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