Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-05
Princeton College.
MoNoroNY OF VACATION - INCREASE OF THE
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PRINCETON COLLEGE, Jan. 1.
"LasorIous idleness our pow'rs employ"
You have had graphic sketches of Princeton,
when College was in session; perhaps few jot-
tings about Princeton, as seen in vacation may
not be wholly unacceptable 1t is the fortune,
or misfortune, as you please of your correspon-
dent to spend his vacation. we may say, among
the echoes of Princeton life, for truly Princeton
is not Princeton without her students. Indeed,
the thoughts Of such a course were enough to
drive one, il not to despair, to something akin
to IL what, then, must the reality be ?
From the noisy, and consequently interesting
condition Of fourishing college town, Prince
ton has fallen to the painful dullness OF mon
astery. We are not far from the proper state to
appreciate Hamlet. when his overwhelming grief
wrung from him the exclamation " How weary,
stale, flat. and Improbable, seems to me all the
uses of this worldln To add to all this misery,
the weather has been exceedingly unpleasant,
there being few days on which the sky was not
clouded as il to throw an appropriate covering
over the dismal scene presented by Princeton in
vacation.
But thanks TO enterprise and American skill,
we were provided, last evening, with delight
full entertainment by the Peak Family Bell
Ringers" 1t was delightful aud profitable in
teruption of the distractiDg monotony 1t
would have been relief to have heard the vul-
gar clang Of the College-bell, but how much
more OF a relief was it to hear the beautiful
silver-bells, SO akillfully handled We sympa-
thize with our absent fellows, but we are doubly
thankful that this excellent musical troupe came
along at this time to give us ringing cheer in
our awful dullness.
The only other excitement here is the ap-
pearance of an article in the New York
Ledger under the heading, Old College
Customs in Danger" and bearing the sig
nature of DIR. McCosh 1t is written in se-
| verely sarcastic tone, and betrays little OF the
DIR. Is usual style yet it certainly handles the
| subject in a becoming manner and eminently
succeeds in holding some of those contemptibly
base college customs up to profound ridicule.
| We hope the article will gain wide circulation,
not only for its truth and manhness, but because
| it contains the corrections of false statements
| which were seen in the papers few months ago
| in regard to class disturbances in Princeton.
Our faculty has received an addition in the
| person OF John s. Hart, L. L. D., of Trenton, N.
j., who was lately elected to the chair of Rhet-
| oric. Our opinion, probably, if expressed with
regard to this act Of the Trustees, might not
| appear becoming in student; hence we forbear.
| We, however, wish DR.. Halt successful career
in his new sphere of labor. The professors are
| mostly all away enjoying vacation. We hope
| they will return renewed in strength for duty.
| The New Year brings with it many fond hopes
and anticpations to seniors. To some it will be
| the "birth of sorrows," to others, the inaugural
| to a successful and brilliant career in life. We
are glad to notice among the latter some Viii.
| mingtonians you have good right to be PROUD
| of your representatives.
| For the benefit of Princeton Wilmingtonians
/ we will here notice that John b. Cough, ESD
/ will lecture here on January 18th, the day aftel
college opens) ON the subject, "Will it pay
| 1t certainly will pay them to be present. Some
thing more interesting will doubtless be cent yor
| j. C's FRIEND