
James V. Upson, ’89. Selections from Shakes-
peare, by E. M. Harvey, ’89 and C. B. Ketcham,
92.
34 month 19.—Regular exercises consisted of a
Debate, ‘‘ Resolved: That the best means of les-
sening the amount of vice and crime in the United
States would be by passing a National Prohibition
Act.’’ Affiirmative leader, E. B. Ridgway, ’90;
Second, John F. Murray, ’92. Negative leader, E.
B. Temple, ’91; Second, E. C.Wilson,’91. Judges, |
Geo. D. Cochran, ’91; H. Randolph, ’92. De-
cided in favor of the Affirmative. A Discussion
on the Nicaraugua Canal, by R. S. McConnell,
"90; An Essay on the Life of Sir Walter Scott, by
W. A. Mode, ’91; Readings by James M. and
Hamilton Walker, ’92.
Sr
COMMUNICATION.
To the Editor of the Paa@:nix:
When I consider what an important position
the exercises of our literary societies should and
do hold in our College course, I can not help feel-
ing that a change could be made attended bya
double advantage. Under the present system the
Meetings. of the Literary Societies being held on
different nights’ through the week, they must ne-
cessarily interrupt the routine of regular College
work. Very frequently a member being appointed
on a debate, is compelled to miss an excellent op-
portunity for self-improvement altogether or un-
dertake to debate without preparation to the dis-
satisfaction of himself and his Society. As these
opportunities for debate repeat themselves only at
long intervals, many members of the different so-
cieties do not derive the benefit that ought to ac-
crue to them: I would suggest the following plan,
as there are but three periods of recitations on
Seventh day morning, and as the majority of the
students have but two of these at most occupied, it
would be an excellent ending of the week and like-
wise a great source of satisfaction to those wishing
to improve themselves in their literary societies to
have the morning of this day of the week devoted
exclusively to literary exercises.
This plan may at first seem a little startling, but
upon consideration it may appear more feasible.
The three hours on Seventh day could be
dispensed with without great loss, and the even-
ing hours for study would not be interrupted, and
as Sixth day evening could. be devoted to prepara-
tion of these exercises, much better results could
be obtained from the society meetings. I only offer
this as a suggestion. A. G. C.
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ATHLETICS.
EDITOR: FREDERICK E. STONE, 2
The Third Annual Indoor Games of the Swarth-
more College Athletic Association, were held in
the gymnasium on the Twentieth of Fourth month. ;
The events for the cups kindly offered by Dr.
Shell, were well contested, and the other events
were made very interesting. The gymnasium was
comfortably filled. The songs by the Glee Club,
added much to the exercises and the music by the °
Orchestra was appreciated.
The first event on the programme was the Pole-
Vault, in which the following contested for the
Department of Physical Culture Cup:—Roberts,
*90; Temple, ’91; Brooke, ’91 ; Manning and
Roberts, ’90, won first place, breaking the Col-
lege Indoor Record by a vault of 9 feet; Temple,
*91, second. The Bar Leap, the next event; was a
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new feature at Swarthmore. In this Walton and
Hoopes took part. The running High Jump was
closely contested by Stone, ’89 ; Brooke, ’g1 ;
Roberts, ’90; Dudley, ’91; Bond, ’91 and Sweet,
’g0. Stone, won at 5 feet 4% inches, with Brooke
a close second.. In the Horizontal Bar by Dill,’89;
Sellers, ’90; Roberts, ’90 ; E. Bond, Lewis and J,
Staab, much applause was called forth. The
Acrobatics by Roberts, ’ 99; Sellers, ’ 90; Bond and
J. Staab, were interesting as well as amusing.
The Bar Vault was won by Roberts at 6 feet 414
inches. Dill, ’89; Sellers, ’90; Temple, ’91; Bond,
’91 ; Pyle, ’89 and Lewis also contested. Roberts
and Lewis, ’9o0, gave an exhibition of high kick.
