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OTTERBEIN UN IVERSITY, WESTERVILLE,
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ITS DESIGN.-To furnish young men and women the advantages of a thorough education, under such moral and religious influences as will beet fit them for the duties of life. LOCATION.-The University is located in Westerville, Ohio, on the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon and Columbus Ra.ilway, twelve miles north of Columbus. Situated in a quiet town, the University is yet within easy reach of the Ca.pita! City, and has railroad connection with all the larger cities of the etate1and country. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT .-This is a Christian institution without being sectarian. Pupils of any church, or of no church, are admitted. All are required to attend morning prayers during the week, and church on Sabbath. Regular recitations are held during the week in Bible History. and N. T. Greek. The students have a. regular Prayer meeting once a week. International Sunda,y School Eessons are studied by cln.sses every Sabbath morni,ng. A Sunday School Normal Class is organized at the beginning of each y~ar and conducted by the President. We seek to govern by an appeal to the student's own sehso of right and honor. When it is evident that a student Is deriving no profit from his connection with the University, he may be l)rivately dismissed. COURSES OF STUDY.-There are three-the Clsssical, Philosophical and Literary-which are equal to those of oui best and oldest Colleges. A Preparatory prepares for College and for Teaching. Instr11cti:o:tiie given in Vocal Murie, on-Piano, Organ, Violin and in Theory; also, in Pencil Drawing, Perspective, Crayoning an.d Oil Painting. REMARKS.-Both sexes are admitted and recite in the same clas~es. Tile Winter Term will commence January 3, 1884, and end March 21, 1884. The Spring Term will commence March 25, 1884,and end June 11, 1884. The next Annual Com• mencemont will be June 12, 1884. Expense 8 unusually moderate. Tuition and incidentals, 330 per year; rent and care of rooms from 310 to 820; boarding from 860 to 8100; text-books froD' $10 to 815; fuel, light. etc., 810 to 82.0, By economy Sl50 will enable one to spend one year respectably. For special information, address the President, REV. H. A. THOMPSON, D. D., W&STHVll.t.l,
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Alas! How m11uya drl'am of bliss Fades out before our eyes, As day bv Jay the chilly mists Obscure our mortal skies. Perchance some little laurel lea.! From off our brow is torn;Some bird of liong that built its nest, From out the nest hath flown. A faded flower, a tress of hair, A letter, or a ring; Oft breathes a tale we would not hear, The soug we do re not sing. While in each heart some joy is nurat And fondled <luy by day, Close at its feet some wild despair Lifts up its voice alway. No suulight gle .. ms that iloes not cast. A shadow on some spot; i\Iy joy ma;¡ be anotLer's woe, .My grief his l111ppy lot. Oh! If the secrets of our souls Lay out in oven view, How you wuuld pity me, my friend, How I should pity you. Our hearts at best are living tombs Wherein dead treasures lie; Aud joy on timid feet walks past With half a tearful eye. Then l.Jt us weep with those who weep, And smile 11ith those who smile; Our griefs, our joys,-aye life itself i:.aatbut a little while.
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THE COLLEGE AND THE TEACHER. PROF, E. L. SHUEY
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There is perhaps no better sign of the time than the present general interest in educational questions, and that too among men whose practical ability and intelligence insure ultimately a correct solution of the problem. There is in this, too, assurance of the active thought of the two important factors in national life! To state it briefly, the body of the nation is composed of the mass of unintelligent or partially educated at one extreme; the highly cultured masters of thought at the other: with a great body of thoughful and earnest citizens, between. From the first, spring the Sand Lots, Mollie Maguires, Socialists, who threaten the very corner stone of truth and honest society, and who make possible that bane of the nations life-the demagogue. To the second class we assign the small body of men, who stand at the opposite extreme, and oppreciate the danger of thoughtless action, but are unable, of themselves, to meet the influence of the opposite class. It must be evident, therefore, that the safety of government, as well as the burden of its direction, depends upon the proportion anJ ability of this middle class, and that nation only can escape the horrors of the French Revolution on the one hand, and the despotism of a Russian Monarchy on the oth. er, which encourages the youth of well educated and active citizens. Now it is not proâ&#x20AC;˘ posed at this time to prove that in the strengthening of tpis body, the college does not fulfill its mission unless it has this for its primary object; these are taken as grated.
