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Published on alternate Thursdays, during the school year, by thestudents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1886-87.T. W. SPRAGUE, '87, Pres. H. C. SPAULDING, '87.G. C. DEMPSEY, '88, Sec. FRANKLIN W. HOBBS, '89.W. L. DEARBORN, '88, Treas. J. H. TOWNE, 'go.

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,~~//~~ CO~T is about this time of~;~ - the year when the work

on THE TECH gets to.: a ~be especially burdensome.

ai i Subjects for editorials areS "few and far between, andak it is only after diligent

vr 2an seach that they can beh.-/ ;At[l tALfound at all. All college

news is of a quiet charac-,..,..~ ~ .ter, and nothing especial-

ly interesting is going on.There are perhaps two things, though, which

are scarcer than editorial subjects, and they arecontributions from the students and the literaryarticles in the editor's drawer. It has alwaysbeen the misfortune of the editors of this paperto have to write nearly all their literary articlesthemselves, but this year is, perhaps, the mostunfortunate year of all. So far, only one contri-bution of any considerable merit has beenreceived, and competition for places on theeditorial board is absolutely at a standstill. Itis manifestly unfair to the editors to make themdo all the literary work, besides the work neces-sary for the editing of the paper. Surely, in

such a large institution as the Tech, there mustbe plenty of men who can write; and if each oneof these would only write one short article, hewould confer an everlasting favor upon the over-worked editors.

Every one is of course now occupied in grind-ing for the exams., and so can scarcely be ex-pected to send in any contributions. Let themremember, though, that there is a week of restcoming, when they will have time to writesomething if they only will.

It comes hard, though, to the tired editor,not only to toil upon his own examinations, butto have to grub around for the wherewithal togive hope to the weary, and to make the Fresh-man laugh, even in spite of the pain and naturaltimidity with which the first "weeding outinspires him.

We have done our best under the circum-stances. We can surely do no more, and there-fore offering no apology, we greet you all, inthis time of common anxiety, with the hope thatwe may all pull through safely, with plenty ofH's and C's to make our vacation a pleasantone.

.UST about this time the Techs are unani-mously engaged in a pursuit which may be

loosely defined as a spasmodic attempt to makeup for lost time. This time may have been lostthrough negligence, natural incapacity, or exces-sive study-of which the first, whether culpa-ble or not, is simplo in its effects; the secondno less so, since it prevents his victim fromemploying his time to the best advantage; thethird acts on the principle of "the limit of pro-duction," in agricultural economy-that is, be-yond a certain point, additional time spent inintellectual effort will not produce adequatereturns; such being the case whenever study-

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hours habitually infringe on the time necessaryfor sleep and exercise.

As THE: TECH has said before, "cramming" isalmost universally considered by people who donot have it to do, as not only injurious to thehealth, but also as an illegitimate method ofgaining a good standing. The poor studentnever gets any sympathy from those at home,during examination-time. On the contrary, heis goaded to exasperation by remarks fromevery one that they see no reason why he needbe obliged to study so excessively before theexaminations, if he had given the proper atten-tion to the subject when he first went over it.And other remarks of a like pleasing natureconsole him in his hour of trial. This seems tobe the popular impression of those who do notknow anything about it.

To any one at all familiar with our work hereat the Institute, it will be easily comprehendedthat it is next to impossible for any one here tostudy so hard during the term, that he will feelperfectly sure on going into an examination,that he has mastered the whole subject. Thereare always numberless small points which everyman feels that he would like to look over-for-mule which have somehow or other completelyslipped his memory, or certain points which werebrought up at a lecture at which he was unavoid-ably absent. And so on we could enumeratemany more, but every one is only too familiarwith them all.

Our Faculty fully appreciate this necessity oflooking up small facts, and have shown it bythe arrangement of the examinations, therebeing, whenever possible, a day or so beforeeach of the hardest exams.

The objection that "cramming" is injuriousto the health, is, we think, a small one. No onewith a reasonably strong constitution was everinjured permanently by "cramming;" at theworst, a slight headache is all that is incurred.

The best argument in its favor, and onewhich we think more than counterbalances allthe arguments against "cramming," is the prac-tice it gives a man in absorbing a great deal ina short time. Of course it may be said that

what is easily learned is easily forgotten, but, atthe same time, we do not think this true. It isnot easily learned, however quickly it may bedone; and it is more than probable that thetime will occur sometime in a man's life whenhis old college habit of learning a good deal' ina short time, will stand him in good stead.

T the commencement of our school yearthere was a report circulated, founded on

good authority, that negotiations were pendingfor the purchase or rental of Winslow's Skating-rink, for use as a gymnasium. We understandthat nothing could be done this year, as Mr.Winslow wished to retain it for purposes of hisown, for another season at least. It is hoped thatnext year we shall be more fortunate, and pos-sess a fine, well-appointed gymnasium when thevacation is over. Some of us would rather thatsomething were done to secure athletic groundsfirst; but if the corporation has different ideas,we will nevertheless gladly accept the gym. asa compromise. Our present building is scarcelyused at all for regular training. Before theathletic games there is some exercise takenthere, but its use as a drill-hall is the only onewhich can be termed in any degree successful.In former years, when it occupied the groundupon which the Kidder building now stands, itwas much better equipped, and its conveniencemade it very desirable. It may be argued thatit could be changed over so as to be more inkeeping with the present ideas, but a visit toany of the modern structures at our surroundingcolleges will convince one of the impossibility ofsatisfactorily accomplishing such an alteration.Our gym. is too low, poorly lighted, and badlyarranged. The Winslow rink is a large, well-built building of very convenient distance fromthe Tech., which by a few changes would make anadmirable gymnasium. The result of our pres-ent poor accommodations is, that those who wishsystematic exercise join the Association Gym.,which has the advantage of nearness, good ap-

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pointments, etc., and thereby incur an expensewhich should not be necessary.

We are aware that the corporation is welldisposed toward us, their great trouble beinglack of funds; but the next donation should beapplied for our physical, instead of our mental,culture. The latter has received attention at theexpense of the former in past years; but it isbecoming absolutely necessary now for both tobe treated with nearly equal consideration. Wemust remember that we have bodies as well asbrains, and both should be cultivated simultane-ously, neither at the expense of the other.

HE system of marking examinations at theInstitute is a very mysterious and awe in-

spiring subject to deal with, as may be verifiedby any student who has undergone the ordealsof our "semmies" or "annuals." The utmostsecrecy prevails as to the methods in use,any information being practicably unobtainable.When we receive our reports, with their list ofhonors, passes, etc., with an explanation (?) ofthe hieroglyphics thoughtfully printed on theback, we are often as much in doubt as to ourreal standing as we were before receiving them.What do these terms actually signify? What istherealvalueofourwork? We know not whethera credit signifies between eighty and ninety percent, or between seventy and eighty. A passmay mean over forty per cent, or over sixty;probably the latter. What we want is an exactstatement of our standing, preferably given inper cents, the standing in examinations and rec-itations being given separately. As it nowstands, a credit may mean any per cent betweencertain limits; and a pass which failed by oneper cent of being a credit, shows for no morethan if it escaped by one per cent of being a fail-ure. How can we tell in which system we aredeficient, examinations or recitations, when theresults from both are bunched together?

Another important subject which is vaguelytreated in the catalogue and reports, is the ranknecessary for the continuation of studies, and

graduation. Except in the case of the Freshmanclass, there is an imperfect understanding as tothe way in which this is settled. Any one whoimagines that a pass indicates sufficient knowl-edge, and that credits and honors are prizes forextra endeavors, is sadly mistaken. In manysubjects credits are indispensable, though thestudent may not realize the fact until graduation.

