r j..ASS SUPPERS and similar occa
sions
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g scarce ge st e t d l i 1
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t e r t
h m e .
" class feeling," which is always men
tioned to excuse the strivings at the
opening of each college year might be
ventilated in some such way as these
more tolerable occasions offer. Fresh
man, show us some of your class loyal
ty (?) now, and do not ask us to patron
ize your impositions upon innocent new
corners next fall, for it is not long since
you wished and needed our sympathy.
We say this, not to intimate that you
are now lacking, but to suggest that
you ought not to accumulate such a
head of "class feeling" as will drive you
to engage in Sophomore raids before
the next issue of THE FREE LANCE.
irni
E are led to believe that the stu
dents of Pennsylvania State
College do not have, sufficient
self-confidence, They are too timid
about submitting their ideas and con
victions upon a subject to the public.
Their contributions to the students' pa
per are few indeed. They certainly
cannot be under the impression that
THE FREE LANCE is not their paper. If
they place the standard of writings
which should come before the public
above their best efforts they show a se
rious lack of confidence 'in their own
ability. It is right to place the standard
of communications as high as possible ;
but let it not be 50 high that it . is reach-
THE FREE LANCE.
ed by so few. Let your contributions
be liberal and the result of your best
endeavors, and you subject them to the
criticism of a very few.
HE arrival of President Atherton
v J on his return from Europe was
unexpected to the students, but on this
account was all the more pleasant. The
audience which assembled in the chapel
to receive him the first evening after his
arrival gave an assuring welcome by
their cheerful presence and their eager
attention to the President's. recital of a
few of the incidents of his journey and
the impressions he received. Among
the many things the speaker illustrated
in an interesting manner were : The
readiness of the servants across the
water to do the traveler a service,giving
at the same time subtle hints for recom
pense ; the ignorance of the general
people of European countries concern
ing the workings of thoir public officers
and institutions, and the uncertain and
disturbed condition of the public mind
in France.
" atIS the Commencement season has
s
O L _ l arrived, it is natural that among
D the higher classmen there should
be some anxiety as to whether the pro
grame is as interesting as it might be,
and whether they have clone their part
to make it entertaining and instructive.
The graduating classes of the past have
always used their best endeavors to
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