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DECEMBER , I 8 9 I.

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SORE THROAT ]~rmwhitis. colds, <'Onghs, astllru~ . ar.cl cwt>n c;otasmuption, iu the t>ar!~ stagc•s. yield to Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. ~ing<>rs, actor~. ancti oH<'ers, puhU c SJ•Cnk<>rs. cle rgymf-n, teaC'lu~ rs, l et·turers, and all who art\ lii<! tl~ to ni~onlt•r of thE' \'OC'a} organS,

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in debt t o th e young la dies of the city as. ocia \\' II. \'.TE \\'I~ K EI.. ·~J::. ti o n f o r cake. But, boy~. i f y o u do banqu~t " . , .. , . ..,), u~: u:-. '! '"· the y o ung ladi es, don't ask them to furnish the c;..:oHt.J-: Kol.u::-. '!I:!. cake anti do' th e \Vo rk. That sc h eme is becon1-

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f o r a lcc tur~ course and n ot a fe\\' ha,·e been Th c· ""11u· nf t 1"' uut hor· mn..:t :ll't'(lllll •nur nil I'OIIIHnwil-•llioll:<, ki c king- because n o n pportun ity was ffere d c·op~· ICIIu• writlt•ll Oil Ollt• ~ l clt- of l'lll'\'I'OIIIy. th e m f o r t ak in g their best girls tr) an ythin g For· utl\·,•rt i:Oill).! rut t•,.:: nppl y In thL' .\th' t•l'li:-~in)! ;\l:tllllf.!"l'r. . .\II t'OII111111llit•at inll"' ,ohtlllhl he• ulltlrt•..:.-,., I to ·1111-: •\ ~c · uuH. but free soc ials and Y . :\T. ~. ;\ . O\' • st e r ~U()pers. ll~''"' ('clll.·::··· ll ntl:llltl. ;\lic·h. \\'ell , b o ys, the lecture c o urse is arranged for, and it is first-class, too. i'\ ow is y o ur cha nce COLLEGE SOCIETIES, ETC. t o show_ wh et h e r o r n o t. y o u appre~i ate what .is I'I. Jo'I I..\:-- C' l.l ' B. t lln tt·hJ uwc·t.- ~· ,·t· ry ;\l o11t111 y 1'\'l'llin).! ut 7 good . fhe t\\<) follow tn g- entertainments w tll o'd11t'k ill \ '. \ '. J l. be bette r than the fir~t was. Th o se ,,·ho hear d II. \ 'nn dt• r I' IO l'~ . :0.1'(' n·t:II'Y .J. J.UX1'11. Pro f. Cumnock will admit that that is :aying- a ;\I EI.II'IJO~Jo: :O:O('I ETY. mt•t•t,: t'\'1•1· ~ ;\lnllcllly t' \'t•uiu:: :11 ; good deal. o stud ent should nq~lect this e ~ u'l'lol·k lu t; 1'11111111111' Sl'ltoul lt~~ildltt).! . l'n·.-iclt•lll :-: . \'1111 dt•ll lll' I'J!. cc llcnt opportunity. T. Ho,..t•lltlu II. 1'1!.\ YEH ;\ l l•:t-:T I ~ c ;, t'\'t'1'Y T~~t •-<tl a r 1'\'t•ulu:: :tl I o'l'lnt·k. i tt Th e past year has b ee n a prosperous one for I;. :-- . II . .\II :11'1• \\ dt·tHlll'. 1t h as been self-SUJlJ)O rtin -g-, its FI: .\TEH~ .\1. :-'0( ' 1ETY. IIlt•••t ,: \\'t·tl ..... ~ cla y t•\'t•llill).!" :II I n'I'I(.Wk. th e ~ \ nch or. i11 t·ou11dl r·oo111::. ci rcul at ion has increased. and, judging from the Y. :'1 1. C' •. \ .. tttt 'l'liu;.: ,.,.t:ry Thur·..:cluy t-\'t•ui n;.: 11 1 7 o't·loc•k.ln t;. good \\'On.ls spoken f o r it. it has grO \\'n in ]iter-

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Ayer's Cherry Poct.ori\J. It Jea<b all othet~. u In January, 1889, I was taken down with measles aod scarlet fever, and exposing my:o:elf too soou, caught n. severe cold wbtct. , ettl~d on my lung~. I wrut forced to take tu my bed :mc.l was !iO lll that the doctors clo:ipatrell of my r ~eovcry, supposing m e to he in quick consumptton. Change c\f climate was r~conunended, but 1 began ~o u<Jc Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, aud soou fouud r elief. After using several bottles, 1 WM cured, so that I am now as well ancl rugged as evel'." - John Dillander, Crnnesnum of Steam Shovel, G. S. &: S. F. R. R. Co., Justin. Texas.

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\ \' ith this issue o f the .. \ nchor the . taff of '91 lays aside iL· quills. bids adieu to 1\ nchor readers. and e xt end s its best \\·ishes to the. taff of

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I ; secruE'd as If 1 c:luld not snrvive, all the usual remedies pr0\'111~ of uo avaU. At last J thought of .Aycr's Cben-y Pect~ral, and after taking two l.lottles of this medicine I wRS rcstor~d t~ beeltb."- Chas. Gamblnt, Smith's Rauch. Sonoma. Co., CAL '' Ther~ is nothlug better for coughs tl1~n Aycr's Cherry .Pectoral. I use no other prep:natlon. "-Aunie s. Butler, Providence, R.l . w . H. Graff & Co., Druggists, Carson. Iowa, certify t!lat all throat and lung troubles 2r~ speP.c.Jily

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it represe nts. \ \'ith out any spirit of boa t i ng, w e fee l , as \\'C Ia}· asid e our mantles, that these effects have been at least partially attained, and we arc c.n nfident that the staff and manager s of '9? will b e fulh· competent not onh· to -h d' f th · \ -. h mI a1 n. taan t e present nh I· · 111(7 (II stan b tt 111g o . e C 101 lit to rna , e lt a S I e er pap e 1.

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II' I .VTr..· R 1:.: I ~E. \/. vr;.'·). .As the new catalogue is no w in procl:ss of preparation we desire t o call th<.: attention o f ~ o w that autumn's roseate hu es ha\·' h cc.·n its compilers to a seeming neglect in one of it ~ transformed into winte r's sable dr ·s~. and th e departments. In the chronol gical memoranda, n tice is made of the grading o f the str~<.:ts put·e blu ~ that swe ll s autumnal ski es is h e .. about the campus in 1 H2 . \\' >Ltld it not b~ d ecke d wtth sl.tag-g): c_lnuds r_ uthl cssly scattered well to insert imm ediately a ft e r that impo rtant by Decl: mbcr s c htlltn g ,~·ttH!s· thl: st~td ~nt fact the fact of the establish m ent o f th e .\n - 1naturally see k s so m e occupatiOn by wht h lt e chor ssociat i n and th e date ( f the Anchor's may pl e a s antly and profitably spend th e lon g first issue? It certainh· is cl cse n·ing o f at least wint e r e \·e nings. The m oo n-lit C \' ' ning walk a notice in the record ~f I lope's hi~to ry . and th e_ ra mble thr~)~tg-h ve rdant \HHH.ls h ~t,· c ~ It s t th e tr c harrn. 1 he lon c h · croak of the

This has bee n a \'CIT un c ,·cntful term o f ~ 1 ~ 11 opc. I!.vcryt ting has bee n quiet. ~ one o f t 11c pro fessors 1ttl \'c..; bcc..;n boycotted. n o st O \'l~ s carried off, and, in fact, no thin g has occurred that is worthy the nam e o f "student tri ck." This is as it : h oldd be and th e Anch o r is glad t o give the fact publicity. Scarcely a greater calamity can befall an in s tituti o n of le arnin g than to haye am ng its s tud e nts• a fe w ruffian is h fellows who. e greate. t delig ht and noblest ambition only inspire th e m to play tric ks.

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fro g and the distant not ·s o f the ,,·hip- ponrwill hil\·e J>assed awa_,.. L:nless nt h ' r clin.: rs to ns arc co urte d, th t: sol it.UT recesses of our · o\\ n rooms mu s t no \\' for a time I · the pl ace of our amusetnent and meditati o n . l .ct us not look 11pon them \\'ith a\·e rs ion . but r.tthcr cul ti,·a te a taste for th e m by n1akin g- th · m t h • m ost pl easa nt and profitab le c~ p c ric..;n ccs of nur collq~e life. ··To s it at h o m e ." says llunt. "\\it h an o ld f(llio of ro mantic yet credible voyages. t o ha ,.c an old b a rdcd trave ll er fnr its he ro. a fireside..; in an o ld countt'\' h ouse t o

