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TLIL.tMPTUV .

FEBRUARY AND MARCh- 1901.

—- A brief glance at the history of thiw University during

the past ten 01 (ifteen years will show the m’trked progress that

has been achieved, both in the number and qu’iiity of buildings,•

- aid also iii the efficiency and elasticity of the courses offeced, tothe prospective student. . •. V V

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During this pçriod there has been-wsteidy and continued-

‘growth in the extent ahd sthetic quality of the buildings. The.

Divinity House h.s been erected, our beautiful Chapel fully

completed, the Arts building erHaiged by a Council Chamber,

Dining H til, ue Lecture and students rooms, while the new

towel and stone front added last-year has cotuple ted the design

of th. llanniton Mernorvd and gives a finished effect to the

bailing. The Lodge has’been enlarged and iñoderniéd,- :.. ‘:

cud a dwelling (‘Ut the Piotessor of C1astcs built Nor must the

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Gymnasium which is shared in cominon with the School, and the

new School Rink the use of which is grantedto the. student by

the School authorities, be forgotten. Moreover the. improve.

ments are not stopping here. Work is to be commenced thi

sprrng on a new Library, the erection of v hich is made possible

by kind gifts from friends and a grant from the Provinial

Government, given in recognition of the valuftble services

rendered by Bishop’s in the cause of education during the past

• fifty years. Truly, in the matter of accornmcidation2 Bishop’s is,not

- -. . standing still, and it may be said that the-group of buiIding now.•

- arising about our Collegiate home would be a credit to any city

• They have an outlin&pleasitig tó the eye, azid show picthresque

ness and beauty, particularly tihen the setting of the St Francis

valley, the junction of the two rivers and the suriounding lulls

are consideredTh changes in the curriculum which were inaugurated

three years ‘igo are proving a great success in ‘tifoiding to tire

student, who so desires, an opportunity to speci thze from his

second yea.onward. The standard of matriculation and of the

diffe; ent courses, both Honours and Ordinary, h’19 been mate; i rily

raised, and othei improvements are being introduced as the ivoik

progresses and the need demandsThere is room ‘it present fo; more development in Modein

• Languages md Science. Here are two courses that are-ernineilt

ly necess’rry in tins practic’rl ‘ige, and oniy m. hick of me umsprevents provimon for ‘in Honour course in e ich The time ofthe present lecturers in these subjects is largely occupied inte’iching other branches, and although excellent iesults amesecured, yet they cannot devote the tune that is requ;ied for soimportant stthjects Another lectmer or ttso to relieve thepressure, md the transform mt;on of these into Honotmi Courseswith a Professor ‘it the he id of e’ich, would iii irk in advance inour curriculum even more distinct thlJ) what h’is beeuu ‘recoin

plished in the buildingsAn object like this affords in opportunity b’, a judi ;ou

investment of money, to fur thet the c ruse of’ higher educ itionin an Institution founded_upon sucti deep and ti ue pm mnciple ms

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• Bishop’s. We say iuve.cbnent because. its results in the added

• usefulness of the College and its effect upon the iation wàuld beV

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Out readers Ii ive doubtless noticed in the d’uly papers ofV the first of this year an account of the deputation which inter-

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viewed the Cbmtnissioner of Agriculture, the Hon.VMr. Turgeoñ, V

as to the estabtishin of an V Agricultural Fa&ilty or College atV

• Lennoxville. The deputation, consisted of the Bishop of 3Quebec,V the Chancellor John Hamilton, Esq. a C. L., the Principal Dr. V

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Whitney and Mr Robeit Cdrnpbell, md their equest was

piomised consideration We understand that this is a repetition

of a similar request ;nde’by this Univerity in 1891 V and then

f’ivor’tbly repo; ted upon•

‘ We are glad to seeVthequestion re-opened, for the action

taken by the Authrnzties shows an appieci ition of the needs ofV V this country, and patticularly of the Eastern Tovnships. V

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and mote there is being tecognized the necessity of scientific

insti tiction in firming, if this class of our community is to keep

i with the growmg demftnd for economy and efficiency in all

b;anches of industryV V The excellent work done by the College. at Guelh Ont., • V

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• tvhich is- in affiliation with Toronto University and almost entire- V

ly suppo; ted by the Piovincial Goveincnent, reveals clearly that

scientific inst;uction by a recognized institution isapprecnted by

the turning section of Ontano That College draws from Quebec

quite ‘m numbet of students, ‘mud if ou; Piovincial Government

recognies its responsibility to the farming section and supports the

pm oposition financially , these students and many others would be

atti tcted to study the science of Lgzlcultuie heme, andso the f’umV

•. rs of Quebec would’.be raised tea higher.plan of intelligence andV •‘ -

bette; ible to combat the many problems tb t confront themV They would, become specialists in anindustry that is easily’flrst in

this C mad m of ours

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wclfiue of ttie Umve;sity to the letter of the Rev A II Moore,

M A , P’esident of the Alumni Associ’mt;on This is the first of

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advertising ‘the’ University as suggested by our Alumni Editor in

- the November issue. Mr. Moore speaks from the point. of view

of one who has always taken a very deep interest iii the material

progress of the University. As a student he wits foremost in

promoting the inception of “The Mitre” and he has always re

maineda loyal supporter:and valued contributor to its pages. As.

• . an Alumni he was active in reorganizing the Alumni Society and

•, lie is now the President of the Association. Last year, in the in

teiests of the nev Library, he travelled extensivel’ throttghout

the Prorince, and therefore Mr. Moore from his connection with

the Uniersity and his intimate knowledge of the Townships is

well fitted to speak of her needs. V

The Government of DependenGies byV a DeniöcraGy.V •

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‘()3INo TitE MACItE PRIZE ESSAY Fofl JUNE 1V03.) V V

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- ANCIENT GREECE AND hER DEPENDENCIES

V The transfer of the treasury from Delos to AthensmarksV the-period at which the Athenians began’ to employ the property V

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V of the Allies for the, accomplishment of their otvn separateobjects The payment of the tribute was now looked upon t a

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- V -:V light, the positiOn of the Allies as tributary subjects. The

pretext for the transfer was undoubtedly that of greater securityV

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talents, an increase of one hundred and : forty talents over tlieold assessment of Aristides. This incretise can easily be accountedfor by the new allies vho, from time to time, came into theconfederacy.’ ‘ There wrnld also be an increase in the number ofthose who paid in money instead of giving persouial service, and ‘

to this’cau be added the fines -imposed on the revolting membersof the union. That a gradual change in the amount of the tribttte

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did take place is certain, but that the tribute’was doubled byAlkibiades is doubted by Grote.* The increase had begun as earlyas B. 0. 422 a is shöwui clearly by the treaty of Nikias. n that •,, •‘

‘treaty, the stipulation in regard to the tribute adjusts the pay-V’’mnent of it by certain,’cities’at the old rate of Aristides. Accord- -

itig to the lists of tribute in the inscriptions* there’is no doubtbut that the ‘payments became oppressive. They show tht insome cses they tvere increased and in others decreased, but thatthe outcome ofthe change was a gain for Athens. In B. 0. 413the tribmi[e was discontinued and a duty of one twentieth was - :‘ ,

imposed upon exports and imports Tins was done in the hope

: of increasing the, re’’enue and does not ippear to have been -‘.

continued for any great length of time; The battle of Aegos‘potami-inB.C; 405 put an end to the tributary conditions of the’ , ‘,

Allies for a titneAn essential factor to the understanding of the Athenian

confedemacy is the part played by the Attic Kleruchiie It wasthe Greek custom to divide among themselves the hinds conqueredfrom the barbarians. This had not formerly, been customary ‘wheme Cheek conquered Greek, but the hatred tvhich grew upbettt een Greek states, the excess of population and the greatpoverty of some of the cttr7ens, were causes leading to the finaladoption of tluisthvision of territmy’ even when conqueredfiom Gteeks

When relations 9pruug up between the Allies ‘md Athens,time distribution f lands to Athenian citizens was useci as apunishment to dete; the Allies from revolting Tins distribution,though in eitence ptior to the Persian tvar, was at its height

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- during the administration of Perikies and hi iintnediae successors.

They.. evidently took this means to gain popularity with. the

poorer classes,.to whonr the grants of land:tvere given.

Wh’it the exact rel itions were, between the IClerucl)r’ii

and Athens is ;iot exactly kno n, but it lb certain that they

remained Athenian citizens, and that it was to the interest ofAtheuis th’rt they should be such, else their usetulness is garnsons, for which they were undoubtedly. established, would be ofno value It is noteworthy that Dernosthenes chisses them as i

part oAtheniari propérty The Kieruchiro in cities established‘r separ’rte communrt, having an ‘rdrnin;stration of their ownThis would not prevent thetn from still being citizens of Athens,for by the Grecian law a person could be acitizen of several states.From the nature of their communities they were dependent to agreat degree on the mother-land They would have the same ; elig;ous institutions and the same priesthood They void Ii rye nomiht’iry force of their own, and fh;s would seil their dependenceThej no doubt served in the Athenian ‘iriny under Athenianofficers and m’iv have composed separate divisions among themiht’iry forces Though they elected their own Archon theywere subject to the officers appointed by Athens as other subjectstates were As Athenian citizens they ckimed the right to thejurisdiction of the Athenian courts It is riot probable that theytell under the law of tribute, although some annual compensition would no doubt be daimed from theiri in return for theland It may have been in military service or rn-coin

The relations that existed between Athens and the Allieswere very diverse Some temporary allies hid cont; ‘icted tre’rtres with her in regard to milit’iry service, and had furtushedmercenaries (The Arcadi’ins were in this rel ition and are looked upon ‘is the Swiss amongst the ‘inGlent Greeks ) The tre’ities v ere as a rule made for a stipulated time, md the allianceserthei were dissolved ‘it the end of that time or renewed undei‘i new treaty These states were not in tny way liable to tribute

The permanent Allies, which Ivete clueft concernedwith empire, were of two distinct cl’isses, the independent andthe subject Allre Tire foitner tveie undoubtedly under a full

jurisdictioii.of their own.. The subject Allies on the other hand•.

were.not possessed of this freedom.’ They were compelled to

prosecute their taw-suits at Athens. When and how the transfer

from their own local jurisdiction took place is not knOwn. The

inifuetice upon Athens of other Greek States who had. subject

/ allies such as Thebes and .Argos is seen in this regullition which

gave to her soinuch tyrannical power.aüd influence’.