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That the 'college assists directly in the work knowledge of the philosophy of their- professof growth by supplying thoroughly educated ion and its practice has been obtained outside physicians, lawyers, ministers, mechanics, of college halls and perhaps from sources anand -officers, is self-evident. But the largest tagonistic to such education? Under such factor, in college influence is in that profes- circumstances can we hope for much real insion :with which it is most nearly allied, . tJtat fluence though college men are at the head? oj a teacher. The necessity of thoroughly ed- The fact that the college is measured more by ucated, well trained teachers, in our public the character of the teachers sent out than school especialy, is arraigned more closely by any other class is sufficient answer to any every day and only the college can give the objec1ion to teaching the science of pedagogics exact knowledge, strict training of thought as at least an optional part of the curriculum. and general culture demanded. To do its To apply the language of Pres. Porter "It is work most fully the college must furnish simply just that we should not forget that the teachers who in their turn will prepare anoth_ colleges to a large extem furnish and train er generation for a similar training, and who the teachers of these schools, and are very --~hallextend its influence and thorough sys- largely responsible for the quality of instr.ictem 01 study. The relations, then of the col, tion given by men whom they train. Not lege and public schools are so intimate and only should their own instruction hd.ve a more so important, and the one is so dependent up- generous and intellectual quality, but they ;·on the other for its success, that every mean~ should furnish those of their pupils who purshould be used to draw them nearer and unit¢ pose to become teachers, special and ample their interests. This phase of the matter pre~ training in the science and elements of their sents the practical ''what" and ''how,•· anq. profession." · ..suggests this question: "Is it not necessar¾ It is barely possible that this could be left •·for the enlargement of the college as well a~ to special training schools were it not for a the impovement of the public schools, that class of institutions which are growing in the influence of the former be more decide<l favor and which most assiduously disseminate and more directed, thus infusing into the laf pernicious ideas· of education and seek to _ter something of the thorough scholarship anf supplant the college by specious arguments ·thought which should be one of the ideaf and plausible theories of mental discipline. , suggested by the simple word college." 1 These schools in many places monopolize the But it is objected; Why suggest this quesl public schools and thus undermine all true tion when so many of our schools are fille4 plans_of cult~re. There can be no doubt that by college graduates, and when a complet1 the imperative demand of the time is for c~ui:s~is considered an essential elemen~ of th~ trained _teach~rs, teachers as th9roughly in _higher clas<;of teachers? T1ue, yet 1t ma~ earnest m their work as any business man be asserted that of t~e college men who hav4 can be. The profession demands it as a entered the profession of pedagogues, no~ safeguard, the public demand& it as the best :::me-half have drawn. their inspirati_on_or theitj means of increasing the efficiency of its knowledge of the history and pnnc1ples ofj schools. There being such.a- demand, there their profession fron:1the colleg:, other thanj can ?e _no doubt that it will be met, either by by chance observation. Can 1t be thought: furmshmg the genuine article from college · that the~ .carry away much P~':er or inclin~-\ halls, or its counterfeit from from some pre·tfon to impart a college spmt when the1r 1 tentious imitator.