\ c ha ve some college journals o f \'cry hig-h r~_ad it · ' ).' · c urta ins dr=twn. and just. e nough merit upon our exc hange list. They have a "ttl< ~ st trnn g to mak_e an a ccc~ mpanlm ~ nt to neat and attrac ~ive appearance, contain good . ' tl~ forests we arc readtn ~ of. thi s s~~re ly IS o ne solid reading matter \\·orth y the attention of of the perfcct llH~ m c nts o f e~ ~stencc. II as not educated peopl e , a nti in m a ny ways g-i,·e ev i- l ~he _sa m e e ~pc r.t cncc been fel t by th e ~t ud e nt dence that there a rc pain s taking. en rcrct ic , Ill Iu s stud~· ? \\hat can be lv o re c h ;~nlltll g- ;~nd and brainy young men back o f th e m . n fe w ~ragra~lt \nth greater good than n qut ·t e\·enlttgdo not exhibit much life , pus h, or e nte rpri se. Ill Oll l: s O\~· n r~o m. alcJIIC ! Do n ~>t the proh \ c have sometime. felt like writin rr t o the ir lc m s of 1·. uc lld become the obJects o f m ore ed itors and a. kin g if th r were ~sleep o r d e te r min ed nttack, and d ocs Ill t the rythm o f i rg i I o r e ve n of th e 11 iatl becom~ q u itc m us ia wake. I t has seem e d pretty ccrtai n sometimes that they we re enjoying a Rip an \\'in- ca l ? Th e tradgcd ics o f Kin g L ea r o r Ma cbl: th kle s nooze. The student who e nte rs the fi ld ne ve r seem quite so thrill ing as wh e n th e fr e t of coll ege journali. m as an e lito r ought to be fu_l g usts of a D ece m ber storm b ·at a gainst ~h e alive to the importance o f the wo rk. The col- I ~nndow pan_cs; and how n_nt c h more c harmin glege paper f today is a recognized e ducati o nal IS the beaut• ful lege nd o f ~l ee py II olio\\· ,,.h t·n : factor in the merican co lleo-cs and it is th e .. on t::J cl,• full tht• ,.:um\· llnk t•.; li)!htly. ~:-> Th rnu,::h t ht• ul,.: h t In uti ru ,. ,.~ 1 ho• ~ I ur111 : duty of eve ry one connecte d with a colleo·c lulll y ,·uwutht·ll,.,.)!lnw " ""hdlll~ . h .\11!1 ' tl:< t'O:<y. :<ilt•ut. \1 urm :· paper to exa lt the calling and raise th e s tand- 1 Th winter c \·cnin gs ar · no t only th l: seasons ard of college journalis m . wh e n a stu d e nt ca n m ost a<.h ·a ntageo usly mu s t e r h is m e ntal faculties for s tud,· arrd rea din <r: ~early ~ll colds arc s light at first, but their I t hc..;y arc also. abo,·e a ll oth e rs: /lie seasons tend e n cy IS to so lower th e system that the , p e a ce ful mc..;ditation. wh e n we can ret ire within suffer~r be comes a ready victim to any pre\·a- o urseh ·cs, whe n we ca n c all to m e m n n · the 1 le nt _disease . ~he _use of yer's C h erry Pect o- eve nts of bygone days. and arc e nabl ed. the ral,. In the b egtnning of a cold, \\'< uld guard lig ht whic h time h as s hed upo n their success agamst the dange r. o r failure , m o re secureh· th • m\·s , t o trend . t erio us ways o f the future. By t hus e mploy ing o ur winter evenings. ,,. ' ·• Fortun es arc mad e by taking opportuniti es; need not cult i,·at th e sp it·it o f ascctici~m nor character is mad· b\· makincr th e m :·

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fit <Htrsc h-cs as candidates fo r a monas t e ry; o n thc co ntrary it will rc ,·cal to us the fact th at th e s we ·test joy:-> of life arc fro m within. no t fro m '' ith ou t, and that h e wh wou ld enli \' Cn th e social h ou r with pro fit able co n\·ersation , mu st first e nri c h hi s mind \\·ith co nsta nt applicatio n.

wh o attempts to . tand up for the o ld , is imm e nsely unpopular, sti ll I think a case can be made o ut in the favo r of the sal utato ry; a nd 1 do no t think that th e ill will of those wh o wish to throw it out is much to be dreaded. The stronge. t plea avain:t it, would be. perhaps. that it is useless. si nce comparati vely few can gain an exact idea o f the se ntim e nts I ',~J CA Tf {)_\ '. whi c h it is intended to c<uH·ey. Now, it seems .. 'luc h stu dy is a \\·earin ess of the fl esh .'' to me then! arc two answers to this. In th e sa id th <.: wi se man of o ld. and e~ p ncncc first place. considering th e c haracte r of Comt c.:a c h 's that it is a ,,·cari ncss of the spirit as m e nce m en t exercises in genera l, it is as useful number of graduate. com e \\'t:ll. Only st udy. o nly readi ng s m ot hers the a· a ny thcr. s ptnl and makes a person as s hri\·c ll cd and forward in the body o f the program with o ramu sty as the old parc hm en t he is read in g. And ti o ns. The primary id ea 0f a n o ration is t o stri ppt:d of its o utwa rd nam e a nd ro mance , a persuade. l s it true th at any great number o f coll eg-e cou rse is an e ndle. s m o no t ony, <.lcad- people come to the Commencement exercises ·ning- to the s pirit. Indeed, the co ns t a nt co m- with a distinct idea of being pcrsuadt'd by the munion with s hades fnan the dark, dim , h oary, c i ~ ht minute speec hes made? Or, if it is a matoften horrid , and h eathen pas t and the co nstant ter o f essays. whose primary object ought t struggle with impossible problems· transports be to inst ruct, is it true that any considerable numbe r o f people attend with a purpo. e of beth e st ud e nt into an unreal, unnatural wo rld . J\s a natural reaction. h e is a lways o n th e ing i11structnl by th e youth jus t assuming g radlookout to say o r d o so m et hin g " funny" a n d uate les ·o ns? It mus t be ad mitted th at these thus has a dangerous le anin g t )Ward that un- ends arc occasio nally stri\·e n for and attained. bcarable. pitiable hum orcats ness, assumed, cx- but l am s ure that a perusal f programs o f cessi,·e . a nd often offens ive k \·itv - too m uc h the Co m m encc m e n t c ~ erciscs of the last do1.en alas. the sta mp of a stude nt. years will c n\·incc one that. as far as the atPrayer m cct in gs and o the r gat h eri ngs arc tainment of the e nds supposed to be aimed at p o ,,·c rf ul fa c tors in cou ntc ra c ti ng th ese ten- is concerned . the Latin Sal uta to ry h as been d c nci es. \ co!lege that lacks these meet ing-s, just as mu c h of a succ ss as any other part se ri o us ly impairs its useful n ss, and a stude nt o f the program. the ,-a led ictory perhaps e~ wh o neglects these. c \·e n from a wo rldly point ccpted. of vi e w, sl ig hts his best in.tcrcsts. Hut abo\·e J n the second place. supposing, for instance. all docs a ,·acation brenk that tireso m e monot- that the other exercises were of an emine ntly <.~ny. It le ts us d o wn from treadin g the air. use ful character, rest ricting this idea o nly that S c:1tcd nt o ur h o me fireside, by f~miliar sce nes 1 th e ir use fuln ess must lie along the line· purand fa ces. we o nce more talk, th 1nk . m ove. and succi in the a ttai nment of a liberal educati o n. hrcnt he naturally. \\'e forg-et the myth o logi~ otto be a mere rehash from the text-books. cal ~ocls a nd h roes in th sweet co nte mplatio n th ey must represent o ri ginal, and. unless along o f real. wins ome form s. th e lin e o f h yg-ie n e. sanitary e ng in ee rin g-, and a -- few kindred subjects, more or less e rudite The Latin Salutatory. studies. which, if the student ha. worked out 1 I t w:1 ~ \\' ith co nsiderable regret t hat I saw in from the vantage point f his text-book a nd se\·eral of the reports of the last Com m ence- professional instruction. will be a lmost a: far mcnt that came to my hand. a numbe r of para- aboYe the aud ie nce which atte nds Co mme nceg raphs in which the Latin Salutatory was cried m cnt exe rc ises, especially if the m ood in which d o wn as a thing that had o utlive d both its usc- th ey gathe r b e con::;iderc d, as th e Latin salutafulncss and fitness. and ough t therefore to be t ory ever can be. Co nsidering the benefit de ri ved by the pupil stricken o ff the li~t of om m enccmc n t e~cr preparing the exercise. there is surely as much c tscs. I kn o w that this is an ag-e into lera nt of cvl: ry- to be gained fro m carefu l wo rk o n a sa luta t ory thing that cann t be s h ow n to h ave an easily as from th e co mpos iti on of the o rdin ary Engcalcu labl e utility. and that the position nf o ne lis h o rat io n nrc. say; and the practice required

