enables the student to speak in a logical manner
and with a clearness and readiness essential to the
successful engineer. (3) It actuates the student
to original thought and invention, as it is a will
ing work on his part rather than one of compul
sion as is the class room work to a great extent,
(4) It aids the student to decide which of the
engineering courses to pursue—a question some
what difficult to decide—by placing before his
notice their respective requirements and adyan
tages. The work of the literary societies is inad
equate to the engineer'S requirements. It is true
they are a great aid to the engineering student
even, but in comparison with an engineering so
ciety they lack many things. Frequency and
time of meeting are as yet obstacles to be met
with, but their removal is practicable.
We believe that the engineering departments
of this institution are in the lead, despite the
facts that the courses in Electrotechnics and Me
chanical Engineering were recently established,
and that, in proportion to the number of students
in the other departments, excluding the 'ladies'
department, the members of which are not by na
ture decreed to follow an engineering profession,
they receive less financial aid than the other de
partments, How could they be otherwise when
such men as Professors Barnard, Osmond and
Reber, full of energy and push, head them ?
In view of these facts, students, why not
make the "Engineering Society of P. S. C," the
leading organization ? Surely there is enough
material and of the right stamina to do so. Get
a move on Make failure a not-to-be-thought-of
condition. Success can be had by uniting every•
effort to maintain the society's existence. En
courage the "modest" to work for its interests.
Show an interest while engaged in its work wor
thy of a professional man. Clean some of the
dust off the engineering periodicals and maga
zines in the college library and fear not to open
their leaves and peruse their pages. We mean the
dust the students let congregate on them, With
these few remarks, and the best wishes of the ed
itbrs, we ask to hear of you often.
THE FREE LANCE.
4tlla atilkilll2
SIMPLE CONTENTMEN
Aline be a hovel by the way,
Remote from all mankind,
There without knowledge let me KW
That I content may Ibid.
That I from all life's petty woes
May nee to find true rest,
To me give solitude's repose,
Then I am truly blest.
We sigh for knowledge and its power
We dream of wealth and fame,
We sigh for the far distant hour
That gives the world a name.
But oh I how many pangs are Is me
To gain this vaunted power,
Him many hearts with sorrow worn
To reach this lofty tower I
If in the human heart you place
Lore, knowledge, side by side,
Fair Eden's walks you'll ne'er retrae
Nor math her towers abide.
Content will spring up from yam life
Ambition's fire consume,
The world will be a field of strife
Until you reach the tomb.
Love will with disappointment meet,
And dreams of wealth will fade ;
Our knowledge will seem incomplete,
Our confidence.betrayed ;
Cursed Poverty may dance with glee
And fold us in his arms,
And Debt with all its misery
May rob life of its charms.
So he who without knowledge dwells,
Who has but God to praise,
Whose heart with human love ne'er s
Nor friendship e'er displays,—
Ms he who pure content cloth find,
He knows no care or Eo ;Tow ,
To him, to-day God has assigned,
What care he for to-morrow ?