THE OBERLIN REVIEW. - Oberlin College

Volume XXIIL 

THE OBERLIN REVIEW. 

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Editorials, 277-27- 9 

AtEvcnfall (Poem), 279 

Bibliotheca Sacra, 279 

The Old Soldier, 280 

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Valentines (Verse), 282 

Random Rhymes, 283 

Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc'n, 284 

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Contents 

Sorpliced Boy Choirs, 285 

Musical, 286 

News, 287-29- 0 

Personals, 289 

Alumni, 289-29- 0 

Society Notes, 290 

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EDITORIALS. 

Number 18.' 

A State The Review 'would call 

Intercollegiate spccial 

1 attention re-Athle- tic to the 

Association, port or Mi. Jameson, Uber- - 

lin's representative at the recent discussion . 

of a State athletic association in Columbus," 

which is published in this week's Review. 

The delegates present seem to have taken ' 

a thoroughly sane and practical view of the 

situation. Ohio certainly needs some governing 

body in amateur athletics, and a recognized 

code of State rules regulating intercollegiate 

contests. But these rules must be 

prepared with much care, and ,not adopted 

without thorough discussion. It is a priori 

probable that a code drawn up as was the 

code recently sent to the college presidents 

of the State for ratification would fail to 

meet the actual conditions, and would be' 

generally unsatisfactory. 

The track meetproposed to be held at Columbus 

in June ought, certainly, to arouse 

much interest in track athletics throughout 

the State. Columbus is so centrally situated 

that every college should be well represent- - ' 

cd. The knowledge that all men who make 

decent records will represent the college,' 

should add greatly to the interest among the 

track men here. 

The advantages of the State Association ' 

must be admitted by all, and it is to be hoped 

that no stickling for technicalities will pre- - 

vent the successful organization of the pro-rosc- d 

league. 

Bradley 

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Lectures. 

Those who attended Prof. 

Martin's illustrated art lecture 

last week .will antici 

pate with interest the remaining talks of the 

series. The stereopticon slides shown in this ' 

course embrace some of the finest things in 

the architecture and sculpture of Egypt,

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Greece, and Rome: 2nd with intelligent attention 

the hearer may gain an appreciation 

of the highest in ancient art as well a an 

idea of the evolution of the artistic feeling 

in these j-eo- 

ples of 

antiquity. 

The Bradley auditorium lecture? may very 

well take the place, in a measure, of the 

Thursday lectures, in which, formerly, members 

of the faculty brought before all departments 

a subject, the dUcussion of which was 

indeed interesting to some, but for the majority 

without meaning. The advantage of 

the Bradley auditorium lectures is that only 

those who are interested attend, and the lecturer 

is in full sympathy with his audience. 

We hope there will be more courses, such 

as Professor Martin is now giving, offered 

in other departments. 

More 

College Vers 

There is a real philosophic 

reason for a college paper 

to a-- k especially for light 

verse for publication. In general the college 

student is endowed with much of the sanguine 

temperament of early youth, which 

naturally expresses itself in the bright, gay 

doggerel of college verse. Such verse is 

most acceptable to the reader and is frequently 

widely quoted in the college press. 

To the alumnus it brings back a remembrance 

of that light-hearte- d, careless spirit 

which once was his ; to the undergraduate 

it is replete with the warmth and coloring 

of the present. The value of much of the 

verse of this tvpe depends on a denoument 

if such it may be called which is brightly 

brou"ht out at the end. The amount of 

writing which is attempted with no particular 

point in view, is surprising. Of course 

this is but one field of college verse; any 

verse brightly written with a point, or 

without is acceptable. 

There are, however, pecu- - 

. . Har influences at work in 

Other Poetry. Oberlin. .Larly responsibility 

may cause the careless temperament 

of youth to be prematurely succeeded by 

thet serious ; temperament of later life. Tn 

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every senior class in Oberlin College, prob. 

ably the va-- t majority of the men have 

wholly, or in part, earned their support during 

their college course. Such men could 

best express themselves in the more serious 

style of maturer life, and any well-writte- n 

poetry of this type is acceptable for publication. 

It is not for a moment to be thought 

that light verse is to exclude the deeper 

poetry of the more thoughtful moods. 

Professor TisdePs class in 

The Class Forensics "ives a ood ex-1- a 

Forensics. , , , , 

ample of the degree of practicalness 

which mav be reached in college 

clase. Students arc first interested and 

then hard work is demanded. The work 

done in this class is precisely that required 

in the literary societies. Debates between 

four disputants, and extemporaneous speaking 

by individual members, follow in a reg. 

ularlv arranged schedule. Great stress is 

laid on the preparation of the briefs for debates. 

These are handed in and corrected 

one week before the debate is presented. 

This course is particularly beneficial to two 

classes of students. To those who are members 

of literary societies it gives practice and 

a greater degree of perfection for their society 

w ork. To those who desire society 

work, but who cannot afford the time or 

money to take it, this course gives just the 

work they desire. It is a society course, 

and as such should receive the enthusiastic 

support of the students. If more classes 

were made of such practical value, one step 

would be taken in bringing about a higher 

standard of scholarship in Oberlin College. 

Judgments on debates in lit-Judges- 

on 

erary societies are, perhaps, 

no more erratic than human 

judgments are wont to be, but their unsatisfactory 

character is often due to a. very 

loose notion on the part of the judges as to 

the grounds on which their decision is to be 

rendered. They recognize the fact that it 

is not to be on the merits of the question, 

but then as to the meaning of "merits of the

debate" they generally have an extremely 

vague idea. 

The impression seems prevalent that if a 

debater fails to adequately meet his opponent's 

arguments, he must lose the debute. 

This, however, is the ground on which debates 

in legislative bodies are decided. 

But very many questions debated in societies 

one-side- arc extremely d. It may be 

absolutely impossible for the poorer side of 

the question to disprove arguments presented 

in a most slovenly way by the stronger. Under 

these circumstances the decision is quite 

frequently awarded to the stronger side, no 

matter how poor a debate it may offer. 

There seems to be no reason, however, 

why the decision should not be rendered on 

There comes a cur'us feelin' 

In the heart when day is done, 

a-blush- in' 

An' the west is still 

From the kisses o' the sun, 

An' the birds from out the treelops 

Give a last, a good-nigh- t call, 

There comes a cur'us feelin' 

In the heart, at evenfall. 


a-ringin', 

The bells keep on 

In the last issue of the Bibliotheca Sacra, 

Prof. Owen H. Gates has an article on 

'"'Abraham at Bonn," criticizing the position 

of the extreme higher criticism which 

would wholly deny the existence of the patriarchs, 

and suggesting the attitude of the 

more moderate higher critics. 

Prof. Bemis, late of the University of 

.Chicago, writes a confession of faith, stat-- 

At Evenfall. 

The wind keeps whisperin' low, 

An' you jus' wait an' listen, 

To the soun's that come and go ; 

An' lookin' toward the stars that shine 

This side the jasper wall, 

You feel a kind o' liftin 

0' the heart, at evenfall. V. 

You don't know what's its meanin', 

a-steal- in' As it comes there. 

It may be jus' a snatch o' song, 

Maybe a lonely prayer ; 

An' the bells that ring at twilight 

From their steeples, dark an' tall, 

Chime sadly to the throbbin' 

O' the heart, at evenfall. 

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the merits of the debate in the same way as 

on the merits of an oration in a contest, 

though, of course, there is a difference between 

the two cases. 

Taking into account the kind of material 

with which the debater had to do, the judges 

should consider the quality of debate produced; 

and if the stronger side is not worked 

up as it should be, and if the weaker side 

has made the most of its subject matter, and 

has presented it in the best possible light, 

then the weaker side wins the debate. 

Fortunately decisions are often awarded 

on this basis, but a consideration by society 

members more generally of the duties of a 

judge in society debates might resultMn fairer 

decisions than at present. 