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preparation we desire to call the..: attention of :\ow that autumn's roseate hu s han.~ b(' '11 its compilers to a seeming neglect in one of its transformed into ,,·inter's sable.: dr ss. and the department . In the c hro nological mcmoran- pure blu e that swells autumnal skies is h\.'da, notice is mad e of the g-radi ng- of the st rd.:ts decked with shamrv c louds ruthlessh- scattered about the campus in 1 ~,. g2. \\"ould it not be 1)\- D c.:cc mbt:r's ~l;illing winds. tl;c.: student well to in crt imrncdiatc lr ;~ftc •· that important n~turally st:t:ks snm c ~)cctipation by which ltc fact the fa~t _of the stabltshmcnt of th \~~ ~ may pleasantly and profitably spe nd the longThe.: moo n- lit c \·ening- walk choa·_ ssoc1ataon an~ th ~ date of_ the /~n c h o t ~ 1 winte.- e \·e nings. fir. t assuc? It certainly as dcscn·•ng n t a~ least and the ramble throun·h \·t:rdant woods ha,·e a notice in the record of Hope's history. lost their charm. Tl~ lonely croak of ·thl' *til* frn•r and the distant notes of the whip- pocn·This ha. been a \'Cry unc,·c ntful term of ,,.,. 1 ~1 1la \·c passe< 1 a\\'ay . L"all•....·..:s 1 . ... ,. _ ., <)tit . ,. cl ·,., 1lope. Everything has been quiet. :'\on e of sions arc courted. the solit.uy rcc ·sscs of nur the professors h:n·t.: been boycotted. no stu,·es 0 ,, 11 rooms must no w for a time be the place of carried off, and, in fact, nothing has occurred our amusenlealt and meditation. L et us not that is worthy the.: name.: of "student trick.'' look 'IJHHt them with a\·ersion. but r.lth~r cui This is as it should be and the \nchor is glad ti,·ate a ta ste for thc.:m by lllakin g- th e m th, to gi,·e the fact publicity. Scarcely a greater most ple;tsant and profitable experiences of nut· calamity can befall an institution of I <Hning college life. .. To sit at home." says I lun t. than to have among its st ude nts· a few ruffian - .. ,, ith an old fulio of ro m a nti . yet crcdibl · ish fe llows whose greatest delight and n lblest voyag- s, to ha\·t: an old be4lrdcd traveller for ambition only inspire them to play tricks. its hero. a firesidl! in an old country house to r 'ad it 1 y. curtains drawn. and jus t enough \Ve ha\'C some college journals of ,·cry hig h wind stirri ng to make an accompaniment to merit upon our :-.:change list. They ha,·e a the forests we arc reading of thi s surely is one neat and attrac:i\·e appearance. contain good, of the p e rf ct moments of ·xistcncc.·· lias not solid reading matter '': rthy the atten~ion <~f the same experience been f · It by the s tud ent educated people7 and Jn ~nany . ways g't\·e c~· · - in hi s study ? \ \'h at can be ll) o re charllling and dence t_hat there arc p;.unstaklllg, cnerget•c: I fragrant with greater good than a quiet e\·c niugand bratny ,voung men back of them. •\ fc,, an . nn e ·sown room. f ,,, . .J 1 c> Jl<>t tJ 1•..... 1) 1·clll tCIIl. do not exhibit much life. push. ~ ·: c nt c rpris~- l lems of Euclid become the obj ·cts of more \Ve have sometimes fe lt like wntmg to thetr determined attack a nd do ' S nt t the tTthm of cd_it~rs and a~king if th_cy ." ·ere ~::;le~p c:r irgil or en.: n of tllc Ili ad becom..: quite mu si a\\ake . It has seemed . p•ctt) certain someJcrcd a···s . . . .. ca l?. .1. 11c"' t·a •" <. :-. .... . <)f J.:... 1• 11 uh 1• c •·lr or M •·,cbcth tames that they were cnJoytng a R•p \an \\Ill - never seem quite so thrilling as when the fret kle snooze. The student who e nters the field ful crusts of a D ecember storm beat ag-ainst the of_ college j~urnalism as an editor ou~ht to be win;l n\\' panes; and how much m ore.cha rming alave to the tmportancc of the wo rk . fh~ co l- I is the beautiful legend of Sl ·epy Iloilo\\'" h e n: lege paper of today is a recognized ed ucata o nal .. 0111 ,.. 1dt• f:dl . tlw ~~~uw-Ouk•· .. ll)!lttty. factor in the m e rican colleges and it is the ThronJ!h tht' HIJ!Itl lnud raw .. tlw !-1-tnnn : 11 "'' >!"'''"' •·•·t1: htl y. 111 1 1 dut)' of e ver\.' one connected with a col lege ' Y n}ou• th• · J .\lid 'ti:: t'CI!-1-y . ~ IJl•llt. \\111'111. "

fit oursch·es as candidates for a m onastcn·; on the contrary it will re ,·cal to us the fact that the swe ·tc.:st joys of life arc from within. not fr m '' ithout, and that h e wh would enli \·en the social hour with profitable co n\·e rsation, must first e nri c h his mind with constant applicatio n.

paper to exalt the calling and raise the s tand Th winter e \·c nings arc not only the seasons ard of colleg-e journalism. when a student ca n most a(h·antag '(HJsly must er hi s m e ntal faculties for stu dy and reading-; ~early all colds arc slight at first, but th eir I they arc also. ab<H·c all ot h e rs, /Ill' seasons for tendency is to s lower the S) s tem that the peaceful meditation, when'' c ca n re tire \\'ithin sufferer become. a ready victim to any pre,·a - ourst:h·es, \\'hen we c an call to memory the lent disea. e . The usc of yer's C h e rry Pccto- c \·ents of bygone days. and arc enabled. by th ' ral, in the beginning of a co ld. would guard li g ht \\'hich time has s h ed upon th ·ir success again. t the danger. or failure. more securely tn tread the myst ·r- -- · ious \\'ays nf the future . "Fortunes are made by taking opportuniti s; ' By thus employing nur wint r eveni ngs. \\T character is mad • by makin g them.'· need not cu lti,·atc the spirit of asc ' ticism nor

who attempts to . tand up for the ld, is immen. ely unpopular. still I think a case can be made out in the fa\·or of the salutatory; and I do not think that the iII wi 11 of those who wi. h to throw it out is much to be dreaded. The . trongest plea a~rainst it, \\ ould be. perhaps. t h at it is useless, since comparatively few can gain an exact idea of the sc.:ntiments 1'.-JC.·/ Tf{)_\'. which it is intended to con,·ey. ~ow. it seems " \I uch study is a weariness of the fl esh," to me there arc two answers to this. In the said the.: \\'ise man nf old. and experience first plac . considering the charact r of Comll.'ach ·s that it is a weariness of the spirit a s mencement exercises in general. it is as useful \\'ell. Onh· stu<.h-, o nh· rcadin hrr sm >t hcrs the as any othc.:r. \ number of graduates come sp1nt and makes a person as shri\·ellcd and forward in the body of the program with oramusty as the old parchmc.:nt he is reading. A.ncl tions. The primary id ea of an oration is to stripped of its outward JHlme and romance, a persuade. Is it true that any great number of cD ll ·g- • cou rse is an endless m onotony, dead- people come to the Commencement exercises ening- to th e spirit. Inti ·ed, tht: constant com- with a distinct idea of beina persuaded by the munion with s hades frcm the dark, dim, h oary, ci~ht minute . peeches made? Or. if it is a matoften horrid, a nd heathen past and the constant ter of essays, whose primary object ought to st ru ~glc.: with impossible problems· transports be to instruct, is it true that any considerable the student into an unreal, unnatural world. number of people attend with a purpose of be \ s a natural reaction, h e is al\\·ays on the ing i11s/rudcd by the youth just assuming grad lookout to sa\· nr do somcthi ncr "funnY" and uate lessons? It must be ad mittcd that these .. h ., thus has a. (~<lllgcrous leaning tO\\·ard that un- 1ends arc occasionally stri ,·en for and attained, bcar_<tble, p1taab.le humorc.usness. _assumed, ex- ~ but l _am sure that a pcr~tsal of programs of cess1\·e. and often offensavc le nt\· . too much ' the Commencement cxercascs of the last dozen alas, the stamp of a s tudent. years will c n\·incc one that, as far as the atPrayc.: rm cetings and other gat herings arc tainmcnt of the c.:nds suppo. cd to be aimed at po,,·erful factors in cou ntcracti ng these ten- is concerned, the Latin Salutatory has been d encics. .\ co!leg-e that lacks these meetings. just as much of a success as any other part seriously ianpairs its usefulness. and a student of the program. the \·aledictory perhaps exwho neglects th ese, c\·en from a worldly point cepted. of view, sl ights hi s best interests. But abo,·c In the second place, s upposing, for instance. all docs a ,·acation break that tiresome monot- that the other exercises were of an eminently ony. It lets us down from treading the air. useful c h aracter, restricting this idea only that Seated at our h m e fireside, by familiar scenes their useful ness must lie along the Ii nes purand faces, we once more talk, think. lllO\'C, and sued in the attainment of a liberal education. breathe naturally. \ \ 'c forget the mythologi:"\ ot to be a mere rehash from the text-books. cal gods and h roes in the swc ·t contemplation they must represe nt original. and. unlcs~ along uf real. winsome forms. the line of hyg-iene. sanitary engineering, and a fc,,· kindred s ubj ects, more or less enaditc The Latin Salutatory. s tudies. which. if the student has worked out It wa ... with considerable t·egret that I saw in from the \"antage point of his text-book and se\·eral of th e reports of the last Commcnce- j profess ional in_structio~. will he almost as far ment that came to my hand. a number of para- above the aud1cnce \\'h1ch attends ommencegraphs in whi c h th e Latin Salutatory was cried I mcnt exercises. especially if the mo d in which do\\:n as a thin~ that had outlived both its usc- th ey gather be considered, as the Latin salutafulness and fitness. and ought therefore to be tory ever can be. s~rickcn off the lis t of 'ommenccmcnt e xer- j Considerin g the benefit derived by the pupil c 1ses. preparing the exercise. there is surely as much I kn<H\ that this is an ag-e intolerant of every- to be gained from careful work on a salutatory thing that ca nn ot be s h own to h ave an easi ly as from the comp sit ion of the ordinary Engc alculal>lc.: utility, a nd that the position nf one I I ish oration or essay: and the practice required .;