Lewis kicked 8 feet 3 inches. The Standing High
Jump was tied by Stone, ’89 and Lewis at 4 feet
4% inches. Masters, ’89; Forman, ’89 and Walton
contested. Stone faced the bar, and the other
contestants used the customary ‘‘ scissors-jump.”’
The exhibition on the parallel bars was not up to
the standard of the other events. The Polo on
bicycles, was a new event. Heulings, won by
making two goals, while Coles, ’92 made one.
Another successful feature of the day was the
‘‘ Pyramid,’’ participated in by seven men. The
last event on the programme, but by far the most
interesting was the Tug-of-War. The first heat
between Temple, Koser, Smith and Brooke, of "gl
- and MclIlvain, Hart, Ketcham and Dill, of ’92, was
won by ’gr by 7 inches. The second heat between
Harvey, Cummins, Dill and Anderson, of ’89 and
Atkinson, Sweet, Lippincott and Clothier, of ’90,
was won by ’89, distance 3 inches. The third heat
between ’89 and Baily, Manning, Saxman and
Watson, of the Preparatory School, was won by
’89, distance 234 inches. The fourth heat, between
the winners of the first and last ’heats, was won by
"89 after a severe tug, distance 3{ of an inch. The
money realized from this exhibition is to be placed
in the treasury of the Athletic Association.
The interest in base-ball has greatly increased.
A large number of students have contested for
places on the team. The following team was se-
lected to play at Haverford on Fifth month, First,
Wharton, catcher; Dudley, ’91, pitcher ; Pugh,
first base; Ketcham,’92, second base; Martindale,
’91, third base; Bond, ’gt, short-stop; Murray,
left field; Simmons, center field, and E. Bond, right
field. With practice this team is expected to give
good results,
The College Sports are to take place on the 11th
of this month. A large number of students are in
training and close contests are expected.
The First Athletic Sports of the Preparatory
School, were held on Whittierfield, Fourth-day,
Fourth month 24th. Many of the events were
well contested, but, owing to a strong wind blow-
ing directly against the runners on the finish the
records were not as good as were expected. Two
new events were introduced ; the potato-race, and
the throwing of the base-ball. For the winner of
each of these two races, prizes of a bat and ball
were presented by A. J. Reach, of Philadelphia.
Gold medals were awarded to the winners of each
of the other events, and the firm of Blaylock &
Blynn, of Philadelphia, presented a “ general ex-
cellence medal’’ to the one winning the greatest
number of firsts and seconds. There wasa tie for
this prize, Manning and Walton each securing
two firsts and one second. The “‘ toss-off,’”’ was
won by Manning. The events were as follows :—
One Mile Bicycle Race :—Heulings, first; Bond,
second ; time 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
zoo Yards Dash :—Walton, first ; Bonner,
second ; time 11 seconds.
Potato Race :—J. Staab, first ; T. Donohugh,
second.
Pole Vault :—Manning, first ; J. E. Dickinson,
second ; height 8 feet 434 inches. ;
Putting the Shot :—Pugh, first ; Harvey, second;
distance 29 feet 2 inches.
Running Broad Jump :—Saxman, first ; Man-
ning, second ; distance 16 feet.
220 Yards Dash :—Walton, first ; Bouse, sec-
ond ; time 25 1-5 seconds.
Throwing the Hammer :—Baily, first ; Harvey;
second; distance 68 feet 1 inch.
440 Yards Dash :—Simmons, first ; Watson,
second ; time 61 1-4 seconds.
One Mile Walk :-—Manning, first; G. W.
ith, second ; time 9 minutes and 8 seconds.
Running High Jump :—Hallowell, first ; Wal-
ton, second ; height 4 feet, 6 inches.
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One Haif-Mile Run :—Ballinger, first; Ellet,
second ; time 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
120 Yards Hurdle :—Heulings, first ;
second ; time 22 1-5 seconds.