It seems to us that if the present system can-not be changed for reasons that we may haveoverlooked or been ignorant of, at least weshould have it explained. This idea of keepingus in ignorance of the laws which govern-ushere, is far from being progressive, or consistentwith the train of thought encouraged here.We are certainly old enough to have an insightinto affairs which so vitally concern us, andprobably have sufficient comprehension to un-derstand them. The Institute should not be soconservative as to interfere with its own inter-ests, which are primarily the interests of thestudents.

SHORTLY after the announcement in thedaily papers that a hundred thousand dol-

lars had been left to the Institute, a bulletinwas posted in the analytic laboratory headed,"'A Few Things We Would Like With That$ioo,ooo," which enumerated a few. thingswhich were needed in the chemical laboratory.Although the whole thing was written in abantering spirit, and was not intended to doanything but create a little amusement, it never-theless contained a great deal of truth ; and it isto be hoped that now that the corporation hasa little money at its disposal, that it will use it,not only to supply necessities in the chemicallaboratory, but also in all the other laboratoriesand rooms in the Institute, wherever anythingis especially desired.

It is very annoying when one wishes to makesome analysis in the chemical laboratory whichrequires the use of a platinum dish, to find thatthere are none obtainable, the few belongingto the laboratory being all out, in use. It not

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only is an annoyance but a seriousience, as it greatly retards a man inAnd this is not a rare occurrence buthappens every day, and for which theedy is more platinum dishes.

We feel sure that something will sotabout this. Indeed, steps have alretaken in this direction.

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5 jHERE is one thing which we have noticedthis year which gives us a great deal

of pleasure. We mean by this the readinesswith which any plans we have proposed or sug-gested in THE TECH, have been seized on andcarried out. We might refer to the '89, 'gofoot-ball game, the Tech quarterly, class colors,etc.. but the particular thing we are nowthinking of is the formation of the book ex-change, about which more will be seen in an-other column. THE TECH feels very proud thatit has promoted a scheme that will undoubtedlyprove of such an immense advantage to thestudents of the Institute; the more so, as webelieve, that we are the first institution in thecountry to have adopted such a plan. OurCo-operative Society, recognizing the value ofany such. an affair as the book exchange to theInstitute, has carefully considered the wholematter, and the result has been that next termwe will derive all the benefits which can comefrom such an institution.

As we have said above, if we are not mistaken,no other college yet has such a book exchange,but it is a thing which they cannot well fail tosee the advantages of, and which they will dowell to follow our example in forming.

Great credit is due to the directors of theCo-operative Society for their energy in takingup this plan and pushing it through in timefor next term. Indeed, the Techs may wellcongratulate themselves that their interests areso carefully looked after by those whom theyhave elected to do so.

Gaudeamus Igitur.Won! O months of repressed emotion,

Patience and hope, you were not in vain;For the hand that penned that cold dismissal

Lies subdued in my own again.And the lips which said, " I did once love you;

Pardon - I own it - my fickleness;But mine is a heart forever changing,"-

Meet my own in a soft caress.

Hail, New Year! Though your clouds are leaden,Silver linings they turn to me;

For my harrowing doubts are ended,And at last my soul is free.

Priceless is the gift you have brought me';Long, I trust, may be its stay:

Yet for the joy that is, I thank thee,Though it tarry but a day.

Dear! now more my beloved than ever,Sad was our parting, and hard to bear;

But while your heart was not another's,How could I, loving you, ever despair?

Ever forget the cup I had tasted,Banish the longing to taste once more

Joy so ambrosial, celestial, immortal,Though but one sip,-and the transport were o'er?

"Fickle," you call yourself; when did a faith,Swayed by mere impulse and idle caprice,

Ever return in one short season's spaceBack to the bonds whence it first sought release?

And what if you were,-am I then so true,So upright, so perfect, that I should require

A constancy ardent, immaculate, clearAs globule of silver refined in the fire ?

He is a coward who weakly refusesAught that is good which the gods may provide,

Cravenly fearing lest future disasterRavish his treasure, and humble his pride.

Doubt may be conquered, and hope is eternal;Ours is the present--why then let us cry,

"Drink and be merry, the morrow is changeless,And when it cometh, at worst we can die?"

JAN.. I, 1887.

A Student's Letter.

[DEAR TECH: The inclosed is a letter from my chum tohis father, which I came across the other day lying on thetable in his room. Poor fellow.! he got a good deal usedup after making that night of it. Thinking it might serveas a warning to those who remain behind aftei hours todraw, I now send you a copy of it.]

fY DEAR FATHER: I have to write you to-day of one of the most horrible nights

that I have ever passed through. My tale ofwoe would be sufficient to wring tears from a

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member of the Faculty. I have been gettingrather behindhand in my drawing for some time,and so set to last Thursday afternoon with thedetermination of finishing all drawings up to thepresent time.

I had been working pretty steadily all theafternoon, and kept on after all the other stu-dents had left the drawing-room. Presently,however, after I had finished one plate, spilt myink over it, thrown the mucilage into my lap, andgone through with all the other performancesthat seem to belong to drawing, I noticed thatit was growing dark; and on consulting a clockon a neighboring church, I found it was half-past eleven. The clock was on a Unitarianchurch, and I relied on its accuracy. I havesince discovered, however, that it had rundown.

I quickly packed up my instruments andstarted off, but on reaching the door of thedrawing-room found it, to my surprise and ter-ror, locked.

My first idea was to yell; and I had arrangedmy mouth for the purpose, when my eye hap-pened to light on a placard, "'Loud Conversation;zot allowed," which was tacked up in the draw-ing-room. I refrained from shouting. If con-versation was not allowed, a fellow might aswell make the arrangements for his funeral, ifhe went so far as to shout in the drawing-room.I tried in vain to climb over the door, and alsotried to attract the attention of some one tohelp me. So here I was, booked to spend thenight alone in the Institute. I soon beganto grow hungry, ravenous, voracious, and me-chanically fell to chewing at some of the bookswhich I held in my hand. A little Germanbook was the first, which seemed tolerablypalatable. However, it was not substantialenough for a square meal, so I tried a littleTaylor's Calculus. This was plenty substantialenough, but it lacked seasoning; so I put itdown when I had a mouthful of the "volumegenerated by the revolution of an ellipse on itssemi-major axis." The notes on heat weretasted next. I didn't take but one mouthful,though, and I was obliged to eject that. Our

professor in heat told us to take our notes and"digest them thoroughly"; but I don't think Ishall try it any more. I think it would take thecrushing-machine in the mining laboratory todo thorough justice to them. I made one moreeffort, and tried a light entrie of Literature.This lasted for some time; but it gave me aviolent colic.