. Sacra. 

ing his standpoint on sociological questions, 

which the current number of the Review of 

Reviews quotes as one of the leading articles 

of the month. . 

Perhaps the most interesting feature. of 

the last number, however, is the correspondence 

between the late Mr. G. R. Romanes; 

the acute editor of Nature, and Mr. John Tj 

Gulick, missionary to Japan;' on the subject

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of Christianity. The complete correspondence 

but recently came into the hands of 

Prof. Wright, and he is fortunate in being 

able to present it to the world. It will be 

remembered that Mr. Romanes was a rationalist 

and the writer (jn "A Candid Examination 

of Theism" by Physicus) of the 

often quoted passage : 

"I am not ashamed to confess that, with 

this virtual negation of Cod, the universe 

to me has lost its soul of loveliness when 

at times I think, as think at times I must, of 

the appalling contrast between the hallowed 

glory of that creed which once was mine, 

and the only mystery of existence as now I 

find it, at such times I shall ever feel it 

impossible to avoid the sharpest pang of 

which my nature is susceptible." 

Mr. Gulick had been a frequent writer for 

Nature, and Mr. Romanes had commented 

on him as "the most profound of living 

hinkers upon Darwinian topics." 

SITTING on the bluff of the seashore, 

lulled by its eternal wash, 

a battered and war-wor- n soldier 

bade me the time of day. "I love the seashore," 

he said, " it's restlessness, it's everlasting 

tumult. I've been up and down the 

Mediterranean. They call this country 'Our 

Italy.' It's a damned disagreeable climate. 

Yes, my boy, you must go to the Mediterranean 

for a delightful climate. This is an uncouth 

country. Along the Mediterranean you 

see the signs of by-gon- e peoples. Why, my 

boy, this is a new country. You, my friend, 

are a parasite here ! ha, ha ! I'm an American. 

What are you? You're a parasite here, 

I say, a parasite. Those pointed toes, ha, 

ha ! Say, boy, did you ever fight for your 

country? See here, look, this shows what 

I am this blue coat these brass buttons. 

Say, don't you know that Uncle Sam is good 

to us old chaps ? He gives us a beautiful 

home and takes care of us, yes, he looks after 

us. You've seen our home? eh? Yes, 

it's fine. But, sir, you're a parasite here. 

You haven't fought for your country. You 

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In 1S90 Mr. Romanes wrote to Mr. Gu-lic- k 

: 

" How is it you have retained your Christian 

belief ? Looking to your life, I know 

you must have done so conscientiously ; and, 

looking to your logic, I equally know that 

you cannot have done so without due consideration. 

On what lines of evidence, therefore, 

do you mainly rely ? Years ago my 

own belief was shattered and all the worth 

of life destroyed by what has ever since appeared 

to me overpowering assaults from the 

side of rationality ; and yours is the only 

mind greatly superior to mine in the latter 

respect, which appears to have reached an 

opposite conclusion." 

The reply of Mr. Gulick to this letter is 

published in full, and as it was probably an 

important factor in bringing Mr. Romanes 

to a belief in Christianity, it will be read 

with great interest. 

SOLDIER. 

see what I am. You see what I am ; look 

here-s- ec .these buttons they show what I 

am. You've nothing to show what you are. 

Say, boy, say, look here, say, do you drink ? 

Ha, I go fortified; see! Am I mistaken? 

You don't drink ? You're not offended, are 

you? Well well you're right. I'll drink 

you don't care, eh ? There, there, that's 

better. Say, don't be offended. You don't 

belong to my generation. You're of another 

generation, hem ! Yes, yes, you belong to 

another generation you see what I'm fit for 

the bone yard. Yes, I'm just waitirg 

waiting hem ! I've had my day. Yes, I'm 

an old bum, who ought to go to the guard 

house ! 

"Say, lean over a little closer, say, don't 

you think, now confidentially, say, just between 

ourselves don't you think Johnny Bull 

ought to have a damned good drubbing? 

Now, just between us don't you? Ah, I've 

had my day. Say, we've saved the country. 

Don't you know, we've saved the country ! 

We've preserved it. I was in the signal service 

in the rebellion I was a signal officer. .

Yes, we old fellows here have saved the country. 

It's your turn now. 

'"You must do your duty now, you 

younger generation. We're laid on the shelf. 

I'm old you see that I'm old. My fighting 

is done. I can fight no more. These old 

legs are weak. They couldn't march. Say, 

don't you know, I walk from the Home to 

town and back. It is four miles away. I'm 

not so old say, am I? 0, my warring is 

over ! Say, boy, wish I had gone to Cuba 

this winter, ha, ha 1 But I'm too old too 

old. 

I remember Sherman. I was a signal 

officer. Hooker, Hooker, I knew Hooker. 

He was a devil of a man. We charged up 

Lookout Mountain that morning. Ah, I remember 

that morning. Hooker made his reputation 

above the clouds above the clouds. 

You've read about it. We charged Lookout 

Mountain. You see we had a battery over 

here over here, you see. They thought we 

were Confeds and opened on us. I signalled, 

Don't kill us; friends; stop you're 

damned firing.' Hooker was a devil of a fellowreckless. 

We went from Chattanooga 

to Atlanta. Yes, it was at Dalton Dalton ? 

Yes, it was at Dalton, I think. The first 

time I saw Grant. Dalton, I think it was. 

I didn't know him, you see. He was a devilish 

plain fellow never dressed up a short, 

stumpy man. I was trying to signal to a 

station across the valley. A badly dressed 

fellow came up and said, 'You don't seem 

to be accomplishing much.' .You don't seem 

to be accomplishing .much, yes, that is what 

he said. I was standing on the platform sort 

o' looking around. I had my glasses in my 

hand. This fellow came up and said, 'You 

don't seem to be accomplishing much.' He 

had on plain clothes. I looked at him and 

said yes, I looked down at him and said, 

'You go to Hell you go to Hell.' That is 

what I said. I didn't want anybody's talk. 

He looked up and said so quietly, ' I'm 

General Grant.' Yes, I was all through the 

war. Hem, I don't like to get on this theme. 

'This, boy, is very like the Bay of Naples 

very much like it. I've been up and down 

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the Mediterranean. Yes, it has the color of 

the sea and sky. It does n't have the sort 

o' sweep, though. I haven't the language to 

describe it. Yes, the climate here is just 

like Italy. I've lived in London, and Paris, 

and New York. I am an American. I was 

born in New York. My father was born in 

Boston. London is the place to live yes, 

London, London is the place. This country 

here is uncouth. The people slave. They 

don't know how to live. It is not like it was 

here one hundred years ago or fifty. The 

people raised cattle then. They took the 

hides and tallow down here to San Diego 

and sold it. They gambled away the money. 

They didn't care, they were happy. You saw 

the old pueblos and missions then. The people 

were happy then. Say, did you ever read 

Ramona? They're retrograding now. This 

is a new country. At Naples you see the remains 

of an old civilization. Every foot of 

ground is interesting there. This is a new 

place. This is going to be a great resort, 

sometime. I' is a magnificent beach. All 

this bluff will be lined with the palaces of the 

rich. 

Now mind what I say. But my generation 

is past ! People don't care anything for 

us old chaps. They want us out of the way. 

They don't care ! Well, we won't be here 

long. We're just tolerated tolerated ! No, 

people don't care for us the younger generation. 

We've saved the country, but we belong 

to a past generation Say, you young 

fellows should give Johnny Bull a good drubbinga 

damned good one. Now this is just 

between us. He was against us in the war. 

He helped the Confeds. Give it to him ! 

You won't be offended if I take another drink ? 

Will you? 

"I'm an old regular. They used to tell us 

to pack up and go over that mountain you 

see, just like, that mountain yonder. We were 

fighting the Apaches. It was in New Mexico. 

