VOLUME I.—No. 33.

CONTENTS.

Leader, Gertrude Spaldmg, '92 - 461 The Week. 468

Physical Training, Alice Leonard Gaule 462 Auld Acquaintance 470

A True Story With a Moral, Theodora College Notes, 471

Kyle, '90 - - - - - 463 Inter-Collegiate News, 471

Poem, — After Reading Austin Dobson, Our Outlook, 472

E,'()i - 466 Waban Ripples, 473

Letter, Laura Lyon Williams, '87 466 Magazine Reviews, 474

Poem,— Grace Fitz Hugh Thompson, '90 - 468 Our Exchanges 474

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Vol. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, JUNE 7, 1890. No. 33

The Wellesley Prelude. The other day, down on Point Tupelo, such a

queer conversation took place ! A bright-eyed Edited by the Students of Wellesley College and published robin-red-breast came flying home to his mate weekly during the college year. Price, §2.00 a year, in advance. Single copies, 10 cents. with a dainty little worm in his bill. She was EDITORS: keeping her eggs warm in her nest when Mr-

Mary D. E. L.\uderbukn, '90. Robin addressed her with these words : S.A.RAH M. Bock, '90. " Wake up ! wake up ! Mrs. Robin, I've some- Mary Barrows, '90.

Emily I. Meader, '91. thing to tell you ; such goings-on, but I must have Theodora Ky'le, 'gi. dinner first." Mary W. Bates, '92 my Edith S. Tuft's, 'S4. " Nonscense ! Mr. Robin," was the answer "can't

you let this dinner go, here I sit all day with no All literary communications from the students of the news of the world, and you can't tell me what I'm college should be sent to Miss Lauderburn, through the " Prelude " box in the general office. Literary communi- so anxious to know until you've eaten your dinner. cations from outside the college should be directed to the " Just like a man ! Alumnas Editor, Miss Edith S. Tufts, Dana Hall, Welles- ley, Mass. Mr. Robin, thus admonished by his gentle wife, Subscriptions should be sent, in all cases, to Mary Bar- his greediness, rows, Wellesley, Mass. seemed somewhat ashamed of and Advertisements and other business communications began his story. should be addressed to Brown Bros., Lincoln St., Bos- 43 " ton, Mass. Well then, you must know, my dear, that there's something coming oif at the big College Entered at tJie Wellesley Post Office as second-class matter. this week. All sorts of things are taking place,

' ""HE Junior promenade is past and gone, but men are fixing the walks, lanterns are being hung, I -'- the memory of it still lingers in our minds, girls are rushing here and there, and all sorts of so that " what a little bird said " upon that festive other things are going on. The express man keeps occasion will not be quoted here amiss. driving up, and bringing big square boxes very carefully done up, and every time he comes, a girl rushes out, catches up the box, crying " my gown True it is this year, that, " " The maiden Spring upon the plain has come ! and rushes off with it. I looked in

Came in a Sun-lit fall of rain." at one of the windows and saw one of these same For a week, anxious eyes consulted the weather girls trying on a queer pink thing." prophets and an.xious voices asked if it doesn't Just here Mrs. Robin interrupted her husband seem a little warmer than it did last week. But to know more of the queer pink thing, but he, with the showers have done their best to make the a true masculine disregard for ladies' attire, could dear old Alma Mater all she should be during these give his wife no farther satisfaction on this point. eventful weeks. Never did grass look greener or He went on, however, to tell her of various bits trees fresher, never did birds sing so sweetly as of gossip he had overheard, of telegrams, of flowers, now. They have seemed to sing for sympathy, for of music, of supper and other things no less inter- the the birds have a good time, ah, yes, indeed esting. But Mrs. Robin was now anxious to tell they do. Just listen to them some morning when her story. you want to sleep, and hear what a good time they " My dear, as I sat here waiting for you to re- are ha\'ing. turn, two girls came down and stood on the shore 462 THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. of the lake. One was laughing and talking and system of education. Wellesley has sought to seemed extremely happy, but about all I could prove and has proved in many instances, that hear her say was something about gowns and guests, mental training is not injurious to the health or most of her guests were to be men. But the other womanly instincts of women, but I think she should girl looked off over the water in a romantic,longing, go farther and prove beyond a doubt that mental way, and I knew she felt just the way I used to training enhances and establishes the health of all before we were married, my dear, and I used to who graduate from her halls. To accomplish this wonder who my husband would be. Finally I she must go to work systematically, equipped with heard her say, ' well I shall bring him down here,' the most modern physiological, psychological and and then they both went off laughing. But I'm philosophical ideas. perfectly dear, that we were fortunate in sure, my My plan would be as follows : i . To ascertain our location of a home." the average weight, size, muscular strength and

" Yes, I am too," answered Mr. Robin, " I heard endurance of all present members of the College a little verse as I was coming over the campus, a by means of the apparatus already used in the girl was learning it out of a book, I couldn't hear gymnasium. it all,but she mentioned my name, and so I stopped 2. To send out in the annual circulars a state- to listen. As near as I could make out it went ment of the facts thus obtained concerning the physical condition of an average healthy Wellesley like this : student, together with an urgent appeal to parents " In the Spring the robin red breast makes himself to care particularly for the health of their daughters another nest, during the year directly preceding their coming up In the Spring each happy maiden in her daintiest gown for the entrance examinations.

is dressed, 3. To make a health examination the first re- In the Spring each Junior's fancy from her books and quirement for admittance to the Freshman class.

lecture strays, (The average obtained, as above stated, is cer-

"Junior Prom" is so enchanting, Love has such be- tainly the lowest standard at which a candidate guiling ways." should be admitted.) A written certificate of the general health of the "Well, anyway," said Mrs. Robin, after admiring candidate for the year preceding the examination her husband's rendering of the verses, " I hope should be required, but should not be given too much they'll have a good time, they certainly deserve it, weight in the decision as to qualification for ad-

I know all the girls in that class, and they are as mittance. fine a set of girls as one would care to see." The candidate who cannot pass the health ex- And the Sophomore, sitting on the bank, echoed amination must in every case be rejected until she the sentiment. attains the muscular strength and endurance re-

Gertrude Spalding, ^g2. quired for her size, even though she be otherwise

fully equipped for college work.

