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Eclll:orial peparhytel)t. Some of those who make their standings in this way are accustomed to ridicule those FAKING. that study for marks, but in faking there is absolutely· nothing to gain except a mark. The term examinations which have just The. good student may seem to work for closed suggest some thoughts on this sub­ ranks, but really this is only one factor of a ject. Not that this method of passing ex­ complex motive. Others might be desire aminations is more common in this school for credit with his schoolmates, the self-sat­ than in. others, or that many practice it sys­ isfaction of duty, well done and in the back­ tematically, but we all know that it is done ground, but usually, stronger than the rest, both in examinations and recitations, and desire for knowledge. Not one of these that those who d0 cheat do not seem to motives can influence the faker except the realize that it 1s anything to be ashamed of. wish to get good marks and with these to The almost utter uselessness of it is apparent pass up the study. Even here cheating to anyone who will examine the facts. Few helps but a little. Not only does the pro­ of the best students fake at all, and scarcely fessor see more than he seems to, and marks any-it. might almost be said none of them­ accordingly, but usually a poor recitation is fake systematically. And we will find that made anyway. The additional knowledge those who are confirmed fakers are nearly which Ol)e gains by r.eading the lesson in the always among the poorest in the class. class-room is not the reward which the faker Evervone has noticed some fellow student, seeks, and it is RO small that it may be dis­ who is accustomed to over-reaching in. this regarded. The memory is certainly weak­ way, try to recite on a topic he has just been ened when instead of boldly grappling with reading from the book and make an utter a difficult task we avoid it, and nothing failure. and this is almost always the case sooner destroys the habit of self-reliance with those that fake habitually. Neither is than to depend on a book for what should be it surprising that one who depends on study­ in the head. Of the moral phase of the ing his lesson during recitation should fail question little need be sai_d. It is har~ to to get a clear idea of the topic in that short distinguish from other kmds of stealrng. time. The common idea that it is too trivial to be 2 T.E:E A.UROR.A.._

worth noticing may be true as to the bene­ Benjamin Franklin worked in London in fits derived from it, but is certainly wrong 1725 and '26. Equally attractive to scien­ as to its bad effects on the faker himself. tific men is the apparatus nsecl by Joseph Priestly, the discoverer of oxygen. The To say "Everybody fakes, therefore I must discovery was made August 1, 1774; but was fake to keep even," is merely repeating the called by him "deph!ogisticated air." Op­ old thieves' excuse, "If I don't steal this some posite all these relics is a Japanese collec­ one else will," and if applied to all cases tion illustrating the arts and industries of would do away with all restraints. that country. Also ancient coins and mon­ ies of the world, musical instruments of all The fault, of course, lies largely with the nations and ages. students. If they w0nld exercise the self­ This brings us to the center of the build­ l'filiance and industry necessary to get their ing called the rotunda. This is ornamented lessons no cheating would be done. If those with a fountain and fish pond from the midst of which arises the colossal statue of who believe 1t to be wrong would refuse to "Ameriea." As we enter the rotunda we eountenance it in any way the practiee would pass the "Haviland Memorial Vases" the soon be abolished. But the professors are largest ever made in Europe and having an not without blame. A teacher, by exercising estimated value of $16,000. They arc in­ the proper authority in his class-room, ean tended to eommemoratc the independenc·t\ of the and the completion of easily banish all such dishonest work. He their first centurv of existence a, a nation. can, and in justice to honest students should, One vase, that of 1776, i;; designed to repre­ do this. Some professors have little or no sent the struggle, that of 187(), prosperity. faking in recitations or "exams" under them, Beyond these is seen the "Mosiac L1011," while in other class-rooms it is only the self­ probably the most ancient Mosaic in this conntry, being about 2,000 years old and is respect of the students that keeps it from valued at $25,000. becoming universal. A profrssor is paid to Passing through the rotunda we enter do something more than to select a text-book, @nth ·hall which contains the collection of assign lessons ancl to sit in his ehair listen­ the department of mammals. Here we find ing to students recite in order to find out single -mounted spceimens of a vast number of animals familiar to all hy name at least. whether they kr.ow enough to pass up the A special feature is the Orang-Ontang group, study. He can influence the methods of the work of J\fr. -w. T. Hornaday, study, the intellectual growth, the whole which is itself rated at $1,000. Tiie character of the student, and there is noth­ group presc>nts five in,lividnals; two males fighting, a female and two young attempt­ ing that distorts these more than a depend­ ing to flee. The fact that one of the males ence on a dishonest means of accomplishing was at that time the largest ever captured anything. Either students or professors and also that Mr. Hornaday killed each of alone could banish this evil; if both work to­ the specimens while in Borneo, adds to their gether the task will be easily accomplisheil. interest. Another imposing feature is Mr. Homaday's group of six buffaloes designated "A scene in J\fontana." The landscape is provided with trails, a pool of water, ete. One .of .the, six buffaloes is the largest of Sciel)lific J)epart:IJleJJt:. which we have any authentic record. Suspended from the roof of this hall is a cast of the "IIump-back whale." The cast is U. S, National Museum. 32 feet long and the largest yet made of any By F. W. Mally. animal. Viewed from the left side the visi­ (Continued from June number.) tor sees the whale in the attitude of swim­ Then follow an immense number of miscel­ ming in the water. Standing on the right laneous relics such as "locks of hair of fonr­ one sees the concavity and outline of the half teen of the presidents," "bolt from the pris­ cast, in which against a suitable background on of Columbus," "Jeff Davis' punch bowl," is mounted the articulated skeleton of the etc. One object which attracts throngs of animal. visitors is the ''printing press" on which The west north range of the building is TEE ..A. UROR..A.~ 3 used for lectures and meetings of scientific mains of General Andrew Jackson. The societies. On the walls are arranged the General though fully appreciating the high paintings known as the ·•Catlin Indian Gal­ honor intended to be bestowed, with pro­ lery." This contains 350 portraits of dis­ found judgment and good taste refused the tinguished Indians and 250 of landscapes, offer on the ground that it was nut in accord costumes and representations of sporting with the simplicity and republicanism of our scenes, manners and customs of the Ameri­ institutions, and further that he could can Indian. The entire collection consists not consent that his mortal re­ of about 1,000 figures. They were collected mains should be laid in a repository prepar­ and painted entirely by .Mr. Geo. Catlin ed for an Emperor or King. He wrote fur­ during eight years (1832-1840) travel among ther that "every monument erected •to per­ forty-eight tribes, mostly speaking different petuate the memory of our heroei; and states­ languages. men ought to bear evidence of the economy Passing now into the north-west range we and simplicity of our republican institutions find the Lorilla:·d-Charney collection of Cen­ and the plainness of our republican citizens, tral American Antiquities and along side of who are the sovereigns of our glorious them the .Mexican Antiquities. The most Union, and whose virtue is to perpetuate it." popular of the latter is the "Aztic Calendar In another portion of thi8 hall is found Stone," about 12 feet in diameter and or!gi­ thH Thibet collection, the articlL•s represent­ nally weighing 21 tons. Next come o~iris ing- both Thibet a'nd north China. Thev are and Isis, two Egyptian Deities and a "Marble mainly of a sacred character having relation Sphinx," frotn Cairo, Egypt. Opposite in to Lamaism or the elaborate Buddhism and the same hall is found an extensive cabinet Savaism of Thibet. Many are finely illustrating the materiali-1, processes and wrought, for these people possess great progres:s of the ••Graphic Arts." skill as jewelers and metal workers. '!'here Entering the weEtt hall we find some "P0- are books, sprinklers for l'