Having eaten all I wanted of this heavy repast,I thought I would rather sleep the rest of thenight; and so I arranged myself as com-fortably as possible, and commenced readingmy Applied Mechanics by the light of the moonwhich shone through the windows. A shorttime only could have passed before I was wrappedin the arms of Morpheus. I wished afterwardthat I had stayed awake, as the effect ofmy supper was a frightful old nightmare. Idreamt that I was chemical molecule, and hadfound my affinity with a beastly molecule ofsulphuretted hydrogen, and could not get away;and also that I was a great hose, and that allthe professors were working furiously at animmense fire-engine, pumping something intome from a great vat labelled " Education; " andthey pumped so hard that they bursted the hose,and all shouted, "Drop that one; stick onanother,- we'll educate 'em ! "

I had scarcely recovered from these horribleexperiences when a gaudy-looking demon, witha red-hot pair of pants and overcoat on, escortedme by the ear to a room where, in solemn assem-bly, were gathered the Faculty. It was a secretmidnight session of that august body. As weentered, they were in the heat of a discussionas to the propriety of setting the clock in thehall right; but on seeing me, they all shouted,"A Junior in our secret conclave! He mustnever leave it alive!" And then various scien-tific methods were suggested of disposing ofme. One person, half of whose body was thecolor of red, and the other half the color ofblue litmus, said he would like to make a goodnitro-hydrochloric acid solution of Juniors, inorder that he might analyze it. Anotherscreamed, " Let me reduce him in the reverber-atory furnace"; at which another one, with blue

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and red litmus legs, exclaimed, "Steady, there!let me reduce him to the ranks, that he mayknow who are his superiors." Another wantedmy skeleton, for lecture purposes. And sonearly- every one had some professional mannerof extermination. There was one, however,who did not seem to have taken any share in theconfusion, but was soliloquizing, and trying toget some one into a discussion. I could catchnow and then a word or two, such as "conceptof an absolute existency of the universal horse-itude,"-5" and aboriginally inherent in." I didnot attempt to follow him, however. SuddenlyI heard a voice saying, " Certainly, gentlemen,certainly; the affair will be conducted to theentire satisfaction of everybody, I have nodoubt; but, gentlemen, the discipline of theInstitute must be maintained." At this eachone flew at me, determined to "do" me in hisparticular fashion; and I awoke, finding myselfon- my head in the sink, with my mouth full ofsoap, and trying in vain to shove one leg up thehydrant, while the other was waving in the air;and an admiring and enthusiastic party of stu-dents were gathered around, making variousimpolite remarks about me, asking where I hadfound the material for such a spree in the Insti-tute ? and why I had begun so early to cram forthe semies, etc.

The night was over, at last, and I climbed outof there pretty soon, I tell you. But it tiresone to go through such a night again, andprobably will tire you to read about it.

Aff.,YOUR SON.

The Mustang.

(HE mustang is a mustang wherever onefinds him -here, or there, or anywhere.

He' does not cease to be a mustang when heis brought within the grasp of civilization, forrefining influences cannot change the pose orcolor of his eye.

But the true home of the mustang is west ofthe Missouri; there it is we find him in hisperfection, with his "bucking" powers most

strongly developed. The bunch grass and buf-falo grass of this region produce their exhilara-ting effects upon him, and his soul tends towardcontortions when merely a fly lights on his,back.

The mustang is not always known by thatname; it is strictly applied to him only whenhis color is black, brown, or dark bay; if hiscoat is roan or light sorrel we call him " cayuse,"though the mustang is sometimes called by thatname if he is particularly mean, despite his nothaving the cayuse color. A gray or whitespecimen is known as the " broncho"; while thevariegated, calico colored, spotted beast is a"t pinto."

These horses are used mostly for saddle ani-mals, as they have, as a rule, an easy gait, andare comparatively small. Except in cities thebroncho is not shod, for his hoofs are tough, andit is no easy matter to shoe him. If the black-smith attempts it without first throwing him,he is apt to find himself unexpectedly in someother part of the shop. My PET, " Gruger," wasa terror to blacksmiths, and I never was able tofind one who could so much as trim his hindhoofs.

To feel at all comfortable on a mustang, therider must be in a Mexican saddle, with a pairof spurs on his heels, and in his hands reinsthat lead to a Spanish bit, or a harsh curb. Thespurs are particularly necessary if anything ofa pace is wanted. The saddling of the mustangis not the easiest part of owning him, for oneoften finds the saddle too loose for safety afterriding a few moments, although it seemedalmost painfully tight at the start. The cayusecan swell out like a rubber pillow when heexpects to be "sinched," and contracts whenthat operation is over. But this can be over-come by giving the beast a thump in the ribswith the knee, so unexpected a shock causinghim to forget for the instant that he is beingsinched.

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half-wild state. When any of the riding an-imals become used up, an inroad is made uponthe band of unbroken cayuses. The animalschosen are driven first into a small field in-closed by a high fence, where they can belassoed at will, and whence they are takenone at a time into the "corral," where thebreaking is done. The corral is a circularinclosure, built of unhewn logs, and about sixtyfeet in diameter, in the center of which standsthe "snubbing-post." This is usually an oakstake six or more inches thick, driven deep-ly into the ground, and having a height offour feet or thereabouts. The mustang, afterconsiderable fuss, is tied close to the post, anda blind put over his eyes. A bridle with aharsh bit is first put on, and then the heavy sad-dle is securely fastened by means of two sinches,each about six inches wide, and made of braid-ed horse-hair. The rider mounts, the lariat isloosened, and when all is ready the blind isremoved. The untamed animal stands shakingand dazed,--but for a moment only. With amighty effort he leaps into the air, almost turnsa somersault, and comes back to earth stiff-legged, and with rounded back. With the nextbound he is in another part of the corral, andthus he "bucks" incessantly for half an hour,snorting and twisting, till, completely tired out,he ceases, and is a good mustang ever afterward.Sweating, panting, and trembling in every mus-cle, he follows his conqueror into the barn, andwhen sufficiently cooled, he is given a feed ofoats. These are entirely new to the mustang,who snuffs at them timidly before he tastesthem; but from the first mouthful he likes them,and soon forgets the sting of defeat in their deli-cious qualities.

It is very essential that the mustang shall notthrow his first rider, for he will be likely to" buck " again when opportunity offers. I havein mind now a cayuse whose eyes have seen thelight for more than a quarter of a century, andwhich has bucked every time she has beenmounted since the day when she was broken,at the age of four years. Her life has beenthreatened time and time again, but the old lady

does not mind that in the least, and continuesto buck if she is tied up for ten minutes andagain mounted. Any cayuse can be made tobuck if one knows how, but, as a rule, theseperformances are not invited. One mustangwhose acquaintance I made on a three days'journey could be made to buck by pinching hisback-bone just behind the saddle; but he neverbucked while I rode him.

One of my favorite rides before my collegelife began was to the home of a friend of myown age, who lived several miles out' in thecountry, and it was my habit to spend everySaturday hunting or fishing near his home.One morning during the middle of summer Iwas riding toward my friend's house, when onsuddenly turning a bend in the dusty road, Isaw a boy leading a horse and limping alongslowly. I urged my horse into a brisk canter,and as I drew nearer I recognized my friend,a- d shouted to him. He presented such aridiculous sight that sobernesss was out of thequestion. He was leading an innocent-lookingnag, and was covered completely with dust,face, hair, and everything; and a more dejectedspecimen was never seen. On being askedwhat the matter was, he spat for a time, rubbingthe dust out of his mouth, and then told mehow he came in such a plight. He had sad-dled the beast to go to look at some traps hehad set for mink, but he had not been gonelong when the mustang took the bit in itsmouth and began to run for dear life. Sud-denly she stopped, planting her fore feet firmly.But not so with the rider; he kept on for sev-eral feet, rolling in the dust, which was a footdeep there, and accumulating it about him inlayers. He didn't tell me what he said whenhe picked himself up, but he concluded to walkhome, letting the traps wait a few days longer.

Two friends who were out camping killed fourdeer one morning, and having their horses withthem determined to put the hind-quarters ofthe deer on the horses. Accordingly, fourhams were fastened together, and a gray bron-cho was brought up. The deer were put on himall right, and were quite tightly fastened, the

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horse not taking much interest in what theywere doing, but feeding in the bunch grass,which was waist-high everywhere. The bron-cho, however, after a little time, became con-scious that something was wrong, and begansnorting. Turning his head, he got a goodsmell of the deer on his back, and then thecircus began. Snorting and jumping, the beastflew around, scattering dirt and pebbles every-where, while the hunters sat on a knoll, holdinga rope fifty feet long tied to the broncho's neck.The tremendous bucking soon loosened thehams, and they began to take all sorts of posi-tions; but finally the last knot gave way, and the

-deer rolled off, receiving two parting kicksbefore they reached the ground. A like per-formance was expected from the other cayuse;but he was not disturbed in the least by thecharacter of his load, and carried it safely tocamp.

