the first. The greater part of the Why am I a
Democrat ? could be more appropriately titled,
Why am I not a Republican ? Both are very
good. This is the kind of questions with which
we like to see college students deal.
• ---The Dartmouth contains an interesting
letter froth Heidelberg University. It gives a
good description of the character of the German
students and gives the following explanation for
their queer and barbarous custom cf sword duell
ing. An American student can hardly under
stand why this form of amusement should take
the place of every other. For they have no
athletics, in our sense of the term. But it is "an
old custom," and has its. roots in part,l believe in
the military spirit which is so strong in Ger
many. Y asked a good matron why the parents
allowed it. She replied that they thought it
fostered manliness of character, and after a year
or two of this rollicking, fighting life they settled
down to work and generally did well. A large
rop,iftion of these students came from families
of rank. This is in part the reason why duelling,
though forbidden by the laws of the University,is
winked at.
—With this issue the exchange department
passes into the hands of the new administration.
We have the honor of being the "other man"
which our exchange editor mentioned in last
months issue, We hardly know whether we are
glad or sorry to take up a position of such im
portance and dignity. We have a great deal of
hesitation about risking our opinions in print es
pecially in the way of criticism on other printed
article,:. We will however do the best we can
and our exchanges must, excuse us if we tramp on
their toes occasionally, for it is all done with a
feeling of friendliness and good fellowship.
On the other hand we of the new staff wish
to greatly improve our paper and one of the best
possible ways to find out how to do it, is to ob
tain the opinions and advise of our exchanges.
We therefore invite your criticism. Tell us frank
ly wherein our paper is lacking, and we will thank
you for it. • Last year being the first year of life
for our paper, we realized that some allowances
had to be made on account of its youth. But
now it is firmly established and we wish to develop
it as soon as possible. So come along, brothers
and sisters of the exchange and help us in our
work. Rest assured we will not get angry and
show our' Hibernian descent if your criticisms
are kindly meant.
THE FREE LANCE.
-]BJEzTA
P3O - 2i. S. T. FO
PENN'A. STATE COLLE
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20,
ADMISSION,
RESERVED SEATS,
LANCELETS.
FAREWELL ODE TO ANALYTICS.
[Air—"Shoo, fly, don't bother me.'
On David's lofty mountain,
We lay our burden down.
We've borne thee o'er the campus
And throughout our college town.
Our tears are multitudinous
Our sighs are deep and long
For now the time has come for us •
To sing our parting song.
Cnoitus.
Anna, farewell to thee
Anna, farewell to thee
Anna, farewell to thee
And may you slumber peaceful!)
We've fidlowed thee up science hill
Through many a. weary year
With lines and conic sections
Thou' bast filled our souls with fear
And many have had to crib
Though cribbing maybe wrong,
But now we use the crib no more
While we sing our parting song.
CHORUS.
It never used to seem
Thy duties e'er would cease,
We never dared to dream
Thou would'st give our minds releas;
And now we find it hard indeed,
To realize that thou art gone,
As we gtither around thy funeral pile
And sing our parting song.
CHORUS.
'lllO third angle is thylocus
Thine equations are transposed.
Thy signs henceforth negation
And all thy series close,
Thy functions equal zero
To thee no powers belong,
And all thy squares aro frail affairs
So we close our parting song.
—The Bates S
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