, 1897-09-22
DIALOGUE Of BOOKS.
AN ENTERTAINING CONVERSA-
TON AMONG THE TERRORS
OF THE STUDENTS.
The Names OF a Number OF the Students
From Abroad Have Been Learned
and Recorded-Prof. Ridgaway Has
Returned From the Casper Institute
university Notes.

Slap! Bang! Down tumbled the old
Greek grammar, followed by the we'll
worn geometry. The grammar covered
herself meekly and dared no cutlery. In
these days OF Intellectual liberty, her
thoughts were always IN the coming
election. But the geometry. IN the o
trary. moaned aloud, my stars and little
triangles! I'm % solid enough for all
that!' That's plain remarked Mr..
Rhetoric In his usual dry way. and down
he limped from his shelf. limping. by the
bye, is very much a la rhetoric. He ex>
planned now apologetically. Since com
mencement my fest have been weak"
Too bad. too bad" laughed the gay
Frenchman. Monsieur, the composition
agent. Now | suppose you are 10 longer
able TO meter inject herr"
Mr.. Rhetoric deigned no reply. He
thought the Frenchman in bad form.
mans next venture, land l for one am
glad OF it. One gets tired meditating all
day on oneself" Speak :or yourself,
sir" cried out Cicero oratorically from
his top shelf. Then he looked around in
Transformation. Was a certain professor
near to overhear his English pronuncia>
ton?
At that m a great confusion
arose. People were hurrying to the room
from all directions. Browning came
dressed n Ia Corson. Homer followed
him with IN immense bundle Of notes
under his arm. From an opposite door.
old Trig was seen advancing with his
usual load Of logs. in sight. but unsawn.
Sir Geology stumbled over the doors
threshold. quite overcome by the weight
OF the ichthyosaurus he carried. Scalp
els. testing tubes. tuning forks. skeletons
danced across the floor. A perfect babble
arose. What's the news?" How many
seniors?" What shall we do for mod.
els?" New Students exams
hard?" "Hazing likely?" Seen the
English professor" Seen; the collegi-
ate parlor?" "Oh, Prof. NJ" WHAT"
Eyes" mo"
20 Himmel!" cried the German Com
position, raising her head from the desk
where all summer she had lain undis.
turbed, "Konnen Sic mir vielleicht
sagen-" Draw your own conclu-
s%ions," snapped out the Logic. No one
stopped to think Of him at all. He could
MT gel a word in edgeways. Don't be
cross, brother said the Psychology
sweetly. This Is all very instructive,
study OF human nature. you know. On,
for a notebook"
But the Physiology had gained the
floor: he was saying: ''Why haven't you
noticed it? Such a pretty compliment to
the co-eds. co.. The lawn on the campus
laid out in the shape OF a heart? So
appropriate!' yes. and the flowers"
Interrupted Miss Botany, you've noticed
them. First there are daisies and dah-
las. then asters TASK hers). there are
marigolds (merry goals) and hops
reaching quite up to the four o'clocks.
And the lilac (lie lack)-" THAT lasts
for the Lowells, l presume" said the in
nocent Miss Chemistry, that's their COL
or. you know" Yes" answered DR..
Ethics, wickedly, land the Olympics
chose the Tyre for their symbol" Old
Horace. eve a friend OF the Olympics,
looked at him sourly. "A youth who
would Olympic honors gain" he began.
But here the Sociology perceived that
Virgil had crawled under the desk. A
dozen rushed at him and pulled him
out head-first. Coward" they cried,
"Would'st thou desert?" We'll" said
Virgil sadly, II suppose it can't be help.
ed, but l am sorry for DIDO. or course
they'll murder her again" Never
mind" said old Philosophy. c%heerfully,
coin a society Of the the osophists and
they'll reincarnate her for you ever year
ad minimum"
"Reductio ad absurdum," put in the
Logic, 81 hope they'll conclude" But
they didn't
In the meanwhile an old school-book
in a farm corner. among dust and cob
webs, hearing the clatter. sighed. "Oh,
to start o tomorrow with a freshman!
Those college days. those college days!'