Throwing the Base-Ball :—Pugh, first ;
second; distance 274 feet.
One Mile Run :—Ballinger, first; time 5 min-
utes and 30 seconds.
Tug of War :—First Preparatory vs. Second
Preparatory; won by First Preparatory, 1534
inches.
Baily,
Marsh,
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EXCHANGES.
EDITOR: WILLIAM C. SPROUL, ’9I.
The editor begins a second year’s work among
the exchanges with a hope that the experience
of a year will not be lost in improving the depart-
ment. No time will be wasted in making ac-
quaintances and becoming familiar with the
routine, and no salutatory is necessary, further
than a statement that the same purposes with
which the task was first undertaken will be kept
in view now, and the old policy of active criti-
cism, tending toward an establishment of right
rather than a retaliation for wrongs, will be pur-
sued in the new volume.
The March number of Zhe Collegian reached us
some weeks late. The leading article is entitled,
‘¢A Word About the Small College,’’ by Hamil-
ton W. Mabie. This paper is especially interest-
ing in view of the present popular awakening to
the fact that the smaller institutions are leading
the times. We fear that Zhe Collegian is drifting
into an organ of the undergraduates of New Eng-
land rather than of the whole student mass of Amer-
ica ; but, should such be the case, it would not be
surprising, as the journal apparently receives its
most substantial support from the Eastern col-
_ legés.. The suggestion for a national inter-colle-
giate journalistic organization is very commend-
able.
The Earthamite says that it is evident that the
Haverfordian «is edited by overgrown boys, with
more brawn than brain.”” To a disinterested
; obseryery who can only judge by the puny argu- |
ments of the Earthamite, and from the fact that
its literary articles are almost all written by pro-
fessors and outsiders, it would appear that the
editors of that journal had neither.
No college journal within our knowledge, and
we have watched through the last volume of over
one hundred of them, has made the steady im-
provement which the Pennsylvania State College
Free Lance has shown in the past year. The
Free Lance of to-day is as great an improvement
over the same paper a year ago as a college man
is over a ‘‘Prep.’’ The March number, which
closed the work of the second volume, was a par-
ticular credit to the retiring staff. The article on
‘‘ College Discipline’’ is of considerable merit,
and discusses the matter quite thoroughly. In the
course of his argument the writer says :—
“ The college student is both a man and aboy. The College -
receives him as a youth just merging into manhood. It turns
him out a man, if he ever will be one. A great many col-
leges, however, make no note of this fact, and continue the
same discipline throughout the entire course. A Senior is
subject to the same laws as a Freshman. A man fully devel-
oped is watched over with a parental care that controls all his
actions.
“This kind of government may do very well for the first
year of a college course, until a student becomes accustomed
to college-life, and learns what is expected of him, but we
think it should then gradually give way to a system of indi-
vidual responsibility. If continued too long, it is most pernici-
ous in its results. The habits and traditions in which men
have been trained when they reach the Senior year are such
that they are yet boys in responsibility, And, although they
are very manly and independent in some directions, they are
dependent and unmanly in their methods of study, in their
- conception of duty, in their scholarship, and in all that affects
the institution to which they belong.”
This suggestion of a difference in discipline in >,
the various classes is most sensible, and strikes us
as the missing-link, the happy medium, between
the absolute lack of discipline at the great univer-
sities in Germany and grammar-school methods
in vogue in so many American colleges. The
effect of the one extreme is seen in the deplorable
anarchy and riot-breeding influences of the foreign
universities, where thousands of young men are
suddenly thrown out from the restraint of the
parental roof into absolute self-dependence ; the
stronger ones succeed in keeping themselves in
control, but the others, unable to quickly accus-
tom themselves to such a change of surroundings,
fall victims to the first mental malady that ap-
s
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pears. On the other hand, can the young man who
leaves home develop his manhood in an insti-
tution where the old principles of no liberties pre-
vail? His development is checked by an unde-
viating discipline, the independence which should
characterize him is never shown, and he goes out
to go through life as an underling, or graduates
to be affected by the removal of restraint in after
life just as the foreign student who leaves home
for the university. A gra®ua] increase of privi-
leges, however, suited to the increasing scope of
the student’s mind, and a consequent growing dis-
cernment of the true purposes of life, would seem
to be the proper course of discipline, and the one
which would do most toward character-building.
