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Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 6
Augustus W. Bomberger Ursinus College
Harvey E. Kilmer Ursinus College
Irvin F. Wagner Ursinus College
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VOLUME SEVEN, NUMBER SIX.
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REV. HENRY W. SUPER, D. D. , Vice-President.
A COLLEGIATE EDGCATIO ..-The latest developments in the arts and sciences, the steady growth of hi. tory and literature, and the struggle for leadership in every sphere of life, demand that everyone should enjoy the advantages of the most thorough, liberal education. PREPARATIO~ FOR COLLEGE.-To prosecute a course of Collegiate study with succes a good foundation needs to be laid. For this purpose Ursinus College offer special facilities in its Academic Department. tudents attending this Department become acquainted with the Faculty and \vith methods of College study and recitation. Teachers in public or private schools, whose circumstances prevent them from attending the Department, may prepare them elves for entering the Freshman
Class by studying while they teach and attending the stated .L cademic examina tions, and by attending the Summer School of Language. ADl\IlS:IOX TO THE FRE H fA 'CLA .-Applicants must be well grounded in Orthography, Reading, Advanced English Grammar, Letter-\Vriting, Compo i tion, Higher Arithmetic, Advanced Algebra, Geography, and the History of the United States. If these preliminary studies be passed satisfactorily, cla sical students are examined in Latin Grammar, four books of C~sar's Gallic \Var, four books of Virgil's LEneid, four Orations of Cicero against Cataline, Greek Grammar, two book of Xenophon's Anabasis, and one of the Gospels in Greek or its equivalent. Students desiring to take the cientific Course pass the same examinations as classical students, except that Elementary Physics takes the place of Greek. Applicants for the Literary Course for Ladies omit Latin and Greek, and are examined in \Vord-Analysis and Elementary Physics. EXPE.". E:.-Students not attending the Department, who pre ent themselves for examination, are charged a fee of one dollar for each examination. Board, $3 a week. Board in a club, about $2 a week. Furnished room, 50 to 75 cents a week. STATED EXAMINATlOX:.- To entitle non-resident students to the pri\'ileges of the stated examinations, which are held on the last four days of each term, they must send their names to the Principal a week in advance, and report in detail the \\'ork which they covered during the term. The Spring Term opens Monday, April 6th, 1891. 1"01' further information address THE VICE-PRESID ENT, Or t he Principa l of t he Academic Depa rtment. 11 PSI S COLLEGE B LLETI
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Therc· .... a hint o f Spring in the :port ORCESTER'S ing ;ood" . to re. 1\11 the gear for play W tim' and outing i~ beginning to c me DICTIONARY to thc front-long c unte rs for lym na ium goods; for Tennis fixings; fur Base Ball. 'rickd and lIch-lil 'c trap. ; fM F ish: 11 g ta c k Ie; for any t h i n g t hat a healthy or health-hunting man \\'ants With or without Denison's Patent Index. The standard Ruthority on all questions of Orthogrnphy. Pronunciation, or Defimtion, and is in th e linc ' . so recognizc!l by the colleges of the country, by the prillcipal Il ew. papers and periodica]ij, !llJd by \\'anamakcr price, f coursf'. Only I such leaders of Am eric!lll thought as Phillips Broob, Edwar.l Everett JIale, George Bancroft, a little time back fancy price ' were the Olh'er Wendell Uolmes, ] rvilJ~, Mar 'h, Agassiz. flenry. etc. Lea(lin~ book-publishers recognize rule. \\'e put an end to that sort of Worc c ~ter as the highe. t authority. and millions of school-books are i. ued every ye!lr with this bu, inc..; , . Think of it! '(arl), tltree great work as tile standanl. For sale by all BookseUers. Circulars sent on appli· titollsalld TCllllis Rac/.:cts sC'ld here last I cation to the publishers. s{'ason.' In the extravagant price time 1. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, the number have reached 300. migltt 715 and 717 Market St., PbUa.
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VOLUME V II. MARCH, 189 r. NUMBER 6.
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EDITOR : separate species, e ntirely di stinct in A. W . BO:\l BERGER, ' 82. every feature. They represent two diffe rent . tate of ci vilizatio n in the in Cont" bu tors: HARVEY E. KIUJER, ' 9 0. IRVIX F. \\"AG ' ER, 9 1. tell ectual unive rse of enli g hte nment
ZWINGLIAN . SCHAFF. and lette rs, the o ne as vastl y removed CALVI ' D. YOST, '9 1. IR\' I!'I C. \\,ILLlA;\1 , '91. fro m and as fa r in advance of the other OLEVIAN . EBRARD. as a re the social conditions of E ng la nd I ILLlA:\ PRE TO:", ' 9 1. P. E. IIKI'\IER, '9I. and the isla nds of J apan. TER,\I. * Q:"E COPY, a year, 50 cIs. * *
Fl\'E COI'm , to one per, ol, - 2.00 Educati o n a nd book-learnin O"b a re not . ' I:\GLE COPIES, 5 cIs. y nony mo u , else \",e re the re no g ul f ALL SUR CRIPTIO~ ~lGST BE PA I D 1:0< AD\·ANCE. between the we ll -informed boor and Po t Office ddress: the Christian gentl eman. There is the URSINUS COLLEGE BULLETIN. Cul/e!{ w it/e, Jl olllgom ery Cvltnty, Pa. mere supply in g of the passive mind o f