We caunot,• however, leave out of sight the distance srne

of the Allied States*were at from Atlins, and the bearing this

would have On their being,totahly dependent •on the Athenian

jurisdiction. It would be absurd to suppose that every trivial

case would have to be prosecuted there. We cannot conceive of

peisons travelling from Rhodes or .yzantiüm to Atheits on ac

• count of.a law suitof fifty orahundred drachmas. Athens would

• do, as Moses had done on the advice of Jeth’ro, when he foundthe

work ofjudging Israel too great a task [or one. We must sup

pose that each subject state had an inferior jurisdiction, and that

Atheis claimed.jurisdiction only over the rirore important cases.

It may have’beeti possible tlnLt in the caseofã private action, a

sutn of rñoney was stipulated as tile limit, above which the in

ferior court of th& subject state had nojurisdiction. Public arid

• . .pnal action were, from their very importance in theeyes of the

• freedoizi loving Greek, d’ecided at. Athens. While no subject

state had the right of inflicting capital-punishment without the

peitnission f the Athenian government, yet we may wOllbelieve’

• that tJre preliminary investigation tok place intlie state where

time .offence was committed. In such an InVestigation it is pro-

bable that the Athenian officers presidedb -

The tde’i that Athens had in inaint’uning ‘i jud;cvtl sup

remacy was imttso much th’tt of controlling the administration

ofjusticein each separate allied cit.y, asto regulate and control

the relationhettveen-city and it)r. Judging the intention of - -.

Athens in this light, bet gr tdual usurpation of power to dispense

justice for the subject Allies can be better understood It would

be ailmist an indispiisableeletnent of the confederacy, th’ät- the

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methbérs should fdrego their right ofprivate war among the tnselves,V

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ural tribunal for tle settlement of such disptites. As Athens bad

‘ilways been the guiding spirit of this assembly, so t\ hen it died

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under the Kieruchue, that Athenian citizens were spread tar andwide over the lands of the subject states That disputes shouldarie between them and the ‘illied subjects ; as natur ii enough,

and if there had been no central jurisdiction to which all were‘imenable alike, the poor ally, if wronged, would have had tosuffer without hope of satisfaction. • ‘Whether, the dikasteries of

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on the same footing as Athens itself, so fir as justice was concer

ned,’ aird as a check V on the cruelty ,and misrule Of Athenianofficers, both civil and milit’iry, they were indispensable

The subject Allies as well as the independent Allies hadtheir own public officers This is proved by the mention of theArchons of Delos in the year B C 436 ‘ind B C 380 376, r time

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of its’anctuary. and managed the worship of it: by her divn

V officers.. •Yet Athens certainly appointed Archons ofher own,

here as well as in all the subject states, for v e read of Polystratusone of the Pour Hundred as being Archon at Orepus, and in thesubject state of Samos we find such officers even prior to thePeloponnesian wai * Besides these officers, the subject allies intime of war had over them Athenian comtnandei s in the citiesas well as garrisons where they were needed Iii the independent states it does not appear that tlier e were any such officci s

except that Athenian coinm’indeis were placed over their miiiThe subject states, no doubt, managed their OWil ill

ternal affairs with the exception, that outside of i limited spheretheir decrees received tliZ’ratific’rtion of Athens herself, or theAthenian officers repreenEiiig Athens

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We may be sometimes at a loss .to distinguish between

those Allies tcho were independent, and those that were depend

ent The subject A]lies were ‘those, who either originally had

offered: t.opay tribute instead of entering into any obligation to

perform military service,or who afterwards either allowed the

obligation to furnish a cOntingent of troops to be changed-into an

• agreernent to pay tribute, or who, having employed their forces ‘, -

in war’uainst Athens had been subdued. They alone remained’

independent and free. from, tribute ‘1whose position was the

•.opjrnsit of these three conditions, •and they cannot be classed as

- a part of the Athenian Empire. At the breaking out. of the’

Pelopo1knesiul tvar,. Athens had bu.t three’ allies in an independ

ent relation to her. These wire the island of Chios, and in the

•ishuid of Lesbos, Mytilene and Methyinna. ‘ ‘• ‘ . ‘‘

In dealing with the various revolts on’: the •part of the

• Allies wenust bear in mind the position in which Athens was -

• placed as the ehforcer of theobligations laid down by the terms .

of the confederacy. States which had hanged personal ervice

for money payments,’ and had allowed these payments to fall - . -.

behind not’ unnaturally desired to free themselves from the

• union, and it fell to the lot of Athens to compel them. to again

recognize,thei’r obligation. - This ‘naturally lirouglit her great. . •• -

• unpopularity, and ev.ën had she •heen disposed to allow the ‘‘-

• disaffected members to withdraw from the confederacy, consider-:

• ation for liei own safety, would have deterred her. .She had

eveiy reasçn4o believe that, those who were not with her were

against her. ‘ This would be but the natural- outcome of the twoS

puties cleulv defined by the confeder’icy

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among the various utiits formingit Were - these.: The existence

of a . confederacy that imposed hard and fast obligations was •

entiiely foieigii to the gene;’il trend of Greek ideas, which

•tetidCd towai’ds complete autonomy for each-city. . The mind “of ‘‘

the inhtbitants oftle’ Iouic •Isles was peculiarly • incapabl of• -

- maintaining that steady .prsonal effort which yas •necesar.y to

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But perh’ips the g;eatest cause of ill was, that the Persi inshaving been defeated, Athens began to étnploy the money itdthe military powe; which the confederacy placed in her hftnds

in wars of Greek against Greek. wars in which the Allies hadnothing to gain from success, and everything to lose by failureIn other words the causes which promoted the confederacy hadLhanged from c’tuses common to all, to those which aflectedAthens alone

Thus an empire was founded, not by the spie’idmng of thestate as we have it in the modern et1pire, not by the empt ainbition ofconquest, btitby the acctden&of circumstance and the de9lreof self preservation. It did not even lack in itfJuimdation the -

vbtuntiir consent of its different, deperdéncies, but it was boucidto fail because it w’is a fotm of polity too far in advance of theage The highest pinnacle of perfectioti in the scmence of govem ii

ment; to which the Greek mind could attain, was the city -

commonwealth Beyond the limits of the uty the bond ofpatriotism, w hich is so essenti ii to the unity of all systems ofconfeder’it;on, did not go A muir was not a Greek, but aSpartan or tn Athenian There was no oppression of t1dependency by the dom;n tnt pow er, for in ti uth the liber t5

giyen by Athens to the subject states of the: empire was fargreater, thait the liberty enjoyed by municipal bodies ‘undermodern governments While there was freedom from oppcesswIi,yet on the other hand the-subject states were not allowed thatfull sovereignity which, to the Greek political instruct, w is aninherent right They had no voice mu the rifairs Vlflcl] concerned the empire Their disqu9Jrhcat;ons were not those of distanceor locality imposed by nature, but disqualifications that werepersonal When the subject Ally left his own city and caine toAthens, he found that he not only lost his influence with thecity.he had reft, but that he: had not- gained any. -in theone to which he h id come The right which every citizenclaimed of drsdiargrng his pohtmc’tl functions by himself insteadof through the medium of a representative, rendered airy closerunion an impossibility So that at the very best the Athenianempire was nothugo; e or less th’rn ‘r system of det’tched units

(To be continued

A TRIBUTE TO TIlE COLUMBUS CONVENTION OF

TIlE BRoIuIuIooD OF ST. ANDREW.

J. IZENNING NELMS, IN ‘TItE LtVING CHuRCH’.

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• ‘Tis work like thisThat titakes the brotherhood of manA1ivintriitha splendid planTo work out God’s redemptton scheme,And build a fire,whose radiant.gleam -

Shall light the’world, that men may learnTo see the truth, and quick1y turnTo walk the path the Saviour trodThat leads through glory up to God.

‘Tis work likethis ,

Will lift thy heart to live above ‘

The ills that blight. ‘Twilikindle loveVitliin: and thoube kept apart,

Aboye, beyond.theslanderous dart V..

Of foe or faithless friend. ‘Twill build’Thine armour strong. Thy hope ‘twill gildWith lustrous and with living light

.To tiide th’eethrough thedarkest night.

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DeIumnis.

We are glad.to see that at the. last annual neting of the

&itisli’Schools and Universities Club in New York a graduate of

Bishop’s, the Rev. A. H. Judge, itT; A., was elected President.

This is one of the most important British organizatiolis in the

United States and we extend oui waHnest congiatulations

to Mr. Judge. .

• The first president of the club was a Wçlshtnan, the ,Rev.

