Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 98 of the 1905 volume:

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PHILLIPS Zlrntiat Y Fargo Block, Prior Ave., Corner St. Anthony 1 Merriam Park. - - St. Paul, Minnesota THE CHASE STUDIO Public Library Bldg., St. Paul , Hlintngrzqalra mth lgnrtruiia . f I 'he merit of our work will se- cure your continued patronag I , Rosictr. RITE I I Atturnrg-at-Eluln Pioneer Press Building l St. Paul. ' : : Minnesota. 4 DK. VVALLACE V w w 4 ID . JUNIOR CLASS OF -1 MACALESTER C O L L E G E Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Business Manager Assistant Manager Literary Society I A rt 1 ,I Sports - ASSOCIATE - ASA FERRY E. K. BITZING R. O. THOMAS J. T. ANDERSON E DITORS NIiss M. Guy Miss M. Jamieson Miss I. Elmer Miss J. Turnbull Mr. E. E. Bromley HISSAM PRINTING COMPANY V r g I Lf - IU A V f' -r : , P1 ' A V, Q jg f , 1. A '14 'K V V ag CD C If 5 '71 v m X115 ,az f' ' tx N SHAKESPEARE AND THE EDITOR Soit! who comes here? -Coriolanus. Quid Nunc, The Macalester Junior Annual, an it please you. We bow to you, ladies and gentlemen, with whatever humility is befitting your rank, and is not incompatible with our own dignity. Gentles all, we greet you! VVC bear letters of introduction-you will find them in blue upon our cover. You see we are titled, but by no means wealthy --our face is our fortune. And, since who steals my purse steals trashf' we bring you something valuable in exchange for iifty cents of that same trash: is it not a fair exchange, hut editors are proverbially charitableAit is their only chance, for charity eovereth a multitude of sins. Yllhat do we bring you 1? XVe cannot tell in a breath: read on, and you shall see. il First citizen: What is your name? Second citizen: Whither are you going? Third citizen: 'tWhere do you dwell? Fourth citizen: Are you a married man or a bachelor? Second citizen: Answer every man directly. First citizen: Ay, and briefly. Fourth citizen: Ay, and wisely. Third citizen: Ay, and truly you were best. --Julius Caesar. Steady there! Some people are dreadfully impatient! Now I like to ramble along at leisure. Brevity may be the soul of wit, but an editor is never supposedfby his readers-to have any wit, and if he coaxes himself into the belief that he has, he is modest, and con- fesses that his wit is mortal, and hence has no soul. Ergo: I will not be brief. If. however. you will be patient. I will try to appease your curiosity without out-doing' Polonius. By the way, was Polonius an editor? What's in a name? -Romeo 6' Juliet. ' A lot- of letters usually. But there ls a great deal more in some names. Did you ever know a girl named Sarah Jane? I imagine that Romeo himself would not have so captivated the hearts of all fair readers who peruse this sad story of woe, had he been called Bill, Did you ever notice how careful Shakespeare was in choosing' his names? There is poetry in them all except Falstaff! Poor Falstaff, how we admire him ! 13 More matter with less art! Madam, I swear I use no art at all. -Hamlet. O yes! The name. Quid Nunc? First, there's death in it, for it is written in a dead language. Utinam that it were buried! And there is also 111ystery in it: do you know XVTIZIAE it means? But there is meaning in it. You would scarely believe it, but Quid Nunc means, what now? Something new, we assure you, but we have no intention of telling you here: tl1e whole Journal is an answer to the question. See? The question mark is very suggestive- and it COIIIG first. Declare thine office. -Ant. 6' Cleo. To amuse, to instruct, to edify. Please you, farther. - Gempest. IVell then, I will tell you. NVe h.aven't a great deal to do at col- lege. In fact we get rusty. Now what is better to take the rust off, than to put ourselves in a. good position to get polished? And if we may for once, by straining our faith, believe the evidence of editors in general, the editorial chair is the place par excellence. Indeed, from personal. observation, we know that the hero who dares to grasp the college quill, bids fair to get his share of friction. VVe hail with de- light the rough times to come! Like tl1e ll'lSl111ltLl'1 at Donnybrook Fair, we are all blue mouldy for a light! I'm out oi patience. -Gempest. Oh! your pardon! Seriously, then, as Puck would say. Our ob- jects in issuing tl1is annual are varied. In the first place, we know that you will like it, and we are unsellish ever: this is a very interest- ing little publication. Then we believe that there is literary talent among tl1e professors. and we desire to have the light no longer hid- den under a bushel of examination papers: they are so dry that it might set them on fire, and they are invalua.ble! Also we dreamed somewhere, that the students themselves are great authors in the bud, and we are anxious to see what the iiowers look like. I might also state that we belong to one of the best colleges in the iNest, and are not ashamed of our dear old halls-except the lioor in tl1e lower one. Vtle think that something may be told concerning our college in such a publication as tl1is, which would be out of place in tl1e college cat- alogue: the faculty compile the catalogue, tl1e students, the Annual. Tl1e11 again. we are the Junior Class. IVe are far enough along the path of learning, to view Freshman Math, and Sophomore Greek with solemn satisfaction: and yet are not too far to sympathize with those who shall follow in the same tl1orny way. And then we are only a year from beginning our schooling over again at the first two letters of the alphabet, and while our heads are still of normal size, we have a tickling beneath the skin which feels like a prophecy. Last, but not least. we are tired of attending all the classes every day, and expect 14 that, when we are poking our editorial nose into the depths of this marvelous Annual, we can justly plead a conflict. We have a pre- monition that our English teacher at least, will grant us a permanent excuse from Shakespeare when she secs this. CSee also UShakes- peare's Life on another page.D If you will bear with us for a moment We will be serious. VVe would like to speak a grave word for our Annual. VVe do not offer any apology for it, and yet we appreciate its deficiences, and com- mend it to your kindly criticism. Even if it were more faulty than it is, we should still have much to say in favor of it. As an enterprise alone it is worthy of your support, for what ever the visible result may be, it represents honest energy, honest pleasure, and honest benefit on the part of the Junior Class. College life should not consist merely in getting what you can out of books: it should also train the student to put something into books. VVe are sure that such a work as our Annual will provide a. slight opportunity for the exercise of that talent, and undoubtedly those who have contributed, have derived benefit from their labors. But the Annual itself we consider to be worthy of your appreciation also. The work in it has been done by a great many different students, so the editors do not feel false modesty in praising it. We think that the materials are excellent, and have been cast in good moulds. We would like here to express our hearty thanks to the Professors for their ready and valuable assistance and support. VVe hope that our Annual will not bring to them any disappointment, but rather a large measure of gratihcation. Our thanks are due also to those of our fellow-students who have contributed such excellent material to our pages. XVe would especially thank the prize-winners in our story and poetry contests, for the pains they have taken to make their work suitable for our Annual. Vile would also thank you for your fifty cents. The clown is com- ing back again-Good-bye. 15 KIT Mr. Mr. BIT. OUR CLASS. Miss Isabel Elmer. Miss Mary Guy. Miss xlZl.l'lCJEl111iCSO1l. Miss jane Turnbull. Amlersou. Mr. C. K. Bitzing. R112 E. E. Bromley. Mr. Asa Ferry. Mr. 16 Geilm. T. Fliun. Slack. R. O. Tlioma I' QC 3,5 MO IPL' ROLL CALL-JUNIORS Mr. Anderson: Oh, it is excellent To have a giant's strength. Mr. Bitzing: In all thy humor, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow. 4Addison. I Mr. Bromley: A truer, nobler, trustier heart, Ne'er beat within a human breast. -Byron. Miss Elmer: A form more fair, a face not sweet, Ne'er hath it been my lot to meet. -f-VVhittier. Mr. Ferry: His years but young, but his experience old: His head unmellowed but his judgement ripe. ' -Shakespeare. Mr. Geib: Say nought to him as he walks the hall, and he'll say nought to you. -Byron. Miss Guy: t'My lady hath a smile for all, a kindly word for eachf, Miss Jamieson: Her sunny locks 4 Hang on her temples like golden fleece. f-Shakespeare. Mr. Flinnz 'tDescribe him who can, I 1 The abridgement of all that is pleasant in man. fGoldsmith. Mr. Slack: 'LWho prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks. '-eButler. Mr. Thomas: Bid me discourse, 1 will enchant thine ear. --Shakespeare. Miss Turnbull: HA tender heartg a will indexible.-''Longfellouz 18 CLASS PRO PH ECY The Century Magazine of July, 1930, contains the following inter- esting reminiscence from the facile pen of Mr. E. K. Bitzing, the dis- tinguished editor of the New York Sun. It has been my delightful privilege this year, to attend the coni- mencement exercises at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. It is twenty-tive years since, as a young graduate, I had myself taken part, on a similar occasion, in this, n1y Alma Mater. That fact, indeed, ac- counted for my presence. During the year, letters had been passing between the members of the Class of 1905, scattered all over the world, and the result was that we all met once more, on the Sth of June, in the Dear Old Halls. But no, they were not the same Halls. In place of the little red brick building that had seemed so important to us, stood that massive pile of eternal stone, which constitutes the home of one of the most famous colleges of America. Truly the years had changed the college, as they had changed us! And yet the place was not less dear to us. for in memory we cherished the college of other days, and built up within this mountain of granite, our own little shrine before which we worshiped. I believe that no one has ever adequately portrayed the feelings which pour into the heart of a man, when, after an absence of a quarter of a. century, he stands in the corridors of his old college home. All feelings mingle: Joy, sorrow: pleasure, pain: pride, humility: remem- brance, regret. Those dear old days! Those days that are no more!', The feelings are sufhciently complex when the place itself has remained unchanged: but the strangeness of surroundings adds thoughts more various still. VVe are torn between the present and the past: between pride of achievement, and regret for vanished joys. As we gazed that day, at the granite walls. the massive pillars, and the beautiful domes, they seemed to melt away, and in their place a shadow-picture came, a reflection of that unpretentious, homely build- ing. which, through so many years. had been hidden among the pictures in the galleries of iremory. As we were guided through the beautiful palace of learning, by our dear old friend ex-President VVallace, now a venerable old man of nearly four score, whose name is enshrined in the hearts of thousands of his countrymen, there seemed to appear before us the battered stairs: the door with the broken glass: the postoffice boxes jammed with papers: and the busy stream of students passing eagerly to their class-rooms. VVe instinctively raised our feet for fear of tearing up pieces of the old floor. But all was changed: there was no battered stairway: no broken door: no disorderly post- 19 oifice boxes, no splintered floor. The Millennium had come for Macalester l Time lays his hand upon all, and yet who would have dreamed that, within twenty-five years, those bright, eager boys and girls who composed the class of 1905 could have been transformed into that group of grave, earnest men and women who 1net in the .President's room to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their graduation day. The toils and sorrows of life had marked us all, some almost past recognition. Our banquet was a unique atfair. Around the board gathered the graduation class of twenty-live years ago, with its circle unbroken. YVe had come from many lands. Most of us had been strangers to each other for a quarter of a century, and with life almost lived be- tween our meetings, we gathered once more, a band of students on Graduation Day. The plan of our banquet was' also unique. Each member of the class was to tell the story of twenty-five years in a. fifteen minute after-dinner speech. Our class had numbered thirteen, but there were almost twice as many gathered around the groaning tables. All of the gentlemen, ex- cept Hr. Flinn, had felt that it was not good for man to be alone, and President Flinn had married his country. The guests were arranged in alphabetical order, so the ltev. John Anderson, D. D., one of the most famous evangelists of the century, be- gan the Symposium. The very first sentence seemed to transport us to the music studio of other days. 1 remember t.hat one day many years ago, one of our lady professors told Dr. Anderson, then plain John Anderson, that with his magnificent voice he might move multi- tudes, and I am sure that we all, who often heard that voice from the platform of the music room, leading us with such vigor in songs of praise, or stirring us with exhortation, felt the justice of her remark. The same powerful voice bore us away on the wings of fancy, for a trip around the world. Dr. Anderson felt as though he had the whole world with him that night, Cwith a smile to the lady at his rightl, and yet he would tear himself away from the pleasant surroundings to accompany us on a fifteen-minute journey through America and Eng- land, coming back by way of the north pole and Canada. Ile told us of a busy life, spent in traveling from city to city in the lands where the English tongue was spoken, imparting to thousands of eager lis- teners the word of truth. Dr. Anderson spoke with touching gentle- ness of the wife at his side, who through all these years had been such a noble helper in his labors. And although Mrs Anderson was. a. stranger to many of us, there came to our minds a faint recollec- tion of days when John Anderson 's room was empty for many a long evening. The present writer was honored with the next place on the pro- gram. and told brietly how he had risen from the humble position of college scribe for the Pioneer Press. to the seat which he now so un- worthily fills. He remembered days when his writing created a sen- sation at Macalester. and brought to him letters bordered in black and 20 Po E3 he T' F' N 5 ij W A written in blood, from fair anarchists, and even aifectionate messages of remembrance from a more august body. At that time however, he did not dream that the editorial office should be the scene of his life work. His