P ersons wishing to discontinue thei r subscriptions the pupil with fa cts and truths and shoulfl ~enfl imm~fliate notice of t he fact. Mattpr for pubIiclltion (i ncludlng JitC'rary article. item ideas; a nd the re is also the zeal ous and of n~ws in any way pPrlailling to URS I XUS C·O I.LEoJJ: , anc· spPclal commlllli('atlOns ns to current phases of ItS work skillful stirring a nd inciting of hi s soul alld w~lfa r e) . will b e glc. Entered Ilt the Post Office at :ilorristown, Pa., as second· ing, refinin g , ameli orating anu promot class matter. i ng of every powe r and capacity of the C I-I O L R S I-IIP is of substantia l physical a nd psychi cal man. And he Sval ue o nl y as it is made the means alone that unde rgoes the second pro of \\'o rki ng out substa ntial re3 ults ill the c .ss can hope to secure an educati on elevatio n of in d ividual life. "Kno wl in fact as well as name. Moreover, this edge is power," but powe r in ert, unless is that for whic h the unde r-g raduate of the vital energy of the throbbing soul to-day have left their homes and soug ht upply the sil e nt e ng ine \'l ith li vin g a foste r-mother,-to be educated 111 .. team. The sto re-ho uses of a huma n eve ry attribute of bein g fo r every good brain may be fill ed to the roof with wo rd and work, and not simply to be learning, and yet the o wn e r of all be as put in unhappy charge of a vast as truly poor in every essential ele ment of sortment of unemploy ed and unapplied culture as the mise r starvin g with his ideas. gold. There a re students that pass * * * fo ur years of instructi o n with hono r, J gnorance is lhe curse of God; Knowl edge, the wing wherewilh we ny to heaven . leading their fellows at every stage and winning at each quarte r-g oal a laurel But we should not forget one very crown, who nevertheless go fo rth to important factor in the premises. The 100 po se. ion of th . lInfledg-ed acces<;oriec:; ane! sinew or allriiJute and aspiration. t o So gl()ri()us a flight will a little avail r,·t student unceasingly apply what l,-; a .... diu they the far·famed ),outh in they learn, using it in their daily wall the .... tory, until we have learned by and life and conversation with th.;ir fel patient Pl'. ti e how to lise thcm for lows. Let it influence and control their their legitim, tc end...,. \\'hat student manners, their lang-uage, their associa Me apt to furget is, that the acquisition tions, their habit, tlH.:ir bearing, their of kno\\ Iedg , is but half the battle in dress, their minds, their hearts, their their 'i truggle to seCu re an education. whole exi tence. Let the'll compel \ \ ith commendable effort, through a it to serve them promptly and con I ng--dra\\n-out year, the)' store their tinually in public 'peaking, in debate, heads \\ ith all the good things of the in e say writing, in athletic sport, in curriculum, and then \\ ith negligence every field of acti it)' they enter; and jut a' deplorable they say to thelll then let them be quick and ready and selve , like the rich man in the parable, ever on the alert to di cover from t he C': lIl, thou hast much goods laid up reading of books and the pre:;s and t he for m ny year ; tal'c thinc ea. e, eat, ob ervation of men worthy of setti ng drinl' and be merry." .l\nd all the an example, how to make it a willin T time the), are striving and toiling, the and obedient in trumcnt, and know l fluib of their \ rk (on \\'hich if they edge will in truth become a power in \\ oulu but feed as llit)' labor, they killful hand and not an unwield,' might be nomi hed anu developed in weapon held by a n awkward g ra p. the beauty and strength of true culture For education and culture depend not and refinement) are . teadily 10 ing their more on the proper recepti on o f in · it v r as well a their power nf nutri st ructio n imparted, t han o n its vigorou , tion, and when finally they are ready intelligent application to right li ving to partake of thelll they fincl t hem and right thi nki ng. shri\'clled lip and mustyanu u npala table. * * * * tru t\Vo rthy index o f t he real * * energy a nd enterpri 'e of the . t udent If a college-man woulu ha,'e wing of a ny college may be found in the of k nowledge that will e nable h im to p iri t in which they repre ent it when rise fro m the acade mi c nest with g race bey o nd it. immediate borders o r o ut in and ase, and at o nce fl y ucce. sfu ll) the wo rl d at large. The h onesty of in the e m pyrean o f the acti ve wo rld , thei r de ire to see it g ro\\' in pro perity h e ought not . pend too m uch time in a nd exte nd its lin e o f powe r i. ne ver m aking the m a bi g as po ibl e and too better atte ted than whe n they go little in atta in ing com p lete ma te ry o f fo rth among the gene ral public, eithe r t heir u e. The teaching that i ' po ured pe r o nally or thro ug h the medium of into the head s h o uld pe rmeate the the ne wspaper, and cordially espouse w hole bein g , body a nd soul, purifying , its caLI se, and di s eminate it principle. enlighte ning , d isciplining , regulating , Throug h out the current collegiate cultivating a nd making mo re ymmet y ear, fr o m it. very inception to the pres rical a nd free from defect every muscle ent, the tudents of VI{ I:\, U have URSINUS COLLE GE BULLETIN. lo r most commendably illustrated the wo rthy the considerati on not only of truth of this propositi on. ever before, the members of this organi zati on but perhaps, in the histo ry of the institu of the students generall y. If all vol t io n has there been displayed among the unta ril y applied them to t he govern u nder-g rad uates so sincere and sys ment of conduct and li vin g, a good tematic a purpose to make this end of movement would receive encouragin g Penn sylvania better acquainted with endorsement and a new regi me be in the in stitution and its missio n. They a ug urated as well in other places within have stood up fo r it creditably and we ll the college wall s. before the people abroad wh o read and * * * those who li sten. Good results are It was with sincere regret that certain to foll 0 \\. such a course, as the URSI "US first heard that' Swarthmore forces at the center will al\Vays be was to be deprived for the present of j udged by the influences that radiate the happy privilege of ina ug urating from it. President-elect F oulke as its honored * * * head. E x tensive preparations had been Bomberger Memorial Hrlll \Vill g Ive practically complet ed for making the its unqualified and unmistakable seal occasion a memorable one, a nd Mr. of approval to the faithful patience of F oulke's keen di sappointment at bein g the college