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But when the journa1ist and his readers are associated by ties closer than even those of fri endship, and when b<,: :. have good and amply sufficient rea::Jon for mutual congratlllations, then the happy editor has found the highest pleasure attainable in his humble capacity.

No. 7.

Members of the school and of the Alumni : on such grounds it is our privilege to meet, and, having paid our respects to staid old Tech, we turn with one accord to do honor to the man whose splendid generosity has brought about this cheerful state of things. 'Vere we surprised to hear of oru路 good fortune?

Well , yes, we experienced that vague, indefinable feeling that always accompaojes the intell igence of a long-expected event, but we were not surprised in the sense that our theories were exploded or our opinions proven false. W e have long known our benefactor. We have known something of his inclinations and his preferences. He could not be his father's son and not be generous ; he could not bear the family name and not know where to best bestow his generosity.

In behalf of the students and graduates of the lnbtitute, in behalf not only of the men that will reap the direct benefits of this last benefaction, but of those whose diplomas, alrendy received, will henceforth reflect tbe lustre of a greater Institute, we extend to the donor the gratitude of warm and young and sturdy hearts.

The gentleman to whom we refer, as well as the occasion for such reference at thi ~ time, is, of course, woll known to the majori ty of our readers; but in order to make the preceding remarks intelligible to ull, and, particularly, to preserve in these colwnns Mr. Salisbury's

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letter, the following paragraphs arc appended.

For a number of years it has been the source of much regret that the Institute should perforce bumper the efforts of the departments of Physics and Chemistry by meagre facilities and inadequate apparatus. In both of these departments, but especially in that of Physic::;, there are constant demands, which heretofore have heen but insufficiently provided for.

Mr. ~tephen Salisbury, appreciating our needs, and with generosity that his father ever showed toward the school , hns addressed to the Board of Trustees of the Institute the letter quoted below. )VoRCESTER,

April 20, 1887.

Hon. P. Emo1·y .Ald1·ich, President of tlte W m·ceste?· 1'echnical Institute : My Dear Sir-Tho success of tho institution over which you preside is abundantly shown in tho facility with which graduates from your school find occupation, many of them now holding positions of great responsibility, for which they receive satisfuctory salaries, as teachers and us managers of important industrial enterprises, and nearly all of them being engaged in self-sustuining business.

As the object of education is to fit young men to live honorable and useful lives, the school that best teaches the young how to be their own master , a.nd how to help themselves, should naturaUy receive our highest approval. It is easy to theorize upon systems of e<lucntion~ and easy even to secure all the material appliances necessary to carry out such theoretical systems, but the success of an educational undertaking depends upon something beyond an elaborate ~ystem and its surroundings ; it lies in the effect of the system of instruction, and of its influence upon the student. The

results of a three years' course at your institution have been so remat·kable in producing such a largo proportion of self-sustaining nnd able men from the great number of graduates as to inspire tbe highest confidence in the system and manugement of tho school.

Since the school was incorporated, in 1865, great advances have been made in physics, chemistry and mechanics, so that accommodation::; which answered the purposes of instruction at the beginning are now entirely inadequate. The school is su.ft'ering for the want of laboratories for these branches of industrial training. I am anxious to assist in meeting this pressing need of the school by placing at the disposal of the Trustees the sum of$100,000, to be expended by them in the erection of a suitable building, to contain laboratories for mechanjcaJ, physical and chemical science. The bui lding can be erected upon lands of the institution, in such position as the Trustees may determine, and the money will be advanced by me as required during it:: construction. Any balance of the g ift remaining, beyond the contract price of the building, I wish to have used, iu such manner as the Trustees may approve, in the purchase of apparatus, or in improvements connected with the building.

In making this gift to the Technical School, I wish to recognize the deep interest and the constant, laborious effort of my father, when an officer of the Trustees, to promote the highest welfare of the in titution, in which purpoRe he spare<l neither time nor personal attention, and it wouJd be most agreeabte to me if the building might be connected with his memory.

I desire to congratulate the Trustees that this school has obtained the confidence of our community and of its alumni, so that all who know anything of the "~orcester Technical Institute feel that whatever is contributed to its

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support is sure of bearing fruit au hun- in their elevating tendency upon the dred fold. heart and mind of man, while second to Very respectfully yours, neither is literature. Not ono of us is STEPHEN SALISBURY. there who has not experienced a passionate desire to have engaged in the heroic is a very generally accepted belief deeds described in some thrilling tale or that a devotion to the fine arts brings who has not been moved to pity at the with it culture, refinement and a peace- dishearten ing sorrows of some Evangeful frame of mind that is obtainable from line. W e all know poesy's power to no other source ; that through it man's stir and move to action, when a cold, nobler self is developed, his aspirations haru world would have taught us discremade loftier and his heart filled with a tion and indifference .

Truly the selfish side of man is kept tenderer regard for his fellows. That we are elevated by a contact with the under and his nobler qualities enriched beautiful in art and nature none will by the refining influence of the fine arts, deny. The power of music, that most and it is perhaps a mistake to say that familiar, perhaps, of the fine arts, is aught but good can come from an influconstantly being made manifest to us. ence so manifestly beneficial. Yet with We need no proof of the universal long- it all there comes the thought, and experiing for music, nor of the pleasure and ence shows it to be not altogether wrong, solace which its gratification affords. that man is hurt, to an extent, by this No less to the tired body than to the softening, refining influence. There are wearied mind does music's sweet melo- natures so constituted that to be successdies and stirring harmonies bring rest ful in the battle of life they must enter and refreshment; while its inspiring it with stout hearts and strong nerves strains turn one's thoughts to nobler unweakeoed by the subtle influences of things and higher ambitions. Yet this the finer arts, so that their nice sense of is no passing emotion that will vanish j ustice and a consideration for the feelwhen life's cares force themselves upon ings and rights of others may not be the mind so recently intoxicated by taken advantage of by unemotional and music's charm. The intensity of the unscrupulous wen who hesitate at nothfeeling may disappear, but its impress ing the law does not prevent, under the will remain to affect the man's future plea that it is business.

We would not wish to be thought as life. Be it in developing a virtue or deprecating the indulgence of tL tnste for softening n vice, just as surely ns will the memory of a kind word or generous the fine arts. On the contrary we know act, this almost mystic influence will of no human agency by which the higher assist and support one over some of the development of man can be better accomplished than by this, but we would rugged places of life's highway.

Painting and sculpture, or art, as we merely sugge:>t the thought that with all are accustomed to call them in the its good it so works upon the emobroaclest sense, are second only to music tional natures of some as to impair

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their manhood, making them iu a degree efl'eminate and putting them at a disadvantage in their dealings with ordinary men of the wor1d. joy of the possibility WEthathearthewith course at the Tech will be extended to four years, and we trust that it may not bo long before the hope is realized. Then the long-coveted leisure for rendjng a nd the pursuing of special urnnches in the seveml departments will be gmnted, and in place of having to work a year or two to complete his education after lenving the Tech, the student will be enabled to enter on his profession at once.

Anotber plan which has been brought up is that of having a post graduate course for those who wish to continue theit· studies, or wish to pursue special branches. The advantnges of a post graduate course are numerous. A man who has been out of the Institute a year, or a number of years, is apt to see openings especially adapted to his tastes and for which, with his already good education, he can fit himself very easily by taking a year's study. Alma Mater is his first thought, and if it is possible for him to go to her, be will, for there be can cntet· at onco upon his researches, whereas in a stmnge place he cannot do so with the same feeling of freedom.

Often a student wishes to take up some other department after he bas graduated, especially in the courses of civil and mechanical engi neering, nod here also the post graduate coul'se would be useful to him. But to our poor, overburdened minds the four years' cou1·se seems to open its welcome arms with

a kindness which can be appreciated only by those who have experienced the push and work requi red to keep them in a decent standing .

