The echOVOL. X. BOSTON, MARECH 12, 1891. NO. 11.

9H E ,iEGH.Published on alternate Thursdays, during the college year, by the

students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

BOARD OF EDiTORS.FREDERICK HOPPIN HOWLAND, '92, Editor-fin-Chief.

HERBERT EMERSON HATHAWAY, '9I.THEODORE SPENCER, 'gx.

FREDERICK TITCOMB SNYDER, '9I.AILLEN FRENCH, '92.

ALBERT FARWELL BEMIS, '93.

ALLEN FRENC-I, Secretary.

HARRY NYE WILLIAMS, '92, Business lAanager.CHANNING McGREGORY WELLS, '92, Ass't Busintess Mfanager.

Subscription, $2.oo per year, in advance. Single copies, 15 cts. each.

FRANK WOOD, PRINTER, 352 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.

,- AdF tennis is to be madea success at the In-stitute,-and there isno reason why itshould not be,-it is

'" ,-iII '" t" "iV.. time for the Tennisa'~- -_2~ -~ Association to look

about for grounds on which to lay out a fewgood courts. There are several desirablesituations in the immediate neighborhood ofour buildings, and some one should take thematter in charge. And let the best of the oldcourts be rolled, and put in good condition assoon as the weather begins to be warm.

It is none too cold for tennis after March,and in two months our players could get in agreat deal of practice, besides having an in-centive to healthful exercise, the best possiblehelp through the annuals.

HERE is no doubt that the Secretary andthe others at the Institute who arrange

matters for the students endeavor to make thingsas convenient as possible. That they fail in

particular cases, is due partly to the fact thatthey do not see events from the same side asthe fellows, and partly to the rapid expansionof our college, both in curriculum and size,which renders arrangements of one yearentirely inadequate for the next.

Thus the present system of bulletin boardswas not arranged solely to force the men totake "the proper amount of exercise" by com-pelling them to walk the 3,ooo feet, and climbthe thirteen flights of stairs, necessary to con-scientiously consult the fourteen regular bulle-tin boards now in daily use. Nor is thedistributing of notices on these same boardsarranged to produce a maximum amount ofannoyance, although it appears so.

When the Institute outgrew the "good oldtimes" when all the bulletins were placed inRogers corridor, it was a consideration of theconvenience of the men that led to the intro-duction of other bulletin boards in the newserbuildings, with the idea of saving unnecessarytrips to Rogers. This plan waas a good one.Its conspicuous failure is due to the corps ofinstructors. Each one who had a notice topromulgate, found it much easier to put it onthe nearest bulletin board, instead of the onemost convenient for the men; or if that nearestboard was not very near, the notice looked justas well displayed on a handy door. If a mandidn't happen to see it he lost the lecture, thatwas all.

A most pertinent comment on the presentstate of the system is the notices that havelately appeared over the Secretary's signature,directing men where to find other notices inwhich they are interested. This, taken withthe fact that it is frequently impossible to ob-tain any track of a given lecture or recitationat his office, shows that the Secretary has notthe control of the notices that, for the best in-

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terest of both teachers and pupils, he or somesubordinate should have. In this matter theinterests of those who issue the notices and ofthose for whom they are intended are identical:both desire speedy and sure delivery of theinformation contained.

And this can be most readily obtained bygoing back to the original idea of multiplebulletin boards. That is, that each course ineach year shall receive all its notices in thesame place; that the convenience of the many,as represented by the students, may be as fullyconsidered as the convenience of the few, inthe persons of the corps of instructors.

•-OW that the baseball season is about toC begin, we are once more reminded how

all athletics are handicapped in the Institute.In baseball, as in football, if first-class practiceis to be given the team, suitable grounds haveto be obtained. If the men are to have op-portunities for proper team work in the field,it seems as though the management should goto the inconvenience or expense of obtainingthe use of grounds. It can hardly be ex-pected, however, that anything of this sortcan or will be done, our baseball teams beingconfined to the two lower classes.

Thus it may be seen how our athletics aredoubly retarded fi-om the very first. Inscientific schools and colleges there is alwaysan obstacle in the path of all outside workand'pleasure in the very nature of the coursesof study. To have a second obstacle placedin one's way because of a lack of suitablegrounds and appliances, seems indeed veryhard to those interested.

ROFESSOR POPE has decided to adopta method in conducting the intermediate

examinations in Freshman Chemistry which,though by no means new, is rarely employedat the Institute. Instead of detailing a squadof assistants to keep watch over every move-

ment, the men are to be placed upon theirhonor, and left alone in the room.

We sincerely hope that events will justifyProfessor Pope's decision. The usual systemof espionage is extremely unsatisfactory,though it may, perhaps, be the only practica-ble one. Students who are perfectly honest,and who have worked hard through the term,are often prevented from doing themselvesjustice in an examination by the knowledgethat a pair of eyes is constantly fixed uponthem-those eyes, in some cases, showing adisagreeable eagerness to catch somebodyunawares, and thus in our little community, asin the world about us, the innocent many areforced to suffer for the actions of the guiltyfew.

HE Annual Open Meeting of the Ath-letic Club having passed, it is none too

soon to begin to train for the Spring OutdoorMeeting. During the past month, to those atall interested in the development of the body,it has been a source of much delight to seehow well the "gym" was being patronized,and what good work was being done. Evento those not much interested in athletics, itmust be very gratifying to know that thereare men in the Institute who do care for them,and who are willing to uphold their class inthe general competitions.

