military duties. When the cadet re
alizes that there is more than mere
theory in them, he at once becomes in
terested and attentive. At camp he is
impressed with the responsibility under
which he acts and always brings that im
pression back with him to college. The
private sees that he is of more import
ance in the corps than he had thought,
and develops a spirit of subordination,
which tends very much toward the mak
ing up of a first class battalion. The
loss to the student in his other studies
is small when compared with the vast
amount of benefits derived from a week
at camp. The experience of former
years ought to be satisfactory enough
to warrant the Faculty in making it a
permanent thing.
DURING this college year, or rather
during the time since it has be
come too cold to insure comfort without
artificial heat, it has been a common oc
currence for the students and other per
sons attending chapel, to find that room
very uncomfortably cold. The only ap
parent reason for this disagreeable con
dition is the neglect of the authorities
in seeing that the janitors perform their
duties properly. It is no longer regard
ed by the students as an accident, but
rather as a lack of attention. It is
known that there is an ample supply of
men employed by the institution for this
purpose, but to find them upon occa
sions of this kind would require the ser-
THE FREE LANCE.
vices of a body of first class detectives.
The dangers to which we are exposed
need not be mentioned. If more atten
tion were given to the comfort of those
who have to go there and remain dur
ing the services, the students would not
fail to appreciate it. The same thing
has occurred on week days, and we hope
that the matter will be looked after more
closely than in the past.
WE recently had the opportunity of
listening to the Rev. Dr. G. W.
Chamberlain, who delivered several in
structive talks 'on Brazil, in the chapel.
Dr. Chamberlain has been engaged in
missionary work at San Paulo, Brazil
during the last thirty years nearly, and
is thoroughly conversant with all the
problems which have arisen in that
country during that time. He made
very clear to us the political aspect for
the future, as well as that all important
question, the relations between Church
and State there.
Dr. Chamberlain is also interested in
the founding of an industrial college in
Brazil, in which interest he is now labor
ing in this country. He has bright
hopes for the political future of the Re
public, and gave us a better idea of the
men who are now at the head of affairs
there, than we usually get from news
papers. Our privileges for listening to
a better informed man on Brazil, its past
and present history, indeed have been