T he methods of teaching and the studies pursued are continually broadening, and the idea of making a specialty of one brunch is becoming more and more popular. With a four years' course a good general education in the first three of them would be of inestimable value to a mun for pursuing a special branch during the fourth year. 'W ith the liberal gift of Mr. Salisbury for new laboratories, increasing as it does the facilities of the Institute in a considerable degree, it seems that everything points to a speedy lengthening of the course, and to the day when the old Worcester Tech shall stand at the head of its kind, in thoroughness and genuine usefulness.

President of the Massachusetts THEInstitute recently gave the present method of teaching arithmetic a scorching overhauling. The gentleman's ideas on this subject are embodied in a report of the Boston School Committee, an extract from which is subshmtially as quoted below : '' Geneml Walker reaches the conclusion that not only the impe1·ative demands upon the time of our pupils, but the character of the subject.'3 of study , new to this age, justify and reqwre that the study of arithmetic be restricted to that amount which is needed to give faci lity and accuracy in ordinary at·ithmetical operations, with a view to the use to which this power is to be put, either in practical life or in uhsequent and hig her studies. Some of the monstrosities of the old curriculum have been thrown overboard, but many things

THE W remain which occupy time that could better be devoted to other subjects. qompound interest, compound proportJon, compound partnership, cube root and its applications, equation of payments , exchange, ''similar sw路faces" and the mensuration of the trapezoid and trapezium, of the prism, pyramid, cone and sphere are proposed to be dropped from the course in the grammar school. Another chn.nae in this direction is in the proposition掳to remove from the grammar school the study of the metric system. The introduction of this subject into the public schools is chiefly the result of n. propaganda for the general adoption of the system. The committee object to having the children of Boston used any longer as an aaency for the promotion of that object, ~s not one child in three hundred has uny occasion to use tho sy stem for any practical purpose. In pursuit of the same object it is further provided in the report of the committee that all exercises in fractions, commission, discount and proportion shall be confined to small sums and simple subjects and processes, the main purpose throughout being to secure accuracy and n reasonable de!!I'ee of facility in plain, ordinary ciphe~."

Most of our readers have heard Prof.

Eaton say just the same things of the method of teaching the metric system.

Our own experience confirms the remarks above quoted. When we left the grammar schools we had our bends full of arithmetical trash, but bad no facility in the common operations of multiplication, addition, subtraction and division, and the result is we are badly handicapped in our studies while men who never attended the much lauded schools of Boston and Worcester, but were taught how to " cipher" in the country, walk over our beads, principally from this fact.

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J N t11e Eden Musee, on 23d Street, New York City, i a very curious and interesting piece of ingenuity.

Not being ovel' f~tmiliar with the national dress of the two, I cannot say whether this gentleman i& a Turk or an Arab, but I feel confident he is one or the other; and from the water pipe that he holds in his left band I infer that be has at least learned some iniquitous habits from the Turks, and as he plays chess most diabolica lly it is quite possible that he le:1rned this from them also. He is made of wax and strings, gilt fringe and calico. He is nearly life-size nnd appears to be ill-leastwise he has a pnne in his chest, through which inquisitive persons are permitted to peer at the close of every game that the gentleman plays. There is also a trap-door in his back, and divers others at different places, all of which are simultaneously thrown open when he is not playing. The gentleman is then wheeled about to show there is no connection between him and the unknown regions that exist beneath the floor of the Musee. "\\Then any visitor wishes to play either checkers or chess the doors are closed, the men are placed upon the board, the figure is wound up, and the play begins.

Mr. Ajeeb plays strictly according to rule. He never touches a. man he does not mean to move, and he expects and requires his opponent to do likewise.

When it is his turn to move he puts out his right hand in a natural way, picks up the proper piece, and deposits it where he wishes to. Then he lets his hand drop to his side and waits for his oppo-

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nent to move again, and so the game up to date there would be about 7 5, 700,000,000,000,000,000,000 combigoes on.

The great que tion iB, How does he nations provided for; and this is les3 work? Is be a machine, or are there thun the one-thousandth part of one per human hrains uUxed up with the pins cent. of the total number of combinaand wheels that constitute his viscera? tions possible. So we may conclude The gentleman plays not only chess, but that it is practically certain that no checkers too. The writer has played a automaton was ever yet made that conld very largo number of games with him, play chess by wheels and cogs and endbut. has beaten him only twice in check- less screws .

If Mr. Ajeeb , at the Eden Musee, ers, and not even once in chess. But the very fact t hat ho may occasionally be r eally is ilirecteu by brains, it is quite a defeateu in either game shows that not all puzzle to locate the brains. Brains of his games nre perfect. That is to don't lie around loose, as a general say, either be is imperfectly desjgned, thing. They usually have howes ator there is some element of uncertuinty tached to them. There does n't seem to in tile viscera aforementioned; nod we be room inside of Ajeeb to stow away shall sec the extreme probability that anybody, and if the r eader takes my advice to go to the Musee when possible this element is brains.

The writer has calculated the number and play a few games, let him choose a of different ways the chessmen may be nice hot day in the summer vacation, arranged upon the bo~trd, and the result when the thermometer stands at 100° ¹ is approximately 10,434,1 58,000,000,- and as he wipes the perspiration from 000,000,000,000,000 I Now tho autom- hls brow let him wonder to himself aton must know what to do when any whether be really believes any one could one of these combinations turns up. maintain the connection between body That is, hls mnchanism has to provide and soul in so small a space on so hot for all of them.

Each one of them a day, even if he could be jammed has to be examined by the designer into it. of the machine, and the best possible GIRL in a moment or pipue move thought out, and the appropriate Gave her lover a slap on the chique, modification jn the automaton's mechanNot a word did be say, But be left her tbat day, ism introduced. Now let us assume And didn't go back for a wique. that during the past six thousand years Lev:naton [Me.] Jounaol. there have been four hundred biUions ( 400,000,000,000) of men, women and Unsophisticated Sport. ''If you play with a professional you're a 'profesh' children on the earth. Let us also supyourself?" pose that dnring the whole 6,000 years Experienced Junior. "Yes." ench one of them bas been thinking hard U. S. "Then if a fellow sits on the for 24 hours every dRy, and that each fence with a girl, he's a girl, too?" one has each second thought of a new E. J. "No, but he's about as near combination and provjded for it. Then one as he can be."

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A RE.M A.RKABLE INVENTION.

LAST week at the Rink Exhibition.

T heW T 1 man had just completed his thir·d tour of inspection over the Ready, withal, building and was adjusting his new Though never rash, spring overcoat and his silk tile, preparaTo spi.el the bnll toq to wooing nature by the cold light Or make a. mash.

And Lhough their famed success in this of the moon, when he perceived in an Gire careful rna's alarm, unfrequented corner, two men of so Their s kill and grace in Lhe othet· place strange an aspect and so marked an Will carry off the palm.

Their ruy.stic, mild, magnc~lc charms are felt l>y individuality, that instinctively he apm1tny a maid, proached them with t he view of deadBut the way they crush a rival nine put.-. mashing in the shade. heading additional valuable electrical "£is fun to se~ our dashing boys gl1t bruses on information. The older of the two was the sly, such a man as a Dickens would take deT o see our leather-wallopers inaugurate the fly, And to \\~atch the look of honor on the batter's light in describing.

Sitting on an face nppear, When onr slnldextrous twl.rling-mUl accelerates empty dry-goods box, with one hand the sphea·c. shading his weary eyes from the blindThen 'rah, 'rahs three for victory! Get ready !or ing glare of the electric light, his wan the sign!