We trust we may see the gymnasium aslively for the next two months as it has beenduring the past one. Let every man whoever did anything in athletics, is doing any-thing, or thinks he can do anything, decide tobegin now, and to help out his class at theSpring Meeting.

The Athletic Club is doing all in its powerto aid the cause of athletics in the Institute.Last Saturday we were shown how successfulan open meeting could be made. NextSaturday members of the Athletic Club are tobe given an exhibition of sparring, and anintercollegiate tug-of-war contest, which will

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be decidedly interesting,-the same team hav-ing challenged Columbia. Let us assist theofficers of the Club in every way possible,and make the Spring Meeting as successfulas the other meetings this year have been.

The Athletic Meeting.

THE annual open indoor meeting of theAthletic Club, held in Winslow's SkatingRink, on Saturday, was a highly interestingand successful affair in every way. Tech.failed to secure first place in any of the events,but three of our records were broken, and'considering the men who entered from Har-vard and the Boston Athletic Association, ourmen made a most creditable showing.

There were more spectators present thanthere have ever been at a meeting under ourauspices, and the officers of the club are to becongratulated upon the success of their eftbrts.There should have been more Technologymen among the audience as well as in thecontests, but that is another matter.

Within a few minutes of the appointed time,the contests began with putting the shot, thestanding high jump commencing immediatelyafterwards. J. R. Finlay, H. A.A., won theformer by a put of 36 ft. 3 in., S. H. Evinswinning second place by a put of 35 ft. 4 in.

The standing high jump was won by C. H.Bean, H. A. A., who cleared 4 ft. 61 in., leav-ing the other two contestants, P. G. Carter,Tech., '94, and G. F. Taylor, H. A. A., tiedfor second place. G. F. Taylor won by thesame height as that made by Bean.

There were over forty entries in the fifty-yard dash, which consequently had to be runin three rounds of heats.

The winners in the first round were: E. B.Bloss, B. A. A., H. A. A.; E. C. Moen, H.A. A.; W. L. Thompson, H. A. A.; A. H.Green, H. A. A.; O. W. Shead, H. A. A.;G. R. Fearing, H. A. A.; 0. K. Hawes, H.A. A.; and S. V. R. Thayer, B. A. A., H.A. A. C. E. Buchholz, Tech. '92, and F.

W. McNear, B. A. A., H. A. A., ran a deadheat.

In the second round the winners were: A.H. Green and S. V. R. Thayer, with E. C.Moen and 0. K. Hawes second. A. H.Green, O. K. Hawes, and S. V. R. Thayercontested the final heat, which was won byA. H. Green, of Harvard, in 54- sec., with S.V. R. Thayer second, and 0. K. Hawes third.

C. E. Buchholz, '92, in his run withMcNear, broke the Tech. record for this eventby a fifth of a second.

The pole vault was one of the most interest-ing of the contests. It was won by H. R.Dalton, B. A. A., by a height of 9 ft. io in.J. Crane, Jr., Tech. '92, and B. A. A., se-cured second place, with a height of 9 ft. 9gin., breaking the Institute record by 5.5 in.

In the single-stick contest, R. Stone, H. A.A., defeated R. H. Beattie, Tech. '93, and P.R. Turnure, H. A. A., thereby winning,while Turnure secured second place.

The mile walk was won by R. S. Hale, B.A. A., H. A. A., in 7 min. 62- sec., with C.R. Bardeen, 13. A. A., H. A. A., second. S.C. Brackett, H. A. A., and A. L. Endicott,H. A. A., were disqualified for running.

The fifty-yard hurdle was run in heats, thewinners being: Preliminary round, G. R.Fearing, H. A. A., A. M. White, Jr., H. A.A., and P. J. Finneran, B. A. A., the timein each case being 72 sec. Final heat, G.R. Fearing first; time, 72 sec.; A. NI. White,Jr., second.

There was a motley crowd of entries in themile run, which narrowed down, however, inthe first few laps. G. Lowell, H. A. A.,won in 4 min. 57j2 sec., with G. L. Batchelder,B. A. A., H. A. A., second.

The last event was the running high jump,which was close and exciting. C. D. Hey-ward, Tech. '93, did especially well, breakingthe Instltute record by 41- in., his jump being5 ft. Io- in. G. R. Fearing, H. A. A., won,clearing 6 ft. I1 in., J. E. Morse, B. A. A.,taking second.

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The officers of the meeting were: Referee,J. L. Bachelder, Jr., '90o; Judges, J. Taylor,B. A. A., W. R. Kales, '92, R. G. Brown,B. A. A., G. W. Beals; Timekeepers, F. M.Wood, B A. A., C. M. Lincoln, B. A. A.,J. G. Lathrop, H.A.A.; Starter, H.S.Cornish,B. A. A.; Referee of single stick, LouisRondelle; Scorer, W. B. Poland, 'go; Judgeof walking, E. E. Merrill; Clerk of Course,E. Cunningham, '91; Assistants, T. Spencer,'91, W. C. Dart, '9 I .

The Oxford-Cambridge race will take placeon March 2Ist. Both crews are now rowingon the Thames. Oxford is said to have thebest crew the University has had for years,and is considered sure to win the race.

The presidents of the Yale and Harvardcrews have formulated a statement of the con-ditions under which they will row the race atNew London this year, and have submittedthem to the New London Board of Trade.