The college that adopts a wholesome system of
this kind which will expose its students to a mini-
mum of the dangers which beset the youth, and
yet opens to them amaximum of the advantages
of sound training, can truly be called the 4/ma
Mater.
The Randolph-Macon Monthly says: ‘‘ One
would think from reading, the Swartmore Phe-
nix, that the college was wholly given up to the
development of the physical man, while intellect-
ual work was only introduced as atecreation.’’
Well, one must think from reading the Ran-
dolph- Macon Monthly that the principal occupation
at that institution is snoozing, while such sundry
accomplishments as learning to spell, punctuate or
to express intelligible thoughts are altogether disre-
garded. ‘As tothe evident aim of the remark, one
can well imagine the lazy Virginian who prompted
it. Without sufficient energy to overcome his
own Spring-fever, he envies and slurs the more
active ones who pass him by.
The Buchtelite, from Buchtel College, Ohio, is
the latest recruit to the ranks of inter-collegiate
journalism, and its first number takes a high posi-
tion in the sisterhood of publications. The good
beginning made by some of the new journals, as
the Pudse, the Oracle, and the Buchtelite, reminds
others in building up college journalism. They
begin with the age, and profit by the advanced
spirit of the times. There is not the great task of
educating the student-sentiment to sympathy with
the project, the trouble in overcoming the preju-
dices or defying the wrath of a hostile Faculty,
nor the difficulties in securing pecuniary support,
which baffled and discouraged our predecessors.
The timber is already cut and dried, in shape to
put together, and win honor for the founders and
the college.
The Concordiensis, the excellent journal of
Union College, is our latest acquaintance. The
magazine is well conducted in all of its depart- -
ments.
The Rutger’s Targum is always a welcome
visitor. The Zargum has a faculty of securing an
interesting array of general inter-collegiate and
athletic news.
INTER-COLLEGIATE NEWS AND POESY.
In jest I called her egotist,
The veriest of elves,
‘« Because,” I said, “ these egotists
Love none beside themselves.”’
She looked at me full earnestly,
As oft when she would chide me,
And then she said so haughtily,
“I don’t like you beside me.”
. —Williams Weekly
The old house in which Benjamin West, the
great American painter, was born, and in which,
according to the popular story, he first displayed
his talent by painting his baby-brother, as he lay
asleep in the cradle, is still standing on a pleasant
corner of the great college campus at Swarthmore.
The old dwelling was built in 1724, but is still in
an excellent state of preservation, and is at present -
occupied by two of the Swarthmore Professors.
—Exchange.
Mrs. Leavenworth, of Syracuse, the widow of the
late General Leavenworth, has purchased for Syra;
one of the difference in the task of establishing a ene University the celebrated portrait collection
college magazine now and a quarter of a century
or even a decade ago. . Now, the organizers
of a new paper realize from the years of work of
. Heinrich Wolff, who for many years was a
leads in the University of Bonn. The collec-
tion is probably the most complete in the world,
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embracing nearly twelve thousand portraits of dis-
tinguished people. The donor paid a large price
for it, and intends it as a memorial to her hus-
band.
At Bate’s College, a feature of the recent,gym-
nasium exhibition was a fencing-match between a
young man and young woman. The lady is said
to have acquitted herself very creditably.
Lehigh and Haverford both hold their sports on
the 11th inst., the date of our games'on Whittier-
field. The sports of the Pennsylvania Inter-
Collegiate Athletic Association will take place on
the university grounds, Philadelphia, on the 18th,
and the National Inter-Collegiate games will be
held on the Berkeley Oval, New York City, on
the 25th.