Ring out for onr invincibles, our nobby little and care-worn face showing the want of Nine. nourishing food and the unsatisfied longWl tb all-confiding confidence we "send them ings of a mind that would soar above out of town" To battle on the dbunond and win old Tech the restraining influence of poverty ,-this renowu; And though with disadvantages of many kinds ruan was easily recognized as an inventhey cope, tor,-undoubtedly a man of unrewarded Though deal'th of time and press of work curb gen ius . His companion was a remarkadown the heat of hope, They do their utmost manfully, and when the ble contrast. He was a young fellow of lldd is won, nbont twenty summers, with an aristoThey j ourney back to bear again tbeir classmates• cratic bearing, and such a bored expreswarm "Well donc,"anc.l who lluds nobler recompense, wherever he sion, such a blase cast of countenance, may roam, Than our buys receive so modestly-the victors' that one immediately set him down as a welcome home. man of the world, one who had particiUp, now, let no one spare hls breath! pated in all the joys of life, and ruany Now! every man in line, of its sorrows. While the inventor wa.s Gi,,e three times three for the Tech with me, And a. tiger for the Nine! dressed in seedy clothes, garments that Composed of mien, moth and rust had corrupted and then Erect of form, left for new fields of labor, the young With port serene, person was arrayed in habiliments And manner warm, Though never rash, so gorgeous that the electric light They 'wait the call seemed to spotter at its rival, and to To make a mash, cast an envious gleam at the figured Or Bpi6l the ball.

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vest, and the lurid necktie and the dude trouscr8.

While the scrihe had hecn mentall_y . izing up thc.so two per~onages the miu:hinery had stopped, the people had departed, :md he himself was on the point of letwing the cene, when the eedy indiddual nho,·c mentioned, aro~ e mechanically from hi ' hard seat, brushed the du ·t carefully from his trouser' , and clasping hi · '' icliru tightly by the arm, drew him close up to the gorgeous young man. Then he looked at the scribe steadily for the ·pncc of one minute, und. in an awe-struck tone, as if he was unfolding truths that would change the e:.uth in its orbit, and with an easy grace and a voluhility that come only from long and unremitting practice, he said : "Young man, you think that. }"Ou see in this youth before you here a living, breathing organi m, a human heing.

Sir, I have here the You do not. gl·eate ~ t. invention of this or any other century. .Tmncs \ratt , BcnjaminFr:.mklin, ..,amuel i\lor:~o and Thomas A. Edison never dreamed of this thing. Ste<lm bas revolutionized manufacturing, elcrtricity has accomplished seeming impossihilities, hut it is only in their comhinalion, which I hnvo hero efl'ecterl, th:lt their full power can be utilized and brought. under subjugation a!) the servnnt of mankind. Before this triumph of genius the clot'lric light pale it · ineffectual fires, tho phonograph become a mere toy iu comparison, and the telephone dwindle into utter insignificance. l am its im·entor. I was born of poor but worthy parents, nod from my youth up I have worked night and day for the

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culmination of this mighty undertaking, although it seemed at times as if a mind burdened with the respon ihility of such an undertaking would lo~ o its reason, would s uccumb to the taunts and jeers, ::md he lost in the gloom of eternal despair. I ·will now di npJay the workjogs of the apparatus. . . tand up, Alexis ."

Here the inventor touched the youth's hand. there was a buzz of mighty forces, forked lightnings darted hack and forth within the hidden recesse of the rnachine, and with a gentle rising motion the automaton stood upon its feet.

"Now," continued the inventor, "you will see that the supposed 'man' is simply a thing, constructed internally of steel, and merely wearing on its surface, a it were, the dress of humanity. I can make these figure ' , you understand, in all shape and sizes, hut the one I have here to-night was manufactured for the especial hene6t of Worce ter audiences, and it is called the' Model Technical Student.' By simple changes of clothi ng and sy tematic manipulation of the attachments it rcpre~ents in turn a prep, a junior, a micltller and n. set,:.,r.

Pay close attention while I exhibit the prep."

Thereupon he divested the figure of all its magnificent clothing, slipped over its brazen bead a flunncl hirt and incased its metallic leg · in blue overalls.

Then he pre ed a hullon hearing the inscription : 9: 4 A. ~I. 5 ~Iin. for Ahlutions. and the change that came o,-er the apparntus was a sight worth seeing. It seized convulsively a piece of oap, washed its hands hurriedly in imaginary water, and

TH E W T I . started at a Maud ._ . pace for the cloor of the rink, hut was cbn~ed and hronght back by the pleased inventor, who noted with increasing pleasure the tenitied expression on the face of the scribe. " You see," said he, " it's perfectly natural, and tht>re are mtmy other prep. attachments that I would he pleased to show you if I had the time. Now ob~:~erve the 'junior.'"

The professor then replaced the flannel shirt with a '' biled" one of immaculate whiteness, surmounted by a collar several inches in height.

A figured vest, a cutaway coat, a light pair of trousers , n lavender colored top-coat and a four-in-hand tie complete(} the out1it. As soon as the professor had placed a cane one inch in diameter in its hand, the ~O'UI'e seized the press representative and exclaimed, in a metallic tone of voice, '' I say, old boy, do you know Miss X - ? I met her at a church sociable the other night, and by gad l she's a daisy . I went up to her house last night but her old man-" At thjs point the talk became so confused as to be utterly unintelligible, and of a sudden the whole apparatus dropped to the floor as if overcome with pain.

The profe sor explained that the delicacy of the machinery rendered it peculiarly susceptible to attacks of thiR kind .

Continuing, he said, '' I haven't the space here to fully exhibit the middler, but now watch the euior. " ·.·he professor merely added a mustache to the junior make-up, and then opened the " Sunday Night " throttle.

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the automaton, placing it:; arm around the proud inventor, s:tid sweetly," Don't you think this weather lovely ?" and contracted said arm so suddenly that the professor receh·ed ~t teiTible squeeze, which wa~ prevented from resulting fatally only by the scribe's moving the switch. While the inventor was gasping for breath the W T I man assured him that it was a perfect success.

"Yes," be said, " I would be pleased to show you the other attachments but it is getting late and we must be going."

The scribe promised to send in an . order for a gross of " Students " and withdrew.

WHAT A COLLEGE SHOULD BE.

President of Yale has given his THEviews of •' what a Yale student should be " in a widely read essay ; the students of Yale have given their views of "what a Yale faculty should be" in an article that bas been pretty well applauded by college men ; yet the question "what should a college be?" has been only incidentally touched upon.

In the first place, a college is a place for qujet study. (Please not smile.)

Secondly ; it is a place where a man is trained in the customs of social life.

Howells has shown this very clearly in " April Hopes."

Thirdly ; it is the place where a man ought to be put in such physical condition that the fir t month's hard work he is called on to do will not break him down.

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admit. or tour e it. mnkes no diJfereuce whether we use our hraios teaming how Zeu , pent hi:J time when llera was not nrouncl, or whether it. is bett er to use a left or a right banded monkey wrench to tighten the nut..:; of a milling machine. The faculty of n. cl:ts.路ical school is ju:~t a proud of the man who can s11y the ode of Horace hackwar&, as is the facu lty of tt technical school of the man who can tell the number of articulation::; in the tail of the last Eurypterus dug out of the Lower Helderberg. Tlto man who studies those subjects that bit~ friends in an nctive literary or scientific life tell him are importnnt, with painstaking care, will probably be a hatter educated man than the pet of the faculty, yet it is not from that nugu t body that he will recch路e his reward, but from the inner feeling of trust in a well chosen, carefully learned course of studies . " His own estimate must be measure enoug h, his own pr:ll:;e reward enough." No one will hlame a teacher for liking a student who studies zealously those things the instructor puts before him; but every one will blame, and moreover dcsphse, the teacher who mukes Hfe a burden for the man who honestly says that be does not intend to gain more than the elements of a subject and that if moro is forced upon him, he will let it " slide." And so it is t hat the very best teachers, like the President of Harvard, are endeavoring to form a course of study such that while a man is pursuing it diligently be may al:;o have time to acquire that social polish, the rubbing down, which .fits a gentleman at heart to be a gentleman in all his ways. One of the

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leading society ladies of Boston not long ago 路aid that women must die old maids now, for the g-ontlemen on the outside were at heart too de picable to he married and the gentlemen at. heart were so unpoli ~hPd that life would be unbearable with them .