PHES. W. M. BEARDSHEAR. warmful influences of sprit,gtime's sun have T.1 him wh) in the J::,ve o'. nature holds failed to revive, whose great slabs of bark slough Uommunwn with her visible forms. she speaks off and whose branches fall sadly to the earth, A various langu·,ge; for his gaver hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile all combining to compose in impressible charac­ And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker mnsin·,s. with a mild ters an epitaph of its own former greatness. And healmg sympathy, that steals away How often at first observation, when some fav­ Their sharpness, ere he is aware. orite gray-ash along the course of one's rambles In the ministry of tbe woods the trees them­ has yielded to a recent storm, having curiously selves are an assembly of inte1;esting individu­ examined the source of its weakness he finds alities. Like some stalwart in a great national that without it seemeu. healthful, but that with­ convention stands tlie lofty oak, with his green in all was decay and weakness. Years agone coronal of leaves, wirh which heaven has graced inJury imparted by a tiny worm or the wood­ him. His ponderous branches and heavy coat­ man's s'trolie induced decay, that slowly ate out ing of bark well befit a rank so dignified. Near its heart of strength and made it unable to sta'ud him in great gentility of character is located a the test of the storm. Just as the pet sins of brother of a newer geueration, whose- graceful men's lives undermine the strongest character bearings and glossy coating bespeak a culture fit at last. You will observe a huge excrescence or for any fifth avenue. Down in the hollow by the knot into which rich life-juices are flowing to brook can be seen the sturdy old pioneer elm, the neglect and stunting of other parts of its whose every look betokens good living and valuable life. Just as a man with a pet theory marked hardihood of character. His roots plow or hobby may turn all the life currents of up the very earth, and impatient of confinement thought to a one-sided development, thereby ab­ burst forth on the surface and start a miniature sorbing by warts and wens what would other­ wood-world by taking on the bark and appear­ wise make a strong healthful all-round person­ ances of the mother trunk. Midhill is placed a age. The roots of these trees present a striking T::a::E .A.UR.OR.A.. 5 phase of individual nature. The roots of the and left for dead the opossum slowly opened his hickory and hack-berry run out near the surface eyes, and snail-like creeps away. You as well of the earth and do not root themselves so far as as the dog will never forget what it means to others. The black walnut runs a large tap-root ''play opossum.'' The raccoon by his quiet in­ down into the earth and contiguous roots take door life d nring the day makes a pleasing hunt fast hold, enabling it t.o withstand the furies of as you trace his path by the wearing of the bark many a storm. The oak in accord with its up the trunk of his tree-den, or whenever possi­ sturdy character seems to send roots in every ble for him to go up the trunk of some smaller advantageous direction, giving it many firm tree near enough by for him to cross over from the grasps of earth to yield what mother nature may topmost branches. · Then when in the fall nights have to make it a robust 0hild, so each species you get out the hounds in hunt of him as he has its peculiarities of root growth. The front­ prowls by some stream, or about some farmer's iersman who underta1rns the grubbing of a large hen-roost, 11nd while li:,tening to the music of the thicket; so learns to strike for ro0ts ou each one hou11lls' deep voices as they warm on the chase, in accord with its rieculiarity; just as a man who you study the wiles of this crafty game as he undertakes the callings of a successful life, crosses and recrosses the stream to drown the learns to take each man acc,1rding to the cl1a11- scent, or winds do" n the l,ottom to some syca­ nels of his motive and thought. From the fallen more tree noted to the boys as a favorite coon­ leaves, decaying twigs, mouldering trees and deti. The regular baying of the hon1Jds t.ow in tangled underwood are springing, like upon dicate:, to the practiced ear that the coon is some resurrection morn, new growths of life. treed. Hurrah for a sharp run thJ'IJugh the Prone upon the earth rapidly returning to its wouds, over logs, into gulleys, anoss hills, kindred element lies a great tree in whose friend­ through spanish needles, beggar-lice and burrs ly hollow the mother coon re:ued her young, inuumerable up to the eyes. Now tumbling and upon whose limbs they sported in pleasi11g headlong, here running into a brrn;h pile or tree­ glee, upon its brauches grew fruitage that at­ top, all enough to rack sensitive nerves for a tracted many denizens of the woods as does the week, but • only a pleasing incentive to str011g yield of fruit from tropic climes our fellowman. healthy nerves a11d the fountain of many plt>as­ but now like the ruins of civilization its chief ing jokes for days to come. With frequent hal­ service lies in enriching newer forms of life and loos of encouragement to the faithful dogs the civilization, springing out of its decay; until one tree is finally reached. Upon brief conference can say with the poet: it is decided to cut the tree, and soon the silence My heart is awed with,11 me, when I think or the night is broken by vigorous ax strokes. Of the great miracle that still goes on The tree being near falling the dogs are placed In silence round me-the pc··petual wPrk Of t.,e crea1io11, finhhed, yet renewed and held firm until it reacheR the earth. Then 1~\,rever. 