At the last meeting of the Board of Govern-ment of the Manhattan Athletic Club, it wasdecided to send a team composed of the bestAmerican athletes to England about the mid-(Ile of June. This will be in ample time forthe men to compete in the English champion-ships in Manchester. The team will prob-ably be accompanied by Captain Cornell andTrainer Robinson, and the expenses of thetrip will be defrayed by the receipts of theM. A. C. indoor games, which are to be heldin Madison Square Garden on March I 4 th.

The Trustees of Cornell have appropriated$2I,oo000 to iuild an annex to the gymnasium.The annex will contain a large gymnasium,drill hall, assembly room, crew and trophyrooms, baseball cage, bowling alleys, andincreased bathing facilities. The Trusteesalso appropriated a sufficient sum to erect alaw school building. Tuition in the literarycourses and law school were reduced to $Ioo

a year.

That Summer School.ITH Technology's cheer ringing in our

ears, we left the Boston station of theBoston and Maine Railroad, on the eveningof Wednesday, June 4 th, I89o, and beganour journey to the West. Having just comesafely through the annuals, it would be super-fluous to describe the blissful sensation ofhappiness that dominated the mind of eachindividual ; while in addition to the comfortable,consoling thought of the snares, and pitfalls,and days and nights of ceaseless grinding wehad left behind, there lay before us the longvacation, these first four weeks of which wereto be spent among scenes entirely new tomost of us. With all the advantages of a con-genial company, there wasn't a blot to dim thebright outlook. Work was the last thing tobe thought of; and even when we did think ofit, how small a factor it appeared when werealized that all our nights were our own.The power for generating peace and contentthat lies in that condition of things can befully realized by all students of Technology.

The brief suggestions sent out by ProfessorRichards had persuaded fifteen ambitiousseekers afteir knowledge to accompany himand Professor Hoffman to Ishpeming, Michi-gan, where were located the mines of theLake Superior Iron Company and others.

It had been decided to leave Boston forMontreal, and to proceed thence to our desti-nation via the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Accordingly, on the morning of the 5thof June we breakfasted in that refuge of ab-sconding cashiers, and then wandered throughthe streets, feeling in duty bound to see asmuch as possible of the great city. Armongother things, we discovered that collars thatsold for thirty-five cents apiece in Boston,could be had here for a quarter; those of uswho were able to perceive the advantages ofsuch an arrangement accordingly laid in astock, which still continues to defy the efbfortsof our laundresses, thus proving the practicalvalue of our course in Political Economy.

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Our success in the collar line encouragedus to further efforts, and we nearly missed ourtrain, the clear-headedness of one of our num-ber, who was not of a speculative nature,alone saving us.

After leaving Montreal our journey was amonotonous one, as far as events of the out-side world were concerned, and we werethrown upon the resources of cards and tobaccofor amusements, those unfortunates who wereunable to appreciate this delightful combina-tion of excitement and enjoyment contentingthemselves with the prosaic novel. Soonleaving the thickly settled districts, we trav-eled along through rough, uncultivated coun-try, stopping now and then at little stations,where the arrival of our train seemed to be amomentous event to the little community thatalways collected at the depot.

There was nearly always a group of usupon the rear platform, and an occasionalcheer as we passed through some of these littlesettlements caused much wonder among theinhabitants, who probably took us for trans-ported lunatics. After another night in thewilderness we drew up at the station in Ish-peming, in a dismal rain, on the evening ofFriday, June 6th.

Arrangements had been made beforehandfor our accommodation, and after a short walkwe were ushered to the top floor of a veryrespectable house, presided over by a fat,good-natured grocer and his pleasant-facedwife.

The upper floor, which had been reservedfor our use, contained three moderately sizedrooms, of which ten of us took immediatepossession. There was, of course, a choiceas to beds, bureau drawers, order at the wash-bowl, etc., which had to be decided uponwithout delay; and our employment of a coinfor this purpose, we have every reason tobelieve, was the foundation for the rumor thatgot about to the effect that we were all in-veterate gamblers.

We encamped in the three rooms as follows:

Hamilton, '9 I , and Lobenstine, '92, had thesmallest room to themselves, and were con-sidered fortunate. Haskins, '9 I , and Harvey,Payne, and Howland, all '92, shared twobeds in another room, overlooking the rail-road tracks, the average time between twopassing ore trains being half an hour, dayand night, each train occupying ten minutesin clattering over a very poorly constructedswitch directly opposite the house. This wasour only discomfort, but, according to theeffects of habit, we finally reduced it to aminimum. Schroeter, 'go, Stevenson andFavor, '9 I , and Parks, '92, occupied the thirdroom across the hall. The two professorswere down stairs, and Weston, '9 I , hired asuite in a neighboring hotel, which offeredmore opportunities for solitude and freedomof thought.

That evening, after a good solid meal, thatnot only satisfied our appetites for the present,but also put our minds at rest as to our futurefare, provided the quantity and quality didn'tchange for the worse, we started out to makeourselves familiar with the town.

Ishpeming is a quiet little place, populatedalmost entirely by the miners, the higherelement of society being represented by theofficers of the mining companies and the fewmerchants who dealt in the necessities ofmining life, with their respective families.

The streets were always quiet after dark,and during the day also, for that matter, andthere wasn't a sign of a fight, even of themost harmless description, during the wholeof our stay, which was a sad disappointmentto some of us, who had formed ideas of min-ing camps from descriptions we had read ofthe palmy days of '49 in California. Thedifference between the reality and the idealwas doubtless explained by the commercialvalue of iron as related to that of gold.

We found out the location of the chiefplaces of interest, and then returned to ourboarding house to prepare for the descent intothe mines on the following day.

