, 1898-11-30
UNIVERSITY notes.
NEW MILITARY INSTRUCTOR
THANKSGIVING ECHOES-EX-
PERTINENT FARM NEWS.
Miss Morse and Miss Ingersoll In Eu-
~rope-Prof. Slosson's Lecture-De-
batting Club and Lowell Society
Meetings-Many Other Interesting
Items.

day in Columns, where he made inquiry
about Lieutenant Perry, who is now
with the Seventeenth infantry at CO.
luLrbus barracks. He found thai LEU
tenact Perry is still suffering greatly
from malarisi fever. which he contract
however, very anxious to come out to
the mountains, where he thinks he may
rid himself of the fever. AS the peace
commission has now come to a.s agree
mert there is the best reason to hope
that our detail will be made in a short
time.
AT Columbus. President Smiley and
Prof. Buffum visited the state university
and were delighted with the kind re-
ception there given them. The uni
versity grounds are on the edge of. the
city and are very large and beautiful,
while each year beautiful new build
ings are being put up. They visited the
new gymnasium, which is furnished
with every appointment, and the new
museum; also the horticultural build
ing, spending a half day in looking over
the grounds and buildings. The presi-
dert ard Professor Buffum. while in
Washington, spent most of their time
in attending the various sessions Of the
conventions; stil they took time to visit
the agricultural department, where ev-
cry attention was shown them. Our
station council has attained a very good
reputation there. in consequence of the
bulletins which it has issued. The gen.
tlemen also went through the Smith
sonian Institute, the Art Gallery and
the new Congressional library and
spent a half day at Mount Vernon, ev-
erywhere. being shown the greatest
courtesy.
The short vacation of last week, it Is
needless to say, was much enjoyed by
faculty and students. Thanksgiving
day was given up to pleasure and what
| cues Will EL"ulilllSI. luOSC oCuuCllp
who live in the city did not forget those
who are away from home and the heart
Of many a students vas gladdened by
an invitation tt dinner. Any little cour-
tesy such as this means little to the one
who gives it but much to the n who
receives, as any Of the outside students
will testify.
Thursday afternoon was, Of course,
Preserved for the football game. The re-
Of all patriotic students, but even some
comfort can be taken from this, name
ly, that the boys will be stirred to great
er efforts next year.
A happy day was agreeably brought
Ito a close by the dance given to the vic
torious team by the university club.
This was enjoyed in the way all the
dances are.
1t is thought by many people that
young people attending college should
have no amusement at all, others go
the extreme and think that they need
a great deal more pleasure than is at
all necessary. President Smiley, in his
talk Tuesday at the assembly, gave a
good thought on the subject. which was
shat no man except a busy man has
any right to amusement" This is a
good sentence to think about.
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One criticism which has been made
often this term, and that too by those
interested in the welfare Of the STU
dents, is that the work in the literary
societies has this term been made sub
SERVANT to other happenings. This
criticism, is for the most part true.
There has not been the enthusiasm
manifested in society work for some
time which there should be, nor has
enough interest been taken in the meet
ings. The excuse should not be made
that there is not much time left this
term, but each one should do what Is
assigned him and do it we'll In all the
meetings to come. Each one should
strive to make his own society by far
the best in the university and a credit
to THE institution. Then, only, will the
societies accomplish the purpose for
which they were organized.
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