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It is asking too much of the colleges that interest and enthusiasm as vulgar or unthey recognize not only_this legitimate need scholarly? Is education such a heap of dry of the time but also their true relation to the bones that a little life and activity thrown public and in answer to. its requirements have into it, creates endless commotion? Surely more definitely in view¡ the technical educc>- no man would advocate such doctrins as this tion of its offspring. Most assuredly if they by speech, yet if manner and me-thods speak, do not others will take the model which is such must be their opinions. Let this not be understood to advocate a their own to form and very many who might have been drawn into the conservative influ- light course of study or an abating¡ of a ence of the college to partake of its good will single iota of the rigor of college work, to be satisfied with the husks of half education meet a mistaken idea of the day. Far from it! But it does argue for an advancement and superficial culture. Not only must the plans for outside work proportional to the increased facilities of th~ time. The thorough system of study shrrnld be thoroughly matured and acted upon, but give vastly greater results than under old within the school room there must be someforms. "Do our schools keep pace with thing to infuse a spirit of thought, an eduthese opportunities?" is a question that cational entltusiasm. There may be no royal road to learning but it is not necessary that hardly need~ an answer. How far our colleges are responsible for this lack is a the. way be one of thorns and thistles alone. Whatever may be urged against the advocates serious question. But to return, it is under such impetus of of half education and illegitimate ideas of worth, they can not be charged with want heartiness and devotion, that the college inof enthusiasm. A consideration of their fuses into its graduates and students that true methods cannot fail to commend at least, spirit and determination fo~ thoroughness this cons tar. t and irresistible current of activity. which will do the man the most good and Turn this iryto a legitimate channel and it therefore by the law of reflection, most fully must give active and energetic minds as well aid the college. This creation of such an as be a potent factor in increasing the influence of the college among the public active working spirit in pulpit, bar or school schools. We repeat then, and it does not room is vastly better than all other means of need argument this element of enthusiasm work and growth. and heartiness which is so often lacking in The desideratum then is an aggressive educational circles ought to be a most movement of colleges as colleges, to be felt"in prominent characteristic. It is true that we every branch of education in such proportions do find this activity in our college, but our college professors are too often overworked as their rank entitles¡ them and with it a Thus and therefore unable to rise to the demands crushing out of all pernicious ideas. of the situation; and even when found it is and thus only can they to-day grow to be the due to the personal magnetism and devotion power they should be, gain the patronage of an individual rather than to any arrangedesired and do the work which church and ment of the system. Can it 'be possible that thorough scholarship can only found state demand of them. in a green-eyed ogre who sits in a profess. *** or's chair and scowls at every indication of
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and it is observed that they were not the young a~d enthusiastic, but men of middle age, sober, grave, respectable, and occupying important public positions. His death oc-
To the general public the mention of John curred in 479 B. C. In a perusal of his works which, Dr. Sigget, Chinaman calls up the idea of little else than a vast empire of rat eaters and opium smokers. of the London Missionary Society. has transBut it must be remembered that the indolent lated into English, I am struck with the nobk â&#x20AC;˘ laundryman who comes to this country is ness and purity of the man,and the grandness only from one class and can not be set up as of his conception ; and I look in vain among his contemporaries for a superior in integrity a criterion for all his countrymen. The absolute exclusiveness of the imperial and learning, for one who has come nearer realm has served so effectually to debar the the teachings of the nineteenth century. outside world that until within a few years His teachings relate to the ethics of political little has been known of the inner life and and social life, aiming exclusively at fitting character of this mighty people; in fact it men for conducting themselves honorably and was scarcely recognized that they had any prudently in this life; and though living in particular literature; i.Jut the investigations of that remote age and in a heathen land, nowhere later years are doing much to correct this im- outside of holy writ do we find teachings that pression. come nearer the christian standard or more Acquaintance with this people brings to nearly in conformity with the laws of human light the fact that, although they can not at existence, with which he endeavored to put the present time be compared with the nations himself in harmony. He did not, like many of Europe and America, yet they have had in other ancient moralists, proclaim himself times past men whose ability, learning, and descended from some god or even that he was de\-otion to the interests of truth, justly en- a prophet. His teachings related to this title them to the name philosopher. world, and he did not appeal to any system Among the most noted of Chinese philoso- of future rewards and punishments as an inphers stands Confucius. The reader will centive to the practice of his system. He perhaps inquire "Who is Confucius?" He sought the practice of virtue for virtue's sake. A future life and spiritual beings were was born June 19th, 55 I B. C. His father died when he was three years of age, but he seldom spoken ofby him ; hence he is charged was brought up carefully by his mother, and by some with atheism, and th::it he was a from his earliest ye:irs displayed a great fond- non-believer in a future life; but this charge ness for learning. He filled several public can hardly be sustained in the face of such offices, in which he showed great ability and utterances as this: ''But there is heaven that devotion to the interests entrusted to him. knows me;" and again, ''Without recognizing However his chief occupation was as a teacher the ordinances of heaven it is impossible to of the people. His disciples were numerous, be a superior man," ''He who offend~
THE OTTERBEIN against heaven has none to whom he can pray." The practice of sacrificing to departed spirits was universal in China and evidently, he performed zealously these duties; hence he must have believed in their continued existence, However it is charged that his vagueness on this point has led _ many of his followers to identify God with a principle of reason and the course of nature, His references to these subjects are only incidental, yet they seem clear enough for a work without any special reference to religion. We are told that he reflected deeply on the eternal laws of morality, traced them to their sources, imbued his mind with a sense of the duties imposed on all men indiscriminately, and henceforth these became immutable rules of his action and his conduct was a veritable illustration of his ethical system. Some idea may be had of what he considered virtue from a few quotations; "To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue-gravity,generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness. and kindness;" ''Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue;" ''Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles." A striking analogy is found beId G h tween t e o en R u Ie o f th e N ew T es t amen t .