literary soci eties by pro compelled at the last moment to with viding them with handsome and com draw his acceptance, is clearly refl ected modious quarters. The zeal and devo at many localities beside that with which ti on manifested by these bodies through he expected to identify himself. many years under adverse circum stances are altogether remarkable, and T HE LITE RARY SOCIETIES. fully deserve the substantial recognition they will now receive. The new rooms OLEV IA . promi se to be large and attractive, and ELOCuTIONARY ENTF. RT A1 N~fENT. e\'ery Zwing lian and Schaff on the hon The elocutionary entertainment gi ven orary or active li st will co-operate with at the college under the auspi ces of the h earty pleasure in making them so. Olevian S oci ety on W ednesday even The satisfactory accommodation of in g, F ebruary 25th, was a grand s uc the Societies has ever been an an cess. Miss Gleason gave her selections noying problem about college, and its without a fault, even to the eyes and u ltimate solution will be hail ed with ears of the most critical. H er princi JOY· pal selection, the" Chariot Race" from ** ;I: "Ben Hur," brought out her strong The BULLETI N would note with ap elocutionary powers to good advantage, p roval the rules for daily exercise and Although the weather was unfavorable practice and the regulation of work and there were not as many in attend and rest and the habits of eating and ance as there should have been, those drinking, which have been adopted by who were present went away feelin g the Athletic A ssociation for the mem they had been well entertained both by bers of the base ball team. They are Miss Gleason and the Glee Club. The 102 UI .. r I programme rendered was In full as pan ng fur the fc'>tive occasion. The follo\\ s : oml1littce of arrangements, \\lith F. \111 ic," lar. of the . 'IImmer IVht," 1 f. h.,hl'r, '91, a it chairman, was By thc (;Icl" C1l1b. ...paring no efforts to make the coming "( 'hariot I'ace," from Ben Ilur, . , , . \\'allace. anniversary a ')ucce s, and had secured '\unti l>olt:ful'> \ I,>it,". , , , , ... }Jalla:. \11I ie, .. I he. ont:" \\ . Sang," . lIy th' (;Icc (Iub. the c;ervices of the rsinus ollege .. rhc :'Ilinllct," . , .. ;\I.;\\. I) . Orchestra and Glee Club to furn i<;h the .. I ,a a,' . . . . , /) ·~prl'/. mu"ical part of the program. These \llI.,IC , .. L' r inu. Hil; of F:lrc," . By the (Jlee ( Illh. organization'> are so well known at .. \ onnuhial ('ontro\ 'r y," . . .\non. .. I he Low. Back 'ar," ..."... 1.0\'cr. home and abroad that nothing need be gi\'en as to their ability to furnic;h ex lillOI'I ' \11- I II .(; I'Ror,R \\I\IF. cellent music. The literary part of the The order of e.' rcis of the annual program prepared, follow' : ()Ie\'ian (pen ~Iccting, fix 'el for ~all1tator}',. . . Rohert B. Todd, C \\'chland, 1'a. Thursday evening, ).Iarch 12th, and Fir t Oration,.. !-rank:\. Bleiler, (j\'erton, Pa . which becau e of it date cannot be . t!cond ()ratiun, . I Ic)\\ ard ~I. \\'ie, , Freeburg, J'a. Third ()ration, . lIorace .\. Fetter ', Cwchland, POl. reported in thi. issue, i ' given in ue 1 ulogy, .... Frank B. :'II iller, Philadelphia, Pa. t. il below. ./\ complete account of the /winglian ()ration,. . D. \'01, ;\IcKean 'burg, Pa. meeting may bt.: expected next month. The friends of the acidy, o f the (lpening ::\Iarch, ...... \Ii. I Iendrick . college, and the general public were cor Praycr, ...... I'e\'. l •. \\'. \\ illiar -===- -= 10- -=_ ~ vVelsh, Chairman; J. M. S. Isenberg, NEWS .ABOUT COLLEGE. and C. Schlesman. At a meeting of the team Walter COLLEGE ATHLETIC. Bomberger was elected Captain, the The interest in out-door sports at resignation of F . B. Miller being ac UR INUS becomes more apparent as cepted. Spring approaches. Base ball matters The following regulations will be especially have been agi tated, and observed by the members of the team much enth usiasm among the students during the entire season: is being displayed in this line. From I. Practice every week· day possible, the engagements already'arranged the from 4 to 5 o'clock p. 11l. season promises to be a busy one. 2. 0 practice immediately after The base ball grounds will again be meals, especially after dinner. put in excellent condition for the work 3. Abstinence from the use of ·to of the coming season. bacco in any form. The Manager has already arranged 4. Regular habits of study, eating, the following games: sleeping and exercising. Lehigh University, at S. Bethlehem, A better style of cap than the one April IS; Muhlenberg College, at Col heretofore used has been adopted, and legeville, April 18; Pennsylvania Mili a n umber of ne',,' uniforms will be pur tary Academy, at Chester, April 22; chased. The team will be equipped with Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, an outfit complete in every detail. April 25; West Chester Normal School, at \Nest Chester, May 9; Chambers THE SE lOR CLASS. burg, at Chambersburg, May 15; The present officers of the Senior Dickinson College, at Carlisle, May 16; class are: President, Miss Kratz; Vice Hill School, Pottstown, April 6; Uni- President, VV. R. Smith; Secretary, F. T 1] S l I S' , ( J TIC' I . 104 L- . , , ., J " B LLETL. H. ':\Iill 'r; Trc,t"ur'l", i\Ti'is Prc ton; tar)" J r. T. \\'agncr; TI ea lIrer, Frank Poet ''is, l\Ii'iS \ and 'I'sli e', 'ontributor, j T . Bkiler. 1. '. \Villiam~. The la'> ,> has decided The first Iccture of' the \\ inter ses t) hold 'I.l S ] )ay cx:erci'5l''i, and has sion on the onstitution of Pennsylva « dnpt 'd old gold and \\ hite a' cla.,s nia, \\ as del ivered before the Senior c )101':--'. cIa by J. A. trassbu rger, I<...sq ., of NorristO\rn, on Thursday, February \ . .\1. l. A .