The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-29

dergraduates and in the west the eX-
pertinent has been tried on a larger
scale. There it is called the student
body; to it all students belong; it elec,s
officers and a legislative council, and is
an exact reproduction of an American
city. Practically students are given a
free hand, either governing or misgoV-
erning themselves. This offers great
opportunities for culture and self-gov-
ernplent.
The new departure is in use in the
universities of Indiana. Minnesota and
California, in Leland Stanford, and in
one or two Women's colleges.
Considering the enormous number Of
musical dramatic, religious, business
conviVial and other societies, it is a
questi whether the society business
is not overdone-whether like the
American church, the American college
is not CVer-organized, as fully one half
of the students take no part in the So
cieties SO there is body of men who,
belonging to from three to ten societies
each, devote themselves exclusively to
the management and enjoyment of the
societies.. They correspond to the class
of men in a city, whose end is political
prefeIment. The college politician not
infrequently shows a capacity for poll
teal mechanism (Which Bryce declared
to be the American characteristic) that
would do credit TO Tammany. Again
the elections which take place in col
lege are like most of the national cleo
tions, in having no great principal al
stake. In these two res pects it is clear
how national life is reflected in colleg
life; the latter can only be improved by
improving the former.
College politics differ from national
politics in respect to that regard for
scientific truth and expert knowledge
of which the college man, however, he
may degenerate, always preserves a
lingering remnant 1t is this same re-
gard for truth which enables him also
to detect shams in others, although he
may use them himself. Just as it is
difficult in a city to elect a man who
has the reputation of being politician.
so it is in a college both are healthy
signs. With more college men in
politics there will be an Improvement
In conclusion, Mr.. Sheldon said that
the value afforded by student organ
izations varied with the student and
the college. 1t is in the west that they
do their greatest work, by polishing
and bringing out the average man.
The great English universities have
more efficient social organizations than
we, since their object is to turn out
gentlemen, and in this they generally
succeed. Student organizations have
paved q. more important role in Ger
many than elsewhere, for from 1928
to 1870 they represented nobler national
ideals than any other institution in the
state. France has practically no stu
dent organizations Finally. applying
Frobe'S principles of sef-activity to
colleges, we see that these organiza-
tions are the spontaneous expression of
the students themselves it remains
for faculties and the public to direct
and aid them.
A unanimous standing vote of thanks
to Mr.. Sheldon was passed at the con-
clusion of his address.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Bates, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo
Simpson, in New York, for Christmas,
arrived home last night.
AT the meeting of the Woman's Club
Yesterday action was taken with re
gard to the death of their valued char
ter member, Mrs. Mary c. Harris. A
committee, composed of Miss Henshaw
Mrs. Alkaline H. Rowland and Miss Sa-
rah j. Mcclellan, was appointed by the
chair to draw up resolutions, to be pre-
sented at the next club meeting. The
loss of Mrs. Harris is keenly felt by
and more active of them Some of the
ladies had neglected, in the holiday
rush, to read the papers, and were not
even aware of her illness, much less of
her death, when they went to the meet
ing yesterday.
Much pleasure is anticipated by the
members of the Worcester Wellesley
Club that Miss Florence Converse is t. |
be the speaker at the annual Christmas
tea. Miss Converse was graduated from |
WELLESLEY in 1893. Her home is New Or |
leans, Fla, but for more than a year |
she has lived at DEM son house, one
of the many college settlements in Bos- |
ton. She has made her name known |
as writer, her moss ambitious work |
being Diana VictriX," which was pub |
fshed year or two ago by Houghton |
Mifflin & Co.
The Wellesley Club will have as its
guests at the tea the College Club and |
the officers Of the Womans and Smith |
College Clubs and of the Mt. Holyoke
Alumnae Association.
Mr.. and Mrs J. F. Kelley of Column
bia street have gone to New York on a
ten days trip
Prof. B. D. Allen is still doing mu-
steal missionary work in Beloit College.
Wisconsin. The program of an evening
IN Mendelssohn which he gave last
month in connection with the depart
nent of music of the college, has been
'ecelved, from which it appears that
lie has carried his idea of the histori-
al concert from Worcester to his home
n the west.
Miss Helen Sawyer gives a small
lancing party Friday evening at her
Tome, 1O7 Lincoln street.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Farwen were
PLEASANTLY surprised Tuesday evening {
" between twenty end thirty of the
nore intimate friends of Mr.. Farweu
nd their wives. Billiards, pool and )
Whist filled the hours most agreeably.
. beautiful card table was given Mr..
'arweIl, the presentation speech being i
lade by Mr.. Arthur Burton. l
Daniel p. Shea and hrs. Rose M. Ell 5
oft We're united IN marriage at st. b
ohn's Catholic Church yesterday af- c
ernoon in the presence of a large num- '
er of friends including a delegation
ON the Worcester County Bar Asso-
ation
The ceremony was performed at 2.SO
clock by Rev Michael T. O'Brien
ssistant pastor of the church. !,
The bride wore steel gray gown -
it'll white chiffon and jewel trim D
lngs. She was attended by her sis Y
n Miss Katie II. shea. Miss Shea T
as attired in blue gown with white p
liffon and pearl trimmings. r
Eugene d. Shea, a brother of the C.
room, offtciated as best man. The -
shers We're j. Henry Meagher, Steph- "
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