The Lighter Side of College Life.
istence of pain and suffering, but on the existence of moral evil in
the universe. Whether this last fact is compatible with the co
existence of omnipotence and beneficence in the Divine Being is a
question entirely beyond the limited knowledge and finite powers of
the human mind. We must rest in this—that so far as the utmost
bound that human reason can compass there is nothing, not even
the awful shadow of pain, that can militate against faith in omnip
otent benevolence on the throne of the universe.
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF COLLEGE LIFE.
There was formerly a very mistaken idea, current among many
people, that the true college life was one of incessant poring over
musty volumes and of the hurling of "the midnight oil." Slowly
it began to dawn on the minds of these people that the college life
was in reality not so different from the everyday life of the average
man. They have begun to realize that the college man has his
work, his politics, his petty wars and his recreation. They now
appreciate that he lives in his own little world, but that that world
is not so different from their own, with the exception, perhaps, that
the college man has rather less responsibility and rather more good,
honest enjoyment than his less fortunate fellow-men. Of this
lighter side of college life we may venture to say a word.
In a recent article on "College Wit," in a leading American
publication, the statement is made that "few witty sayings, and es
pecially is this true of that class which belong distinctly to the
college world, will bear transplanting from, the, tropical climate of
a kindled and enthusiastic environment to the frigid zone of the
printed page." So much of our college wit depends for its effect
on the place and circumstances of its utterance, on the voice and
the manner of the jester, that one hesitates to try to convey the
spontaneous humor of college life by the meagre means of ink
and pen.
There are, however•, many college puns and stories which, even
I. THORNTON OSMOND.