And this hrings us to our second point, that college ~hould train us for Ollr social Life. :\lost teachers hold up their bands in virtuous horror at s uch a suggestion, some waver, a few assent.

Yet it is a fact that u good college is surrounded hy ttn atmosphere of good society, and that rt young man true at hen.rt will be put t lu路ough a series of agonizing blunders unless be enters the circle of intell igent men and women always drawn together by a respectable school.

"Socjety bavingordainedcertain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders."

H ere, owing to a three years' course, we b:we little opportunity for social intercourse, and whatever time we take from grindinp; is s ure to make its theft felt in a few days. The catalogue states plainly that five nights :1 week must be given to study nod no one can eomp1ain if we are required to study that length of time; yet it is th is, as much as anything else, thu.t turns so mn.ny students away from the \V. T. I. to the other industrial schools und coll eges.

There is one other thing that college training shon1d do ; it is to make physically sound men. This subject is acknowledged to be of great importance by nearly every teacher. Some "practical " instructors made fun for themselves over the resolution of the Amherst faculty to continue its requirement of

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We will quote a few words from the it路 last catalogue : '' Each student soon after he enters the College, and twice thereafter during his collegiate course, is minutely examined in reference to his strength and physical condition and advised as to the particula1' course he should take for the maintenance and increase of his health and strength. The results of the system of prescribed gymnastic training pursued in the college have been eminently satisfactory. 'Vhile physiologists aflhm that as a general rule, the health of u young man from fifteen to twenty-five years of age is apt to decline, the reverse rule is found to prevail here. From statistics systematically kept for more than twenty years, it appears that the health of an Amherst College student is likely to grow better each yeu of his collegiate course." Imagine the cheers that would shake Boynton Chapel should such an amnouncement be made here.

Three or four times a year we aro told not to sit in draughts, to go to bed early (when we are so fortunate as to have no lessons to learn), and just before field-day are warned not to str<.Un ourselves. When we think of the amount of brnin work we are obliged to do as compared with that required at Amherst, and then of the fatherly care with which we are prevented from taking physical exercise, and compare this oversight with that exer cised by the two regular physicians who train our Amherst

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friends, we heave a sigh nnd wonder whether, after all, the small amount of "practical" training we bere receive will more than counterbalance the terrible risk of a mental break-down.

What does a mechanical engineer care about analytical chemistry ? Is any graduate in that department such a fool as to trust an una.lysis made on tbe strength of what he learns in the middle year? Does a civil engineer remember the complex formulre of organic chemistry taught him in the senior year ? Go down to the office of every mechanical and civil engineer in this city, noted for its engineers, and see how many have muddled their beads with things so entirely remote from their province. \\' e have beard that it trains his powers of observation to study these things. Sir Humphrey Davy did not think much of that argument, or why would he have studied botany " to cultivate the observation" ? H the faculty should decide that this time should be devoted to gymnastic exercise, the professors would see a marked change before long in the students' work , and the time that is now thrown away (how many graduates outside of the chemical department remember nny organic or analytical chemistry) would be used to send fresh blood through the tired heads that are now stuffed with chemical symbols with less profit than sausage skins with chopped dog. With the completion of the new laboratory, the probabilitie!i are that the increased facilities will tempt the faculty to add to the studies now pursued ; if this happens the gentlemen in question will probably teach to some empty benches.

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quite to find out, at I Ttrusis date, the nnmcs of those who ex-

pect to enter the sport:5 this pring, but probably there will he <1wte a numher of new one . The mnnner of those who expect to enter is very reserved on the subject, as if they feared their opponent would train the bnrder to beat them, if they knew. That i hnrdly the wny to lower the records ; for a man who ruus for a fit路st prize only will not try to exert himself greatly in training unless he knows he bos u stl'ong opponent.

It is when both parties tmin down to their best that good records are made.

Just who '90 is going to put in for events is not defin itdy known. They say that a tug-of-wur team will be entered, and very likely they will give the boys fits (a pun) to beat them in the ~20-yard race.

It is to be regretted that '89 has no tug-of-war team, but after all it seems about as well for it would hurt their tender little bands to pull with such a bard rope. They have sti路ong hopes in Bartlett for the mile ntn :md Allen and Kimball may be looked for in the sprint races. W c understand, also, that Mills is to enter some of the races .

'88 may possibly carry off as large a per cent. of firsts as any class has previous to this pring. The names of Doon, Jewett, Patterson and Cushman will very likely appear on the medal list, and they certninly deserYe to, as these men tntin in good earnest. Chad\\"ick may get over u. good deal of ground with his long nether extremities, and Marshall will undoubtedly take first in

pole vaulting. It is to be hoped that more entries wi U be made to the latter interesting event, than there were last year, as it is one of the most popular events with the spectators. ' 7 has, undoubtedly, some good men to enter, and Harvey may be expected among the list for 100-yards dash.

Emory still delights lo kick football and seems to relish it after his little collision with Doon, last Fall. We are to be congratulated especially on the Uttle or no betting which is carried on among our l'3 tudents on field-day events. We doulJt if it is practised seriously, in any of our colleges save at the boat rnces, where, however, it is not so much the students a outsiderd who do the betting, and when popular journals come out with a.n argument against coll ege sports on account of the betting carried on at them, something other than thorough investigation into the subject has led the writer to publish it.

THE APRIL-FACE; or, THE STUB-TAILED MULE.

tA." IDYL OF A RtCmlOXD STREET-CAR.) A LL up the street at a stately pace .11.. The mnideu came witb her April-face, And the roses I'd paid tor,-opou her breast, Were white as the eggs in a partridge nest, Whlle behind her the drlver-upou hl!f stoolTinkled the bell of the ~trecL-car mole.

"Going to walk op the street?" I said; She graciously bowed her beautiful head.

"Then I'll walk too; 't's a lovely day"Thus I opened the ball In my O!laal way.

"Do you see the car beblod?" Inquired The april-face, "I'm a trifle tired."

I urged a walk; 'twas a uselesll suit!

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The stub-tatled mule stopped quick enow; I banded her Ln with a stately bow, And the bell rang out with a jangled quirk, As the stub-talled mule went off with a jerk.

is to have only seven men, and a good deal of sport is anticipated for the spectators who look upon some of the Hvely ( ?) '88 men trying to play ball.

Three men as she entered solemnly rose, And quietly trampled their neighbors' toes; A dudish masher left his place, And edged near the girl with the .April. face, Who sat on the s ide you'd call "the lee" ( With the same sweet smile she'd snt on me. )

The Preps come out with a challenge to the ~Tnniors to play them a game of base-ball, the men to be chosen from the two classes and no outside players allowed. The Preps ba.ven't learned the ways of '89 yet or they wouldn't suspect tbem of wishing nny talent outside of themselves.

'90 was out in a ll its verdant beauty the other night, practising the school yell for field-day. Ah, well! do it now '90 and when field-day comes you can afford to rest, but if you make such unearthly noises as you did the other night on the street, we don't doubt that you will have plenty of practice £01· the running races.