Those poor old American horses couldn't 

climb the mountains they were too old and 

poor. The Apaches would laugh at us and 

build their fires to mock us. Those Apaches 

were wily, cruel, cunning devils. But my

282 THE ODERLIN REVIEW. 

fighting is over I belong to another genera- - 

tion. No one cares for us old wrecks ; but 

we've saved the country, yes, we've saved the 

country. Now, boy, you, say, you, do your 

duty remember. Good bye, I'll see you 

again say, you won't take just a little drink 

from an old soldier? No? Well, don't be 

To a Football Player. 

Is my hero a knight of the olden time 

Famed in story or famed in rhyme? 

Is he a Bayard this hero dear 

Without reproach and who knows no fear? 

Is he Napoleon conquerer grand 

With his country's destiny in his hand? 

Is he a monarch in sceptered power, 

Or an aged seer in his starlit tower? 

Is he a poet with dreamy face 

Or a poet with every angelic grace? 

Is he a painter, a master grand 

Or a scholar with learning in full command? 

No. None of these is my hero dear. 

He is no knight, nor king, nor seer; 

Nor is he a Byron with countenance sad. 

He's only a long-haire- d football lad. 

VALENTINES. 

Omega. 

To A 'Cellist. 

Oh, you're a musician, 

Almost a magician, 

You compose and you sing, 

And you play anything. 

You're an awful nice fellow, 

But oh, that old 'cello, 

I wish that I had it, 

I'd break every string. 

You call it your sweetheart, i 

And I'll tell you for my part, 

I know that you love it 

Much better than me. 

But I'll not be a-sigh- 

ing, 

Or wish I were dying. 

I'll cut out the 'cello ; 

You just wait and see. Jlf. 

be offended. Good bye. I'll see you again, 

sometime. Good bye." 

God bless the dear old soldier. Could yon 

but get to the adyta of his heart you'd find 

much of good there, much to line up your 

life by, much to ponder over, and you'd 

sympathize with his sometimes forlornness. 

Santa Monica, Calif. E. P. M. 

To Me Sweetheart. 

Me dere, let me giv yer a pointer ; 

I'm honest dead stuck on yer phiz, 

An' I'd like to write somethen real hefty, 

Hut dat ain't jes' my line o' biz. 

Yer mug is as sweet as dey make 'em, 

Der fellers all tink yer a Peach ; 

But de ninny wat's tryin' ter win yer, 

Had better keep out er me reach. 

Fer dey can't no bloke chase wid me Mary, 

Widout.risk er losin' 'is head. 

I've got de hot cinch, an' I'll keep it, 

An' dat ain't no lie, on de dead. 

Yer ain't told me yet dat yer luved me. 

Don't I wish dat yer would? Holly Gee ! 

I tink dat me heart would jes' bust, fer 

I luv yer ter beat de band. See ! 

A. B. I.

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RANDOM RHYMES. 

BY STANLEY WOOD, '75. 

Read at the Sherman House, Chicago, Feb. 7, 1896, at the banquet of the Oberliu Alumni Association of Illinois. 

'Twas yesterday, ( at most the day before ) 

That, standing in our Alma Mater's door, 

With hat in hand we turned to say 

good-by- e 

To college walls and halls, baseballs and falls, to try 

The devious paths that led, we knew not where, 

But hoped, thro' bowers to towers of Castles in the air. 

Of course, within the day, or two, o'er past 

Since on the world, new orphaned, we were cast, 

We've not accomplished much, too brief the space 

To win renown, or crown, or gown, or place, 

But all we need to reach those heights sublime 

Is patience, perseverance, brains, and time. 

In Darwin's books is writ the mighty span 

That lies between primordial mud and man ; 

It takes a clod some fifty million years 

To rise to cigarettes, small bsts and beers. 

Imagine then the deep, stupendous chasm 

That lies between raw college protoplasm 

And men like Shakespeare, Newton, Bacon, those 

-- Who, mountain like, above the plain uprose. 

To reach the height of these and their compeers, 

Would take, at least, a thousand million years 

Therefore ask for time. 0:ie cannot tell 

What kind of chicken lies within the shell 

Until it's hatched. It may be black or white, 

A silent game cock spoiling for a fight, 

Or, clamorous Shanghai muscular and tall, 

Vox preterea nihil, that is all, 

Or in a word, when time has made release 

From out the shell, our swans may all prove geese. 

Therefore I ask for time. No one can say 

to-morro- w, What he will be that's a day 

Found only in the calendars of fools, 

Who never go to colleges and schools. 

Cato was eighty when he learned to speak 

That lovely language, catalogued as Greek. 

I cannot say, in fact 110 one can tell, 

When I'm eight hundred I may do as well, 

Therefore I ask for time. But this we know : 

Time is the test of all things here below. 

The glimmering light that trailing from the far, 

Faint, twinkling point, we lamely call a star, 

Falling through space, inimitably vast, 

Reaches the dwellers on this sphere, at last, 

And should that star this moment be destroyed, 

Cast darkling into chaos, grim and void, 

Still we would see the light, and centuries more 

That beam would shine upon this earthly shore, 

And only Time, who tests all things, can show 

Whether that star is shining still or no. 

Things turn out strangely in this world of ours, 

Plants we deem weeds bloom forth as lovely flowers. 

The chuckle headed Freshman comes to be 

A learned Justice, or a big I). I)., 

While grave and revered Seniors, truth to tell, 

Write jokes for Puck and make poor puns, to sell. 

The wisest man of all the men I knew, 

Had mastered Greek and Latin, Hebrew too, 

44 Time down the cycloid " was a bagatelle, 

The dates of Cxsar's battles he knew well, 

Astronomy was easy, Logic trite, 

He knew a catfish from a trilobite, 

Iota subscript he could always place, 

And look a Greek subjunctive in the face. 

Theology was in the course he took, 

And the Rig Veda, his amusement book. 

44 What good," you ask, 44 of this scholastic toil?" 

It aids him now in selling castor oil. 

And thus you see it will not do to say 

Too quickly, that a man has gone astray, 

Nor yet to claim that he is going straight 

To make an entrance at the narrow gate, 

The good may fall, the bad be saved from wrath, 

And e'en the joker leave his devious path, 

Therefore I ask for time. The dawning day 

Sees tasks begun and projects under way, 

liut who can tell the finish from the start, 

Or count the pulse beats of each throbbing heart? 

Who knows what hour the hand may drop the pen, 

What moment silence, and a sad 44 Amen," 

What day the brain with high ambition filled 

May cease to think, because the heart is stilled, 

What year, what month, what week, what fateful day 

Shall all our earthly visions fade away? 

Judge then, oh brothers, with a gentle heart, 

Draw not aside, nor hold yourselves apart 

From fellow mortals, groping though they be, 

Purblind, mistaken, wandering, for we 

Know not what good an Allvvise Providence 

May cause to spring from what seems their offence. 

Mistakes may be corrected, wrong turned right, . 

Day follows quickly in th path of night, 

Storms rage and lightnings flash, then rainbows shine, 

The world's great cradle rocks, a hand Divine 

Is on that cradle, surely then should we 

Like little children rest confidingly, 

Knowing 44 A Providence doth shape our ends " ; 

That ample good for eyil makes amends ; 

That crooked pathways may at last be straight, 

And Hope stands sentry at the narrow gate. 

One heartfelt chord may swell in notes sublime : 

44 Heaven grant us giace to grant our brothers time." 

' 

Mr Wood was one of the founders, and a member of the first 

board of editors, of the Revikw, and is now editor of The Great 

Divide, a magazine devoted to Rocky Mountain interests.

284 


OHIO INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. 

It was my privilege to represent the Olierlin Athletic 

Association at ;i meeting: of Ohio colleges held. 

February 8, in the Chittenden Hotel at Columbus. 

The convention was called with a view to the formation 

of an intercollegiate athletic league --of Ohio 

colleges, the object of which is to be : 

1. The establishment of a State authority in athletics; 

the adoption of rules to govern intercollegiate 

contests and to prescribe qualifications of contcstors ; 

the selection of disinterested officials. 