Dr B Parker Morgan, ‘i graduate of Oxfoid The second, Mr

David A. Munro, was a $cotchman and a graduate of the Univer.

sityof Edinburgh. The third wa an irishman, Dr.J A. Irwin,

a graduate of Dublin University and of Cambridge, Enland;

• ,Th.foiirth was an Englishman, a public school man, Wellington, -

Mr. RalphM.. $tuart-Wortley, -.

The election now reported. marks an era in the club’s

history in the selection of a Canadian for the .piesident.

Mr. Judge graduiited in 187$ and has been rector of St.

Matth&w’s Church’ in the city of New York for’. some years. A

Chaplain to the Canadian Society of New Yoik Mi Judge has for

some time been aprommnentmemberof that organization ‘is well

It was with much regret th’tt we learned of the semnous

- •Jllness .o’ the Rev. Crroll,B..A.; ‘00. Mr. Cairoll was

laid up for some months at the Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec

with typhoid fever, but under the skillful treatment of Dr “Co”

Carter, ‘98, lie recovened his lie ilth and is now on a visit to his

brother in New York

The Rev R W E W;ight, M A , ‘87, has resigned the

incumbency of Magog to become Cur’ite at the C ittiedr ii in Quebec

Mr L R Holmes, M A , we he’u, h is left the G izette olht.e

to wcept the position of advertising Agent fei the C P R

Mr E $ Kr’rns, ‘02, is studying medicinc at Coluinbi

College, New York City

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• The Right Reverend Dr. Thorneloe, Bishop of Algotha,tvas. i very welcome visitor to his Alma Mater during his.recent stay at Sherbrobke.

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, 3RD FEB. 1904.

DEAR MiTRL,—• ‘

A’hort’time agol found inysIf ‘‘sooping” on tlre hotelCtirling rink, opposite a vell known old B.C. S.’boy, MajorOri;ngton-Siuith—not long tfter this meeting I was obliged toreturn tO England for a few days, and aWl sateating my dinnerin the test tui tnt at B tsle R’ulwfty Station, a gentleman oppositeme began tilkmg and I soon discoveted he was well acquaintedwith Mi ‘ Wfttt-Jones, v. horn we tt Lenno’ville knew as MissBadgeley. “IIov small the’world is!” is a phrase not less truethan trite: for, once again, a little later I met a man who had,I fanc,played golf with Professor Parrock at Murray Bay!

• Weare now,’ atter about a’ fortnight of lovely sunnyweather, epei lencing wit tt is known bet e rs a “M’rloja’’ wind—you tvould call it L u cl—time snow is di ifting, the tobogganand bDbsleigh—ru us are unuseable, ut) - atnotm t of “sooping” vuldever buing”stane” into the house on the curling-nnk, on one of

•the katiug rinks theie is about a foot of sñotv, while ‘on theothem, though the hewzc effoitsofabout forty It’rhan sweepersand shovellers, ‘a few brave souls are’: able to practice the • -

• outside--edgc. •‘ - • ••. ‘ • • •

But this oit of thing will. not last long: soon time sun,bidding Fm to outrival your glorious Canftthan orb, will appear

• again; and out’ titountain’ tops,. at present lost in grey mist &nddrifting siiov vilI re appe it and St md out white and splendidagainst a deep bluesk. fl,-: • •

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. Kindliest remembra.n,ces, ‘dear Mitre. to you and -to,Lellno\’ mile

From your old fnend

BATIIuRsT G WILKINSON

Chplain, St Mont?, S1t7erland

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- Our thanks are ‘due to the “Rev. A. i-i. Moore, M. A., of

$tatd and to Professor G. 0. Smith, of TrinityCol1e’ge for the

valuable letters which we publish below. We refrain, from

any comment for the present i’uid. hope thatothers who are

interested in this University will be moved, to give us their’

advice upon this difficult subject of advertising. It is only

through the fullest, and freest discussion that we can hope to find•

. where the best áoure lies. . . . . . -

The’ experience of Trinity .ought to be of great value ‘to

us, as their circumstances so close&. resemble our own, and on,

this account we have very great pleasure in publishing Professor”

Smith’s interesting letter. Professor smith preferred to write i

-‘:‘ personal letter, in which he said as follovs:—

TRINITI COLLEGE, TORONTO, FEB urn, 1004

- Ideallyit does not. seem fitting. that .University, a

College, or-a School should advertise;. ‘but’ tnder the. exitingconditions of the country, it seems.to be a nëcessar’ and there

fore wise’net.hod to adopt.’ ‘ . - -‘ .. - -

‘Foi’ several’years, ‘Trinity rather avoided such advertise-inent; but,as The Mitre points out, has lately adopted another2’

policy, with on the whole, very successful results. There hasbeen a large increase of students,. and the College has become

.,,better known throughout the Province, instead of being to a.large extent over-shadowed by Toronto University: Pe6ple’io

rknow clearlyand, more widely ,than befor’e, what Trinityhas to offer, -

1 Church of England worlnp and teichrng—(with fullreard to ‘the rights of non-Anglicans, tvhd are allowed -“option s”e g a general course on Christian Ethics in pl ice of the PrayeiBook,—you will notice that in tliei; case al the geneiniprinciple of religious teaching and study i observed—) -

2 Residence wth (i) its discipline, (5) its soci illy

pleasant and beneficent injluences.‘ “:‘ • ‘ ‘ ‘ - -

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3. The oppurtuni ties afforded for.closer supervision of a

student’s. work on the part of the Staff.It seems to tue that Bishop’s might with advantage adopt

it similar, line of “advertisemnt”, avoiding of course any. un

fitting exaggeration; The public may as well be cnformed that,

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though McGill is the big Uiiiversit, yet there is another which

has some advantages peculiar to itself, and is in : position to

teach the subjects that it “does undertake thoroughly and.:

efficiently.., ‘ . ,‘

‘Of course in the case of Trinity, it is not merely newspaper —

advertiseinetit that has brought us more students. A great deal

has been done by,persotial “canvassing”. I ‘ think the Provost

.employ one or tWo students.each sumiher in this work; and’ it

seems to tue that this idea is worth some consideration A present

or former student should be a good, canvasser. He.knàws the’

adv’tntages he t)itflself. has gained, and. can. take .the. line of

“Ezpert’o ‘cec1e” ILl, dealing with those whom lie seeks to interest.

I do not suppose that thete would ne much difficulty in providing

e’penses and remunetation for one or two men who vere willing

to undertake the wotk. ‘With us the ‘Provost himself has done’ a

good deal, I belie’ve; he has been able’to do it,’ because’ he does,

not take my te mchrng work at all except an occasional Divinity

‘lectti’re. ‘ Of course mit. Bishop’s this’is different, ,as the Principal

uid Staff ate kept Lull up with their work in College

To THE ALuINI EflIrOR OF TUE MITRE

DEAR SIR —

The question of idvei tising the University, to which you

have called attention is so piessing and persistent as to merit

the mttention not only of the Alumni but of all well wishers of

Highei Education in the Townships It is to tins particular

distiict th t Bishop’s College imiust look, as to her immediate

constituents in the matter of duty and responsrbrlit The

Primicipal of the University is fully alive to this phase of the

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situation iind- in his report tb’ Corporation, last October, he• says:—”i feel very strongly that as much as possible should be

done to gt into close, touch with the geneñtl educational, life orneeds of the district”. It is not, at first sight easy to see. liov‘this close touch’can be iii any real sense tile result of advertising.

• . It ivbuld seem that we must look’ for it to grow out of a mutual• ‘appreciation of ne’eds and facilities for meeting them rube

College may be arid I believe is in tile ham appreciative of theneeds’ to be ministered to, but I doubt very much if the district,is in any real sense alive ‘to and ‘appreciative of the facilitiespossessed by the College to’ meet existing conditions. . It willbe well therefore, if we- ‘arc to [lice the issie’ intelligently, toattempt to d’etermine,’wherein public Qplfliofl about the Collagejs:In error. . . . . -‘- . . , , . . .

There can he no doubt that. in quarters froiii which betterthings might be expeCted the point of’ view fi’oizi’ which the -

College is regarded is-narrow and prejudiced. In the first puce,the very name of. the College and her connection with the

•,. Church, , the presence’ of the Divinity . faculty- and the large

percentage of theological-students prevent many from regarding- ,the Aits School’as more’ttian a’subordiiiirte brãnch’oftheCollege,’

- -‘. ‘.-.. o’ershadoved and dominated by- the theological department.

Again the conception’ that this dorinating fticuity is the exponentof the views of a school of.thought’iñ the Church of’ England less,cornpreheiisive ‘than that Church herself results in some qqartei’

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‘ in ttie opinion that tire atniospheie of the College is ch rged with-. a type of ecclesiasticism that is foreign to Canudian,,thought and

inor e m touch with mediaw ii times These oticeptions m lois-‘conce’ptions added to another tlat ‘the tone’ of-’he Colleg is

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exOlusively and unsytnpathetically. Erglish in’ her mCthods ahdide’ils, ha e to be met amid explained iway 01 i etrdej e’l untenable

-., before we, can hope for the desired “close’ touch” to exist.. Aiid

-- asyou’indicate ve can ill affoid to loe time in bringing this aho’ut. -

It is, I am persuaded, to ‘such considerations us ‘ these,-

., rather than to’, any lack Of elasticity’ ‘in the’ course of’ ‘studyoffered, or to equipment, or even to the piestige of th n’uire ofour lirge; sister University iii tIi Pt OV1IICt_, th t ‘t e 1tIut

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ascribe our failure to come into closer contact with the houglit

and life of the, district nsa whole. Until thepoint of view •can

be changed, we need not l)e surprised- if in some quarters the

College can. hardly be said to be pleasant to the eyes and a place

to be desired to make one wise. ‘V

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• If, however, we are to do justice to the district, we may not

V overlook the point ofiev of,the College itelf, lest perchance V V

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V we find there tendencies designed rathdr to rebel than ‘to attract

‘overtures of sympathy and co-operation from the” community.