11 r,t1eu on thy wor1\S I read 'l'hc lesson oft ,y owu t'lernity, "sick him Bruce,'' "take him Mage," urges on Lo! all grow old a11d die-but see, again, the anxious dogs to the fatal encounter. From How on the faltPring frotst,,ps of decay Yout,1 press,·s-ever gay and 1,eautiful youth it all there ari::les an amusement and exhilaration In all its bPauti:ul forms. The-e lofty trees that one college president would not hesitate to Wave 1101 less proudly t,1at lheir ancestors Moulder beneath them. Oh, therA is not lost still expt>rience again. Then there is the locat­ Alter the flight of untold centuries, Tile freshness of her fal' lwginning lies ing of some old owl that had been playing havoc And yet shall lie, with the neighbors' spring chickens in the night The woods are also the places to learn. time. You discover him sometimes with his wise old head peeping out of a hollow tree to uKnow!edge never It~arned of schools, Of U1e wild bee's mornmg chase, discover what new commot10n is going on in the Of the wild flowerR' time a11d place, day-light world and like many people he cannot Fligl1t of fowl and habltude Of the tena11ts of the wood," see nearly so well as he lets on. So on we might In the woodland these ''tenants of the wood," speak of many acqnaintanceships in the minis­ like men, have their genius of solitude. :To lo­ try of the woods that ripen into real friendship cate Lhe homes of the squirrels, to number their and affection. respective families, become acquainted with the The quietude of the woods is most ennobling. place of their feeding and study their habits of a Its calm <·ooluess soothes the brain and draws calm, sunny day of summer afford exquisite de­ all it:, sting of fatigue. Wordsworth's soul that light. To open some wood pile of long standing is the eternity of thonght does here by day and in which the opossum has taken refuge, and as starlight intertwine for man passions that build he is disclosed old ''Tig," your dog, grabs him up our human soul, Not by mean and vulgar work of man, with somewhat dog surprise at the discovery of Hut with high objects, with enduring things, his easy prey, until after being wooled all about Wit'.1 life and nature. e THE .A.UROR..A.._

Here is the time holy and quiet as a nun and ple acknowledge as the true guides to con­ veritably breathless with adoration. The holy duct." Now by perfect competition it is spell is broken only to experience a new soul generally implild that each man acts for elevation by immitable music arising from the himself, by himself, in order to get the harpsichord of the myriad leaves and branchlets most he can from others, and give the least of numberless trees, the soft, low music of the he must, himself. It .was doubtless this bees and insects from acre and acre of wood­ definition of Prof. vValker's that led the lands, pleasing chucks of many chipmunks, from writer to pen the above. The remarks of bird voices (If tenderest sweetness and the inde­ this distinguished economist upon the same scribable harmonies arising through the intri­ are as follows: "Now this may seem a very cate workings of this wonderous realm of rmture. unamiable thing yet, rightly viewed, per­ Here tr'uly man "is in a palace (1f sweet sounds fect competition would be seen to be the or­ and sights, he is twice a man.'' der of the economic universe, as trulv as Often be it our happy lot in this ministry of gravity is the order of the physical universe, the woods to give reverence 11nto our common and to be not less harmonious and beneficent Father, and our concluding prayer be that of the in operation. If free and full, unqualified, poet: unremitting competition could be secured, '"Be it ours to meditate the results would be more honorable to In these calm shades thy milder rnajesty, And to the beautilul order of thy works human nature, as well as practically more arl­ Learn to conform the order of our lives.'" vantageous in the same degree, and fer the same reason th&t absolute justice would be ~~ more advantageous and more honorable than Exchal)ge J)eparl:JJ1.e1Jl:. partial justice patched up with charity." Since the meeting of the college republi­ can clubs at Ann Arbor, Mich., .l\Iay 17, a Commencement at Drake Universitv was