4. To introduce health examinations to coincide with the other here, as for the other PHYSICAL TRAINING. examinations ; examinations, a definite higher standard must be reached before the student be promoted. Through the President's report for 1SS9, I was 5. To prepare for these health tests, daily exer- pleased to learn that the first step had already been cise in a variety of forms should be prescribed by taken toward s&cnnng physica/ as well as mental a competent directress whose duty it should be not training for the students of Wellesley College. only to dictate the exercise suited to each student, but Since I believe that bodily health is positively also to give personal advice about the care of the necessary to effectual mental activity, I wish to liealth. I would suggest that the students be so suggest that Wellesley head a reform in the present taught that during the latter two years of their THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. 463 course they could care for their health indepen- at the pale, bloodless face which accompanies an dently, only coming up occasionally for inspection over-worked and bloodless brain. For themselves and examination. they will know that their own mental capacity de- 6. To make physiology a required study extend- pends largely on the condition of their bodies, the ing through the entire course, the first three years amount of sleep, fresh air and exercise, and the being devoted to physiology proper, the fourth to kind of food at their command. psychological phyisology. The lectures should be 2. Those from ambitious parents and students. given with the purpose of interesting the students The former can be gradually overcome, for most and creating the desire to know more of this won- parents are after all contented if their daughters are derful body of ours. They should be rich in dem- well and happy and, do not wish them over-worked. onstrations and as up to the present knowledge of the The latter, if untiringly taught how useless mental subject as possible. For this reason the students acquirements are without the necessary bodily en- should learn their physiology from lectures and durance, that quiet nerves are a help in the class demonstrations rather than from books. room and in the examinations, will at first submit The objections which will be brought forward to their fate with a sigh,but will finally acknowledge against such a system of education are : i . Those the wisdom of the system with grateful hearts. from the teachers : that the students have too much 3. That to make matters practical, money, to do already and that it is next to impossible to teachers, and apparatus are lacking. All these are add another to the list of compulsory studies. But however attainable if those who have woman's higher is not health and the knowledge how to retain it education and Wellesley's future at heart would more necessary than a broader knowledge of Greek, only thoroughly agitate the matter.

Latin, Chemistry or Physics? How much of that I read only yesterday in a review of John Big- learned while the brain is weary or poorly nourished elow's sketch of William Cullen Bryant, in the " is retained or digested? What is the purpose of " American Men of Letters Series, that that which all this study which is a weariness to the flesh if it makes his (Bryant's) harmonious life worthy to is not to make us, those about us, and those who serve as an example was the fact that the harmony are to come, happier ? If that is really the goal for of his bodily and mental powers was not an inborn which we are striving, how can it be retained with- gift of nature, but was the result of unceasing self- out the foundation of strong healthy bodies ? It is education. In his youth, weakly and excitable, he true that it would be better if the knowledge were kept body and mind under constant discipline. acquired before the college course was entered upon, Even after he had become an old man, he began but unfortunately the study of physiology, is com- every day with from one to one and a half hour's paratively unknown in the public and private pre- bodily exercise of every variety, so that his body paratory schools, and there are few parents who remained hardened and supple. Temperate in consider the health of their children the surest in- food and drink, regular, in his habits, untiring in heritance they can give them. The only method his walks, the weak boy reached the age of eighty- to draw attention to and to compel the care of the four years without illness and without diminution health of those who are to become students of of his preceptive faculties. Wellesley in the future is to demand health as the Alice Leonard Gaule.

first qualification for admittance. Those who can leave her halls as graduates will be able to lead in A TRUE STORY WITH A MORAL. a new era in the so-called nervous hfe of the Ameri-

cans. As wives and mothers they will by intelligent They were not bad girls—no : they were ordin- precaution be able to protect their dear ones from arily good,and they lived at No. 100 B, third floor. of society trace many a College Hall, for my two heroines have the honor many an ill ; as members remark back to a bad digestion of being Wellesley girls. As to their class—well scandal or unworthy ; as teachers understand in many cases why a pupil perhaps I would better not tell that—but they were

failed in the recitation or in an examination by a look neither Sophomores nor Freshmen. They kept the —

464 THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. rules, with a few exceptions— at least they thought positive that whatever caused them was close beside they did, though, between you and me, I think her. She tried to call Yolande but her tongue, for they must have had a 'different copy from the rest once, absolutely refused to utter a syllable. She of us ordinary mortals. However, as I insinuated, thought she should strangle in her wild endeavor

they thought they were moral young persons and, to control herself and to speak. Hark ! what was if they truly thought they were, was not that the that? A flash of light in the room, a muffled same as being so ? Here is a question in Philoso- tread outside in the corridor, the creak of a swing- phy for someone. The one thing wicked which ing lantern, and the girl knew the night-watch was they really and squarely owned up to—of course, close at hand and sank back with an indescribable only to themselves—was keeping their lamp burn- feeling of relief. Morning came—the day was ing late. They did not, I blush to say, at ten ushered or rather tolled in with all due solemnity. o'clock promptly extinguish their lights and retire. Ff^lice counted the five strokes of the exasperating

On the contrary, they had the pernicious practise half-hour bell and realized that it was time to take of draping their transoms with sombre gossamers, up the burden of life again. For a moment, she hermetically sealing their blinds and studying in lay, quiet and was lost in the idle contemplation of the cheerful and brilliant blaze of student lamp and a crack in the ceihng, then last night's experience

light. she gas And worse than that—wait 1 I'll whisper flashed over her and, wide awake enough now, it—it is rumored that they used to have high feast- began to tell Yolande of that horrible, ghostly ing and revelry besides, and even went so far as to noise. "Were you awake?"— said the girl in

— it devour crackers ! — and olives ! ! — and jam ! ! ! surprise " I heard the thing too, but I thought

! The Lawless females you will say. No ; dear reader, must have been the result of my dreams." not lawless but misguided. It was doubtless their two looked at each other with scared faces ; then early training and, possibly, inheritance that had they both laughed. " It must have been a warn- brought them to this pass. Pity them ! —they need ing," they said, little thinking now near the truth it, for retribution is coming ; dark vengeance is they had come. already on their track. Once in the whirl of the day's duties, everything One night, I don't remember what the weather was forgotten save the present. What a goading, was, but we are pretty safe in saying that it was grasping thing the present is, anyhow ! When at murky and inky and tempestuous. Yes ; those are last the girls settled themselves for an evening's " " very suitable adjectives. Very well then, the night study, Yolande sighed : I am so very tired 1 was murky, and inky, and tempestuous, but Felice and her room-mate assented ; but the thought and Yolande, whom I beg leave to introduce as never occurred to either of them that it would have my heroines, as serenely enjoyed their untimely been quite the proper thing to hurry through their spread as if the earth had been draped in the work and go to bed early—oh, no I On the con- silvery gauze of the moon. Indeed, it was not trary, they yawned over their work until quite ten until they were quite ready for bed that they paid o'clock, when they felt that they could conscien- any attention whatever to the state of the weather. tiously give themselves up to relaxation. Notice, " Then Filice turned out the gas, drew aside the I said " conscientiously —it would have seemep curtain, and looked out into the darkness. " It is as wicked to these girls to have stopped studying so black that I can't even see the lake," she said, before ten as it does to a really moral Wellesley " " the wind is very strong too, it is a bad night student to—well—to be late to chapel. At last, and then she went to bed -with an easy conscience. after a moderate or rather an immoderate amount It must have been long after midnight, when she of the afore-mentioned relaxation, they crept noise- was aroused by a sound,or rather a series of sounds lessly to bed and were presently dreaming the in the study-parlor. It was like a low, dull knock- dreams and sleeping the sleep of the unjust. The ing, and then would come a faint, but perfectly little clock on the book-case had just struck one audible rustling. Both the sounds gradually be- when Yolande awoke to hear a noise just like the came nearer and more distinct until Felice was strange one of the night before. She listened, the —