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It was Professor Richards' idea to have usspend the whole of the next day in exploringone of the mines, acquiring a general knowl-edge of what our surroundings were to be.

So the next morning we started for the shaft,arrayed in the most disreputable of our oldclothes, with waterproof overalls and oilclothhats, and rubber boots on our feet. And thatfirst day underground came very near endingdisastrously.

We gathered about the mouth of the shaft,up through which a visible cloud of dampnessarose, and lighting the wax candles attachedto our hats, waited for the arrival of the "cage."

Up it came, finally, from the darkness of thepit, and we stepped carefully on, togetherwith a few miners, who took a fiendish delightin telling us not to touch this or lean againstthat, until the only safe place appeared to bethe exact center of the platform, where therewas room for just about three. The signalthat we were ready to descend being given bythe engineer of the mine, who accompaniedus, the trouble began.

Seasickness was ecstacy compared to theawful sinking feeling produced by the seriesof drops, and jerks, and stops, and drops againwith which that cage commenced to go down.However, it only lasted for a short time; thething finally settled down to business, and wedescended quite gently into the depths. Down,down we went until we finally reached thevicinity of the fifth level, when the cup andball business began once more.

When the struggles of the cage-which im-pressed one strongly as being endowed withlitfe of the most expressive sort-had ceased,we stepped off into pitch darkness, and ontoland that instantly and emphatically waivedall claim to dryness. We were forced to waitbefore beginning our explorations, to allowour eyes to become accustomed to the faintlight cast by our candles, which had been ex-tinguished during our descent, and which wenow relit.

After a few minutes we started off in single

file, the procession headed by Mr. Sturtevant,the engineer, and Professor Hoffman bringingup the rear. We tramped along through thenarrow drifts and broad chambers, stoppinghere and there to notice the peculiarities of adeposit or the methods of working the ore.

The only incident of importance was theone referred to above. We were climbing upthrough a "winze" fi-om one level to the next,and the head of our party had nearly reachedthe top, when those immediately in front hearda sharp order, immediately followed by thesound of falling ore overhead. On climbingout onto the level, we found Sturtevant talkingto two grimy miners who stood sullenly bytheir car, part of their ore lying on theground.behind it, and the car itself tilted backjust at the edge of the winze through whichwe had ascended. No one suspected any-thing at the time, and it wasn't until a gooddeal later that we discovered the narrow es-cape we had had. The two miners, ignorant,let us hope, that there was anyone below them,were on the point of dumping two tons of oreand rock on our heads when Sturtevant shoutedto them. A second later and the whole masswould have come tumbling down upon us;but by a quick effort they threw the body ofthe car backwards, and thus saved us.

(To be con/iuned..)

A CONFESSION.-RONDEL.

Although you never cou'd h:ave guessed,Thine image ever dwells in me

Since that one moment, ever blessed,When I thy radiant form did see.

I only looked. You did the rest,My dark heart felt a light fi'om thee;

And though you never could have guessed,Thine image ever dwells in me.

So be thou never, sweet, distressedBy thoughts of love's inconstancy.

Cupid himself the button pressed;A Kodak I-so don't you see

That though you never could have guessedThine image ever dwells in me?

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The- authorities of the British Museumhave discovered, among a collection of papy-rus rolls recently acquired in Egypt, the textof Aristotle's treatise on the constitution ofAthens, from which many writers of antiquityquoted, but which has heretofore been knownonly in detached fragments.

The Faculty of the University of Penn. aretrying to buy the George Bancroft historicalcollection.

The body of Professor Bancroft, of BrownUniversity, who disappeared Dec. 28, I89o,has been found in a pond near Providence.

IRVING G. GREENE.-

The death of Irving Greene is the firstopening in the ranks of the graduates of the

/ Class of '88, M. I. T. He died at Aiken, S.C., on February 2 4 th, after an illness of sev-eral months.

After graduation he went into the employof the State Board of Health at Lawrence,under the direction of Mr. Hiram F. Mills,the eminent hydraulic engineer.

In May, i890, he returned to Boston to enterthe employ of the Associated Mutual Insur-ance Co's. His service here was very shortbefore failing health compelled him to seekanothetr climate. The mountains of NewHampshire and the altitudes of Denver andCanon City, Colorado, and each of the Car-olinas were tried in turn, but to no avail.

Mr. Greene was born at Sheldon, Mass.,April 17, I864. He prepared for the Instituteat Phillips-Exeter Academy-where he gradu-ated in '84. He was a thorough student, andone whom to know was to like. He wasenthusiastic in his profession, and for himthere seemed a most successful future.

His loss will be deeply regretted by hisclassmates and his associates, and to his fam-ily their deepest sympathy extends itself.

The yacht White Cap, which on the 4 th ofOctober, I89o, left Philadelphia for Fernan-dina, Florida, on the scientific expeditionsent out by the University of Pennsylvania,under Professor J. T. Rothrock, has returnedafter a successful cruise. This expedition wasthe first of a series contemplated by the Uni-versity, the object being that ultimately thefauna and flora of the eastern coast, at leastof North and South America, shall be repre-sented in the collections of the institution. Afurther object is kept distinctly in view-thatof collecting material for the Museum ofEconomic Botany, which is designed to con-tain specimens of every plant or plant pro-duct which has been, or is likely to be, usedby man for food or raiment.

