THE MEETING OF THE C. I. P. A The semi-annual meeting of the Central Inter Collegiate Press Association was held April i ith, at the Colonade Hotel, Philadelphia. It was nearly 12 o'clock when W. C. Sproul, the President rapped for order. The following rep resentatives responded to the roll call, Dallet Fu guet and T. L. Coley, the Red and Blue, Univer sity of Pennsylvania ; Walter Forstall and Alfred E. Jessup, Lehigh Burr, W. M. Hart and Stanley R. Yarnell, the Haverfordian ; C. W. Prettyman, Dickinsonian ; J. S. Easby•Smith, Georgetown College Journal, G. S. Gill, the College Student, Franklin and Marshall college ; H. F. J. Senek er, the Muhlenburg; George E. Fisher and War ren Marts, Bucknell Mirror; C. P. Martindale, J. A. Hutchinson Jr., and William C. Sproul, Swarthmore Phcenix, C. H. Hile and Richard W. Williamson. the FREE LANCE. Most of the morning session was occupied in discussing the advisability of admitting the Franklin and Marshall Weekly, a new paper at Franklin and Marshall college. Bruce Grif fiths, the representative of the new paper was given the privilege of the floor, in order that he might explain why his paper had been started and its future prospects. G. S. Gill, the representative of the Franklin and Marshall Stu dent, opposed the admission of the Weekly on the ground that:it was not authorized by the faculty or students, and that it was being issued by pri vate individuals, merely for personal profit. Af ter much discussion the matter was referred to the executive committee with orders to report at the next regular meeting. H. F. S. Seneker, of the Muhlenburg, read a paper on the "Influence of a College Journal in College Policy" after the discussion of which an adjournnent was made to banquet about 2 p. m. After the banquet the following papers were read "The College Association Plan of Car rying on Student Enterprises," by Stanley R. Yar nell, of the Haverfordian ; "The College Suck- THE FREE LANCE. er ; What is He and How may He be Eradicated" by G. S. Gill of the Franklin and Marshall Stu dent ; suggestions as to the illustrations of col lege journals, by Alfred E. Jessup, of the Lehigh Burr. There was much that was of special interest in the various papers read. The intercourse given the representatives of the different colleges on such occassions is of very great value. Its ac quaints them with each other and the customs prevalent at their institutions. PAINTING IN THE C,4TACOMBS OF ROME. In view of the fact that the aggregate length of the Catacombs of Rome is not less than 580 miles, being the resting place of about 6,000,000 bodies, it is not surprising to learn that the Roman an tiquary Die Rosse, in his publication, of which the first volume appeared in 1861, has collected iropoo christian inscriptions. There seems to be some doubt, as to the use of these excavations by pagans before they were adopted by christians, but the strongest evidence, found in paintings and inscriptions, favors that The earliest use by christians is assigned to the second century by some authority, and by others to the first century, when the earliest persecutions began under Nero. Some of the slabs enclosing the tomb have done double service, showing on one side a pagan inscription, printed or carued, and on the other side a christian inscription ; these are known as opisthographs. Many of the paintings which cover the walls though assigned to the period of their original construction, are really productions of the fourth and fifth centuries and later, Pope Damasus, 366- 388 A, D., restored much of the Mural art and his successors continued the work. It is interesting to note here that, in the Egyp tian catacombs, there are paintings to which is
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