remuneration Wm. E. Gladstone will be
known as the John the Baptist, or the fore
runner of the Messiah. How sublime will
be the picture when we see these poor unfor
tunates realizing what they for so long have
hoped and prayed for, see the sweetest scenery
ever eye reposed on, under their own care
and feel that their prostrate land is standing
erect among the nations fearless and unfet
tered. She will then have what every State
in our Union has, what Canada has, and will
then be prepared to stand to some degree
the criticism offered upon her.
Oh, Rulers of Ireland, why have you not
sooner learned to lead that people by love
whom all your severity has been unable to
drive. W. P. Brew.
OUR DUTY
ONE of the important duties of every college
student is to develop his faculties as a
writer, and the only means of so doing is, as
in all other development of inherent and dor
mant qualities, to practice. For only by prac
tice can the requirements of a writer be made
apparent to himself. No matter how excellent
the material is, which is stored within the
mind, it will contain fereign material that
must be extracted before the substance has
utility. Like the crude petroleum, it must
be extracted and then refined. Ideas, like ore
must be taken from the mine before they can
be used. It is a duty a student owes to others
as well as to himself to be able to express him
self clearly and to the point.
At scientific schools the opportunities and
inducements for such a course are few, and
this is the principle reason our scientific grad
uates have not the degree of polish that is
noticable in the classical student. Therefore
the former student should make an extra ef
fort to train those essential faculties which he
invariably overlooks. We see many students
who .can master with ease the most difficult
THE FREE LANCE.
problem in higher mathematics, but cannot
write a presentable essay. The fault is not
because his talent lies all in one direction,
but because he has applied all his energies on
those studies which he considers are pertain
ing exclusively to his line, and as a conse
quence he steps forth into the world as an ab
normally developed man.
The opportunities to write even in a college
like ours, are many if we would but see them.
The society paper, the college journal, and
even the daily press are ready to receive in
teresting and well written articles. The soci
ty paper is the most accessible and is always
open to contributors. Here the kindly criti
cism of the proper officers should point out
the faults, and the members should profit by
his remarks. Here you may be heard and
not seen. “You may see yourself as others
see you,” without being subjected to the em
barrasment of public gaze. The college jourh
al is always the recipient of productions ap
propriate for its columns and a standing
invitation is extended to all who wish to con
tribute. Here the criticism is more rigid, but
one should not be discouraged if his first
attempt should be a failure, for the second no
doubt will be better and the future triumph
will be directly proportioned to his persistence.
The college paper represents our ability, our
tastes, our habits and the general tone of the
college, hence all students should put forth
their best efforts that we may be properly
estimated.
The colors of some of the larger colleges
are: Harvard, crimson; Princeton, orange
and black ; Amherst, white and purple ; Cor
nell, cornelian and white; Columbia, blue
and white ; University of Michigan, blue and
maize; Vassar, pink and gray; Williams,
royal purple ; University of Virginia, cardinal
and gray; Johns Hopkins University, blue
and black ; University of Pennsylvania, blue
and red, and Yale blue.