"save their rinds," Failing to fully realize this,
or realizing, and then failing to act, we may find
as some one has wittily remarked, that,—"lt is a
condition and not a theory, which confronts us !"
"Honor and fame from no coudition rise!
Act well your part there all the honor Hee."
WE take pride in directing the attention of all
to the programe for the 22nd of February,
at the Pennsylvania State College. May
we not say that it speaks for itself? In the bright
ness of a new era in the history of this institution,
our visitors will behold one of the grandest and
finest buildings that has ever been erected in
Pennsylvania for educational purposes. They will
also hear the inspiring words of men of affairs, and
national reputation, upon an inspiring occasion.
Let every one make the fullest use of this day, for
it will afford an unusual opportunity to gather
thoughts and impressions of such vitality that they
must go ringing through all the years of life. •
LISTEN to the following chirp from an alum
nus
FREE LAXCE-
You will find enclosed two dollars and
ono half ($2.59.)
Whenever the FREE LArrog amounts to that much stop
the paper. It is of little interest to me. lam interested in
news from the different members of the alumni and not
the little personal Jokes at College.
The above refrain was elicited by the presenta
tion of a bill for a FREE LANCE subscription run
ning in its third year ; and as we so seldom hear
from the alumni, we hasten to give any of those
who feel that they have had a surfeit of "college
jokes" the benefit of this wail from one of their
number.
If Mr. B. and the rest of the' alumni will cast their
eyes up to the head of the editorial column they
will see there a standing request for "news from
the alumni," which it would pay the alumni to
take more notice of in the future than they have
in the past.
THE FREE LANCE.
McKeesport, Pa , Dee. 28, '82.
Very truly,
J. C. B.
We hold that we have a right to expect contri
butions from the alumnus, because it is his proud
privilege to keep in touch with, and help mould
the life and spirit of his alma metier. All the in
terest he takes in her will pay him double profit.
The honor and the growth of the college from
which he graduates is all his own.
WE wish editorially to apologize to sundry
contributors for various typographical er
rors. Month after month we think we
will surely succeed in eliminating these errors.
We promise to not cease our efforts. If any one
thing makes one feel profane, it is to have his
finest efforts marred by double negatives, singular
predicates with plural nouns and vice versa, togeth
er with other nameless incongruities which were not
to be found in the original manuscript. We can
clear typographical errors from the FREE LANCE,
and we are going to do it.
CHINA
[lntroduction to an illustrated lecture on China delivered
before the Friday Club by Prof. ROM,ya Hitchcock ]
The traveller in the far East meets with many
strange experiences, and he can scarcely set foot
upon the Asiatic continent without feeling that he
is in almost a new world. He is in truth, so far as
the people are concerned, as much in a new world
as he could be among the dwellers on the planet
Mars. It is a world in which the .entire course of
human life seems to be reversed. Manners, cus
toms, dress, the habits of life, everything, is
changed. This is strangely true of China, and we
all enjoy an opportunity to hear about the Chinese:
and indeed we do hear more or less concerning
them which is by no means entirely true. But to
those who are imbued with the spirit of an explor
er, and at the same time devoted to the study of
mankind, the truth becomes more and more im
pressed upon the mind, that to know and under
stand the peculiarities of any people, we must
delve into the records of their earliest tradition
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