Nearly all mustangs are hard to catch whenthey are running loose in a large pasture.When one has them securely, they are as docileas possible; but they are not docile till one getsthem where they can't escape. I rememberfollowing a cayuse all one afternoon, trying tocatch him. I offered him with one hand, hay,salt, barley and oats; and though he was willingenough to eat these, the moment my other handwas stretched out he was off. Not willing toown defeat, I concluded to follow him, and at aslow pace I dogged him wherever he went, tillafter three hours of this maneuvering heallowed me to approach and put on his halter.

I watched a gang trying to catch a long-leggedpinto, one day, and it certainly was amusing towatch the animal's actions. If any of the partytried to get near him, he would stick his tailstraight up into the air and run past them like alocomotive; if they attempted to surround him,he dashed through their ranks regardless. In-deed, the pinto had a wide reputation for hisfondness of freedom, and the only way he couldbe caught was by being lassoed; a thing noteasily done, for he could run faster than mosthorses.

The mustang, however, is not all meanness;

he has his good qualities as well as his bad ones,and at his worst is but a child in comparisonwith a mule. At the same time he is patientand faithful, sturdy and enduring. He is cheap,seldom costing fifty dollars; and he is small, sothat one does not get hurt if he tumbles off.The mustang is not the animal of civilization,and the pure-blooded mustang is not so easilyfound as formerly.

Crosses with finer-blooded horses havechanged him considerably, more particularlythe gait, which, short and easy in the native,becomes longer and harder by the crossing.

My First Day's Shooting.

Uj HO can ever forget his first day's shooting ?-his feelings of mingled anxiety and alarm

as he clumsily balanced his shot-gun on thebroken limb of some accommodating tree, doubt-ing even in that ecstatic moment whether him-self or his game is to be " knocked down " first;or the thrill of delight which passes through hiswhole frame as he pulls the fatal trigger, and con-signs to an ornithological heaven the immortalpart of some jaunty little wren shaking herselfon a neighboring fence-rail, or some red-headedwoodpecker tapping a hollow beech-tree. Whocan ever forget his feelings of exultation as hefolded the quivering limbs of his prize in hisjacket pocket, and in a loud voice informed hiscompanions that he had "bagged his game" /Who can ever forget the proud step with which,upon his return home, he has invaded thedreaded precincts of the kitchen,- until thatmoment as sacred as the dragon-watched gardenof the Hesperides,- or the majestic tones inwhich he has ordered its aproned guardian toserve thegame i. e., one wren, one woodpecker(red-headed), one ground-squirrel, and a spar-row (a record of whose death, he presumesfrom his early reading of Scripture, has beenmarked to his account above) - for supper, pre-cisely at 7 o'clock! Who can ever forget theminute details which he has given of this, hisfirst day's shooting, to the family as a " grace "to the meal which his mighty arm has provided

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for-them! How eloquentlyhehasdescribed hislong race after the ground-squirrel, before hecould get-it to stand still; how Joe headed it off,while he, the "crack shot" of the party, byunanimous vote was selected executioner! How"Papa" has facetiously cautioned him againstmistaking a " pea-chicken" for a partridge, andhis indignant disclaimer of such ignorance,while "Mamma" is carefully rubbing, with flannelsoaked in whiskey, the "black and blue" markson his right arm just below the shoulder, and"Bessie" is listening with the greatest interestto the recital of his hair-breadth escapes andwonderful adventures, which in her estimationplace him at once in the front rank of heroes,both ancient and modern, not excepting WilliamWallace and General Washington! Then howBessie slips off to the next cottage to communi-cate to her little friend (our hero's sweetheart),with many interjectional "oh's" and "ah's"and "dear me's," the full history of his exploits,and to promise for him that the second " fruits"of his prowess shall be sacrificed to her, the first,as in duty bound, being offered to the "Lares !"

Have you forgotten these childish incidents ?If so I pity you; for myself I would not ex-change this recollection of my first day's shoot-ing, for all the "fish, flesh, and fowl" that Ihave since murdered, according to the mostscientific principles. Thinkofthedailypetitionsto Papa asking a double-barreled gun, as the re-ward for " worlds of study" infututro! Thinkof the anxious fears of Mamma, quieted byknocking over a bluebird sitting on the porch-rail just at her elbow: the maternal exhota-tions, and the dainty lunch to preserve the lifeand stay the stomach of the adventurous young"Nimrod"! Think of the daily hydropathictreatment which the "double-barreled" issubjected to - drenched with warm and coldwater, and swathed in sheets and blankets!Think of the absorbing interest with which theForest and Stream was devoured! Think of thetopographical explorations of the surroundingcountry in search of a blackbird's nest! Thinkof the snowy owl shot one winter day on thesand-hills back of the beach,.and which "Papa"

(cruel man) said shouldn't be eaten - now or-namenting the most conspicuous place in thebedroom, and regarded with as much pride byits conqueror, as the Indian would feel athis scalp-girdle! Think of the many " trophies "that adorn the cidevant chicken-house, nowvcalled a shooting-box - the white blackbird, shotin Farmer Hedgerow's meadow; theyallarpar-tridge that Joe shot on the wing, because itswings had been shot off by some less enterprisingpredecessor; the black woodcock that was shoton the wing, as all the neighbors knew, andwhose fate worked so great a change in thedestiny of the humbler classes of the featheredtribe that had previously (only out of compli-ment to their "unhandsome corses") beenstyled game!

All this, and much more, who does not recol-lect? I do; and in thus imperfectly describingthose early impressions, I tell the story of yoursand my "first day's shooting."

Noticeable Articles.

THE For/nig/hly for November contains a paperby that vigorous writer, Mr. WV. S. Lilly, on a sub-ject which cannot fail, sooner or later, to comebefore the mind of every student of science whosestudies carry him at all below the surface of things-the subject, indeed, which underlies all the deepercontroversies of the day. It is entitled " Materialismand Morality," and in it the writer, taking threeeminent men as typical representatives of the mod-ern scientific spirit, namely, Prof. Huxley, HerbertSpencer, and that remarkable man, the late Prof.Clifford, proceeds to analyze their doctrines as purelymaterialistic. He quotes from Prof. Huxley, " Con-sciousness is a function of nervous matter, whenthat nervous matter has attained a certain degree oforganization ; W" WVe shall, sooner or later, arrive ata mechanical equivalent of consciousness just as wehave arrived at a mechanical equivalent of heat:""The progress of science has in all ages mneant, andnow more than ever means, the extension of theprovince of what we call matter and causation, andthe concomitant gradual banishment from all re-gions of human thought of what we call spirit andspontaneity.;" and he quotesto the same effectfrom:

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Spencer and Clifford. To be sure, there are manypassages in Spencer which look the other way: " Ithink, however," says Mr. Lilly, " that if we closelyexamine his writings, we shall find the persistenceof force his one formula. With that he will bringfor you life out of the non-living, morality out of theunethical, the spiritual out of the physical."