An interesting question was brought up atthe Harvard Faculty meeting Tuesday, Feb.I7th, and the decision which the Facultypassed will probably have considerableweight in attracting to the college studentsfrom Japan. S. Ikeda, Sp., petitioned thathe might be allowed to enter college as aregular, substituting Chinese and Japanesefor the Latin and Greek required at entrance.Mr. Ikeda had been a thorough student ofthe classical writers in his own language andof those in Chinese; in fact, he had studiedJapanese and Chinese classics just as studentsof this country study the Greek and Latin.The Faculty, considering that Mr. Ikeda hadcomplied with the spirit of the requirements,granted his petition. This is the first timethe Faculty has ever granted such a petition,and this marked step towards liberalism inthe requirements will undoubtedly attract toHarvard a large number of Japanese students.

Interest in the strength tests at the Harvardgymnasium has recently been increased by theaddition of more complete and accurate instru-ments. Trials are made by a number of menevery day, and J. R. Finlay,'9i, has succeededin beating the best previous record on the legmachine.

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M. Du Point, '87, was in town recently.

Look for '93's colors on the next Co-op ticket.

The K 2S held a dinner at Young's last Fri-day evening.

The Glee Club gives a concert at JamaicaPlain, March 3Ist.

J. R. Speer, '93, has been elected managerof the baseball team.

Why has '92 been so quiet lately?seems to interest them, collectively.

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E. W. Herrick, '88, of the SturtevantBlower Works, New York, is in town.

The members of the Senior Class have beencarrying on a 96-hour boiler test this week.

Among the familiar faces at the athleticgames Saturday, was that of H. S. Potter, '92.

It has been decided that an examination inBusiness Law will be given at the next an-nuals.

The work of canvassing for the Senior Din-ner is being carried on in a very thoroughmanner.

A number of theater parties have been ar-ranged to attend the performance ofpatra" by Bernhardt.

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Francis Walker, '92, and W. B. Gamble, '92,have entered Course IX. from Courses I. andVI. respectively.

The Glee Club, Mandolin, and Banjo Clubshave arranged to play at Malden, Saturdaynight of this week.

G. K. Dearborn, '93, was prevented fromentering the hurdle race in Saturday's gamesby an injured foot.

H. G. Lobenstine, formerly of '92, is in theemploy of the Crescent Brass and Iron WorksCo., Detroit, Mich.

Quite a number of the football men are anx-ious for an event in wrestling to take place atnext Saturday's meeting.

The Gymnasium is to have a new systemof baths, which has long been needed andwhich will be much appreciated.

The Senior Dinner Committee have decidedthat the annual Institute dinner shall be heldin Odd Fellows' Hall, on April 3d.

E. Cunningham, Jr., has been elected chair-man of the Class-Day Committee, C. W.Aiken, secretary, and H. C. Forbes, treas-urer.

G. Waldon Smith will take no photographsof the graduating class after March 20oth.The Seniors interested will do well to bearthis in mind.

The moat mentioned in our last number didnot have reference to the campus. By theNew Building was meant the new Engineer-ing Building.

E. Cunningham and W. C. Dart aremaking experiments upon a feed-water heaterat the Revere Water Works, in connectionwith their thesis.

C. E. Buchholz, '92, R. H. Beattie, '93,and M. Gorham, '93, were initiated into theHammer and Tongs, Saturday,28th, at Young's Hotel.

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Quite a number of the Freshmen are intraining at the Gym for the Freshman base-ball team. It is thought that they stand a goodchance to win the Sophomore-Freshman gamenext May.

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In the Freshman Lab., to Mrs. St-n:"Please, I would like one of those gridirons."And upon observing an expression of aston-ishment, "Oh, why, of course-we must signfor them ?"

The Summer School of Civil Engineeringwill this year go to the Delaware Water Gap,in charge of Professors Burton, Porter, andNiles, and Mr. Robbins. They will spendabout a month there.

At a meeting of '93, Tuesday, March 3d,a number of class matters were discussed.The "Technique" Board was given the powerto fill all vacancies occurring in its number.A baseball manager was elected.

The map representing the work of lastyear's Summer School of Mines at Ishpeming,Michigan, made by the students who accom-panied Professor Richards, has been receivedfrom the lithographers. It makes an interest-ing souvenir of the trip.

There were over one hundred entries for theIndoor Meeting last Saturday, distributed ap-proximately as follows: H. A. A., 50, B. A.A., 30, M. I. T. A. A., 32. Ninety-threeentered 15 men; Ninety-two and Ninety-four,6 men each; and Ninety-one, 2 men.

"'Wanted, -. A frst tenor for the GleeClub. Address all communications to themanager." The above was seen posted in aconspicuous place in the corridor. The sameold story, but it is to be hoped that this prodigyhas at last unearthed itself; viz., a first tenor.

In the last number of THE TECH it wasstated that Latin might become one of thesubjects required for entrance here. It shouldhave been that the Faculty are consideringthe advisability of establishing a course ofLatin in the Institute for those who alreadyhave a knowledge of the subject.

Professor Dewey was an interested spectatorat the athletic meeting Saturday. Our in-structors are always most welcome at our ath-letic contests, and their presence does a great

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Mr. Emery has inaugurated a new featurein the marking of the essays in the EnglishLiterature Course of the second year. Byspecial appointment each man may be presentat the correction of his work. By this meansthe student may more clearly understandwhere and how he falls short, and for whatreasons he receives the mark given him.

.The new Catalogue is out at last. An im-portant change is the postponement of theentrance examinations till the latter part ofJune, to accommodate candidates who attendthe schools that do not close as early as theInstitute.