We cannot think, the difficulty before us a one sided problem, if.V

upon examination, we seem to find, in the’College, a tendency to

measure all Caiiadhui life 9.nd determine its value by standar V

foeigrm to Ca’nadian,soil and the conditions of .imcipient nation-

hood. , Nor.canwe so think if perchance we find, much in our

social or intellectual life that,’ to one imbued with’ the ‘ideas of

another land, might easily’ be provocative of good natured

sarcasm reg&rded otherwise than something to be V tolerated, and

itot merely tolerated but accepted as the foundation upon which V

to btiild better, things. Our dept’ to English thought and culture . V

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and ripe scholarship ‘is incalculable, but now, with the ideals ‘V

of

yo’ñng nationhood thick tipon us, it cannot be asking too much ‘to.

tequrre thtt our tetche;s, our intellectual leaders, be fellow

citizens with us, thrilled by ‘t commott th;ob of patriotism and

sharers with us in all that takes cotirage and hope and pride frrnV colonial citizénshi. Our future progres must be evolved from V

V present uittainment rather than, by means of any new departure; V

V V and the ‘oOly way to mnke this or any district what it ought to beis t&take it as it

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&nd proceed from that. ‘Any institution that

hnstly goes to V tvork’ in that spirit need hardly doubt itsV ultimate success. ‘ V

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-While, in my opinion, the difficulty that we must, face is in

the main one-sided, stern logic forbids me to believe that it is.

VV’:b lutely so and I cannot resist the conviction’ that the work of

advertising the College, collecting erconeous Conceptions of theinstitution, briaging her into closer touch with the district, callit tvhat you will,,inust be inaugurated by the immediate staff oftime College. Tire besb and

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College ‘cnn do is to co-operate in that work. This co-operation is,ayoi’welI say, one of the greatestassets of the University. The

• willingness of the graduates to give this has been amply shown inthe pastand we have no reason to suppose it will not be forth-

• coming in all future efforts. The Year Book, suggested, and evenprojected as an Alumni undertnking, will help the special woik:

• of the Associationas will also tle annual gathering of graduates.- •. Something will still be needed in aidition to all that can

be done in thls way or in-the colutnns of periodicals. You willdoubtless receive many and better suggestions as to what badbest be done,- but, it comes to my mind with great force tlttt during the long vacation, and at any other tittie, a member or niembers of the College staff could do a vast work by going through

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:• the ditrict, meeting the leading Citizens (not tQ solicit ubscrip-,- tions, we may have overdone that) in conversation about the

• College and her ideals, ‘‘isiting the Superior Schools, and gaiii

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- inga knowledge, notonly of possible students, but of th popular -

• .‘ coneption of the College and the coñditidns of thought and life

upon which the College must build her destiny: Such work-

might, for a year or two, seem unproductive bitt in the course oftime it would surely tell in bringing abouLthe desiderated con-•

• dition of things. We have many loyal friends, and I am thInking,now not of clerics, but of even iñore valuable friends, the leading

• - laymen, who ill gladly give any possible help and who dah onlybe kept informed of our ideals by coming occasionally into con-

• - - tact with one who is conversait with Qvery line of •Collee life.So long as the College lives out her life behind closed doors the

- ative -sympathy of busy men can hardly go out to her.• -. -

- Let. us bave suggestions and resulting action that will• - make the facilities offered by Bishop’s College well and widely

• kñown. -. Those interested in the well being of the district will- soon see the wisdom, of-meeting every wih of the staff to come in-

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-. to closer touch with and to elevate the tone of the district’s life;-- and they will, t believe, meet the advance - more thin Iialt way,

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Yours very truly, •V,

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OURIST CHURcH RECTORY,V

V ARTnUR FL VlOORE V • V

Stanstead, J in 8th , 1904 Pres, Alumni Associttioii

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Divinity Notes.’

Some weeks ago the Rev. Prof. Dunn gaTe a, most .enjoyable toboggan party. A great many of our village friends werepresent aid also the meii from the Shed. The slide was in idealcondition for both exciting and more cautioudsport, and in spite ofthe mercury being below, zero the party was ‘a great success.’After the slide an adjournment was made o Prof. Dunn’s’ houe,wlmere’triuch appreciated refreshments were served.

Since returning from our Christmas holidays we.have beenvisited by the Rev. A. H.:Moore, M. A., the Rev. E. Roy, B. A.,and the Rev. F. W. Carroll, B. A. The latter has been in the’

• hospital with typhoid, but has now, gone to New York to recap-.erate. The Rev..W. T. .Wheeler,.B. A. has been with usa

• great deal of late, but his visits smack of examinations so thatwe do not see as much of humn as we might wish

An Art’ man lately essayed -to occupy the upholsteredchair df’Patristics; and we are told that lie threw both light andshade on certain piissages of S. Athanasius’’ “Contra Arianos.”It is certain that his method of handling - th’e subject was bothnew and masterful.: ‘

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Recent research his brought to light some- astounding V

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facts, namely, that lepers were not alIovdV

to wear their own, “ V

clothes but were compelled toren€ clothes from others. it has V’

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Valso been discovered that the Arabs’areV a roaming people, butthey are not to be confouided with the Romance nations.

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- Rev. J. J. Seaman, B. A., has been acting as curate toth’Rev Dr Shreve, tr Sherbrooke, until the arrival of the Rev EB. Browne, B. A., from. England. V -

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• atBrompton Falls, Que., anclMr. G.E. Fletcher at Maberly, OiiL,• in

the diocese of Ottawa. V V

Mr. W. •F. Seaman has taken Sunday duty t East Angus.

• Mr. II. W. Sykes, B. A., took the services at WindsorV Mills on Feb. 7th. ‘ V V V •

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VV We take this opportunity of thanking Rev. J. II. Neims for

V his kindness in providing a case of oranges for the Divinity house.V

•V We are glad to hear that the Rev. F. G. Scott, D. C. .L.,• Rector of St. Matthew’s Church, Quebec, has promised to conduct’

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a quiet day for the Divinity Men at Mid-Leit.V

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•V• At Johnville, Que., ashott time ago, Mr. and Mrs. AlfredV

MUsty pased awa within a week of each other. They were

V well known to many old students of Bishop’s, Mr. Musty being.• for many years night watchman of the College and Schöl, and

V V also for a short time janitor of the Divinity House. Mrs. Musty V

was employed as housekeeper at• the Infirmary. During theirV

early life Mr. and Mrs. Mi5isty were employed by the family, ofV

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V General. Sir Redvers Buller; later they lived in the island of’

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V Guernsey where they.knew Victor Hugo the novelist. •

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B the hon George L Foster, in the C’ina,liati M’inzine

All speaking is not oratoiy, most even df whit men ciiiV

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fln’e spealing has, little akinto it. The form of eptessin may

•• be of thenicest,’ the flo of words of the smoothest, and even time.thought of the highest order, and yet it may not be otatomy Onthe other hand it is possible for the s’icred fire to 11 z’h forth fi omn

•• V rude and unlettered people mhd with strange md moving force.

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• Real oratory isa child of truth and ardour Falsehood is V

V fatal to ItS ‘ birth, and coldness clips its’ wings and hiñdërs alleffective flight.

VThe s’oul must be mt white heat and cr o be

delivered of its message, uid the mness<tge mtit pioceed fioiit the

very throne of truh, and appeal for repose to the deepest. feeling

of the auditors. Oratory delights in broad lines and bold imagery;it dislikesthe’tangling strands of small issues and dry detail.

The mental ey of the, orator must see with ‘perfect,’clear- ‘2

ness the thing he wishes to describe,or he can iever adequatelyiepresent it to his hearers; he must feel its absolute truth andurgency before lie ctn stamp its burning importance upon his

• cuditors. The orator cannot be a bad man; the ring of’his coin•“uus’b genuine. The eternal mint of truth utters no spurious

metal. Th. mission of the orator. has not ended. So long as truth1ives’and men feel, so long there is place and scope for. him. • ‘ •. -

• Neither painting, hdI music, nor sculpture, nor poetry, nOr- any other fortir of expression, can ever replace the living prophet,.

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- called of God’, on’fire tvith ruth and impelled by the relentlessIi ct, “Go forth ‘mci spe’rk to my people”

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• Tales of Paris .

in LE5 BAS-FONDS ixs PARIS

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- Is—nihd what you’re after, and look ere you leap. ‘ .‘

. ‘ .. ‘Itigoldsby legends; The Smuggler’s Lcip.