Against all this Mr. Lilly presents himself as thechampion of the opposing doctrines, and he drawsout the difference between the two systems veryclearly in a single paragraph: "' It will be found inthe long run that there are two and only two greatschools of thought; two schools which, in commonwith the philosophical writers of Germany, France,and Italy, I shall denominate Spiritualism ('inspite,' he says, ' of the abuse of that word by vul-gar charlatans') and Materialism, until better termsare forthcoming. Spiritualism seeks the explana-tion. of the universe from within, and, with Kant,holds it as a fundamental truth that the nature ofour thinking being imposes one way of conceiving,of valuing, and even of apprehending, invisiblethings. Materialism maintains that in these sen-sible things must be sought the explanation of ourideas and our wills. Spiritualism postulates a FirstCause possessing absolute freedom, and recognizestrue causality in man also, with his endowment oflimited and conditioned liberty of will. Materialismholds that we can know nothing before the proxi-mate and determining causes of phenomena, anddemands, in the words of Mr. Huxley, "the banish-ment from all regions of thought of What we callspirit and spontaneity." Spiritualism insists uponthe unity of consciousness - upon consciousness ofpersonal identity- as the original and ultimate factof man's existence. Materialism dissolves the egointo a collection of sensations, makes of conscious-ness an accidental and superficial effect of mechan-ism, and exhibits man a mere sequence of actionand reaction. Spiritualism maintains the absolutenature of ethics, the immutable distinction betweenmoral good and evil; Materialism refers everythingto heredity, temperament, environment, convention.

He says that Mr. Herbert Spencer resolves moralobligation into "a long-sighted selfishness, its sanc-tion into a brain-track ;" while Mr. Taine calls vir-tue and vice " merely products, like sugar and vit-riol." To this he opposes the following from Kant:" Will is a kind of causality, belonging to livingbeings in so far as they are rational; and freedom

is such a property of causality as enables them to beefficient agents independently of outside causes de-termining them; while, on the other hand, necessityis that property of all irrational beings which con-sists in their being determined to activity by theinfluence of outside causes." This conception ofhuman freedom, says Mr. Lilly, underlies the no-tion of crime. The sense of crime is bound up withthe belief in man's power of choice, and in his obli-gation to choose rightly.

This brief abstract gives but little idea of theabundance of illustration which characterizes thepaper. But Prof. Huxley found himself by nomeans satisfied with the writer's exposition of hisopinions, and in a characteristically vivacious arti-cle in the next number he gives his reply. He evencomplains that Mr. Lilly attributes to him ideaswhich he has been all his life opposing; and hemakes it abundantly evident that he is no adherentof that gross form of materialism represented byBiichner's " Kraft und Stoff," the doctrine "C thatthere is nothing in the universe but matter and force,and that all the phenomena of nature are explicableby deduction from properties assignable to these twoprimitive factors." " It seems to me pretty plain,"he pays, " that there is a third thing in the universe,to wit, consciousness, which I cannot see to be mat-ter or force, or any conceivable modification ofeither, however intimately the manifestations of thephenomena of consciousness may be connected withthe phenomena known as matter or force." Else-where, he says that no one doubts that conscious-ness, in certain forms, at any rate, is a cerebralfunction, implying that human consciousness is notwholly dependent on the material brain so as to per-ish with it. But, in spite of this admission, he atonce proceeds to declare himself, in regard to theopposite doctrine, an entire "agnostic," a know-nothing, and as purely a " determinist," that is tosay, a fatalist, as the most out-and-out believer innothing but matter and force. An acute writer inthe London Spjectator for December 4 th, takingthe other side very vigorously, winds up the con-troversy by pointing out Prof. Huxley's inconsisten-cies. He is much too clear a thinker to be satisfiedwith the gross materialism of such men as BUchner,but he fails to see that when he admits that he can-not prove that all forms of consciousness are func-tions of the brain, he knocks the whole foundationof materialism away. -

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The present writer need hardly say that, so far asthere is a real difference, he is all on the side ofKant, and the advocates of free-will and humanresponsibility. Doubtless it is true that men willnever cease to

"Reason highOf providence, foreknowledge, will and fate"

because, the problems being infinite, can never bewholly solved by finite minds. But is it equally truethat the disputants are always "' in wandering mazeslost". With all deference to Milton, it is not so.Philosophy is a progressive science as much as anyother; indeed, the science of sciences, because thefoundation of all others. What is needed is not theabolition of metaphysics, but a deeper metaphysics.4 A wider metaphysic would not harm our physic,is an abundantly true warning. Equally true is itthat a wider physic would not harm our meta-physic." Nothing is more striking than the higherplane on which such controversies are now carried.No one would confound such writers as Huxley andSpencer with the crude and gross materialists of theFrench Revolution. And, after all, is it not withmany of the combatants the story over again of theknights of the gold and silver shield?

I trust that this abstruse subject will have a realinterest for some of the readers of the T-ECH.

W. P. A.

P. S.- I have no one to blame but myself and myown bad hand-writing for what the printer in the lastand some preceding articles has occasionally mademe say; but really I did not write of Swinburnethat " since Byron, there has not been such a mix-ture of mind and force." I cannot now recollectwhat I did write; perhaps it was mud, to expressthe mixture of vulgar licentiousness and impudentdefiance of all right feeling with real genius inboth those poets.

'87's Greeting to 1887.

i2 HE society of '87 met at Parker's NewYear's eve, to see out the Old Year and to

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present, and were determined to enjoy the -even-ing without thought of cares and studies. Tosay that all enjoyed the evening, is not expres-sive enough of the pleasure of the occasion.After a short business meeting lunch was,served, and the punch-bowls set forth. When'due justice had been done to the repast, Presi-dent Sears announced as toastmaster Mr. T.D. Brainerd, who most happily filled that posi-tion. The first toast, "'87, the New Year,"was responded to very aptly by Mr. Draper."'The future" was brightly outlined by Mr. A.L. Cushing. THn TECH received good treat-ment from Quintard Peters, and "Athletics"were responded to by Mr. Loewenthal, whohandled his "points" well. Mr. Spauldinganswered for his departed glory, "whiskers" ;.and to the last toast, " Punch," Mr. Sears gave aspirited reply. The President read a congrat-u-latory telegram from ex-President Archer Corns,and a letter from F. C. Todd. Ex-PresidentFrank Shepard made a brief address. Mt.Brace read a well-written history, and QuintardPeters read a prophecy of the fates of the mem-bers one year hence, which contained manytelling hits. Timothy Sprague brought downthe house with the comical song, "An AwfulLittle Scrub"; and Mr. Sears read a poem uponthe death of the Old Year. At twelve o'clock,to the second, hearty cheers rang out for I887,, and toasts were drunk to the New Year, min-gled with songs. When quiet was resumed,Mr. Spaulding told a weird story of the Tech-nology ghost. An impromptu minstrel perform-ance was then most successfully carried out, withMr. Spaulding as interlocutor, and Messrs. Cobband W. R. Thomas as end-men; the features ofwhich were Mr. Taintor's original song, writtenfor the occasion, and his amusing story of theman and his wife from down in Maine.

The music during the evening was well ren-dered by a double quartette, under the leader-ship of Fred. Thompson. At an early hourin the morning the eventful meeting came toan end, and all reluctantly left the hotel fortheir homes, singing, "Here's to '87, drink herdown." --

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President Walker's report has appeared.

Well, how did you get through to-day?

Professor Richards has left for Bermuda, wherehe will stay until he recovers his usual health.

Of'87's "Technique" board only three editorsare now at the Institute.

Mr. Henry Souther, '87, is rapidly rapidly recoveringfrom his recent illness.

The Chicago Alumni Association of the M.I. T. has perfected its organization.

ProfessorJameson has been confined at homefrom a severe illness for about three weeks.

Tze Sunzday Herald of January 2d gave avery complimentary editorial review of " Tech-nique."

At a recent meeting of the Athletic Club itwas voted to give $Ioo to the Foot-Ball Asso-ciation.