Mr. E. (lecturing): "Adam! Let me see.Does anyone remember in which play appearsthe character of Adam? 'As You Like It' or' Twelfth Night,' I think."

The audience, with one voice, as it were:"As you like it."

Mr. E.: "Why, certainly; ' Twelfth Night.'Yes; I remember perfectly, it is in 'TwelfthNight.'"

Judging from appearances-the size of thedemijohns, for instance-Dart and Cunning-ham must find Revere a cold place.

Technology holds thethe running high jump.Harvard and University

third best record forWe are only led by

of Pennsylvania.

W. E. Mott, '89, is engaged to be married.

At the Cage.Don't crowd in the line; don't whistle, but rap,

If the Bird you wish to see;"Don't beat a tattoo, but simply one tap,"

As she put it once to me.There's no letter for you. so that will do,-

You needn't go round to see;Don't present your umbrella the wrong end to,-

She won't take it, whoever you be.

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COIiLtEGE BOT ES.

The Lehigh Football Association has abalance of $6I3.

The Harvard Football Association received$7,62I from games last year.

It is said that Oliver Wendell Holmes beganhis literary career on the staff of a collegepaper.

The Newton Bowling Club beat Harvard2,346 to 2,234 in three strings recently.

The number of candidates for the Freshmancrew at Yale has been reduced to seventeen.

The prospect of a good crew at Columbia isvery poor. Only three of last year's crewwill row.

Clarkson is now the regular coach of theHarvard University nine, with a salary of $50a week.

Professor Harper, of Yale, has formallyaccepted the presidency of the new ChicagoUniversity.

Fifteen Andover men from '91 are going toHarvard, and twenty to Yale.

Queen's College, Oxford, has just celebratedthe 550th anniversary of its foundation.

There are 41 men in the football squad atHarvard.

The University of the City of New Yorkhas applied for admission into the Intercol-legiate Athletic Association.

A double track will be built in MadisonSquare Garden for the M. A. C. games.

The Faculty of the University of Pennsyl-vania has, by a vote of 19 to 2, favored theadmission of women to that college.

G. S. McDonald has given $40,000 toMcGill College to endow a chair of electricalengineering.

The Junior class at Cornell has devoted theproceeds of its ball to clearing the boathouseof debt.

The Italian Government has ordered thestudy of English to be added to the courses ofall the colleges.

Wisconsin, Northwestern University, andBeloit College have formed a football league.

There are now twelve candidates for theColumbia 'varsity crew, and nine for the Cor-nell.

The sum of $500,000 is wanted by theUniversity of the City of New York, to enableit to be moved into the upper part of the city.

The 'youngest man graduating from Yalewas Charles Chauncey, who graduated inI792, aged I5 years. Chauncey afterwardsbecame a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia.

At Princeton the prize in oratory wasawarded to Alexander McGaffin, '93; and theprize in the class of '76 memorial debate wasawarded to Samuel Semple, '91.

At Dartmouth, recently, $850 were sub-scribed to defray expenses of the baseballteam. The Dartmouth management receivesnothing from gate receipts.

A. gift of $Ioo,ooo has been given to JohnsHopkins University for the purpose of endow-ing a new professorship of English Literature.

The cricket eleven of St. Paul's School,Concord, N. H., has decided to play a seriesof games in Canada next summer, makingHalifax its headquarters.

Captain Trafford of this year's Harvardeleven has given up baseball for the present totake charge of the fdotball squad.

"Yale graduates are much cheered and en-couraged by the announcement made that thisyear's Yale University crew is in a feeble anddespondent state," says the Nezw York Tri-butne.

The alumni and undergraduates of theUniversity of Michigan have raised $13,000for a new gymnasium.

Of the 20 candidates for the Princeton ballnine, seven played last year, viz., Dana, firstbase; Knickerbocker, s. s.; Watts, third base;Young, 'pitch; Brokau, catch; Payne, leftfield, and -Brown, center field.

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A movement is on foot at Yale to establishan infirmary or home for students near thecollege grounds. The proceeds of the Greekplay "Antigone" will be given to this object.

The reforms which President Seth Low isinstituting at Columbia seem to mean prac-tically the establishment of a three-year coursethere. By these reforms he has extended theprivilege of the Senior in the choice of hisstudies. Formerly a Senior was compelledto choose all of his work from the departmentin which he was registered; now he canchoose his work in any department of theUniversity. Thus if a Senior in the Schoolof Arts intends to study law, he can save anentire year by devoting his senior year tocourses in the Law School. This, one of theNew York papers says, means the same thingas a three-year course, and the liberal policywhich it indicates has caused much rejoicingamong the students at Columbia.

The Trustees of Cornell University havedecided to reduce the tuition to $Ioo, exceptin the technical courses. The new arrange-ment is to take effect at the beginning of thenext college year.

The alumni of Stevens Institute of Technol-ogy have been discussing the question ofincreasing the length of the course from fourto five years.

Merrit L. Fernald, of Bangor, Me., hasbeen elected to the position of Assistant Bota-nist at Harvard. Though only sixteen yearsold, he has during the past two years dis-covered 30 species of plants.

Harvard gets $Ioo,ooo out of the Fayer-weather case; although not mentioned in thewill, by the act of the executors she receivesthe above sum.

The sum of $500oo00o has been voted bythe French Chamber of Deputies to carry onthe excavations at Delphi.

Professor Waldstein, the American archaeol-ogist in Greece, has withdrawn from the com-

petition for the power to excavate at Delphi.This leaves the French in full possession ofexcavations.