desire had been for the law. But he had dreaded the trial of his veracity, and so he had chosen to be an editor-and tell the truth. Vile could scarcely believe that the next speaker with the long grey beard, and the patriarchal aspect, was our genial Bromley of other days, but as he spoke the old ring came back and we knew him through the veil. Ile drew for us a picture of his mission in China, and told us of the work accomplished there. llad we not known through other reports of the great zeal and resulting success of Mr. l3romlcy's work, his modesty would have hidden from us much that ma.kes us honor this noble missionary. At the close of his address, his accomplished wife, who is a Chinese lady, and a graduate of the college in llong Kong, also rose, and together they sang us a song, in the musical language of China. iVe had decided that on our Program the ladies should be called by the names on their diplomas, and for a few hours leave behind the cares of married life, and be girls once more. Mrs -, nee Miss Elmer, was called upon next. There was the same tinge of shyness which had characterized the Miss Elmer of our class, and the same sincerity of heart underneath. For some years Miss Elmer's life had been spent in teaching. In her last school, pupils had attended of sizes varying from two to six feet in height, and of ages from live to twenty-tive years. One of the older pupils, she said, had given her a. great deal of trouble, and yet she was very fond of him. Indeed she had become so attached to him, that she had continued to teach him ever since, and had succeeded remarkably well considering his original depravity. She had remained for twenty years in the same school, and expected to die there. The school house was a quiet little farm-home in her native state. It has been the privilege of the writer to visit that home, and he has seen few homes with a more ideal atmosphere of peace and serenity. As Miss Ehner sat down beside her big scholar, some one in a distant music room, moved surely by some mystic inspiration, played very softly the strains of Ullome Sweet Ilomef' Mr. Ferry was the next spea.ker. His beard and hair were white, for he had spent his life in Canada, the land of perpetual snows. He looked like the frost king come south for the winter. Mr. Ferry told us of a life of hard work among thelinission fields of XVestern Canada. His life had been that of cowboy and preacher combined, a life full of health, for still at his age he could mount his big broncho, ride thirty miles. and conduct his three services on Simday. He told something of the progress of that wonderful VVest whose growth has so aston- ished us during the past quarter of a century. VVith the optimism which seems to breathe in the winds of the Vilest, he prophesied 'a great future for his beloved homeland. It recalled to us vividly the young Canadian whom we had known for two years as a classmate, for even then he had shown the same ardent patriotism. With a smil- '75 Qi W I1 m Sm QF' 1731 wZH ing apology for inflicting his Canadian feelings upon us, he quoted Scott's well-known lines: UBreathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land. It was with a burst of applause, both loud and long, that we greeted our beloved President. It gives us keen delight to remember that the President of the United States, the Greatest Nation on Earth, or under it, was to us plain Tom Flinn: for he had insisted that we should so address him. It seemed odd though, for Tom Flinn. had been a slight little fellow of about 120 lbs., and the President weighs almost 250. However, he was the same friendly, jolly old fellow as of yore. We remember that during our Junior year, Tom Flinn was a, marked man, for he was captain of our foot-ball team, but we did not dream that he should be captain of the American people. The Presi- dent told us, with charming modesty, the principal events of his busy career. He declared that, in spite of the statements of his biogra- phers, he had never been a brilliant student, sweeping everything be- fore him, and so strenuously applying himself to his books as to find no time for pleasures or sports. He was sorry to disappoint those who had looked upon him as a model for all school-boys and college-stu- dents in America. He had just been an ordinaryboy, and had some- times even tiunked. It was a treat for us to hear a President admit that: for had we only trusted to his biographers, we would have been compelled, either to become traitors to our country by doubting the word of our President, or to do violence to ourselves by subjecting our memories to a severe strain. However, the President did strain the truth when he declared that it was by no great effort of his own, and by no inherent ability above that of his fellows, that he had reached his lofty position. Ile blamed it all on luck, declaring to the last that he was plain Tom Flinn. VVhat a treat to hear a President talk like that! But we were sure that Toni would do so when he reached the VVhite House. Mr. Flinn has never married. XVe believe that from babyhood he ha.s been suffering from an inborn dread of the fair sex. Mr. Geib, as in the old days, sat next to Mr. Flinn, and rose in re- sponse to his name. Mr. Geib was also received with applause, for there were none present who did not honor this gentleman, who, by his quiet, plodding toil had become the honored advisor of many of the wealthiest men of his time. At the bar, Mr. Geib had never been a great success, though in his early years he had pleaded many cases, but as a legal advisor he had outstripped every lawyer in Philadelphia. lle also had stories to tell of days filled with unrewarded drudgery. but finally crowned with success. Like many a, young man of the law, he was judged a false and scheming man, until his sterling in- tegrity had overborne all prejudice. Mr. Geib was returned to Con- gress in 1920, when still a young man, and we have all felt that, though he was so close a friend of President Flinn, yet nothing but his own great worth exalted him to the position which he now so ably F4 'Q V19 'SS fills in President Flinn's cabinet. Mr. Geib, with that gentle modesty so usual with truly great men, disowned all credit for his success, and declared that the honor lay entirely with Mrs. Geib. Mrs. Geib is a daughter of ex-President Richmond, and undoubtedly is worthy of so noble a father. The same gentle eyes that we had known so well twenty-five years ago, with their pleasant smile for all, greeted us as Mrs. Dr. --, for- merly Miss Guy, rose in response to her name. Tl11lG,S fingers had touched her face also, but gently: for it was still happy as of yore, and we felt as she talked to us, that the heart, too, had retained its joy, though niellowed by toils nobly endured, and troubles bravely borne. Miss Guy told us brietly of the years spent in China, where she and her husband had gone immediately after their marriage in I9-. They had entered upon this work with the faith of youth, though a million souls looked to them for spiritual food. Now a beautiful church with school and mission buildings surrounding it, and a dainty oriental hospital, speak for the result of their long and patient labors. Vile are sure that both the Dr. and his wife have won their way into the hearts of many men, women and children of the far East, by their God-given gifts of eheerfulness and love. They have been equal co-laborers in this devoted work, and we were proud to remember that the genial Dr. was not a stranger to us in the Days of Auld Lang Sync. The extreme modesty of the account of those great laborers for the world, makes one ask, VVhen will the lives of these Heroes of Earth be written in the books of the world, even as they are now written in those other books, the books of gold? NVe are proud that Mrs. Dr., formerly Miss Jamieson, is also one of our class. Since those early years she has become better known too, in the field of literature, as HM. S. J. Miss Jamieson said that she felt like apologizing, because her life seemed so quiet and common- place in comparison with that of her friend. Just the old, old story of a few years spent behind the teacher's desk, and a series of roman- tic episodes with the young doctor, resulting in that happy union of which poets sing: f'Two hearts that beat as oneff Then quiet, hap- py years of home-life mingled with the social events of her little home city. As a means of recreation, the pen had been called into use. and a. few scraps of story and verse had found their way into the pub- lisher's hands. As Miss Jamieson spoke I was compelled to smile, for I remembered those dainty volumes which my wife prizes so high- ly, and loves to read in the twilight hours. Verily, modesty is a w'oman's crown of crowns! Rev. Ri. O. Thomas, D. D., followed Miss Jamieson. His rising caused a rustlc of pleasant expectation. The charm of that silver tongue had captivated thousands across the seas. Even at college Dr. Thomas was our orator, and well do we remember the day when first he bore oft' the honors in 1904. I need not tell you what he said, for the story of that grand life of service has been told a thousand times. A young man still, he stands at the very head of his profes- sion, the greatest preacher of this young century. Mr. Thomas began 26 his regular ministry in a little chapel away back in the mountains of Wales, and by steady strides has advanced, until to-day he preaches to thousands in that great Tabernacle in London, England. Never surely had he moved others as he moved us that evening. With what a gentle hand he touched the strings of our hearts already vibrating with memories, and waked in them the sweetest music! Miss Turnbull was not a stranger in Macalester, for she had been here for two years as a teacher previous to her marriage. Immedi- ately after graduating, she had gone to teach school at Bellville, Ill., and it was there that she iirst met Mr. --. The manner of that first meeting was interesting. Miss Turnbull had bought a little pony and cart, that she might drive from the town to her school, two miles dis- tant. VVhile driving through the town one day, the horse took fright, and bolted. Down the street he dashed at full speed, and what the outcome would have been it is hard to say, for at the end of that street was a great stone-quarry. In the nick of time, a strong, broad- sbouldered young fellow sprang out from his store, and, risking his life, caught the head of the frantic animal, and held him, though it cost him several broken bones. Need I tell the sequel U? Miss Turnbull re- ceived an offer of a position at Macalester, and taught there for two years, until she took up her abode in a beautiful home at Bellville. Mr. Slack spoke last. Like Mr. Ferry, he had spent his life in frontier work, preaching to the cowboys in the VVestern states. We have read some thrilling tales, but few that could compare with those which Mr. Slack told us from his own experience. Life had not been easy, but so engrossed had he become in his labors. that he looked forward with impatient eagerness for the time of his return. Mrs. Slack and he had spent years in this grand work. riding in the saddle over the prairies for days at a time. ller beautiful voice, which would have won her a place in any great city, had been consecrated to the work of charming cowboys and miners from their hardness, and making them gentle and true. The t'Prairie Nightingale, the boys called herg and we did not wonder as we listened to her sweet tender voice when she sang by request the beautiful words of Auld Lang Sync. Thus our banquet was ended. 71 SQVTIO HOINSIS COMMENCEME T It can not but be a matter of 11ll1Cl1 regret that tl1e public com- lll6I1C61llCUt dinner which for several years has been a 11l0St interesting feature of that occasion is to be discontinued. The attendance grow- ing larger every year, it. Cilllltl to he a serious matter to those who eon- tributed to it and to tl1e wo111e11 of the park who did so inueh to make it tl1e success that it was. This year the program for co111111e11ee111e11t will differ from that of former years. It is arraiiged that tl1e Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting ill the forenoon of C0llllll0UC61llCl1t day Ellld the 00111- l!I6IlC61ll0llt exercises will he held i11 tl1e afternoon. The alumni will the-11 have sway and will hold their reception and banquet in the evening lmegining at 6 o'eloek. It is i11tended to i11- vite a larger lllllllbtll' to the Zllllllllll banquet than heretofore and to make their 1lI00tll1,Q' a 1110111 llllDO1'f3llt part of the eo111111enee111ent ex- ereises. 'HAT' VVHEN. une 3, Fridav, 8 . m.-Commencement ofthe Academv. g . I9 . june 5, Sunday 10:30 a. m.-Alumni Sermon. 3:30 p. m.-Baccalaureate Sermon. 8:00 p. 1n.-Annual address before Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. june 6, Monday 8:00 p. m.-Senior Class evening. june 7, Tuesday 9:30 a. m.-Field day. 8:30 p. ni.-Annual Recital ofthe music department. June 8, Wednesday. 9 a. ni .-Annualmeeting ofthe board oftrustees 2100 p. m.-Fifth annual commencement. 6:00 p. in.-Alumni Banquet. 211 LITERARY SOCIETIES Th h' gg E b ' d. -S XX H I THE HYPERIUX THE ATHENAEAN THE P.-XRTHENON 1 HHJ, AJIHQIJLH NK LIT AXLSIIUOS AHVH 'T' nn HYPERION LITERARY SOCIETY. The Hyperion Literary Society was organized with the founding of the college, and has ever stood for good, all round, literary work. The society aims to teach its members to think accurately, and to speak readily, forcibly, and without embarrassment. Various forms of literary work, debates, extemporaneous speeches and recitations, contribute to this end. Parliamentary law is given its place in the business meetings. The lighter and more entertaining side is not omitted. A part of each program is of this nature, and special programs, such as story telling contests, are sometimes given. The recess, between the literary and business sessions, affords an opportunity for intercourse with fel- low members, and a chance to thresh over the evening's debate. A public entertainment is given annually, usually on Washington 's birthday. It is a literary program, patriotic, or commemorative. This gives the members an opportunity to face a large audience and to show the work of the society to the public. More attention is now being given to music, and instrumental and vocal selections make a decided addition to the programs. The male quartette is especially appreciated, not alone by the society, but by all the school. HYPER-ION BANQUET. As a member of the faculty has said, There is nothing in the whole year that we enjoy as much as the Hyperion Banquet. It begins with a social good time in Hyperion Hall. The alunlni are there with their reminiscences. The new members must be introduced, the faculty is in good spir- its. There are jokes and stories, some music, and perhaps a reading. Then we go to the banquet room. The menu is not too elaborate, but what of that? The pretty, decorated tables are narrow and invite conversation: every one is thoroughly at home: alumni, faculty, new members-.all have caught the true Hyperion spirit. Let us work together, but let us share our enjoyment also. Toasts and responses are given, and a feeling of comradeship is pro- moted which is characteristic of our members. Those giving toasts, and those responding to them. pay proper tribute, each to the virtues and abilities of the other, and thus a realizing sense is gained of the pos- sibilities which. perhaps, have lain dormant heretofore. So the evening passes, and finally we must separate, with mingled feelings-satisfaction at having spent so pleasant an evening, and re- gret that it is so quickly gone. 33 V , .A V-1 H P-4 W P-0 U f r- 1' Z P-4 P+ I .,, CQ rp - P-4 Z w 1 - H 4, Z bl PM ,- L . 