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silence was awful—the silence which seemed to be thing coming toward them. With straining eyes, a background for the faint rustlings and knockings. they watched the brilliant square of moonlight—

Her heart beat loudly but it could not drown the the only place where they could see anything. mysterious sounds which came nearer and nearer. Presently a shadow came out in bold silhouette on

The girl could not tell what made them seem so the floor and then there appeared in full rehef the horrible. She tried to analyze her sensations even figure of a woman. She was tall —majestically tall while she felt she was on the verge of suffering and was swathed in fold after fold of black funereal some dreadful thing. .\ thousand thoughts rushed crape. The most hideous thing was that these through her brain at such a maddening rate that folds were over her face and a black gloved hand suddenl)' her heap swam and she sank down a was restlessly unwinding them. She did not un- qui\-ering little head and knew no more until she fasten the last wrapping and through it were plainly saw the morning sun blazing in through the half- visible her piercing black eyes. Those terrible open blinds. eyes ! — one could have written a whole history The girls compared notes with particular care about them. There were so many hints of dark that day,and neither their recitations nor anything and dreadful mystery in their depths. else could put the puzzling tale out of their heads. But her eyes were entirely forgotten when she

They wandered up and down the corridors with began to speak : the voice was cold, stern, pene-

their various friends ; and, with their arms entwined trating, reverberating and awful. And well it might in unacademic style. They discussed the strange be, for awful were the words which the voice " " " story. Needless to say, their friends were inter- uttered. Guilty wretches ! it said, you have ested,but incredulous. ^\'hen the night came, they committed a crime—a heinous crime. You have determined to keep watch together, but after a offended against the laws which wise and all-pro- time drowsiness conquered and both dropped off vident authority have made." And then this to sleep. Early in the evening, the night had been solemn personage took up—was it—could it be ? cloudy, but toward midnight, the moon arose in Yes : it was indeed nothing more nor less than a " calm glory and, clearing away the misty clouds, copy of the rules ! Listen Antoinette, Felice " poured its pale light over the slumbering earth. Throckmorton and Yolande Stephanie Eisenhart !

" ' Some gleaming rays crept in the window of Yolande came the order Page one, section seven : At and Felice's sleeping-room and a big square of white 10 P. M. students will promptly extinguish their radiance lay on the floor, cold and distinct. lights, retire, and preserve quiet.' Have you kept " Though so bright itself, it seemed only to intensify that rule? Answer ! Perfectly dumb with fear, the black darkness which held sway in the rest of the girls shook their heads with a woeful expression.

" ' the chamber. Meanwhile, the girls slept peacefully Page two, section two, b : Students are warned and the hours crept on. against irregularity and indiscretion in diet ' and

' Suddenly, Yolande moved imeasily in her sleep c : They are requested not to keep any eatables and then slowly opened her eyes and looked around. except fresh fruit in their rooms.' Have you lived

All her courage was gone and she felt she could up to that rule?" Tne silence which followed not be awake alone one minute in the ghostly, was painful in the extreme. Yolande tried to ex- moon-lit room. She sprang up and shook Felice plain that they never kept eatables long but she until she too, was wide-awake. " I couldn't en- could not make use of the pitiable subterfuge with dure it here alone, dear," she whispered. Somehow that dreadful shape in,front of her. Shivering, she neither could speak aloud, the sound of voices was held fast to her companion in misery and waited so inconsistent with the solemn stillness. Hush ! for the end. " they heard the faint, ominous knocking again, the Finally, the woman broke the stillness : Young strange rustling, and then the dull sound of low, ladies," she began, " I have thought long before stealthy foot-steps. Trembling, the girls clung to coming in this way. I feared to establish a prece- each other and their faces grew white to the very dent. I feared lest it might be said that ghosts as lips. On, on, nearer and nearer—there was some- well as mice ran wild at Wellesley. But I was : —

466 THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. furced to it, since I found that you had arrived at The laugh of a girl, the vows of a man, such a pit of wickedness that no other warning And the wave of society ebbs and flows. would do. For I have tried many. You have not As I was wishing to join the throng

fell noticed, perhaps, how I made your lamp sing at The book down ; I woke with a start To find it closed, night or even caused it to go out in hopes it might and ended the song Whose gay, glad cadence lived on in my heart. be a sign to you. You would take no sign. You 'Q2. put a match under the chimney to stop the singing E.

' or you said ; How stupid of the girl that fills the Ithaca, New York, x\pril 23d, 1890. ' lamps not to put more oil in ! So you obhged

Dear Prelude : me to come and now I am here I do rebuke you. As I am writing from the pleasant library at One last warning—tonight, I have given you a pri- home, and look from the window upon the awaken- vate reprimand ; but, if you do not immediately ing freshness of a New York springtime, I fear I turn from the error of your ways, I promise you " cannot dignify my letter with the title " foreign ; that you shall suffer a reprimand made public in a but nevertheless, I hope you will allow to tell way you will least like." me you a little about my visit in Mexico last February. She paused and her shadow began to fade. Our first trip over the border was during our Felice found her tongue and then her natural visit in San Diego, Cal., when a party of us went curiosity and unquenchableness emboldened her down to Tia but as village call " Juana, the Mexican was to out to the vanishing figure : Wont you tell exactly like its American us what your name is?" The answering words neighbor, the only thing made it seem real was the necessity of filling our were faint and muffled and the girls could not pockets with cigars which the gentlemen of our quite understand. " ' S. O. I. Familiar,' it sounded party were not allowed like," Yolande said, " to carry in boxes across I wonder what it means !

