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Ther e were some amusements in those days of no athletics. There was always the ceaseless round of jokes to be played on professors and students. Professor Shattuck ' s desk had an unhappy habit of escaping from its proper quarters and wandering over the building. The boy who ventured to put his head out of a window ran great risks of a shower bath from the window above. After study hours the literary societies and the Students ' Government took all the spare minutes. The two literary societies, Philomathean and Adelphic, came into existence at the same time. Dr. Gregory read the names of the students in chapel, assigning first one to Philo, then one to Adelphic, so the societies started with an equal membership. The meetings were well attended, but no variety was offered in the programmes. Essays, orations and debates were the only things considered in place. The Students Government was formed primarily to maintain order in the dormitory and, as long as the dormitory was in use, was a success, but when the students were scattered, the plan failed and was abandoned. In 1883 the Students ' Government, having ceased to serve any useful purpose, was disbanded. For good or bad the old dormitory stood, until the wrath of the heavens in the form of a small cyclone struck it one dark night, tearing off the roof and throwing down one of the walls. Since that time the students have lived in the private houses of the two towns. Women were first admitted to the University in 1872, when fifty were enrolled. At first they, too, had a dormitory or boarding house, White Hall, as it was called, but before long they were also living in private houses. So from small beginnings our University has grown. When we consider the thorough courses offered here, the increasing number of buildings and students and the broad, generous spirit of the school, we are indeed compelled to say of the founders of this institution that they builded better than they knew. Blinfc Gupifc. They say that love is blind, I wish he were. I can ' t help thinking, though I do not know, That if the mighty Zeus should close the eyes Of little Cupid, I should have more show. W. C. BRENKE: What! keepa week away, seven days and nights I 22
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EARDT DENIZATIONS Some day we ' ll come back to the clear old crature, To our own beloved Altna Mater. To those persons who wish a detailed account of the founding and history of this University; who are desirous of learning the difficulties and disappointments that beset the path of the founders of this, the first of all state universities; who would know what ideals the founders had ; and who would contrast these ideals with the opinions of the State Legislature and the people as to what a state university should be; to these we recommend the articles by Mr. Pillsbury and Dr. Peabody that were published in the Reports of Public Schools of 1887 and 1888. The article by Mr. Pillsbury contains a detailed account of the original plans for the University. It is a history of heroic endeavor, finally crowned with success. No failure daunted the spirits of these untiring workers, who from each disappointment learned how to proceed with better plans and higher hopes; realizing, indeed, ' ' That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things. After years of work they at last brought their plans to fruition; and in 1869 with ten instructors and one hundred and twenty-eight students the school was opened. The old dormitory, the first of the University buildings, which has long since been torn down, stood on the campus north of the athletic park. Besides affording recita- tion rooms, museum and laboratories it served for a dormitory. The thing that interests us the most is the life of the students in those times. How did the student live ? Did he enjoy the luxuries of club board ? Was he athletic ? Did he belong to a literary society? Were the girls as independent and as numerous as they are in the present era ? The students ' rooms in the upper story of the building were poorly furnished. One boasted of a carpet and some pictures, but such luxuries were very rare. However, the boys were usually too hard at work to miss such small things as carpets and pictures. The spirit of work was intense. What was there to do but work? The athletics consisted of labor on the farm and in the shops. All the trees of the arbor- setum and the orchard were set out by the college boys. GEORGE BOYD: Tall, slender, and of meagre mind. 21
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