The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-04-23
HARDWOOD SEMINARY.
ATHENEAN COLUMN.
Edited by Miss Mabel Cortelyou, Miss May Gober
and Miss Marielle Nesbitt. ~

The esssyists from the Junior
class, for 1891, have been announce
ed. They are: Misses Smith, Me-
Kinney, Blair, Nesbitt and Gober..
These places are won by those re-
ceiving the highest averages for the
past two years. f
| AS the Senior class is rather small
We will be edited by an essay from
each one.
The entertainment of our Society
proved quite financial success,
about $33 being realized.
Mr.. Stewards chemistry class is
becoming very hard to please; re-
quiring an ocular demonstration of
all subjects under discussion. They
have just been to the Paper Mills,
and now are very anxious to examine
the glass and guano manufactures
in Atlanta.
What Tribunal OF the Middle
Ages composed entirely Of women ?
"Who said he had to think to live,
instead of live to think" We will
be very glad to receive enlighten>
ment on these quizzes from any one
who wishes to give us little infor-
nation, and the answers will appear
the week following the quizzes in
our column(?) The answers may be
sent to any one of the Gitresses.
Two gentlemen were walking down
the street one morning, when sud-
denly one Of them stopped and said !:
II am compelled to leave you,
and go in and see my sick niece"
When Immediately the other ejac-
ulated;
"Thank gracious! I have no
niece" ~ A
And yetsthe men we're brothers.
i Explain. sc - "a. J,
| The chemistry class enjoyed the
delightful odors from experiments
with sulphureted hydrogen last
week.
The members OF the Athenean
had quite spirited debate last Fri
day on the question, Resolved that
worry has killed more people than
work" The debate was decided in
favor of the negative.
Officers elected last Friday in the
club: Secretary, MarieHe Nesbitt
Critic, Mary Anne Irwin; Censor,
Adelina Gibbes.
pupil-'Rex fugit. The king
fees"
Professor-"Correct. In what
other tense could that be put?''
! Pupil-''Perfect."
Painful silence. Professor sug-
gests 'has.'
Pupil-'sThe king has fees.''
1t is to be hoped our blue ribbon
girls are enjoying their honor.
The AtheDean holds its meetings
every Friday at lilo, P. NJ. Visitors
cordially invited.
The Junior Glass has been read
| ing in the original, that truly sub
lime passage of Pascals, commenc-
ing: Glue phomme contemple la
nature entiere dams sa haute ct
tpleine majesti." This has given rise
to discussion of the nature of the
sublime, which has been of no little
interest. We have gazed in his up
ward fight, upon the eagle until he
was left to mortal vision, then, in
our imagination, we have been trans
ported to the deck of some ocean
steamer, and have looked down,
down, into the the unmeasured and
unreasonable depths, until we were
lost in thought; looking upward,
fancy has ranged from star to star
until we were bewildered by the
size, the distance of the orbs oflight
and oppressed by our own littleness,
have exclaimed: "What is man
that Thou are mindful of him, and
the son of man that Thou visitest
him."
Program for May LIST. Debate
Resolved that Joan of Arc was a
greater patriot than Napolean.
/ Affirmative-Josie Bowie, Matte
Lou Bussey, Mamie Draughn, Sal
lie Groves and Mabel Cortelyou.
/ Negative-May Gober, Ada Frey
er, Adelina Gibbes, Hattie Dun
woody and Rosa Wing.
Recitation-Rosa Morris.
First chapter of an imagery trip
around the world-Dovie Blair.
Reading-Lena Sessions.
Essay-Addie McClatchny.