College will soon have a number of good songs which will
make a valuable addition to her literature. We are very
glad for a college song, for it not only breathes an outward
sentiment, but the inward life of the college. “Out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,” so let us
encourage this revival of interest in one phase of our life ;
let us learn them all and be ready to sing them whenever
occasion presents itself. It is not always necessary to await
a victory of some kind in order to give vent to our feelings
in song, but there are often fitful times when if the student
body would get together and sing these songs, it would
cement the ties of college brotherhood closely and tend
to do away with unnecessary class distinction, so that we
would be able to approach more nearly to a true democracy
in college circles.
The reports from the different departments concerning
the investigations carried on during the last year have been
so tardy in appearance that we are compelled to omit them
from this issue. Only a few departments have been heard
from thus far, but we hope that the future will allow us to
make a full report.
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