President Gilman, of Johns-Hopkins University,
sums up a library education as the power of con
centration, retention, expression, power of judg
ment, and distribution of power of arranging and
classifying known facts.
An average term standing of eighty-five per
cent. at the University of Wisconsin exempts stu
dents from examinations.
This system was spoken of in our last issue and
we will keep on harping on it until State College
people get waked up and make some kind of a
start in the matter here.
"I go at what I am about as if there were noth
ing else in world for the time being. That's the
secret of all hard-working men ; but most of
them can't carry it into their amusements. Lucki
ly for me, I can stop from all work at short no
tice, and turn head over heels in the sight of all
creation,. and say, "I won't be good, or bad, or
wise, or anything till two o'clock to-morrow."—
Charles Kingsley.
The following from the, Otterbein .eEgis can be
applied to the state of affairs here at State, equally
as well as to that at Otterbein : "The order dur
ing chapel exercises is not what it should be.
Some of the students both in the higher and low
er classes seem to lack the idea of reverence and
propriety. To them the prayer-hour, judging
from their actions, has no sacredness, and those
near them have no rights or privileges which are
worthy of their consideration and respect. Be
fore the'exercises begin there is freqiiently such a
buzz of conversation and so much confusion that
the professor in charge is compelled to call for
order. During prayer it is nothing unusual for
students to engage in conversation or study a text
book. It does seem strange that young men and
women reared in Christian homes should be
guilty of such thoughtlessness. If the student
body were composed of children these things
might be overlooked ; but for men and women to
conduct themselves in this manner, is action wor
thy of the severest censure. —The Campus.
THE FREE LANCE.
This would not work at P. S. C..for every one
is so crowded with work here that we would have
an immense overflow of candidates. There is a
thought that might be expressed here. Primarily
a college course is calculated to give a man an in
tellectual training and some, in fact a great many
college faculties seem to think it should end there.
But there is no use of a man's grinding his head
off for this and neglecting all else. Both the soul
and body are of more importance than the mind
and generally when men are too much ground
down they neglect both these things and what is
an intellect without a pure soul to give it purpose
and a strong body to sustain it in the carrying out
of purposes.
Nor should a man neglect the cultivation of the
social art. For nowhere do men come into clos
er relation Ship than in college, and it is the op
portunity of a lifetime.
College fellOws in general admire a man with
stability and steadiness, but they can appreciate
the difference between being steadfast and stuck-
EXCHANGES
It required four years of my early youth,
To master the A. B. C. ;
But now its worse, for to tell you the truth
It requires four years for A. 13.
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Quiet Street,
Banana, peel,
Fat man,
Virginia reel
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THE BEST MOTIVE.
Don't say, "Because I like, I will,"—
With pleasing things attempt to fill
Your life; but seek some better drill,
Should appetites direct your will ?
Don't say, "Because I must, I will e'
But find a higher motive still;
For must is the slave.drivurs' mill,
And yours should be a freeman's will.
But would you drink of Learning's rill,
And mount up high on Wisdom's hill,
Where (iod himself sets through your will.?
Then say, "Because I ought, I will."