THE CENTURY MARK SYSTEM. A Relic With Us Now. Tliero's a custom handed down In Collcgo history, That whonovor College boys are caught In larks, Tlio only way to sottle with them fairly Is to dual them oat tlielr pay In eonsuro marks. This is the oustom which once was hero adoptod, And I’ll toll you how t’was managed different ways, So that circumstances, purposely ooncooted, Could bo mada to answer any 'speolal caso," It was In an arithmetical progression Whoso first term and common dlfforonco wore ten, That three mlsdomcanors in qulok succession Gave sixty fora sum of sorlos. And then—? T'was the “painful duty" on the part of our Prox., Slnoo wo willingly broke a statute forsooth , To kindly sond notice our parents to vex; For they took, It of course, as they would the gospel truth. One hundred and fifty moant suspension they said; Unless we affirmed with a confident look,— When down on the carpet to aoaounts we wore led,— That siokness or mistake caused those marks on the book, Whore absonee was noted wo said wo were late; If then to the “Scribe" wo made not our easo clear, Our memory failed us when given the dato, And most of those marks did straightway disappear. Like taking a Journoy by railroad It seemed, When evory tlmo we stopped at a station, Those who failed to have tickets, (plans bold soheemod,) Took a limited train called the “Probation.” Wo were told wc wore glvon the full length of our rope; If furthor a stop wo insisted to go, It might be construed in the faculty's soope That we could have a trip home on a furlough, Then Indeed wo were In a most orltlcal state; Wo “looked out the next time for our baoon We never fulled to oonneot, and arrive too late To got a free pass on the “Speolal Probation.” An "Extra Speolal" was run as seoond section, And It also was run on the same schedule time; We wont on the first when wo had the soleotlon; ' Tho first held the road though the tlmo was the same. A train In reserve called the “Holtor Probation" Took Its name from a speolal’passenger, Who safely got through on a special occasion, Saved the faculty’s stooks and his own legal tender. Beyond this resort it is needless to say Of giving passos the faoulty wore tired; jf any small matter oarne up in tho way, ’ T’was tlmo to pock up and propare tp bo "flrod." THE FREE LANCE. The number of times a man can “flunk” and still retain confidence in his abilities and maintain his self-respect is a question. Some have little self respect to lose, and others are careless of the great capacity they possess. But a man who has only moderate power with great application and pride in maintaining him self before his fellows, suffers very greatly when he cannot grasp the subject with which he deals. It is granted that the teacher should have a thorough comprehension of what he teaches, and it should be the aim of the student to get a great er or less hold upon what he is learning. Now there have been teachers whose delight it has been to give a man a “zip,” even when the stu dent succeeds more or less in getting a grasp upon his work. Of course when a man is inclined to be self-conscious, and thinks he knows as much as his teacher, it becomes necessary to show the youth the exact height of his elevation; but when the student does his best to get the subject and fails, he should be treated with some considera tion. The man who is continually brow-beaten loses his confidence and self-respect, and is assuredly crippled for aggressive contact with his fellows in life. A NEW VARIETY OF ZINC SULPHIDE. A new and peculiar sulphide of zinc was found in Southeastern Kansas a short time since, re markable from the fact that it is nearly pure white and completely amorphous. This singular mineral is found on the Moll Tract in the centre of the town of Galena, Chero kee County, Kansas. The ore body, which is reached by a shaft about 90 feet in depth, consists of zinc blende with some large crystals of galena distributed through it. It is about 25 feet wide > 20 feet high, and 100 feet long, so far as ex plored. MORE MERCY. fh? bjende has undergone much decompose
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