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to enable one to roll forth Latin peri ds in an Thomas A. Edison. animated manner. one calculated t h ld the Thomas Edison, the most distingttishL·d in attention, is at least as g-reat and a . bcnefici:-d \'c ntor of the present day. \\·as born in Eric as that required by the other exercises. count\·, Ohio. in 18-l/· :\!th ough. in his early Again. the rcnditi 11 of a Latin salutatory is d~n·s . ~not being hkssed with L·ducational facili cminently fit and in k eeping. The tact of its tic~-.;, h e obtain~d a passion for n .:ading from his ha\•ing been a rcco~nized and hon ored part of mother. " ·ho for many years had been a high Commencement prognuns for so many years. school teach "r: and at the early age oft ·n he is a great point in its fa\· >r. ,\ great d al of is said to ha\·e read such books as :\ e\\·tnn's the student's time is spent in the -tudy of Principia. .\tone tiute he cone ·in.;d the idea Latin, and in truth the threads of Latin arc in- of reading the ,,·hole Detroit library. ~helf by tenYo\·en inextricably with all his other studies, shelf: IJul he soon abandoned the plan for scientific or philosophical, and why should more s \·stematic sltHh·. th "re not be given an exhibitio n of the li\·ing Th e ~rue .\meri c:l n.spirit. th ·en ·rg~· and deusc of a dead languag-e. which has occupied termination to ·sc ·1. already m:1nifest ·d itself such an all important place in scholflstic in- in his earh· life; and at pt·csent he ltas become ~truction for so many years. and fl knowledge a 1110 lei ,;f o ne. who. by continued :lcti<'ll anti of which is so important today . researc h. h:1s catTed his way to fame and forI think I am far from mistaken when I state tun e. and 1)\· follc)\\·ing his natural inclination:-; that the Latin salutatory is, in truth. one of the and cult j \·at i.ng his pccul iar talents, has gained mo. t i'nteresting exercises of C mmencc m cnt a reputation not only among the masses but to a very considerable po1·tion of the audience. also in scientific circles. I re~nember \\·ell with what interest I lo ked I li s fir:-;t occupation was that of n ·wshny at forward to the salutatory of 18< 3· the first I eight . but he soon obtained the nc\,·s agency ever heard. and how as the years succeeded J 011 the Grand Trunk railw:-ty. where he had ~ '\' tried to measu rc how much more readily ·ra 1 a"sistan ts \\'ork i ng under him . \\'hi lc en1 could understand. I will confess 1 did not gag-ed in this. he bought a printing press. used understand a great deal. but the close attention, the baggage ca r as the printing office. and puband whatever success I did ha\·e were real Jished .. The Grand Trunk ll erald,'' a pap ·r of sources of pleasure to me. On several occa- which he him self was edi tor. reporter. typo. sions I have been a guest f the ~Ieliph one so- and s 1)le manager. :'\ ot long after. h e hecanw cict\· at it. annual banquet. and on each occa- inte rested in telegraphy, ha\·ing bccnme acsio~ Dr.. teffcn was importun e d to relate a quainte<.' with an operator whos' little g.rl h e story in the German lan guage, and if the m em- rcscu~d at the peril of his nwn life. From him bers, who, thou g h H o lland e rs. did n ot under- h e learned the rudiments <Jf telegraphy and is stand all. did not derive a g-reat d eal f pleas- said to ha\·e practiced " ·ith such assiduity that urc from it. their action .. were very dccc i\·ing. h e \\·,,uld often spend the whole night in thi~ People do not bo to the Commencement e x - 1 way. This began the period of his success. crciscs with an especial eye to the profit there 1[c "as first engag-ed as operator in the rail may be in it. and whil it may be quite th road'.; e mpl oy: then he -;ecured a p osition in thing to sh ru g the shoulders and make a wry T okdo ; and later h e we nt to :\ ew Y ork, conface at menti o n of the salutatory. if the truth tinuincr m ea nwhil " his st ud\· . of the ph e nom ena were told. e\·en tho e who do not c o mprehend of elcctricitv it ~e l f. a word of it. arc far from displeased with an But it is ~san in\·cntor that h e is best ktH•\\·n. exercise which is irn·ariably short, and, coming Bes ides his in\-cnti \·c talent. he possesses grent but once a year, hac; a novelty that never wears abi 1it y as an i n\·estigator. The \·:-t rio us pheff. n o mcna whi c h h e has in,·estigatecl and obscn·ed This is the defense I would make of the in- arc nil of special. c icnt ifi c intcrL'. t. :'\ot only is stitution under discus. ion. I will leave it t o he quick to obscn ·c fa cts, but he is quick to d eothers to defend it on more scholarly grounds, 1 t eet their 1 ractical impo rtan ce and to sciz' since the allusi ns that called my attentiot~ to upon such ns might p erha.ps lay th e hasis of the matter looked at it s imply from a practtcal another in\·e ntio n. standpoint. I I. V. ~~ · PEEK E . 'R7 · 11 is i n\·entions. and i m pro\·e m e n ts upon nt hnumc rou!-'. li e ha-;, IIJ) to thi:-; "nt·.·'"·" . ""• I' C \'''!'\' ~ .. \\ •isclom ts on Iy magnt'fi c<I commonsens

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time, taken out about 400 patents. one-fourth of which arc on electrical appliances. . \ m ong his other ill\·enti o ns may be mentioned the telephone, the electric p en . and the phunogTaph. ~r uch of his time has also be~n dev,>ted to the problem of electric lighting. The phonog-raph I has gi,·en him the \\'idest reputation. The e x- I tr ' lll c simplicity by '' hich the tnnt.!. are rendered and reprodu ct.!d sho\\'s h is acu:cness as an nhsciTcr. the ing 'tlltity of his de\·ice. his kno\\ ledg-e nf the sciences. and his great electrical and mechani cal skill in constructing and de,·ising i\!1 instrument "hich \\'ill reproduce our speech. en.:n after our death. lie is tlescribed as being of medium height, stout . informal. with dark hair and bro\\'n e\·cs. I deep set. sharp. and clear. I Ic is in the ,ful l ,·igor of health, being only a little m ore than t\\'o score y e ars old. Being fully absorbed in the s~udy of electricity. ht! has established a laboratory at ;\le.n lo Park. ="c"· Jersey. con sisting of a factory for th e construction of his m odels and a foundry fo r casting iron. etc. lie PROF. CORNEL!S DOESBURG. also ha-; se,·eral a"sista.nt workmen and is sur·t J 1· J U\" Itt;\·. ~1.\TTII t:w Kui.Y~. '77. rou11<1C< I "1 1 e\·eryt 11ng t wt can contribute to . . . . • ·t ·c c f t 1 f ·t·t f . The 1dca of publtshtng bnef sketches nf our (1() 111 c:-; 1 0 111 or atH ac1 1 ate uturc tnvc n· . 'tJ·cl L' l 11 b c 1J 1cssel1 \\'Jt b\' the . 1 esteemed professors. ;·;s contemplated ti.<>Jl "'tl<l 1.,, " ~:.e. 1. .-, HHl <. 11c . ~ 1 • · . to neT 11· fc.. •'\ 1e~.tc~ r· . . management of the \ nchor, 1s a good one ~ o 1 111s 1amt 1y . we ma ,. 1oo 1~ . · . . ; .not . · t' • l.S t le sun ply because e\·en· 1·<, 1· 11111 ct 1 11101., C 111\'e ll lOll atll1 (1ISCD\.CJ'\' < . ' reader of tlus publtcat1 on . 1 J·e :-.·ult or hi :-.. :--.CI cr ... l. I : and. cspccmlh· Ills, tl long It 1 • aJH e xpe n c nce · e\·ery old son and ( ~voung · · · .. .. . · daug-hter o f Hope. may be expected to be in1 93· tcrc ted in c\·crything that concerns any mem-

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ber of her faculty . but also because it is proper that the office of tcacllcr as ~uch. hou ld be m<tgnificd. and the honors that rightfully belong to th e successful teac her . hould n~t be withheld. Too low has been the est imate of the profc:ssion o f teach in~ as a life-work. I Tow few of those wh o enter upon the work of teaching do so with any e xpectation of continuing in it and makinf! it the occupation of a life to whose in terests and success C\·cry purpose sha ll be con secrated. and e\·crr eneq~y of body, mind. and heart de\'Otcd. E\·en of those who; bv a libcral education b th of a general and a more speci fie character in -:\' ormal schools. ha,·e specially fitted th emseh·cs for the work, few have continued in it long enough to establi h any reputation for themselves, or give any impetus to a cause, a grander and ta obler than which it is not pos. ible to conceive. It is a fact that by far the g reater number of those entrusted with the education of our children and youth arc persons of little e xperience and le. s concern. The power and respon. ibility at;

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tachin.! to the teachin!{ office ha,·c not l>cen ad equately appreciated amon~ us; according-ly teachers ha\'e bee n inadequately paid. and thi s , in turn, has resulted in the deplorable fa ct. that men and women of fine parts and special adaptati n ha,·c oeen aim st oblig-ed to enter fields of usefulness more renHtn crati,·e and better appreciated. .\ 11 h nor. therefore, to the nH.: n and w men \\'ho, from lo\'e for the " '''rk. from .tr · 'tl1 e as.~ttr··. . ·. cl co l1\'t'ctt.Oil c>.f ·t t .s f,· \r- re,"cllin " .~ 1 suits, and from consecration to its lofty aims. ha\·e been content tn be teachers for life. 1\m ong such. the writer mal·a.·s free to rank th e subject of his sketch,