Japan has a baseball nine made up of col-lege men from Princeton, Har-vard, Yale, Co-lumbia, and University of Virginia.

P. T. Barnum has presented the BarnumMuseum at Tufts College with the body of atiger valued at $io,ooo when alive.

The average weight of the Harvard Fresh-man crew is i62 pounds. The candidates forthe Yale Freshman crew are a few poundsheavier at present.

An All-American cricket team has arrangeda series of games to be played next summerwith the best teams in England, includingthose of Oxford and Cambridge.

It is reported that the heir of John JacobAstor's immense fortune, William Waldorf, haspromised to give $I,ooo,ooo to endow a negrouniversity in Oklahoma.

A column covered with inscriptions of greatvalue has been unearthed at Rome. It com-memorates the games held every ten years;and there is also upon it an ode by Horace.

The Exeter Faculty has adopted the mark-ing system used at Harvard and Andover.Reports will be sent to the parents or guard-ians at the close of each term, indicating pro-ficiency in five grades by the letters A B CDE.

At the annual meeting of the Trustees ofOberlin, Rev. Wm. Gay Ballentine, D.D.,was elected to the presidency of the college.

A VERNAL RIPPLE.

Sing, sang, sung,Swing, swang, swung,

Oh!The man who will singOf the beautiful spring,Deserveth to swingAn inanimate thing,-Hing, hang, hung.

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The meeting of the Intercollegiate AthleticAssociation in New York, considered manyimportant athletic questions this year. Inalmost every case the propositions which wereadvocated by the Harvard delegates were lost.Harvard desired to introduce a two-mile bicy-cle race, including safeties, but was unsuc-cessful. The meeting also decided that thedangers which attend the tug-of-war are notgreater than those in any other athletic event,and this event was not dropped from the MottHaven programme. Princeton worked hardto have the Carey's record of 94 seconds forthe hundred yards adopted by the Association,but Harvard butted against this and won theday. The Association admitted New YorkUniversity to membership. The officers forthe ensuing year are: President, Victor Mapes,Columbia; Vice-President, F. R. Coates, Le-high; Secretary, J. J. Hackett, College of theCity of New York; Treasurer, E. A. Caro-lan, Cornell; Executive Committee, J. N.Emley, College of the City of New York; E.C. Bailey, Cornell; H. Cheney, Yale; andE. C. Moen, Harvard.

It is now fifteen years since Princeton haswon the intercollegiate cup, but this year, shefondly hopes, will see it once more in her pos-session. Carey, who finished second to Sher-rill last spring, is in fine form, and is expectedthis year to defeat the latter in both the shortdashes. Roddy, second to Downs last year,will run in the quarter and half miles. Wood-bridge and Turner, both good atLhletes, willalso compete in these events. Besides theseold men, Ramsdell, a Freshman who holds thechampionship for Eastern United States in the

broad jump, may be relied upon to win thatevent against the best from either Yale orHarvard.

The number of candidates for the Yale crewhas been reduced to thirteen, and these menhave gone to the training table the last week.The list of the men who have been selected togo to the training table are: Brewster (cap-tain), 182 pounds, Simms, i67, Hagerman,i79, Ely, I72, Balliett, i65, Klimphe, I64,Crosby, i66, Mills, I72, Graves, 175, Jones,I69, Gould, 170, Paine, I82, Heffelfinger,194. The average weight of the-se men isI73.6 pounds. At the training table, WilliamBrewster, the old waiter who has never cateredto a losing crew, will be in attendance.

Yale's nine is in training under Jack Hor-ner, pitcher of the New Haven InternationalLeague team. He is trying to develop apitcher to fill Stagg's place in the box, butwith indifferent success. Dalzell is unavail-able owing to his wildness, and the only menwho give any promise of success in the posi-tion are Case, '94, pitcher of last year's An-dover nine, and Ridgeway, '9 I . They arepretty nearly matched, with the chances prob-ably in Case's favor.

The A. A. U. will try and revive the inter-est in amateur lacrosse. Letters have beensent to all athletic clubs, inviting them to formlacrosse teams.

APPLIED MATHEMATICS.

" My daughter," and his voice was stern,"You must set this matter right;What time did that sophomore leave the house,

Who sent in his card last night?"

"His work was pressing, father, dear,And his love for it is great.

He took his leave and went awayBefore a quarter of eight."

Then a twinkle came in her bright blue eye,And her dimple deeper grew:

"'Tis surely no sin to tell him that,For a quarter of eight is two."

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WHAT might have proved as precious a legacyto future generations of Tech. men as was theirmuch-loved fence to the sons of Yale, has been lostto us: the abyss that yawned between the twocurbs in front of the Engineering Building has beenfilled up-consigned to dust and ashes.

True, its existence was brief; nevertheless, it hadfrom the first demanded and received the recog-nition that was its right; and rich and poor, highand low, old and young, among the many who hadoccasion to tread that path, no matter how digni-fied their usual bearing, crossed from curb to curbwith the same peculiar little run, disappearing atone side to appear a moment later at the crest ofthe opposite slope. It was always amusing tostand on the stoop before the door and watch eachman ''take it" ; while the most amusing sight of allwas when some inexperienced one would endeavorto cross at his usual gait. The first step down waseasily accomplished, but after that it was necessaryto toil wearily up to the opposite side, always slip-ping back if the day happened to be wet, and on thenext occasion you would be sure to see him followthe universal method.

But there was apparently too much physicaldiscomfort, not to speak of loss of dignity, forcedupon the "powers that be" thereby; hence theremoval of the cause.