2. The holding of a State college field-mee- t. A 

meeting had been held about a month previous at 

which it was proposed that the different institutions 

of the league should play a championship scries in 

baseball and football in addition to the yearly field-mee- t. 

This idea, however, did not recommend itself 

to the greater number of the colleger represented, and 

was abandoned another meeting being called with 

the above object in view. 

Your correspondent was somewhat at a loss as the 

hour set for the meeting approached and no one else 

appeared who seemed bent on a similar errand with 

himself. There seemed some danger that in a large 

hotel a small meeting might be entirely lost. However, 

a few moments after the appointed hour delegates 

began to straggle in, until by II o'clock a sufficient 

number had appeared to warrant proceeding to 

business. 

Nine colleges were found to be represented, namely, 

University of Cincinnati, Denison, Kenyon, Marietta, 

O. S. U., Otterbein, O. W. U., Wittenberg, and 

Oberlin. The convention organized by appointing 

Mr. Andrews of U. of Cin. temporary chairman, and 

Mr. Hummous of Wittenburg temporary secretary. 

A committee consisting of the representatives of 

Oberlin, Kenyon, Denison, O. W. U., and U. of 

Cin. was then appointed to draft a constitution for the 

new organization. 

The code of rules for tli3 government of college 

athletics, formulated by President Can field of O. S. 

U. and sent to the presidents of the various colleges 

of the State for indorsement, was taken up and freely 

discussed by the meeting. Several of its features 

were approved and recommended to the committee on 

constitution; several others were thought much too 

radical and met with little favor. 

A number of other points in connection with the 

An Eightlet. 

Picnic excursion, 

Sudden immersion. 

Rescue effected, 

Wedding expected. 

subject in hand were brought before the convention 

and the general opinion obtained, for the instruction 

of the constitution committee. At about 12:30 the 

meeting adjourned to meet again at 7 p. m. 

Meeting at 2 p. m. the constitution committee labored 

hard all the afternoon, finding many difficult 

problems to solve and numerous points on which it 

was hard to exactly agree. However, there was little 

disposition on the part of any one to be arbitral y, and 

by the time set for the evening meeting the committee 

was ready to report a constitution by no means perfect, 

or all that could be desired, but one which in view 

of the shortness of the time allowed for drafting it 

they thought not discreditable. 

I will give very briefly some of the main features. 

The new organization is to be known as The Ohio 

Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Membership is 

of course to be limited to Ohio colleges. After the 

formation of the league, new members may be admitted 

by subscribing to the constitution and receiving 

the votes of a majority of the members. The business 

of the association is to be conducted by the executive 

board, consisting of the three officers president, 

secretary, and treasurer who are to be elected each 

year by the delegates from the different members from 

among their number. In case of disputes between 

colleges, matters are to be left to an arbitration committee 

composed of the representatives of three 

other colleges, one to be appointed by each party to 

the dispute, the third by the first two. 

The most convenient place for holding the State 

meet, which is to take place about June I, was decided 

to be Columbus, being, as it is, a central point 

and possessing that very requisite thing, a suitable 

track. 

The evening meeting lasted two hours, and with a 

few exceptions left the commitee's work much as it 

was submitted. 

At about 9 p. m. the convention broke up, the 

members agreeing to present the new constitution to 

their respective associations for adoption or amendment. 

In case of amendment, another meeting will 

be necessitated for final rev sion, and this will probably 

be the case. 

The delegates separated feeling that, if the outcome 

of the meeting had not been all that might be imagined, 

they had at least laid the foundation of a good 

thing. Merlon II. Jameson.

Wc hear a great ileal nowadays of the growth of 

ritual in our churches. The members of the Reformed 

denomination are loud in their denunciations of the 

causes which led them to separate fiom the Protestant 

Episcopal faith. Among others, the boy choir movement 

is pointed out as an evidence of this religious 

straight-jacke- t. It is claimed that the musical element 

is taking the place of earnest devotion ; that the comm- 

only-called high church is indulging in musical voluptuousness 

; that we are looking to high church England 

and adopting monarchial whims to humor our 

sham aristocracy. 

To one unused to the service, the foregoing charges 

might suggest themselves. Certain it is, that there 

is a radical diversion from the simple manners of worship 

established by the early fathers, just as the Ober-li- n 

of to day has departed from the good old times of 

water gruel diet. The changes are not the result of 

man's depravity, but of improving taste. 

We are living in the renaissance of church music. 

The ideals established by the old masters are coming 

to have new beauty. The melody revealed in the stroke 

of Palestrina's quill gives evidence of a worthy theme 

which prompted it. The music itself is distinctively 

sacred, and naturally requires a distinctive method of 

rendition. This is the mission of the boy choir. There 

is nothing suggestive in the service of the concert hall 

or operatic stage. Elements foreign to the highest 

ideals in the rendering of church music cannot here 

exist. Light catching melodies and adaptations from 

opera are refused admittance into the chancel and organ 

loft. The present tendency in sacred music is to 

do away with these relics of barbarism. 

The very appearance of the surpliced choir induces 

reverence. The long black robe half hidden by the 

white flowing surplice is in striking contrast to the 

ostrich plumes and gorgeous silks of the mixed choirs. 

It seems a return to simplicity of worship. We are 

picking out the good so hurriedly left in the endeavor 

to escape from the offensiveness of religious oppression. 

From the time when one hears from the choir 

in the distance, the dying waves of harmony at the 

end of the rector's prayer, the service is one round of 

melody. After the intonation of each commandment 

and prayer, the soft and sustained notes of the " Lord, 

have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep thy 

law," and the "Amen " steal forth from the chancel-I- n 

our own chapel service we have a very meager illustration 

of this in the "Amen" of the organ at the 

close of prayer. Imagine how much more impressive 

is the blending of twenty-fiv- e or thirty trained voices. 

The method of supplying material for the choir master 

to work upon is the exact opposite to that of the 

mixed choirs. In other words, while there are always 

women in great numbers as candidates for salaried 

church positions, the boy must be hunted out. He is 

rarely aware of the quality of his. voice. When told to 

THE OBERLIN REVIEW. 285 

SURPLICED BOY CHOIRS. 

sing the average boy shouts, as one has expressed it, 

" right frojn the shoulder " To remedy this the choir 

master gives him a note which he cannot take in this 

manner. In order to sound it he must go to his head. 

He descends the scale, singing with his throat alone, 

and not using the chest notes. This is the foundation 

of the singular 

choir use. 

method used in training the boys for 

The public schools are the main source upon which 

the choir master relies for recruits. The boys are encouraged 

to look for good voices by promises of higher 

salaries. There is one disadvantage with which choir 

mnsters must labor, that of changing voices. It is 

obviated by selecting boys of different ages. Thus 

there are always leading voices as the older ones 

tone is 

change, and no serious break in the-quali- of 

noticeable. 

ty 

The choirs are drilled three times a week. During 

practice the strictest discipline is observed. Fines are 

imposed for disorder, a very effective method of dealing 

with the young wage earners. The greater part 

of the practice time is spent in drill on the masses. 

The word is suggestive of Romanism, but the masses 

form the most beautiful part of the service. If the 

Episcopal church is sliding back to the level of the 

Roman, Oberlin is being pulled by that same hidden 

power. When Gounod's Sanctus, a mere fragment of 

one of his most beautiful masses, is rendered, the effect 

is nothing imaginary. The congregation is spellbound. 

We must either yield our point to the Episcopalians 

or confess to them our common sinfulness. 

They, perhaps, are the more guilty in that they listen 

to the rendering of the whole mass. 

On Sunday the black robes and white surplices are 

put on and the choir forms in line, the smaller boys 

in front, increasing in size, until at the rear stand the 

huge, low basses. After prayer by the rector the choir 

master strikes the chord and the processional hymn is 

is sung, unaccompanied, as the choir marches into the 

church and up to the chancel. The effect produced is 

very fine. First are heard faint notes, and as the 

voices draw nearer the tones become louder and louder, 

until the immense church is filled with beautiful 

harmony. 