number of exchanges have been discussing held Thur,:day, June ~6th. At the alumni the college student in politics, and there has meeting ten thousand five hundred dollars been·about as many different views why he were subscribed for the endowment of an should or should not take an active part in alumni chair. · a pofitical campaign as there has been writ­ The S. U. I. Quill of June 4th contained ers on the subject. Followmg in that line an excellent write-up of the Inter-Collegiate is an excellent article in tho North America Field Day exercises; also of the entertain­ Review for June bv the president of the ment in the evening. Harvard College club that "~ill well pay the Everything has a tendency to run in reading by any one who expects to exercise streaks. The last number of the Wesleyan his rig-ht of citizenship. was principally taken up with politics, this According to the Breeze a new rule has one with athletics.-lowa '.V esleyan. The been instituted at Cornell for receiving com­ Wesleyan was not the only college paper mencement themes. Those who do not care that ran principally to athletic,; in the May to deliver an orat10n may present a 1,500 number. Now that Field Day is over the word thesis. 'l'ry having the ten standing editors will look elsewhere for material to highest in scholarship speak at commence­ fill their columns, and since most of the col­ ment and instead of all trying to escape leges close the year in June we hazard a speaking they will all be working for it. guess, the closing number will run princi­ The June number of the I. A. C. Student pally to commencement exercises. will be extra size, and among other excellent Iowa College held its forty-second com­ things contain a cat of our ball team. The mencement June 22. 'l'he Rev. I( W. Gun­ I. A. C. is justly proud of its ball team saulus, D. D., of Chicago, delivered the ad- which has shown during the recent games dres~ before the trustees. . that if the "farmers" were vanquished on The June Cadet contains an article on field day they can play ball some. '•Social Economy," from which we quote the . It is about our turn, so here goes: "It is following: "Competition, from the moral said that an Idaho farmer had 1,000 bushels standpoint, may be pointed out as wrong; of pop-corn and stored it in a barn. The still it exists, and men must strive for suc­ barn caught fire and burned down. The corn cess at the cost of their neighbors, and un­ began to pop and filled a ten-acre field. der such a principle it is utterly impractica­ One of the old mares which was nearly ble to live up to the highest moral and reli­ blind saw the corn, thought it was snow and gious teaching which all right thinking peo- laid down and froze to death."-Ex. THE .A.UROR..A.. 7

Published Monthlr by the Literary Societies of the Iowa State Agricultural College. '91 \V. H. Jackson is city engineer at Fort Madison, Iowa. One year in advance, One Dollar. '81 Dr. S. W. Shearer has a lucrative prac­ Single copies fifteen cents. tice in W ailisville, Texas. Advertising rates furnished on application. All business communications should be addressed to '91 R. F. Hodson has a half interest in E. E. CLINTON, Bus. Mgr., and is editor of the Salem News. Ames, Iowa. Frank Locke once of '86, is cashier of the Editorial Staff'. Salina State Bank, of Salina, Kansas. G. P. Miller, '92, Editor in Chief. A. 0. St ,kcs. '9~. Literary. '85 Clyde Lockwood is a very successful Vincent Zmunt, '92, Scientific. civil engineer at Seattle, Washington. Gene Culver, •~2, Local. E. E. Kaufman, '9:~, Exchange. Kate Porter, '9~, Alumni. '81 \V. 0. 1\foElroy is building a conven­ ient and pretty rei-idence in Newton, Iowa. Boarcl of Directors, '81 Mrs. 1:1'. E. Fnrrv, Genevieve Ennice E. E. Clinton, '92, Business Mgr. Furry, at home, after May 22d, 1892, .Alden, F. R. Muhs, '92, President. Iowa. Winifred Carpenter, '94, Sec'y. C. W. Malley, '9~, W. G. Rundall, '93, Solicitors. '88 Clarence Baker is with the .A. G. Homer Davis, '92, Assistant Busine-.:s Manager. Blaine & Co. Iron and Bridge Co., l\finneap­ DIRECTOEY- olis, l\finn. 1Jache]or Debating Society. '91 E. F. R. Muhs, President; l•'. R. Muhs, Correspondillg P. Iludson was a caller at the I. .A. Secretary. C. lately. Ile has been attending the S, U. Welch Eclectic Society. I., at Iowa City. G. S. Waterhouse, President; V. Zmunt, Corres­ ponding Secretary. 1\Iiss lHay Richman once of '01, has just l'hiloma thean Literary Society. competed a short course at the agricultural C. W. Mally, President; Britta Lonsdale, Corres ponding Secretary. college of Utah. Cliolian Literary Society. '82 Jen11ie Morr.son, President; Myra Buck, Corres­ Geo. vV. Catt, Vice President of the ponding .3ecretary. San Franciseo Bridge Co., is now situated at Crescent Literary Society. . Clarice McCarthy President; Alene Chestek, Corres­ ponding Secretary. '01 R. E. Hinds has a position with the Phileleutheroi Literary Society. Wrought Iron and Bridge Co., of -Canton, Kit