4 w , . 5. L THE ATIIENAEAN LITERARY SOCIETY. Several hundred years B. C., a number of enterprising citizens of Athens formed a society which met at regular intervals in a place on the Acropolis. All the most prominent men of the flourishing city were connected with this society. It was the purpose of its members to debate and discuss the live questions of the day, to fit themselves for public speaking and the duties of citizenship. They called their organization Athenaeum. From this ancient and venerable society ours is a direct decendent. The Athenaean takes its members from the young men of the college. As citizens of the United States, it is essential that every man have an intelligent knowledge of the political and sociological questions of his time, think over them clearly and present them forcibly to his fellow citizens. Therefore, since college men are to be leaders of the people, it is the purpose of our society to forcibly before their fellow citizens. ..The Athenaean Literary Society meets every Friday night of the scholastic year at 8 o'clock, in the Music Studio which has been partly furnished at its expense, and is one of the finest rooms in the college. Orations, essays and speeches on various interesting topics are given, and the current questions of the day are debated. THE ATHENAEAN BANQUET. On the eve of March the eighteenth all the Greeks of the society of Athenaeans put on their best and newest togas, and hied them to The Elms, to Brewster Castle, and the various temples, where the fairest maidens are to be found, for a charming consort for the evening's festivities. XVith their maidens, the Greeks gathered in tl:e Athenaean Hall, in the Temple of Learning. Mysterious looking sealed envelopes were passed to the youths. As the president called the numbers, each came forward in turn and performed the task required of him, according to the directions enclosed in his envelope. Music was furnished by some of the maidens, recitations were given, and a, flash light was taken, to pass away the time till all adjourned to the Dining Hall of the Entrophian Club. Here, under swaying festoons of the Athenaean blue, the long table was decked in up-to-date style, awaiting the banqueters. Course after course of delicacies was brought before the merry party, until they could eat no more. Toasts on various interesting subjects were proposed and responded to by the assembled Greeks, the Athenaean yell was given with a zest, and all departed for their homes, each thinking within himself, how glad he was, to have been at the Athenaean Banquet of 1904. THE INTERSGCIETY DEBATE The annual intersociety debate took place on the evening of March 4, in the Music Studio. There has been an increasing interest. 35 in debating during the year, and the room was crowded. The de- baters were Messrs. Dickson and Detweiler, representing the Hyperion Literary Society, and Messrs. Iligbee and Kendall, representing the Athenaean Debating Club. The latter supported the affirmative of the question: t'Resolved, that the proposals of Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain looking toward closer trade relations between Great Britain and her dependencies, would, if adopted, operate to the benefit of the British Empire. Each speaker was allowed twenty minutes, and an additional speech of five minutes for rebuttal, and, following the order of the Minnesota-Iowa debate the affirmative was given both the opening and closing speech. The judges were D. W. Doty, P. H. Scannell, and H. P. Keller. Their decision was two to one in favor of the Athenaean Debating Club. THE PARTHENON LITERARY SOCIETY. As the Parthenon of ancient Greece contained the treasures of the Alma Mater of learning, so our Parthenon contains the treasures of Macalester Academic learning, for it is the only literary society in the Academy. We gather our nuggets from the mines of prose, poetry and music, and display them every Friday evening in the President's Room. Once a year the doors of the treasury are opened to the gaze of the populace, at which time we exhibit our jewels by giving an open program in the college auditorium. Our Parthenon resembles that of the Creeks in another important feature-it has feast days. The first one is in honor of the new fae- tion which rises at the beginning of every year. This feast is famous for its varied toasts-some dry, some soft, some toasted to a turn. Other feasts of different kinds are interspersed throughout the year. The last feast, and the saddest of all, is the one in which we bid fare- well to our senior members, when, amid rousing cheers, they depart to join the innumerable host of Hyperions or Athenaeans, bearing on their banners: I ji ita ki, we are it, Continue in your work, and never quit. 36 y f 7 T' ,..,? I-:Z H'-1 F7212 Wm :az no +42 N N L PRIZE POE DARKEYS SLUMBER SONG i BY G. CLARK Oh, de day am adyin', and de sun am gone to rest, And I am a sittin' here with those I love de best, And I think of dear old Mammy as I saw her long ago In the sunny, sunny South where the sweet magnolias grow. I was but a pickininy and tired out wid play, For I would run and jump around de whole long day, Den my Mammy'ed pick me up and sing so soft and low, She'd sing de darkey's slumber song as up and down I'd go. XVhen de dew am a fallin' honey, close your eyes, 'When de birds am a singin' soft lullabys, When de crickets am a chirpin' and de bees am gone to rest, 'Tis time this pickininy was in his little nest. XVhen de shadows am a sinkin' and de moon am risin' high Den de sand man will be commin' round by and by, So run my pickininy, it is time you was in bed, Come and kiss your Mammy, is you her curly head? NVhen de owls am a hootin' away up in de trees Then 'tis time my little colored boy was sittin' on my knees, So come now to your Mammy and she'll rock you to and fro, And sing de darkey's slumber song as up and down you go. Oh, dem little stars am twinklin' away up high And your daddy's commin' to you where the moon am nigh, Yes, your daddy's commin' to you wid his little dog and gun, There'll be possum for you honey, when your sleepin' time is done Um, Um, honey close dem little eyes Sleep, honey, sleep, while de day light tiies Put your little head upon your Mammy's breast Go to sleep my bird, my love, rest, rest, rest. GOOD-N IGHT SONG Good-night, and rest in peace, The eye of tender love, VVatches o'er thy slumber Sleepless, from above, Fear not, thy Father rules the night, And with his holy hand of might Turneth thy darkness into light, Good-nigh!! good-night. 38 A BooK or 1498 BY FREDERICK G. AXTELL A noteworthy fact connected with the invention of printing is the quickness with which the art spread. The first printed document which we possess-the famous Indulgence Against the Turks-bears the date Nov. 15, 1-154. By 1-175 the new invention had been carried from Mainz on the Rhine to the chief cities of Germany, Italy, France and the Low Countries, by 1500 there were no less than two hundred and fifty printing houses in Europe. The book which we are to examine is from the press of an Italian printer of this early period. Title pages were yet unknown. At the end of the book, however, is found the colophon, which reads as fol- lows: Ancient History of Rome by Dionysius of Ilalicarnasaus is finished. Printed at Reggio by me, Franciscus de Mazalis, Nov. 12, 14987 A most painstaking process was that of early printing. The early craftsman did not buy his type, but cast it himself, imitating the book-hand of some manuscript in his possession. A crude press re- quired the slowest work. The editions were small, three hundred copies a large one. Business enterprise, however, was not wanting, or advertising which reminds us of present methods. Let the good man come, says Ilenry Eggestein of Strasburg in 1471, in a poster describ- ing his edition of the Bible, Let the good man come and see my wonderful edition produced not by tl1e pen, but by the wonderful art of printing. The proofs have been read by the best scholars and the book printed in the best stylef' These fifteenth century books were indeed printed in the best stylefl As we open the folio before us we cannot but admire the massive, yet clear-cut and regular appearance of the page, and won- der how pioneers in a difficult art could obtain such results. The type of this Latin translation of a Greek author is our modern Roman. This style originated in Italy, whence it soon passed to the North, and in England and France eventually superseded the black-letter of the first printers. The most interesting peculiarity of these very early books re- mains to be noticed. In the time of manuscript editions there was to be found at every place where books were copied-in monastery, col- lege or publishing house-one called an illuminator. His task was to paint in the ornamented initials which so largely give name and value to illuminated manuscripts. Now the early printers, as has been said, cast their type in imitation of a, manuscript. Very natu- rally. therefore, the spaces for the illuminator were still left, in the 39 volume before us we find his workmanship, each book of the History beginning with a capital in alternate blue and red. As to the History itself one must say that while still used as a source-book by the historian, by the general student of the classics Dionysius is no longer read. For its contents, therefore, this volume has not the interest of other volumes in our Neill collection-the first Italian edition of Plutarch CVenice, 15251 5 the beautiful Tacitus from the Plantin press of Antwerpg the first quarto edition of the King James Version. But as an example of painstaking art in a century when modern devices were unknown, a specimen of real handiwork, this book from the press of an obscure printer of 1498 is examined with an interest which soon proves to be absorbing. -1- - 1t1 .Tl SOLDIERS TWO A first-class soldier, six feet tall, XVith muscles of tested steel, A back and front like an iron wall And a voice like a trumpet peal, A hand that slays and trernbles not, An eye that flashes hate, And aheart that laughs when the red hot shot, Plays death on the Lyre of Fate. Five feet tall, as a lily frail, Bent by the winds of pain, A delicate face so thin and pale, And a voice like a harp's soft straing A hand that often trembles now, An eye with a smile and tear, And a warm heart soft with heavenly love: Salute! My mother dear! For never has might waged nobler fight 'Where a World its plaudits raised, Than the unseen fights the days and nights Have known and never praisedg And never has soldier, armed with sword, Though writing history's -pages, . Carved deeds so grand as a rnother's hand, Upon the eternal ages. 40 I RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES mu kgmk Mlf ltgh Hb Y.MQC.A. Y.HVC.A YOLUNTEERBAND 41 Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS: President ......... ............ ............ A S A IPICRRY Vice President .......... .... G ORDON THOMPSON Recording Secretary ...... . .... DAVID MCMAIQTIN Corresponding Secretary. .. ........ PETER MCEXY'EN Treasurer ........... , ..... ....................... ..... P P ITICR MCFAR LANE ' The work of the Young Men's Christian Association for the past years can be looked back upon with no small degree of satisfaction. The Y. M. C. A. is not a, substitute for the church, but an arm of the church, and is the organization of the institution for the spiritual de- velopment of its young men. NVe meet every Tuesday evening from seven to eight for our weekly devotional meeting, at which practical spiritual topics are discussed. A short noon-day prayer meeting is held every day after recita- tions. On, the iirst Saturday evening of the fall term a stag social is given in order that thc new men may become better acquainted with the old students and With each other. On the following Tuesday El. reception is given in conjunction with the Y. W. C. A. to the new students and the Faculty. A committee is appointed to welcome new students, meet them on their arrival and be of any help they possibly can to new students in a, strange place. A hand-book is published annually for free distribution, contain- ing over sixty pages of valuable information. Y. W. C. A. OFFICERS: President ........ ............ ....... M I ss MARY C. GUY Vice President .... .... M RS. BELLE CHANDLEIQ Secretary ....... ........ lv Iiss CLARA LEWIS Treasurer .... ..................,........ M Iss ANITA SHICPARDSON It is the purpose of our Association, not only to lead those to Christ, who do not know Him, but to strengthen and support those who are professing Christians. A sisterly love exists among the members of our Association that, in a measure, will replace broken home ties. Its influence has been felt to a marked degree during this year, and it has been encouraged in its work by several very helpful visits from Miss Mabel Milham, our state secretary. 42 The girls have been brought into closer touch with their Master and with each other by the organization of classes for Bible study, Mission study, and Personal Woi'lc, all of which have been well attended. The regular devotional meetings are held every Friday afternoon at three o'eloek. Practical topics are discussed, and these meetings prove to be very helpful. The social phase of our work is by no means unimportant. YVe wish to make the new students feel at home from the beginning, and in order to do this an informal reception is given on the lirst Friday of the school year, in the Y. W. C. A. Room, to all the Women of the school, to introduce them to each other, and to our Association. XVe unite with the Y. M. C. A. on the following Monday, in the annual opening Reception. The Socials, Entertainments and Receptions given during the year have kept the interest of the school in the Association Work. VOLUNTEER BAND The Student Volunteer Band is the Missionary Society of the College. It devotes its attention to the study of Foreign Missions, and tries to aid those who have offered themselves for service in the for- eign fields, by a study of the Work and methods. The members con- sist entirely of those who have expressed their intention of becoming foreign missionaries if God permitsl The Band this year has a membership of twenty, which makes it second in numbers of all the bands in Presbyterian colleges of the United States. The regular weekly meeting is held on VVednesday evening, when an hour isfdevoted to the study of, and prayer for, some one of the world's mission fields. Once a month the bands of all the colleges in the state hold a joint meeting, at which there is often an opportunity of hearing re- ports of the work. and talks on the movement, from missionaries who are engaged in active service. 