' ' the border, since the duty stamp was lacking. ' ' — soi ' is the Greek for to you ' Familiar to you " " When we next entered the 'Mexican territory, is ! —that —to us Mercy ! I hope not ! Non- however, it was different. ! walked across the sense " replied the more discerning room-mate, We long bridge from El Paso, Texas, to El Paso del " She would have used the plural, if she meant Norte, Mexico, and though the Rio Grande did not that. I'll tell you what the thing does mean realize our expectations of a "great river," as a ' Spirit of the Institution's Familiar.' And any way boundary it was certainly more tangible than an with either of them as a major premise, the same invisible line. Then too. El Paso del Norte, or conclusion would have to be drawn—namely, we've " Juarez City as it is also called, presented a decided got to be good ! contrast, with its low adobe houses and general air Yea, verily, that was the result, kind readers, of inactivity, to the bustling Western city on the and that is the reason that No. loo B. third floor. American side of the river. College Hall has now such model occupants. After an amusing scene in the custom house Theodora Kyle, 'go. where the Mexican officer seemed to consider my AFTER READING AUSTIN DOBSON. Bible the only questionable article our trunks con- tained, we found ourselves well en route for the In a crowded room, I seemed to stand, City of Mexico, and decidedly on the alert for all Yet not in the throng alone, apart. ; manner of new and strange experiences. Our And all about me the hot air fanned, expectations were fully realized at our first stopping- Moved by the throbs of society's heart. place, Zacatucas, and also in Aguas Calientes, A band was placing somewhere near,

would that I could tell you about it all ! (' Twas a waltz of Strauss, so soft and sweet) The city of Mexico is fast a And the ripple of voices came to my ear. assuming cosmo- And the merry tap of dancing feet. politan aspect, but it is still so quaint, so unlike

anything in the New World of the West, that it is The rustle of silk, the wave of a fan. The gleam of gems, the scent of a rose. most interesting and f;iscinating. Eight thousand THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. 467

feet above the sea, higher than Mt. Washington, morning ; often a drooping head with long ears, the chmate is both temperate and tropical, flowers and slender little legs is all that can be seen, such blooming everywhere all the year round, and always large burdens do they carry. deep, cloudless blue sky. One morning we drove down the beautifiil Pasro

. The houses are built of a soft stone or adobe de la Reforma, the Champs Elysees of Mexico, to brick, which is plastered over and then frescoed in Chapultepec and before climbing up the mass of warm, bright tints, ornamented with bands and rocks upon which the historic castle is set, we drove simple designs in some contrasting color. They through the park of grand old cypress trees about are all low and square, built around a court, and it. Great giants, they were old when Cortez first even the handsomest houses present a plain and beheld them, now, draped in long wreaths of gray uninteresting exterior, but the large court is ablaze moss, they are heavy with age, and seem to mourn with flowers, while fountains and great palms fur- the departed glory of the Aztec race and weep nish pleasant coolness and shade. over the sad fate of the decendants of Montezuma's Of course we went to High Mass, a most im- warriors, despised and degraded, inheriting their posing ceremony in the great Cathedral. The own land as slaves rather than princes.

Cathedrals and Churches of Mexico are all similiar These picturesque Indians thronging the streets in architecture, built by the Spaniards, and in the interested us more than anything else in Mexico, city of Mexico alone, number over a hundred . We so entirely different are they from any class of could not gi\-e any specific name to the design of people in our own country. An idle, unambitious, these buildings. It is a mixture of styles, showing, melancholy-looking people, inately courteous and however, the Moorish influence on Spanish archi- kind, they are born, live and die in the streets of tecture. The Cathedral has an imposing facade, the city. The men wear white cotton trousers and richly car\-ed, twin towers and a dome, but the blouses, broad-brimmed sombreros, and in the stone, a soft conglomerate, is crumbling away, more northern cities, they will be wrapped to the even in that frostless climate. There are many eyes in gay-colored zerapes, which they throw old and interesting pictures in the building, but about them with inimitable grace. Their feet are the handsomest decorations are the beautifully covered with sandals of leather tied with thongs, canned Mexican onyx pulpits and fonts. similar to those described in the Bible. An Indian

The Cathedral faces the Zocalo, the principal girl, and in spite of the romances, she is seldom plaza or square of the city, full of flowers and even pretty, is well dressed when her calico skirt beautiful tropical plants, with a band-stand in the is adorned with a ruffle and is stiffly starched. In centre, the usual pagoda, where at all hours, nearly, the day-time her reboza, a long scarf, is thrown the government furnishes the music-loving people over her head and drawn over the shoulders. Be- with fascinating airs from finely-trained military hind this screen she carries all sorts of things, bands. From this plaza radiate all the street-car usually a baby. In the evening she wears a black lines, very excellent service you have too, and for shawl. The poorest class of Indian women are vn real (twelve and a half cents) you can visit any bare-footed and wear a straight piece of striped of the suburbs of the city. cloth drawn tightly around them, with the reboza

At first we could not accustom ourselves to the of course, often the whole costume consists of these idea of first, second and third class cars, freight two garments. cars too, but that was less strange than the funeral In the market-places straw mats are spread on cars. Even the wealthy people carry the dead to the ground, and fruits, vegetables, dulces, tortillas, their final resting place in this way. A platform pottery and all sorts of wares are displayed upon car with a canopy top, painted or draped in black, them, and everywhere there is pulque, the national drawTi by patient little burros is provided for the beverage, for sale ; —you will not care to try it. purpose. The Alameda of Mexico is a beautiful park, full They have few horses in Mexico, the burros do of grand old trees, flowers, fountains and numerous everj'thing, bring the produce to the markets ever)' band-stands, a charming place to while away an 468 THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.

hour, listening to a Spanish danza and watching following day we bade farewell to Mexico, and the gay street scenes. after four days on the Gulf of Mexico reached

We made several trips to the suburbs of the New Orleans, delighted with all we had seen, but city, and stood, one afternoon, beneath the Noche well pleased to be once more in our native land. Triste tree, where Cortez wept on the " sad night," Laura Lyon Williams, '8~. believing his troops were defeated, while at Cha-

pultepec another giant cypress is pointed out where THE DAISY. Montezuma was weeping on the same occasion. Dainty little daisy, Another afternoon we visited Quadalupe, the most Now bright days are here, shrine in all Mexico. First we saw the sacred June days, long and lazy sacred well which first bubbled forth on the spot To the sun most dear, where the pious Indian, Juan Diego, stood when Of what are you thinking the Virgin appeared to him nearly four hundred On tiptoe, little one?

years ago ; then we climbed the hill to the Chapel, As saucily unwinking

built where, in obedience to her command, he You laugh up to the sun ?

went to pluck flowers on what was then a desert Archly then up goes her

spot. In the Cathedral at the foot of the hill we Chin in dimpling fun : " saw the wonderful picture of the Virgin, still un- He loves me for you know I'm The name-sake of the sun.'" dimned in color, that appeared on Juan's filiua Grace Fits-Hugh Thomson., '90. or blanket when he displayed- the flowers and told his story to the sceptical priest. THE WEEK. An afternoon for a bull-fight and a drive on the

