Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-02
Black Hills College Department.
III. B. HARE, Editor.

the terms work in Demosthenes
Wednesday morning and will now
take up tho translation of the New
Testament.
Miss vergie shambaugh visited with
her parents at Hill City last week,
returning Monday morning.
On Monday evening few Of the
students gathered at the home of Miss
Bertha Hadny to spend the evening in
social way. Reports indicate merry
time.
We take the liberty at this time to
advise certain (from present and past
indications) love sick couples to cease
their wanderings in the neiehborhood
Of the college campus. and devote a
few of their precious evening moments
to the cultivation of a more intimate.
acquaintance with their studies.
The first Of the winter lecture series
will he held in the college chapel on
Tuesday evening Dec. 9th. at 8 p. m.
Tho subject of the lecture is THAT
Boy" The lecturer is Rev. G. NJ. Bos-
we'll Of Rapid City, who is highly
spoken of. Those holding course
tickets can have their seats reserved by
calling at the college Office previous to
Tuesday.
The first term chapel orations will
be delivered on Tuesday afternoon. in
the chapel at 3:45 p. M. Those who
are to display their talent and ability
upon Ws u Wthls OCCASION M are:
Miss Mcdonald. d............
Mr.. E. r. Hare,
............tnf Influence of the Scholar.
Miss Bergey. ................ Music.
Mr.. H. B. Hare. 49,. $500. .Stvlock.
The outside friends of the above
students and the college will lie vel.
come to attend.
There is q certain fascination to me
in watching swift and steady worker,
whose every move tells. Two things
are necessary to this sort of accomplish
ment-a mind to plan details in their
most advantageous order, and will to
carry out the plan. AS a small boy
once expressed it, you have to use your
"think," and after you have used hat,
make your will and put into execution
what your "think' commands. Tie
cnly sure way is to take things IN
regular order, one at a time, proceeding
methodically in accordance with a
careful plan. 1t takes some people
two hours to do fifteen minute job,
because they don't set their minds on
that particular thing, and keep their
attention fixed until it is done. Single.
ness Of purpose is important and the
most valuable habit young student
can form is that of sticking to one
thing.
The students of the literary society
should pay some attention to the follow
ing motto: "What others have done,
can do." Though it may appear
eRotistical, by following this motto they
will have found one element Of success
Those who are willing to try anything
they have seen others do, will in time
be sure to succeed.
We have noticed within our few
college years that it is strangely true
that students are often more ignorant
upon current topics than they should
be. There seems to be no time in our
crowded lives for "mere reading.
(There is scarcely time and strength
for the demands of our regular work
Thus 1t happens that to take up a
ne0spaper or magazine seems q waste
Of moments which should be applied
on the preparation Of some lesson, and
We got into the habit Of gazing on the
tempting piles Of magazines and news
papers as "fair oases" which await III
beyond the sandy stretch Of the nexl
days lessons. But in fact these case.
arc Aeeting mirages, wbose bright
promise il speedy attainment make ths
failure to reach them more tantalizine
aud they seem to be always ju.t beyond
eur reach in the Elusive atmosphere Of