The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-10-27
COLLEGE CULLINGS.
Our Reporters Notes of the
Doings of Our Model
Institution.

Mr.. J. g. Morgan, of Linn county, for
mer student of the o. O. G. made the
school pleasant visit last Wednesday.
Anumber of west side editors visited the
college on Monday and Tuesday. Several
speeches were made during chapel exercises.
A sidewalk has been built from the gravel
walk to the mechanical hall. A driveway
10 also being made from the lane back OF the
college.
The bows have been taking advantage of
the fair weather and have been playing foot
ball at every opportunity. As yet no
serious accidents have been reported.
The room arranged for the exhibition of
fruit and produce presents very neat ap'
pearance. In the ceter are the fruit tables.
etc., and ON the walls are drawings and
maps made by the students.
Mr.. Hamilton, who is employed in the
horticulture department., tried to raise
large squash. Five hills were planted and
AZ soon as they were large enough were
grated all into one vine. Only one squash
was allowed to grow and as this was fed by
all five vines it was expected to be large
one, We.are sorry to learn that the seed
was not Of the large kind, but nevertheless
the squash is of good size.
AN INITIATION.
The following essay, written by Geo. L.
Paul, was read before chapter "A" OF the
Ciceronian society on Monday, Oct. 2Srd:
Hours before night, had closed her sable
curtains and darkness, like a frown on the
pallid face Of day, o'erspread the earth. The
weary traveller. having lost his way at early
avs. finds himself at this midnight hour in
a dense forest, and miles from any human
habitation. All efforts to find the path IN
this inpenetrable darkness had been futile.
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for him to do but stay where he is until the
nom shall open wide the portals of the east
and usher in. with smiles, the day. And if
morn should fail to perform this little act of
klndness he would get along with an
average every day sunrise. He seats him
self on fallen tree, and tries to pass the time
By humming II Won't go Home Iill Morn
tree. he is in the act of seeking more COM
Portable one on the ground, when he is star
tied by seeing a plimmer Of light in the dis
tance. At once he is thoroughly aroused;
his muscles lose that tired feeling, and, gath
Of s The lieht; but suddenly it yanishes. In
vain does he stare into the darkness with the
hope of again seeing that welcome CLEAN.
he has about come to the conclusion that it
was a creation Of his tired and overworked
nervous system, or the effect Of a pint flask
Of acausen with which he had been quite
familiar, when the darkness Is again pierceu
BY single ray that shoots out through the
trees like o. giant finger beckoning the wan
derer to place Of rest. Accepting the
invitation, he makes haste toward the local
ity whence the light appears to come. On
nearing the place he finds that It issues 1rom
betweentwo huge boulders. de Is IN the
act Of removing one OF these, when, as ne
throws his weight forward, he feels himself
going down, down, bump-he stops with
jar that drives his celluloid collar up over
his hat band and brings the waist OF nus
pants up under his arms. Then the trap, Tor
such it is, quietly dumps him In heap on
the earth and noiselessly ascends to Its former
position. Gathering himself up, ne shoves
his head through his collar, and with a dex-
trous movement swings his pants into posi-
tion. On taking his bearings, ne finds hlm, 2,
self IN long, narrow, dlmly,nghted hall
which leads to large room. Gliding along
this hall he peers in through the door: From
this position he can see the entire interior OF
the room. lie takes IN the situation az
glance; 1T Is society room, and the society
is in Session.
The room Is brilliantly Lighted py single
light. .s.,s--,.
AS there was something out OF the ordinary
about that Light shall attempt to describe
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