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and Confucms Analects I S: 2 3· One of his disciples asked "ls there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all ones life?" The Master said, "ls not RECIPROCYsuch a word? What you do not want done to yourself,do not do to others;" and again in another place, ''What I do not wish men to do to me I do not wish to do to men." His ideas as t0 having good rulers might well be consid-
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ered at the present time; "If good men were to govern a country in succession for a bundred years, they would be able to transform the violently bad and dispense with capital punishment." Another quotation might be used as a text for a sermon to gossipers; "When a nu!Jlber of persons are together (or a whole day without their conversation turning on righteousness, and when they are fond of carrying out the suggestions of a small shrewdness; theirs is indeed a hard case.'' His works would indicate that he is a consistent theist, and believes in a state of immortality for man. His system of education was superior to that of any western nation of that time, and there is a striking contrast between the purity of Confucius and the sensuality of th e philosophers ot Greece and Rome. One of his disciples says 01 him, "He had no foregone conclusions, no arbitrary predeterminations, no obstinacy and no egotism;" and he says of himself, "I will not be afflitctd at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men." The seven st eps of his "Great Learning" are ''The investigation of things; the com• o f k now ledge; the sincerity of thought p 1et10n the rectifying of the heart; the cultivation of the person; the regulation of the family and the government of the state." The principal point of difference between Confucius' morals and the modern standard, is in the case of a . forced oath, which he does not consider binding. Further than that the moral tone of his system is above reproach. There are, f~llowing Confucius, a number of eminent philosophers, doubtless drawing much of their inspiration from him. Here are treasures of th ought a nd sentiment, intereS t ing to study, and which will richly repay the efforts of the · tracing · t h e steps of human thought stu d ent m and progress.
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STlCK-TO-JTIVE:XESs is neither a classical nor a \'cry elegant term, but it is very expressive. There are hundreds of men of more than ordinary ability who waste their lives simply because they lack stability of character; while others \Vith inferior natural talents accomplish grand results for themscl\'es and for their fellow men. The former of these drift about from one thing to another and thus waste their energies to no purpose ; but let a man fix his aim in life and set out with an unconquerable determination to win, turning aside for no obstacle, he will certainly gain the desired end. Columbus and Grant owe much of their success to the unalterable determination which characterized their efforts. And so of many others the same thing can be said. The young man who says he will have an education and acts on that principle is going to succeed. Man is to a great extent the architect of his own fortunes.