From the first appearance of the two small boys as 

they slowly enter the church, until the last bald head 

of the bassos fades away in the distance at the close of 

the service, it seems as though we are listening to a 

finished oratorio. 

The boys themselves are greatly benefitted. Thseo 

who live in large cities are furnished a means of spending 

their time, when not in school, with two-fol- d profit. 

The salary earned is the smallest of this. A musical 

taste is developed which opens up a wider sphere 

of enjoyment for after life. 

George W Morgan.

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The Thomas Concert. 


MUSICAL 

The visit of an organization such as the 

Chicago orchestra is an event which all 

friends of education, as well as all musical 

enthusiasts, will measure at a high value. 

The influence of such a concert as that of 

Friday night does not pass with the momentary 

sensations of pleasure, for there remains 

a permanent contribution to the store of elevating 

experiences, a reinforcement of taste, 

and an assurance of a still higher standard 

of aesthetic judgment and appreciation. An 

orchestral concert has this superiority of 

benefit over the customary recital, that the 

virtuoso element is largely absent and works 

of supreme power are presented in their bare 

and sheer reality. The impression remaining 

is that of the art work in and of itself, 

not the cleverness of a performer's handling. 

The greatest works of the greatest geniuses 

can thus be offered, and an insight be gained 

into the higher possibilities of art. Given a 

rich and strong program, a band of highly 

trained experts, and a leader of recognized 

authority as an interpreter, and there is at 

once a revelation of certain of those reaches 

of imagination which carry the mind over 

the borders of the divine. To what extent 

a series of master works like that of Friday 

night can be appreciated by our audience, 

as it is constituted, is a matter of little consequence. 

A true teacher sheds his best 

thoughts and strongest inspirations daily, 

knowing that they will often fall on unrecep-tiv- e 

ground, but he never repines on that 

account, and he finds his delight in the mere 

giving of his wealth. And so it is with men 

like Beethoven and Wagner, there is a grand 

carelessness about them, they ask nothing 

in return, knowing that at every repetition 

of their work something is gained for their 

art. 

It is hardly necessary to enlarge upon the 

merits of the playing of Mr. Thomas's band. 

Some express disappointment in regard to 

the quality of their tone, but any lack of 

smoothness,' mellowness, and resonance that 

may be observed may fairly be attributed to 

the inadequacy of the chapel as a space for 

the action of so many powerful instruments. 

It is impossible to judge of the playing of a 

large orchestra in a room of that size and 

shape, and one might as well refrain from 

the attempt. The reputation of the Thomas 

orchestra is established, and in our circumstances 

it must be taken for granted. No 

one could fail to notice a high degree of 

thoughtfulncss and imaginative sympathy in 

their playing, especially in the Heroic symphony, 

which was treated with an attention 

to expression and contrast of sentiment 

which revealed new beauties in a work which 

is too often played as if it contained but two 

moods, instead of a multitude of emotional 

suggestions. It was like the rendering of a 

soloist who is controlled not by an outward 

force but by his own reading of the composer's 

purpose. It is in such results that Mr. 

Thomas shows his musicianship and his 

command over his orchestra. 

It is a convincing proof of Wagner's greatness 

as a composer, as well as a dramatist 

and a contriver of scenes, that music which 

takes its peculiar form and quality from some 

particular stage action is perceived to be 

great as music even when the accessory picture 

is out of sight or altogether unknown. 

Such is the case with the music to the scene 

in which Isolde gives up her passionate and 

ruined life on the body of her lover. Its effect 

Friday night jvas evidently as great upon 

those who knew not the tale as upon those 

who had the scene in their mind's eye. Of 

course it would not be great music if this 

were not the case, but such a fact helps to 

dispose of many popular misconceptions in 

regard to Wagner's art. 

It would be well if the Oberlin audience 

were more eager jn showing their recognition 

of the distinguished worth of Mr. Thomas 

and the masterly playing of his men. Many 

a pianist and singer gets ten times the ap- 

plause world-famou- that this superb and s orchestra 

receives. . Applause is evidently a

matter of nervous excitement, not of the assent 

of an educated j udgment. The Beethoven 

symphony, one of the masterpieces of all 

time, received but little audible notice, while 

the Goldmark Scherzo fairly stampeded the 

audience. Vet any comparison of these two 

works as works would be ridiculous. The 

Goldmark piece is a vividbit of sensation, and 

the resulting applause is simply the necessary 

discharge of the nervous tension which has 

been gathering during the closing measures. 

In the Funeral March of the Eroica there is 

a stirring of the deeps of emotion to their 

very bottom, and applause would be forced 

rather than inevitable. This will partly explain 

the phenomenon, but not the whole of 

it. The next. time Mr. Thomas comes, let 

us give him a reception which his abilities 

and his unparalleled services to music in 

America deserve. We shall also honor ourselves 

in doing so. 

Miss Belle Carrington, who studied two 

years in the Conservatory, gave a musical 

entertainment at Sacramento, January 23. 

In commenting upon her as a soloist, the 

Sacramento Daily Record-Unio- n says : 

"Miss Carrington has a very sweet and pleasing 

voice, not powerful, but fully answering all the de- - 

mands of the auditorium upon it. She has it under . 

excellent control, and showed clearly last night that 

her training in the East has been thorough aud that 

There will be no Thursday lecture this week. 

A new book by Professor G. F. Wright, "Greenland 

Ice Fields, and Life in the North Atlantic," is on 

sale at Goodrich's. 

About twenty Y. M. C. A. boys will attend the convention 

at Mansfield this week. They will leave 

Oberlin Thursday noon. 

The next lecture in Bradley Auditorium will occur on 

Friday evening, February 21. The subject will be, 

"Ancient Athens." Lecture begins at 6 o'clock. Admission 

10 cents. 

Twelve Oberlin students who intend to take medical 

courses after graduation, visited several hospitals 

in Cleveland last Saturday. The boys were treated 

royally by their hosts. A fuller account of the trip 

will be printed next week. 


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NEWS. 

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she is a finished musician. Although she had made a 

selection for her first song which was a very trying 

one for her voice, she acquitted herself admirably, and 

was forced to respond to an encore, which she gave 

with excellent taste and style. Her trilling is fine and 

her enunciation good. In the sonata in the second 

part she showed that her musical education has not 

been confined to the voice, but that instrumental music 

has also been paid thorough attention to." 

Other musicians of Sacramento also took 

part in the entertainment. 

Rehearsal Program, February 12. 

1. Grillen 

Miss Angene 

Schumann 

2. a. 

b. 

Spring Flowers" 

Caprice, op. 2 no. 3 

Miss Wilson. 

Reinecke 

Stavenhagen 

3. Nocturn, F sharp 

Miss Shanafelt. 

Chopin 

4. Duet from Judas Maccabeas 

Misses King and Waterman. 

...Handel 

5. Knde vom Lied 

Miss Cowen. 

Schumann 

6. Mennetto 

Miss Phipps. 

Stavenhagen 

7. a. The "Rose Hud" Schumann 

b. " Ziehe mit mir hinaus " Hildack 

Miss Shanafelt. 

8. Two Mazurkas 

Miss Houghton. 

9. Barcarolle no. 5, A minor 

Chopin 

. . . . Rubenstein 

Miss Walker. 

10. Two Songs 

Mr. Dehoff. 

Hoffmann 

11. Liebes Lied, for violin 

Miss Bodkin. 

12. Polonaise, E major 

Miss Eva Smith. 