spirit 111 nrgantztrlg" a t ·ac lll· rs' association in "hi clt ":\Jt:e~tcrs" R. D e Bruyn of Z ' ·land .. \ . J. ll ilklJrands uf (;r,>ning- · 11. and (_]. llu) ser of Z octennc •r ( Hcan: nlam I \\crt: assnciatl·d "it It him a.; charter m e ml>lT:-;, th t: .... e b~·ing- o..;uon aft er reinfnrc ·d by J ;tcoh J) '11 ll erd ·r of \ 'rit·sland. and :\l i:--s II . \' an Z\\altl\n:nhurg. (altlTwan'ls :\1 rs. R . Pi ~ tl·rs of hi ·sscd llll' lllt'ry I of Drc nth c. ·1·111s · . \ ~so · tat · 1011 · · It·:-. 111 e t 111011 t 11 1, . , anc I. I>c~t< consideri ng educational ..;uhjl~ ·t:-.. also issuvd a monthly publicati<•ll called "lh· \\.·kkl·r.'· "hose manag-ement consi:-.tnl of Prof.( ·. Dnt·-.burg-. editor. and :\Jr.. \ . J. ll illchrands. Trl·asPROF. COR~ELIS noEsH ' Rc;. urer. From the fa c t that this journal \\"as ci~Born June 13th, 1R29. at )udcwatcr, pro ,·ince ,·ot ed to mi ssion~ . foreign and domes tic. it of South I l olland. :\cth ' rlands, he seems from may h e ill 'iclentally nolL'd. how clos ly. in tl1at early youth to have formed his life purpose tu ·arly timv. educational and rcligi11liS interest:-. become a t eac h er, and accord i ngl r pr parcel ' were a:--"< 'cia ted . Th e bona lide sub~cri pl i• Ill him. elf. by a thor ug h training in the public list of ··De \\.ckkcr" se ' IllS not tn haY e heen schools and b,· .. a ~ 0 nal course f< r the task sufiicit'ntl~· bt·ge. hn\\-e\·cr. to cont1nue its puhbefore him. li e began to teach in boarding licatic·n more than t\\o \' L'ilrs. schools and other in :;titu tions of high er . . du caDt1ri11 g' the timet hat h' \\"as engaged in th e ti n 111 his nati,·c country. and soon ga,·c public schools of I (olland. Prof. ])oL'sburg at promise of achie,·ing- go ,tl . uccess in a wnrk so fillul th · office of school inspec tor of the \\'hich in Europe, and notably in 1Iolland, de - to\\ nship for ah<.llll three year~. and sc n·~d as mands m o re adequate preparation. but also en - m ·mbcr of tilL' school · hn;trd of the city duringjoys greater respect than in \m c rica. sixt ·cn years. and. by tiH· \\ay nf n.:c rcatinn. at But in rs; ... an invitation was extended to t 'IHkcl to the duti ... nf tCI\\Il Ship clerk for him from the Dutch settlement. no\\· known a~ about two years. ew Groningen, whi c h at that time promised to I I rcre il s h< :uld I>. add ·d that during t hi-.. be the nucleu s of a thri,· in g to\\'n, to become period al..;n Pr~,f. Doeshu rg re cc i,·t·d a ca ll fn m the instructor of its children and youth. D c- the 'o no..;istoiT ...__. of the R ·formed churc h of :\I il ciding t accept this h e e migrated to .\met ica. waukee, at that t i me under the pasl<•rate ol look up the work at Groningen anti succ "ss ful- the 110 \\. \"t' JWr;thle R ., .. ~. Holk s , to organize a ly prosecuted it for about two years, \\hen h e Paroc hial schonl. But he had fnund hi =' labor-; was invited by the .·ch oolboard of District Xo. in the public schools of the city of lloll ancl I, Township {now city) of IT olla nd, to takc l tno congenial tn k·a,·e for anoth ..-field . ;ind charge of their public school, sa id Hoard at that declined the in,·itatinn. time consisting of Rev. Dr. ~. C . \an Raalte, The " ork, for" hi c it Prof. DnesiJurg i..; best J. Van de Luyster and T. Keppel; this was ac- know11 ho\\·e ,·cr, w;\s a ccomp li s hed a:· t~· r 1X(JG. cepted and accordingly from 1856 to 1~ 66. \\' C and is of a t\\"ofulcl c hara t ·r: nam ·I\' in tltL' find him at thc head of public instruction in capacity of profess or of :\l odern Language..; i11 11 lland; it was during this in ct:mbency that I lope College, in" hich h e is st ill acti,·ely cn the writer made his first acquaintance with the gaged and that of editor of J)c 1/"f't'. the oner "~leeste r," when in 1l64, as a lad of 7. h e \\"as ous duties of which office h e performed faith sent "up stairs'' by :\Ir. ~·t ro n g . teacher, "down fully and well. for se,·eral years 111 addition tn stairs," to s how cause why sente nce should. n ot hi -; regular \\'ork of instruction 111 the collegl'. be pronounced by the hi g her powers on some . \ cti ng as both offic<..: and managing edito r, h ~ misdemeanor committed bel<H\; and as cause \\'as an \lllusually busy man. \\"orking- ~·ften far could not be s h o wn. thing-s tonk their usual into th e ni g ht in ord "r to keep ab r ·ast of the and painful course. demands o f each day upon his time and effort. It will interest many reader. to learn that as Durin g- this time h ' a!so acted as trcasur ·r early as IRso. Prof. Doesburg was the mnnng nf th e cnlleg ·. Th ·work upon/),· lfo;'lt' \\'as t(\

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NOTES ON-=Q-IE EARLY HISTORY OF ARITHMETIC. I C h.a lda:!ans \\'ere the leadcrs of th e ir tim e in learning-. and the teach e rs of suJTOUIH.Iing and From the Earliest. Times to t.he Ionian School, late r n ;tio 11 s . But they seem t o have recei\·cd 600 B. C. too m uc h c r e dit. Th ey we re, ind eed, th e imllY Jon~ u . Kr. F.r~u,.:K~f: r.. . prove r:> of th e scie nces \\"ith \\"hi c h th y ha\·e ProfCill'lOr or ~J nthl'mntkl'l. ll op • "o ll,·lo'l'. ll olluml. )l a· h . I b l"t 1 b t l<>t lite () 1·"1trilntors· (.) Jl CT Cell CJ"Ct I C( , ll I :-.. • ·• The idea of numbe r dates back to \·cry early t ha; hnn o r appears to belong to a ne ig hbo ring times. Without a kn o\~·lcdgc o~ num ber. race of highla nd ers called t h e ,\ ccadians a neither trade could h ave been earned on , n o r people \\"hich in cou r:->c of time \\"ere co nsolidagovcrnmcnts orga ni1.cd. The very sa vagc re- ted wi t h them. S <lYs Canon R awlinson , "Th ' t~rning from th e chase can give the m easu re. ~ f 1 sci e n ces in whi c h ti1c early C hald;ca n:-> c:-tn be h1s success only by the usc. of numbe r. B) It prcn·c.I t h ;n ·c c ~ ce ll c d arc th e cognat e OJlc..'" the tribal chief m arsh a ls h1s f ll o \\'c rs, and by o f a ri t h m ctic and astro nomy ." To th e m " c it, on hi s return from the blood} field, h e _sums o we the ori~inal and reco ndite ide a. dating a s up th e fallen a nd finds the agg-reg-ate of hi s ~le- far back as 2200 , B. C. , of the constitution and voted captives. li e nee t_he art of c~lculatw n I the t\\"ch·c sig-n:-> c f th e zodiac . ln ten.:slingtraccs its feeble bcgi nr11n gs t o a ttmc wh e n lunar 1 a lJ lc:-> of a \·c ry ea rly dat e han.: also bc...:cn mankind we r e unable eith er to m a rk t h e pro- fou nd . Su c h consi d e rab le atte ntion to a :->t roll gress made in the usc o~ number, u r ful~r. t o my implies 110 m e an <H.kancc in math ·mat ica l appreciate its value. Jt IS o ld e r than wntJn~ k n o \\'l c dg- c, e \·e n had \\' C 11 0 direct e \·id ellCC Oil or tradition; and car!icr, it is on g od g-rounds the subj.cct. But such e vidence , to a certain believed, than num e n cal la nguage. . e x tent. d ocs -- ~ ist. Their unit was sixty a The hi tory of mathematics cannot WJth ~er- vcrv co n\·c ni c nt numbe r \\'hich \\'as ne \·cr c ntainty be traced b ack_ to any sc h ool. o r pcn od tirc.ly dropped. Acc o rding- t o the Encyclopa;dia before that of the l o m a n Greek s. \\'htch sc h oo l Hrita ni ca. a table t \\"as found at S c nk erah o n was founded by Thales, 6oo B. C. . nc of t h e t h e b.lnks o f the Euphrates, \\'hic h probably seven sage of Greece. B etween t h e~c two belongs to an carl)· p e ri od. O n this tabl e t a periods which we may call th~ spccul~t i\'C and table o f squa res and c11bcs is gi \·cn . correctly the historic, is an inte rmed iate pe~10d .. to a ca lcu lated fro m one t > sixty. These nu mbers brief survey of which the present article IS de- a r c ex pressed by a n o tation di ffe rc n t from. but voted . sca rccl\ more cumbrous t h an th e Roman notaAsia, which by th e concurring t estimony o f t. · . } lOll. his~ory, comparati ve philology, and Sacre<.. T h e hi!->to ry of the rise o f this pr.mc \·al scat Wnt, was the cradle of the hum a n race, selc~s of c iv ilizati o n h as but rccc nth· bee m e kn ow n likewise to ~lave b een_ the quarter of the g o_ e ~o us b , · the deciphe rm e nt f the nati ve m a nu where the llght of sc tence first began to tl a \\ n. m c nts... Th e sca nty state m e nts of classical Here all the earl y races dwelt· and such of . . d . . ' 1 writers arc n o w bc111g rep laced by the cndc nce them as have left record behand t 1em, a 11p1l_a of o ricTinal documents. nd th ugh th e ma-

some knowledge of the use of ~u~~er. r \n ci pal among these are the ha C:~ns, t le Babylonians , the Hebrews, the Phcen JcJ a ns ~nd the Egyptians. It is a matter of. r egl ret t ~ at our knowledge of the mathemat1ca atta1n. 50 tmpe . ments of these great peop 1es 1s r f ec t , · p os. I'bl C. that DO COnnected account 0 f t I1e m lS The facts known are very few, and o n Iy a s um. d to bc mary of conclus ions general 1y b e 1teve true can here be give n . Chaldrea occupied the leve l and fertile valley of the lower Euphrates. One of the mos t ancient of monarchies, it is kn own t o have been a powerful nation as early a s 2280, H . C . Th c · peop 1e w ere provlcarn-i n g and wisdom o f t 111s erbial from the earliest times. There is some hi storical e \·ide ncc tending t o prove that th e