We understood that '90 has a boat crew which will soon challenge the upper classes for a three-mile rnce on Lake Quinsigamond.

The l'esult of the haJJ game April 23, between lhe Boston and the Worcester Techs at Boston, was a surprise to both parties ; the Boston Techs being badly defeated by our boys. Smith, the Boston pitcher, was troubled with a lame arm, and Carleton was put in to pitch at shmt notice, and, considering his lack of practice, did very well. Lancaster, the Worceste1· pitche1·, proved a puzzler, but one genuine hit being made off his delivery, whi le he struck out 12. ~rood, the Boston short stop , made a fine stop of a hot liner from Hartwell's bat in the third inning. The Worcesters were first at the bat, and were retired for three ionjngs without scoring. In the fourth Walbridge led off with a single, and was advanced to second by Grimes' hit. The next two men retired, and Cook hit to Smith, whose lameness prevented his proper handling of the ball, and Walbridge scored.

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The day was lovely ; mUd the air ; The sb.-y like the maiden's face was fair; The car was full aud a triil.e stale ( Attached to the mule with the stubby tail); Yet the malden preferred the seat she hlred To the strolL with me ; for r made her tired.

And now when the malden walks the street Wltb another's dowers, and a smile so sweet, I wave to the driver upon his stool, And stop the stub-tailed street-cru· mule, While I purchase a seat with half my pelf; For it makes me a trifle tired myself.

-Thomas Nelson Page,-in May Century.

ATHLETICS.

Allen , '87, has heen elected captain of the base-ball team.

At a recent meeting of the Tennis Association the following officers were elected: President, Jang Landsing, '87.

Vice-President, Cushman, '88. Secretary and Treasurer, A . B. Kimball, '89.

It was voted to have the committee get the courts into condition for playing as soo.u as possible and to investigate a new system fot· marking the courts.

Base-ball practice on the fie ld in front of Boynton Hall has been forbidden by Dr. Fuller, and unles!3 t he boys can obtain permission of the owner they will have to return to their usual place at Aouricultnral Park.

The Civils of '88 have sent two challenges for games of base-ball, one to the Chemists, and the other to the Mechanics of their own class. Each side

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Cook were left by Fairbanks. In the l'cventh the "\Vorcesters scored five uncnrnrd nm. . In the ninth, a single base on hull s , :1 single and n. hit down by third, which was ca lled f~Lir hy the umpire, ullhougb apparently out.aide the lin<', yielded \Vorcester two more runs.

The onu run by the Boston nine was made in the first inning by Stone, the nr~t man at but. He wus g iven a base on baUs, stole second and third, and came in on Ayer's sacl'iticc hi t to Hart'·vell. Dllllne got to third in the second on :t hit and two steals, hut was left.

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Union Station, and, with cheers that must have made the roof trusses vibrate like piano ~trings , they welcomed horne the Nine. After that they marched up .F ront treot to bfain, cheered the f:Jpy and the 'l'eler;ram, and then went quietly home.

The Cunard steamer Etruria arrived in Queenstown, March 5th, making the fastest time on r ecord-6 days , 6 hours, and 18 minutes.

Prof W. C. Trowbridge, of the Columbia School of Mjnes, who is a specialist in animal mechanics, says that WOR~TER TttCOS. at the rate of speed at which college A.B. Jl, 8. S.D. P.O. A. E. four-mile boat races are rowed the averAllen, l b.... . .. .. .. ..... . II 1 1 1 0 1 Lancuster , p.... ... . .. . .. 6 l 2 2 1 l i 0 age oarsman's stored-up energy cannot Walbridge.('....... ...... 5 8 2 3 13 3 4 last further than the third mile. The las t Grime-, c. t..... .. . . ... . . 6 1 a a o o o Clitlhrd, Sb.... .... ....... 5 0 1 2 3 2 0 mile is a dend pull on the vital organs, Flsb, I.!................. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 nnd on ly a. test of the soundne~s of Cook , r. f................ 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 The professor's figFalrbllDks, 2b.. .......... 4 1 2 0 l 1 1 lnngs and heart.

JJft rtwell, s. s. .. .... .. .. . 4 0 0 1 l 3 0 ures show that dnring the twenty-one T otals ........ ..... .. .. 48 8 12 12 27 24 6 rrunutes of u race each college man does BOSTON TF.on:S . the work of seven strong men.

A.B. R. B. 8 .B. P .O. A. E. A lamp which seems to have the propSlon<', c. f . ............... 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 Aver, Sb .... .. . .......... 4 0 0 l 1 4 0 erties of both gas nod electricity has . tnith. 2b...... .......... 4 o 2 1 3 1 1 recently been invented by a German.

Kimball, r. t .. . .... .. .. .. 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 Vlt>m!'nl, c.. .. .. ......... 4 0 1 2 10 0 7 I t is quite simple in its construction and Curleton , p .......... .. . .. 4 0 1 1 0 10 1 bears a great resemblance to the 01·diK!'ndricken , 1. f .......... 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 Duttnc,lb.... .. . . .... . ... 3 0 1 2 10 0 1 nury Bunsen burner. A mineral prod\VQOU, 8. s.. ............. 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 uct is placed in the flame which becomes T otal'! . ...•.••....• ••.• 34. 1 7 10 27 18 13 highly heated and gi ves a strong stendy lnnln~s ....... .... ... . t 2 3 4 (j G 7 8 9 light and without any smoke.

Wo rce>~ er T echs .. . . .••• o 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 2---8 The compoeition of the material is J1oqto n 'fechs ........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- L not yet made public hut the jnventor l<~arncd runs-Worcester T ccbR, 1 ; BoQt~n T echs, t. Two-ba•e hit- Walbridge. Fir,;t buae on balls- claims to make use of some rare metals tOn!' 1, Smith 2, Kimball I , Clement 1. Carl!'ton 1, l .aneul>tE'r 2, <.:ook 1. Fir:;t base on errors-Boston whlch are, ns yet, of no prnctical value, T!'ch'<, 4,; Worcester T ecba, 4. Stru ck out-Stone, and hesides, the amount of ~as used is Ayer ~2), Smith, Kimball {2), Clement, Carleton (2), Kt'ndncken (2), Duane, Allen, Grime 1 Fish (2), reduced nearly one-half, wh1le the cost Cook (3). l>ouble l_)lays-Ciitrord and Fairbanks.

Pasl!('d balls-·Walbri<J.,noe, 2; Clement, 2. Tlme-2 h . of the attachment is almost nothing and 30 m. Umpire-Holland. each burner lasts about one thousand The result of the game was known in honrs.

Worcester at about 7 P. M. , and a half A practical use is made of gas in hundred Techs, who were lucky enough Australia for the motive power of a to hear the news, met the 8. 20 train at locomotive, and with satisfactory results.

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The geograpnica] centre of the United States and territories, excludin('Y Alaska, is situated in latitude 39° .8 n~rth, and longitude 98°.8 west of Greenwich.

Platting this positidn on the lund-office map, the point is found to be in Uora. township, Smith County, Kun., about ten miles south of the southern boundary of Nebraska, and a little to the westward of the middle of the State of Kansas.

M. Pasteur, in a letter to ills friend, ~fr. Jules Marcou of Cambridge, says , "We have just purchased eleven thousand square meters of land, nnd the subscription has reached the sum of nearly two million francs ; it is, however, very insufficient. Oh ! if only some American millionare were inspired with an enthusiasm for this work ! • • • I am confident. The future is ours .

The prophylactic treatment of rabies continues to do well. Very, very ~are­ ly are there failures, and all in cases where exceptional circumstances appear.

There has been but one failure since the first of January, and more than five or six hundred ca-ses treated, a multitude having been most severely bitten. If we could only attack diphtheria, phthisis, etc. , with success. We are going to attempt it."