43 MACALESTER COLLEGE SHAKESPEARE AT MAC. l- We are not going to talk about our English classes in this article, but about Shakespeare in the flesh. Among all students of English literature there has been a feeling of regret that so little is known of the life of Shakespeare. We have felt something of that vain regret ourselves upon occasion. We remember hovv eagerly we sought in the archives of memory for dates and facts concerning this very sub- ject, when we sat arrayed in our ignorance before the judgment-bar of a final exam. The crying need for more knowledge about the details of Shakespeare's life has led to a minute study of some few passages from his immortal writings, which, under the subtle hand of higher criticism, has illuminated the dark crannies of the past with a truly marvelous light. To publish the complete life of Shakespeare as we have discovered it would not be Wise in a journal which has so small a circulation. It will probably appear as a serial in some such maga- zine as the North American Monthly, before it is issued in book form. Vlle merely publish here extracts which are of special interest to Macalester students. HFor the liberal art without a parallel. -Tempest, I am sure that most of our students were not aware of the fact that Shakespeare attended Macalester, yet the above is proof positive. No doubt the passage was originally a sentence from his editorial in a previous Junior Annual. I would advise some person interested in an- tiquity to explore the attic above our library and resurrect from thence the magazine containing the original. VVe are sure it is there! H Macalester has maintained its superiority, lllr. Shakespeare. We 'salute our predecessor in the chair! Hlmprlsoned thou didst remaim a dozen years. -Tempest. The course was longer in those days. Probably they were com- pelled to spend eight years in the academy. X0 wonder Shakespeare was the result! No wonder there Was only one! We guarantee that he was the sole survivor: surely a. survial of the fittest. There is a story told of three cats that were all subject to fits. The first had one, and it died. The second had two, and succumbed. But the third sufered three, and still lived to tell the tail when anyone tramped on it. This third was a living example of the survival of the fittest, and the type of Shakespeare at Mac. Till thou hast howled away twelve winters. fTempest. You see he also belonged to the Choral club: I wonder if Prof. Phillips taught then? Ilis age is a mystery to the ladies, and a Man- 45 kato scribe seemed troubled at the size of his hands. It has no doubt been a wonder to the world where Shakespeare obtained the love for music, which he displays so strongly in t'The Tempest, but the mys- tery is now solved. IIc even sang Matona. Lovely Maiden, or else he lived in the room directly above the music studio. Where should this music bc?,' he asked. IIark, now I hear them-ding-dong! Can you not hear in the air above you derry-derry-dong? 'Undoubt- edly also he sang in Elijah. Marvellous sweet music! he says in The Tempest , and in Henry IV. Part II. he breakes forth, More rushes! more rushes ! 'fl should kick, being kicked. -Comedy of Enors. Shakespeare certainly played in the Macalester foot-ball team. I wonder who was then President? Take courage, boys, your renowned fellow-student lived through itg you may yet be great authors! For fear our executive head should doubt the statement made above, I append the proofs: ffl have been in continual practice, l shall win. -Hamlet. ffl must advance. -Merry Wives. ffBy foul play as thou sayest were we heaved thence. -Tempest. ffThen trip him that his heels may kick at heaven. -Hamlet. ffl bruised my shin the other day. -Merry Wives. H0n there, pass along. -Ant. 81 Cleo. Hlvlarvellous well shot. -Love's Labor Lost. HBut, to the goal.- Winter's Tale. ffLet me be umpire in this doubtful strife. -Henry VI. 'fl was about to protest. -Much Ado. We have had ill luck. -Merry Wives. 3 f'But we must win. -Richard II. N HWe Split! we SpIill -Tempest. No doubt Shakespeare refers to the day when he first heard some of Prof. Andy's Stories. H50 dry he was -Tempest. I wonder what Prof. he refers to? f'Who was so firm that this coil would not infect his reason? -Tempest VVe sympathize with you, sir, if you refer to the ones we used in the Physical Lab. the other day. With hair upstarting. -Tempest. So they studied James' Psychology? HAwake, dear heart! thou hast slept well, awake! -Tempest. Evidently he roomed in the dorm. This is also most powerfully suggested by a passage in Othello: 4'Timorous accent, and dire yell ya: HYou taught me language: and my profit is, l know how to curse. -H Tempest. W 46 Ile must have been speaking of sonie previous President, for we have heard of a youth who, after listening to the genial doctor for ten minutes extra after chapel, was heard to remark: Mani If I had such a command of English I would never need to swearf' What a strange drowsiness possesses them! -Tempest Probably a reminiscence of class-room days. After all, human nature does not greatly change! We have no friend but resolution. MAnt. 81 Cleo. It locks as though hazing had been an institution of the past. Great minds think alikeg probably Shapespeare proposed the first set of resolutions. 'fl must once in a month recount that which thou forgetest. -Tempest. It looks as though Shakespeare became a professor here before he left. The meagreness of his references to that period makes us think that he did not remain here long. Probably his imagination was suf- fering. Pay your fee 1 -Winters Tale. Still, that looks as though he had himself been President- It was leap year when Shakespeare was at Mac, for he asks very feelingly: Had I not once four or five women that Qatj tended me ? Ah! Fly Library was Dukedom large enough. -Tempest. We have often wondered where our college obtained the ancient tomes which so enrich our venerable library, but now the mystery is solved. Shakespeare left them hereg if he had not done so, he could never have written the plays which he penned, But while with proper gratitude we return our humble thanks to Mr. Shakespeare- since he is dead-we might suggest that the living let the dead rest, and not so constantly call to mind the days that are no more. Requies- cat in pace. FIRESIDE ONG , S Glow Warm dear heart: My life is chilled, But bitter frosts From hate distilled NVill melt, if thou glow warm, dear heart. Love warm, dear heart, And, leaf by leaf, The flower closed And sealed with grief, VVill ope' if thou love Warm, dear heart. 47 PROF. DOWNING 48 ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION Macalester College gives a good deal of attention to oratory, It is a regular subject on the ciriculum, and is required in Freshman and Sophomore classes. The department is under the direction of Miss Grace B. Whitridg'e, a graduate of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of New York, and a post-graduate of the Boston School of Oratory. Miss VVhitridge has been notably successful in her work in the Twin Cities, and Macalester has been fortunate in securing her services. In a college where oratory is considered so important, an Oratori- cal Association is a necessity. The aim of the Association is to give its nienibers practical training in public speaking, and to encourage them to develop their special oratorical abilities. A college contest is held every year under the auspices of the Association, at which a number of the students deliver orations. A prize of 9525 is given to the winner, and he has the honor of representing the college in the state contest, in which the winners of all the local college contests compete. YVhoever is victorious in this represents the state in the inter-state contest. Thus an opportunity for national fame is offered yearly to the one who has the ability to embrace it. VVe print below the oration which took first place in our local contest, The Jew, delivered by R. O. Thomas. The Association has been peculiarly fortunate during the past two years, having held the presidency, vice-presidency and secretaryship of the State, and now being honored with the secretaryship of the Interstate Association. The Association owes much to Mr. E. K. Bitzing, the past State and present Interstate secretary. We hope for bright days next year. f W-1: 1 ' f K Q Wi 'e . V XX ., A 54 W, jp 'xii' fc! f fgofllf ii ' ' jo jim! gf A or , 49 SENTENCE PORTRAITS She and comparison are odious.-Dorme. The Prince of darkness is a gentleman.gSuckling. WVho thinks too little, and who talks too much.-Dryden. He passes his life in suspense like a young clergyman distantly related to a bishop.-Sydney Smith. The man who can't get ahead without pulling others back is a limited cuss -Josh Billings. From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he's all mirth.-Shakes- peare. His cogitative faculties immersed in cogibundity of cogitation.-Carey. He can keep his countenance and look more like an inspired idiot, and throw more imbecility into the tone of his voice, than any man that lives. It comes na- tural to him.gMark Twain. He has a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper.-Shakes- peare. ' Mistress of herself though china fall.-Pope. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, VVith loads of learned lumber in his head.-Pope Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile.-Dickens. Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of steps! Jerrold. He lived at peace with all mankind, In friendship he was trneg His coat had pocket holes behind, His pantoloons were blllC.mG1'UHC. He is one of those fellows who dive into the well of truth, and croak only with the frogs at the bottom.-Jerrold. It would have been ten dollars in his pocket if he'd never been born.-Ar temus VVard. He remembered everything that he lent, but nothing that he borrowedg he had lost half his memory. She speaks poinards, and every word stabs.-Shakespeare. VVomen are all alike. When they are maids they're wild as milkg once make 'em wives, and they lean their backs against the marriage certificate and defy you .-Jerrold . His hair so black, his beard so grey- 'Tis strange. but would you know the cause? 'Tis that his labor always lays, Less on his brain than on his jaws. VVhen we see a brother goin' down hill to Ruin, let us not give him a push, but let us seize rite hold of his coat-tails, and draw him back to morality. -v Artumus NVard . 51 He had a face like a benedictionf-Cervantes. There was something very remarkable in his countenance-the command- ments were written in his face.-Sidney Smith. One that God hath made for himself to mar.fShakespeare. A son of his own Works.-Cervantes. Some of the manly sex among us are so eifeminate that they would rather have the commonwealth out of order than their hair.-Seneca. Her head's like the Island folks tell on 'Which nothing but monkeys can dwell on, Her heart's like a lemon-so nice She carves for each lover a slice. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool-Shakespeare. With what smiles and courtseys they stab each other! W'ith what compli- ments they hate each other!--Thackeray. There's folks now-a-days know what happened afore they were born, better nor they know their own business.gSilas Marner. Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And gave up for party what was meant for mankind.AGo1dsmith. O, he is as tedious as a tired horse, a railing wife, worse than asmoky house.fShakespeare. ' Generally nature hangs out a sign of simplicity in the face of a fool.-Ful- ler. - ' He was a man of unbounded stomach.-Shakespcare. The only man who really is what he appears to be, is a gentleman.-Sam Slick. A direction post, always pointing out the road to virtue, and never goes there himself.-Dickens. 52 THE IEW ORATION DELIVERED BY R. O. THOMAS, AT THE LOCAL AND STATE ORATORICAL The history of Israel is unique. Mighty empires have arisen and fallen, flourished and decayed. Babylon, once the wonder of the world, is now a heap of ruins upon the banks of the Euphrates. Greece, with all her art and culture, Rome, with her inestimable wealth and her invincible armies-perished. The Jew still remains. He mingles with every nation of the earth, but is not assimiliated, with them, but not of them. Bonds indissoluble bind thc race together. The Hebrew people are one in sorrow, one in faith, one in purpose. Though they have ceased to be a nation, they are united by the sacred ties of a common suffering. VVhile they have been scattered broadcast, they have remained true to the faith of their fathers. One grand purpose has animated Israel throughout the ages, and not until the whole world bows to the God whom they adore, will their mission be accomp- lished. But strange indeed has been the attitude of the world toward those whose mission has been to bless. The nations have made them Wanderers, and their lot has been grievous. In every land the Jew is known, but only to be persecuted. He braved the fierce heat of Africa, he endured the piercing cold of Siberia-but oppression found him. In both Orient and Occident there is not a land where the Jew has not been persecuted. He penetrated the very extremities of the earth seeking respite from his sufferings, only to meet cruelties new and unspeakable. In no one has the love of home been stronger than in the Jew. Have any sung more sweetly of the delights of a native-land than the Hebrew bards? Where in these long ages has the Jew found a place of peaceful habitation? No land has been his home, no man his friend, even to the land of his fathers the Jew has been an alien. The history of Israel has been a homeless one, his foot-prints can be traced in blood on every soil. VVhere open hostility has ceased, prejudice and hatred are the share of Israelfa prejudice unfounded, a hatred unreasonable. Per- sonal antipathies are not the cause of this contempt, which is all the more bitter to him because he scarcely knows why he is despised. This hatred is his heritage. It was begotten in the far-distant ages, and has been transmitted until now it has acquired an age-defying strength. But superstition and ignorance are waning, the sympathies of men are broadening, the prevalence of humanitarian principles con- tinually increasing, an altruistic spirit is springing up in the minds of 53 men. A respect for all honest opinions is being engendered in the human race. Jewish persecution has well-nigh ceased. Much hatred of the Jew still remains, but even that will be eradicated by the Her- culean