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REPEATERS, Striknu. i,,umr.s -Id Five Miultes,7 %Wekeep a full stock of English, French and American Hats for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children,. REPEATERS, ,trlikimn I1 r ,l , Qiartt'e 'iled Minute.s. I Our importations are specially selected for Students' wear. REPEATERS, N'With Calendar. Their Timing \%atche5, both, simplel (Chronoral)h and wittl split sccoI(l. havo receivet the] iJghel::t (,mTllilorndfati(on a time ]iee;ers anll] lkt'l'r, 1)y Iti;ltll iiy)rlminltt. ,wlners, of rulllllnig I alnd trotting O to whonm, ,y 1,wrmi.,;siol, pu)lrr(;hasers will be ilrredt. - Ii1 'atditionTT uot .taLdlardl l( other(4d hIighl-priced 38 lasashrinQton St. ltilIly tt {Co. 1)e:-'CIlt this St'eso)ll ;a cw 1lile ;lat lower !,ri;,:e, I'(,CONTitIl('11tt'li at-SthIe bes('i, ylt IOprodlc['Oed for the lmonlley. ( Opposite FRA/NKL I,) LA RGE SIZE for gnltlemen. .$75 LARGE SIZE for ladies.... $6o MEDIUFD I M " ,, 65 SMALl , " " ..... o,0 'J'fjti:,, V,e'st ,'}ttS }uhave ;te ' Solnl , , i[n -+.1-w,ilil], tNehOl r 11o,,t (qelle,llts, c;se;(I(l in 16-kt. ,.'ld11, inl vari:ty of st leSt, ;atnl each is stampled wiith the naii, of thte hlouse,, tfter4)by ('ilril itsg ilaratee. I ~I~~D o B~k~ aC 17.:E] 'n l7 -. Y J r-i-1 0-,-',i A,- ij _j F IN ?I 1) J.- (rBlo E'rr. Ladies' Sci/saors and S/;eart- , ci;,os' i,9/;7 'oSr Rgazors o.f t°,/: F /IestI (/a/ it/; I/E and ROLLER iI SKA TES in all th e Popular St. ry' s. I[A-- ,Xl ] ~'- A C>- 2 cizW A-ff j , r,JL ,, -- %---q 'I 111-1--",X-A o 1 lm''Irta's alia RfAdflers) 304 WASEHIN TOg'O TNTSIET, EaTOlt , mi DP-or ^Nortll of tle Old Soath. G. B. APPIETOIC , v.,',h R.rlnford & Anthrny 22 year. H, C. LITCHFIELD. The Tech. VOL, I11. BOSTON, FEB, 13, 1884, No. 9, I THE TECH. Lovejoy, at Alton, Ill., for giving expression to Published on alternate Wednesdays, during the school year, by the some antislavery principles, when few of any students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. social position or standing in the community BOARD CF DIRECTORS, IE83-4. espoused the cause of the slave, who was bold H. WV. TYLER, '84, Pre.q. WVALT':ER II. BUNCEF, '84. enough and confident enough in the righteous- I. WV.LITCHFIELD, '85, Sec. A. R. McKIM, '85. Wr. TI. CIIADBORUI '86, '8,I'ets. II. C. SPAULDING, '87. ness of his cause to confront the attorney-gen- eral of the State, surrounded by a host of sup- ---------------- -- ·- Editor in Chief. porters and by his eloquence win over a large A. LAWVR.ENCE ROTCHI-, '84. CHAI-I ,ES F. SP'ING, '85i. proportion of the scoffers to his side. T'. I. 3BARTLETT, '84. J. G. HOWARD, '86. C. STANLEY ROBINSON, '85. WV.1N . INGALLS, '86. This was the first time Mr Phillips addressed E. A. IIASKELL, '87. I. W. LITCHFIELD, Gen'l Adv. Agt. the public; and it is probable that he was never more eloquent than upon this occasion, when Subscription, $2.00 per year in advance. Single copies, 15 cents each. the words flowed straight from the heart, having ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. never thought of speaking until he j umpecl upon . _ _-- the platform to defend the rights of man. Jfow the present generation will remember him as the 1A ONCEIVE of a perfect patriot of their time, like Hancock, human being, and reflect Samuel Adamns, and Paul Revere, of the past! how near man can ap- Socially Mr. Phillips was, unlike most great proximate to the ideal. men, affable to those whose good fortune it was Such was Wendell Phil- to know him Nobody !l M '~ ;-,',lo lips, whose loss the whole was too humble to ap- proach him wvithout fear of rebuff. He was a country mourns to-day. He thorough gentleman. It is related that an Eng- ____J' was a iall who was knowlv lish visitor pointed out to Mir. George Ticknor ,d::. 7to us ail alike, and the two gentlemen walking down Park Street, with rT~..... ,s ,. l z scientific world mourns the remark, "They are the only men I have with the rest the death seen in your country that look like gentlemen." of the great philanthropist. His merits have The observation was significant. been recognized the world over. WVe feel our Mr. Phillips' home side of his life was sweet to incompetence to do justice to them, and to speak look upon, his devotion to his invalid wife almost of some few defects so closely allied to his mer- heroic. Never has there been known such un- its as to be almost inseparable from them seems paralleled self-sacrifice to the interests of ancther. beyond us. Our young generation, which re- His work is over, and possibly he will not be members not the stirring events of antislavery missed now; but the world will neverforget the days, mourns his loss with his contemporaries man "i who dared to be a traitor to Union when and compatriots. the Union was traitor to right." Is there one among us who has not read of the inexperienced youth, who at the meet:ng held in Faneuil Hall, on Dec. 8, I1837 (it was the FTER a much longer delay than usual, the beginning of a new epoch in our history), to pro- catalogue of the Institute for 1883-I884 test against the murder of the Rev. Elijah P. suddenly appeared, shortly after the mid-year 112 THE TECH. recess, to the great astonishment of all. The soon raise that department to an equal degree book presents a radical change from its prede- of excellence with the other engineering depart- cessors, containing some forty additional pages, Iments. and including what was formerly the sutIple- ment. The proper training of a student's body is be- A perusal of the catalogue will show that the ginning to have the attention paid to it which it past year has been an important one in the his- deserves; and college faculties are endeavoring tory of the Institute. During this time two to secure its accomplishment by all the means new buildings have been completed, - one for at their disposal. Gymnasium practice is being the departments of chemistfry, physics, and made compulsory at some of our colleges, and architecture, and the second for the workshops this is everywhere working the best results. At and the School of Mechanic Arts. These build- Amherst the average health of the student is ings have relieved the overcrovde(l condition of shown to be in the ratio of his attendance, the Rogers Building, thus giving space for the Senior bei lghealt hier than the Junior, the Ju- much-needed expansion of the engineering de- nior than the Sophomore, and so on. This partments, the whole basement now being occu- result is directly traceable to their system of pied by the mining and mechanical laboratories. compulsory exercise in the gymnasium. Cornell The old workshop on Boylston Street still con- has also adopted this plan, and an effort is being tinues to be an eyesore to all, but we understand made among the two lower classes at Princeton that this is soon to be removed.