Paseo from four till sun-down and, you have Perfect May weather fulfilled the first requirement for the success of '91's Promenade. exhausted the resources of amusement for the peo- Junior Nature seemed to have made a special eflFort to contribute her ple of all classes. The bull-fight I shall not de- share to the festivities, for certainly Wellesley never scribe, it is both revolting and fascinating, but the looked lovelier. This was an especial advantage, be- IS gay spectacle. The Spanish beauties Paseo a cause many of the guests came early to the concert, at in Parisian bonnets— you see the graceful mantillas four o'clock in the afternoon, when the Glee Club sang no more,excepting at church—drive in coupes and a prelude to the Promenade. The concert provided a victorias, but they are less interesting than the very pleasant means of entertainment for the many guests who came from so far away as to necessarily gorgeous caballeros, whose horses are covered with arrive here sometime during the day. The Glee Club silver-mounted trappings, lassos hanging to the was assisted by the Banjo Club, and both clubs ac- pommels of the high Mexican saddles, while the quitted themselves very creditably, singing, under the riders are magnificent in fine silver-embroidered inspiration of an enthusiastic audience, even better riding suits, rows of shining silver buttons, like than at their first concert. Every selection was encored, great silver dollars, down the sides of the trousers and in reply to the first demand the Glee Club gave the college cheer. Some verses and a wide sombrero heavy with silver completing new were added to the Tupelo song, which, with the new song adapted to the the costume. occasion, " Invited by Mistake," was heartily apprecia- We wandered through the museums and art 'ted. The Banjo Club was especially warmly received. galleries, into queer little shops on back streets, The program was as follows : regretting our litde P'rench and less Spanish, and All Hail to the College Beautiful, Wellesley songs. so our visit was ended. A day's journey took us Dutch Dolls, Ostelere.

to Vera Cruz, the first five hours throguh intolerable Miss Groflfand Club. The Darkies' Patrol, Shattuck. dust, but after that through magnificent mountain Banjo Club. scenery, till we reached the tierra colicntc or hot Tupelo, Wellesley Songs. country, where we sped along among cotton, coftee_ '•Come, live with me, and be my love," Foote. and sugar cane ])lantations, delighted by the tropi- Invincible Grand March, Shattuck. cal luxuriance and brilliance of the foliage. The Banjo Club. THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. 469

" Invited by Mistake," Wellesley Songs. On Monday evening, June 2nd, in the college chapel. Miss Penin and Club. Mr. Mabie delivered his lecture on " The Personal iAIedley, Wellesley Songs. Element in Literature." From Chaucer to Carlyle, The Promenade was laid out in a new direction. there was no man more pronounced in character than

Starting from the north door it crossed the campus Johnson ; but the man had qualities and his work only and went up the hill and around the circles made by saving qualities, since they help us to save him. We the roads leading to the cottages, making a long and remember the work because of the man. With Shake- exceedingly etFective stretch of swaying lanterns. The speare, the case is just the opposite. Every great work

parlors ofNorumbega,VVood, and Freeman were thrown of art has in it something mysterious, but Shakespeare's

open, giving a glimpse of cottage life to the visitors. spiritual autobiography is completely written in his

The ever popular walk to Tupelo was spar.=ely lighted. work. Johnson spoke from the surface of his nature : .Miss Stewart and Miss Lebus with .Miss Shafer, and Shakespeare from the depths of his nature. From

Miss Peck, of '90, received in the Browning room. these illustrations, it seems that a man's work ap- When the charms of the flower-decked library, and the proaches the highest standard in the degree in which

promenade had received the attention due them, salad it approaches his personality. The idea of personality and ices were served in the dining-room, which fur- must not be taken in a limited sense, The sorrows of nished more room than the place usually used, the Goethe convey a vivid impression of the sorrows of third floor centre. During the evening delightful Goethe, but the real man is not all there. The person, music was furnished by the Lafricain orchestra, of ality must not be limited in time or experience. A Boston, which is composed largely of men from the man must make his own experiences illustrative of Symphony orchestra. The moon realized the highest universal law, and to do this, he must have the expectations regarding it, and time's swift flight was mastery of his experiences so as to transpose and com- the only influence to mar bright memories of a charm- bine them at will. Personality in the large sense is not ing occasion. found in the individXialist. At the bottom of every man's work lies his idea of life and this makes him different from all other men. When he has reached his Dr. MacKenzie, of Cambridge, preached on Sunday,' conception of life, which may be moral, philosophic, June I, quoting as his te.xt John 16:24; "Hitherto artistic, this determines the genius of the man and sets have ye asked nothing in of his person- my name ; ask and ye shall him apart and this contains the essence receive, that your joy may be full." ality. We can never uncover the secret of personality,

it is vital, primary. We may get nearer and nearer to

the secret of genius but can never lay hand upon it. Every great piece of art represents thought that comess evening SuxD.w Rev. Mr. Bates, of East Boston, man knows not how. The frankest autobiographies gave a talk on mission work among the seamen. There leave something unsaid ; we never know any man com- is no organized church work to reach the si.x million pletely. In every masterpiece, there is something in- sailors and fishermen, of whom about ten thousand are explicable ; imitative work discovers its parentage. lost annually. Theirs is the most hazardous of all The soul while laying the foundation of greatness keeps occupations the majority of ; sailors are under thirty its own counsel. Goethe could not explain some things years of age, living only about twelve years after enter- in Faust Though the alembic of personality pass all ing the ser\-ice. They are men of great benevolence, ideas which appear in art. Art is mainly point of view. sympathy, and wide knowledge and experience of All Shakespeare created, he individually included ; all nations, customs, winds and seas. Boston has six the experiences he portrayed must have been possible Bethels and four hundred saloons to receive the hun- to him. They were transformed into art by passing dred and fifty thousand sailors coming into her harbor. through an artist. No two men ever saw life the These salons send out tugs to the incoming ships and same ; hence in the deepest sense, there is no such get the sailors' money before the boats land. In all thing as universal literature. But all things partake of the great seaports of the world are men seeking the the universal and it is the function of literature to destruction of sailors. The work done for the help of portray those things which all men understand because seamen shrinks into insignificance in comparison with they share in them. Here are various qualities which the vigorous efforts of their enemies. We do not real- belong to the personality as brought out in literature. ize the importance of work among them. Their con- The structual quality of the Divine Comedy gives it version would be a powerful influence in the progress its unique place and value. The poet is never asked of other mission work, for every ship would be a church whether his work shall be epic, lyric, or dramatic. travelling over the seas all parts to of the world. The structural element is furnished by the imagination 470 THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.

which inchides all we possess of constructive power. and are equally held responsible to the laws, there is no

