Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-30
College Items.

be reception at the University club, to which all members of the senior and junior class, with ladies, are invited, and as this oc- casion will enable introductions before the | promenade and germans, and as large att tendance is probable, it will be one. of the most pleasant affairs of the week. Refresh | ments will be served by the club caterer.
 By printers error Nos. 13 and IA and IF l and IS on the order of darces for the prone I made have been reversed, but the order as given on the preliminary cards will be fol- lowed.
 The third division of 'S6 have been warned by one of their instructors. The first division of the freshmen have afternoon recitations three days 8 week.
 Yum Phou See, formerly of 's4, intends to return to Yale and will enter 'S6.
 Quite a number Of Vassar girls are here for the promenade.
 Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, with the en- couragement of the Catholic hierarchy of the United States has formed plan for estsb- fishing in New York city national Catholic university (which shall equal Yale and Har- yard in equipments, finish and range of studies, while it shall surpass them in thor oughness and depth" $1,OOO,Ooo has al- ready been promised to begin the work, and the sanction of the Holy See has been ob- tained.
 The promenade this evening will begin at nine.
 The freshman class has three representa- lives in the second university eight.
 The secretary of the boat club has sent a letter to Harvard answering the questions which were raised in their last communica- ton. It is hoped that something definite may be settled upon before next June.
 The presidents reception was well attend ed in spite of the storm and concert.
 Dancing and the Duty of the Church.
 Rev. Charles E. Harris, at the St. John street M. E. church Sunday evening, ar- reigned dancing as unchristian, the subject
 being suggested by Prof. Baldwin's recent paper. He will treat of theaters next, Sun \ day evening. His text was ''To everything
 there is season, and time to every pur-
 pose under the heaven time to weep, and
 time to laugh time to mourn, and time
 to dance'-Ecclesiastes iii, 1-4. He ex. plsined the character. of the dancing men
 tioned in the Old Testament-women with
 women and men with men-and showed the l unhealthy and immoral character of the
 modern dancing. with the sexes in close jux
 taposition He urged his church members
 to set their faces like a flint against the
 practice, not only for their own ben
 eft, but because of the influence ot
 such confluence, and closed with this < assertion of Paul: 'sAnd through your in
 diligence shall the weak brother perish for I whom Christ died? But when ye sin so 1 against the brethren and wound their weak
 consciences, ye sin against Christ" On \ dancing per SC the pastor said: How many
 balls would there be in 6 season if private ' dancing was obliterated? A brother must \ be very amiable to go through quadril1e | with @ sister, but he must be more than ami ! able, yea absolutely loveable, to go through a polka with her except in the way of prac- ! tice. Brothers don't care to dance much ! with their sisters; and sisters are usually quite indifferent to dancing with their broth
 CTS. So the family circle is increased, one and another are invited in, and dancing comes to be promiscuous. This is the way the ball room is recruited, and the plea for home dancing is as dangerous, if not more so, than the plea for public danc- ing. It is said that dancing is a physical healthy exercise. Physical it may be. | ku6W a BlE1 WHO GOlQ Hle once LQaG SQ0 uAuC- ed twenty four dances in one night. could understand how dancing may be a physical exercise, but healthy, that is quite another matter. That cannot be healthy exercise that takes the night, yea, sometimes the whole night, in it's pursuit that is under taken in the heated atmosphere of the ball room when the strain upon the vital powers is so great. Healthy, indeed The danc- ing party and the ball room are too often the messengers of death. Alas !! how many rest in untimely graves through the practice of this amusement l Dancing is not only injurious to the health and morals, but is absolutely barrier to the salvation and welfare of the soul. Ministers of all denominations will tell you that the balls of winter in our cities, towns and vil- lages are among the greatest opponents of religious revivals It is said church people dance, and it cannot be wrong for others to dance. They do so for one of two reasons, either they are Christians only in name, or they are backslidden Christians, and have no weight of Christian character as I under stand Christian character. Any worlding knows that dancing is incompatible with the Christian life.
 The sermon was one of great power and vigor, and held the attention of the audience closely. A desire is expressed by many for it's repetition, as the weather and walking were 50 unpleasant Sunday evening.