• '1'\\' 12th. It embraced" The Preamble to • \t the busin e "meeting f the Col the onstitution and the Declaration of lege 1. C. A., held in its room n Rights." The second of the course on February loth, th report of the of "The Legislative, Executi\'e and J udi ficers and variou committec'> wcre ciary epartmcnts," \Vao delivered Feb highly .ncouragin rr. The roll of mem ruary 26th. bership, the avcrage attendance, and The officer of the Brotherhood of tht number of participants in the re • ndrew and Philip are :-Pre ident, C. ligious ex rci'>es were found to be un D. Yost, '91; Vice-Presidents, Frank precedented ill the history of the a so H. Fisher, '91, and F. N. Bleiler, '94; ciation. It is to thc credit of C RSJ. T: ~ecrcta rr, Horace T. \Vagner, '9 I ; hat there c. ·i..,ts such an animated zeal Trea urer, P. 1. pangler, '90. nd carnc tncss in the cau 'c of 'pread 1\1r. J e e ~. Laro , of Foglesville, ing Christ' hngdom among young Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, who has men. two on. at the college, has purcha ed The follo\\ ing offic rs were electcd the residence and farm of 1\Ir . Rachel by the as ociation: Pre idcnt, J. .:\1. ~. Hun oicker, and hereafter Collegeville I -enberg, '93; Yicc-Prc idcnt, }<. .I.. will number him among it citizen.5. Bleiler, '94; Recording ecrctary, J. Great impro\'ement in the COllt- H. \\'att ~', '94; orresponding ecre 1JlCJlCCIIlCllt Herald is promi, ed this tary, \ . .:\1. 'choll, '94' Trea urer, H. year. It will contain engravings, and T. \Yagncr, '9 r. be in general much more elaborate than the numbe r issued in eighteen ninety. :\IISCELL ~EOlJS JTE.\IS. Rev. J. 11. Elmsdorf, D. D., of New COLLEGE CONTRIBUTIONS. York, ha ' accepted the invitation to l\IlD~IGHT. deliver the sermon at th graduating Slowly the bell in the dark church tower, Solemnly toll the midnight hour. exercises of this •veal" cnior Theolo(T-b ical class of the college. Down from on high its echoes fall Over the earth like a spreading pall. lr. Benjamin Kuhn, of Dayton, Into the deep and tately night, Ohio, visited thf' r.ollege recently, and Throbbing and swelling they take their flight. \Va ' the 'pecial gue. t of Dr. vVilliard. The fitful gusts of the yagrant wind, The Prohibition League is actively Moan through the pines like thing that haye diffusing knowledge on the ubject with inned. \\ hi-ch it has to deal. Its officers are: Stealthily trive to enter the room By the moon's dim light in the thickened gloom. Prcsident, Harvey E. Kilmer; Vice .\nd then, like a timid thief in fright, President, Howard 1\1. Wricrht·b , Secre- °teal away and are lost in the night. URSINUS COLLEGE BULLETIN. 105 The gray owl sit in the cedar tree, pulses of his soul, the man may grope And ho,ots and laughs in ghoulish glee. for a time in darkness; but suddenly Hi eyes like phosphore cent fire, Peer out 10 demons of desire. light breaks in upon him, and, filled \Ybile he hoots and laughs and drivels on, v"ith joy at the brightening prospect And li!,e a grimalkin blinks at the moon. of ultimate success, he forms his first Silence and deepened shadows dwell Op I1110n. His position may be insecure In the woodland slope and the distant dell. and false, his gaze may be in the wrong And the mists like a sil very sea repose, direction and the light of his hope O·er the meads where the hidden river Aow . may fade to the darkness of disappoint Whil t the great world lies 'neath the cloak of night, ment, yet is he nobly meeting the re Like a breast when the spirit hath taken its quirements of his existence and assert Aight. ing his place as ruler over nature by scanning-<-, his domain with the earnest and piercing glance of reason. The THE POWER OF OPI~ION. man is glorifying the power of God. Man is born to tbink. Even his The mind pronounces judgment on the physical form and structure indicate facts or events 'which by study, or this fact. But it becomes still more mani otherwise, are brought in a certain fest as his life unfold, and as the vari light before it; and thus opinions are ous attributes of his being progres formed. The daily life of every in sively develop. The innate power of dividual is marked by an expression thought soon attests itself as his pecu of opinion on the occurrences and ob liar gift. Though the faculties of his jects of the passi ng hour. mind are at first weak and imperfect, But what power and influence can they are given a broad field fitted for there be in this continual action of the their exercise and cultivation. The mind in judging and drawing conclu bl)undless universe of nature presents sions from things around it? Surely, on all sides to the inner being, strongest we say, it cannot exert any effective in appeals to energetic activity. '.X/hen all fluence over the mighty laws of matter. the wonders around man first dawn upon And then we turn to the vision of a his vision, how can there but burst 1\iagara dashing irresistibly along in its from his lips the instant, involuntary rocky channel, bearing away in giant exclamation, \Vhy is all this and \",hence strength the very granite foundations does it come? Moved in this manner, of the earth. And tben, again, behold a he begins with eagerness to investigate flash of lightning as it snaps in twain the the conditions and relations in which tried and toughened trunk of a forest he lives, the mysterious history of his oak. And we tremble at the sight and being, and is thus incited to the task are filled with admiration when we of searching out that with which it is think of the power of that mind, which most intimately joined and most deeply with more than magic hand can bring concerned. under its control even these terrible Moreover, the highest, the immortal forces of nature when it follows in the part of being put into motion in a cer bent of an idea. The mind guides the tain course cannot fail to bring about man in everything. As a man thinks definite results. Following the im- so will he invariably act. When he TOG RSI S 'OLLE JE BULLETIN. Illak~s an apparent discovel y in the and immutable, but they are often hid lealm f intellect, \Vh 'n he vic\ s things den from the \\eak gaze of man, and in a ertain Iight, and out of them sud beyond the reach of near-sighted hu denlye ohcs an original conception, man