To the imaginatioa alone second sight belongs ; it in- reason why they should n-)t together decide for the

cludes the double function of seeing and interpreting, best good of the country and if politics are not what

but it is a hand more than an eye. Imagination is no they should be, let the " Spring cleaners give them an less distinction or individual than the personality itself- annual purification. In England, woman takes a very

Another quality belonging to the personality is style' active part in political life, not a passionate, impracti-

The style of a genuine writer is in the deepest sense cable interest, as here in America, but in such a way as

inevitable. It represents the effort toward complete to make her influence felt for the good of all. She has and perfect self-e.xpression. Genius never misses its already found that great improvements can be made in

vocabulary. An artist is known quite as much by what the town governments, roads, and buildings by their he omits as by what he says. By his style we discover minor powers of voting, and how little notice their peti- the compass and resources of his mind. Dante was the tions for improvements receive, when they have no first of the modern poets. Men before him were vote behind them. The idea of woman entering into bound by tradition. The Mediaeval world lulled per- politics was presented in a new light, not as something sonality to a deep sleep, The Vita Nuova contains the which will tend to create the strong minded woman so

autobiography of the first complete personality. Dante repugnant to all that is womanly in us, not as a protest was the first poet because he was the first artist. against man's superior power, but as a duty, a However, a dramatist must not only be conscious of responsibility that we should take upon ourselves, personality but he must have self mastery. Shake- and infuse a new moral tone into the body politic. speare had all Marlowe's force, but also full self-know- The close of the talk, which was only too short,

ledge. Great literature is possible only when there is was a fervid appeal to us, as citizens of America,

great personality, and until the idea of personality is this glorious exponent of liberty toward which

developed, great literature is impossible. all nations are looking with anxious interest, to us, as students of Wellesley with opportunities to study the truths of history, to seek to be ideal women, to live for our country, and, as we are dese'vedly proud of her, All who on Tuesday afternoon June 3, listened to to let her be proud of us; finally, in this great crisis Mrs. Chant's eloquent appeal for a realization of a which is impending, to respond to the heaven sent call loftier type of womanhood, surely were inspired to seek to man and woman to be no longer two with divided nobler ideals and emulate her in- living for their sex, interests, but one, a united being in every plane of life. for their country, for mankind. Her subject, "What a woman should be," was particularly appropriate for AULD ACQUAINTANCE. the Wellesley girls, who, surrounded by all that is beau- tiful and conducive for a broad outlook upon life, BORN. should feel a certain weighty responsibility lying upon At Fall River, Mass., May 7, a daughter, Alice them to spur on their less fortunate sisters to fulfil their Thayer, to Mrs. Adelaide Eaton Abbe, '83. in.Piuential position in this world. Mrs. Chant, after recalling pleasant reminiscences of her visit here two Miss Nina Holton, formerly a student at Wellesley, years ago, spoke of the lofty ideals of womanhood is studying science in Zurich. that we should never fail to hold for though, like all Mrs. Nellie Page Bates, '83, will spend the summer ideals, we may never hope to attain to them, still keeping at Rockford, 111. them ever before our eyes, we may reach nearer per- News has been received at Wellesley of the death at fectian. Sophocles' Antigone she considers the best Santa Barbara, Cal., of Mr. Harry Crowell, husband characterization of woman in ancient literature, a re- of Mrs. Lucy Pentecost Crowell, a special student at presentation of the solidarity of the sex with whom the College during the years '79-'8i. Chaucer's patient Griselda compares very unfavorably, At the annual meeting of the Boston Holyoke Alum- a woman whose characteristics are scattered unfortu- na; Association, held at Hotel Thorndike, May 24, nately among many women but never combined in one. Miss Sarah P. Eastman was re-elected President. She holds Milton's Eve in unmitigated contempt and proclaims Portia her favorite among Shakespeare's Miss Mary A. Pew, student at Wellesley, '86-'87, women and Shelley's Cythia, the most beautiful and Miss Corinne Ellison, '87-'8S, have been spending ideal. She said that woman holds the same responsi- the past week at Wellesley. bility in regard to the public conscience as man, and The statement made in this column concerning Miss that only by men and women acting in corcord is the Delia M. Taylor, '82, should be corrected. She has object of creation attained. As they act together been teaching during the year at Metzger Institute, in religious matters, in the home, in a social capacity. Carlisle, Penn. THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. 471

Misses Hattie Gage and Mattie Goddard, formerly refreshments supjjosed congenial to the infantile mind of90, intend to return to College next year. were served and, atfive o'clock, to our great sorrow, the last trace of babyhood had vanished. Dr. a. H. Bradford of Montclair, N. J., who was In another part of this issue, the baccalaureate preacher of the class of '84, will de- we print a full report of the proceedings of the semi-annual liver the address at the graduating exercises of the convention of the N. E. Inter-collegiate Press Association, Dana Hall School, June 23. but we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing the The Misse.s Eastman entertained at Dana Hall on hearty appreciation of The Prelude and its delegates of Monday, May 26, a number of their old students, the the very enjoyable entertainment provided for the con- Misses Davis of Newton, Miss Fanny Mattocks of vention by the editors of The Brnnonian and of The Duluth, and Miss Dora Emerson now at College. Brouiti Magazine. The Prelude will surely count as a Aliss Grace Bunce has recently spent Sunday at the red-letter-day, the day of its admission to the Associa- Hall and i\Iiss Frances Latham is now in Wellesley. tion, and the delegates will always remember with great Mrs. Stella Stickney Van Laer, '84, who has lived pleasure the delightful day at Brown when the first for the past four years at Akron, O., will remove in the woman delegates to the convention were so cordially fall to New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Van Laer will welcomed and so courteously entertained. When our conduct a sketching-class at Cushing's Island on the party from Boston University and Wellesley Maine coast during the early part of the summer. arrived at Providence we were taken at once to the members of the Alumnae Association intending The University. We were charmed with its fine buildings to be present at Commencement will be entertained as and beautiful situation. On its high hill it seemed in a guests of the College from the afternoon of Monday, land of its own, and we could hardly realize that it was till the following Thursday morning. June 23, Each so near the heart of a busy city. After lunch in the old is requested to notify the Secretary of the College, be- Main Hall, a business-meeting was called in Slater Hall. fore 1 , of the date of her arrival and the length June 1 The report of this meeting will give some idea of the of her proposed visit also, on reaching College Hall, management and scope of the Association. One of the above facts promptly, to register the together with her most pleasant features of the day was the drive about and class. Arrangements can be made for any name Providence. The route took us through the city to the wish to come earlier than Monday, or to extend who Roger Williams Park and back again to Prospect Hill their stay beyond the period specified. for the fine view from- the Terrace of the city and the surrounding country. The evening was given up to the NOTES. COLLEGE reception and banquet at the Narragansett. It was a great disappointment to the Wellesley delegates that On June 2nd, Miss Emma S. Howe, Instructor in the train did not permit them to stay for the toasts and Vocal Music at Wellesley, gave a party to her pupils at the address by the Hon. Alfred Williams of the Provi- her home in Boston. deiice Journal. The Association seems to us to promise The Amherst Glee and Banjo Clubs gave a concert much for the mutual good and improvement of the in the village on Saturday evening. May 31. The con- N. E. college papers. cert, as all had anticipated, was good. In the afternoon, the Clubs were invited to Waban where afternoon tea ENGLAND INTER-COLLEGIATE was served. A reception was held at Freeman, after NEW PRESS ASSOCIATION. the concert. ' Spring Meeting, 1890. Such a merry little party as was held in the first-floor centre on Monday afternoon. It was a baby party and The first semi-annual meeting of the Association was the brilliant idea had originated in the brains of Miss called to order at 2.30 P. M., May 30, in the committee Whiting and Miss Hodgkins. About twenty-five little room of Slater Hall, at Brown University, by Mr. ones whose ages ranged from six months to nine 3ears J. B. Reynolds of The Dartviouth. scampered around and fully appreciated our long corri- Mr. H. R. Palmer, of the Brown Magazine, was dors. The spirit of exploration led them down to the elected secretary for the meeting. lake-shore where they examined the boats and threw The roll was called, and it was found that thirteen stones in the water to their hearts content and the publications were represented, which number was later imminent danger of their dazzling white frocks. One young man hung over the side of the gallant Mayflower increased to fifteen. It was voted that the Wellesley Prelude be the official and inquired it there was any bait convenient. We were organ of the Association. obliged to confess that we did not prosecute the art of The Secretary then read a communication from Mr. fishing to any great extent. Later in the afternoon. : :