strength of adancing civilization. Hebrew oppressions have left a blot upon our Christian civilization which time will never efface. They cannot be justified. It is of no avail to plead the excuse that an all-powerful Being had ordained that they should suffer. That same Being, the Judge of Israel and the Judge of the whole world, will call Christian as well as Pagan to account for the long-continued niiseries of this outcast people. Where in the teachings of Christ is there given to man the right to oppress his fellow-man, whether he be Christian, pagan, or Jew? Vlfhere is there an enlightened conscience that can approve of this? One cannot but blush as he beholds these blood stains upon the fair garment of civili- zation. l But however great has been the suffering of the Hebrew people, through it all they have remained unshaken in their faith. During ages of darkness and sorrow they have clung to the religion of their fathers. Their belief has been a burden to them, but for this burden they have renounced home and sacred associations to suffer loneliness and expatriation, and have counted it a glory to suffer for that which is dearer to them than life. And the oppressions of recent years prove that the Jew can still die for his faith. Israel 's history is a glorious but a tragic one. It is a continuous story of ardent longing, of aspira- tion, of devotion. Nowhere do we find a closer adherence to principle, a more consecrated devotion to an ideal, a history more luminous with self-sacrifice. It is the HPoem of Ages, reading which we cannot weep, for it stirs feelings too deep for tears. Our hearts throb with admiration and with love toward this heroic people. Nevertheless, it is true that Jewish nature has undergone deplor- able changes. Centuries of Gentile persecution have left their traces upon Jewish character. Cruelty and oppression have imprinted marks of shame upon otherwise noble personalities. They have fought the battle against powerful odds, and the scars of the fierce combat are still visible. Pernicious mental and moral qualities have been devel- oped by ages of brutal tyranny. Hatred has produced hatred in re- turn. Servile conditions have produced servile natures. Confined to those occupations which blunt the moral sense, the Jew today is char- acterized by cunning and rapaciousness. A vindictive spirit has been aroused by the humiliations to which the proud Jew is compelled to submit. Jewish virtues are deep-rooted: but, with no favoring cir- cumstances and no kindly nurture, the growth is stunted and dwarfed. Their fruit is more often bitter than sweet. Jewish genius, however, is avenging itself for the past. In ma- terial and intellectual pursuits the Jew is the peer of his Gentile brother. Ile has been the world's banker for four hundred years. Our financial system, its invention and perfection, we owe to the Roth- childs. Commerce has done for the world what religion has failed to do-it has broadened it. Commercial interests have often overcome 54 sectarian sentiments and race hatred. Commerce has ben the apostle of peace, the civilizer of humanity. It has extended its gigantic net- work around the globe better than religion has thus far been able to do, and knit humanity together in one common bond of sympathy and interest. Jews have been our leading traders. Jewish commerce opened the gate for Christianity to enter the pagan world a con- queror. The flourishing trade of the Jew made Spain the focus of Mediaeval culture, and furnished the key to unlock the new worlds with their inexhaustable treasures. All the trading centers of the world count Jewish citizens among their leading and most prosperous merchants. Members of the Jewish nation have occupied lofty political posi- tions. Edward Lasker ascended the political scale until he became a leader in the German Imperial Parliament. In England, Disraeli, without help or friends, pushed his way until for twenty-tive years he swayed the scepter of England, and become one of the controlling figures in European affairs. VVhat must have ben England's sur- prise, with her contempt for self-made men, to see this man, sprung from a hat ed and a persecuted race, virtually her ruler! Gambetta stands out in the history of France as the most remarkable figure of the nineteenth century. In our own land, Judah Benjamin, refusing the judgeship of the Supreme Court. was later elected to, and accepted, a senatorship. This man composed the brains of our Southern Con- federacy. At his death, it was universally recognized that a leader in the legal profession had fallen. The world stands today and looks amazingly at Mendelssohn, the brightest star in the realm of music. Never have such rapturous melodies as his been created among men. In the field of literature Disraeli takes rank among the first. Originality and wit distinguish his works. and they have been translated into all the principal lan- guages of Europe. The Bible is a store-house of literary art. Its pictorial richness, its living images. the glowing spirit of its hope, ngake it unsurpassed in any literature. Its philosophy sounds the depths of wisdom: its epic equals the Iliad, its drama rivals Shakes- peare: its lyric is unmatched in the history of the world's art. Ilistory most vividly discloses the patriotism of the Jew. His loyalty can never be questioned. In his devotion he yields iirst place to no one. The tirst white man to set foot on American soil was a Jew. Through the generosity of Judah Touro, Bunker Hill monument was erected on the spot consecrated by the blood of patriots. The con- spicuous part which the Jew played in the war of the Rebellion not only makes manifest his inherited courage but also his loyalty to the American Hag. During our recent war with Spain over four thousand Jews were numbered among our boys in blue.', At any national disturbance we see the Hebrew men flock to the standard of liberty, always are they ready to march, to fight, and to die, beneath the banner of justice, equality and freedom. Doubts as to the loyalty and patriotic ability of the Hebrew nation should forever be banished from our hearts. Ask Babylon, Egypt, Rome, and hear their account 55 of Hebrew patriotism. Find, if you can, among the nations of the earth another nation which, small in numbers, dares to iight for a national existence against a whole world in arms, and when a thous- and times defeated, when suffering as no other nation has ever suf- fered, still refuses to surrender. History does not tell of a love more pure, of a patriotism more loyal, or a zeal more intense. To the Jew belongs the glory of having transmitted to the world its loftiest moral ideas and its most exalted conceptions of God. Wher- ever the Bible has been carried it has broken down prejudice, dispelled the gloom of ignorance, and established liberty. The Christian re- ligion, the greatest heritage the Jew has bequeathed the world, is the power that has overturned despotism, hurled tyrants from their thrones, and placed the government in the hands of the people, penetrating in- to darkest places, the night has fled before it as before the rising sung lifting men out of sin and degredation, it has transformed them into the likeness of the Divine. Christ, the ideal of the human race, wor- shipped by one-half the civilized world as the Savior of mankind, whose cross is the focus of the world's history, was a Jew. Well may we have great anticipations. A divine future has been foretold for this people. Ultimately they will win again all they have lost, and take an honored place among the nations of the earth. Schooled by affliction, disciplined by trial, inspired by the conscious- ness of a great mission, the Jew will yet fulfill all prophecy of blessing to the world. Israel was once a sparkling gem in the crown of nations: and the time is at hand when Israel shall again appear upon the field of equal honor, with hoisted banners and shouts of victory. Today the race stands in the dawn of political freedom. As the weary Jew emerges from his long night of turmoil, he stands bewildered by the calm which surrounds him. He has left behind a glorious though suf- fering past. When all nations reach the level of perfect brotherhood, with sword and shield laid aside, the Jew shall stand in the meridian- light of equality-happy, honored, and glorified. Q ' -. 22 A V ' i fi li ' ,lf W . , Qi Q l,, i.5lgg1r,':li fl . lf ' ii:-ii A Candidate. Macalester Oratorical Associat o 56 A BIT OF BLUE PRIZE STORY Jack Trent sat with his head in his hands, thinking. I-Ie had just completed the cosy little house on his half-section, and as he said to himself: he had the cage, now he wanted the bird to put into it. He had his eye on the bird, too, but so had another fellow. Tom Rodgers, the other fellow, had a fine farm, and a good house, and he was good-looking-far handsomer than Jack, as Jack knew. He and Tom had been good friends, only lately they had grown distant. Now, Jack mused, Uwe canlt both have her, and she can't care for both of us-perhaps she doesn't care for either. But then she may. I wonder if it's me? Might be. But again it 1nightn't. Of course in that case I'd have to give her up, for it would only make her miserable if I made her think that I loved her very much, and all the time she loved Tom. I wish I knewg I wish I had grit enough to ask her. But I haven't. I'm a coward-never was before, though! I wonder if I'll get a chance at the picnic tomorrow: I'll call around and see if she'll go with me anyway. She's so almighty cool: if 'I could only make her shy for a minute I'd ask her quick enough. Any- way I'll call. But he didn't. He had been building up rosy hopes as he oiled and polished his buggy, and brushed and fondled his glossy little ponies. Afterwards, gazing long and wistfully at the twinkling star which seemed to be keeping watch over her home, he had hummed: But when the morning came his hopes melted. VVhat if she had promised someone else and would refuse him? Perhaps it was Tom. Then if she hadn't she would come with her folks. So he drove off alone, arriving just in time to see Amy drive up with Tom. One of the principal features of the da.y was the foot-ball match. Tom played center forward, Jack played right wing, both had de- termined to play a good game, for Miss Amy would be watching them. Tom was bright and happy, and naturally Jack was gloomy and de- pressed, seeing only a pretty vexing face when he should have had his eyes on the foot-ball. The result was that Tom played a glorious game, while Jack never did such miserable kicking in his life. The worst of it was that at the finish Tom taunted him unmercifully before Miss Amy and the team. If Miss Amy had not been there he would have thumped Tom, but as she was he slunk off to the woods, and the boys-they had won-picked Tom up and carried him all around the field on their shoulders. Once Jack glanced back, and Miss Amy was actually standing with her back to the procession, looking wistfully at 57 ' l him: he even imagined that she waved her little glove but he was too much ashamed to return, or even to watch for a repetition of the signal. Nearly all the afternoon Amy stayed with Tom, hurrying him here and there all over the grounds, to the booths, to the races, to the river, to the woods, and while he was proud and happy and full of bright conversation, she was peering anxiously around the crowd for Jack's face. She imagined him lying sick at heart under the shade of some tree, or wearily dodging among the crowd to get away from his friends. So the afternoon passed, and the people flocked down to the river to witness the closing item of the dayls sportsg the swimming race. There were four competitors, Jack and Tom and two others. All were good swimmers, but Tom seemed in such good form and spirits that everyone, himself included, expected him to win. The men dressed at the boat-house a little below the bridge and swam very slowly to the starting point, a half-mile above it. The winning post being close to the bridge, it was crowded with spectators. From the very start Jack took the lead, his long, free stroke grad- ually drawing him, ahead of the others. For a time Tom came second, but soon he lost speed, and before Jack was half way, he felt sure of winning. Ile turned his head an instant, and in that instant saw Tom stop swimming and sink. Ile swung around and started back full speed. The spectators were mystilied, but in a moment they saw Tom's head rise and as suddenly disappear, and a ery went up that he was drowning. . Then not a sound was heard save the groan of the oars in the oar locks, as the boat was hurriedly shoved off. Tom would be drowned before they could reach him: but Jack was nearer and was going like steam on his side, lifting his body high in the water at every stroke. Tom disappeared again but Jack dived and caught him, hold- ing him safely above the water, till the boat came up. Tom was taken aboard, but Jack swam back toward the boat house. As he passed beneath the bridge a bow of blue ribbon dropped in front of him. Looking up swiftly he saw Miss Amy, with her face all suffused with blushes, and her eyes shining as he had never seen them shine before, and then he lost sight of her in the crowd. VVhen he came out of the boat-house his first inquiry was for Tom 5 but when he heard that he was safe, his eyes travelled over the crowd of faces, and then down to the river. There among the old vine-clad elms he caught the glimpse of a white dress and blue ribbons, and he followed that glimpse till he caught Amy. He found her with her eyes bent on the ground, and her face rosy with blushes: she was shy. 