Fencing and boxing, after a long period of dis-
favor, are again coming into popularity in some
of the large American colleges. In foreign insti-
tutions, where there is but little of the other
athletics, these pastimes are very popular.
A feature of college-life at Ambherst is the
weekly class prayer-meetings.. They are said to
be quite well attended. .
THE WAGER.
Upon a point of difference,
They argued long, with vehemence,
Sweet Maud and May could not agree ;
And so,
With cheeks aglow,
They turned to Tom, appealingly,
And asked what should the wager be,
Tom pondered deep, awhile ;
Then answered with a smile:
“You might bet candy or a treat;
—Most ladies wager something sweet,—
But something sweeter, far, than this
Would be for each to bet a kiss.”
The both agreed; they turned to go,—
“ But stop,” said he, “ ’tis fair, you know,
T’ insure the wager each one makes,
To let me, ladies, hold the stakes!”
— Yale Record.
_ It is said that a number of Pittsburg and West-
ern protectionists, under the lead of Congressman
McKinley, are about to raise $100,000 to found a
. Chair-of° “protection at Yale in opposition to the
free-trade doctrines now taught. in the political
°
science there. President Dwight says he has not
been notified of the project.
Princeton and Cornell, inspired by the success
of the system at Harvard, are making efforts to
organize co-operative stores.
BY PATHS.
I love to leave the common thoroughfare,
And wander through the woods and fields alone :
The yielding turf, with here and there a stone,
Is better far than walks which men prepare.
No garden tended with the utmost care,
And glowing with the choicest blossoms known,
Can steal away the charms the wild flowers own,
That, all uncared for, scent the Summer air.
The merry birds, that in the forests play,
Seem happier than those about the street.
I like the trees whose branches fill my way,
And often bending downward brash my feet.
Far from the homes of men I love to stray,
And seek queen nature in her own retreat.
—Dartmouth.
Harvard gave its first degree of LL.D. to
George Washington.—Zx.
English is taught in all Japanese government
schools.—Zx.
Oxford University has appliances for printing in
one hundred and fifty different languages.—Z x.
_ A course in writing plays now forms a part of
the curriculum of studies in the University of
Michigan.—Zx.
Among the students at Princeton is one seventy-
three years old. He is studying for the ministry
and expects to graduate this year.—Z-x.
Current with the report that the ladies of the’™
Harvard ‘‘ Annex’’ were about to put a rowing.”
crew.on the Charles River, comes, the report that
the Allegheny College co-eds have organized a
+ base-ball club. ,
Rev. W. W. Smith, the best base-ball pitcher
Princeton ever had, has accepted a call to the pul-
pit of the Central Presbyterian Church, New York,
at a salary of $7000.—Zx. ;
At a recent performance in the New Haven opera
house—as a number of students left their seats be-
tween acts—a good lady was heard to remark,
«« Ain’t it too bad those young fellows have to go
home and go to studying.’’—Zx..
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20 THE SWARTHMORE PHCENIX.
One of the strongest arguments in favor of co-
education is the refining influence exerted over
rough and impetuous young men, by the young
ladies. This silent but potent influence makes it-
self felt in the class-room, at the social gathering,
and even on the ball grounds. Brutality in ath-
letics is almost unheard of in co-educational insti-
tutions. But nowhere is this gentle influence more
fruitful when present, or more noticeable when
absent, than at the boarding establishment.
‘ With this training while in school,
while the mind and habits of a young man are be-
ing moulded and settled, he enters life with a
higher appreciation of woman’s worth and true
position. He consciously or unconsciously refers
his actions to the bar of her approval.—Arze/.
Fraternities have their place in college, and an
important one, but they have no right as frater-
nities to take any part in the selection of Univer-
sity or class officers. Of course, it isan honor for
a fraternity to have a large percentage of offices
held by its members, yet they should not allow
this fraternity pride to surpass their pride in the
University.—Arie?.