perception. ccasionally a mas his \\hole being is impelled by the ter mind brings some of them to light power of his soul to defend his new intact in all their truest majesty; but po~sessl n. There is in the world a more freq ucntly they arc viewed in the cogent clement common to humanity, di m, flickeri ng and colored reflection a magic influence that per ade thcen \vith which the ever-erring judgment tire race. It is the lovc and pride felt of man surrounds them. Thus is it for what one htl. by efft rt or sagacity that as men differ in character, habit made his 0\ n. Let a man once im and quickness of insight, so likewise agine and belie e that h him elf has diffi r the products of their minds. found and acquired a truth for which ow, a. opinions are allied to truth, many had loner reached in vain, that he will they be beneficial; as they him elf ha. struck in all its clcarne s disagree with it, will they be de th note the bsence of whose thrilling . tructive. Il opinion formed free power had made the harmony di cord frol11 prej udice and by the clear ant, and every fibre of hi ' life I ' evidence of fact will impart to t he stirred and he is I' ady for any sacrifice whole man a healthful tone, a nd as a that will pread the truth or electrify lever rai. e him to a higher a nd brighter the world with the melody. plane. But an opinion in itself false Be the opinion a strong or a feeble and re ·ting on an insecure fou ndation ne, the effects are e_sentially the ame. becomes equally influential in a n oppo- In it sapling growth it is invigorakd ite direction. Blinding the eyes to by the adverse \\ incl, till firmly rooted error, biasing and warping the spirit, it in the depths of the oul its fruit. are may cast the pali of infidelity over a n shown in every act. I t furnishes a active life t hat might have dru nk in all motive power to 'Ieeping energies too it purity the unshine of truth. H ow little noticed, yet n ne the less great. I t often has the idolatry of . uch a n evil rOllses them to activity \ ith its in pir opinion brought rU Il1 to the ma n, ina life, it concentrates a nd direct blasted his hopes a nd developed into them, a nd as it increase in certai nty the tha nkles viper that bites and 0:' is purred by succes it urge them poi Oil S to the death the very bosom in forwar I with redoubled a rd or. . the which it is fondly nursed. The calm and man posse sc abil ity and talent, a nd a peaceful fl ow of the ri ver of a nobl e he is adamantine in character, 0 p ro life meeting the treache ro us rocks of a portionately will be hi s opInI on. false idea may become a hissin g, ang ry Armed with a t rusty idea he may be mael trom, swallowing many in its come a fo rce equal to moving fo r weal maddened waves. F or what a man or woe millions of his fello\v- me n. thinks he will inevitably show in hi But why a re opinions so dive rse, acti on . some good a nd othe rs bad, orn e hurt The po wer of opinion is felt by ful , a nd othe rs pregnant with blessing? eve ry so ul within its far-reaching T he t ruths of the universe are fixed domain, By the formation of a new URSINUS COLLEGE BULLETIN. 107 thought the human creator has achieved toms of his day and with vigor and for himself a position of prominence independe nce of soul scattered his con above the unbroken main of earthly victions as seeds which were to germi existence. The beacon-light whic;h his nate into the Puritan character, set in genius has fired catches the eyes of motion a current that was to flow for some among the multitude toiling on ages. Could we have stood near Ply life's sea,arrests their attention, and the mouth Rock when the feet of stern ,,'earied mariners, resting for a moment and earnest Pilgrims first touched its at the oars, are fill ed \\'ith interest and flinty surface, our listening ears might wonder, as they watch the increasing perchance have heard above the roar brightness of the unfamiliar phenome of the elements and the first glad non. Be the new light a true and a hymn of praise and adoration to God certain one, it may show to many the that arose in America from honest dangers of a wrong course, may ca t English lips, a sound still low and its warning rays on shoals before un scarcely audible whose solemn thrilling seen, and send a reassuring beam to energy would have filled our souls hearts that were blinded and terror with awe-the deep unfathomed mur ~tricken by the fu ry of the tempest. mur of that flowing tide of conviction Be it an untrue and deceptive bright which rose in the Feviled and ridiculed ness, it may dazzle and blind the feeble opinions of an Englishman, which eye, mislead the strong one by its glit neVEr ebbed, but resistlessly spread out ter, and become the cursed cause of in time into the ever widening ocean of many a fatal pI unge into an abyss of American civilization. error. In the infidel Socialism of Ger The power of opinion will last as many, in the destructive Nihilism of long on earth as man's capability of Russia and in the murderous Commun thought. And while nature remains is m of France we recognize the terri man must think. For he must be ble sway of the sceptre of opinion. blind and senseless indeed who livin g Eras of progress themselves the among the teeming wonders of nature most complete and far-reaching have without observation. by them all re received their start and impetus from mains indifferent and unmoved. Shall the triumphant strength of good opin all this, placed here to stir into ions. Periods of decay have had their strenghening activity the most ennob origin frequently in the corrupting ef ling part of man, fall short of one of fects of powerful! y erroneous ideas. its greatest ends? No, in the power . The individual in the control of deep of opinion there lies a sacred duty convictions may become the Dead Sea which may be denied and ~hirked but or Galilean Lake whose waters may will yet be solemnly binding. To hi s poison or fertilize the surrounding utmost ability, man must