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-
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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