Saxon pride could never be so bent. Then
what remains ? We answer, education and
justice will prove the only solution. Neither
of these have been generally and thoroughly
tried but to the extent that . they have
been employed they have lessened the fric
tion between the two races and the black
man has called forth respect and has shown
himself an honorable and a desirable citizen.
We must remember that he is a representa
tive of a race down trodden and reared with
in the pale of superstition for ages. We must
remember that he is even now treated as an
lower form of creation, simply because the
sun of his ancestral land has darkened his
skin and that his white brother has aided in
darkening his mind, we certainly as believers
in eternal justice should strive to relieve the
wrongs which we have done this people and
the love for our nations but welfare and the
future of our kin should be an incentive in
the same direction, We must as a people
change our attitude and let education and
justice to bring about their heavenly changes
in this hitherto unfortunate race.
A SAD ACCIDENT
A very 'interesting child of Prof. Pond's
met with a sad accident on March 20. The
baby was seated on a rug in the middle of the
basement floor. ' A number of the students
were snow-balling in front of the college,
when a badly aimed snowball struck the
basement window, scattering fragments of
glass in every direction ; unfortunately several
small pieces struck the child in the eye.
Medical aid was immediately summoned and
at first it was feared its eye would be lost.
An oculist was summoned from Bellefonte,
who, upon a close examination pronounced it
a very severe case, but that the're was still
some hopes. The next morning the child
was taken to Philadelphia where it will receive
the best of treatment. Professor and wife
THE FREE LANCE.
have the sympathy of all in their bereavement,
and it is only hoped the child's sight will be
restored. This ought to be a warning to all
snow-ballers, twice within the past week, has
this very same accident happened. When a
sport becomes so disasterous it should be pro
hibited.
J. F. SHIELD.
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"MA COUNTRYMAN BURNS."
'Twits over the bonier,
In fair Montreal,
One ev'ning hi winter
A banqueting hall
Resounded with laughter,
Loud, mirthful and long,
With jests and with speeches
And jubilant song.
At foot of the table
Sat Sandy McPhail
Diluting his " haggis "
With floods of Scotch ale;—
Till, filled to o'erflowing,
He modestly rose,
And said, " If ye please,
I've ae toast to propose :
a Ma COUNTRYMAN BURNS,
Whase name is wed known
As nature's ain poet
In ilka wide zone—
Of Burns, Bobby Burns
To be prood it is well—
But, mayhap ye ken na
I'm a Scotchman mysel',
"The warld is indebted
For music and sang
To Scotland and Italy
All the year tang—
But ntaisliy to Scotland,
So, whiles the earth turns,
Here's the Singer o' singers—
Ma countryman Burns!'
" Freends, go where ye will
On the land or the deep,
Ye'll aye find the Scot
At the tap o' the heap—
At the head of affairs--
But this let me tell—
For mayhap ye'll forget—
I'm a Scotchman myseP.