The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-07-18
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vors and of horror at the swiftness and
suddenness Of the fate which overlook
those who perishod, is giving place to
stern anger at the cplpable carelessness1
which caused the calamity, and to anx-
iety concerning our own safety. Every
corporation that owns q dam or cher
ishes reservoir is anxious to have it
inspected, and civil engineers are hap
py. Even the innocent and ugly edi-
iice that crowns the hill which DR..
Holmes angel choose as the proper
place for Beacon" has become an
object Of terror to little boys, who won
der whether it is going to "bust," and
if they may not stay. at home sfrom
school, and die with their kindred when
the devastating food sweeps away
their homes.
Harvard College is not greatly moved
by the flood or anything else external
in these days, for such woe and desola-
ton have descended upon the an
cient university, that she would hardly
be concious of it if she should be sudden
|ly swept away bya deluge herself. The
cause of her sorrow is this: For years
there has been rule, much respected.
deeply established in precedents, and
very awful in its sanctity, that no stu
dent should be allowed to pursue his
college course from year to year, or to
graduate without being able to show by
the regular record that he had attended
morning chapel one hundred times each
year. Very recently this rule has been
changed so as to allow young men to
obtain college education without go
ing to morning prayer more than sixty
times per year. This does not seem to
be a very unrea sonable number, but
your average Harvard student is COM
PEELED to wait until a late hour before
he can conscientiously retire to rest
He feels it necessary in the first place
to give the faculty to understand be-
yond a peradventure that he is not n
''duffcr;' he knows that it is his duty
to refresh his astronomical knowledge
by studying the consultations, and to
ground himself more firmly by teach.
i ing it 20 some member Of the sex which
is not admitted to Harvard college;
and he also knows that it is essential
to his success in the estimation Of his
classmates not to frequently go home
till daylight doth appear, and to have
a bad headache resulting from drink
ing half bottle of ginger beer. All
these things the student knows to be
his duty and be does them, even, al
though his pious soul be rent by an
guish when he finds that doing them
forces him to "cut chapel" occasionally,
and so n few weeks ago there were
many anxious hearts in the university;
there were many men who found that
if they missed single service they
could hardly expect to make up the re-
quired number, and there were others
who saw that they could not do so by
being as pious as Hooker and Taylor
combined. But, one day. n whisper
crept about among the undergraduates
which has since grown louder and loud
er, and now swclls into deep, calm
chorus of content and satisfaction to
which the faculty growl an angry &C
compartment Some person unknown,
not having the fear of anything before
his eyes, broke into University Hall,
and stole the prayer record Of the class
es Of IA, '76, and TT, and now there is
nothing left to tell who has been good
or who has been bad among the Fresh
men, Sophomores and seniors. The
Juniors. are supremacy Disguised of
course, but not half SO much so az the
members Of the other classes who have
been as religious as required and feel
that their work has been all in vain,
and that they might have lain in bed
mornings as we'll as not.
There is consolation for all woes and
and the circusses are coming along
one by one, to take the place Of the
Legislature, and the side shows in the
committee rooms in the State House.
The circusses are very good, but the
Legislators will be sadly missed, for
they are funnier than the professional
clowns, and many of them are far more
valuable. How often during. the last
winter have they kindly talked six col
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