2.,.’ ,‘ Xaviei’ was missing. For-the two lat days he had hot

been”sen, either at l)1S lodgings or at the office’s of the Ecliarpe

d/Iris. or tt any of. his favourite restauarits. . No one could

memember mhere they h’md last met him, nor whether he had

left any clue of ins present liererbouts Xavier was a young

provincial who had one day mcri’ived in Paris with his pocket full’

of paternal gold andimis head full of paternal advice, to pursue the

carrofjqurnalistn. His accocnplishments cdnsisted in- a know

ledge ofhoi thiid and the cc t of in tknig fi iends Every morning,

he sallic’l forth’. with his reporter’s note book and plunged intofunerals, weddings, police cou.’ts and thieatres; interviewed newly

eon’demned conViCts, foreign potntates, fluflisters of oveihrnent

,uid tnetch cut princes On his free days he drunk hoeL ‘mt the

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Peat-Monaco and amused us with his odd mannerisms and im—possible yarns. Butlie had vauished completely; and now, forthe first time, we began to realise what an addition to our little

-circle he had .keen with his ciuint. expressions and exuberant -.

spirits. The police had taken up the matter—after the mannerof Parisian police, ‘md the newspmpec fo; which he wiote beganto make capital out of their missing reporter by publishingsensational par’mgraphs on his disrippearance

That evening Chërbuliez said: “Look here, you fellows,if- Xavier’s not dead we can find him. Bring )our revolvers andborrow some journalist’s cards and we’ll drmv every h’munt inParis” “But Xavier’s a mere boy,” I objected “He wouldn’tknow much about Paris”

Cherbuliez gave me the kind of look the ;eviewer of theTrinity College Magazine would bestow on a P1 enchinrin whotold lum anything “wild” about the French capital

“illaia, mon Vzeuz, VOltS etes epatctnt You t ilk isif X ivie;wris an English public school boy He ‘miready knows more aboutParis than you do He’s been reading Huy9mans and Bandelarre,and I’expectwe shall find that lie is trying to imitate the tyle oflife they advocate 01; you’ll see some funny tiit tigs be tot e tveget home—Don’t forget the revolver” -

An ltour later we set out—Chetbuliez, De Litiemou;lle,Dostoveski and I—to hunt up the youth who tued to cultivatethe ideals of dec’mdent hter’mtute in the obscure iiooks mudcorners of modern Pat is

We hailed a cab and drove right icross Paris Out of theL’mtin Qu’mrter, where men and women wear fauit’mstic clothes ‘mdpiowl annlessly about the streets, into the fisinonable punt,sw’mrmlng with the we’mltliy md indolent of ‘mu nations At outleft the long squate mass of the Louvre loomed for a moment inits stately simplicity, then we passed by theTheltle Flavuu%where men, jewelled and shirt-fronted, stood smoking nouncithe exits during the en!; ‘acte, and emaciated Sti eet-at ibs ; tim

hither and tlnthei selling counterfeit progi rimmes, or t ummnaged inthe gutter for ciguetle ends Thence up the spiclous-Aenuf’ (It.

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1’ Operti alive with carriages carrying pleasure seekers to andfrom their amusements; across thern Place de t’Opera where huge

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advertise nents, in changing colours of electric light, glared

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V from sky-scrapers, arid VSO on to the V Grands Bouleuard8 whereVVV fabulous dinners Vare eaten, where Paris, after toiling all the day,

spends the night .111 ;elaxaion even more fatiguing. -

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V The cab turned sharply V to the lOft, thrOaded several-narrow dark

streets mmd stoppOd. We squeezed ourselves out ofVthe vehicle, arid I sv in front an open door with a light over the V -

lintel, md, just inside, asturcise which obviously led under..

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ground. As we eirtered and began descending the steps, apanIV moved in the al1 at our side, and

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through the gap I caught.

sight of a face watching us as the slit V closed up. I felt If myV

revolvei was .properlyloaded. At the foot of the stairsV

hung aheavy curtain, and ‘is Cherbuhez drew it aside we could hea;

V exclamations, the chink of money and the buzz of conversation. -.

Then we passed along a blank dirty passage and opened aV doorat the end. There, in aVroom blazing with ligl4t, I aw. men and V

women crowded round a long baie t’ible, some leaning forwardV

ver the green cloth, some sitting back Vin their, chairs with im-.

movable faces;

V others talking and gesticulating, others perfectlysilent The room was so hot I could haidly breathe As westood on the threshold, a m’in pushed past us and hurried out

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atthe table,wCre watching him retire with looks of curiosity.V

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iivon a la ilfoigzie” We were in a third rate gambling hell and -

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Vtl man—well, you know what it means when some, one hurriesruined ftom the table, perfectly calm, V without saying anything,

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Never hrd I sO1iio bizarre an aggregation of human beings.-One would say that LII the decadent types of our uilrs’ition hadbeen dràtvn round Vtht long baize table.

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jctelled dandies, just fresh from the theatre, now come to’see

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that other comedy of fortunes made or marred •in an evening. -

Drawn and furrowed faces .of bread-winners, who,. sick of themonotony of office oi counter, sought for some ci ow ded momentsof excitçment., even ut tire èost of worldly prosperity. 1-lere and ‘

there, tire true tragedy of Par is—’r youth whose stock of moneydwindles xvhile he waits for.the preferinent which never comes,

till he_stakes his last coin on 7 ouge ci non to rt in competence or

depart penniless and die. ,Now and then I recognised one of thefor midable ‘ii my of the dccl assed—those men of high birth or

position, who are repudiated by their associates fbr some publicdisgiace, and wander outcusts between the social strata. Youknow them by’tbeir. careless bearing, their’ aristocratic faces,darkened. by a look of envy and bitterness, and, their slovenlydressto which there yet clings some miserable reihnant of formerelegance. - Amongrt the corpany I caught sight of one or two

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. frilled and flounced female things, their tongues quiet for the• • ,

‘ notice, in. the excitement of the game. . OccasionalIythere.apperired the•grirny face, •coare matted. hait, and soilócl oat ofa working man, come fresh trom the factor) with a cloth knottedround Iris throat instead of collar The raised ch’urs, placed roundthe w’rU away frrnn the table, were occupred by onlookers who

- .-:sinoked,and, spat alternately. They were mostly old. tnn, wholi’tvrng lost the taste for pie tsar e, s it there, gi itirly tvrtchingthe scenes .the could no longer enjoy. -These’ and such like-‘types did not. present themselves, one rifLer tire other,.. as’héte.enumer’tted One becftlne gradually consurou of them in the

.flai’ing light, tire tobacco-laden, stifling’ atuiosphere, atnid thechink of mohey, and that table full’of strained, silent, unnaturalfaces, impassive, ‘igitated or intently Listening to the secret p1 esentiments tvhich whisper fatalistically to tire gambler ‘‘yes” or “no

As I moved slowly round thc room, se rrchrng fom X tyler’sclear kce atnong the flushed or e\surgulned counten Hices, my

ie was rivetted on a m’rn of tint ty-five, who kept lealung tot -

ward and bftckward, his hands trembling with excitemt._nt i licfingered Ins notes and gold Obviously he w is Losing heav;13Suddenly his shifting look fixed hi tck-haired olmvc cornp1e-roired yout)r opposite; and leapimiu tip he slim mekeci, ‘‘Munsicuryou’re che’rtmtigl” —

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V - Th whole table was instantly silent. The boy’s handsome dark face grew pale; his brown eyes remained wide opei,looking atthe man; his expressiofi became blank; his full lipstrembled ‘for an instant but jirticulated no word. Never ‘were V

helplessness and conscious guilt so plainly confessed. .The other V

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V man stood quivering for an instant, then 1ant quickly over, thetable, snatched a’piece of cardboard frotn under the Italian’s

V haiId; and höIdiig it up to the two lines of faces turned towardsthem, again shouted out. ¶‘He’s swindling, l’cscroqueur VinfameI” V V

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rJhecroupier was on the spot. - A glance at’the card showed

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him ‘th justice of the accusation.. Re merely nodded. And what.happened then to this lad, hardly eighteen yea; sold, who tried to

p1y the difficu] t game of deceit on a gang of villains e’peHencedV

V in every form o’ knavery?/ They did what soundiels alwas dO V’

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when some one is found guilty of crimes such as their own To• exact punishment from another is like talking vengeance for

ones

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dwn pe;ialties.His neighbour seized him’by the collar; his chair

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was stvung over backvards. The gamblers crowded round; I couldV

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see them shoving, kicking and vituperating as they dragged him :V

V to the door. V The waiter, who was just in the act of carrying’some liqueurs, hastily laid doxvn his tray and joined in the

• scrimmag’anxious’ not to miss this opportunity of hurting a

fell6w-creature The boy had no time to ;esist Butjust nt theentrance lie gaitmeda footing and nade a furious struggle, clutch-’ V

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ing at the doon posts, sobbing ith passion, his thick hair ruffledoVer his forehead into his eyes’. But those who had remained

‘sitting jumped upwith savage glee to join flV the fray. The next’•instaiitfiewas

flung intO the passage and the dodr slammed. The V

- gamblers slowly resumed their seats, talking nd gesticulathg. V

A moment later the play w is i esumed and the incident forgotten“Bre,” üd Cherbuliez’comitig up to me. “We’d btter

Vgo, r-they’lI be chucking us out too. Besides Xavier is’n’t here.”

So we left the rooni as- quietly as we could;’’ travdrsedagain tli bare pissage, ‘lifted aside the heavy curtain and went ,, -

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rphe night nh felt quite cold after the suffocating atmosof that underground den.

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Grands Boulevards, mingled with the varied crowds on the pavemerit and eventually found ourselves outside the Casino de Paris.-

• Here we stopped in surprise. A long row of fiacres lined thecurb-stone; people were coming in and out of the Music Hall,wrapped u in mantles- from underneath: which we .eauglit

• glimpses of strange coloured dresses. A formidable arraypolicemen stood round the entrance.

“Tiens,” said Cherbuliez ‘meditatively, “that just remindsme.. Do,you know, you fellows, this is the day for the first-batmasque at the Oasino: just the sort o1 thing Xavier would go to.

