Mercury. It is written on the argumentative style, and contains much valuable information. The author takes the stand that the scholarships were made to benefit Oxford, of which Cecil Rhodes was'a graduate, and not the Americans. The article took second prize of the Gies prize essays of Gettysburg College. —“Glimpses of West Point Life,” is the subject of an essay that appears in the last number of the Oberlin Review. It por trays vividly the life of the cadet from his “plebe” year to his graduation. We give an example of the discipline which is there maintained: "There is some regulation to govern every detail of life—the carriage and bearing, all points in dress, the position of the furniture in the room, the orna ments of the'mantel-piece, and even the length of the hair. The rooms in Barracks are furnished with Spartan simplicity. The ornaments of the mantel piece. for instance, are limited to "the Black Book, die Blue Book, the Articles of War, and a small, inexpensve clock. "As an example of a clever evasion of these rules, a few years ago a certain cadet received a present of a \erv \aluable clock, which the Commandant protnpu} confiscated because it did not conform to regulations—-it was not a small, inexpensive clock. The cadet deiended his propertv with convincing io gic—it was unquestionably small and it was inex pensive. because a had cost him nothing. The Commandant was obliged to yield.” —Prominent among our exchanges is the Mount Holyoke , of bouth Hadley. Mass. \\ e quote from the editorial column of the Lkrrober number: l he average college girl reveals her character in 5, - W Se l to T2 ° of absurdities in T thought and dress. College life is aononmu. necessarily to a certain extend actually to a muon greater: the girl at college reveals her u.anuter rn::y by the nearness of her approach to the normal m the various phases of her lite. Dws die
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