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BOOK REVIEWS.
A Quaker Girl of Nantucket. By Mary Catherine
Lee. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
This is a charming little story of a quaint, out of the way
fishing town in New England. It is written in a graceful,
pleasing style, abounding in bits of enjoyable humor, and in a
few scenes is not without considerable pathos, The tale is
full of human interest, and tells of many interesting people.
It tells of Miriam, the little Quaker girl, who, brought up un-
der the care of stern Aunt Dorcas, drifts away in a boat by
accident, is picked up and carried to Newport, where she first
beholds something of the gay, fashionable world beyond her
own quiet, island home. It tells of her neighbors and their
simple life at Nantucket ; of the story of the wreck of a ves-
sel on the coast and the rescue of two boys, whose true names
are revealed later as they grow to be the heroes of the story
and one eventually becomes the husband of Miriam ; of old
Amos Tuttle, with his wind-mill, and of Paul, who is sent off
to Haverford College, where he learns to tie a coffee-pot to a
horse’s tail and turn the beast loose in a rye patch at night.
A strange college custom, ’tis true, but it must be a way they
have at Haverford. This tale of the sea will well repay the
few hours it takes to read it. The interest is awakened from
the first, and is sustained throughout the pages. Only a few
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of the characters have been mentioned and although the story
cannot be abbreviated without spoiling it, the beautiful thread
of innocent romance which pervades it may be judged from.
what has has been said. - It is a splendid girls’ story, calcul-
ated to oppose the sensational literature which, sad to say, is
too popular with our young women of to-day, and it well de-
serves a place in some of our college collections.
An Introduction to the Poetry of Robert Browning.
By William John Alexander, Ph. D., of Dal-
housie College, N.S. Boston: Ginn & Com-
pany.
Weare glad to welcome any “ guides,” “ introductions,” or
“ studies ” of Browning’s verse, provided, only, that the work
on them is well done, for in the case of no poet is help of this-
kind more needed than with him. Browning, in his work,
really stands in his own light. He has written so much that :
is speculative, philosophical—representative of the man rather
than the poet—that much of his highest poetry,—his poetry
pure and simple,—is lost sight of because hidden from the
gaze of the ordinary student. In many instances the really
beautiful line of his thought is so hidden by a mass of obscure,
untranslatable expressions, that it altogether fails of apprecia-
tion. Professor Alexander does much to clear away this
seemingly impenetrable covering and lay open the golden
ideas for the pleasure of others than professional Aiterateurs.
His work is really admirable in its way,—clear, concise, sys-
tematic,—in a word truly helpful. The writer will win the
confidence of his readers all the more that he is seen to make
no fetich of Browning. For while he admires the splendid
gifts of the poet he is alive to his limitations as well. We
like particularly the closing chapters of the book, which
treats the poet’s development, and characterize the works
of the successive periods of his career. -
The Choral Book, for Home, School and Church.
Translated from the German by Freidrich
Zuchtmann and Edwin L. Kirtland. Boston:
Ginn & Co.
The “Choral Book” consists of ninety choice choral
pieces, which have, as the compilers state, proved their qual-
ity by centuries of use in the homes, schools, and churches of
Germany. The purposes are especially commendable. While
seeking to give to the home-circle and school-room a collec-
tion of beautiful, yet simple hymns, it seems that the greatest
object is to displace the tendency of leaving the entire musi-
cal part of a church service to a few professional singers who
so often constitute a “ paid choir,” and render the light and
lively morceaux of the opera, rather than the more dignified
tones of the impressive congregational hymns, An examina-
tion of the book leads to the opinion that the purposes are
well ied out. The hymns it contains are, many of them,,
ob , Gellert, and Klopstock, names well known in the
lyric literature of Germany. The music, while simple, is full
of harmony, and has the dignity and solemnity suited to the
expression of religious feeling.