•.- Lets have a look in” ‘ - -

- : At. Paris, exciteme;t is contagious, and when tins MuicHall, fatuous for its: disregard of onventiouality, announced the

• experiment ofa masked- ball, pleasure-goers- from all parts of thecity flocked tO the opening. The vestibule. tvas fuLl of men and

• women undoing their wraps and- showing Lheir’tickets, and weilready heard bursts of music from inside. As we entered theauditorium, a sight worthy of a Homeric heaven’ met our gaze.A lage orchestra of clarions, cymbals and violins tvas playing a

• nois waltz, men and women of all ages and. clases weie whirhing rotind;. some dancing, and some clumsily tumbling into the

- crowd ofonlookers who lined•the sides. Here-aOd there boys.and girls were chasing eaàb other, dodging in and out among thethrong. Every.now and then a couple upset, obviously on purpose, -

tripping up other dancers as they fell. The balcony stall werefull ofthê more respectable folk, sonic of whom had long bamboo ,.

fishing-rods, to the ends of which toys ‘vere attached and dangledjust over the heads of the dancers below, who sutdied at them,leaping upwards, missirIg the ehisive bait and grasping someone.

• else’s head as they alighted on their feet. - At ond moment•

-. Mneör ten daners all joined hands-and careered round ma body,with flushédfaces,shoutinga song to the tune of the waltz, collid

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,. ing violently. in.to all who caine. within reach, provoking angryprotêstations: till some men and women rirade a rusi) and’broke

•• up the •.phalanx. At which a heated disussion ensued, nearlyending in blows Most of the per for mets were in or drnary clothes,but ocdasion ally one saw the most grotesque disguises. •• One man

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stalked about: in a caricature of the British tiniform and a placardon his back, “Oz eBt Dewet?” He wore a donkey’H mask (thislast part of his costume one would hardly wish to altei-.) Anotherparson Lrtd ott a ctrdbjard face with an enormous red nose: Someone caught hold of it, and the whole mask cameoff, disclosing thefeatures of a.womamso ugly that the onlookers butst into jeers.:

And all this tune the cnusic, the whirling couplesaiidthei’r coloured dresses wei’e turning in a maze of heat and soundlighted up by the brilliance of the ball-room.

Then we stftlled.alöng the ‘promenade of the theatre andhad a look into the bar.:. Men were sitting about, drinking bock

- and streaming with perspiration. One individual, V renderedloquacious by the Bacchic god, was in the midst:of a philosophic

• argumeutwitli tlm waiter, and now appealed to us for confirmatiOn.:.

‘V ‘I.thihk, therefore I exist,” li declared huskily;..’ -- ‘

“You xist, but you certainly don’t think,’. rejoined ‘De‘Latremnouille, a we passed’ on. . ‘ - V

V .“Oh but Descartes in his chapter..on abstinencedeclares V

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• “Fiche-nwts ta paix,” growled Cherbuliez and shoved’ huninto un arrn.chair where he curled up and tvent tosleep. We

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oiftinued our search; there was bufti)onery, excitement, extrav-

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ag’añce and merriment at every turn, but no. Xavier. .

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, We returüed tO theVballVroomVand ñilngled hi the restlesstliroig. The lasVdance had finished, and just as we entered there V

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- ws a clash of cymbals, ‘a blare. ‘of rumpets, V and the orchestra.

with a burst of mnuic struck up’. the Cake-walk. At that V ;vellknown air the company seemed to go

mad. Th, Cakewalk wasthen the rage at Paris. V’ There is-something in its rotesqmienss,

• its ugliness, its riotous music which appealsto a Frenchman’s love

of unconventionality. They .executeV.it with an exaggeration V

and feverish energy,’ quite unknown StOVUS• So now the whole,

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j iouples with fratitic grimaces and gestures,prancing across the ball-room floor; like apes or clowns.- :The’’

V ;. susceptible Dc -Latremouille had’just been joking with an ‘enga-

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V lug ctun.9du$c, and now they both :joined in with the rest. Thepompous

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: mass of human ‘being. Dostovèki atid I looked at eich other

in s’urrise, and then the Russiaii said. ‘We shai’t see any more

of those fellows to-night. Let’s go;. Xavier isn’t here.”Once more w:e were out on, the boulevards, now almost

deserted. The cafes were closing, and tired sleeiSy waiters

cold be seen cai’ryhig.wine glasses and beer-mugs back to thebar, vhile other’s screwed down iron shutters.. The busses were

no. lpnge running, the electric lights were half turned ofl, hereand there’ we caught sight Of belated passeners hurrying home.Being, likeall Parisian students,’ impecunious *e did nottake acab; but decided to walk baik to the Latin Quarter. Our shorte’stroad lay through the central meat and vegetable markets. (LesHalles) one’ of the mOst dangerous parts of Paris, tvhere ‘ruffiansof both sexes never sleep but in the day tiiñ, and vheie the

• police do not.care to penetrate singly ‘ “ASter all’,”, said Dosto•

‘ veski’, “no one’s likely to touch us; were far too’ disreputable,” V -

• ‘ and we smile the complacent smile of the bohemian who ldoksdown on the v unties of this world fiom the e’ulted heights ofhis own

Vpoverty ‘ V V • , ‘

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V We took all the shortest cuts, winding ‘through iieanallws and lanes, luere coflee stalls stood open and m’urketporters drank that qtiestionable beerage at one tent per cup

V• But as we turned’ down one dimly lighted,lane, I just caught ‘a V

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‘ glimpse of’a little group far down at the’ other end; next istant,a woman’s scream rang out, and theha nai’s voice called loudlyand ‘imperiously “an secours!’ au secours!’ Dostoveski’ and Ipulled out our revolvers and i’m towards the sound As we’

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came,up breathles and excited we saw a man ‘in a top hat andfur coat laying about. him with a Malacca cane; two villianouslooking tramps were hovering round him, with knives in theirhands, trying to get u;iderne th Ins guam d There was a womansomewhere m;ed-up in the fray, but I lrnd not tune to see howDostoveski cocked Ins revolver and in ide sti aight fo; one of theut throats Just then the omccn screamed ag’un and staggeied‘ug’umnst the wall He of the Malacca cane iwtde a savage onslaughton to the other brigand, so I approached the woman v ho had puther h’inds up to her f ice, ‘md did not seem conscious of my

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resene. But as I slipped ;iy revolver back. into my pocket,.

and tried to gently uncover the wounded part, she siiddenly

snatched my guM- watcb and chain, slipped to one side and darted

round the corner, ddwn an alley. To this day I can see the flash in

1iei eyes amid the sudden tightening of every muscle in her face as

h-p1ayed her trick, and to this dal’ I can feel the wild impulse of

• fight, surging through eeet’y vein when one is driven to extiemes.

I sprang after her, raising my revolver to frighten her

-into surtender. As I ran I haid footsteps mtte’ring behind me,

iiex-instatit a strong hand grasped : my coihir and jerked me

backvards; the weapon was tv;enclied out of my hand and

oice muttered, ‘‘justfn time.” rwas pulled up at once, and as

I stood panting the truth giadually dawned upon me. The

others had vanihed—umy gàld watch with them. I had been

caught- by two policemen, with a loaded revolver, apparently

about -to fire on ii woman. Z IL V. B.

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.- (To be continued.) .

Dt5hop’s GoIIee ,nnual r,ntertainment

- The annual en tert.ainment given by the Sudents of the College

took place on the eveniig of Fe1. 15th in he village Church Flail.

For bevel al ye ii s past this ii is gener thy consisted of a

phi3 and conceit, hut it v ‘is thought that a ch’inge in the mode

of entertailunent •would be welcomne. After several projisaIs a

•. Minstrel Entertainment and Toy Symphony Orchestia, ccom•-

• panied by a Concert, cstlecided Upon. One gieat reason for

this wn that it was fett that, wheuèis in firmer ears whena

l ty w us givcn, only a emy limited numbe; of students could

t’ike pat t, in thepresent case ‘iii, 01 nearly all, would have an

equal chance of entering into it. The officers of tile Glee Club

took chuue, and aboti three-weeks before the close of Michhnas

tet ii; pi itctice wet e instituted, with the ; esult th tt the interest

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and enthusiasmincreased insteadof, its in tnany instatices flagging. -- -

• - the Minstrel •paitvas under the direction of Mr T. H. Iveson,

B A., tbCflge Organist, who was untiring in his effortto-,

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- make. it’ a uôcess; Mr. H. A. Collins taking. charge of the Toy

- $ytmiphony., atid bringing it up to a state- of excellence in a re- -

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At a quarter past eight the curtain was raised, reea1ing

ttvo semi-circular rows of individuals whotoV all intents and

)urposes seemed to be—almost, I was gping to say, perfect—

desce;idiints of Ham. Th&rolling whites of the eyes, the white

ness of the. teeth, the broad red lips aiid different other darkypeculiarities would have deceived even some Southerners. Not

one whit behind the completeness of tbe blackened faces andhands, and the curly hair of some, was the variety of the costumes..All wore ducks with red stripes, and black coats. Individualtaste displayed itself in the waistcoats, shirts, ties and collarswhich were of every conceivable shape, color and cnglomeratioiiof Colors. The wociderful adornments of priceless je welery, thewatch chains of: enormous bulk and the capacious shoes that

• adorned the feêtof many were features that attracted attentionand comment. V V •

The opening chortts was a very appropriate one and was

suiigwith good effect: To a practised ear, or one who hadV

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V attended the rehearsels, a few mistakes could be noticed, but sofew and trivial that an ordinary audience would not detect them.Mi H Dunn wing very well, and although nervous, managed to