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ing?" It must be answered that it is that little attention to recreation. Studying late constitutional longing of the human mind to at night is productive of much evil. Night know. It is the same spirit which led Col- was made for man to sleep and refresh umbus to brave the perils of unknown seas. the tired body. He that studies till the For years there has been a fruitless effort nerves are exhausted will find his rest broken made to reach the north pole, not from any and in the morning is surprised that he is not consideration of material advantage, but more refreshed. The body requires a certain simply to extend the boundary of human amount of rest and whoever does not heed knowledge. The object of the Greeley ex- this demand will suffer. It is a fact that more students injure their pedition was to establish a polar station, one of the thirteen suggested, to take simultaneous health during their college course than any observations of all physical phenomena. The other class of men in the same time. Hone will observations in which the greatest possible make up his mind to take a proper amount accuracy was to be had, were ~hose of decli- of rest and recreation, he will find that nothnation and deviation of the magnetic needle, ing is lost, but a great deal gained. There temperature of the air and sea, height of is nothing dearer than health, for deprive man barometer, and mean and maximum rise and of this a11d he is useless. Of course there fall of tides. The highest temperature are two extremes in this as well as m other cxperienc;ed during their stay in those regions things. ''Decorating a store box" is not was 52° above zero and the lowest was 66° recreation. The time need not be long, but below zero. The furthest point north reached the exercise should be invigorating. If it is was 83° 251• The display of aurora was not of the proper kind the mind and body will be so good as at some points further south. so much refreshed and invigorated that the o crackling sound accompanied the display. tirne will not be missed. Then one can enter At Lady Franklin Bay the deflection of the upon his studies with new zeal and energy needle was ro4° west. Not the slightest re- and know that he is not disobeying the laws suits were obtained from the electronometer, of nature. His work will not seem a burden, and only twice was thunder heard in the dis- but rather a pleasure and in the end the ad\Ve tance. These facts, as well as many others vantage gained cannot be estimated, observed by the party, are of great interest to once heard a college president, who did an science but when we think of the intense amount of work which was simply surprising, suffering and loss of life connected with them say that when he retired he would never let the question rises, "Docs it pay.·• any cares trouble him; that was his time and * he would let nothing else encroach on the :I: . . . . time for rest. This is the way to accomplish Ar this time of the year it might be well most-study with a will, recreate with a will d 'th to devote a few thoughts to the subject of 1 . . an s eep w1 a w1·11. rccrcat1011. The warm days and cold nights *** arc productive of malaria; hence there should THE mind is a perfect system made up of be special care of the health. The student is ambitious. He thinks there need be no different faculties. As the members of the .fear of breaking down his constitution. He body can be made strong, almost indefinitely forgets that the way to have a strong mind by exercise, so the mental faculties may be is to have a strong body. He is apt to de- cultivated by proper study, even where they vote too much time to his books and pay are naturally deficient, In no person are all
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in which he excels. We clip the following from the "Dayton Daily HerWe seldom m{"et a person upon whom na- ald," thinking it might be of interest to our readers: According to announcement, a meeting of graduture has bestowed no natural talent. Here is
ates of Otterbein University residing in and near the
one who is a natural orator; another a natural city was held last evening in the First U. B. Church. artist, mechanic, musician, poet or naturalist, There was an excellent attendance, including a number of prominent citizens. while the other parts of his brains are defi- A temp)rary organization was effected by the cient. The aims of a course of study are to election of Rev. J. P. Landis, D. D., as chairman, and Rev. W. A. Shney as Secretary. develop the mind and to this end certain After a statement of the object of the meeting by studies are provided, each having in itself a Rev. E. S. Lorenz, a committee, consisting of Judge particular part of the work. The work of J. A. 8hauck, Rev. W. A. Shuey and Rev. G. MMathews, was appointed to report a constitution and Geography and Astronomy is to cultivate the by-laws. The cunstitution and by-la we, substantially imagination; Greek and Latin to strengthen as reported, were then adopted. The permanent organization was completed by the the memory; Philosophy cultivates system; election of Judge Shauck, President, Mr. S. E.Kemp, Mathematics develop reason and society work Vice President, Rev. \V. A. Shuey, ~ecretary and Mrs. L. 0. Miller, Treasurer. gives ease and grace to delivery. In a word The object of the Association, as stated in the coneducation does not mean a vast accumulation stitution, is, "to cultivate a closer friendship among its members and other frienrls of the university, and of facts illogically crowded together in the especially to consider and promote the interests of its brain, but a training or drawing out of the alma mat.er." The membersliip shall be composed as folJows; mental faculties. A man is edncated when Graduates living in the Miami :Valley shall be t-ligiblehe has learned to think. The uneducated to actiye membershij). Noo graduate former students man will read half a page and finally fall living in the Miami Valley shall be eligible to associate membership, with many of the privileges of active
asleep over the same book that the thinker members. Other friends of the University, at the becomes absorbed with to such an extent as option of th e Association, may be chosen to honorary memuershrp.
become oblivious to all surroundings. After the working organization, the asiociation adThe difference of the effect upon the two re- journed to meet at the First U.B. Church, on Thursday evening, November 6th, when the Committee on quires but little thought for detection. The
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thinker follows the line of reasoning, the other does not; hence it becomes monotonous and dull. God gave us intelkcts and the command is to improve them; if we do we shall receive his approbation, but if like the slothful servant we bury our talent, what shall the Master say in the day of re-coming? Blessed is the man who shall be able to say ''Thou deliveredst unto me five talents, behold I have gained other five."