Bohm 

....Liszt 

The current number of The Advance announces the 

death of Dr. George F. Magoun, which occurred Jan- 

ex-president 

uary 30, at Grinnell, Iowa. Dr. Magoun was 

of Iowa College and one of the foremost 

Congregationalists of the country. He was an uncle 

of Dr. II. W, Magoun, Professor of Latin in Oberlin 

for several years, and will be remembered by. many as 

having given a Thursday Lecture in the spring of '94 

upon the subject of "Bunyan's Holy War." 

Washington's Birthday. 

Professor Hall will deliver the address next Saturday 

morning in the chapel. His subject will be "The 

sentiment of nationality as developed by Daniel 

Webster." At the same meeting the prize poems 

written for the occasion will be read. The students

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of all departments are invited to attend this meeting. 

The reception by the faculty to the students will 

occur in the society rooms of Peters Hall in the evening. 

Junior Social. 

The juniors had a social last Wednesday evening at 

the home of Mr. Fred Wright. After a little general 

conversation, each young lady was told to choose the 

young man whom she was least acquainted with for 

her partner in a march. This occasioned lots of fun, 

which was kept up during the progressive march, 

while the perambulating couples tried to take in all the 

bits of wisdom which adorned the walls in the shape 

of selected quotations, logical and otherwise. The 

merry party broke up at a quarter to seven. 

Jubilee Day. 

The American Missionary Association celebrates 

this year as its jubilee year. Sunday was celebrated 

as the special jubilee day in Oberlin. All the meetings 

in both the churches were addressed by workers 

in the association's work. Those who spoke were 

Rev. G. V. Clark of Memphis, Tenn.; Rev. V. G. 

Olinger of Williamsburg, Ky.; Rev. C. J. Ryder, '75 

O. C, of New York city; and Miss Dora V. Dodge 

of Oahe, S. D. The celebration is of special significance 

to Oberlin, since the association owes its birth 

to this institution. Its representatives are always 

welcomed back to the churches. 

Glee Club at Elyria. 

Last Wednesday evening, the Oberlin Glee Club 

gave a concert in the Opera House at Elyria. The 

audience was larger than in previous years, and every 

number presented by the club was enthusiastically received, 

the club being called for encores on nearly 

every number. The program was essentially that 

given on their western tour. After the concert the 

W. C. T. U. and young people of Elyria gave a reception 

to the club in the parlors of the ToplifT 

House. For an hour and a half the Oberlin boys, -and 

their friends visited with the people of Elyria. 

Later in the evening ice cream and cake was served by 

the ladies in the dining room below. The special 

train left the Elyria depot at 11:30 o'clock. About 

seventy students went down with the club. The club 

will sing at Lorain, March 3. 

Religious. 

The Missionary Volunteers will hold their regular 

meeting next Thursday afternoon. 

Miss Stearns will lead the meeting of the Y. W. C. 

A. next Sunday evening upon the subject, "How to 

Attain a Christlike Character." 

The subject for next Sunday evening's Y. M. C. A. 

meeting is "Great Love and Great Forgiveness." C. 

G. McDonald, '98, will lead the meeting. 

The business meeting of the Y. W. C. A. was held 

last Saturday afternoon. A full account of the meeting 

will appear in next week's Review. The follow- 

ing officers were elected: President, Miss Florence 

vice-presiden- t, Fitch, '97; Miss Grace Erwin, '97; 

recording secretary, Miss Chapman, Con ; corresponding 

secretary, Miss Charles, '97; and treasurer, 

Miss Marjorie Millikan, '9S. 

Clubs. 

II. C. Tracy will read a paper on the "Civet Cat 

Family" at the Agassiz club to night. 

At this evening's meeting of the Economic Seminar, 

Theodore 

Taxation." 

Remley will read a paper on "Double 

La 6ieme seance du cercle Franr;ais aura lieu mer-cre- di 

soir, a $U h., chez Mine Keller, Avenue Woodland. 

Le suj.et de discussion et de conversation sera 

"La liruyere et La Rochefoucauld et leurs teuvres." 

Ancient Art. 

Tuesday evening, February 1 1, Prof. Martin gave 

the first of his series of illustrated lectures on Ancient 

Art. The audience spent a delightful hour studying, 

in a cursory manner, Egyptian architecture and sculpture. 

Knowledge of Egyptian art has come down 

chiefly from bas-relief- s, mural paintings, and hieroglyphics. 

Massiveness and size seem to be the main 

characteristics of Egyptian architecture. To modern 

scientists the achievements of these ancient architects 

must ever be an enigma. 

Life after death was the leading idea of the Egyptian 

religion. This found expression in the construction 

of tombs, which may almost be called everlasting. 

Pyramids, or the mausoleums of the kings, are the 

first forms of Egyptian art. In panoramic order, 

among many others, the three largest pyramids near 

Memphis were shown; the Sphinx; two temples at 

Abydos dedicated to Osiris; the gorgeous temples of 

Luxor and Karnak, built by Rameses II.; the picturesque 

temple of Hermontes, built by Cleopatra; the 

Colossi of Memnon; obelisks; statues of Rameses the 

Great and his wives; of Osiris ; Egyptian slaves ; the 

mummy of Rameses II. ; and finally, the Egyptian department 

in the British Museum. 

Minstrels at Lord Cottage. 

The boarders at Lord Cottage were favored last 

Saturday evening from 5:45 to 6:45 o'clock with an 

entertainment given by Thomsen's Celebrated Minstrels. 

The company at present is made up of eleven 

men each one a star in his line. With collars reaching 

to the ears, large bow ties of various colors and 

shirt-stud- s of unknown value, their appearance was 

certainly prepossessing. Jokes, 

end-men- stories, and s 

gags, interspersed with catchy negro songs kept the 

audience in a state of continuous laughter. Feathers, 

side-splittin- with his funny songs, witty sayings, and g

stories, without doubt carried ofT the honors of the 

evening. lie found close rivals however in Hones, 

Tambo, Jags, 'Fessah, and Mr. Johnsing. Jags en- 

deavored time and again throughout the program to 

o-w- give his "imitation of ," a ca but was interrupted 

each time by a story or song. Bones gave a fine exhibition 

of his clog dancing which took the audience 

by storm. The climax ot the whole program came 

just before the farewell song when Feathers told "de 

story oh how he done visit de "Sane Asylum." After 

the final number, the ladies gave a short reception to 

their colored brethren. 

Communication. 

A long-fel- t need among the boys in the Conservatory 

is a coat rack or suitable place to leave wraps and 

hats in cold weather. Peters Hall is amply provided 

with hat-rack- s at the entrance of each classroom. The 

Conservatory men have to leave their hats and coats 

upon the floor or carry them into class, which is very 

i n co n ve n i e n t . Conservatory . 

Valentine Parties. 

The Baldwin Cottagers had their usual valentine 

box Thursday evening. The names had been distributed 

that everyone had a valentine to write, and 

might hope to receive one. After supper all gathered 

in the reception hall; the band-box- , into which the 

poetic effusions had been pouring all day, was opened, 

and the budding genius of embryo Shakespeares and 

Miltons was revealed to the delighted multitude. 

Roasts were served up in various forms, and received 

good-naturedl- y by everyone, the victims being us 

ready to laugh at themselves as at others. The evening 

closed with a grand march and 

find out who wrote "my valentine." 

wild endeavor to 

The boarders at Lord Cottage had their valentine 

box last Friday night. From the quantity and quality 

of the little messages which were taken from it, it 

would seem that the Muse was for once easily invoked. 

The greater part of the hour was taken up in the 

reading of them by Miss Frazyer. 

The. people at 33 College Place celebrated St. Valentine's 

Day on the evening of Feb. 14. The supper 

table presented a dainty appearance with its jars of 

palms arid ferns, among the branches of which Cupids 

were flying and aiming their darts, and with its tiny 

pink candles which threw a soft light over all; while 

heart-shape- the d sandwiches, the pink jellies topped 

with snowy cream, and heart-cake- s, satisfied more than 

the aesthetic taste. Dainty souvenirs were at each 

plate. After supper all gathered in the parlor where 

a gayly-decorated sign "Sweets for the Sweet" directed 

them to a large gilded box which stood on a 

table with flowers all about it. The hour passed most 

gayly with the reading and distributing of the many 

curious and original valentines. 