W. 13. Douglas, 87, of Middletown, Conn.,has been in the city lately, meeting his friendsat the Institute.

C. M. Wilder, '86, is experimenting uponlighting the Boston & Albany cars by electricityfrom storage batteries.

Mr. Alexander R. McKim, '85, Ex-Presidentof the Board of Directors of THE TECH, is atpresent traveling in Europe.

On January 8th the electricals visited Harri-son Square, to inspect the interlocking switchsignals in use there.

At a recent meeting of the 2 G Society,Messrs. Ray, '88, Gaines, '88, and Beaman,'88, were initiated.

Professor Sedgwick was elected treasurer ofthe American Natural History Society, at itsrecent meeting in Philadelphia.

The'89 men are very considerate in wearingbows of orange and black; they can now bedistinguished from the Freshmen.

An unfortunate error in " Technique" was theomission of Mr. William M. Rickoff's namefrom the list of members of Theta Xi.

The Hammer and Tongs held its monthlydinner at Young's, Saturday night; Mr. A. E.Jones, '87, has become a member of the club.

The 2G. held its regular meeting January 5th.Interesting papers on subjects relating to min-ing were read by several members.

Should Col. Ingersoll visit the mining labora-tory during one of the night runs, he wouldprobably change his views about the hereafter.

Elwood J. Wilson, '86, has been appointed aninstructor in the analytical laboratory, and hasentered upon his duties.

Mr. John Blodgett, '88, has left the Instituteto accept a position on the Atchison, Topeka &Santa Fe Railroad, at Kingman, Kan.

Mr. J. WV. Cartwright, '89, has been electedtreasurer of the K2S Society, to fill the vacancycaused by the resignation of Mr. Jordan, '88.

The C. B A. Society saw in the New Year atYoung's. Several former members were pres-ent, and assisted the active members in seeingin the New Year with full Jclat.

A trip to South Framingham and Fitchburgwas made by the Senior Electricals on JanuaryIst, to examine the electric railway signals onthe 3Boston & Albany and Fitchburg Railroads.

A large number of copies of'87's "Technique"were left over from last year. Any one wishingto complete the set can obtain copies at theTECH office, for twenty-five cents apiece.

Mr. Wilcox, '87, read an essay on the treat-ment of zincy silver ore before the Seniorminers, on January 8th, and Mr. G. Whitneydiscussed the working of low-grade copperores.

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"Technique" of this year has been most fa-vorably criticised by all outsiders. Besides aneditorial notice 'in the Herald, an editorialappeared in the Trapscript of January 5th,which speaks of it in the highest terms ofpraise.

At the last meeting of the society of '87,Miss'Annie W. Sabine, M.A., was elected anhonorary member. Messrs. Fox, Brace, andBurgess constitute the committee to present thenew member with a society pin and photograph.

A neat piece of photographic work was theinsertion of, Duane's picture in the foot-ballgroup. It is so well done that it is almost im-possible to tell that it is inserted. The photo-graphs are now ready at Hastings'.

The class of '74 sat down at Young's, Decem-ber 28th, to its fifteenth annual dinner. Theelection of officers for the ensuing year resultedin the election of Mr. G. F. Haynes, of Waltham,as president, and Mr. C. F. Read, of Boston, assecretary.

At Columbia there is an assembly-room, wherethe students meet between recitations, and talk,smoke, and eat lunches. Such a room at theInstitute would be a great convenience, andwould allow the reading-room to become a place-where some studying can be done.

The following communication was receivedfrom the architectural department:-

" Editor of the TECH: Will you kindly in-form me when the janitor of the new buildingbought the Institute, and what was the consid-eration ? CONSTANT READER."

.The Freshman Drill went off most success--fully last Saturday. The battalion did itselfgreat credit, and will undoubtedly by the end ofthe year be as good as its predecessors, whichis saying a good deal. After the drill the floorwas given up to dancing, which continued untilsix o'clock.

The Architectural Society met on the even-ing of January Ist in the Rogers reading-room,

and listened to an interesting lecture by Prof.Clark, on Modern European Architecture. Thelecture was illustrated with many views, pro-jected on the screen by the stereopticon opera-tor Mr. Henry F. Bigelow.

Mr. Selwin L. Harding, of the class of '88,died last week at his home in Cambridge, otacute peritonitis. He had been ill but a fewdays. Mr. Harding was a graduate of HarvardUniversity, receiving his degree with the classof '86, and although at the Institute but a shorttime, had already won the highest opinions ofboth students and professors, who feel his lossmost keenly.

The law of Action and Re-action has againbeen strikingly illustrated. A certain boldSophomore who made himself conspicuous inthe cane-snatching following the rush, appearedat the Institute after Christmas, the proud pos-sessor of a new cane. One aggrieved Freshman,seeing his opportunity for retaliation, forthwithmade himself the possessor of the cane. Greatwas the lamentation of the Sophomore.

The Glee Club has been rehearsing regularlythrough the term under the direction of Prof.Pigon, and has sung at Mrs. Roger's and at thePresident's receptions, adding to the pleasure ofthose entertainments. Those, however, weremere incidental appearances, and the club willmake its first formal appearance at a concert tobe given in the latter part of February. Tick-ets will be on sale this week, and can be ob-tained from any member of the club.

The Class of '85, which was well known forits enterprise during its course at the Institute,has just issued a class Annual, containing newsof its scattered, together with many brightsketches and interesting stories. The book wasedited by Messrs. I. W. Litchfield, Charles R.Richards, and Arthur D. Little, and many ofthe illustrations were drawn by Mr. JosiahPierce, Jr. Messrs. Little and Litchfield wereformerly editor-in-chief and business manager,respectively, of the TECH.

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Co-operative Society.

*,:THIE Directors of the Co-operative Societyare .pleased to announce to the students that,they have taken under consideration the forma-:iti.n of a book exchange, and have made definiteplans and arrangements for it, so that at thecommencement of next term, it is expectedthat it will be in good running order. Owingto the fact that there is a great lack of room atthe Institute, so that the Directors have foundit impossible to obtain space for the Exchange:in the Institute building, they have hired Messrs.C. M. and J. W. Cox, on Clarendon Street, astheir agents to receive, store, and sell, books forthe members of the Society.

-:,.,,On and after January I17th, any member whowishes to sell text-books, drawing-boards, T-squares, instruments or triangles, can take themto the Society's agents, who will give a receipt.for each book or drawing article. These will beon. sale at agent's store to any member of theSqciety, at prices a schedule of which will beposted on the East bulletin board in Roger's,and also at Cox's. As soon as a book is sold,no6tice will be sent to the owner, who on appli-'cation and presentation of his coupon receipt,will receive from the agents the scheduled

--price less Io per cent, which will be the agent'scommission for selling the same; if the book isnot sold the owner can at any time withdraw itfrom the Exchange, and all books and drawing-Jintr.uments must be withdrawn by June I 5th,they otherwise becoming the property of theS.ociety.

If on the schedule of prices any book usedat the Institute has been omitted, it may bedeposited in the Exchange at the owner's price.tit will be noticed that no charge for handlingthe books is made by the Society except enoughto pay the agent's commission. The Exchange"will be open for members of the Co-operativeS6ciety only, and it is hoped that any student

:hvho is not now a member, will join at once inorder to derive the advantages of the Exchange,

'as:- well as those of the generous discounts ofthe-affiliated tradesmen. - .

The Tuftonian presents a very carefully pre-pared Christmas number. The cover is particu-larly striking. "The Old Wizard" is by all oddsthe best-written paper that has appeared in itsits columns in a long time. "I Will Repay"and "Body and Soul" are also very readablearticles.