• hide it .that it was not observed’by the audience. V•

The chorusV

• vas sung by the minstrels. Mr. Fletcher’s recitation and dance V

received hearty ipplause, especially tl]e litter The Qu4utettebby V the Lyric Club were well rendered. Mr. Walling’salthough an OldV .one, was listened to very attentively,. theminstrels joining in the chorus Mi Speid’stwobanjselections,one a very enthusiastic encore, caine iii very approptiately as

Vpart of.. the minstrel entertainment. • We all look forwad to V

anything in which lie takes part “Boys vil1 be Boys” receivedwell merited applause The cho; us was sung twice and whistled

Vonce by the minstrels. Unnecessary to say Mr. H. A. Collins’violin solo was enäored and we iere treated to hnother eititlecl‘TheVT-aumerie.” One could hear a pin drop so attentive was the •V

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audience duirng the rendenng of it The closing chorus of thefirst Flit of tire progr’tnme was all that could be tvished, theblending of the voicesns splendid

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PROGRAMME

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Minstrel Entetainment

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I CII0RUS—”Pulldress Medley Overture GLEE CLUB

2 S0NG—”Good Dye, and God Dless You,Jack” Mn. H. DUNN

. 3 RECITATtON—”A Country Squlre” Mn.G. U. FLETCHER

4 QUARTEETE—”Up to Date LYRIC CLUB -

SoNo—”My Old Kentticky Home”. MR. P. WALLING

6 DANJO SoLo—”Patrol Coinique”.................................. Mn. A. SPEED

• 7 S0NG—”Doys will be Boys REv. 3. 3. SEAMAN,

. .- IMESSRS. READ, HEPBURN

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- 8 VIoLIN SoLo—”Marche” (Gounod) .........................Ma. ILA. COLLINS

. .. 9 QU*RTEnIa—”Stñrs of the Summer Night” ...................,....I.YRIC CLUB

‘ ‘ 10 DANCE Mn G. E. FLETCHER

., ii Cicoieqs—”March of the Guard”. ......................:............ GLEE CLUB

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SONG—”I

rear no Foe” (Pinsuti) REV. PROP. DUNN

‘‘ 2 RECITATION—”Old ACe” (Brooks) REV. 3. H. NELMS

: . 3 SONG—”Deloved it Is mora” (Adams) REV. E. B. BROWNE

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:- Toy. Symphony Orchestra

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a Musle by Romberg

. - ,., . . ,,‘. ‘ INSTRUMENTALISTS . .

.. .. TRIANGLE MR II. HARDING CUCKOO MR A. U. ROLLIT

‘ QUAIL MR H. COREY NIGHTINGALE MR. H. DUNN

‘. .-. RATTLE REV. 3.3. SEAMAN_ TRUMPET. ..MR. G. U. FLETCIIEK

:, DRUM MR.W. W. HEPBURN 1ST VIOLIN MR. lEA. COLLINS . -

• 2ND. VIOLIN... .MR. P. GWYN ‘CELLO MR. R. N. IIUDSPETH

‘ : PIANO.- MRS. PRITH,

CONDUCTOR MR. T. II. IVESON - . -

GOD SAVE THE KING

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- Officers of the Glee Club- Hon. Pres.—Rev. B; A, Dunn, N. A. - -- .- -

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.. ‘ -. Vice Pres.—H. A. Collins, 04’. . - - - - -.

- - -.‘.,, 8cc: Treas.—F. Walling - - - - - ..

., - --- BnsineSs Manager—A. J. Vibert. - --:- -. - . -.

Colttmlttee—Rev J S Se’iman, B A‘md A B Rotht, ‘05

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After each of the selections Mu; Wallingas “Mr. Jolnising”

- the Interlocutor, and Messrs. Speid and Read, Tanfbu and Bbnesrcspectively, as end men, amused t.h audielice with bright and

appropriate jokes. All three did their, parts well, the two hitter• imitated the negro dialect to perfection. ‘•

Before the.second part of the programme Mr. T. I-I. Iveson,

oti behalf of the students; presented a bouquet of roses; carmttions

• and hyaciiiths to Mrs. Frith, yho phryed the itccompanimejìts

for. the liole eutertainmerit; All the studetits greatly appreci—

rte Mrs Fiith’s kindness, to vhose untin tug eflorts a gceat deni

of the success must be ascribed. )ollege.yehl “Duo Potamo”_was given, by. all the stuçteuts after the presentation. -‘ - .

• The second part ottIie progratnme cotniiinced with’ n -

sonr by the Rev Prof Dunn, who received a lieu ty eucoic to•

. which he responded. The Rev. J. 1-1. Nehins followed with arecitation which was rendered with- his usual eloquence and

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- clearness. An encore followed. Both it aiid “Old. Ace’.’ - were• highly appreciated... We weraI1’detightecl with the ‘song by :

V ‘the Rev. E. G. B. Browne, an Aluiiinus of the College, vli’o fitr -

V surpassed iisfoi’mer reputation. Now hat’he is si iear -us weV

V hope to:bave the pleasure f heirng hint often;- V

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V V V V •The third part of the programme consisted of the ToyV Symphony Orchestra. This was sotnethin new toa great lnany

and was greatly apr&ciated..V

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The singing of “God Sive the King” biought a veiypleas’tntevemngto a close, and we wete left to think ofieturniug

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— Oiing to Mi s Whitney being in mourning fot lici sisteineither she nor the Priticipal,

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V ttiiig that concerns the ;velfare’.of the Vstudent,- were p1eseint.

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The Hon. President, Prof.-DuO;i’,presented the cundtict;V

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Mr. T;VFL h’esQn, witha baton..V

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Mr. A.J. Vibert the busines matager of the cozIInitcee,deserves gre rt credit tot his untit tug eflo; Is in L

position fitch,to say the le’rst, is riot ‘ui enviotis one Tie was assisted b’,Mr. F. Walling the $ecretary-Ti’easurer of the Glee Club.

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Tpo bad our lady student didn’t take part. lopethey. will another time.

Our thanks are’ due to ‘Mr. C. S. Fosbery, M. A., head‘tñaster of St. John tIe Evaiigelist’$chool, for his kindness•• inlending the music and instruments for the Toy Symphony; alsoto the Rev. E. J. Bidwell, M. A., headmaster of B. C. S.,fr theloan ‘of the school drum. . -

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n old servant.

In the death of James Johnston, which occurred on the-.23rd ‘of January, the College lost an old and faithful servaiit.

For. utvards of twenty-five years he held the’ positirn’ 6f janitor,tiid during that long period he discharged his duties to the satis-’faction of. the authorities, and maintained the respect and esteemof the ‘stucents. 1-us enthusiastic devotion to the College willlong be i’eiembe’red, and ‘his wise counsels to .oung men jus

• entering upon College life—whom lie considered his special,care—no doubt had a salutary influence upon their career.

He was always ready with a story o’f iris varied’experienceby hind and se and nothing delighted him more—and it wrs a,,plesure to his hearers also—on some Saints day and ‘during hisdtiIy roud of sweeping the rootirs to have gathered about him agroup ‘of students listening to his stories of thrilling adventuresonttre deep aud’in the Civil War.

Mt Johnston was born in tire county of West Meath, Irehud in 1835, and came out to this countrywith his parents when..eleven years of age, and settled in Lennoxville.

.‘ The quiet lifeof.a country village did not suit’ his restless temperament, so lieven’t’to sa, arid after’ many adveritures,he enlisted in ‘the Noth.ernArmyduring the Civil War. After securing’ his discharge

‘lie catne back to Sherbrooke, wherç he married and lived, for a’few yer. About tire year 1875 he moved witbhis fiimilytö

,Lennox’vHle ant in 1877—shortly after the death ‘of Dr.Nicolh’—1ie was engaged by the committee of management, andc:mtinued from that time in the,service oftheCdhlegeuntfl two

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years ago, when on account of fulling health tie was obliged togive up work. -

The cause of death was heart disease. lie leaves a ife,three daughters and a son to tllOUfl their loss.

‘The funeral service was held in the Parish Church, ,conductedby the Rector Canon Scarth and assisted by the.Principal ofthe College, Dr. Whitney—the tndens in a body followed tileremainsV.to the Cemetry, glad to show their respect for a valuedservant, who for ‘upwards .of-a quarter of a century had beenindentifled with their Alma Mater. V V

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The first ineethig of the Debating Club for thIs termfurnished an. interesting and successful debate on the sttbject.:“Resolved that this house ouId tvelcome the appointnent of an

V J- Iniperial Advisory Board tvith iñembers from each Colony to deal

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- with Imperial tnatters” V

- The Speakeis on the affirmative were. Re.H.. F. Hamilton, M. A., G. E. Fletcher atid E. iiall, while

• the folloving upheld the negative, V Rev.E. J. E3idwell,M.,A.V

V •Messrs.P. Plttskett,VB.,A., and W F. Seaman. The subjeét tvas wellV

V debated and the speeches of an high order. --it was easily seen that.V

•: they had been yell prepared. Those of’ the two leaders were parV

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VV ticularly eloquent, clear and logical. The side speeches were fewiii- V -

•iiumber as cmpared with fortnr debates, but this can perhaps be- V explained by the extra time consumed V by the set-speeches and

aJsoVby thepresencë of ladies which. tilicy have had adetel,rent

effect on some outhfiil members.V

The speeches of Dr.. Thniasi.nd Mt Routh wete much appreented The judges decided in

— of the negative. Dr. Whitney acted as Critic, and gave a-

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V close and able criLicistn of each speech and•of the debate aa whole.V

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The Lyric.Club contributed two numbers at a Concert in

- VSt. Peter’s Schoolhouse, Sheibt’ooké, out Feb. 11th, which receivedmuch praise. Mr.-

VH. A. Collins at the same Concrt ave •

selection on the vcoliti 111 his ustiai frnthed in mliii uud v is

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An impOrtant addition basbeen iriade to the prOgrammeof lectllres at the College, a course of esscy writing, under Mr.