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t c rial sh are s till but a tithe of \\'hat we m ay h ope h erea ft e r to o btain. the scholar can now sketch the utlin es o f t he hi sto ry . t h e art. and the scie nce of the p o werful nations of t h e Ti ~ri:-; · F' and .. up 11ratcs. , The lca rnin£!" of the C h ald;cans was tra ns mittcd t the ir s uccess ive ssyrian and B abyIon ia n conquerors. Assyria \\'as a land of soldiers, and it was o nly in their latte r hi :->tory th at t hey pa id any attcnti n t o learning. It seems, h o \\'ever, that th ey mainl y contented the m selves to work over the contents of the o l de r libraries, at least o ne o f \\'hich was found in every large .C h ald;-ean city. But ,·o ur . . . .. . cr infor-~ m atJOn o n tha. ~ubjec~ ts s~a nt, 0 \\ tn h to the . difficulty of the c!Jal cct tn wlllc h th e tab lets arc

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I wri tte n. . \ n cqua1ly obscure suhject is the I n regard to the arithmetic Egyptians, somem ath matics o f the later Babyl o nians. B eyo nd • thing more definite is known. bout t\\'e nty th e fact that this people o w d their indebted- years ago. an ancient Egyptian methematical ness to th e Chald;cans. and that the reports manuscript belonging to the British J\1u. eum issued by th e ir astn nomical obsc n ·ation · \\'l:re was deciphered. It was written by a prie. t mark ed w ith somethin~ o f the precision of named Ahmes, som ewhat earlier t h an 1700 R. mod ern times. little can be said. ·•()f the na- C .. and is bclic\·ed to be itself a copy of a ture and e ~ tcnt of t h e ir math matical acqui rc - , much older work. It is a text-book on arithnH·nts," sa rs ·a n o n R awl inson , "no account metic and g-~ometry. and, from the tact that ca n be g-i \·e n. since the w riters wh o mention the simpler operations arc omitted, appears to th e m 'ntcr into n o details on the !->ubjcct." be the most ad\·anced ar ithmetic with which I 11 turning ou r attent ion westward, it is sig- that pc pic became acquainted . The numbers nifi cant that I oth the I l cbrcws a n d Ph<enicians \\ ith which it deals are mostly fracti onal. The pro fess to ha\·c mi g rated from Chalda.!a. l\c- 1 mathemati c al learning of .:\hmes did not e xcordi ng to th e E ncyc lnp;cd ia B r ittan ica, nin t h tend be yond .si m pie_ equations and ~r.ith metic~I l'dition . the first monarchs of Chald<t:a whose and geometnca l senes. Of the ong1n of the tr n1 o numcn t.·d ~-cco r ds we possess. had thci r sca t kn ow ledge of number the Egyptians give n o at ·r. o n the ri g ht bank of the E uph rates. account. ot he r than that the g ds had taught This place \\·as also. according t the Scriptu ral th e m. Th ere is in th e British :\J useu m a s till accou nt, th e earh· home o f \1 :-a h a m. 1t is, o!dcr roll o n a m ethematical subject, which has th e n : for · . scarceJly · surpri sing t h a t Josephus. not yet been deciphered . the J e wish historian, maintains. of cou rse with \\ c ha\·e thus a t tempted to trace the proa ~ood degree of •rati onal partialty, th at grcss of the kno\\'ledge n f n u mber ' f.+om Chal , \bra h am \\·as t h e itn·cntor of arit hmetic, a nd 1 dre westward. \\' hether thence it also traveled that the descendants of that patriarch commu- , eastward to Per. ia. India and China. it would nicatc.:cl the knowledg-e of numbers to the be difficult to determine. The P er. ians were Egyptians. Jt has also been· very comm o nly 1an unscienti fi c people; the Chinese in their anassumed that the Greeks copied t h e ir m et hod nals claim g reat antiquity for their written of notation from the II cbr '\\·s. This assump- I symbols of number. but they nc,·er d ispl ayed tinn is tllHi o ubted ly erroneous, si nee recent C\' i- a ny mathematical powers at all comparable dcncc on the subj 'Ct tends to prove that the \\'ith SlHll e of the natio ns conside red above. f f c br~ws we re not the leaders, but th e borro\\'- In dia is the probable country which at · a late r · rs. Th e I I cbr \\"s dn n o t seem. therefore, to dater date \\as to gi \·c birth to the •\ rabic noh;l\·e d c \·clopcd any ~r at aptitttdc for t h e tation the greatest in\·ention e \·e r made in the s ·ic ncc o f num ber. science of a rithme tic. \\"hilc the Chalda!ans were led to the stud \· J\ few ~eneral obscn·ations will close thi. and usc o f numbe r by their 1<)\·c of a. tron my art icle. I t will ha\·c b en noticed that. in our and astrology. th e l'h( nicians \\'Crc led tc it by study of the e arly histo ry o f arithmetic, we th e ir c xte nsi\·e co mm e rcial transactions. In ha\'l: m ade no m ention of the \rabic notation, Stra bo's time . the in,· e11t ion nf ari thm etic was si ne ... the period under consicierat ion far anteaccredited to th e Pho:= nicians. Owing-. h o \\'- 1dates that superb in\·e nt ion which is at once c \'Cr, to the confessedly ·h ald;ca n o ri gi n of I the begin nin g- and foundati o n of modern arith this people. a nd their c xtc n. i\·e trade \\'ith the l mctic. I'\ o r ha\·c we made mention of the · hald a!a.ns: t hi s see m s hi g hly improbable. It sn·l'llrl' of arith m etic, since in this peri d there will I e read ily g-ranted , h o\\'l:\'CJ·, that th e per- can scarcely be said to ha\·e been such a science. atio ns of a rithmetic may \\'Cll ha,·e been im- Th e knowledge of a ri thmetic was empi ri cal. pro\· ·d by t his practical and highly civili?.cd The rul es \\'ere disconnected. They were the p eo ple. By some it is eve n believed tliat the result of obse n ·ation and e xperi ment . They (;reeks owed t h ei r k n o wl edge of calcu lati o n to neither formed part of an)· science. nor were th e J>lu e n icians, as it is known th y did th ei r they deduced by any scientific method. There alphabet. ~['h is, also. is o nly conjectu re ba. cd was n o uniform scale. Some used the denary large ly on th e kn ow n m ag n itude of th e ir co m- scale . . o m c th at of sixty. and some no scale at nH.:rcial transactio n s . On this subjec t it IS 1111- all. There was no notation that could be of pn .. sihl · t o speak with nny certai nty . , any assistanc to th mind in di fficu lt opera-

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THB ANOHOB.. tions. The operator mu st d p e nd solely upon a rcte nti\·c mcmo n ·. and s hee r inte ll ectu al " .\ mi g hty pine was s nappe d o ff by th at stilT strength. The present ~o urc cs o f ur inf rntation arc breeze \\" h a d lat e )~ . Twe nty b o y s \\'ill make th ' trip t ogether tn not exhausted. and incessant investigation is daily adding to ou r st ck of kn o wl e d g-e. Y c t C h i ca~o ' hristmas ,·ncat io n . . \n f)t h c r lit e rary socit.:t y sa \\· th e li g ht lately. we must n ot expect too much. If we loo k fo r anything 1ike th e p e rfected e xact scicnc s of This t im e th e ... \' s" ha,·c o rganize d fn r "orse toda)"• amon ah th e nations that built th e archi- or b e tt e r. tectual wonde rs o f the Euphrates and th e =" ile, During o n e stormy ni g ht not long ago. Scha.· we are like ly to b e disappo inte d . Th e re is n o fer. o f \ '. 11 . third story. was h e ard t<, sing in evidence of such sc iences. ~or is it. ind -ed . his d reams. I lus h my baby. Li <.: still and slumlikely th i t that early age p ossessed a complete b r. bod) ~f thcor~tical ma_th c mati_c s. Th e hist ~ J"Y 1 Th e ~ op h n m o rcs st ru c k fo r :-;h ortc r h ours and of Chma furn1sh es an JllustratJ o n t o the p mt. better tre atm e nt . Th e , · h;n ·e th · a" h ·;u1 tage B esides the . impl e r m ec hanical machin es, the O\'l'r th e l;lborm . 11 in th;t n n other S o ph s can Chinese knew th e prope rties of th e magn e tic h e import e d f 1o m abroad. needle ' and the c\'clcs o f astro no m\·, 1 g-o n. ·''1 o n <.1ay , · and ,Ye t. R c ,·. \\' m. :\l oc rdyk c of :\1 us' accordin.!! to rece nt careful in,·cstigati o ns. they C\'e lll. ng. I .JeC. ' -~ j. o p e n c::<1 tile l) tJtclt l··ctl '- 11·, had made n o sc ri us attempt to c lassify or cou rse whi c h the l'lfila=--. Club hils arranged fo r extend the fe w rul e s of arithmetic o r ge< m c try thi s y e ar. II is subj c t was . "Th e duty of which they kn e w . ~ etherl and e rs in . \ m e rica ... If littl e is kn o wn o f th e infancy f th e art o f Third c hu rc h r ecently ,·ot ed o n h old ing calculation. yet much has already b ee n gain e d. n:n i ng i n=--tcad of aftern oon services. It was Hossutt, the historian o f mathe mati cs. \\·h o al so proposed th a t th e e ve ning sen· icc s h ould wrote at the beginning of this century. said be in Engli s h inst --ad of Dutc h . It \\·as cl ethat the ancients chose arbitrary char01cters t o f c at ·d by a , ·ot c of 42 t o 1 X. express numbe r; and that all natio ns with th e Th e president's new res ide n ce is nearly finexception of one small tr·ibc. use d a d ecimal scale. B oth th ese stateme nts arc n o w kn o wn ished. It is a w e ll finish e d and pl easant h ouse and will mak a royal h o m e for th e pre sident. to be erroneous. ( ur sources o f new in formati o n arc those It is abo ut tim e that it beca m e u se fu~ as we ll ancient in scripti o ns whi c h . till want inte rpre- as o rnam e nta l. ~ n \\' for th e libra ry building ! ters, comparative phil o logy, and the constant - ·On Tu esd a y ni g ht. D ec. Hth R c ,·. :\1 oe rdyke I ·c1) increa. ing products o f th e ruins o f th e ancient tul·ed in First c hurc h for the S e min a ry studen ts . centres of civilization. ll ' th csc fi e lds arc in o n t h e subject. •·Th e C h o ice of a Pro fessio n .. It was pl easing . prac ti ca l. plain. and to th t: the hands of compet e nt in,·e. tigators. p o int. qualities thilt do not always c haractcrizt: a lecture for the logians. TilE C LLEGE- ~1A~. an Intercollegiate :\1 agaTh e annual e lection of the .\nchor associa7.inc fo r college stud nts. 25 cents for 6 m os. January June. Sih·cr or stamps. Sample ti o n too k place on th e Rth. and passed off in a copies gladly sent. ddre. s THE CoLT.EGE - ,·c ry quiet way. Th e n e w staff and man agtTs arc men o f mark ed ability and e n e rg y and \\T l\1A~. 1'\ ew Haven. Ct .. or TH F. ~ C HOR . ha,·e n o doubt that th e \n c h o r will be w ·ll ring th e coming y ear. Did you e \·cr buy a h orse and not ha,·c some e di ted and manage d s c ,·c ral f th e citizens o f I I o ll a nd arc rcad~ misgivings as to his point. till they were fully tested? Not ~o with Ayer's Sar. aparilla; y u t o c ntribute liberally t o th e fund!'> for a \' . :\1. may be sure of it at the start . It n e ver disap- C ..\. building whe n some o n e begins to boom " points those who give it a fair and persi s t- the affair in a bu s iness lik e way. \\ih re is th · n c t o d o it? Th e students. many o f th em. ar ent triaL re ady to g ive all th e y can and to do anything Go to S. R. Crandall opposite Kuit c's m e at th e y can in b e half o f thi=-- muc h n eed d build market. for 1 roliday Goods : hina Glass ware. in g. S o m e o n e start the hall rollin~ by pl ·d~ i n g Ssoo .o r S 1.000. Toys. Dolls. c t .