The conference of astronomers called

by Admiral Mouchez, director of the Paris observatory, for the purpose of forming a plan of cooperation in photographing the whole sky, will doubtless result in the accomplishment of thls project. The proposition is to enlist ten or twelve observatories in the undertaking, so located that their continued range will take in the whole sky. It is suggested that each plate be four de-

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gr ees square, which, if adopted, would requiTe eleven thousand plates. It js estimated that , with an average of one hundred plates a year from eleven observatori es, each plate covering four degrees square , it would take ten years to complete the whole work.

Within the p~tst tew· weeks passengers on the Boston and A lbany Railmnd have noticed one car that is lighted by incandescent elech·ic lumps. The power for the lamps is derived from a storage IJa.ttery beneath the car. This is the first trial of the system on a railroad in this country, and its surprising success has led the Boston and Albany to order other cars equipped as fast as possible, and has created much interest in the subject on the part of other prominent raikoad companies. The car ~rries twenty-four sixteen candle power incandescent lamps, and the power is furnished by a Julien storage battery of 60 cells, which will keep all tbeligbts burning for 10 hours. Passengers find the Jight agreeable to read by, the train bands have no trouble with smoky lamps, and, best of all, the dan~er from fire in case of accident is entLrely removed.

The Coast Survey Office bas started four parties in the field to complete the "trans-continental geodetic arc." Its original base is a stone monument on Kent Island, opposite Annapolis, Md. ; thence the arc is carried through Parkersburg to Cincinnati. From St. Louis the line bas been run east to within 90 miles of Cincinnati, and another extends from Kansas Cjty to Salina, and another still from Colorado Springs to within 300 miles of Salina. On the Pacific coast the arc is run from San Francisco through Sacramento into Nevada, and south of Salt Lake City. The parties sent out are to work in Ohio, lndinna, Colorado and Utah, upon the gaps indicated.

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most ncnrly compl eted, tlnd the sirles of Rome of the trinngl<'s arc the longe~t ever u.;;cd in ~:~ucb work. A side of 168 miles was used in tbe France-Algiers ~ llrYcv, aml it made .1£. Perrier a member ot' tbe Frrll(·b .\cndemy, hut the line from ~H. Sha.sln to ~It. 't. Helena is l!l2 miles long.

In a hu·gc fadory in which were employed several hundred pers<?n , one of the workmen, in wielding his hammer, carelessly allowed it to slip from his hand. It tlcw hn lf \\'ay across the room and struck :t fe ll ow-workman in the left eye. ':rhe mtm averred thnt hjs eye wus hlinded hy the blow, although ~1 mu·efuJ examination fniled to reveal any injury, there hei ng not n sCl·ntch vjsihle. H e brought a ~ uit in the court for compensation tor tho loss of hnlf of his eye~:~ ight, nod refu ed a ll offers of compromise. Under the law the owner of the factory was responsible fot· an injury resulting from no accident of this kind, nnd a l thou~h he helie,·cd that the man was hamming-, and that the whole case wu~ an attempt at sw indling, be uad ahout made up his mind that he would he compelled to pay the claim. The day of the trial arrived, flnd in open cow't nn eminent oculist retained hy the defense exnmjned the alleged injured mcmbe1·, aud gave it us hi s opinjon tbnt it. was u~ good ns the r ight eye. Upon the plain tiff 's loud protest of his inability to sec wilh his left eye, the oculist proved him u pet:jurer, and satisfied the court and jury of the fa l ity of his claim.

And how do you suppose he did it? ' Vhy, simply by knowing that the colors green and red combined make blttck.

H e prcpnred a hlack card on wlllch a few words were wTitten with green ink.

Then the plaintift' was ordered to put on a pair of spectacles with two different gla ses, the one for the right eye being red and the one for the left eye consisting of ordinary glass. Then the card was handed him and he was ordered to

read tho writing on it. This he did ,~vitbout hesitation, nnd the cheat was at once exposed. The ~o und right eye, fitted with the red g l a~s. was unable to di~tinguisb the green writinj! on the hla<'k surface of the card, while the left eye, which be })reteoded was sightless, was the one with which the reading bad to he done.-Pottery Gazette.

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D ear Sir: I have read with interest the letter in the February number of the \Y T I from "a well known memher of the class of '82." H i explanation of the reason of the refusal to permit hanfires on Tech Hill is, in the main rorrect; but be is wrong in the date of the cause of said refusnl, uy one yem·. It was on the morning of Jan. 1, 1881, not 18XO, that the class of '81 had that memorable bonfire and explosion under the office window. The author of the article say:s that he wns not pt·e 'ent on the occasion, and only know8 from hearsay. I wati there at the time, however, and can speak from my own know ledge. I t ... Ls not uuti l that remarkable production, the chtss of '81, was in its senior year, and the members had hocn wrestling for six month~ with n Theoretical and Applied MechanicH," '• Strength of Materials," "Flight of Projecliles." &c. , that they ventured to construct something tb'ut Rhould prove thut they had not labored in vain , and that should "astonish the native~ . " They were undoubtedly successful in the last. I bnd the plugged end of the cannon ( ?) on exhibition in the hook-c.c'lSe in the hall for some months, ami a very frequent question from the new members nod from visitors was : " Wltat is tbttt ?" \Yben the history of the article was explained to them, looks of awe always crept over the faces of the new

THE W T I. members, while }L look of somethin~ not awe usually nppeured in tbe coanl('nnnce of the visitor The account of the manner in which the explosion occurred is very nearly <tecurnte. But it show ~ that '82 even then ruled the production:; of 'rll at tbeh· true value, and that they also knew how to take care of themselves; for although a majority of '82 \Vas on hand, they kept at a ·afe distance, so that no one of the cla:.is was injured. Concerning the guu.rdinn::i appointed, I think that as long as the classes were together, every member of 'ti2 fe lt that he had a duty to perfot·m iu looking after '81, similar to what one fee ls in looking after a weaker brother.

It is true, ho wever, that in the " 0eV11's Dance" indulged in before the explosion, they ;;bowed unexampled vigor. The dance I have never seen equalled, before or since. That was evidently their strong point.

Very truJy, c. L. PRINCE, '82.

MR. EDITOR:

Last year the class of '86 got up a vet·y pretty pin which has been admired by all who have seen it. Now it has been suggested that a pin of some sort be adopted by the school not only to distinguish Techs from the other students of the city, hut also to act as a connecting li nk between one ttnother at present, nnd the school jn utter yean~ .

As it is now, when one goes down street, he cnnnot tell whether or not all the good looking yonng men be meets are Techs. Anything li ke a monogram pin is ensily seen and when once recogruzed there would be uo di fficulty among the young laclies us to what young men th<'y shall bow. Or if not a pin, why D• • have n hat, which is easily obtained, an~ of which there are n great many styl('s to select from?

Speaking of school pins brings to

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mind the thought of clnss colors. Every year when u new <:lttss comes the subject of elMs c-olore i · always brought up, and after more or less difterences of choice and couUid. witu other classes' colors, and digging into antiquity to find the colors of former clnsses, the rotor for the new class is tinully selected in time tor tield-<.lu.v.

Now why not, instead of having new colors every year, make the prep colors remain the same every ye:ll', und as that class become juniors have them take the colors of the graduated senior clnss and then as the di1fcrent classes become seniors their colors are banded down to the juniors and so perpetuated, instead of becoming one of the things of the past immediately after commencement.