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Samuel Abott, I'resident of the Assqpiation expression of the convention be placed in the minutes It was voted that a committee of three be appointed of the Association.

to propose such amendments to the constitution as The visiting delegates then gave the Brown yell, shall provide for semi-annual meetings. Messrs. Chase after which the meeting adjourned. of Amherst, Jenkins of Wesleyan, and Van Schaack of H. A. Cushitig. Secretary. Trinity, were appointed as that committee, and their report was soon rendered and accepted. OUR OUTLOOK. The election of officers for the ensuing year was then taken up, with the following result: President, Mr. H. At the twenty-first annual meeting of the New A. Davis, Har-i'ard Criiasoii, ist. Vice President, Mr. England W. S. A., Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant was G. H Ferris, Brniionian, 2nd Vice President, Mr. T. one of the speakers. We are able to publish only a part of her " S. Burr, Bowdoin Orient, 3rd Vice President, Miss address. —Mrs. Chant said ; I am here as Young, Boston University j5t'a(:(i;/, Corresponding Sec- the invited guest of the Woman Suffi-age Association, retary and Treasurer, Mr. Van Schaack, Trinity Tablet, and I am proud to be so. We are often ungrateful, Recording Secretary, H. A. C\x%\\\i\^,AinIierst Student. and forget how much of the liberty we enjoy is due to Mr. Farrington, of the Maine State Cadet, then the labors of the pioneer advocates of woman suffrage. made a report on new members, which was accepted. In the matter of woman suffrage, there is at present a

The following executive committe was then elected race between England and America. If I were an Mr. Willey, of The Dartmouth, Mr. G. A. Mason, of American, I would not be beaten by that little island the Williams IVeekly, Mr. Childs, of the Vale News, but in England we are certainly a little nearer the goal.

Miss Meader, of the Wellesley Prelude, and Mr. Pull- We have municipal suffrage, and we use it to a very man, of the Wesleyan Argus. good advantage. The Lord Mayor of London lately It was voted that a committee of three be appointed entertained thirty-seven total abstinence mayors from by the chair to revise the constitution, and to report at other cities. That there were so many such mayors is the evening session. The chairman appointed as that due largely to the votes of temperance women. We

committee, Mr. Adams, of Harvard, Mr. Van Schaack, have also had parochial suffrage for a long time, and it of Trinity, and Miss Young, of Boston University. involves more than is generally understood. For one The Treasurer reported that there was a balance of thing, the overseer selected by the parish has the care twenty one dollars ($21.00) in the treasury. of all the roads. A wealthy woman in one parish It was voted that the executive committee have the found that the poor men and women of her denomina-

constitution printed at once, and that they send it to tion had ceased to come to church. She asked them

all the papers published at New England colleges. why, and they told her the roads were so bad it was The meeting was then adjourned. impossible for them to get through the mud. She in- The evening business session was held at the Narra- quired about the overseer of the roads, and found that gansett Hotel, immediately after the banquet, ist Vice he was away on the continent, leaving the roads to

President, G. H. Ferris, of the 2>?'z/«o;//rt«, being in take care of themselves. She then offered, if she might the chair. be made overseer of the roads, to perform the duties It was voted that the Association hold two meetings without expense to the parish for one year. She went

a year, and that the selection of the exact place and among the w.omen who had votes, and promised that if date be left to the executive committee. she were elected she would soon put the roads in .such It was voted that the exective committee prepare a a state that they would all be able to come to church circular to be sent out with the constitution, stating even in the worst weather. The conservatives were that the Association is still in existence, and also giving dismayed at the idea of making a woman overseer of its objects, and inviting all New England colleges to be roads, and they searched the town records to see represented at its meetings. whether there was any precedent for such a thing. It was voted that the name of Mr. Seeber Edwards, They found that three women had served as overseers treasurer, be stricken from the list of officers, as the in ancient times, and then they felt better, for nothing constitution states that the Corresponding Secretary is so convincing to the British mind as a precedent. shall act as Treasurer. The woman was elected, and soon brought the roads The committee on constitution reported, and pre- into excellent condition. We have school suffrage also

sented the revised constitution, which was accepted. in England, and are waking up to the right use of it. It was voted that the hearty and sincere thanks of We find that you must care /or the bodies of children

the delegates be given to the members of the Brunon- as well as for their minds, and that it is of no use try- ian and Brown Magazine boards, individually and ing to teach starved and uncomfortable children,

and collectively, for their hospitality ; and that tliis seated on hard benches. THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE. 47:

" A majority of both houses of Parliament are now '85. Foreign troops called in to aid in sing- ing; refreshments. in favor of the woman suffrage bill, as soon as it can be '85. •' Swallow-tails" flit through the halls. brought to a vote^ There are two chief obstacles (i) ; '87. Symphony Concert. the ancient respectable party which is afraid of a change 2. External Events. is the party now in power ; and (2) Ireland blocks the way. Many English women have come to the conclu- '84. Rain. '85. decoration. sion that we ought to let Ireland block the way, until Extensive '86. . Much rain. the question of Home Rule is settled." Mrs. Chant '87. Promenade to Pt. Tupelo forsaken. paid a warm tribute to the chivalrous way in which the Irish members of Parliament supported the woman d. Characteristics. suffrage bill almost unanimously. Greater liberty of thought and action. Mrs. Chant said that the woman .Suffrage Association Improvement in decoration.

had made it popular in England for women to speak in III. Under President Shafer. public- a thing which used to excite the utmost horror. In conclusion Mrs. Chant said: "The principle of a. History.

woman suffrage is summed up to the co-operation of 1. Internal events. huraanit}', men and women working together.'" She Promenade concert. closed with an earnest appeal and an exhortation to Presentation of " Please hand to Usher" active effort. cards, to reception committee. Refreshments.