Thus does Progress wage perpetual war withSentiment.

What a neat little scheme that was by which twoworthy gentlemen obtained the loan, for a fewdays, of a handsome overcoat up in Room 40,Rogers, the other day.

Two well-dressed and decidedly prepossessingindividuals appear upon the scene, and announcein carefully chosen terms that they are students of

Columbia, who, attracted to Boston by the nationalreputation of this library of Room 40, would feelexceedingly indebted to all concerned if they mightbe allowed to examine a few of the preciousvolumes.

Permission is immediately granted, as a matter ofcourse,-who could refuse such a modest request,-an(l, besides, the furtheranae of knowledge is everthe aim of our glorious institution. It is unfortu-nate that Columbia, and also New York, are unableto satisfy the cravings of the intellectually inclined;but~that merely goes to prove how Boston "culture"outstrips the blind gropings after that pricelessboon of all other communities.

And so our two enthusiasts examine a few titles,and take down and replace a few dusty volumes;and, their intellectual appetite appeased, walkingup to the row of coats and hats, take those whichplease them best and depart, with many thanksfor favors graciously extended and gratefully re-ceived.

But living in Boston is expensive, and they makethe startling discovery that they must procure morefilunds if they wish to return with comfort to theirnative haunts. Friendless and alone, their soleresource is the sigil of the three golden spheres, andthither they reluctantly turn their steps, there toobtain the wherewithal to pursue their journey.

Cruelly ignoring their plight, detectives are putupon their track; happily, however, with no resultsave the recovery of one coat, which, upon the pay-ment of a trifling sum (seven dollars and a half, webelieve) is delivered into the hands of the happyowner.

When the two students, fhrough the action of theFaculty of Columbia College in communicationwith our own respected body, are apprised of theirslight mistake, they will, of course, make everythingright. Nobody questions that.

To prevent future misunderstandings, the onlymethod that appears practicable is for each studentto wear his own coat and hat on all occasionswhen doubt may arise as to size, value, etc.

Personally, the Lounger is a firm believer in theargumentative qualities of the English bull-dog;but, as the Institute's accommodations for liveanimals are not much better than those for inor-ganic specimens of personal property, he hardlythinks the universal adoption of his idea advisa-ble.

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DER BLUFFER.

I knows a fery clefer poySo schmadt as nefer vas.

He vas a-vat you call him ?-Yah,A genius. Here's to us.

But he has von bad motto got,As drough dis vorldt he goes,

"It vas not vat you knows so muchAs vat volks dinks you knows."

He nefer studied at his pooksMore as ten minutes time,

Pecause he said as he could bluffDer teacher efery dime.

Unt ven I would repuke der schampd,He'd say, mit opturned nose,

"It was not vat you knows so muchAs vat volks dinks you knows."

Unt now he was a lawyer mitA sign unt L. L. B.;

He bluffs der jury unt der judge,Unt clients constantly.

Unt says, as py mine house he strutsIn his schwell suit of clothes,

"It was not vat you knows so muchAs vat volks dinks you knows."

But soon der voridt vill find him oudt,Und he vill take a fall;

Und all der genius on der earthVont help him den at all.

Unt he'll pe sorry he haf saidSuch foolish vords as dose,

"It vas not vat you knows so muchAs vat volks dinks you knows."

Der plated ring it schines so brightVen from der shop it's sold,

But vill not stand der vear of lifeLike as der solid gold.

Und plated men vill soon find venDer brass inside dem shows,

"It vas not vat volks dinks so muchAs vat you really knows."

- B-urontizan.EVEN THE BIRDS.

Why sing the birdies as they flyWay up above us in the sky?Because at such an awful heightThey think that they are out of sight.

-Brunonian.

IF I BUT KNEW.

I see her sometimes in the street,I met her at a ball,

But she scarce seems, when oft we meet,To notice me at all.

Ah! little maid with laughing eyes,If 'twere but known to you,

How in my heart wild longings riseFor your gay heart to sue!

Ah! little maid of saucy eyes,If you the truth but knew,

Would you but laugh and boast your prize?I wonder what you'd do.

Could, then, your merry heart uprise,Its womanhood assert,

And take a sweeter, graver guise;Or-are you but a flirt?

-Red and Blue.

TEMPORA NON MUTANTUR.

When Juno and Minerva canmeWith Venus to the Mount of Ida,

And each to beauty's.crown laid claim,With Trojan Paris for decider,

Each goddess strove to back her passionWith presents rich, and rare, and dear,

'Twas Paris then that set the fashion,And Paris sets it, too, this year.

-Yale Record.

A PASTORAL.

It seems ter be the proper thing,When screechin' birds begin ter sing,Ter write a thirteen line rondeauBout buddin' shoots and meltin' snow,-In short, re-sus-sy-ta-ted spring.I've got no time for palavering,I hey my giant beans ter stringAn' stacks ov tater rows ter hoe

At Eastertide.

An' then when meetin' 'gins ter ringMatildy has ter hey' her fling;I ain't got time ter slick an' go,I've got ter watch my spring corn grow:I hate yer dod gast cussed spring

At Eastertime.-Trinity Tablet.

A TIMELY JOKE.

0 Father Timne, in the almanac,I see your urn still flowing;

Why don't you take from off your backYour scythe, and go to mowing?

"Ha, ha!" laughed Father Time, in glee,My stream I still will pour;

But cannot mow, for Fates' decreeThat Time shall be no mower."

-Br'nouian.

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