Membership is expected to report for election a la.rge number o[ names. There are many old &tudents in the valley, and it is desired that a full representation shall be brought into connection with the association. Much profit and pleasure is expected to result. from this movement.
Quite a number of lady students made the society a friendly call on the evening of the 26th. The electie,n of officers for society will Le held Oct. 24th. lnstallation of officers the following Friday evening, Oct. 31st.
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The "Oberlin Review" is issued each alternate SatThe Societi s postpoued their exercises Oct. 3rd for one week, to attend the Blaine and Logan rally ou urday of the college year. It contains several well that eveniug at Columbus. written articles. Under the title of ''The Student Vote" is a very pract cal one. The societiPs are all doing active and earneAt work ti· is term. No part of our education is more benefi"The Literary Gem" as successor of •'The Signet" cial than society work,therefore they should maintain and "The Record" presents a good appearance. It the degree of excellence which their past record has gives us pleasure to note the success of college jourexibited nals all over the country. 0
The fol]owing should have been connected with list of names gi,·en in our last issue, as presented f<.'T I?ERB©fllH.tB. ro('mhership in the Phillophronean Society: J. H Ruebush, Dayton Va. G. H. Hogans, Galena 0. 11r. R. D. Morrow of Tyrone, Pa., will not he in C.E. Shaffer North Manchester Ind. and B. L. Reneff school th is year. of Ill. '84, L. C. !:!huey is ac1i11 g ~s Err1eta1y of 1l1e Y. M Rev. Nave, pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation C. A. at Xenia, Ohio. made his appearance in our hall and gavi.: us one of 1\liss Mav Rodgers, a fo.rmer student of O U. is vi~. his ,•nc,nraging speeches on the evening of the 26th. iting he· aunt .Mrs. Cornell, of South State street. We are always pleased to ~ee him come, for he always has something good and encouraging to say.
'84, W. I-I. Cochran is engaged in keeping books for the firm of James Cochran & sons, Dawl!On,Pa.
The following names have been presented for '82 J.B. Phinney is st.JPerintendent of the 1iublic members of the Cleiohretean Society. Mairgie Saunders, Westerville 0. l\liss McGar\'ie, Blue Grass, Ia. school for th e coming year at Lockbourne, Ohio. '77, Rev, S. W. Keister is the nominee for congress Clara Moke, Canal Fnlton 0, Lucy Redding, Dayton 0. Lulu Bilheimer Dayton, 0. Jessie Tims, f-iparta, from the 3rd rlistrict, on the Prohibition ticket. 0., Rosa Taylor Westerville 0. W. V. Jackson is in Howard City, Kans:1s, and ex_ reels to teach in that neighborhood the coming winter
BXClFiflijGBS.
Mr. Ross Daugherty, a student of 0. U. during the past two years, is new attending the Business College The following college journals come to our table: at Columbus. ''Notre Dame Scholastic," "The Lantern," "Oberlin Messrs Hendren.and Stimmel left for Canal WinReview," "College Rambler," "Alabama University Mouthly," "Literary Gem," "Heidelburg Journal," chester on Wednesday last to attend the wedding of the latter's brother. "Wilmington Collegian." We are sorry to learn that Mr. D. A. Murphy has "The Lantern" comes to us bright and newsy,showbeen obliged to give up his studies and go home on ing that the collPge journalists did not all graduate account of llickness. Ia~t year, and that those still rernaimng are able to maintain the good standing of the paper. R. N. Thayer, formerly of class '85, recently made "Thr Rambler" seems to have been off on a ramble. his appearance in town. Too much spa~e is devoted to "Our Visit." There is graduate with his class.
He does not inte1;1<lto
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'74, A. L. Keister is taking an e;; tended tour in the \Vest, and report~ that he is well pleased with the country, climate an l people. Oct. Pres. Thompson and Prof. Shuey were among the number who atteudeJ the A. B. C. F. M. at Columbus, on the evening of the 0th.