,Routti’s direction, being intrduced fOr the whole body of Artsstudeits. The ratige of subjects forV composition is intended toembrace he chief. topics of politics aiid literature. It is hoped1iat this departure will be one more step in the direction of a .. -

liberal edticatiOn, which shall minister to the practial require:. inents of life: The Honours mcii and the First Yeai had,of course,

previously, regular practice of this kind under the several professois, but the new schctiie is more comprehensive ii characterand ernbiaces the second and third ordinary years. V. V

• Dr. Parrock wiis calledto England during the Xmasvacat_

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serious illness of his parents.- Dr. Parrock

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V to Os onFeb. ]4th, and was cerdially welcomed by both stiff andstudent body. We are glad to hear that his parents are recovering. V

•.By the death Vof her only sister in England, during theV

V vacation, 1rs. Whitñey has been placed in mourning. - NeedlessV

• V to say the sympathy ofVthe students : goes Out to Mrs. Whitney V

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There ‘has jtTt beçn ptiblished the second VyoluIneof the

Canibridge Modern History as’Vpl& ed by.the late Lord Acton.VV V

This extensivO work, whiqh is to be of twelve volumes when- V

VcotnpIeed, will be the p’roduction of tI!e ablest pens Ifl Europe.V

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Of Bishop’s Veel that an honor lids been conferred ‘upon : V

On; Puuncupal, Dr ‘vVluitney, is the only histonan in this country,

we undertaud who has been asked V to contribute ‘His article V -

is on The Helvetic,Reformation,--a subject with which lie V IS.

thoroughly Vfaurliliar, as ‘those’ of VI11 class in the Continental

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Reformation have begun to realize. : - : V

V S,nne vise man has said tIat a cat has many lives. This :may be true. We do no watut

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surrottndung conditions have no doubt a good lot to do with it

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“(By wirless elegrapIrfroin ournan on the -ricik.)Wei-dun-hea, Feb. 12.—It i reported on goad authority

“that the fiunous Allen line of i’apid transports 1iis given up allclaim to be treated as a neutral, having thrown’ in its lot’ withthe fortines ,c’f the Benedicovitches.

This’decision is to be-deplored owing to, the’ ,outhful,promise of the comp,ny;’ but, thougl) empatically. denied atheadqu’t; ters, we feai the item innt ci urn the consider’ttionof .th public. .‘ . ‘ ‘.. -.

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,whei’suddenly lie thed after a very short illness. It issaid thathe as suffering from indigestion.’ The - moral of this tale isnot hard to deduce. ‘ “ ‘

Those of us who have read the story of Mr. ‘TordantGreen’s experiences at Oxford University, cannot help butregard’yerdancy as the natural quality of the younger members

• : of a University. One does not have to go far fOr an ‘example,for it is also a home product and we see it within our ‘own walls.What more could prove the verdancy of freshmen than thescene around the btilletin boards when the mock marks were

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‘overworked their mental fitcuities. They sympathized with ‘theunfortunates ind gtve them advice for the future exaininatiolis:But the joy ivas not to last long. The tables tiirned’. The official’

* marks proved that diligent work is always crowned with success.

Mr G L Albert W’ty, B A , of Coipus Cluisti College,-Oxford, va the guest of Rev. H. F. flainilton, M. A., fora weekduring the first part of February. He has just graduated and ‘isinñking a tour of •Canada and the’ States before retth’iiing to

- EO’glard for his theologyt Lincoln College. Mr. Way enteredinto tll depaitinerits of our College life with great inteiestduring his all too shoi t visit, ‘tnd we hope to see more of hun soon

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Cam son, Lws, Dunn Mi W F Seaman undertook the onerousposition of referee and gave sfttlsfactlon to ‘ill?

On Fr id ry Feb 19th, a notice appeared from the Sophomores and Freshmen challenging the 3rd Year Arts and Divinity

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referee. Froin t.he.start the Juniors rushed-things and quicklyscored two g3’ri 011 sides were frequent, and tire referee’swhistle was coniantly going. Before half time was called Mr. ‘

I-amnilton agai; pladed another tally for, the Juniors, ‘thus leav• lug VtheV score 3tö 1 in favour of the .1st and 2nd’Years. On

resuming, the iay became fast and furious, good hard bodjcheuks becoming the fe’rture of tire grime The Seniors ho everdrew Inst blood I rif, Re’id again doing the trick Five

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minutes liter the Juniors again .scoied, with the Seniors following uit three minutes later. Many of the players. looked iow

as ifLthey had been outsliding iii the snow, for many hard checkswere given ithd returned with interest. Two more goals were’added :by:theVJuniors’ arid time was tip before the. 3rd Year andDivinity could find the vulnerabl point past Adams in goal. ‘1The score; thèiefore .stood 6 to 3 infavour of the 1st and 2nd -

Years.. Mr Hamilton undoubtealy played the best game orj

th• ice, scOriuig:ö out.of 6’ goals for hiteam. ‘.

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The’ formal’ opening ‘of’tlie,’School rink took p]ace on• Thursday evening: Feb: 14th. A’large crowd of skaters nd

spectators from Lennoxvill arid Sherbrooke were in attendance.The t headmaster of the’ School—The’ Rev. E. J. Bidw,ell, M. A.,ga’ie.a’general iiivitatiot and-it was pleasing to see so manypresent.’ The ‘School bos:and the’students turned Out en masseand trieditomake things-as pleasant, as they could for tile visitors. The o3rd.,Regiment band plyed’various selections through-

• out the evniiig:,and:helped. to •make ‘the harmony ‘still mnrepleasant. ‘ After the skaters - hd ‘departed’ M.rs: Bidwell kindlyinvited the,,students nnd’ school-boys to asutnptuou repast in’ theSchool Dining Hall We take this occrtsiomi of thanking MmsBidwell’very-muôh for her kind hospitality. ‘ . . -

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‘front bhë School and the students. ‘.After a two hours tramp aV

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‘ totlië:mea1, even’ to. the “rusks.” We thank Mrs. Parrock verymunch for the enjoy tble time we spend evemy Wed nesd ty ftfternoon

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Trinity University Review conclude a full and favorablecriticism of the Deetnber Mitre with the following word:

“On the tvhole tle Mitié admits of little advers criticism, but weshould likØ to see a little more ofit. Nearly everydepartment might - be augmented to great advantage. . Theprinting is remarkably clôar, and the paper presents an exceptionably neat appearanCe throughout.”

It is well to see ourselves s others see us and we feelthat the Review is fait quid just in its criticism Th’tt our paperis not sufficiently krge to do justice to the v’trious departmentshas been felt by themanagement for sometime The questionii tut tHy arises, v heie is the remedy? There is, only one remedy

we have not t u to seek for it—the ever prevalent plea,money It is to be hoped that the College Council will againrecognise the viilu of- a Univesity Journal as a means of‘idvertisrng the Institution and come to the Mitre’s assistance

• To talk horse in the billiard-room or the. smoke-room istll vemy well, but to carry m’itters equine into a ball room isjust alittle too-too. One man was hard to rmark as hisp irtuer’s shppei c’ime off in the Lancers (4th figure), “Whoa’mnue, you’ve cist a shoe” -

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The last number of the .AIu,ntoba College Jon? nat makes it

evideiit that hockey and foot-ball arellve topics there.. It also

eon tains a fine cut of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association • V

Cup won by Manitoba College team last season

The Mctlfaster Monthl?J contains some very excellentmrttcles, and is u9ual there is no hck of poetiy The interestingnid commendatory letter of Mm Tarr, a former graduate ofMcM’tster, is what one might expect from ‘in old gr’mduate, but

• the cöthmendatioii is by no ;neansundeserved His evidentthat the poetryoI Rev. Vr

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-. for they reprint from the Decemberliitre his poem “In the WinterWoods.” . . V • •

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The writer peads for the practical as against the theoretical,

afid rightly points out that there is a vast difference ixtweenV truth and th’e appliation of truth to life. He thel1s upon .the.abAolute n’ecessiy of the ‘young clergyman bein thoroughly

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V excellent article in -the January’ number of the V Pre$b/terianCollege JQfl7•j

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VV •‘ .- “Itiferéd by soma’ttiat to level the floor of Grant Hall

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•The first number of the new 3• U.S. Chronicle, is out.

• We notice the leiding article is by Mr. .11. V Routh, B. A., our• Lecturer in Moderns. The size of the, ‘paper is very convnient

• but the printing is not up to standard, yet, perhaps, this is to beexpected in o first number.

•‘ In the opening Editorial the writergives reason for the separate venture, and, while we may agree

• with him as to the benefit of a separate publication, yet we wouldventürë to pointout that the School notesvere,not “relegated

• . to a paragraph in the Mitre.” The,iWitre until this year was.published jointly by the College and School, and, while the

-• School were allowed a certain number of pages in bach issue,• the students of the College were responsible for the financial end;and nearly every year by strenuous efforts had to overcome adeficit. The SchOol has had from thirty to forty pages of theMitre for ith notes every year, and if at any time they fell short V.’

• of this it was frOm failure to silpply them and not because thispaper would not give the space’. . ‘- V , ‘ V

Othel Exchtinges. received aie—Uarnbridge Reviev, Ar-V

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