'LDarling, he said, I've come to give you back your bow of blue. But he never gave it back. The only time it was ever seen by eyes profane, was when he played his last game of foot-ball as a farewell to bachelorhood, and he declared that it was by virtue of that bow of blue, that he put up such a rattling game. 58 MUI It is impossible to lay too much stress upon the importance of a good musical training. All that cultivates a taste for the truly beau- tiful is beneficial. Our most perfect arts exist largely upon this ground. Useful, in the material sense, they may not be: but truly useful nevertheless, for they cultivate and feed the higher, the spir- itual nature, Painting, Poetry, Music, are three of the greatest treas- ures of mankind. And of these, certainly music is the most facinat- ing, even if the most elusive. It is the purely spiritual art, for it uses no material medium like pigments or words to give itself expression: it breathes through the air: it is spirit. To neglect the ear while we train the eye is to discriminate unfairly against one of the chief senses. To educate a child and not train him in music is to give him a one-sided culture. He is not a complete many he is defectiveg incapable of appreciating the marvelous and inexhaustible beauties of soundg unable to ex- press his feeling in the most expressive way: shut out from sympathetic compan- ionship of those more favored than him, he has been robbed of his birthright. - zYorgan. It is not always easy to convince people of the benefits to be de- rived from music: we think so much in these busy days of the strictly material goods, that we are somewhat prone to despise the arts in their purest forms. A wise man gave the following bit of sage ad- vice to those who were living on the lower levels: t'Borrow a ladder some day and climb up to the top of the rut you are in and take a look at what the rest of the world is doing. The bottom of a rut does not offer a large perspective. Maybe some one else is doing things better. Climb up and see. A statement almost as terse as l'Imerson's famous advice: 'cllitch your wagon to a star. The Musical Department of Macalester is attempting to aid in this movement upward. It tries to furnish the ladder, and who knows but that it may be long enough to reach the star? It is true that the star is a long distance away, and that much climbing is required to reach it. A great musician was never made in a day, and in music, as in so many other pursuits, the plodders are the ones who succeed. A musical writer in the Etude has said: Ulf we were to examine a list of the men who have left their mark on the world we should find that, as a rule, it is not composed of those who were bril- liant in youth, or who gave great promise at the outset of their careers, but rather of the plodding young men or women who, if they have not dazzled by their brilliancy, have had the power of a day's work in themg who can stay by 59 a task until it was done, and well doneg who have had grit, persistence, common sense, and honesty. It is the steady exercise of these ordinary, homely Virtues, united with aver- age ability, rather than a deceptive display of more showy qualities in youth, that enables a man to achieve greatly and honorably. Honest, steady plodding in music is fully rewarded. It is im- possible to measure the influence of noble music on the character of the musician. Any one who has learned to thoroughly love good music, and fully appreciate its power, has found one of the secrets of refinement.. There will be a purity, a beauty within him that cannot fail to enoble his life. There is morality, nay, there is religion, in music. There is that in it which draws the soul heavenward. Even the unlearned may be enraptured by its strains. It lifts one above the common level, and makes him see visions and dream dreams, and it gives him too, the power to tell his visions and interpret his dreams. Music opens a Wonderful new field of thought and feling to the stu- dent himself, and of enjoyment to all who are influenced by him. Emery has very beautifully said: 'tThe pursuit of music must be as a noble river: though small and unobserved in its source, winding at first along its tortuous way through opposing obstacles, yet ever broadening and deepening, fed by countless streams on either hand till it rolls onward in a mighty sweep, at once a glory and a blessing to the earth? Residence in the Twin Cities gives us the opportunity of hearing some of the finest music of the worldg in itself a liberal education. The music students especially, are always urged to take adantage of every opportunity to hear the great music and the great singers. There is much sound truth in Mr. Baltzcll's remarks concerning this matter. He says: Can a scholar be made out of a man who will not master the great works of literature? Can a master-painter be made of a daughtsman who never saw the works of the old painters? Can a musician be made of one who does not hear and hear again and again the best and mightiest that music has to offer? Mu- sic can be read by the eye, but the mass of the students must be reached through the medium of the ear. The appeal to the judgement is by means of the earg the mind is reached, the taste formed, through the ear. Hence the absolute necessi- ty of hearing so much music, and with so much intelligence that it is assimilat- ed into one's intellectual and art nature, until it becomes as a new language and one is perfectly to home in its idiom. lVe do not however, neglect the more practical side of our work. Besides the regular music pupils, we have a Choral Club of about sixty members. The music sung by this club is chosen with great care, and attempts to give them a taste of a number of the sweets. The heaviet work this year, was the Oratorio of Elijah. On Sunday, April 17th, the chorus rendered a large part of this great masterpiece, in the Central Presbyterian Church of St. Paul, to a large and appreci- ative audience. Perhaps the most important event of the year for the Choral Club, was its trip to Mankato. Upon the invitation of Dr. Davis, pastor of the Presbyterian church there, we went down to give our friends a 60 PROF. PHILLIPS 61 treat, and show something of the work the club was doing. VVe- chartered a car, and obtained a holiday from our revered faculty, sev- eral members of which accompanied us. It will be long before that trip is forgotten. VVe owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Davis and the people of Mankato who so royally welcomed and entertained us. In the evening we did our best to show our appreciation by giving them our best work. Even the mighty man of valor who criticised us in the Mankato paper seemed satisfied, so we must have done fairly well. 'His unkind 'remarks about our Professor's hands did not dash our spirits. He is a very discerning gentleman and a true, even if he is a newspaper man. 'l'his trip to Mankato invites some comment. There is no doubt that it was a benefit to several parties. The students-and professors -enjoyed it, for they were free from toils, and rode their high horsesg they were guests of Mankato. They even kindly visited the Normal College situated there, and passed grave and sage remarks pertaining thereto. Moreover it did the college good. There is no doubt but that the choral club is an excellent advertising medium. Macalester- College is no longer an unknown quantity at Mankato at least. And then, can any one dispute that it was a benefit to Mankato? I am sure that it is the sober truth to say that the people of the city were as gen- uinely pleased asjvc were, and received as much real benefit. XVe are certain that the words we heard to that effect were honestly meant. XVe hope to have an opportunity to go even more often to the towns near St. Paul in the future years. 'We are sure that by our visits we may scatter some sunshine around. Mr. E. A. Smith writing in the Etude urges the need in our towns for some musical attraction. He says: 'tit is impossible for our smaller towns to secure the best musical attractions unless the people are united in action, and have a common center from which or- ganized vvork may be directed. A musical club or organization will do more to ward creating a musical interest in the community than anything else. Plans may there be formulated and talked over and financially supported that with in- dividual effort alone would signally fail. And the infiuence of such an organi- zation is certain to be an elevating one. A certain town having a population of twenty-seven hundred, located in the State of Minnesota, recently formed a musical society for chorus singing and varied program-Work every two weeks. They not only held profitable and en- joyable sessions, but they were means of bringing a fine series of musical at- tractions to the place that could have been secured in no other way. A commit- tee was appointed to canvass the town for tickets to the entire course, with the result that financial success was assured from the first, and a nice sum has been set aside as a nucleus for a course of entertainments to be given the coming sea- son. 'What has been made possible in this instance is possible in thousands of others. It is worthy of encouragement and patronage. Suppose you give it a trial. On the 20th of May, we expect to take a trip down the river to lTastings,and give a concert there. VVe will charter a boat, and have a college excursion, returning after the concert by moonlight. VVe believe in our choral work. VVe hope to extend it. We have dreams. 62 NOTES FOR STUDENTS. Many a player tries to follow the Scriptural injunction not to let the right hand know what the left hand doeth. Many music students begin their work with no idea of what they want to achiveg that is an opportunity for the teacher to plant a few seeds that may germinate into an ideal. Art cannot exist without ideals. If the student will abandon the idea that he is an accomplished musician with little to learn, and will lay himself out to receive, he will soon realize the truth of the saying that Art is long, but life is short, and when he reaches that point there is some hope that he may, in the course of time, become a good musician according to the best standard. Make up your mind to be the best teacher in your town, but think the mat- ter over carefully before you decide that you are. A person is just beginning to reach the basis of true culture when he finds that he is deficient in many things. YAFIKKIIISHS Sch ool journal. EVENING' SONG Light of Evening, may thy glory Lingering on the path of day, One sweet moment crown our gladness Ere thy beauty pass away. Light of Evening, softly, softly, O'er my loved one's tresses play. Shade of Evening, falling o'er us, Hide us 'neath thy silken veil . Ere the stars have waked from dreaming, Ere the moon hath found our dale. Shade of Evening, softly, softly, VVhisper thine entrancing tale. Star of Evening, softly gleaming Nestling deep in beds of blue, Heaven smiles beneath thy eyelids- Heaven hath smiled upon us too. Softly, softly shine upon us, For our love, O star is true. Heart of Evening, thou art beating VVith the wo1'ld's enraptured song, Tell that one whose spirit moves thee, That, above all human wrong, Swell the strains of loves evangel: Heart of Evening, love is strong. 63 THE QUARTETTE HA, HA, HA! OUR AUTHORITY: Man is a laughing animal. -Carlyle. One should take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.--Addison. There is nothing like fun, is there? O we need it! We need all the counter- weights we can muster to balance the sad realties of life. God has made sunny spots in the hearty why should we exclude the light from them?--Sam Slick. A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.-Shakespeare. Cultivate not only the corn fields of your minds, but the pleasure grounds al- so.-Whately. The man who laughs is a doctor without a diploma.-Anon. How much lies in laughter: the cipher-key wherewith we decipher the whole man! Some men wear an everlasting barren simperg in the smile of others lies a cold glitter of ice: the fewest are able to laugh what can be called laughing, but only sniff and titter and snigger from the throat outwards: or at the best produce some whiiiling husky cachinnation as if they were laughing through wool: of none such comes good. The man who cannot laugh is not only lit for treasons, strategems, spoils: but his whole life is already a treason and a strategem.- Carlyle. THE YOUNG IDEA. A littte girl about four years old went to a summer resort to spend a few days with her aunt. VVhi1e there she was punished. 'X My mother did not send me out here to be spanked by you: she sent me for a rest she remarked in a grieved tone. S. S. Teacher: L'Ah! I'm afraid Johnnie, we will never meet in heaven. Johnnie: Why, what ye been doing now? Youngster, have you sufficient confidence in me to lend me a guinea? O yes. said Jerold, HI have all the confidence, but I haven't the guinea . The fact is, I was ruined by having money left me said the Cobbler. UI only vish, observed Sam, that some rich henemy 'ud try to vork my destruction that 'ere vay. Vouldn't I let 'im? Johnnie: tjust home from S. SJ Mother when will our baby start to talk? Why Johnnie, not for along time yet, not till he is a year old anyway. Johnnie: Humph! he ain't very smart. Teacher told us to-day, that Job cursed the day he was born. Passerby: 'tHere boy, your dog bit me on the ankle. Boy: Well, that's as high as he could reach: you can't expect alittle pup like him to bite your neck. 65 me onej INTRA VIUROS. Exchanges. Student Cin the dark on the way upstairs, throwing his arms loxinffljy ibout Good night! God bless you. Professor: Good night? Exit student. Prof. J. Heat as we know it on earth -Laughter in the seats Dr. VV. Mr. A. do you know what a Mr. A. I have a suspicion, Doctor.', drain is? l Dr. VV. Your suspicion is correct. May I print a kiss on your lips? I said, And shenodded her sweet permission: So we went to press and I rather guess, XVe printed a full edition. You are a brick I did aver To Daphne at my side. A sort of pressed brick as it were She rogouishly replied. 27 It Qgrwl 'KX N, .fxf , 1 l . .- -X 1 X .v - 1 It H r' ,:'QIZ'k::-- I . B E . X' i ' 3 J ff Q . ZZ 4 1 , Kg! , 1131! i ' .I X ,. :W A- -. ., W1 Hi if K 66 f ,.J-Y' Q, QL .L ' Zifffif ll .4 ff Once a Freshman was cast on an African shore Where a cannibal monarch held sway, And they served up that Freshman in slices on toast On the eve of that very same day: But the vengeance of heaven followed swift on the act, And before next morning was seen, By Cholera Morbus that tribe was attacked, For that Freshman was terribly green.-Outlook. At a sister college the Freshmen were compelled to furnish speeches for the amusement of their tormenters. One gentleman began: Thieves, fellow prison- ers, and ex-convicts.