Miss Jessie Gaston once of '89, was of the university and long a professor of ma­ married May 26th, to Mr. Chas. DeArmand teria medica, resigned, and was elected pro­ Harrison, a prosperous attorney of Cedar fessor emeritus, and Dr. C. S. Chase, of \Va­ Rapids, Iowa. terloo, secretarv of the state medical societv, '89 Seward Morris made a short call at the was chosen to succeed him. • college a few days ago. He was on his way to attend the wedding of his brother Tom, ~~ once of '88, who is principal of the school at Local J)epar\lJleJJ\. Goldfield, Iowa. '91 Samuel J. Whitbeck, of Alma, Iowa, The .Athletic Contest at Des Moines. was married June 1st, to Miss Ruth Stone, of Washmgton. Mr. Whitbeck is practicing Many of the students went to Des Moines veterinary medicine. He also edits an ag ri­ June 3d to attend the Iowa Inter-Collegiate cultural and live stock column in the Alma News. athletic contest. Entries were made by Iowa College, I. A. C., Iowa State Universi­ W. E. Schricker once a member of class '84, makes an application to the agricultural ty, Drake University, Coe College, and Iowa department of prices of short-horn cattle.. '\Vesleyan Univeisity, and some of the rec­ His letter head reads: ords reflected great credit upon those making State of Washington, House of Representa· ives, W. E. Schrickn. them. As there was not time for all the La Conner, Skagit County. contests on Friday part were postponed till HARLAN, May 31.-Special: l\fr. E. A. the next day. Our college did not make Bullock, a resident of this city, while at­ very much of a showing, but Tr~;tter won tempting to give a few instructions to a hired hand, was dange1:ously cut and stabbed by the 220-yard dash in 24 seconds and came in him. The wounds are not fatal.-Harlan sec

BASE BALL. in the 8th inning they rallied. Cook made a single, reachPd second on a passed ball and 1'he game between S. U. I. and I. A. C., was brought in by Marks' two-bagger. This played here :,June 11th, was the most inter­ was the last score made by either side. esting of the series of contests, for not only Several nice plays were made in the field. was it the g&me which would decide the Chamberlain caught a pretty fly in the sec­ championship of the Iowa Inter-Collegiate ond inning, and Strong, Brownlie and Duroe league for this season, but the teams are showed the next man t at it was not wise to justly considered to be the two best amateur try to steal second, a lesson which S. U. I. nines in the state. Both played at some dis­ did not forget till nearly the end. of the advantage. Iowa City did not have her game. In the sixth inning Cooper made a regular pitcher and our pitcher, Zmunt, had fi_ne throw from right field to home just _in stepped on the third fingm· of his right hand time to put out a man at the plate and save a day or two before>, cutting it ;,ith his a run. The infield all did well in stopping spikes and making a very painful wound gro~nders, and each one might claim men­ that interfered seriously with his pitching. tion for some good vlay. S. U. l.'s catcher The day was warm and · plcaeant and the held the balls well, and the pitchers, Blair playing on both t-ides good, but the I. A. ( ·. and Holbrook did good work considering boys outplayed them both at bat and in the it was not their regular place. The fielders field. Our boys had much the better suc­ took in seYeral flie,:, and altogether they cess stealing bases as the visitors were too showed the most skill of any nine we have slow and inaccurate in throwing to basei-, played on the home grounds this season. while our men &eldom made a misthrow. The summary is given below: I. A. C. took the fieid first, and two of S. U. I.'s men knocked weak grounders which I. A. C. were eaRily fielded to first in time to put NAME AND POSIT'N A B H P O A E B H S H SO SB them out. Park next took the bat and after Henjamin~ 3b ...... 5 --2 --1 2 _l _1_ ---- Chamb• rlaiu, cf... 5 1 1 O O · 2 1 1 i making a safe hit stole second and third Zmunt, p...... 5 1 2 6 o 2 1 1 Cooper, rf...... 5 l O 1 O 1 1 o and reached home on Larrabee's single. CammaPk. ss . . . . . 4 0 1 1 o 1 o 2 o Browulie, 2h...... 5 1 1 5 O 3 o 1 They were, however, prevented from nm­ Emry, If...... 5 1 0 0 O 1 1 3 o Duroe, I b...... 4 2 14 0 0 O I I I ning in_ any more scores in this inning Strong, c...... 4 I 7 4 2 1 1 1 o When our boys went to bat Benjamin, Cham­ Totals .