strive to country of a century of life. Religiou!', make his opinions right ones. intellectual and social revolutions that have been productive of regenerating changes among whole nations, were The number of books in the college often but the offspring of opinions. libraries of the United States has been The man who revolted against the cus- esti mated at 3,000,000. lOS GENERAL TOPICS. -than the modern collctic. Its curric ulum has broadencd out until it in- Illdcs all cil'partmc.:nb of vital, contem I t is 'U'itomdry \\ ith sOl11e p, per ... , ,lnd porary kno\vkdg-e. \ here do our nll1e individual'i. that nuke c\ specialty latc..,t discoveries in ciencc-the grcat 1)( \\ h.lt i'i called practical. or bu,>incss, majority ofthern-come (rom? \Vhere l'duatlOn, to slur and depreciate the but frc,111 the laboratori<." and the ob 'er value tn YOllng men t nd young women vatories and the cxperiment .,tations of of a thorough 011 'ge celu ation. Such our universities? large proportion riticism Seems to u-; both (()olish ancl of the men \\'ho are authoritic, in med Il(fensive-(ooli"h, becau. e it as ail" the icine, in mechanics, in art, architecture, c"tabli..,hcd cO\H'ictions o( the \\ i est mU~' ic, literature, history, and public and most thoroughly trained mind o( afftlir., occupy professor hip:, in our modern tim s. and offcn'iive because cnlleges. It i only ignorance or mo . ., '\'cry one rec.ognizes the moti\'e (rom backed prejudice that repcats to-day which the criticilll springs. thc charge that our .\merican colleges This journal tal,s its stand firmly are" old-fashioned," "dead" or" behind lip n the silk o( the higher education thc time ." not t the depreciation or e. 'clu,>ion of econdly, \\'e believe in t he higher what is called the practical, or busines , education (perhap-; it \\'ere called the education, but rath r for th apprecia broadll' education), bccause it gives tion of th latter, that i to sa~', for the young men and women a n in. ight into broadening- and deepening and better the pl'lIlciplts \\ hich mere techni cal edu ing of the educational di 'cipline \\ hich cation simply teache them to apply· a young man or young \\'ol11an may It makc' investigator. and o rigi nator have, to fit them for the tru amounts of \ oIl', i'> that they invaria to gi c, remcmber thc \\' I'd of Bacon. bly find amply '11 fi l '. [hc gift... of uch m n a Packcr, THE TF:-\- fllOL ' 'D-DOLLAR Fl':-\D. l'tu'd' , Bucknell, Blair, \' " r, r ne important item in thi plendid nell, Faycr\\,eather, and the great ho t work the \ ociation ha undertaken of tho c \\ h rendered cure the ~ u n . hould not be O\'erl oked. Iember uati)[1 of lc rnina and 11 ' "c xtc nded \\'h nter their name: on the roll are thc spher of I arning. h owe er, i not not re tri ted in th ir pledere to the .' uffi icnt t c pc with the n ed' of the pCI' 'onal paym nt out of their o\\'n gr >at d vel pment of our ch 01 , coi pock t: of the entire um of 100, but l 'ge', and 'cmint rie con cqu nt and ar permitted to r erv for them el\re conditi n d lIpon lIr a reat indu tri I the pri\'il g of looking- to their ac de d pmcnt. Ther are om univer quaintance or the friend. of the c I :itie, , it i. tnl . that are pra tic 11)' with- I e in general to aid th m in rai -in; lit monetary want, but th yare the the mount they ub cribe. And there ~ V" the ari ·t( crat', a it \\' r , while i in thi latter method of meting the the gr at ma of thc hardworking in obligation a worthy con ideration that ., tituti 11 need a bro I l' and Jeeper ha not b en lo·t ig-ht of by the col III u n ific nce. I ; , and that to ome xt nt com Let thos , th refore, \\'ho ar mo ed mend it abo\' the other alt rnative, URSINUS COLLEGE BULLETIN. I I I For, those who follow this plan of CLASS OF '76. fulfilling their promise will not fail to Rev. Geo. S. Sorber, ·Watsontown, Pa. do good missionary work, as it were, F . G. H obson, Esq., Collegeville, Pa. Rev. F. C. Yost, Phrenixville, Pa. in the cause of URSINUS. and a work which, withal, they will find pl easant in CLASS OF ' 77 . the doing, if they go about it in the Rev. E. R. Cassaday, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. J. H . Bomberger, Columbiana, Ohio. right way. In securing the funds their Rev. J. W. Mabry, Cherryville, Pa. motives will be known to everyone as Rev. S. M. H ench, WalkersviJIe, Md. entirely unselfish and praiseworthy, and CLASS OF '78. they can consequently proceed with the Rev. J. J. Fisher, Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., Pa. duty as an agreeable one that will ex CLASS OF '81. cite none but favorable criticism. Es Mr. E. ' . Snively, Shady Grove, Pa. pecially will this be true if they take H.ev. Prof. George tibitz, Collegeville, Pa. with them wherever they go a paper CLASS OF '82. headed by their own personal subscrip A. \ V. Bomberger, Esq., orristown, Pa. tion as a pledge of their individual de CLASS OF '83. votion and enth usiasm. Dr. G. W. \Vol fersberger, Philadelphia, Pa. In this manner they will be carrying CLASS OF '84. in all directions a good report of their Rev. H enry A. Bomberger, York, Pa. Alma Mater, and be spreading broad Rev. J. W. Meminger, Lancaster, Pa. cast interesting information concerning Miss Minerva Weinberger, Collegeville, Pa. her mission. Such dissemination of CLASS OF '85. her principles, actuated by impulses so Rev. James B. May, Birdsboro, Pa. entirely pleasant to behold, will be the Rev. T. C. Strock, Erwinna, Bucks Co , Pa. accomplishing of ends better even, and CLASS OF '86. more far-reaching in their effects, than Miss Lillie P. Eberly, Durlach , Pa. the money-res ults that may be secured. Rev. E. C. Hibshman, Trappe, Pa. Let all who have not subscribed con Mi ss May H . Royer, Trappe, Pa. sider this thing. Whether they can l..LASS OF '87. afford to give personally or are among Rev. G. P. Fisher, New Hanover, Pa. the number that do not feel able to do Rev. C. E. Wehler, Centre Square, Pa. this, the matter, from the standpoint CLASS OF '8K here taken, commends itself to their Mr. J . L. Fluck, Collegeville, Pa. consideration. CLASS OF '89. We again give the roll as it stands Mr. Ernest Clapp, Newton, N. C. up to date: Mr. r. c. Fisher, My erstown, Pa. Mr. E. H . Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. CLASS OF '73 . Rev. F. F. Bahner, Waynesboro, Pa. Mr. O. H. E. Rauch, Slatington, Pa. J. A. Strassburger, Esq., orristown, Pa. CLASS OF '90. Rev. H. T. Spangler, Collegeville, Pa. Mr. A. H . Eberly, Durlach, Lanc. Co., 1'a. CLASS OF '74. Rev. J. G. eff, Bangur, Northampton Co., Pa. THEOLOGICAL ALUMNI. Rev. Prof. M. Peters, Collegeville, Pa. '72. Rev. F. S. Lindaman, Littlestown, l'a. C LASS OF '75. ' 74 Rev. J. IT. Sechler, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. D . W . Ebbert, Milton, orthumb. Co., Pa. '76. Rev. M. H. Mishler;Pottsville, Pa. Rev. D. U. Wolff, Myerstown, Lebanon Co., Pa. ' 77 . Rev. J. E. Smith, Bath, N'th'ton Co., l'a. H. II. Pigott, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. A. B. Stoner, Landisburg, Pa. 11 _ URSI LLEG E B LLETI . 'Xu. Pl·\·. J. O. Lindaman, Bath, Pa. publication clearly defined in his mind, I' c \. J. A. lertl, I infield, ~Iolltg . Co., I'a. 'X9· I'e\. \\'ilson Delancy, I'hiladclphia, 1'a. and that he has wrought for its accom R '\. \\'. S. Gottshall, ')chwcllksvIJle, Pa. plishment intelligently and well. The · ()o. j'c\, . C. B. Alspach, Chalront, 1'a. result of hi s labor is a g reat wealth of Re\. .I. • \\' . Sechler, RingtowlI, 1'a. information in a most concise form . FOR \II'.R S'I C' 1)f' N T ';. The questi o n,> are plainly stated and Mr. E. P. (;rcsh, 'orri stown, Montg. Co., Pa. unconfllsing, the answers are strikingly Mr. ~l. O. I'obert, 'ollegc\'ille, lontg. Co., I'a. pointed and brief, and from beginning to end the pamphlet is logically ar PER:O, t\ L . ranged. It certainly deserves the cor [ A lumni and ot hers can rendcr a service by send- dial reception which will be accorded 11 item. or interest for thi ' column. All such items, it. It is published by Daniel Miller, to receive prompt attention, Illu -; l be addressed to R eading, at the [0110\ ing prices, post l R. I . S COl I 1-.(; 1' B UI I 1': 11"1, CO ll egeville, ]\10111- paid : ne copy, five cents; twenty-five go mery Co., Pa.] copies, ixty cents; fifty copies, one dol '7s·-R ev. . \ . Ebbert has com- iar a nd fifteen cents; one hundred pleted the hI' t year of his \\fork at Mil copie , two dollars and a q uarteL to n, Penna., he having entered this fi eld '84.-Rev. ].]. tauffer has resig ned F ebruary I t, 1890, ucceeding Rev. F. the pa. torate of the \Veissport charge C. Yo t, '76, whose pa torate \Va ve ry anu accepted a unanimous call to the succes ful. The year show an addi Lykens alley charge in Dauphin ti on of 69 to the membe rship, and an county. He expect to remove to his increa e of over "500 in the current new fi eld of labor on the first of April. II1 come. The audiences at both morn ing and evening crvices te t the capac '84.-Rev. H enry A. Bomberger of ity of the church. The congregati on Heidelberg R eformed Church, York, will fi ni sh the auditorium of their new Pa., united with his congregation on building this pring a nd summer. ~ llnday, larch 1st, in dedicating their When fini hed thi ' room will have a hand ome chapel to the worship of seating capacity of 800.- }lesscllgrr. God. The services were exceedingly intere ting, and the people took pos '76.-Rev. Franci. C. Y ost, of Ph~ nixville, ha just published a little pam session of their new . piritual home phlet entitled" ne Hundred Questi ons ,vith much g ladness and thankful joy. and Answers on the History, overn- A brief de cription of the edifice may 1)1 ent and sages of the R eformed be expected in the Monthly Summary Cb u rch in the nited tate." These of our _ pril issue. q uesti ons and answer were prepared '87.-Thadde us . Krause, of Plum by Mr. Yost for hi s personal use in steadville, Pa., now a Philadelphia law catechetical instruction and were put in stud<:>nt in the office of Hon. \Nayne form for wider circulation by reque t, Mac Veagh, but recently recovered from and in the belief that they would meet a very severe attack of typhoid fever, a lo ng-felt want of many pastors. An by which he was prostrated for nearly examination of the booklet fully con two months. He is at present hard at vinces the reader that its editor had work again, preparing for his final ex this haFpily conceived object of its aminations which take place this spring. URSINUS COLLEGE BULLETIN. I [ 3 MOTHER' OLD TEA CADDY. Longfellow, Hawthorne, ChiefJ ustic Fuller and peaker Reed were gradu Ah me, how this memory cling ated by Bowdoi n. Around the commun things of life, And how each wee momento bring The students of \Nilliams are takin ~' The pa t through years of dark and trife. measures to rai'se $200,000 for a chap One i be"ide me, tarni hed now, ter-house, to be used in common by th e But dear forever to my heart, fraternities represented in the college. Xor care Dor loss, nor time' keen plow Can rend its claims to love apart There are twenty-three Japanese stu My mother's old tea caddy. dents at the University of Michigan. At Princeton there are eight hundred Here are the letter, dim and worn, and forty-two students this year, of I read and answered long ago, Before the thorn of life had torn whom ninety-three are graduates. The tender feet that wandered so. The Glee Club at Rutger's has di s Here, too, are notes of great thing done, carded dress suits and adopted gown. 