consin.— ASgis. Ditto University of North Car
olina.— University Magazine. This is a sensible
A novelty in the form of College Conference
Meetings will be introduced at .Harvard during
the coming winter. Prominent men outside of
the university as well as those connected with it,
and also students will take part in the discussion
of practical moral and religious problems of col
lege life.
Governor Heaver has appointed the follow
ing gentlemen to make inquiry and report to the
next Legislature respecting the subject of Indus
trial Education : George W. Atherton, LL.D.,
president of The Pennsylvania State College ; A.
H. Fetterolf, Ph. D., president of Girard Col
lege ; Nathan C. Schaeffer, Ph. D., Kutztnwn ;
George W. I.uckey, Pittsburg, and Colonel Theo
dore W. Hean, Norristown.
EX CHANGE.
The Lantern deserves credit for the at
tempt to maintain its dignity throughout.
' We appreciate the Association News of
Philadelphia. We say this to extend a welcome
to a paper which represents a work in which we
are much interested.
We desire to acknowledge the College
Monthly, The Cadet, The Indicator, Dickinson
Liberal, University Mirror, The Historical Jour
nal, The Varsity and The Pharetra.
The Dartmouth has lately made its first ap
pearance upon our table. We have looked for it
with an interest that would insure it a welcome.
We hope to find in it from time to time things
worthy of emulation.
The Cornellian expresses a wide awake
and timely protest against the “American Feudal
ism,” monopoly. This article is interesting and
calculated to awaken 11s to the fact that the logi
cal destiny of monopoly is caste, but revolution
lies in its path.
The University Cynic ceitainly succeeds in
giving to its readers columns well filled with gen
eral literature and science, though it is hardly
varied and extended enough in some of its other
columns to be called a representative journal.
The University Magazine, of the Univer-,
sity of North Carolina, comes to us 'for the first
time asking to be added to our exchange list.
Certainly, we are glad to establish the exchange,
THE FRE
LANCE.
and especially since it adds one more to the list
of the few papers received from Southern colleges.
The Swarthmore Phoenix is before us with
such unquestionable excellence in every depart
ment that hardly a suggestion of improvement
can be made. The editorial treating of the dan
gers to which students are subjected of having
their simple and wholesome beliefs unsettled is
sound, sensible and suggestive.
The Pennsylvania Western contains an ar
ticle written by the .editor in-chief on “Foreign
Imigration,” which is very pronounced in its
sentiments on the subject. We quote the follow
ing suggestive paragraph: “Every . immigrant
should be compelled to show a certificate from
th • United States Consul of the country from
which he emigrates, stating that he is a peaceable
citizen, is capable of self-support, and is not a
criminal.”
So many are the exchanges before us that
we cannot mention all. It is a matter of con
gratulation that so matiy things worthy of more
than passing mention are'to be found in almost
every college paper before us. We find more ex
cellencies to be emulated than defects to be criti
cised. It is needless to say that we feel it to be
a sign of a widening future for college journal
ism that the standard is raised so high and main
tained so universally. We welcome the poorest
college paper with joy and interest.
Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 4, 1887. —Dear
Business Manager: I have been anxiously
awaiting the appearance of The Free Lance ever
since the opening of the term, and so was greatly
pleased to receive the first number of the term a
short time ago. I never before appreciated how
much a college paper is enjoyed by those who
were, but are no longer, students. I think it
would help repay the management if they under
stood how eagerly the whole is perused by the
subscribers, and with what interest they await its
coming. Enclosed .find one dollar, for which
please give me credit for a year’s subscription.
With best wishes for the entire success of The
Free Lance, both financially and as a high
ranking college journal, I am, very truly yours,
Will F. White.
* * Envy not greatness; for thou mak’st there
by thyself the worse, and so the distance greater
OUR LETTER BOX.
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