•...... - ro 21--3-12 -ls s berlain and Cooper advanced by successive s. u. I. base hits till they occupied all three bases. Cammack's single brought Benjamin in anJ NAMJ!l AND POIS-~'::'..:_1~ ~ ~1~ _.'.':_/~I so SB Cool<, ss...... 5 I I 4 21 U Chamberlain and Cooper scored on Brown­ Blalr, p If...... :-l O I 1 O O 21-0-l o . Park, lb ...... I I 8 0 1 O I 2 lie's two-bagger, making us three runs in M ..rks. 2b...... 4 0 I 2 2 I 1 o Larrabee, 3b...... 4 o 3 3 o 2 o o this inning. Neither side made any more German, cf ...... ,. . . . 4 0 0 O 1 o o o Converse, c'.... '...... 4 0 7 1 1 o 2 o runs till the fourth inning, when Emry and H<_Jlbrook, If p ...... 4 0 1 I 2 O I o Duroe made base hits, placing them on first Wise, rf...... 4 o I O o o 1 o and second, and were brought in by Stro.ng's 1'otals .... 9 3 9 2 four base hit, the best hit in the game. Ben­ BY INNINGS. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 jamin then started with a bafle hit, stole sec­ 1 ond and third, and was brought in by LtS:: .. :::::::::.::::::::::j 8 g t ~ l g- ~ ~-=- g Zmunt's single. In the fifth inning we made Three base hit-Zmunt. Home run-btrong. two runs and in the 6th Zmunt scored on a Struck out-By Blair, 4; by Holbrook 4· by Zmunt 9 Can11na1;k declared out in 4th inning 'by. being hit by three base hit, reaching home on a passed ball on third strike. ball. During this time S. U. I. had nearly Umpires-Peek and Quaid. .,, * invariably retired in one-two-three order, but * 1.0

The Joint De,e7,amato·ry Contest. w 1-rj "O ~.., 0 ;:, 8 ~ 8 s· The annual Sophomore-Freshman cnntest :-1' ?' ~ ~ 0 between the literary societies of our college -~ a:· H, i:d NA}IIE. ~ CD t:;' .., ,,, i:d ::, was held in Morrill Assembly hall June 11, ii 8 .., p;' ii 0 ::, ::, p;' 1S92. Each of the two literary societies C. was represented by two contestants, making ------. ---- twelve in all, and in most cases there was a Miss Fleming ... 1 1 1 3 1 Miss Carpeuter. 2 3 2 7 2 Sophomore and a Freshman from each. Al­ Miss Mills ...... 2 4 3 9 3 though the evening was very warm the at­ l\l iss Owens .... , 3 3 4 10 4 If. E. Moss .. : .. 4 2 4 10 4 tendance was large and much interest R.A. Chamberl'n 2 6 5 13 5 was manifested in the result of the contest. W.L.B,y an ..... 4 5 5 14 6 Many of the selections were very well de­ * * livered, and it was difficult in some cases to * ]}fr. Muhs visited in Omaha. decide who was the best. These cont,ests are an important factor in stimulating an in­ Mrs. Frary is visiting her son. terest in elocutionary studies, and are a' Miss Thomas is visiting in Des Moines. commendable feature of our societ,y work. Mr. Banks '80 called at the ccllege Satur- The program was as follows: day. Music; Mis~ Doolittle enjoyed a visit from her . The Legend of Bregenz. sister. H. Rutledge, Welch The Death of the Old Squire. J, .M. Graham of class '90 was a college Britta Lonsdale, Philomathean visitor. How Cushmg Destroyed the Albemarle. .Mi Rs .Marie Chambers went to York, Ne­ II. E. Moss, Crescent · braska. Cateline's Defiance. Prof. JV!eeker has been ,mffering with the C. W. Hart, Bachelor mumps . .Music. The Young Gray Head. Vesta Baxter of Audubon visited at the Winnifred Carpenter, Cliolian college. Naughty Zell. Miss Ada Mills 'DO visited at the college Lillian Mills, Phileleutheroi recently. Toussaint L' Overture. R. A. Chamberlain, Welch Clarice McCarthy entertained her friend Shamos O'Brien. Miss Cady. W. L. Ryan, Philomathean Music. :Myrtle Drew of Newton visited her sister The Green Mountain Justice. Winnifred. C. W. Lyon, Crescent Anna Meachem of Clarion visited friends How Salvator Won. at the college. F. G. Moorhead, Bachelor The Ruggles'es Dinner Party. Ola Ward made a short visit with her Mabel Owens, , - - Cliolian many friends. How Ruby Played. Anna Fleming, Phileleutheroi Miss Drew was visited by -her sister 'dur­ Music. ing the month. Miss Kate Porter acted as president and Mr. Minchen of the state university was a W. F. Brownell was . secretary, and the college visitor. judges were Prof. and Mrs. Weld of Neva­ Mrs. Williams has been entertaining her da and Dr. Richmond of Ames. . Fjrst rank friend Mrs. Larson. was awarded to Miss Fleming, second to Emma Sirrine. was sick with the mumps Miss Carpenter, third to Miss Mills. The the middle of the month. ranking of judges on the first six is given Miss Ola Ward, once of '93, visited her below: friends at the college in June. 11

