The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-13

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erations. In college lasting friendships
are made. vital beliefs are formed Life Is
not judged solely by achievements. The
attempts and the desires are usually
greater than the achievements The labor
here Is for the labors sake, the pleasure
for the pleasures sake and the whole for
the making OF the individual Experiences
I'm college are life experiences and as such
they are registered on ones character on
the minds OF friends, and on the Univer-
sal Mind. In word college life is life
In reality and not merely a preparation"
TO UNDERGRADUATES.
The chief address OF the afternoon was
that 10 the undergra duates, delivered by
Mr.. w. q. Hoffman OF this city. II was
/ the speech OF the afternoon and fairly
brlstled with genteel raps at various in
dividuals on the faculty and students.
lie spoke, In part. as follows:
II stood on the Campanile. The clock
on the tower struck five. All was stu,
save for the loud odors from the refec-
tory and the baying of Archie Webb. hal
/ looing for Fuzzy Jessup. Beyond the
dirty Tiber. could see the forum and the
statue OF Marcus Aurelius Burnside.
North OF the temple OF Jupiter Capitolinus
my gaze wandered in the contemplation
OF poetic smoke-stacks and freight yards.
10 mar the continuity OF my
lofty thought. The beef trust, Bill
Roberts. happened TO be within range
OF vision and cut of the view OF the
State House. What was I thinking Of?
was bemoaning the late lameuted high
steward and grand warden OF this ancient
and honorable institution, his most rever-
end and royal majesty. Archibald the
first and last Peace be with him. for he
| never had IL here.
Let us not digress. however. club
Raymond says, We come here. not 10
think, but to drink Though there is
only grain of truth I'm this Epicurean
philosophy. have been instructed by the
class day committee that I may do all
that becomes a gentleman.
Before I begin. let me commence with
an excuse. / had a beautiful collection
OF grinds and knocks on Brown celebri-
ties, but lost them one day in chapel
Imagine my surprise when a short time
after, ! saw those self-same grinds I'm the
Liber. remember now, I did walk
back TO chapel In search OF them, but
saw nothing but a cadaverous, hollow
eyed humorist OF the Liber staff. / hope
/ am not gossiping. when / only repeat
what have heard namely that the green
cover OF the Liber is fairly representative
OF its compilers.
But aside from such trivial chat, let us
consider for a moment the remarkable
growth Of this university. Imagine your
self with me up in the clock tower and
from that viewpoint lot us observe the
exterior and interior, the good and tho
bad the sense and the nonsense of the
life together" You will sec almost as
many buildings as men on the campus
Look at Caswell hall--a fine building with
a fine crowd OF inhabitants TO wreck H.
Look at the Union. At last we are or
ganized, although we have not made
much trial OF our strength against the
capitalist faculty. Mr. Rockefeller was
probably never so glad to recognize
a Union. In Union there Is strength, in
the billiard room strong tobacco and
strong language.
Il need not dwell on the great social
advantages OF the Union. Now, as never
before, we can get good shave at re-
duced prices. The Union book store has
the best books and the highest prices in
the country The circulation OF The Her
aid Is rapidly increasing, not because of
any intrinsic merit i'm fits remarks, but
because the English department. the
registrar, and the absence committee
must tell US their troubles. Then, again
how much II means TO the university to
have good collection OF pool players
Butch Matthews told me the other day
that IL Ben Schloss would only spend
about two dollars more on the game. he
might in time become a respectable
player"
Here followed a dissertation on the ath-
lctic question, explaining the view OF the
students, which was not made clear dur
ing the time OF the muddle. in which some
OF the more pointed statements OF the edi-
torials at the time were made use Of Con-
unuing. he said;
For four years have variously fooled,
fought and fed with the faculty. My
experience has taught me that a man may
he professor and still possess good
sense, that the genus, IL captured and
tanned In infancy may even become ben
eft instead OF a burden To society IL
custom and convention have made the
faculty necessary evil I'm college life II
behooves us TO take IL philosophically and
make the best OF II. Jutten thinks that
Prof Packard was entirely unwarranted
in funking him in geology.
1t is a regrettable fact that in the evo-
luton OF a college career a Freshman
must degenerate into Sophomore My
words to you. Sophomores will be few
and hope fertile. To smoke a pipe even
though ii does involve a course OF two
months sickness, does not make a college
man.
For YOU poor down-trodden juniors. |
slaves OF Mcdonald. | have nothing but |
pity. In the midst OF your troubles II /
would De unkind. ungracious. and i'm part |
untrue. to refe< to old times when we |
wiped the gridiron and the diamond with |
you. You have played In hard luck. You |
will never hear the inimitable fairy tales |
Of Pop" Munroe. OF the family troubles
Of the Count Palatne OF the Rhine and |
the Margrave Of Brandenburg. OF Pops"
own marvellous adventures from the An
des 10 the Alps.
So. Juniors. with this word OF advise. I |
Tx. t.L Lts..
dens and responsibilities you will neces-
sarily suffer by contrast with us but by \
pains taking efforts you may not prove un-
worthy OF the trust reposed in you Be /
true. gentlemen OF leisure. do no more
work than Is compatible with your dig
nifty and confidently send IN your peti-
ton for no examinations In the spring
term as II you expected the faculty TO |
grant ~.
And now Seniors. our race Is run.
In lea Wing our Alma Mater recall the