Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-08
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concerning it:
"Voles mOdum
POnes iambis sine farmma
Siye mari Tibet HOdrianO.
You see it wouldn't be a students
letter unless a little Latin was aired.
Since nv last, the University foot
ball team has met and vanquished
formidable rival-the Britannias, OF
Montreal-in very bard fought
game, by a score OF 3 goals to
0, thus again proving American supre-
macy. Let this be received as some con-
ISOLATION for the exorbitant Fishery
award"
The Athletic Association has held its
annual meeting, and it may be interest
ing 10 know that several scores were
made eclipsing the best College record.
The trained athletes OF old would have
found dangerous opponents in some OF
our young Hercules, and would have
been obliged TO look well to their
laurel wreathes. The competitors
were urged TO do their utmost
by the presence OF many of their
lady friends, and lever did fair ladies
praise to the knight more valor lend"
Now that winter is upon us and has
covered the ground with mantle of
snow, out door exercises and pleasures
are necessarily given up and the GYM
nasium is greatly relied upon to give
the brain, overtaXed hv too much atten-
ton TO science and philosophy, healthy
recreation until welcome spring shall
once more clothe the earth with
yerdure and enable the undergraduates
to resume their iavorite games. Sor-
rowiul to relate, the new Gymnasium
cannot be used until after Thanksgiving,
as iron having risen in price, the con-
tractors are dilatory in putting in the
apparatus. For the interest Qt those
who take more pleasure in reading
about the various studies Of our col
leges than athletics it should be said
that Harvard offers Il greater variety
of courses to the student than any
College in the country, after a student
passes his Freshman year-during
which more work is supposed to be ac-
cOmplished than during any other. He
then has Il choice Of over one hundred
elective studies. From these he can
select those which have the most direct
bearing on his future profession. To
the uninitiated it is a wonder that llar-
ward has obtained the name OF being the
foremost College in the land and that her
graduates are so thoroughly educated.
This wonder ceases when it is known
that To- attain degree a student must
pass monthly examinations in the diff
lerent departments of study, and addi.
tional examinations whenever the pro-
fessors feel disposed to hold them.
How we used to grumblc at school
when we had semi-annual examinations!
But now, o We students OF the Linds-
ley What would you say ii you had
ten each year, not counting the extra
ones7 Verify, | think the turmoil Of.
rebellion would be heard in the land.
In Harvard, mathematics seem to be
the great bug-bear, and they are truly
terrible, as the subscriber can well teS
tify. A student who stands high there
is well assured of graduating well MP in
his class. These are about the only sub
iects on which the students attempt 10
buy examination papers. Some con-
siderable time ago one of the higher
classes paid the college printer
$500 for an algebra paper for
use at one of the final eXamina-
tions. The paper was received, copied
and carefully studied. Then the
students entered the direiul examining
room, unconscious of the dreadful fate
awaiting them. Each prepared, as he
thought, to astonish the venerable pro-
lessons by the ease with which he would
unravel the intricaCies of TOdhunter.
One look at the papers presented
them by the professors was
enough. The printer had sold h,m
Il bogus paper. They rushed from the
building, and il they had caught
that printer, lynching would have been
too merciiul for him. They, OF course,
could say nothing. The perfidious prin-
ter bought house with the money and
thanked the boys fOr their kindness.
The Chinese professorship does not
seem TO succeed very well, no one hav-
ing vet presented himself ior instruction.
Hence the Mandarin is living a life of
Incidence, and enjoying his Otium cum
duynita'c with philosophical resignation,
drawing his salary 'allee samee." "
limits OF a student letter, possibly a few
words concerning the political situation
in Massachusetts might not be amiss,
for there is a pleasure in reviewing the
field after the battle is O'er.' The peo-
pie are so disgusted with Butler and his
schemes that it is only the corrupt and
deluded ones that can be found to sup
port him, and it is anything but comph-
mentary to the enlightened citizens OF
Massachusetts that so many supported
him.
The rumor is that this gentleman, OF
such elastic ambition, Is playing for a
higher stake, and wishes to secure the
State in order to pave the way Tor the
presidency. He comes nearer to being
Governor this time than ever, and il he
increases his vote in the same ratio each
year may some day hope to succeed.
Long, the Republican GOvernOr-elect,
has been Identified with the party for
many years, and has held several offices
befOre-notably Speaker OF the Legisla-
ture and Lieutenant Governor. lie is
man OF considerable ability, and will
inake agood Governor for Massachusetts,.
Adams would no doubt have been the
hest choice, but the people evidently
thought that the balance OF power has
rested often enough with his family,
and it would SAVIOR too much OF right
bv descent to elect him. The Legisla-
lature is, of course, largely Republican;
but the Democrats and GrcenbaCkers
together may give considerable trouble.
The results OF the election show that II
the Democrats and Greenbackers would
unite the Republicans might be deprived
Of power, a. black as the state is. But
this will be impossible until the follow
ers OF Butler desert his chimerical ideas
and listen no longer to his sophistry.
HARVARD.
The Art of Taking Leave.
Il bo- baa, Soil that one of the most