The boarders at Stewart Hall celebrated St. Valen 

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tine's Day Saturday 'evening. The valentines were 

read and were quite original and witty. One to 

the girls of the Hall and another to one of the young 

men deserve mention. The latter stated that 

"scarce had he down upon his lip before he was down 

upon his knees." After the valentines were read, the 

boarders were treated to a very novel entertainment 

in which comedy, pathos, and tragedy had place. The 

entertainment was planned by a committee with Miss 

Quigley at the head; 

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College., 

Miss Helen Knapp, '99, spent Tuesday at home. 

Mr. J. L. Meriam, '95, spent Saturday in Oberlin. 

Mrs. Alice Jones Emery, '91, is visiting in town this 

week. 

J. K. Cheney, ex-'g- S, is studying at Williams College. 

Mr. Lou. .Warner, '98, will resume his studies this 

week. 

A. M. Webster, '99, had a visit from his mother last 

week. 

Miss Ruth Cole, of St. Paul, is visiting Miss Marion 

Wright. 

Mr. R. II. Cowley, '96, spent Sunday at his home 

in Lorain. 

" 

Miss Gertrude Mix, ex-'9- 8, is studying at Mt. 

Ilolyoke. 

Miss Anna March, ex-'9- 4, is studying at Mt. Ilolyoke 

this year. 

G. T. Abbott, '96, spent Tuesday in Cleveland with 

II. A. Young, '98. 

Mr. C. C.Johnson, '98, has been on the sick list for 

a week, but is better at present. 

Miss Allie Dean, '95 Hiram College, is studying 

music and art in Oberlin this term. 

Bruce Elmore, ex-'9- 8, is working in theparcel room 

in the Boston and Albany station at Boston. 

Dr. Ilanna returned Tuesday from New .York, 

whither she had accompanied Mrs. Johnston. 

W. G. Allaben, ex-'9- 9, is working for the New York 

History Company, situated at New York city. 

T. J. Remley, '96, spoke last Sunday at North Fairfield 

in the interests of the Anti-Saloo- n League. 

L. E. Smith, '99, left for his home at Downey, Cal., 

Saturday. He expects to return to Oberlin next year. 

Miss Mary Chittenden, '98, has been obliged to 

drop her work in the Library on account of ill-healt- 

Miss Nellie Spohr, '94 Physical Training Course, is 

teaching physical culture and elocution at Mt. Holy-ok- e. 

Mr. George Chamberlain, ex-'8- 6, of Elyria, visited 

his cousin, 

afternoon. 

Miss Harriet Chamberlain, . last Tuesday 

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E. V. Grabill, '96, who lias been . teaching in the 

State School for the Mind at Columbus for several 

weeks, has returned to his work. 

Miss Nellie Lloyil and a friend from Klyria attended 

the Thomas Concert and called on Miss Harriet 

Chamberlain, '96, last Friday evening. 

White, '96, and Dorsett, '96, were called to Sandusky 

last week as witnesses on a saloon case. A salo- 

on-keeper was indicted for selling liquor in a township 

where prohibition laws were in effect. 

J. T. Conkey, ex-'9- 6, gave 


a phonograph entertain- 

ment at the First Church Tuesday evening, February 

1 1. A large audience greeted the manager and greatly 

enjoyed the speech of Gladstone, the cornet solo, the 

fire engine, and many other selections given. Conkey 

has been giving such concerts during this term in various 

Ohio towns. 

Academy. 

Mrs. Marvin, of Akron, is visiting her son Frank of 

the senior class. 

Frank Stetson, of the senior class, missed several of 

his classes last week on account of a severe cold. 

Miss Grace Fraser, teacher in the Academy, has 

been confined to her room for a few days on account 

of sickness. , 

Miss Florence Rockwell and Miss Lucy Tope gave 

an informal reception to a company of friends Tuesday 

evening, Feb. 10, at 122 West College street. 

Miss Grace Ransom, who studied last year in the 

Academy, died at her home on West College street 

last Saturday night. The funeral was held Tuesday. 

Messrs. Fulton and Bolger, who have been holding 

Sunday evening services out in the McRoberts district, 

recently started a Sunday school that meets at 4 

o'clock p. m. 

Conservatory. 

Miss Alice McDowell is entertaining her mother. 

Miss Faith Frazer spent Sunday at her home in 

Cleveland. 

Mr. Church of the Conservatory is organist in the 

M. E. church at Sandusky. 

There was an extra rehearsal on Thursday afternoon 

for the benefit of those wishing to hear the Symphony 

Eroica. 

Miss Burroughs, who was in the Conservatory last 

year, is in River Side, Cal. 

Miss Alice Crawford, '96, intends returning the spring 

term and graduate with her class. 

There was a mistake made in the last Rkview regarding 

the church in which Mr. Patterson is singing. 

1 1 is the new Congregational church in Sandusky and 

not the M. E. church. 

Mrs. Fulton of Klmira, N. Y., has been visiting her 

sons, Messrs. Robert and Fred Fulton at Baldwin 

Cottage. Mrs. Fulton is on her way to Chicago and 

expects to stop in Oberlin again on her way back. 

I. J. Emery, of the Conservatory, entertained a few 

friends in his rooms at No. 2S North Water street, a 

few evenings since. Refreshments were served and 

the evening spent in playing forty-tw- o and singing 

songs. 

The seventh term theory students gave Mr. and 

Mrs. Ileacox a surpiise party on Tuesday evening of 

last week. The class comprises six members, and Mr. 

Matlack, though not a member of the class, was among 

the party. 

On Saturday afternoon from three o'clock until five 

at the home of Prof, and Mrs. Carter, Miss M. Wright 

gave a reception in honor of her friend, Miss Cole. 

Miss F. Baldwin and Miss Durand presided at the table, 

serving refreshments to the guests as they came, 

the total number invited being fifty. 

Seminary. 

Lutz was sick a part of last week. 

Leary is having his eyes treated this week. 

The reading room committee are planning to give a 

house warming in two or three weeks when the improvements 

are finished. 

Rev. J. II. IJehr of the Mennonite Church stayed 

last week with Mr. Krehbiel and came to several recitations 

in the Seminary. 

Rev. E. A. Steiner, '91 O. T. S., has accepted a 

call from the First Congregational Chuich of Springfield, 

Illinois. He enters upon his work Apri I. 

The Seminary has a representative in the Oratorical 

Contest in the person of Mr. Stubbins of the Junior 

class. He took a high place in both thought and delivery 

in the preliminary contests. 

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ALUMNI. 

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- '85 J- - B- - Abell is manager of the Kansas pects to enter Radcliffe soon, as a graduate 

City World, a hustling paper in its third student, so as to be able to do work in Eng- - 

year,;. . ...... i ; lish in Harvard College. 

'8$ It is said that Miss Flora Bridges ex- - '85 Dr. Sollis Runnels .has removed to 

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Ind. It is said to be the most tastefully 

decorated and furnished physician's 

office in the city. 

q0 Dr. W. A. Sackett is practicing medicine 

at Akron, O. His address is corner 

Main and Burgess streets. 

'90 Miss Alice B. Ring is studying art in 

Paris and expects to take a trip into Italy 

soon. 

'92 Miss Agnes E. Warner has just returned 

from a trip to the south, visiting 

Washington and Richmond. 

'93 Lou Hart, who has been studying 

law in a Chicago office, has recently taken 

the place of one of the partners who has just 

died. 

'93 W. H. Pittenger, who has for the 

past two years been manager of the Independent 

Citizen Publishing Company of Providence, 

R. I., has recently taken the position 

of editor of the Citizen. Mr. Pittenger's 

Literary Society Notes. 