Rally. Social.
G. B. Shupe will teach clnring the winter nPar h ·e home al Scottdale, Penn., but expects to return to 0. U. in time for the spring term,
Base Bail.
'83. 0. L. :\1arkley, after spening a mouth in Tennessee for pleasure and recreation, has returned to his accustomed place, behind the counter.
Cam pmeeti ng.
Miss Susie Ozias, who would have been a member of the ~resent Freshman class, had she retnrneJ, is now attending Cooper Seminary, Dayton, O.
Plug hats.
Max what made you run hack? Jim Fisk and his wife on the ave. Recitations were very irregnlar the past month.
Prof.to inquiring student: "Did you ever hear 'Baby Rev. A. L. Funk of the Allegheny Conference, has }line?'" again received the appomtment to W estmorlancl CirPres. Tbompsou called upon James G. Blaiuc while cuit where he has already spent two years of successat Coh1mbus a few days ago. ful labor. Why did those two young ladies want to buy their '73, Rev. F. A. Ramsey retires from the pastorate at tissue paper in the printing office. this place with the best wishes of all. He has labor• eel hard and long, and leaves the work in a hopeful During prayers the "jumbo" of the Senior class act 8 condition. like a fish out of water, What is the matter? Rev. J. W. Davis, the newly appointed pastor of the U. B. church in Westerville is an old student of the University, and will receive a hearty welcome from his olrl friends, and the members of the congregation generally. lt is hoped that all will come to his help and thus make his pastorate both pleasant and successful.
The Juni~r and Sophomore classes have united., with Miss Etta Wolfe as President. for the purpose of hol1ling monthly prayer meetings.
'78, Rev, J.C. Shearer, by bis OIV!l request receivect nn honorable riismissal from the U. B. churc', at the last session of the Allegheny Conferenc.•. He has united with the Presbyterian church, and is now in attendance at Western Theological Seminary in Al• 1egheny City, where he will C'mplete his course next
There is some talk among the students of organiz _ ing a college band. Let us have it right away so that some of the boys will have some thing to do.
Several memle1s of the insrt 1tion, attended the gereral meeting of the A. B. C. F. M., which was held at Columbus, on the 7th, 8th and 0th,
The contest association held a lively meeting on the 27th of Sept. The constitution was changed so as to have but one contestant from t-ach society. Also spring. He is filling the pu'.pit of a vacant church bat all protests, made by contestants againstjudges, near the city. be within five days after the jt1dges names are pre_ sented.
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Latest-The President announced on Tuesday Some students would find it greatly to their ad van• morning that the contest will be indefinitely posttagc to stay in their rooms a larger share of the time, poned. This, we think, is entirely uncalled for and instead of loafing around the stores and R. R. dewe hope it may soon be recalled. pot. The Sophomores have elected the following officers The Lecture association held a meeting a few days for the ensuing term. Pres. G, F. Byrer, Yice Pres. ago and decid<:d upon the following lect111ers; Mrs. Mane. Dwyer, Sec. Daisv Bell. Tres. Minnie Mund- :\Iary Livermore, Prof. Swing and Rolrnrt Bur,lett henk. These are goed lecturers and should be patronized by students and citizens. Look ye! And behold the Sophomores arrayed iu nil their glory with their sealb1·own plugs for tne gentleThe James Price Post number 50, G. A. R, euterman, and sealbrown felt hats, for tlw ladies. Juniors tain•·<l thr, p, ople of Westerville with a genuine camp go and throw your hats away. The officers of the Junior cl,1ss are S. B. Kelley Pres. Jennie Gardner Vice PrPs. Nellie Knox Sec. Will Gilbert Tres. L, D. Brown Cor. Se<'. We
fire, s1,eeches, recitations, aD<l music. The solos gi\·• en l.Jy"Uncle" Benoi wrre simply immense as was ,. . d s 11owu uy t 11e app 1ause 1ie reC'e1ve .