The Columbia Spectator's last number is morethan usually attractive, which is saying a gooddeal. It contains a number of good cuts, amongwhich is "A Rapid Departure," representingthe four classes, dressed in appropriate costumes,on as many toboggans, in rapid transit by moon-light. The cut is very well executed.

The Yale Record is an exchange which weread with no little interest. Its editorial de-partment is the strongest feature in the paper,although the " Owlisms" are particularly brightand witty, and the literary department able.

The W. T. I of Worcester Institute might,without injury to the paper, extend its literaryand College news departments. The last num-ber presents a very good editorial department.

Student Life, of Washington University, isvery original and spicy. Its editorial depart-ment is in the center of the paper, and occupiestwo pages of closely printed matter on questionswhich must be of vital interest to the Washing-ton University students. Its college news isvery short, but the exchange editor shows bothtaste and ability in the manner in which he con-ducts "Our Table."

The last number of the Lehigh Burr makesthe statement that itself and the ColumbiaSpectator are the only college papers that areillustrated as a regular thing. TIlE TECH, it

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says, occasionally has an illustration, but this isat intervals. Now, we do not claim to be aregularly- illustrated paper, but- we do claim tobe illustrated as frequently, and more so, thanthe Burr. If the Burr has any of our issues oflast year, we would like its exchange editor tolook them over and see if they are not illus-trated, all but one. Our first issue of this yearhad no illustration. We have been unable todiscover any in the October number of the Burr.In conclusion, we would like to ask the editor-ofthe Burr if he ever heard of the Harvard Lam-poon ?

HARVARD.- Nichols, '86, is studying at theMedical School, and will probably play on thenine in the out-field next spring.-The after-noon chapel exercises are very successful, andit is now more than likely that during the win-ter, at least, the daily exercises will be held inthe afternoon instead of the morning. Profes-sors Lowell and Torrey have been placed onthe retired list.-The University boat-crew willbegin rowing in the gymnasium at once.- Thelong vacation came to an end January 3d.- Therumor that several freshmen had been expelledfrom college before Christmas, is entirelygroundless.

YALE.- The Banner cost seventy-five cents.It contains an unusually large and carefullyprepared lot of statistics.- There is a planafloat at Yale to build a tank large enough tocontain a stationary shell, in which the crewcan get practice in rowing on water during thewinter months.- Gen. George B. Carrington, ofBoston, has presented the college library withthe original manuscript of an address deliveredby Rev. James Beebe, of the class of 1745, tothe soldiers he was leading to Canada in theFrench and Indian War (Brunonian).

PRINCETON.- It is stated that the PrincetonFaculty have under consideration the advisabil-ity of changing Princeton College into a uni-

Iversity, after the fashion set by Yale. One ofthe strongest arguments in its favor is the ex-treme ease with which it can be accomplished(Ex.)- The college has been presented by theclass of'76 with $r,ooo, the interest of which isto be devoted to a prize debate.- Cook, of '89,has been elected captain of the eleven for thecoming year.

THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA was the firstcollege to issue an annual publication.

Dr. Nicholas Butler, of Columbia, is to havethe charge of a supplement to Science, appearingevery fourth number, and devoted to the educa-tion of pedagogics.-- Pennsylvanian.

The Niagara Index seems to be a target atwhich every college editor in the land is havinga shot. The Exchange editor is the bull's eye.Would it be a mixed metaphor to say that thebull's eye has a forked tongue ? - Ex.

THE Spirit of the Times offers a prize of oneyear's subscription to any one who will satisfac-torily explain the resolutions adopted at theInter-collegiate Foot-ball Convention.

After a lapse of over twelve years, womenhave again been admitted to the Medical Collegeof Edinburgh.

OBERLIN COLLEGE.- Physical exercise is re-quired of the co-eds.

By the recent base-ball rules, when a bats-man takes his base on balls, he is to be creditedwith a base-hit. The same rule in collegewould give a man a perfect mark, when aninstructor forgets to ask him a question.-Lowell Courier.

THE Columbiad, published by the Juniorclass at Columbia College, will soon be ready forsale. A more than ordinarily fine number isexpected.

Twenty fellowships are annually given byJohns Hopkins University to graduates of theUniversity, or others, who expect to devotetheir lives to special branches of learning.

There are one hundred and four collegegraduates in the House of Representatives.

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THE STRANGER SAW THE POINT.

On one of the recent cold nights, a man washastening across the Common-with his overcoatbuttoned up to his -neck. He was rather anx-ious to know what time it was, but he was toolazy to unbutton his coat in order to get at hiswatch. Just then he saw a man of well-dressedappearance coming in the distance, and re-marked to himself: -

"Go to ! I will e'en ask yon genteel strangerwhat time it is, and he will unbutton his coat,pull out his watch, and eke inform me of thehour of the night.'.

He perceived that the stranger was buttonedup just as he was. When he came up, the manwho wanted to know the time touched his hatpolitely and- said:-

" Sir, do you know what time it is ?"The stranger paused, removed his right glove,

unbuttoned his coat from top to bottom, unbut-toned his under coat, and finally pulled out hiswatch, while the cold wind beat against his un-protected chest.

Holding up the watch so that the light wouldshine on it, he scrutinized it an instant, andsaid:

"Yes!"And then he passed on without another word.

-Boston Record.

Prof.: "You shouldn't yoke the horse andthe ass together; it doesn't make a good team."Student unconsciously thinks of the many timeshe has been with his " horse," but isn't quitesure of the truth of the statement.- Yale Record.

A lady calling herself Silva Dolaro is singingin opera. That certainly is a taking name. Inspite of its short-comings, the Silva Dolaro willalways be popular with the masses. Life.

LEARNING A TRADE.

Blacksmith (toyoung man): "You think youpossess the necessary qualifications for a black-smith ?"

Young man: "Yes, sir; I was a member ofthe foot-ball team at college.

Blacksmith (dubiously): "You may be strongenough, young man, but the business demandsbrains as well as strength.-Life.

An absent-minded husband who hadn't beento church for a long time, reached for his hat asthe choir ceased singing, and a momentary lulltook place, when his wife whispered:-

"What are you doing, John ?""I'm just going out to see a man," he said.

-Puck.

Speaking of diamonds, we have seen the timewhen the Kohinoor would look dim and luster-less along side of the ace. Life.

TIHE WAGER.

I took her out to see the game,A pretty blooming Miss;

She wvished to bet, and so I madeA bet about like this:

She bet we'd lose; I bet we'd win;She didn't like to put up " tin,"So I, accomrnodatingly,

Proposed we bet a kiss.

She blushed, and then agreed, becauseI'd surely lose, she said;

And I discreetly held my peace,And wisely shook my head-

For wvell I knew the pleasant factThat when the game was done,Then if I lost, or if I won,

The bet must still be paid.Yale Record.

MIY CHRISTMAS-CARD.

A dainty bit of satin,A pencil poised in air,

A pretty face upturned,A faint smile playing there.

"A design for my card," quoth she,"Something sweet and rare;

A bit of art with mieaning,

Exquisite, ddbonnaire."

I seized the pencil quickly,And drew, with reverend care,

The face I saw before me,The sweetest, rarest there.

-Yale Record.

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DRESS SHIRTS,For Weddings, for Receptions, for Dinner Par-ties, with Collars, Cuffs, and Cravats, in the latestEnglish styles.

Plain French Bosoms,Fine Spots, Plaits and Cords.

Jurors' award for beauty of workmanship anddesign, and distinguished excellence in the man-ufacture of shirts.

