Oxford University will probably send a crew to
the World's Fair, if she can be assured that there
will be an American college crew there to compete
with he!
LANCELETS
FAIIRENIIITE,
Little Johnnie had a mirror,
But he ate the back all
Thinking, rashly, in his terror,
This would cure his whooping cough
Not long after, Johnnie's mother,
Weeping, said to Mrs. Brown.
"It was a Chilly day for Johnnie
When the mercury went down."
HOW JOVE WON JUNO
"Fair 'ox, eyed' Juno, bo my wife,"
Says Jove In mystic story ;
"We'll live a happy and godly life
On Elysian heights of glory !"
Jove, you're Jovial," laughed she,
6 But why for Ine be orszy 7"
"Because you're the flower of heaven," cried he,
"You're a little os•eyed daisy 1"
NOT TO BE
I shall lie down, and none will the arouse
In the eare.taking morning or the swoon
Of the still, languorous, warm afternoon,
When by the deeper brooks the cattle browse,
Or day's suspension when the sun (loth house
Ilk aching head beyond the ribbon dune,
In the curved ocean or the night ofmoon
And falling stars,—but I shall always drowse
Life will go on, for those who cannot choose,
In the familiar way,—the startled flame
Of chaffing and impassioned blood suffuse
'rho cheeks of men and women still they name
01(1 futile questions to the life I lose,
And gutting no reply embrace their shaino:
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EXCHANGES.
The Diekinsonian announces that hereafter each
issue of the Dickinsonian will contain an article
prepared especially for its columns by one of their
professors. The topics are to be strictly educa-
THE FREE LANCE.
tional and of a special interest to Dickinson sin
The Havefordian tells us that a selected board
of editors is about to issue a History of Haverford
College. The book is to be illustrated by views
of college buildings and grounds, and by portraits
of persons prominent in Haverford life. Such an
undertaking shows a very great spirit of enterprise
—one which will be very greatly appreciated by
all Haverford's alumni and friends.
Judging from the contents of the November
number of the Ursinus College Bulletin athletic
life at Ursimis must be woefully neglected., While
the Editorial, Alumni, Literary, Personal and Ex
change departments are in every way creditable
there is no space whatever allotted to athletics.
lowing
An editorial utterance in the Pna.m4v early last
fall was largely influential in molding popular sen
timent in favor of subsequent changes in com
mencement awards. That plan received such a
successful inauguration in the spring that a strong
disposition exists in the class of '92 to carry the
matter still further. The desire is to have speak
erships distributed from an oratorical point of
view entirely. Although far from countenancing
the method of "book-worms," our opinion is that
the feelings of prospective scholarship students
should be consulted before a determined stand is
assumed, With that obsfacle'removed the prop
osition seems very laudable. Many institutions
long ago abolished the system of student orations,
and have in their stead addresses, replete with ex
cellent counsel, delivered by the most competent
men. It will probably be many years before
Swarthmore is similarly situated, and in the mean
time that usually torrid hour on commencement
day should, be as interesting and instructive as un
dergraduate ability can render it. This end is
best accomplished by the introduction of oratori
cal excellence. At any event the subject should
receive thorough ventilation at the hands of the
Senior Class.
—Brunonimi
We clip from the Swarthmore Phamix the fol-