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On \\'cd nc~day c vcnmg. D ec. 16th. a jolly I do; that a man shou ld choose the profes ion party. includi~1.! not a few young H opefuls. which h e lo\·es and for which he is fitted, and and som . th oug- h older, who arc still hopefnl, that a minister. h ould n t be a "jack of all gat h ered at th e beautiful h o m e of D.-. and .:\1 rs. tra~lcs ... The Arm ness of his convictions and I r. K re m ers. where a , ·c ry pleasant time and a the terse way h e ha. of expre sing them render "lim ptuous r epast were enjoyed, in h onor of R ev. :\I o rdyke an interesting and instructive :\I iss S cbia -an Z walu we n her~. a former m cm- speak cr. b ·r of the '92's. The S ophomores have quit college. They \\"c would advise all those who wish to arc in for a long vacatio n. I t is not strange buy nn Encyclopaedia to c o nsider well the th at they became di~gu . ted with Prof.. utphen ·s offer of the " 1ntcr Ocean ." The paper eternal fretting and jawing. The boys are pais a clea n. interest ing weekly. while the En- ti ent fellow!'> but when it comes to patiently cyclopaed ia is a coJ-H.Ienscd Britan ni ca. IJrought enduring more than S ocrates had to endure up to date. lt is t.:asily worth d o uble the from hi s beloved h elp meet it i:-. simply impospri ce asked. and almost as good . in some siblc for any m o rtal of modern times. \\ c ha,·e . respe ct~ better. as m o re expensi ve editi ns. n c,·cr belie,·cd in or encouraged insurrect io ns :\ny one ca n send for it himself. ;\ o ag-ent's or rebellions among students and arc extremely profits to be paid. sorry that the present unplea. antne. s could The banqut.:t given by the Y. 7\1. C . 1\ . o n not ha,·c been adjusted without the boys goin g T h an k s~i ,·i n g C \ c. was a decided success and h o m e . I f the buys arc wrong. as boys ofte n much credit is due the financial c o mmittee, arc. they have been acting very foolishly. as notwithstanding a few p ossibly unwise mcas- boys often do, and ought to halt and right urcs. fo r the succc.·s of the affair. S uch e nter- about face; but. if the professor is wrong, as tainments. if pro p erly g ttcn up. arc for the professor. seldom are. he ought to make congood of all concerned. D o n 't be afraid to do cessil ns. However it maybe. we say Shame on so m ethi n g of the kind again boys, c ,·cn if some stude nts possessed of a rebell ious sp irit but the o n e h as fou n d some fault with ) ou r m et h ods more shame o n a professor who cannot govern thi s time. Y o11r intentions \\'Crc good. his temper o r hi . t o ngue. "He who can not The l lfilas Club recently showed signs o f govern himself ;s not fit to govern others," i. it:-; life a nd ,·igor br means of a public m eeting a principl e repeated and emphasized by every h eld nn the c \·c ning nf the sc,·enth o f this lectur rand writer on e ducation in the lan d. m o nth. Prof. I ocsburg. who is sc.> justly popular b ecause of his appropriate remarks at th e Club's A Card of Thanks. _/'run:fi:t·stcll. opened the m eeti ng by stating its I IoLL\~n . DEc. g. t Rg t. object. I I c th en introduced the speaker of t h e \\'e feel ,·ery g-rateful to all "ho so kindly ,·en i ng . the I{ cv. \ \' m. i\1 oenly k e. Th e occa- and wi 11 i ngly assi~tcd us at the recent banquet sion n aturally _ called for a theme relati,·c to the 1l Cld 0 \' . 2 5tl l. duti es <,f the H olla nders in . \m c rica. It was \\'e are especially grateful to t\1rs. J. Ryder c !carl y sho \\'n that A mcrican ization is not o n ly fo r the use of h e r cutlery: the lad ies of the Y . i ne\'itablc. but a Iso desirable. The pri ,.i lege \ \' . ·. J\. fo r superintending the arrangement " ·hi c h o ur boys enj r of studyi ng the Dutch f tables and cooking o ysters: the genial language and literature was also pointend out. toastmaster. Hon. G. J. Diekema, for his effiT h c ~pcal · e r ~aid that he had always consider ed 1cicnt services; The Boarding Club and other it a great pri,·ilcg-c to be able to wield the families for th e usc of articles in the decora!'Wnrd with both the right and the left han ds. tion o f the tables: Hastiaan Steketee. and Pau l The fa ct that h e wa~ able thus t o wield the Stcket e for the usc of their crockery. sword was s h own the following eveni ng, Dec. Co K~ELi t: .'TEFFE~S. Xt h. when t h e same speaker lcctu red in behalf :. .;,·1•• r~( J--i·11, 11rc Conllnittn· of } . JJ!. C. A. of tht.: Theological S e minary. on the subject. .. Th e Choice of a Professio n ... S o me of th e It is n ot the clock with the loudest tick that m >!-'t stnking p o ints wer th e fol lowi ng: That keeps t h e b est time. c \·t.:n' time and . m an 1S born at e xacth· . the righ:: . plac ': that c\·cry hon est profession is honora1\ full line of H o liday Goods at "Born the hi · : th at L' \ . IT human b ing has som e work to J latter.'·

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.. llu ize ng-a, st o p talking!" • D en a Pe ssink has ag-ai n resu med h e r s t tHii ·s 12 o'clock. Dinner! I with h e r class- ma tes. "Let cr go Gall iger ! ·· \\' m. H ardy of F e nn\'ill c e xpec t s to join th · Ghost~. in. \\'art' g Gan·is n! rank s of II o p e n e x t t e rm . ·• Canada ~tics arc hard to dit:." ' Tyssc is irnpro \·in ho· his tim e ~;,. shino·litl •r. • ;--. ;--. Schaef(er)ing cups in :\1innieature at th e ll c lik e s it b e tter than Latin. Bazaar! Jac(l b \'an E ss. ·• C ,. class. m ou rns th · al>The Seniors fee l melankP//- \· at th e loss o f ~ e ncc o f his guardian bro th e r. t\\'o departed brethren . . G. I I. \lbcrs. 'g r . is fa s t \\'inning lau rels at

L. Sulli,·an l>' John 11 'd f lcl will in a fe\\' \\'Ccks take th e tc 1 o n e o go .treatment at Dwight. 111.

\nn . \rbo r as th e c hampi o n·· D c utc h cs ·• . ph oto taken rcccn ·· Baby B oers h a d hts th· R \ e\'. e nncma. 79. has bee n mad e th e rccipl 1 I , 1 ·1 · · · · t f 11 1 · · • c )La rs a stn .:ttl~ rese mblance t o his pa. ten o a ca w 11 c 11 111 c ludcs an S r,l oo sal at'\'. , C. Dekker of last ~\ 'C'tr's .. i\ ·· cla ·s · . ·t . · , ._ \\t m. D 1.."'hn. '94. e n terta in ed his ·•bre thren in < • < s. I s s \I u \ ffi . .. I . ing mcdicin in the Lni,·ersit\· of Penns\~l - 1 a tct JO n at liS h o m e . on Thursday. Dec. l Ot h. · · I Sg t. vania. \ V. \ . 1\[ills, '93. has made quite a re putation ~.Tis ~ \ an_ Raalte. ·9-. e nJ o ys th e pri,·ikg-e of as a sailor. He is especial ly n oted for his s kill b c mg th e first la dy m~mb e r o f the 1\n cho 1~ in Takking. ~taff. Philip · oulcn, '92. \\'a.-; e lected vice president Rc,·. F . Ki no. t e r. 'SR . has hccn ca ll c.1 to the of tl~e Y. :\1. C. ., to fill the \'acancy mad e by r,astoratc o f th e ll ' \\'ly or~anizcd c hu rch a t 0. C. Flanegan . {,~ ;d csb ut·g-. I n \\·a .

