The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-24
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DR. r. d. Ks'ssy Writes Of Some Of ths
Thtngs that Interest students.

d. r. d. Ks'ssy Writes Of somo Of the
Th,sgs that Interest students.
To the Independent.
ODKRLIN, Nov. 20.-Timss seem hard all
over tie country; but mountaineering hard
simss. orr eastern colleges as full and
nourishinR. Here At Oberlin the hard
times have made 30 slight an effect that II
cannot b noticed Of chapel prayers. II 10
. sight worth seeing, and . very Inspiring
sssns 10 st upon the platform and SO those
eleven OF tWslvs hsndfs I'd earnest faces s.-
gagged In the wot ship OF a!naiRhss God.
The studsEts are almost equally divided
between mails and female. and on warm
summer evenings tbs gay dresses Of the
ysun9 wons. make the audience seem like
One special privilege esteemed very
highly, and enc which many Of Che best Of
sur Helena eitizsns would value beyond all
computation. 10 the musical privilege Of
oDs,,.ni h,n nao o PHI. snS 9. Ius,o 20
% ies Of se-eallsd ''Arttsts' rssitals." g,vsn
BY some Of The worry best talent 81 NE
world, Five such have al sady been given.
shs last one being BY Vladimir Dc Pash-
Manu., whose selections were from 6chu-
mann. Chopin. Weber. Heusslt, Raj and
Liszt. The audience was enthusiastic In
praise Of his rsadsrIngs and the Fenarka-
Bile tonch with which he mads the iiano
speak and sing. moan or Shrek. murnnr or
thundsr. The instrument seemed 10 reveal
new wonders and new powers at svsry sue
oesdinx piece. De Paohmann 10 saia to
havs changed wonderfully. beth in nannsrs
and personal appeasanes. slass bio visit
here . year ago.
The celebrated Frsssh orsan,ss Of Paris.
Prot. duilmsat. was secured to give an
organ seoital this fall. and for two hours
he sst and played ths college chapel organ,
-hiIA AfGaAN hnnApoh AA1}whtAA MANN la
tened in sager appreciation. Ono exercise
especially pleased and o. used astonishmsnt.
He had promised to sxtsmpertxe on any
thsms suggested BY the audiencs. Tbs
conservatory p o~isssors selected: "Jsras-
can sver suain hear those beautiful strains
without recalling the grand possibilities
hidden in those strains - they were inter
prstsd BY this talented orRanist. By sps--
cial request he also played his celebrated
Notrs Dame Funeral March. He 10 q mod
est man and in his rshsatsals 10 very re-
served in playing his v som positions.
When Prot. Andrews. Of our own coaserv-
atory OF music. repeated his gram ms 90
played by himself at ths Worlds fair con
kress, he had three selections from Gull
mast apon The list.
Turning from music TO foot ball 10 reach
. snbjsos Of deep interest to all 90. exe
boys. The game IL utterly indesofibabls;
nor 10 II an easy matter 10 understand the
game ~ seen from tho grand stand; but
after ono has learned tbs fine roints of the
game he becomes A enthusiast. and would
rather see the contest. OF. bsttes still. en-
gage In II. than any other game Of the
world. The drawback 10 The game lies In
tho danger Of IL. II 10 suoh = rough and
tumble game that IL 10 a wonder that any
participant svsr gets out Of IL alive.
Obsriin has had . rsmaTkabls caYesr the
last two years. having won In every contest.
Recently In . contest ths boys won In =
game with the Chicago university team. 1t
vas a grand struggle. but Oberltn won ON q
score Of thirty-threo to twelve. When ths
news rsashsd Obsrlin the trs bells were
rune, md . grand bonfire WAS started In
the central square; IL seemed like old war
time election snthasissn; the crowd was
wild with excitement and every professor
urcn whom they eonla lay hands was thrust
upon . dry goods box to make . speech.
Suoh are some Of the Obsrlin college ways
to Iscrsats. F. D. KELSEY.