NOYES BROS.,

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Fine Pottery, Glass, and Lamps.T H E subscribers invite attention to their stock of the above branches, which

we dare say is not excelled on this continent. One of our firm visits thePotteries of England, France, Germany, China, and Japan, seeking the bestproducts from original sources. We have also specimens from the best homemaLufacturers, comprising desirable exhibits of useful and ornamental wares,to which WE INVITE INSPECTION. Six floors, wholesale and retail.

JONES, McDUFFEE & STRATTON,I20 Franklin Street, corner Federal.

N. B. -Our exhibit of Lamps, Bed-room Sets, Smokers' Sets, and choiceGms in Cut Glass and China for Wedding (Gifts, is extraordinary Fromthe old Wedgwood Pottery we have Plaques, Plates, AMugs, Jugs, Tiles, andCoffees, decorated (under glaze) with Boston scenes (including cut of theTech Institute), which may be found desirable as souvenirs.

STUDENTS'SUPPLIES.

A FULL LINE OF

Mathematical Goods, Blank Books,Figuring Blocks, Stylographic

Pens, etc., and all varietiesof Drawing Papers.

Also, the LATEST 'NOVELTIES in

CHOCOLATES,

C. 1VBON-BONS, and

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COX,Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

Artists' Materials and Fine Stationery,214 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

RYZMenus and Orders for Class Suppers and Dances.

BLANKET WRAPSFor Men, Women, and Children, for the House,the Bath, or the Sick-Room. Those having occa-sion to be up nights will find them indispensable.

$3.75 to $75.00.Lambs' Wool Abdominal Bands, a positive

cure for all Bowel Troubles, Ladies' and Men's,at Noyes Bros.'

Underwear and Hosiery in Pure Silk, Lambs'Wool, Merino, Balbriggan, and English Cotton,for early fall wear, at Noyes Bros.'

English Flannel Pajamas, Long Flannel NightShirts and Wraps, for steamer and railway trav-eling, at Noyes Bros.'

Dress Shirts, with the New French Cords,Spots, and Fine Plaited Bosoms, elegantly madeby Messrs. Noyes Bros.'

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DRESSING GOWNS, JACKETS, AND WRAPS.English Cheviots,

ENGLISH AND FRENCH FLANNELS,

Silk and Wool, and Pure Silk Shirtings,For Lawn Tennis, for Steamer Traveling, forHunting and Fishing, for Railway and Yachting,alcays in stock or made to special measure.

ENCLISH NECKWEAR.London Tan Street Gloves, warranted, $1.35.

NOYES BROS.,Washington and Summer Streets,

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BE$RY H. TUTTLE & CO.Would call the attention of Students

to their stock of

Seasonable Foot Wear,NEW AND NOVEL STYLES,

Some of which are exclusizve wzv/tz us.

Prices as low as consistent with

good stock and workmanship.

435 Washington Street,

BOSTON.

GRAND UNION HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY.

OPPOSITE GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT.

GUiEST>S' BA,GGAGC;E TO AND Fl RO1M

GRAND CEN'TRAT, DEPO)T FREE.

Over 6oo handsomelv furnishedrooms at $I.oo per dlay and upward.European Plan.

FIRST-CLASS Restaurant, Dining-Rooms, Caf~6, and Lunch Counter,a la car/ce, at moderate prices.

Travelers can live well at the

GRAND UNIONfor less money than at any otherfirst-class hotel in New York.

WV. D. GARRISON,Malnager.

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Washington and Summer Streets, English Mackintosh Coats for Ladies and Gen-MOS=OMT, -Vr- S0 A, tlemen, at Noyes Bros.'

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CAREFULLY SELECTED STOCK OF

FAINTINGS,FINE fTCHINGS,

jAAREE j-NGFAVINGS, FAFRBONS,

PHOTOGRAPHS, FTC., FTC,

PECIAL ATTENTION TO PRTISTIC YP\AMING.

pLD lICTU\ES fESTOPED. PLD YR\AMES fE-GILT.

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-oGENTS FOR f\OGERS' JPROUPS.

PORTRAIT ARTIST.PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE CLASS OF '87.

ALL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS MAY HAVE

PICTURES AT GREAXTLY REDUCED PRICES.

A. N. HAR DY,493 Washington Street, Boston,

RAYMOND &

179 TREMONT STREET,

Importers, Jobbers, and Retailers 0of Fine Cigars."He who doth not smoke hath either known no griefs, or refuseth himiself the softest

next to that which comes from Heaven."--Sir Bucluwe- L'vflout.consolation

Our assortment is at all times complete in Popular Brands.Our importations are regular, and in such quantities as enable us

at all times to offer to our customers fresh goods.

RAYMOND & FOX.Thorndike Hair-Dressing Rooms.

A. S. SCHUTZ, Proprietor.

SIX SHAVES FOR NINETY CENTS.

Billiar cl-loo ma C orlm=ectel_

BOSTON FOREIGN BOOK-STORE.CARL SCHOENHOFTE

144 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON.

AMATEUR PHOTO-OUTFITS.DIscOUNT T0 STUDEN IS.

Send for lists to HANNINC R. SELEE,.56i Bromllield Street, Boston.

TOOL DEPOT.CALL AND EXAMINE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT

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GERLACH & STEUER(Formerly Jacob Gerlach),

Ladies' and Gents' Hair Cutting.54 TEMPLE PLACE,

BOSTON.Manufacturer of Ventilating or

Gossamer wigs and toupees.Ladies' Hair Work of every va-

riety. Children's Hair cut in theneatest style.

TRADE MARKR.

Black StockingsMoney refunded if they stain the

feet. Every pair stamped withour warrant.

THE F. P. ROBINSON CO.,&9 G ermt Strweet, Macato.L.

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A large Stock of Foreign andDomestic Goods always on hand.

Agent for Winchester, Son, &Flowers, 17 Maddox Street, andWhitaker & Co., 43 Conduit Street,London, W

THE ASSOCIATION GYMNASIUM,Corner Boylston and Berkeley Streets.

R. J. ROBERTS, Superintendent.H. L. CHADWICK, . . . Assistant Superintendent.L. F. SMALL, . . . . . . . . Clerk.

003PS OF COMPETENT VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS.

Classes Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.Special Attention to Members not in Classes.

The newest and most complete Gymnasium in regard toApparatus and all other appointments.

Terms, including Box, Measurements, Personal and Class Instruction,$8.00 per year; for three months, $5.00.

Young men purposing to join a Gymnasium are invited to inspectthis Gymnasium thoroughly.

London Trouser- Stretcher.Takes bagging out of knees and restores

Dantaloons to original shape. Price,y .2.50, AGENTS WANTED. Sendfor Circular. The best Present you canmake to any gentleman. Sole W holesaleAgents in thelUnited States,

G. W. SIMMONS & CO.,32 North Street, Boston, Mass.

BRUNSWICK HAIR.DRESSING ROOMSROBERT LINK, Proprietor.

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panamatinic Lens. 34 Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass.

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PREPARATION fcr the INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY,and for HARVARD COLLEGE without Greek,

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F or 18871 CALENDARS AND DIARIES, 330 WASHINGTON ST,, BOSTON,%TIE BIJOU DIRECTORY, ELEGANT STATIONERY,

(BeMoon Hill, Back Bay, and South End,)AENI'8 OOLOGY OF NEW ENtfGILAf

Folio, with supesrb Colored fllutrations, For 887, ; Dress Suits loaied for, occaions8;

C. E. RIDLER, Corner Boylston and Berkeley Sts., Boston.

PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Note Books and Students' Supplies,165 Tremont Street, 3Boston. t 1ores pblsa pie,

Preparstlon for College, INSTITUTEI OF TECHNOLOGY, nd a n fBusines8. Thorough Instruction given in Elementary I:5.- 0,. :

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