The students en 1nas& turned ont on the evening of the 11th ~nd raised a prohibition pole in front of Pres Thompson's d•.velliug. After this emblem of A number of the~gentlemeu stuc!Pnts 11nd se,·ern 1 moral reform stood towering above the moth•y throngs members of the faculty took in the lllaine rally ot Co- the l'res. w,is callel out and delivered a practical lumbus on the 3rd. One of the gr.iatest attractions tern perance address. of the evening was the speach by "Perpetual". Some malicious persons entered the cullego on the Last to organize was the Senior class. They elect- night of the 4th and canied the stand from the claapel ed the following officers; Pres. J. 0. Rank 111, Vice and scatered phosphate in one of the recitation rooms· Pres. Miss Mollie Miller, Sec. Miss Terza Barnes, Not satisfied wi:h this contemptible work, they scat· Treas. F. A. Z. Kumler, Urganist, l\liss Emma Ben- ered' some about Saum Hall, The µerson (if caught) should be dealt with to the full extent of the law. der. can also say this constitutes the dass.
1'he Sopha made an excursion in quest of hickory nnts last Saturday. We are informed that after they left town they forgot about the nuts. '£his accounts for the fact that they cli<lnot come back until after supper. On the eve of Sept. 27th, the pastor being away attending conference, the Christian associatior·s con• ducted the service, which consittect of talks, papers, and Bibi~ readings .. The meeting was a success in every way.
Because of the weather being too warm to permit tlw usual "nut excursions," the event was celebrated by rl,e maidens of 0. U. who assembled nt the "hall'' clothed in beauty and sweetness equal to that of that ,mo 1th whose incoming they were 1o celebrate J,y holding a ladies social. A good time 1s reµortc,l, not. withstauding the "furtiVP preps," who will persist in roaming over forbidden grounds. After the mai<lei1s had retired to their rooms tor ·fresh thc111seh'es with slumber, and to dream of the time they had, and of the time they might have had if "their brothers" had be2n then•, they were interruptPd by snme hi,leous noises on tsit!e; but it was soon dit1covered that it cama from the Rupnl.Jlican delegation whici, hau just returned from the Blaine reception at Colurnhns. But a happy time was ha<l notwithstanding these an
Octoun is here and with it the golc!Pn fruit of which the poet speaks; as may easily be seen by one who will ,-..-atchthe streets about 11 o'cloek nt nig-ht and see the "Preps" come in heavily laden with frnits of some man's orcLad, noyances.
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College, at Philomath, Oregon, opened GOLLEGE CURRENCY. itsPhilomath iall term with larger 11111nber students than it a
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It is estimated that the South is spending tod11y twice as much 11sit <lid five years agu for e<lucation, in the Uni- and four times as much as it spent in 1870.
There nre 330 colleges and nnin•rsities in the UniA new Catholic c·ollege was opene,l in Kan~as City tt><IStates, of these only twenty have more than 500 l\!o., on the 1st of R.ipt.
students. and only sPventeen ha,·e more than lwt>nly The avt>ra:.:esalary of all college prufe,;sors iu the tearhers. ·trnit~d Stalt$ is $1,530. The late Reµrcsentati,·e D. C. Tlaskt•ll iR houon cl It is 11111chLetter to trust yonrself to a few good in the naming of the Indian school at L:twrence Kan authors than to wander through many. The school will be known herc~fter as the Haskell Society is now one polishe<l horde, formed of two Institute. mighty tribes-the
bores and the bored.
The study of the Irish language is becoming pop-
There arc one hundred and four college graduates in !he presrnt House of Representath·es. Naomi was five hundred when married.
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The University of Tokio graduated 68 persous, nt Our old mail~a should take courage, the last comUJencement. Awong these were repre-
The new U. ll. School, Sug.1r Grove Academy of sentecl the departments Erie Conference, opened with 8.:i stndents-a good chemistry and literature.
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beginning. The first American citizen to be made a membtr It is announced that a new correspondence uni- of the Faculty of a German university is Dr. Casper versity is to be opened with head quarters at Chicago, Rene Gregory. He is the s,m of the Vice-President of Girard college, and a gradu~te o{ the University cf
on the Chaubtuqua plan.
The University of Heiclelllerg has refused a clona- Pennsylvania am! Princet,m Collt>ge. He has for tion of $5,000 becau ,e the condition w.1s attac'.10 I that some years resided in Leipsic pursuing his studieF, and took there bis degree of Ph. D. women should be admitted to the university.
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