Foot-ball in every form has' been prohibited by
the University of Heidelberg, Germany. They
draw the line at dueling, and will permit nothing
more dangerous.— Ex.
There are 254 colleges in the U. S.
The sum of all the salaries cf college professors
is annually $80,000,000.
Cornell has sixteen men on the faculty of Le
land Stanford, Jr., University.
The students of Wesleyan have pledged $5,240
‘toward the erection of aY. M. C. A. building.
At the World’s Fair there will be an exhibition
of fraternity badges, magazines, and chapter-hous-
The World’s Fair will need from 1200 to 1500
guides, who are to be 'chosen from college stu-
The University of Michigan chorus numbering
300 voices.has been invited to sing at the choral
celebration which will mark the opening of the
World’s Fair next May.
A bill to abolish the South Carolina College
has been submitted to the legislature, as only sev
enty students were there during the last session,
against 250 the year before.
EXCHANGES.
The Southern Collegian contains a continued
story beginning in the November number which
is quite interesting. A withered Rose from the
same issue is also interesting, rather pathetic.
The great value of literary societies and the
light in which they are considered at some insti
tutions is shown by the following from the F & 1
M Weekly. “The faculty of the college at a re
cent meeting decided that all those students who
are not members of either of the literary societies
will be obliged to take special literary exercises
under the direction of the faculty.”
It is to be regretted exceedingly that there is
not more interest shown in our own societies.
THE FREE LANCE.
LANCE LETS.
THE COLLEGE LIE.
Ere the merry foot-ball season,
W e are told of half-backs tall.
And of mighty guards and taokles,
Who will enter In the Fall.
And when Spring-time with its verdure,
Gladdens all the landscape round.
We are told that wondrous pitchers
On our diamond will be found.
Oh, It meets us on the campus,
It Is with us in the field,
Unto It when in the olass room
Bcoltations oft must yield.
From It there's no escaping,
To no refuge can wo fly,
For it Is always with us,
Is the omnipresent college lie. *
—Lehigh Burr.
AN APOLOGY.
Forgive me love, If I amiss,
The other evening stole a kiss;
But that sweet smiling face of thine,
Wreathed by Its tresses, soft and fine,
Was just a bit too olose to mlno.
Tou know you raised your bead to hear,
What I was whispering In your ear 1
When In an Instant our lips met:
Sweet memories linger of it yet,
Sometimes, you know, love will forget.
—lfaesau Lit. H. <3 Murray,
THE NERVOUS MAN'S COMPLAINT.
In the stillness of the night,
Trembling on the sleepy sight,
Dance the full moon's glorious beams,
As I lie so near to dreams,
Suddenly I'm wide awake,—
All the walls about me quake 1
Can it be the storm’s wild roar T
'Tis the Bonorous Soph next door.
Silence soon resumes her reign;
Soon I’m near to dreams again;
Soon I start up from my bed
To curse that banjo overhead.
Finally the Fiend subsides.
I will sleep, wliat’er betides.
Vain resolve 1 There's worse in store,—
My room mate’s regular, rasping snore.
"Nature’s sweet refresher," you
80-cailed “balmy sleep," go to 1
Every hour some wild alarm;
Sleep at college has no balm,
Or calm,—
—Bowdoi n Orient