Mr. Morris uf class of '89 called at the Our boys were not in it in the ball game college-.June 16. at Grinnell Monday. The score st.ood Grin­ Hala Silliman spent a few days at her nell 1-0, I. A. C. 6. home in Nevada. The final social of the spring term was Nels Sorensen '91 was visiting at the col­ held on the campus last Saturday and was lege not long ago. enjoyed by all. The music furnished at the ball game was Messrs. Zmunt and Brownlie were hurt appreciated by all. quite badly while playing ball, but both were able to play in the nine against the S. Mr. Stinson of class of '90 was a caller at U. I. boys. the college .June 11. ~n the competitive drill for company C. M. Wade '89 was a visitor at the col­ gmde McDill Moorhead came out first, W. lege a fe\\' weeks ago. L. Campbell second, H. H. Johnson . third, The musical recitals Saturday mornings and B. F. White fourth. are very entertain.ing. The fountain furnished by·· the class of Mr. Hudson of the class of '9 I was a col­ '91 has been runni,ng just two ,lays this lege visitor June 15th. term, why, we do not know. We hope to see·a change next term. Miss Gifford entertained her ~other for a few days not long ago. The Freshman class went through the try­ in~ ordeal of having their pictures taken a Many of the students attended field day week or two ago. 'l'he picture:-; are now c>xercises in Des Moines. finished and the Freshies are very proud of Mr. S.chleiter attended alumni exercises at them. · his home in Ida Grove. The silver bat won by our base ball club ,Judge Ryan has been visiting his daugh­ in the lntl:;r-Collegiate contest is now on ex­ ter and sons at the college. hibition in the library and is a beauty. It is a full-sir.ed bat and is a prize worthy of the Susie Cutler of Clarion visited her friends contest. at the college the middle of the month. Gen. Lincoln gave a reception to the mem­ Alice Ford. once a member of the class of bers of the ladies' battalion and the officers '92, visited with class-mates and friends. of the college regiment at his residence June Miss Rose Garth, once a member of the 10th. It is needless to say that all enjoyed class of '93, has been visiting friends here. themselves. We all feel proud of our ball team, and we In the captains' competitive drill June 8th, certainly have good reasons for feeling so. Deering, Kaufman and Stewart won the 1st, 2d and 3d prizes re,:pectively, and the next Mr. Mason attended commencement exer­ Friday in the battalion drill the honorA were cises of the Western college at Toledo, Iowa. awarded to the 2d battalion. Prof. Knapp, Ed. King, J. E. Spaan and E. C. Oggell, B. N. Moss and J. S. Chamberlain were the all of '91, were vi~itors at the college Sun­ judges. day. Many of the students left before Junior L. L. Emerson, formerly business manager "Ex" this term. Arrangements should be of THE AURORA, gave us a call about a week made to.hold them next time, if possible, as ago. it is not pleasant to the speakers to have The cement walks that have been laid to appear after so many of their school­ about the buildings are a great improve­ mat~s have gone. ment. The music for thti dress parade Friday The additii.m to the creamery to be used was furnished by the Iowa State band, which by the cheese department is now nearly com­ gave an entertainment in Ames in the even­ pleted. ing. 'rhe many visitors were well satisfied with the drill for the movements were well Dr. Curl, who has been acting as Dr. executed and the music very fine. Our Fairchild's assistant, has gone to Tacoma,· band boys admit that the State baud can Washington. play almost as well as they can. 12 THE · AURORA.

Mr. F. N. Reppert, an excellent collector restricted. On account of the density of the and observer, has sent to the botanical de­ population some Chinamen must leave their partment a fine collection of live native native country and the poorest and most ig­ ferns growing about Musca1ine. 'l'hey have norant go. they do not desire to become been planted in the wild garden near North Americans but only stay long enough to gain hall. They are of special interest because what is in their country, a competency. of the scarcity of the species of this group Their introduction of the opium habit is in­ in central Iowa. Mr. Reppert has also sent jurious to the morals of our own people and almost a complete collection of the native vigorous measures must be taken against plants found about Muscatine. Among the them. lot are several very rare plants. Mr. Geo. A. Ketterer next presented the The finest grove of evergreens on the cul­ evil effects of "The Russian Policy." He lege grounds is found on the grounds sur­ spoke rapidly and effectively. Russia is be­ rounding the houses · occupied by Profs. hind other nat10ns and although serfdom has Osborn and Pammel. It is hereafter to be been abolished the condition of the poor known as the Pinetum. The trees are not ma11 is bnt little improved. 'l'he action of only beautiful example~ of their kind, but the government during the· famine was con­ there are a good many 1

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