'Vhen I thought earth wa made for me, and mortar-board caps. But Dot one trophy-hardly won, Can match the beauty I can see Horace Keller has given $500,000 for In mother's old tea caddy. founding a national art gallery in Cleve land, Ohio. Her wrinkled finger, thin and frail, Have often clasped it round about, The State of Maine has decided t Then sho()k its scented grains like hail, give to Maine Central Institute one And poured the tated portion out. thousand dollars annually for the next Her dear old hand are stiff and cold ten year. Beneath the turf on di tant shore, lIJ y own life tale is well nigh told, Oliver Wendell Holmes commenced But my heart treasures at its core his literary career as an editot of a col Her batlered, worn tea caddy. lege journal. How blest the heart that bears along .'ome memories of kind deeds done, EXCHANGE N OTES. How sad when in the years that throng Come vi ions that we fain would shun. Amid too much I've done amiss Among our exchanges" The Univer A sweet remembrance comes to me, sity Courant," representing the \Vest .\nd often I thank God for thi , ern University of Pennsylvania, con I cared that there was al ways tea tains all the essential acces~ories of a In mother' old tea caddy. - William Lyle, in Yonkers Cazetle. well edited college journal. The "Rimersburg Courier," al though not exactly a college journal, GENERA L CO LLEGE NEWS. promises to occupy a po ition of influ There are now eight club-houses In ence among the papers of that locality. the city of New York, representing the It is published and edited by Rev. W. various college fraternities. 'vV. Deatrick, A. M., President of the Cla The Fiske University, at ashville, rion Collegiate Institute. Tenn., has received $25,000 fr0111 the The "Baltimore City College Jour estate of the late Gen. Clinton B. Fiske. nal" has somewhat deviated from the The attendance of Columbia students general arrangement of departments. at chapel services is vol untary. The exchange column occupies the 'q S 0 LLEG J<, B LLETL. niddl of this journal, follo\ ed by the The "Student" still pI eservec; the ('ditorial'i, and losing \i ith the local , high ,>tandard of its literary department. \ hi '11 appear t preponderate. The article on "The Future Foot-ball To nc first op nll1g thc II Frc i':>t" deserves reading. Lan c" th unu ually lar~ typ 111 hich the editorial" are printed is apt t :1ttract unfavorabl attention. Thi':> MONTHLY SUMMARY. feature may Ic v th impre '. ion among CONGREGATlO, L. omc that its obj ct is t cover a much pace a I 0 , ibl , to m ke up ft r a In.CI ~. 'T DLD/cATJO ';. dcficicnc of material. A new church at Circleville, Kansas. Rev. T. I . . tauffer preached the sermon. \\'c cannot pa ' by the" delphian" :l. Andrew' Reformed Church on 'pruce treet. without rcfercnc to it neat and bcau- I' cadi ng, on February th. iful ppearance. It ha made a great .\ new Reformed hou e of wor hip at _. ottawa, , tride towar I perfecti n in college jour Ind. e)n l' ebruary I , :alem Evangelical Reformecl n Ii ' m, ~ nd at pre ent we \\' uld bc at Church of. l. Loui. It i a beautiful edifice with a a 10 ' C; t know hO\ t ' ugge t any fur- scating capacity of about 00. her impro ement. On the I Ith of January, a new Reformed church at Bethel, • 'omer et 0., Pa. The e. change editor of the" ickin The Olivet Reformed hurch in • orth Reading " n Liberal" makes ome very timely on "unday, February 15' and appropriate remarks in c~lli n g at- The new chapel of the lately organizt:d Trinity ention to the indi criminate clipping of 'hurch of .-\\-ron, Ohio, during the latter part of January. Rev. R. '. Z'lrtman preached in the even item from other pa er wi thout any ing in the chapel. inve tigation whatever a ' to their truth. It i ridiculou, indeed, to see . uch statement a, the one that" J ,200,000 MI 1 TERI AL. cigarettes are old each month to \: ale Butz, Raymond E., AJIentown, Pa., has accepted tudent " "go the rounds" of the col Ihe caJI to the Reformed hu rch at Catawi a, Pa. Crum, Rev. I'. E., of DuBui , Pa., has been unan· lege pre imoll 01)' elecled pa tor of the ne w Reformed con, Th " R oan ke Coll egian" ha added gregal ion al Bu tler. a table of content . Thi ' i a de. irable Dittmar, Rev. D. ., in tail ed at Green 'burg, Pa. (;eorge, Rev. J. V., has accepted the call fro m Ih e change, a nd it i 0 \ ell made that it .\ Ileghen charge in Berk 0., Pa. 'nable the reader to see at a g lance 1.00 , Rev. Geo. , pa tor of mi ion at Alma, W i-., very thing this we ll edited j o urnal cumpell ed 10 re ign on account of fail ing health . o ntain .. 11u er, Rev. C. ]., call ed to the pa ·torate of : t. l'I l ark' 'hurch , P itt burg, and re ign his Hunting. " I am a pill!" the tenor hriek aloud; don charge. " I am a pill!" reply oprano 'hri ll ; Peter , R ev. J. A., D. D ., accepts the pre idency " I am a pi ll ! " roars out the ba 0 crowd; of H eidelberg Coll ege. " I am a pi ll ! " the alto softl y trill ; .0uJer , Rev. D. A., of { nion Bridge, rd., lInan And then the choir together sing in one imo\l ly elected pa tor of the Irwin charge in West melodious flood: moreland ounty, Pa. I am a pil grim, I am a tranger.-Ex. 'tump, Rev. F. W ., late pa tor of Redfield mi . sion, . outh Dakota, ha removed to Richville, O. The" R ed and BI ue " holds a leadi ng Tobia , Rev. D . C., of Lititz, depart this life. position among our exchanges in the \Vagner, Rev. . T., Eddyville, Pa., re ign . department of fiction. \Volbach, Rev. Jo hua, accepts a call to Anna, Ill. URSINUS COLLEGE BULLETIN. 111 SPRING GREETING. U RSTNUS COLLEGE Leinbach ~ Bro, BETTER BO ARDIN G ACCO MM OD ATIO NS FOR LADY STUDENTS mn E Board of Director of the ollege ha ju_t 1· purchased the handsome property adjoining the ~OTHIERS college buildings and lately occupied by Mr. Henry A. Hunsicker. It consists of seventeen acres of ground, Cor. Eigllth a7Ld Penn Streets, and a beautiful mansion hou e containing sixteen rooms. The residence is surrounded by a fine lawn READING, PAl of several acres tastefully laid out in shade trees and terraces. It will be opened as a boarding-hall for young ladies. Rev. Geo. W. Williard, D. D., and wife, will take rooms and board in the hall and Ready-made Department em· GJliR have the general supervision of it, so that parents \!) brace a large tock of tandard and reliable sending Iheir dau~hter there may feel fully a 'sured clothing. All our own make. that they will be well cared for. 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