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s, \\'hat made you forg e t to called home on the 5th, by the dang- · rous ill - put on )~o ur ove rc oat a(tc r th · th olo~ical Iccness of his mother. ture o n fu c sday c \·enin g-?

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Geo. Baert, a former membe r of th e class of Cla ra l I umphrey is t e aching school n ca r '92. has become a membe r of the School of \ \'ay l.tnd, !\ ll e~an county . Sh e \\'iII k llO\\ h o \\' Chemists of Pcnn ~yJvania. to make th e y o ung idea shoot. Fred oordhof.f, '93, is d oi ng a g-o d \\'Ork I Geo. K o ll c n. befo re bidding his class·matc~ ir? soliciting for the International dictionary. f~uc~,·c ll. treated them t o a royal rl: past at P c!'·Every stude nt should have one. ~111k s, \\ c dn esday e \·c ning, D ec. 9t h .

~ tcrenberg. 'g", attended the mcctin o- o f th e Jan se n and Soulen \\'ill b e th e only bo\·s wh District Executive Committee of theY. i\1. c. will disturb the deathlik e silence of \'a 1; \ 'lccl.: A. at Grand Rapids, on the e\'e ning of the Rt h. H all \\'hil c the ot h e rs arc go n e to sec their mas. Dykhui7.en, '95. . ailed for th~ Netherland s R ev. Samuel Streng o f Kalama zoo dcli\'c rc d on . ov. 24th. llc expects to return t o H ope th e seco nd lecture of the Th colovi c al S e mi about the middle of January. Busin ess call ed nary o n th e C\·e nin g of D ec . I st h. in th . First him a\\'ay. R e form e d c hurc h . Prof. Koll e~ is absent on a three weeks tour Geo. K ollc n will lea\· hi s f llo\\' Seniors throu_g~ the Ea~t . Hi~ object is to secu re th e , n e xt t e rm in o rd e r t o take up Ia\\' ~ tudi cs at r~mammg. fu_nds necessary t complete th e new Ann . rbo r. He will be bac k. h o \\'cver. in time ltbrary butldmg. fo r comm ncc m c n t . Henry Bruin . . '95· htt.5 su fficienth· l'CCO\'Crcd J. De B e~ r. '92 . le ft I ro p for his :\ et h c rland fr_om hi. sickne. s to e nable him to lca,·c for h ome o n ~ ov. 21st. \\ c hope a c han (r, of oclus h?me at Alto .. \Vi5. \Ve ~incerely h o p e to cupat io ns and surrounding-s may re:torc his see lum back agam next term. form er h ealth and ~p iril s.

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\ V m . i\lloerdyke . of !VI recently R ev. Harme l i ng's rece nt jack- rabbit dcllvered two lectures tn th.e ~ trs t R eform ed pro,·cs him a g-ene rous c rack sports man and. church, one under the ausptces of the llfila · also f l~,·s Il o ll ...n n cl f I··ten d s 1la\' C \Ill· • that four • . Club, th other, the Theolog-ical. e mmary . limitl·d ca pac iti sin a c rtain direc tion .

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Bahy -craolc . The :\I cliph nc has traded it~ goat for a pai r :'\ ursi ng--bottl nf t \\in m onkeys. "1 don't k n o\\' \\'hat to buy for my girl.'' \ 'eld m an ~xpccts to spend his vacation in a R ce \· ·rts \\·as the first o f the S eniors to lc.a ,·e Grand Rapids store. th e ci t,. for h ome. Our ~. \V . C. A. correspondent fa iled to get \ 'an der Pl oeg. '92. att ·ndcd the ;\lu . kcgon ~un day S c hool con,·ention as a delegate from in his item:-; in time for this Anchor. Sou lc n. '9-· will spend a fe\\' days in Grand th' Fi rst .R eformed ~ burc h. \\'hi! · \\·orki ng on P rof. Do "~burg's .. cut .. R apids and may also go to :\I u~kcgon and th · engra\·cr at ~Tanist ec was suddenly called ( ),·~r·iscl. ( )n account of the absence o f officers, the Y. h ome by sick ness. \\'hat \\ill happe n when :\1. · .• \ .did not h old its regu lar weekly meetthey g ·t .\t th~ staff picture ? ( ). ·. F lancgan. '92. hn"' decided to continu~ ing this week. D ubbink said that h~ x pccted to htrsk corn hi" "'tudi ·s next t~rm at K alamazoo College. during the , ·acation. That \\'ill be gocid bu. i\\'c arc snt-r\· to lose ou r t\\'in Irishm en but \\'e h op· Kalam azoo ,nil gc may profit by our n •ss to keep the noisy fello\\' straight. J an itor B lnemcnd aal has been looking rather loss. ( ; co. D a ngrcmon.d. ' 9~. \\'as com pel led. o n sad of late. O\\'ing- to the death o f his infant account of illness, to l ·;n ·c for his home 111 child. The .\nchor extends its sympathies. \lr. (;alligcr, a Chicago drummer, is spend:\linn ·sota on ])ec. 7th. 11 \\'as accompnnied by J. \'an tl ~ r -:\I cu l 'n , '93. ,-.·h o also \\'~nt h o m~ ing a\\ cck or t\\'o with Pro f. D ocsburg's family. \ \ ' e su rm isc that he is on important business. for a mu c h n eeded rest. L uxe n. '9:?. i~ going to \'isit friends in G rand .\ t th e rcc~nt election of the :\l clip h o n c the follo\\'i ng o ffi cer" \\' ' I ' elected : P resident, J. ll a\'cn and Grand Rapid. during the vacation. Oss~\\'aard \ ic · Pr~sidcnt. H . \\ cirsum; I t is hard for him tn lca\·e I Iollttnd friends, S ecr e t ary. J. ))~ Jong-: Treasurer. J. E. Takk n: ho\\'C\' "r. T c \\'inkle has gone home for the vacation . :vr a rs h a I. \ 'a 11 cl e r :\I ul c 11. E d. Brandt. a former. '92. n nw ·,f Grand R ap- I t is the first time he ha~ been home for a long ids, \\'cary nf th e monotnnnus lif · of a bach - time. \\'c e xpected that h e would go to the elor. has taken unto himself a fa ir pa: t n cr to Empire state again. \\'estern hnnt(;rs \\·ill do \\Cil to ship their shar ' hi" lnt for ··\\'cal or \\' Cie." Th .\nch or jack-rabbits to II niland. I t has been \'Cry ree xte nd s its congratulation". ·. I) ·k ker o f last , ·ca r's ... \ " class. n nw at cently d m o nstrated by a minister or t\\'O and the 'nin; rsit\· of Pennsyh·ania . met with an t\\'o or three professors that there is a limitle. s accid ...·nt recently \\ hich tH.:arly cost him his capacity in this city fnr those semi-mules of the li k. \\'hil c c.. : ngag-ccl in a playful tussle he fell, \\'est. I ndecd. it appeared a fc\\' nights ago "'triking- hi" h ead upon a door knob. F o r sc,·- that speedy extinction \\'Otdd be the doom of eral hours his life \\'as despaired of. li e is no~\· , ,·cry jack-rabbit o n the continent. Br ther . . I l armel i ng. if you want to become rich at one 11111>1' ()\' lllg. ~ t'\·eral o f our cle ri cal alumni ha\'e re cen tly fell swoop, buy up all the jack-rabbits you can h · · n h atttlsomely remember d by thei r respcc- get a n d s nd t h em t o Jl olland for hoi iday con ti ,·c cnng r~gati on s. . \ m o ng them \\'c notice : sumption. D o n't be afraid of sending too R e ,·. Hloc m endaal. Chicago. by the gift of a many and put any pric~ on them ) ou w i5h. parlor carp t; R c\·. K ol yn. K alamazoo. by a They \\'iII be su rc to go. J f you can't get r abcult ·r and robe: R ,,.. l hrman. \[ arion. ':\ . j .. bits enou';!h, \\'hy . just send in a few small mules. ~ o one \\'ill n otice the diffcrenc . Th is hy a si nglc harn ·ss. Th e S ophomores. \\ hn ha\·~..: just finished one is a chance of a I i fc-ti m . If you don't go at it t t'r lll <)f c h cm is try. arc espccia lly noted for immediately. some long headed wind-mill man thei r original r ·sea rc h. Th e y recently disco\·- or o ther far sighted cit izen of Holland w ill get ·rc cl th at iron heat •d \\'ith ~ t) phuri c acid g-i,·cs a h ead of y ou. "i\l akc hay while the sun S oph urou "' acid ga;-; and iron S utphatc. and. as shines" should be interpreted by y ou as fola r ' \\·ard fnr d isco,·cry. the,· \\'ere grant ·d three. lows: Catch jac k-rabbits \\'hilc pro fessors and min1sters ha,·' app ' tttcs forth m. in-.tcacl nf t\\'(1. \\'t't'k"' nf ,·acatinn . ~ ippk .

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. Rc,·. S. Streng-. '71 . dcli\·cred the ~ccond nf YOU WILL FIND the theolog-ical . cminary cour~c of lecture~ on Tuesday c\·cning. l ec. 15th. ~uhjcct : "The :\ l istakcs of :\ Tini. ters." \ _an dcr Ploeg-. 'g2. is thinking of can \·assingdun ng t h e vacation. J l c is a good one at t h e business and people in the vicinit\· of the cit\· may well be on thci r guard for hi 11.1. ~

\l atTied at the residence of the bride. at fo rest Grove. 7\ Jich .. on Tuesday . Dec. 1 ;th . 1891 . Re,·. F(>ppc K I oost ..- and ~~ is::; Dicna \ 'an Der \\'al. bot h of F >n:st Grove. :\ f ich .. Re\·. C. C. •\ . L . .John nfficiati ng. Rc\·. and :\I rs. K loo:tcr will I a\·c immcdiat h · for their future home at Galesburg-. J owa.

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