St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-08
THE MIDNIGHT FEAST"

ling-oaks q wanted to say pine, it is so
much more sentimentally pOeticaD.
Frog Pond, nestled down next the Great
Northern tracks, half a mile west OF
Hamline station, is the true abode of
Eros. and her shaded green walks veri-
table lovers lanes. How many atfaires
de la ceur have been carried forward
under these favorable auspices only
Venus herself can tell, but go there one
of these spring after Moons when it is ''in
the air." and | venture to promise you
there will be living, moving examples of
the effects of co-educatiOn, and you
may hear some shepherd tell his
tale, under the hawthorn in the dale"
But, alas, such is the crushing effect of
corporations without soul or sentiment.
that the trees are felled and a line
marked out to be constructed straight
through the heart of this spot. The
clear. Dellucid (?) waters of Frog Pond
are to be filled with cruel, heartleSS
dirt, and the trees which could whisper
so many secrets are to perish Ill the
fell Swoop of civilization. Soon the
place thereof shall know it no more. and
the future men and maidens will have
to seek other ways. Otner places. Alas
for the rarity OF corporate charity!
The wind is always blowing at Ham,
line, and as the wit of the faculty said
one day when he was labOring against
an especially strong Northwestern
Would that some one would tie Shorn
lamb on the campus" so the wind
would be providentially tempered. But
if it does disarrange the curiS, it brings
color to the cheeks and brightness to
the eye. blows away those fOggy miSts
which hover around the brains Of the
burners of midnight oil.
Some old Roman said ''Sana mems in
sano corpOre," and here athletics are
considered as necessary part of the
co-ed's education as base ball and foot
ball are essentials in masculine devel
ODment. A gymnasium in the base
ment of Science hall is fitted with pull
leyS, rings. rowing machines, clubs,
bells. and what not, for the encourage
ment of feminine muscle. Tennis and
archery have long been features of
afternoon recreation hours, and there
are several players who can put their
brothers to their trumpS in match
game, which is, of course, the highest
comparison | can make. On field day
of commencement week. several num-
bers have been given the ladies, and
last year remarkable record was made
in base ball throwing, ''for girl"
A few possess wheels, and they exhibit
mora grace in riding and the same lack
of grace when taking siderS. especially
it 1t is hard slider, that their brothers
do. In the winter time the rink OH the
campus is filled with rOsy-cheeked.
bright-eyed skaters, even when Jack
Frost does his utmost to frighten them
indoors.
The social life at this college has
peculiar phase. There are class and
club cliques who give parties, much in
the way of fraternitieS al other places;
but except the three or four large re-
ceptiOns of the year, some semi-literary
feature is introduced to lessen the
tendency of frivolitat in unser jugend.
Even at the swell affairs you will find
small groups discussing the political sit
uatIon, the latest philosophical novel,
or DIR. Holman on sheOl. and distinctive
small talk is tabooed. Not that n fiat of
''thOu shalt not' has been issued, but
it seems to be in the air. At the smaller
gatherings, where dancing and pro-
gresSive cards are the usual occupation,
MethodiStic rigidity has not yet been
broken down. and if they ''play Vir-
ginia reel'' it is with qualmS of con-
science. So some game for mental i'm
prOvement is devised, and ''interpreta-
ton" parties, "art" evenings, with pro-
gressiYe tete-a-tete, quotations, sobri
0uetS are recorded. There are two
literary societies among the syoung
women, the Athenian and the Brown
ing. Saturday evenings are their
gathering tunes, and they discuss
everything from pOultices to politics,
from tariff to theOsophy. Scenes from
Shakespeare are sometimes enacted
with ali the stage properties and i'm
ported costumes, and the professor in
elocution drills each melancholy Dane.
fair Juliet and bewitching Rosalind
until she speaks the speech so trip
pingly from the tongue one would think
her stage veteran. This year one Of the
societies gave tableaux from Faust"
and the charming Marguerite made
many student think he would give up
knowledge to occupy the lucky place of
Faust. while Mephisto looked on with
| lowering brow.
Do you ask me about their appear
anee? Well, it is various. There are
maidenS with eyes in which the summer
skies lie dreaming, eyes the color of the
cloud which hangs over our smoke
burdened city, or eyes as black
as ebon. Some have crowns
almost ciose-Shaven or flowing
| tresses which reach below the knee.