- Said a young man in Art to his his fair co-part, I'm like a ship at sea, Exams are near, and much I fear, I shall unlucky be. Said she to him, A shore I'll be, Come rest, your journey oyer Then darkness fell and all was well For the ship that hugged the shore. JUST AMONG OURSELVES. Whoever said that the English language is not expressive, had certainly nev- er heard our gentle Doctor use it. There is a story told of a man who had such a powerful command of profane invective, that when he was properly aroused he could command an audience consisting of his entire village. One day he was hauling a load of lime up a long hill, and as he started from the bottom the end- board slipped out of his wagon. Blissfully unconscious of the fact, he drove gravely along. But the boys soon observed him, and expecting a show of unusual interest, they aroused the whole village. All followed up the hill at a respect- ful distance, and were not far away, when, finally, the driver reached the top of the hill. He casually turned around, and when he observed the long line of white stretching for a quarter of a mile, his own empty box, and the crowd gathered around him, he stepped slowly onto the wagon seat, and taking his hat off, bow- ed low to his audience: Ladies and gentlemen, he said, You will have to go home disappointed. I have no words to express my feelings. I cannot do the occasion justice --but the Doctor! We are half sorry to have this magazine fall into the hands of our Professor in Philosophy, but We know that it will, for his photograph is in it. VVe take this opportunity of apologizing for the tameness of our funny stories. This apology, however, is for the Professor alone, and perhaps for those who have heard his best yarns. VVe scarcely know which to envy most, his vast knowledge of phil- osophical subjects, or his power of telling stories. It was said of Lord Ro- berts: He's a terror for his size! NVe take the liberty of abstracting the line from its setting, with our humble apologies to Rudyard Kipling. An Ohio college paper records the following successful experiment in the Chemical lab: A jolly young chemical tough VVhi1e making a compound of stuff, Dropped a match in the vial, And after a while, They found his front teeth And one cuff. And we understand that the teeth were false, and the cuff celluloid. The St. Paul Steam Laundry-man calls at the college twice a week, and most of our 67 boys have their own molars yet, some of our fellows have disappeared entirely. Tennyson wrote of a portion of our civilized fire-water: The devil's in him,' says I. This sentiment has been expressed regarding some of the concoctions prepared by our learned Professor of chemistry for analysis, although, since we are not all poets, the words were somewhat different. One of our graduates spent the winter among the lumber jacks in the far north, and, since his return, the biology class has been feasting-figuratively of course. We hope that our grim Professor will keep his strong box well locked, even though David Harum did say: A certain amount of fleas is good for a dogg keeps him from broodin' on bein' a dog. It is a sign of real progress, that Macalester could send out an expedition of its own. It was whispered that it was eminently successful. Some of the discoveries are still in the background, but are forthcoming when needed. - 'Y f l we 1 y g 9 fffix li 'ff ilrfx, xii l 'ii X Nil Nwfw , 1 il J or f 1 if as gyyyv fy f N ,, yy o gf fi ,ia inf HA1' i 'H16 ERESHMAM FNTTEMPTS, To Do 68 Bulls of Bashan are entirely outclassed in our oratorial department. It is a grand accomplishment to be able to express oneself with eloquence upon every occasion. All feelings can be interpreted: Joy, sorrow, love, fear, anger, sym- pathy. All voices can be reproduced: the roll of the ocean, the shriek of the wind, the murmur of the brook, the rustle of the leaves. When we enter public life, how often we will be thankful that ever a kind teacher taught us the pow- er of expressing ourselves. A public speaker who had received an ovation once rose to thank his freinds, and found no words to speak what was in his heart. O that I had windows in my soul! he exclaimed, that you might look and see. How would a pain in your stomach do? piped a little gaffar, It must be a difficult task to teach English at Macalester. We are of all nationalities: American, English, Scotch, Irish, German, Swiss, Swede, Nor- weigian. I should also have said etc., only that is not good composition. Tru- ly the English language is fearfully and wonderfully made. It is capable of so many shades of pronunciation. How do you pronounce n-e-i-t-h-e-r? asked the Scotchman. Neether, replied the Englishman. Niither'l declared the Yan- kee. What do you say Pat, is it neether, or niither. It's nayther be- gorahl' said Pat. Our English class is in itself a University. It is there that we learn Histo- ry, Philosophy, Ethics, Science, Classics, Moderns, Political Economy, Ora- tory, Theology and QI had almost forgottenj Literature. It is astonishing what a broad vision the study of literature gives one of the field of universal knowledge. Music hath charms to sooth the savage breast. Indeed, some of it would charm a wheelbarrow. We have a great variety at Mac. Our music also par- takes of the nature of drama, our Professor himself is no mean actor. We have a museum in connection, and can show some rare specimens. Heavens! there goes that piano again. I was just going to write up a glowing tribute to the goddess of music, but I'm afraid she would have a fiendish look if I continued under this present inspiration. Farewell! 69 I 'Y is H If V H hid' x y K 1' , umm M m rw 64 fl ZX f, f?f9N 44 f!!f 4 U Xx W 'll J ny! f Q f r- U 5 'TQ 55 X f kr k X 'jk lw Z X EQ xx N K lm L I f I It iw L 5 Jf N MQW hu F xiflm xi, WV X xl W 'M X 1, I . V WML, 4, NX A X W - XXW: f- T ' X X. K Q3:f:1 ' W ' W l Tr affm wi 2 4 Q. Q! R I, w nm. ' N f ' f 'M 1 X f Nw H fttfuil il ff f lim.--' f' K ff, X ' I LG f,,.. 0 gf ff ' , 'Q-1.:z'aia3k M , f 7, ' if X-P ff jf j W! L L ! K ' K N X 5 '-gf' w X 0 SPORTS Motto: ' A cl b dy fyoung ' h' I gh ATHLETICS FOOT BALL BASKET BALL BASE BALL HAND BALL T1 ATHLETICS Greece was the home of Art and Philosophy, but long before she had an Art or dreamed of a Philosophy, she was a nation of Atheletes. Indeed, her Art had its foundation in Atheletics, for it was at the Olympian games that sculpture and painting were born, and many years passed before they were anything more than serv ants of Athletics. Many of the noblest productions of Grecian sculpture are merely cele- brations of Olympian victories. Probably even Philosophy felt the in- fluence of the games. There is little doubt but that the splendid phy- sique of the Greeks had a share in the development of those mighty in- tellects which made Greece famous. Physical strength is an excellent foundation for great mental achievement. We have borrowed much from Grek Art, and Greek Philosophyg have we done right in divorcing them from Greek Athletics? Are We not developing the mind very often at the expense of the body? No student can afford to neglect or abuse his physical natureg for a great mind With a Weak body, is like a skillful Workman without tools. Athletics makes a strong body. Therefore go in for Athletics. 1 72 I, pi: pb EE FUOT BALL. College life has many interests: most. of them are good, a. few are indifferent: a very few are evil. Most students have a share in all, and an absorbing interest in one. It is well for each student to have at least one interest, apart from his books, in which he can fairly live: such an interest develops character. Foot-ball is a splendid game to develop character. It gives a 111an the hardness and endurance of a soldier, and places him under a code of laws. almost military in their severity. It teaches him self-control, one of the cardinal virtues. To students who are naturally some- what sleepy, it gives new life, it does, not take long for foot-ball to waken a man up. Foot-ball reveals a man's strength and weakness to himself, and thus gives him self-confidence in his powers. and watch- fulncss concerning his weakness. A President of one of our leading' colleges says: The gridiron is a small ethical world, marked all over with the white lines of moral distinction. We must acknowledge that foot-ball has its drawbacks. It pre- sents plenty of opportunities for the display of mean traits of char- acter, as does every game, and indeed every employment. It often results in physical injuries, some of them fatal: but so too does every sport in which strength is exerted. The training is severe: but is not hard training a necessary for runner of success? It steals time, and makes a. student shirk his other dutiesg but the same might be said of any enjoyment in which a student becomes interested. On the whole we are fond of foot-ball. It is the best game on earth. Tell me not in high flown language College life is all a snap! For just when you Want to slumber Study breaks your peaceful nap. Foot ball is the real issueg And when you have kicked a goal Dust thou art-at least appeareth Dust or mud from head to sole. Not enjoyment and not pleasure Is our destined lot or Way: For the record of the class book Finds us Wors off every dayg Lives of Freshmen all remind us Things are green when in their prime, All they lack is growth and culture They'll come out all right some time. 74 THE BASKET BALL TEAM BASKET BALL. After the excitement caused by foot-ball during the fall term has subsided, college students feel the need of something to break the monotony and humdrum of the winter months, and keep up the proper enthusiasm for athletics, until the base-ball season opens. This need is fully supplied by basket-ball. The game attracts all active and fun-loving students, and is specially popular because it is- played by the girls as well as the boys. Few sights are more inter- esting than a swift game of basket ball, and certainly our boys can make the show exciting for both spectators and opponents. During this year the Macalester team made a good showing, win- ning all the scheduled games, and scoring a total of fifty-five to twen- ty-four. . -1 ,-. HAND BALL. For those who do not enjoy the war-like pleasures of our fiereer sports, we can offer the more peaceful charm of hand-ball. This is a grand game for Winter' afternoons, and helps to pass many a pleasant hour when the winds of the North are having their own fun outside. An exciting game it is too, and excellent for the muscles. We highly recommend it to all. Our boys did some good work during the Win- ter, both in their own friendly games, and in the tournaments. 76 .L M323 ?'Fw :rm BASE BALL. It seems absolutely certain that the National game will continue to be first in the list of college athletics. P Just as soon as grim Vtfinter betakes himself to other parts, every college in the whole length and breadth of the continent, marshals its base-ball candidates onto the diamond 'to begin training for the coming struggles. This sport is just as much a part of college life as are books and manuscripts, but of course a place for everything and everything in its place. No young man should feel that his college career is com- plete until he has donned the uniform and gone forth to conquer in the name of his college. The sons of t'Old Mac are ever ready to do and die for her, up- on thc diamonds of our sister colleges. This year our material is good, and we all look forward to see our heroes come marching home from their well-fought fields with the flag of victory waving triumphantly in the breeze. Macalester will meet all the teams in the league, and in addition several of the high schools in the city. lt will probably also try con- clusions with the VVinnipeg aggregation. XVe should stand a good chance in the race tor base-ball honors this year, with Uomer and Hoy Uto toss 'em over, and Dickson at the receiving end to gather them in, with the tine support that the other members of the team are capable of giving. VVe hope for the highest success. but whether success or defeat be our lot, we will at least try to play a clean honorable game worthy of our College. 1' 'Y J , 't Til 9- 'J , 4 f,-.-5g'p fi ' Ir l' il'f'LZ fe., in X ,, 78 AN ANIMAL STORY BY SARAH E. MCKNIGHT Rudyard Kipling has written some Very interesting animal stories which I have enjoyed very much, but there was one thing I always wanted him to write about and that was, IIow the Pig got the Curl in his 'l'ail,', but as he never did so, I will pretend I am Rudyard Kipling and make a vain attempt to write it myself. HOW THE PIG GOT THE CURL IN HIS TAIL It was in the days, Oh my Best-Beloved, when there was but one pig to wander alone in the forests of the great Tamboo and to refresh himself at the banks of the Loplalus river. But in those days, Beloved, the pig's tail was short and very straight and really looked very funny. Now, imember, he wasn't the only animal that lived in the forest of the great and wonderful Tamhoo, hut he was the only pig, and his tail was very short and straight. One day the sun shone down on the forest of the great Tambo, and it was very hot. Down on the banks of the Loplalus river lay the pig with the very short and straight tail, trying to keep eool in a pud- dle under a Bingaehue tree. Suddenly up came Suugro. old monkey Sungro, always jolly, always iuto mischief. 'tNiee spot here? asked Sungro. The pig just looked at him. UYVhy dou't you talk. you pig, said Sungro. The pig looked at him. Then Quagga, another of the animals in the forests of the great and wonderful Taiuhoo, eame up and Suugro, old monkey Suugro, always jolly. always into misehief, said to him aside, Pig with the short and straight tail wou't talk, let's make l1im squealf' Then he turned to the pig. Pig, said he, Your tail is too long. Pig looked at him. 'tllo you hear mef' said Sung-ro, Your tail is too long. Pig grunted. he did not Care. Sungro, old monkey Sungro, always jolly, always into misehief, winked at Quagga. Pig with the long tail. said Sungro. Hwould you like us to make your tail pretty? Pig looked at him. '4Pig with the long tail would you like us to make your tail pretty 3 shouted Sungro. Pig grunted: he did not care: Sungro, old monkey Suugro. always jolly. always into mischief. smiled at Quagga. VVell.' said Sungro, Hif you will let us tie a knot in your tail it would make it shorter and it would look better. Pig looked at him. VVill you let us tie a knot. in your tail. it is too long. said Suugro. Pig grunted. he did not care. Sungro, old monkey Suugro, always jolly, always into misehief. wiuked and smiled at Quagga. Naughty Sungro. Then he proceeded '70 -Y l 4- Y to tie a knot in the pig's tail. Now,'l said Sungro, We must pull it tight, take hold of his ear, Quaggaf' Quagga took hold of his right ear between his teeth. Now I will take hold of his tail, now pull! Now 'member, Best Beloved, all this happened on the banks of the Loplalus river in the shade of a Bingachue tree, and the pig squealed, and squealed, and squcaled again, until they let him go and then he went tearing through the forests of the great and wonderful Tamboo, with the knot in his tail, never even stopping to thank Sungro, old monkey Sungro, and Quagga for their services. Then Sungro, old monkey Sungro, always jolly, always into mischief, laughed out loud, and Quagga laughed too. Pig dashed on, still squealing, never stopping till he reached the mire of Powinkus, and there he lay down and tried to ease the great pain in his tail by wollowing in the nice soft mud and mire of Powin- kus, but all in vain. Then he called for Knotalopsus the crab, and asked him if hc could help him in his misery. VVhat? said Knota- lopsus, What do you want? 