N. E. WIDEA. MR. EDITOR:

It was with no little surprise that we saw Prof. Durand come to the Institute and assume tho chair of Steam Engineering without being formally introduced to the school. During the two weeks preceding the April recess his face· was a familiar one ubout the buildings, yet be bad ussumed no charge of the classes and to some students was not even known by sight, and it was a rank breach of etiquette, not to say of politeness, to allow him to enter upon his duties without an introduction to the men be wns sent to instruct. Prof. Durand's cominz has been made no more of than would have been the advent of a new jttnitor, and while it may have been an oversight oo the part 1.. f the Faculty, the students think that their new professor bas been denied an act of courtesy due a gentleman and an officer of the United A. B. C. States Navy.

The correct translation of the German sentence in Otlr last issue is as fo llows : A reward is hereby offered to him who reports the per. on that tore down the board containing the warning.

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THE W T l. of restraining unfairness and partiality on the part of those whose right and duty it is to ru le.

\Vith puruonnble pt·icle, the Teclt gives all prai:;e to their tug-of-war team in succe sfully pulling the 1-larvarcl )lott Haven team, de ·pitc the fact that Euston, H:trvurd's cruck anchor, anchored the team. The T eclt nys, that of the four who finally mucle up their team, but one, the nocbor, wus present ut the practice pulls two week , before meeting Harvard, and it was not unti l three clay:> before the games that they pulled together. Such succf'ss is almo t unparalleled in the hi story of college athletics, and this one iustnnce ·boul<.l encourn.ge smaller college:> to enter with more confidence intercollegiate ~:~ports , und not he daunted by their l'i\'als bunk account nor the antiquity of their in titutions.

In speulcing of the admirable system in vogue at Amherst, of go\'erning the affairs of tbe college hy a semtte composed of students and professors, tho Oberlin R euiew suys, quoting the words of Presic.lent 'ecley : " • • • The plan adopted bas been more successful, even than anguine hopes had anticipated, and no one would wish to change it now for the old system of college government." This system, in a modified form, is in use at Harvard and about to he at Princeton, aud there is in our minds little doubt that its universal ndoption will be a fact in the not distnut future. The college press of the country could have no more Laudable an object for their pens than the agitation of this very question. The English people distinctly remember the evil consequences of tt·ying to govern n people without allowing them representation, and while students mny be governed solely by the faculty, there can he no doubt of the advantages that even a minority representation would bring in creating a better feeling between faculty and students, not to speak of the effect

The Genevan contain · a report of the convention of editors of the college paper:; of Pennsy lvania , held at Philadelphia last monlh. The constitution etling forth the objects of the association has been printed and will be sent to nny one upon application to the executive committee. That the aims of the association and the method~ adopted for their accomplishment may be more widely known, we suggest th:1t the Genevan reprint the constitution and thus he the means, perhn.ps , of inciting some of our western exchanges towarJ some united action in furthering the interests of college joumnlism in theWest.

Now that New England and Pennsylvania have tuken the step, let the South and West follow I The Rensseh:er Polytechnic students do not have a "Chauvenet"; neither do we, but we used to. They, happy fe llows, haxe " cTematory " exercises over the body of their endeared calculus, as appears from the following notice in the

Polytechnic:" DtED. Our dearly beloved friend, Calculus. Tbe Cremation by the Class ~f '88 will take place Friday evening, Jan. 28, 1887. The line of march will start from the Jostitote nt 8.30 P. M." The Polytechnic then describes the exercises, one of which might be adopted by some of our p rofes!:>ors for use upon the less active minds. It says : "• • The deceased Calculus was then removed from the coffin, u bole bored through it, and as the chtS8 tiled hy the high priest who held it aloft, each in turn at last 'saw through Calculus.'"

The Delaware College Review become8 a little melancholy, as in its article on "The lliwaaes of Time ' " in which 0 it indulges in a few retrospective glances at the broad swaths made by Time in his never ceasing flight, and concludes:

THE W T l . u After viewing the world, considering the great multitudes who have appeared for a moment and then been lost in obscurity, the great men as Cresar, Alexander; here u "\Vashiogton, there aNapoleon, we imagine that we can hear Old Father Time singing in solemn strains-

' Men may come and men may go, But I go on rorever.' "

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One hundred and twenty-four students at Harvard are working thei1· way through college.

Pres . Eliot, of Harvard, Pres. MeCosh, of Princeton, and Pres. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University have rowed on their respective ' Varsity crews. "r.

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Fifty per cent. of the past editors of the Harvard Orim.~on are now engaged in journalism.- 71uftonian.

American students are well I'epresented abroad, there being at the University of Berlin, alone, six hnndl·ed, and at Leipzig, two hundi·ed in alteodance.-Ex. President Hyde, of Bowdoin College, is probably the youngest of American College presidents. H e graduated at Harvard, class '79.-Tlte Purdue.

One result of the elective system at Harvard is sho\vn by the increased interest in scienti1ic studies. On ly three years since the Museum of Comparative Anatomy was completed, and even now it is too crowded for convenience.-Ex. Amherst is well pleased with the system of college government which has been in practice there during the past six years. President Seelye says in a circular letter to the college ulumni, u The system of college government which Amherst introduced six years ago, and which bas since been so widely discussed, and is now so largely copied,

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we have no disposition to abandon."Ex. Chicago has raised $300,000 for a Technological School. The State of Georgiu. bas also decided to establish one nt Atlanta, ui an expense of $100,000.-Ex. Every husiness man will r ecognjze the truth of the remark made by Pre!'\ident White, of Cornell University, in an address to the studtmts. Said be: "\\re constantly hnve the~e two things , a. vast number of young fellows running about the country, doing almost anything nod doing it ill; and on the other hand, a considerable number of places looking almost in vain for somebody to do the best work. No occupation or profession is so crowded with workers that those at the top are not woTked almost to death."-Gazette.

The invita.tion of Profs. George I. A lden and Milton P . Higgins to become a part of the faculty of a new technical school at AtL:mta, Ga., made public some months ago, hns at last heen dedined. Both gentlemen visited Atlanta during the Ap1·iJ vacation and a~reed to make their decision in lbc mutter known by ~iuy 1. Their declimttioos have now been sent the clirector::1 of the Atlanta school. The offEu· was a tempting one, nnd bas been seriously considered and a decision to accept was very nearly reached. The people of the South, and especially at Athmta, arc ret1dy for industrial development, and the field opening there is an attractive one to those who e life-work is devoted to the subject. But the ~rowing importance of the same work here in Worcester, and the great possibilities that seem to await the future of the Institute finall y decided them to r emaill. .Both gentlemen will continue their interest in the new southern school, in the preliminary planning

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for which they have alre:uly heen of just is ued a neat pamphlet of 50 pages containin~ a list of plants found growing i\lr. Higgins will take uu important part wil d "·itbin thirty miles of Amherst.. It in U1e fw·n ishing, and uthisiug concern- was originally intended to furoi sh an ing Lhe plans for the shop methods and urticlo on tbe botany of Hampshire construction, nnd c4u ipmcnts of the ma- County, hut many interested in botanichine shops to be con nected with the ca l st udies expressed a desire that the school. limits :-;hould he extended, so the work At the fir~t annual exhibition of the wa made to include the above urea.

