St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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I I I -unfi- I .xp I I I I I-If-X I I I I , I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I I II Ev I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I 5. I I I I I . I I I I I I I I I. I I I '+- I I I I I '-s. f I I I , . Book Review Q, HELEMENTS OE LGGICY' One of the most interesting pieces of light literature or notion that has come into our hands for some time is Elements of Logic, published by Butler, Sheldon Sz Company. Throughout, this work abounds in the most sparkling wit. It is quite hard to contain oneself as the author proves his absurdities for us. We shall give two of these syllogisms, as the author calls them. We never heard the term before, but are sure that the street boys will adopt it and will begin to shout, Syllogism yourself. Nothing is better than wisdom. Bread is better than nothing. . Ergo. Bread isbetter than wisdomf, Or, No cat has two tails. Every cat has one more tail than no cat. Ergo. Every cat has three tails. There are also four little jingles which we are sure will become soon nursery rhymes, and instead of our babies shouting ' I 4'Old mother hubbard VV'ent to the cupboard, they will cry joyouslyj V Barbara celarant parii ferioquepuoris, - Cesare camestres festino baroko secundee, Tertia darapti desamis dalisi felapton, Bokardo fersison habetg quarta insuper addet, Bramantip, camenes demaris, fes apo fresisonf' . Its extreme simplicity Will, no doubt, appeal to all of the readers. And let us say here that no verses can be surer of posterity than those which are preserved in the nursery. ' The diction of this work should recommend itself to careful mothers and teachers for the child's first reading, for seldom do words of more than fifteen syllables occur. We predict a great success for this book in this line also. 179

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That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That That Why How TfVhy Why Do You Realize aw C-feneralw Grant Wrote the Rat Tat? Beard is the best gouger in College? Bradley and Hutchins are reformers? Smith QA. is a special Freshman? Grant is from Alpha? Clark is an orator? Mudd never plays cards? Cronin is the smartest man in College? Townshend is the most beautiful singer? Fox has a red nose? Punch has been divorced from Judy? Cronk is a good mistake? Pip Tilghman is a sergeant? Johnny Chew can't teach Freshmen Math? the Frog has crooked legs? Blecker is going to be Major? Cummins has a bad case? Wilmer Will Hcluck ? Padgett is bow-legged? Garey is smart in Chemistry? the junior Class is highftoned? Galbreath likes the Seniors? 4'Tommy Fell can live on his salary? Pokey,' doesn't marry? Garver, Jack, Davis and lsaac are not in the Faculty? What is the matter with the Prep. School? That Stick is a victim of circumstances? That you can't fool Neevvy? That if you idon't, you're blind? 178

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Iebb's Selections from Attic Orations Published by Macmillan, deserves special notice on account of the peculiar character of its humor. This is the one feature which distinguishes it from the great mass of Htrashyn literature now published. It is generally accepted that humor should have some tendency to provoke readers to mirth. But old Lysias was a sly and greedy old duck, and his humor is of such a nature that it provokes the readers to a perfect frenzy, while affording them the best sort of fun imaginable. Methinks I can see old Lysias choking with laughter as he delivers his harangues to that gossiping crowd of Athenians, while he thinks of the difficulties he is making for the future students of St. john's. Those old Greeks were a .far-sighted and a vindicative sort of people, anyway. Apart from this feature there is nothing in the work to command respect. As for thelothers, we will not censure them, poor fellows, for they did the best they could. They might not have seemed such dope goods in those days. We will close with those words which are so proper here, '4They are more to be pitied than censuredf' A Ames' Theory of Physics ' By Joseph Ames, Ph. D., johns Hopkins University. Published by American Book Company. Price 31. 50. versity. Published by American Book Company. Price 31.50. This book is one of the greatest works ever written on the subject of Grecian Mythology. It begins with a description of the fall of Alpha, the God of Beauty, from the regions of Beta, the God of Highlands, and tells how Qmega, the Goddess of the Whirlwinds, caught Alpha in her currents and wafted him away to the land of Iota, the goddess of a very indefinite region called Momentum. Wliile in this region Alpha falls in lo-ve with Theta, the Goddess of Attraction, and nearly meets his fate at the hands of Delta, her lover, the God of War and Power. But the struggle is suddenly brought to an end by the appearance of Ro, the great God of Pressure and Hurricanes, who hurls the forces of Delta into the ethereal regions, where they are consumed by the fires of Sigma, the God of Light and Heat. Ro then destroys the region of whirlwinds, Qmega's kingdom, and releases Alpha, who, with his dear Theta by his side, at the head of the forces of Ro, returns to the kingdom of Beta, and by force of arms restores himself to power, and now reigns supreme with his beloved Theta. Lambda, an offspring of Theta, is next in succession. Thus the work gives us a fair idea of the ancient ways of the gods, and is highly interesting throughout. The plot is well worked out and should be read by every scholar. Side Remarks on QDutchD German T An individual may grow to manhood as verdant and innocent as the day he was born, and yet spend his latter days in a flat having a back door Sunday connection with a barroom, he may live a youth of wickedness and crime and i 180 ' 3? ' o vii If 2 all i. P l ,. vit l 1 . 'r i I I L i I A sl I 1 1 fl F 3 l i. yi :il E