'AI didnlt know but what you could help take the knot out of my tail with your pincersf' said poor pig in his misery, all there in the mire of Powinkus. Well,', said Knotalop- sus, I,ll try, So the Knotalopsus put his pincers in the knot in the pig's tail and held on tight while the pig pulled hard, and after a great deal of pulling and squealing' and grunting, all there in the mire of Powinkus, the knot in the pig's tail was untied. But listen, now, and lmeniber: after the knot was taken out of the pig's tail it wasn't straight any more, but had just a little curl where the knot was and after that, Best Beloved, all pigs had and have yet a little curl in their tails. S0 l 4 , COMMERCIAL We are glad to report that the Commercial department is Hourish- ing, along with the spring grass and the base-ball fever. As will be seen by a careful perusal of the new catalogue, an important im- provement is being made in the course, an improvement that will put new snap into the work, and will no doubt be appreciated by future Commercialites. There will be one graduate from the long course this year, and a number will finish the shorter course. That the Penmanship students are working to some purpose, may be seen from the following samples: I Xxx X ,R Yi Xi-V, The frequent Dear Sirf' and Gentlemen, of the Shorthanders, may be heard any afternoon in that little room where the faithful few dream of those vacant positions which they are going to fill, or of those more distant tables, where they will some day sit, in the crowded court-rooms. Like a hum of reality through the dreams comes the un- dertone of the clicking typewriter, as the operator gazes at the ceiling, and conjures up a vision of a keyboard he is forbidden to see, or a fancy picture of those neat pages he intends to run off for some exact- ing manager Sometime, somewhere. The commercial room is one of the most pleasant and temperate these bracing spring days, a fact which no doubt accounts in a great measure for the ability of the adders-bookkeepers I mean-to brood steadily over their long columns of figures while chasing that elusive seven cents up one page and down the other. A goodly number of visitors have made calls upon the coms. dur- ing this present year, and it is hoped that in future years the number will increase. VVe are always at home to our friends during school hours. This is an invitation to call and see us. 81 W. O. KRAUSE, Graduate Com. Delft, '04 RECENT PUBLICATIONS. The Broad View .,.. . . ........ ............. . . Carmen ........... Loving Mary .............. Agnes I Love Thee ......... ........ . . If She were Six Feet Tall ................... Lyric Poem's Qvol IIIJ Medicated to Inezj .... History of Ruth Qvol U ................... History of Boaz Qvol ID . . . Samantha at Macalester .... Reveries of a Bachelor .... Philip the Great ......... Treatise on Robins .... 82 By James Detweiler .. . . . .T. H. Dickson . . . .Frank Throop ........VV. H. Deitz . .Gordon Thompson . . . . . . .P. A. Davies . . .Paul Rusterholtz . . . ...Ruth Swasey . . . . . .Hezekiah . . .H. J. Voskuil . . .Genevive Clark . . ...Lucille McCabe CHRONICLE, IQO3-IQO4 September 16-Fall term opens. September 17-Senior girls entertain at the Elms. September 18-Y. VV. C. A. reception to new students. September 19-Y. M. C. A. stag social. September 22-Joint reception of Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. September 30-Foot ball team plays vs. HU. ' October 1-Church reception to Mac. students and faculty. October 16- October 26- October 30-Miss Hammond entertains foot ball team and th Foot ball game vs. Carlton. No school-boiler burst. eir friends October 31-Hallowe'en parties. November 3-Foot ball game vs. Hamline. November 4-Elm girls entertain foot ball team at a high tea. November 5-Dr. Root addresses Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. November 11-Foot ball game vs. St. Thomas. November 11-Banquet given to our team at Edwards Hall. November 12-Y. W. C. A. entertainment. November 13-Hyperion Banquet. November 19-Ralph Connor's lecture. November 24-St. Paul Choral Concert. November 25-Young ladies of Elms entertain their friends. November 26-Thanksgiving vacation. November 27-Dr. VVal1ace entertains informally. December 11-Senior Prep. Skating Party. December 24 to January 6-Christmas vacation. January 6-Winter term opens. January 25 to 29-Academic examinations. January 28-Day of Prayer for colleges. February February February February February February February 1-Basket ball game vs. Hamline. -Basket ball game vs. River Falls, YVis. 11 12-Japanese-Russian Rally at chapel. 15-Senior's Valentine Party. 22-Washington's birthday. Brewster girls entetain Edwards Hall boys. 24-Basket ball game vs. St. Thomas. 29-Leap Year Party at Elms. March 1-Chorus goes to Mankato. March 2- March 4- March 11 Basket Ball game vs. St. Thomas. Intersociety Debate. -S Hyperion Annual Program. Q Elijah Murdered in Music Studio. March 18-Athenaean banquet. March 24- March 29- March 30- Edwards Hall basket ball game vs. Eutrophian. Spring term begins. Hand ball vs. St. Thomas. 83 April 4- April 8 -Y. W. girls entertain Academy boys. April 18-Seniors Sophmore reception!!!!! at C. E. Social at the Chapel. Elms! April 20-Base ball game vs. St. Olaf. April 21 -Poverty Social in Gym. April 27-Base ball game vs. St. Thomas. April 29 Arbor Day. Base ball vs. Shattuck. May 2-Base ball vs. Mechanic Arts H. S. May 4-Base ball vs. Hamline. May 11-Base ball game vs. St. Olaf. May 13-Academic Junior Senior Reception. May 16-Base ball game vs. Carleton. May 17 Chorus goes to Hastings. May 18-Base ball game vs. Shattuck. May 21 -Base ball game vs. Hamline. May 25-Base ball game vs. St. Thomas. May 30- Memorial Day. Base ball game vs. Carleton. June 3-Academic graduation exrcises. June 6- Senior class play. .Tune:7-Musical. .Tune 8-Graduation. fZ,,j,Ww qmfmflfwaiifw WMM x, , ,QMS Qvvflf fi: 'V L J. fy., ML -:-1 ' '.i',,,,., . ffffw, ma, ' 1 'WWWQ A - ffm, Z 84 CALENDAR 1904 May 14,-Senior Vacation begins. May 30--Decoration day. june 3--Commencement of the Academy. June 8-Commencement of the College. September 13-Entrance Examinations. September 14,-First Semester begins. November 24-Thanksgiving Day. December 22-Holiday Vacation begins. 1905 january 3-First Semester resumes. january 26-Day of Prayer for Colleges. january 31-First Semester ends. February 1-Second Semester begins. February 22-Washington's Birthday. March 30-31-Spring Vacation. June 7-Second Semester ends. S 1'- . , LY! , W5 'IE l it wi X WWW ll i f If P-2 L, C 9 YP CC CL F3 SCRAP BOOK Metaphysics: what is it? Metaphysics is merely an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. - James. When two men are talking about any subject, and neither one knows what he is talking about, that is Metaphysics. -A student. Measles, rhumatics, hooping-cough, agers and lumbagers is all philosophy together, that's what it is. The heavenly bodies is philosophy, and the earthly bodies is philosophy. If there's a screw loose in a heavenly body, that's philoso- phyg and ifthere's a screw loose in a earthly body, that's philosophy too, or there may be sometimes that there's a little metaphysics in it, but that's not often. Philosophy's the chap for me. -Charles Dickens. Prof. J. tteaching electricityl Like kinds repel, unlike attract. If they are near together they spark. You can see it more plainly in a dark room. The frequency of the sparks depends on the distance between them. I want you to test some of these things yourselves. You learn best by experiment. I don't need to learn them, but I want you to do so. I will just have two of you work to- gether, it is much easier that way. J. T. A. Cat the Athenaean banquetj I feel as though I had all the world right here to-night! Qputting his hand on the back of his lady's chair.J NVanted: A big black bull-dog to let loose in the music studio after 7 p. m. Must be savage enough to stand all the noises of the infernal regions. Apply to the Editor-in-chief of the Quid NunC?l' One night at the Jackson Street mission one of the Mac boys was stand- ing on the street inviting people to the gospel meeting within. A gentleman ap- proached and laying his hand on the stranger's shoulder our Mac boy said, 'EA good speaker to-night. Everybody welcome. VVon't you go in? The strang- er replied That's right my boy, keep at it. The stranger was Dr. Boyle. NVe are sorry that we cannot present to our readers certain excellent photo- graphs which we have of our Seniors. They are beautifully bound. Lost: A golden opportunity near South St. Paul. Finder please return to Frank Throop. - Wanted: More vacant periods.-Miss Hutton. The greenest Freshman is the only man who will ask why the Hyperion room has been locked up. We wonder if the members of the society are affected in the same way as the little party that was wont to gather there in other days? Say, did you see that ap-Paul-ing sight in Prof. K's room one day? Repairing neatly and quickly done.-T. H. D.v K-Does he mean repairing to the Elms?l Do you know what Miss L's favorite color is?l' NVhy Brown, of course. Students will please notice that promanading together is deemed by the facul- ty. a breach of good order. 87 Prof. J. Clecturing on lightl There are two kinds of lights, natural and ar- It is bad manners to eat candy in a street car unless it is in a box. Did you hear of the wedding on the way home from Mankato? Prof. D. Cin Latin classl VVhat is 'postpono'? Student. It's the motto of the Oratorical Association. Mr. A. tin pol-econ examinationj What shall I say Doctor if I donlt agree with the Author? tiHcial. Evan E. 'tWhich kind have they W. O. R. has contracted a terrib le cold: we hear that he caught it sitting on a stone. Alone? No, never alone! in Hades? pa N wg 1 ll! . rl ' Xslwl H Wx ,wow f I-,iw Ill I if ill ll IIE lu ll-I I IIIAIZ V' llll UI-I wr argl' SM5 faith xi ' ll Will WW .MW : ' if f -1-, f . 'f' W' ' ' 24 X. ' i-! 9, i-3 ' .- .!l 'gn mfg. r Ulf 53,51 ,.fE'3 i. lm fi' -1. l- L 51159 ,-25:1 5511 Vi gh X f n is 'W' ' W... is u- tiiiL'I:3!' N Q.-'if ', 1 if'ji..Z. .1 H 'M' ,. Iwi L1.',,,,.s 53? .dn if 22,42 ' ... K -37 X 'if-UZ 'sig' 'fl Ti? 5 3 v ' 4- 5 1 r fi MV n We wish to state in this column that the chairman of the committee on pub lication has read over and approved of all the matter contained in this Annual, and has set his sign and seal thereto. Amen! P. A. D. and freshman Math. have had a successul struggle. We forget who won. The conflict has been immortalized in a poem worthy of Homer. Tammany Hall with it's fiendish contrivances has found its way even into this home of learning. It is reported on good authority that J. E. Det. lost his heart on a trip to Eden Prairie. O you Guy! K. at the State Oratorical toverheardl O you girls think that K. doesn't know anything about it, but he knows all rightg and K. will be heard from one of these days. Did you hear about James setting up the golden image at the intersociety de- bate? No? It was great. Curling is past. Much to Mr. W's disappointment because he likes Kirling. 88 L 1 Mr. F. has been troubled a great deal with a pain lPainej, when it is not in his head it is on his arm. We are sole agents for Geib's sure cure 'of that drowsy feeling.-Messrs. Dudley 81 Co. Scene: Prof. F's German Class. Prof.: You may read on, Miss Mahlum Miss Mahlum: lVill you be my husband? Prof.: Yes, go on. Scene: In a Vergil class. Dr. D. Now if I buy a book for 51.00, which box will it go in? Why the 'Bybox of course. Pupil: But if you sell it for 351.25 which box will it go in? Dr. D. The money box. H Peter MCE.: I've always been averse to asking women questions. Dr. D. Why which one has turned you down? Scene: Two coeds in the hall watching. Mr. Lucas runs across the campus. First coed: He runs just like an old Dutchman. Second coed: Well, that's just what he is. Absent-minded? Well rather! He came in one evening last week, and put his umbrella to bed, while he stood himself up in the corner. The old gong tolls the knell of the fifth hour, The lowing herd winds out the library, The Whisperer homeward plods his weary way, And leaves my book to silence and to me. Macalester School of Dancing. Step dancing a specialty. Dancing-master W. O. R. graduate of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Montreal, Cana- da. Olfice, Room 2, Dormitory. It is hoped that the new Revised Version will have mule instead of ass in the twenty-second chapter of Numbers. Mrs. J. Qin Englishj, Hcall things by their right names: don't call a leg a limb: call a spade a spade. Freshman tin Registrar's office! Are you very busy just now? Registrar Qwithout looking upj Yes, sir: very busy. The Freshman hastens away. Registrar ito his friends as he draws a puzzle from underneath his desk! Say boys can you work this? A sophomore lin chemestry classj Before using this water, Professor, shall we dilute it? Professor: Give an example of irony as a figure of speech. Student: You are a fine looking fellow. Foot ball hath it's half-backs And full backs not a few, But then with bruised and brokenjegs It hath it's draw-backs too. Friend: In what course does your son expect to graduate? Father, t'In the course of time by the looks of things. 89 4 Caesar Qrule for pronunciationj If the penult i s short accent the word on the t 't n the syllable before the first. nrst syllable: if it is long, accen 1 o The blinds were down, The lights were dim, When I heard her say to him, Jimmie I wish that you would shave, Or else I wish that you'd behave. in 5 f f f ,,,f if 'lf 16 , fef 52rd ff .I 'Perf vi. ff! .4 ' X. Z. H. X ' , Young man, do you use a pony? Prof. D. 'iYes, sir, I useone ieligiouslyf Student. Prof. D. 'IHOW so? Student. I let it rest on Sundays. Freshy: 'Is Prof. An tache? N. B. The one who letting his studies interfere with his education. S ters l ' l without a mus- derson the man who rides a iicyc e XVhen you meet some one in the hall, Look at him and not the wall, Don't pretend you're thinking deep. 'Cause Vou're notg so, smile and speak. doesn't attend social functions because Peter D. Qhreaking' some bread into his soupj 'Cast thy bread upon the wa 90 he is too busy is THE FALL OF MAN. What to him were love or hope, What to him were joy or care, He stepped upon a cake of soap That the girl had left on the topmost stair. His feet flew out like wild, mad things, He hit each step with a sound like a drum, And the girl below, with the scrubbing things, Laughed like a fiend to see him come. LOVE IN LEAP YEAR. She asked him once, she asked him twice, She asked him thrice to wed, He tho't her friendship very nice, But each time shook his head. At last when he felt more inclined The wedded state to try, He told her he had changed his mind, But she said, So have I. The choir and the minister were at loggerheads. The choir had just finish- ed its first anthem when the minister rose, and turning toward the choir, gave out his text: And when the tumult had ceased. The minister preached for an hour and the choir ruminated. When the minister finally sat down, the choir sang: It is now time to awake out of sleep. UI have no appetite. There is a rumbling in my stomach like a cart on a cob- blestone pavement. Perhaps it's the truck you ate for supper. Prof. Is Mr. B-n-on present? Class. NOW Prof. 'tHe keeps up his historic record. T0 THE SENIORS. Senior rest! Thy school days o'er Have some fun your long vacationg Think of chemistry no more. And cramming for examination. Senior restl Thy school days o'er Think of undone tasks no more, Nor of some hard recitation, Go in for fun, your long vacation. Senior rest! Thy ladder climbed Leaves the Junior far behind Struggling with his Physics hard For a high grade on his card! You last year did strive in vain The same foolish end to gain. 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