2. External events. WABAN RIPPLES. Promenade. Saunter to Pt. Tupelo revived. History of Civilization. 6. Characteristics. Specul Topic : The Junior Promenade at Wellesley 1. General. A. Origin. Aristocratic ; upper classes and ^Faculty in- In Junior reception to Seniors, 1S79. vited. First formal Promenade, 1884. Evidence of power of the " mighty dollar." Improved decoration. B. Function. Increase in freedom. " Education, " to train the hand, the head and Swell "ness. the heart." 2. Essential. C. Progress. Pleasant evening. New gown. I. Under President Howard. Enough men to go round. a. History. Moon.

1. Internal events. D. Results. '80, Singing b)- class glee club. "Si, Reception in Society Hall, I. Immediate. ^/an introduced. Dancing. Virginia Reel. Extreme fatigue. No refreshments. Evidence of the universal negative, "Not prepared." 2. External events. Empty pocket-books.

'So, Drive ; supper by moonlight. Colds. 'Si, Non est.

II. General. 6. Characteristics. Many restrictions as to number and character Resolution of lower classes to surpass it. of guests. Tendency among guests to remain over Sun- day. II. Under President Freeman. Non-establishment of a precedent. a. History. E. Effects, I. Internal events. '82. Reception in the gymnasium. Chivalry its natural outgrowth. '83. Concert. Idea of private rights and spirit of liberty '84. Promenade and reception. diffused. — ; —

474 THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.

OUR EXCHANGES. make the presentation as impressive as the lofty char- acter of the book demands. The dramatic action in- ON HARVARD SQUARE. volved in the presentation is under the direction of Miss Peck, the teacher of elocution in Smith, with the Student (to servant): I thought you had finished advice and supervision of F. A. Sargent of New York. sweeping my room. The representations will occur in the Opera house on Friday and Saturday evenings of the week before com- BosTO.x Servant-girl: Beg pardon, sir; but I was mencement, a full orchestra of Boston soloists being in just decomposing. attendance. Prof. Story will preside at the organ and Student: What? the whole will be under the direction of Prof. Blodgett.

Boston Servant-girl: I was just returning to —New York Evening Post. dust. Puck. MAGAZINES AND REVIE\A?S. AN EXCEPTION. The June nutnber of Harpers Magasinc opens with I own I cannot well abide a new serial story, a translation from Alphonse Daudet These dime museum freaks. by Henry James, entitled, "Port Tarascon, or the I like not mankind ossified, Last Adventures of the Illustrious Tartarin." It promises to be quite Tartarin, Nor fish with birdlike beaks. thrilling and humourous. in his own words, is a "second Don Quixote in the skin But there is one curiosity of Sancho Panza."—The Vicomte Eugene Metchior I'm willing to endorse. De Vogue in " Through the Caucasus," describes the It's been a monstrous help to me. country and customs as seen by him in a carriage trip over the Caucasus mountains.— "The American Bur- My little dog-eared horse. — Briinonian. lesque " by Lawrence Hutton is an account of the Burlesque on the American stage from its introduction St. Louis girls until the present time. The article on Fiirst Bismark Are quite the pearls — by George Morirz Wahl will interest all. His career Of all the feminine gender. and policy are quite fully detailed. For beginners My heart beats fast — in whist " The Young Whist-player's Novitiate "by When they go past, Prof. Goodrich will be valuable. Howard Pyle in For I'm of the masculine gender. — "Chapbook Heroes "gives a sketch of the three famous " But tell me, pray, rogues, Claude Duval, Jack Sheppard and Dick Tur- Why do they say pin.—Park Benjamin has an article on modern appara- ' How sweet!' when one of them passes?" tus for finding the distance of an enemy's vessel at The reason is clear, sea by means of electricity. — " The best governed city As you will hear. in the World," by Julian Ralph shows that Birming- They are, don't you know, Mo. lasses. ham, England is a city worthy to be a model for our — Yale Record. American Nationalists.—There are also two interest- FAREWELL. ing short stories, " Two Points of View," by Matt Crim, and "Would Dick do That" by George Farewell, I cannot soon forget Hibbard. Our love so warm and true, Education for I\'Iay contains many practical sugges- I had not known you long, but yet tions, especially for young teachers. Of especial I'd learned to live in you. interest is " The Place of the Public High School " by We met when Autumn had begun C. W. Cabeen of Wisconsin. The writer in a clear To chill the cheerful air and logical manner discusses the duty of the High ; We parted at length when summer's sun School in fitting our youths for the intelligent e.xercise Spreads pleasure everywhere. of their duties and rights of citizens. —"A Study of Greece " by Maude Burnside makes valuable sugges- We loved I know, but love is dead. tions for teaching Geography in an interesting manner. Just why I cannot tell —Ellen E. Kenyon, in " How to Teach Literature," 'Twere better that no more be said. comments upon the method of Professor Dorchester of My winter coat, farewell! Brvnonian. Boston LIniversity " as he approaches the subject of S.MITH COLLEGE. English Literature through a broad Historical and critical review of Art."— Hygienic Conditions desirable The Senior Class will present at the comiijg com- for a Writing Lesson" by A. G. Chase is an article mencement a setting of the Book of Job, in a new treating the subject of Hygiene in a most practical form. The basis of the presentation is an orchestral way.—Prof. Patten suggests methods of simplifying symphony, the themes and motives of which are de- our denominate measures. —A short account of the his- signed to represent the four personages of the poem jory of Normal Schools in Wisconsin is given by J. L. and the sentiments e-\-pressed by them. The te.xt is Pickard D. D. —The second part of German Philos- given by four choral companies, from seven to nine ophy since Hegel" by B. C. Burt contains much young ladies of the class in each, largely in recitative, valuable information for the Philosophy student. — In while the symphony progresses. Prof. Blodgett has "Talents and Attainments" Prof Moore sliows the spent eight months in the composition of this work, most important requisite for success is an adequate and the members of the class are sparing no pains to power of the will. .

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