Freshman might not do it—and distributed frag
ments of the coffin as mementos.’'
—The Lafayette has reproduced an address given by Rev.
M. Ludlow, D. D., L. li. D., at the exercises commemorati:
founding of Lafayette College. One of his most forcible
ments is the following:
“A university magnate advocates the lowering
of the standard of studies for the mass of students,
so that a multitude—especially of the sons of pros
pective donors to the institution—may be attracted
to four years’ residence in a university town where
he imagines that they will without special applica
tion absorb intellectuality from the atmosphere,
which is supposed to hang around, like the smoke
from professors’ chimneys. Bushes thrive by be
ing planted in clumps, why not brains? My ac
quaintance with some university towns leads me
to vary, the simile. Poor plants, in such thick pro
pinquity, will certainly acquire bugs. I need not
amplify in speaking to students.”
—The Allegheny Literary Monthly contains an interesting
well written article on Count Leo Tolstoy. We approprlai
extract:
“A man true to his convictions is admired. A
coward dissipates our confidence. But Tolstoy is
no coward. Why does he plead for the cessation
of war? Not because he fears to stand for the
light. Sebastopol attests his bravery as a soldier.
But the. futility of warfare, the failure of blood
shed, misery and devastation to bring the desired
end, make him cry out against the professional
towards are noi allied to unpopularity.
It still takes more courage to oppose than to favor
waifaie. England raises a louder hurrah for Lord
Roberts than for her prime minister. Roosevelt,
he hero of- San Juan, is more vigorously cheered
than Roosevelt the man of letters. ■ In our day of
vast navies and heavy armaments no weak man dare
champion the cause of non-resistance. But public
disfavor is only one of the things he disdains.”