University of San Francisco - USF Don Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Golden Hair Eustace CuUinan. Golden, caught from tints of morn. Gold in heaven s alembic fined; Marigold and poppy paled In her tresses intertwined. Sylph in form; in soul a prayer, This was witching Golden Hair. In the meadows when she strayed, Zephyrs, with their soft caress, Bringing roses to her cheeks Wantoned in each glowing tress. Did she wander in the shade Haloes flitted through the glade. Hearts were offered at her shrine, Hearts with youthful fires aglow. Whom she favored most of all, Human heart will never know. Each believed itself preferred, Doting on a glance or word. Better so. Beloved by all Went she hence in beauty’s bloom. Death himself but lightly breathed On earth’s tribute to the tomb. ’Mid the clustering angels there Passed the soul of Golden Hair.

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20 THE IGX AT I Ay continue its great work of giving liberal education to the future citizens of the nation, it is well to know that the small college is a dependable, reliable, well-established institution. It is well to know that it is the normal American college, that it has that priceless possession, true college spirit, that it affords its students great scholastic opportunities. Let us not then despise or make apologies for a college because it is small. It is well to remember that from it may have come forth men of education whose service to the country has been incalculable. It may be that its limited size is the greatest factor for its greatness. This article must not be taken as an attack on our large universities. We feel their worth, and we maintain that in their proper sphere their success is great indeed. We have referred to them merely because they are the natural basis for comparison with the small college. Nor is it its purpose to exaggerate the qualities of the small college, but to present its true value, to show what it has done in the past, what it is doing in the present, and the still greater things confidently expected of it in the future. .

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The Phenomena of Radio-Active Substances Charles C. Mohun. SciKNTIPIC ADVANCEM ENT. THE dawn of the Twentieth Century will probably always he considered a remarkable one in the history of scientific progress on account of the advances made in connection with the phenomena of radiation. Not only has there been a great extension of knowledge with regard to those types of radiation, allied to light, which enter into everyday experience, and which have been the object of inquiry for centuries, but, in addition, entirely new kinds of rays have been discovered, and to account for them new conceptions have arisen, fresh fields of research have been opened up, and problems, before deemed insoluble, have been brought within the range of direct experimental attack. The previously existing foundations upon which the vast fabric of modern science has been successfully raised are being exchanged, without injury or alteration to the structure, for others one step deeper and more fundamental. The work of transition has been proceeding quietly and simultaneously from many sides, and in this respect the present century is inseparably connected with those proceeding; but until quite lately few, except those actually engaged in the work, realised the magnitude of the results being obtained or the real consequences of the conclusions being arrived at. Most recently, however, the advent of radium, and the prominence given to the almost daily discoveries that followed, have drawn universal attention to the newly explored regions. The chemist's atom is no longer the unit of the sub-division of matter, and the internal structure of the atom is now the object of experimental study.