Art "t ndcnt ' CJub, held in this city recently, we noticed quite a number of paintings executed Ly Pt·of. Gladwin. lli · work includes oil, water color, pen Tbe sad news of the death of C. L. and ink, and pencil, and a ll show that Prof. Gladwin has lost none of his old- White, of the Junior C lass, was retime skill as an artist. ceived at the Institute , with notable J . \V. K endrick, ''t 3 , for the past signs of sorrow and surprise, not only three ymtrs chief cn~inecr of the St. by his classmates hut by all members of P~tul and Northeru Pacific Ry. , bus received the appointment of consulting the school to whom he was known by engineer of the Northern Pacific Ry. , his cheerful face and pleasant voice. eastern division, from t. Paul and H e bad heen ill but a short t ime-about Duluth to Helena. two weeks-and died of typhoid-pneu\V. . L ocke, '74, bns recently en- monia at his home in Berlin, 1\Iass. tered the employ of the Bimonds RollThrough general subscription in the ing Machine Co. n.t Fitchburg, as Class of '89 a basket of .flowet·s was purdrnughtsman . chtlsed as an appropriate tribute of Chas. E. \Vells, ·~o . is at present division engineer for the Chicago, Santa regard and r espect, and at a special & California Ry . Co., at Gulesburgh, meeting of the class Mr. A. P. Allen Ill. was chosen to attend the funeral. At Papers of incorporation have been the same meeting, the following resolu~t-anted Mr. A. M. Powell, President; tions were adopted : Mr. E . .M. 'Voodward, ecx·etary; the WaEHEAS: It llns pleased t he Heavenly Father l:!ttlne and Mr. A. F. Prentice, Directors, o call f'ro1n earth our class mate, Mr. Charles L. us the Powell Planer Compa ny of Wor- tWhite, w ho died on Sunday, May 1, 1 87, and ce::~ter, with a cash cupit.. l of $10,000.

Wtum&AS: Mr. Whlte bas, by his qnlet, uupreMr. P owell is a graduate of the Insti- teudlng mannf' r , and gentlemanly bearing to ward tute, class of '79, and was formerly nJI, won our respect and love; therefore R u olve1l: Tbat we do hereby cxprc":< the deep uperintondent and mannger of the Pond which we t\3 a class feel, and offer our heartMachine Co.'s works on Union Street. lt•:-s n•lt. :<ymparhy to hlR family llDII friends lu thiS The company will increase its capital as time of thctr !treal nlB:ictlon. the business demand:i. Tho building R esulve1l : T hat a copy of these rllt~Oiutlons occupied is :No. 54 Hermon Street, and be forwarded 10 Mr. White's parent.s , ulso: That the principal articles manufactured will tlwy be published in tile school paper. ( Signed:) A. I. GARDNER, be iron planers and shupers.

EDWIN G. PENNIMAN, Prof. N. H . Cobb, of Williston SemCommittee for Clau of '89. oary, Class of '81 at the Institute, has

much u i tance to th<' commi ioners.

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ProfesBor Durand began his work with the Middle Class on the 15th. He will direct the students of the mechanical department in their lathe work.

The Middlers have hegun the study of 'Wilhelm Tell and Minna. von Barnhelm.

Prof. Cutler has adopted the plan of reading these works in German before translating them. This method of study will enttble the students to acquire a better knowledge of spoken Germnn.

The speed lathe, shown at the Rink exhibition by the W . .M.S. , has heen very highly commended by experts, on account ot its excellent workmanship and compact arrangement. One gentleman, a manufacturer of lathes , told the scribe that it was as tine a speed lathe of its kind as he had ever seen.

One of our Seniors stopped before the exhibit of one of the electric light companies a few nights since. The gentleman in charge was showing off the dynamo. " This little dynamo, scarcely two feet high, has a greater power than Edison's dynamo, as tall as I am."

Our modest youth enquires: "What is the electro-motive force of your dynamo ?"

"Eh?" ''How mllny amperes will your dynamo give?"

"You '11 have to write to Boston, young man, for an nuswer."

And our little boy smiles a smile of gratified pride as he turns away with the happy consciousness of having found a use for some of the things he is taught at Boynton Hall.

The straight-line engine, built by the class of '84, is being fitted up preparatory to its use by the enior~:~ in their Steam Engineering under Professor Durand.

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The Washburn Machine Shop is very busy at pre~;;ent on several elevators for New York ancl Washington. Those at the latter place are to he put in the " ' asbiugton .Market, and the school is to he congratulated on obtaining the contract, since several companies bid on the j ob.

After all th:tt bus been said iu other columns of this paper on athletic affairs anything hero would almost he out of place, yet we think that tho fact that 50 men hu<.l inlet路est enough in bodily strength and manly sport.s to attend a meeting of the Athletic Association, as was clone April 15th, A. D. 1887, should be engraved on stone tablets and celebrated with tt j oyfu l noise.

The room opposite the civil engineer's closet bus been tilted with apparatus for blue printing and Pt路of. Durand is to have the oversight of it.

Dr. Fuller has recently announced lhat he has positions for good graduates of tno Civil department. At present there seems to be a greater demand for Civils than for Mechanics.

Ground has been staked out for the new laboratory, which will be situated

behind the W. M. S. in the sacred precints of the "Tech Gymnasium."

Prof. "Where did you leave your . ts , Mr . X . ?" expenmen .

Mr. X. '' I stopped after bringing down the nitrates."

Prof. ''Mr. Y. where are your tests?"

Mr. Y. "In the crock, sir."

From the opening scene of W ilhel m Tell.

Student, transJatina. "Ha, what do I see I The devi l. He is in the boat."

The Edison- ' wan Company has been awarded the only gold medal for electric lighting at the Edinburgh Exhibition.

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TH E W T I. the newspapers lie about us when we get old enough to t·un for office .

•\ tnvoritc song with Adam was E ve and me.- Wltiieltall Times. 'l'liE BOX AND Tll[.; BALLET.

There's a lady in one or t ho boxes, She's drl'SScd in a manner au .fait, Which tho~e who at\J posted on fas hion, Dcoomi na~e

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There's uoother one there In the ballet.

Whose o.ttirc is quite comme 1l faut; Reversing tho cu t of the other, I t':- decollete down below.

If yon take the two dresses prc:o;ented And combine them , when you are d o ne, Y ou will lind that the new comblntltiou Will result In your having but one.

Now, what ~ball we say of tbc puzzleOne garment, whh women ror two, And both of them dressed in the fashion?

W e don't under.stand lt. Do yon?

-Washington Critic.

THE WIDELY KNOWN BUGJUICE SOAP.

(tT' Read the testimonials in its favor : "Wa.shcd with it and became whlte.r than s now."-Bev. Anti Beer, Prin. ·w or. li'ru Traini"U School for Chronic Insane Asylum. " Always wash my hands with It after writing an editorial on the recently defeated candidate fo r Congress."-Hon. D. Lantern, Ed. Wore.

Telepllone. " Use It three times a month."-Mlle. Beauxjambes, Premiere Danuvse, Dime Slww.

We could give a hundred equally good testimonials in its favor, but the public is undoubtedly by this time sick of lurid soap advertisements. This great lightning e liminator of (0 I L) 3 +Fe is now to be bad upon the payment of only 10 cents to the Custos Instrumentorum of the W . M.S. A ltHLLTONAIRE T UCRE.

AN EPI TLE FROM OUR SPUING POET.

I 've wriLteo you poems on S pring, But you yank that invisible strLng, Tbnt connects wiLb that d--n little thing On your vest.

Let It rest!

You may motile Its r ing, F or uo more Shall I soar On poetty's wing.

I'm going to be silent, by jlng!

Ting-ting.

Yours truly, YOUR POET ON SPRING.

MR. SR. KR.

EACH evening a good-looking Mr. Comes around for to visit my Sr. ; One night on the s tairs, He, all unawares, Put his arm round her figure and Kr. -Boston Globe.

' ' H~ven lies about us in our infancy,'' says Wordsworth. Yes, and

a maid, " I will marry ror lucre," SAID And her scandalized ma almost shucre;

But when the chance came, And she told the good dame, I notice she dld not rebucre.

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Llps are as sweet to kiss and eyes as bright As E.>ver ftatterell Omar wttb d Pllght : English or Persian , while the month is fair, What can lt matter how it says good-night r -Jwcin McCartAr.

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