Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-08
COLLEGE DIVERSIONS

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For tho Week Ending May Sfh-Nstl-
ing of Unusual Mountaineering
Sessions Of the Various Societies.
Ali the students are iamenting the
fact that school lasts only about q
month longer, because they SO dislike
TO have the pleasure of anticipating q
vacation taken away by the arrival of
that vacation.
Base ball is all the talk among the
young gentlemen, and it will be until
some of them have their heads and feat
ures distigured beyond all resemblance to
the component parts of hard work
ing students. The young ladies are not
as much excited over base ball, as the
other sex. AS one remarked, "They do
not aspire to catching base balls"
The forty Tyres have kept themselves
close at home this week, and the people
of the city have in consequences been
able to recover much lost slsen.
At the college, recently, two youths
attempted to amuse themselves by
bothering another youth, who did not
propose to do the circus act for any one,
it is said. The two youths assembled
themselves in q room adjoining the
other youth and began to sing one of
the favorite Coolies. The single youth
had evidently been expecting them, for
the next day the two youths were wear
ing yellow streaks on their
clothes and an odor arose
therefrom suggestive of ancient hens
nests. 1t is now the rule that no eggs
Except fresh ones) can be used in COM
bats OF this nature.
Many of the young ladies are prepar-
ing declarations which they will deliver
in the contest for the prize which has
been offered for the best defamation
from a young lady student.
The meetings of the societies last
evening were the most interesting of any
held for some weeks past. The Y. o. u.
s. has barred all persons except Its mem
bers, and consequently a programme of
the exercises is not to be found herein,
but Mr.. Wade Burlsigh.s either solo was
excellent, especially for a performer SO
young.
The Philomathaens met and an enter
tanning programme was carried out
which was greatly enjoyed by the So
ciety and a number of visitors. George
Nash opened the en~tsstainpsnt with a
select reading, siaiek -sss.@tallowed by a
debate on the following question:
Resoloed, That the wages of labor
should be regulated by legislation.
Mr.. Towle spoke for the affirmative,
and Mr.. Barnes for the negative. The
decision was for Mr.. Towle.
A defamation by Mr.. Durand fol-
lowed and then came e debate on til 9
question:
Resolued. That the liquor traffic is
better controlled by national or state
Legislature than by local option.
1t was decided for Mr.. Norris, who
had the negative, against Mr.. Ketchum.
who argued afirmatively.
An esssy on John B. Cough, by d. B.
Wilcox, and the reading of the Philo-
mathaen Review closed the programme.
The young ladies who are banded to.
gether under the name of the sAriston-
ians met and with only the members for
an audience rendered. the following for
a programme:
Scripture recitation-Lucy Dewey.
Debate-ResoloeG, That American
literature compares fayorably with the
contemporaneous English literature.
Affirmative-Nellie Miner.
Negative-Netha King.
Sketch of the life OF Oliver Wendell
Holmes-Mae Pierce.
Reading from "Autocrat Of the Break
fast Iable"-Jessie WWileox.
Sketch of Itowoll's life-Jennie
Ketcham.
Recitation from Lowell-Annie Phil
lips.
Neutrality-suspicious. Props.
The literary division of the Athlon
society held a highly interesting meeting
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