The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1892-01-29
The College Literary.

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The College Literary. :
Reported for the STAR.
ry The constitution and bylaws of the
Il Aetemalhian Society of Black Hills
College were read and approved Fri.
+ day the 18th. At the same meeting.
o officers were elected as follows: Pres
i Earl A. Hare: Vice Pres. William W.
Walton; secy., Lottie l.. Denman:.
y u Treas. Albert b. Gidlcy; Critic, Fred,
y, NJ. Morris; Reporters, Merton R. Til. ,
4 lotson and Ada Lampert.
n The motto Of the society is "Esse ,
guam irden." a
\ ihe program consisted of essay. reci.:
tatlons, orations and debate. t.
A very fine valedictory address was !, u
delivered by E. A. Hare. ;.
The debate was upon the question:
"hesolved that foreign languages 't
should s.l be Taught in public schools ~
Inc affirmative debaters were Robert /
hoolnson no and Name Stanley. Mega. il
alive. Cyrus Calhoun and Ada Lam. g.
pert. The judges decided in favor Of :,
the affirmative. L.
Inc extemporaueous debate upon ,
v ititiu tiot,~, I'D -,---a .Lo. O.. t.
:, ing, "When tho chan,o;s Gene down in
y flight the French are mounting Oh thu
4 .1eights."'
4. The attack continues. The noise ,e-
:. doubles. The chus,e,,rs are running up
- the steep slopes. at last Trey reach the
summit. What lungs! What legs they
T. have.
W Now the troops halt, assemble to-
{, getiieT, make coffee and take q rest.
Ne The tired tourists join them The Off
It. Ger in command. having been informed
| /; OF their Mlsadvent,llN. promises to help
* Them.
Il cannot have yo,. taken back to tho
q. plain today" he says to them. You
3; will have to stay with us until to,nor-
e. VOW, and follow r.s to our camp tonight. ="
Z "On. said ore of the ladies'. that ia
~ impossible. We cannot w.l': another
step"
N "Do Mo; .';s alarmed. ladies" re,;.;st
If the officer 'Our panner mules will
"A carry You. We will put you up COM
~ tortably i'll the bivouac. and tomorrow
we will 80 down to La Bolene, where
tt you will find carriages for Nice"
tt The proposition WAS promptly accept
. ed. The h!sle sounded the signal for
W departure, and the ladies were placed, on
the backs of the ambulance mules. ac-
II, companied by the men of their party,
n. and intrusted to the care of the doctor
Is OF the battalion. For time the road
- was fairly good. AN hours march
brought them to the woodcutters' camp,
" a group o: huts inhabited by tho men
=. who work for the forest. Here tho
mules straps We're frightened. their shoes
examined and their burdens carefully
II put in order, for the last part OF tho roud
al rs tho hardest. The woodcutturs' camp
is tie last ir':n. - i,r,e thee is any wa.
r.. Ter, a:H,. 80. ,e.ipra s-a.ti;lg 81 tha aii-
- lnnls alY given drink. and al tha pots.
e. gourts and otile. tecop.a1ios ar. fled.
al The zi:s1ag ant. vc'.r ;}reri .irua. path
mounting NJ y steep ln,.iina fc',nec. Of
loose freyinar,.; .! r3ct,, i .!:;:npe.ol ny
y roots and branches q tree. Their step
d. shows that they are accustomed 10 ,ha
If mountain its steep paths ard its rare;ie,
air. Their lungs, like their riascles, are
strengthened by these repeated exercises
u in tine woods. Oh the heights and across
The glaciers ali through the fine months
1t OF the year.
~ Farther on the ground gets bare: the
= path runs over the rock itself; the zig
Gags are so short that they have scarcely
IF the length OF IL mule The animals ad-
al vance but very slowly, and by the time
the ambulance reaches the plateau the
n soldiers have already been there some
" time, and the Livouac has been rapidly
e. formed.
IF The officer i'll cc.nma. comes for
!. ward to meet the tourist. and to their
-. great surprise proposes to conduct them
II to their hotel. they follow him. The
N mules stop at the extremity of the pla-
teau. where the woods begin. Under
the trees bivouac has been installed
J" for the tourists. A gourbi of pine
n branches will protect them from the
GOODNESS of the night. The entrance is
~ decorated with bouquets Of mountain
flowers.
"a Here is your home for one day, mes
danes" says the officer. 1--WE will send
,f you the mule litters. and with some fern
=. and rug you will have fairly COM
:. Portable bed"
1t I'VE accept the lodging, but not ths
beds. We will ns: deprive your sick"
! N have no .'i,..;> replies the officer.
y. ~Tnefe is n".a.'ly' III the ambulance.
La aS.r.:aF;;e IS. 20 ta speak, useless.
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