Harmonia. Critique, Miss Munsell; essay, Miss 

Burger; extempore speeches, Miss Slump, Miss Tade, 

Miss Smith; news review, Miss Mix. 

Cadmean Critique, Kelsey ; oration, Ballantine ; 

declamation, Langslon ; debate, " Resolved, that the 

Roman Catholic Church has been, on the whole, a 

blessing to the world," affirmative Robinson, negative 

Stanley ; judges decided unanimously for the affirmative. 

Essay, Loofbo'urrow. 

Alpha Zeta. Critique, Gibbs; essay, Skeels; oration, 

"A Blot on our Liberty," Brown; debate, "Resolved, 

that there is more happiness in anticipation 

than in realization." Affirmative, Whitlock; negative, 

Remley. Decision of the judges was for affirmative; 

of society for the negative. 

Acme Critique, S. II. Wilson ; essay, "The Blue 

Ridge," II. S. Pope; oration, " A Wife Murderer," 

A. A. Agenbroad; declamation, Beardsley ; debate, 

" Resolved, that it would be better if Oberlin Academy 

were removed from the town of Oberlin," affirmative 

II. N. Bradley, negative, Pearl; decision of 

judges in favor of affirmative ; negative sustained by 

the house; the name of C. N. Mosby proposed for 

membership. 

Phi Kappa Pi. Critique, Orth; essay, "La Salle 

and the Mississippi," Hemingway; oration, "A Question 

of To-da- y " Chamberlin; debate, "Resolved, 

LITERARY NOTES. 

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company prints a dozen or more papers and 

magazines, among which are the, Brown College 

publications and the Independent Citi- 

zen, the only Prohibition paper in New England. 

Phi Delta men who remember how 

Pittenger used to oppose Cowies on the temperance 

question, would be surprised to read 

some of his editorials. 

'93 Miss Flora E. Bierce is tutoring in 

the family of Mr. M. Z. Holbrook, of Chicago, 

111. She writes in enthusiastic terms 

of her home life, her city privileges, and 

her work in the Sedgwick Street Mission, 

which is supported by the New England 

Church. 

'9- - Ninety-five'- s class letter is now on 

its way west, having started from Andover,, 

Mass. 

The account of the meeting of the Oberln 

College Alumni Association of Illinois at 

Chicago, February 7, has not yet been received, 

and will be published next week. 

that the United States Government should interfere 

with the construction of the Chicago drainage canal." 

Affirmative, Horner and Shaw ; negative, Jameson 

and Laughlin. Won by the negative. 

Pm Delta. Critique, C. K. Tracy; essay, "A 

Canadian Experience," Young; oration, "Specula--tio- n 

and Panics," Grabill; debate, "Resolved, that 

the State University is superior in principle and method 

to the college." Affirmed by Jung and Whitney, 

denied by H. C. Tracy and Wright. The negative 

won by a majority. W. L. Whitney, '98, was elected 

to membership. 

Aeolian Critique, Miss Dickinson ; essay, "Judith," 

Miss Jelinck ; oration, "Defeat or Victory," 

Miss Johns ; extempores, Misses Sheffield, Clark, Herr, 

and Thomsen ; editorial, "The Sunday Rules," Miss 

Wetterling; discussion, "Resolved, that a system of 

student government would be better for Oberlin than 

the present system," affirmative Miss Harlow, negative 

Miss Cross. Decision of judges in favor of negative 

by majority. 

L. L. S. Critique, Miss Hoppin ; extempores, 

Misses Standish, Woodford, Fairfield, and Elmore ; 

oration omitted ; essay, " Benefits of the French Revolution," 

Miss Manning ; debate, " Resolved, that; 

poverty is a greater source of crime than wealth," af-r-, 

firmative Miss Rawles, negative Miss Ltiird ; won-b- y 

negative ; Miss Collins of '97 was made a member of 

the society. . . ,,,. . . 

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Yale will send a crew to the Henley regatta next 

spring. 

The average age of the freshmen at Amherst is 18 

years II months. 

Princeton's baseball team will play over thirty regularly 

scheduled games next spring. 

The Yale Law School has decided to organize a 

baseball team for the coming season and an Easter 

trip through Conneticut and New York has been arranged. 

Yale has recently purchased 10,000 volumes from 

the library of Prof. Gueist of Iierlin Germany. The 

works are chiefly on political, historical and legal 

subjects. 

The Extension Department of the University of 

Wisconsin issues a "Weekly Bulletin" for editors, 

which contains items of new? pertaining to the University 

and is sent to the editors of all college papers. 

Ex-Governor 

Pennoyer, of Oregon, has established 

a scholarship of $3560 at the Oregon University in 

memory of his son who died at the college in November, 

1894. 

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The Cornell chapter of the Chi Tsi fraternity has 

purchased for $45,000 the famous Fiske McG raw mansion 

at Ithaca. The mansion cost a quarter of a million 

and is no doubt the finest chapter-hous- e in the 

world. 

The Univesity of Pennsylvania Athletic Association 

has sent an invitation to nearly all the colleges in this 

country and a few in Canada to compete in a gtand 

series of relay races to be held under the auspices of 

their Association in Philadelphia on April 25th. 

The University of Wisconsin has just come into 

possession of $5,000, the income of which is to be devoted 

to scholarships for young women pursuing studies 

in the University. The beneficiaries are to be 

chosen on the basis of scholarship and need of assistance. 

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The Faculty Athletic Committee of the University 

of Pennsylvania have decided to prohibit the entire 

baseball team, with two exceptions, from representing 

Pennsylvania in future athletic contests, because 

they played on 'summer nines." The exceptions are 

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My Hacks connect with all trains. Give us your order. Care 

ful attention given to moving Pianos and Household Goods, 

will do my best to accommodate my patrons. 

HOWARD II. LEK. 

OHU, 33 and 31 Hast College St. 

W. J FULLER, 

Proprietor of the CITY STABLES 

ir North Main St., Oberlin, O 

GOOD RIGS AT REASONABLE RATES 

SUKPLUS, $15,000. 

Gitizens national ank5 

Is the place for the Students to do their Banking Business.' 

albert II. Johnson, Pres. C. T. Beckwith, V. Pres. Arthur II. Johnson, Cashier 

S. M. Cole. F. M. Thompson. 

I-4"u.m"bsr 

and 

COLE & THOMPSON, 

DHAI.EKS IN 

Coal 

272 South Main St., Oberlin, O. Office, mill and 

yard opposite Depot. 

Town office: Holter & Stewart's jewelry store. 

' 

NEAT, TASTEFUL, INVITING. 

Glenn's TonsorialParlors 

NKXT TO COMINGS' HOOK STOIIH. 

S Ladies' Hair Cutting and Shampooing in separate and 

attractive apartment. 

' 

RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY. 

Is guaranteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or 

money refunded. 56c per box. Send two stamps for circulars 

and free samples to Martin Kudy, registered pharmacist, Lancaster, 

I'a.' No postals answered. For sale by first-clas- S druggists 

every where, and in Oberlin by 

J. M. Gardner & Co. and F. E. IJurgess. - 

T. P. SMITH, 

DKA 

DKAI.ER in 

BOOTS ancT.SHOES 

Repairing neatly, cheaply and promptly done. 

WOOD FOIl SAI.F Hard and soft, 16-in- ch; dry kindlings 

East College Street, east of Goodrich 131ock. 

First-clas- s Tousorial Work over llolter's (llarry Wall). 

t

MASTKR IMIOTOGKAIMIKR, 

GALLERIES: 


243 Superior St., 

AMES P, RYDER 

Cleveland, 0. 

Alexander, Photographer. 

THE GARFIELD, 

Golden Stairway. 

The News Office - 

II K ADQU AIITKIJS FOIt 

COLLEGE and STUDENT PRINTING, 

New Styles in Type. 

First-clas- s Workmen. 

Tlie Kkvikw is printed at this ofilce. 

HEADQUARTERS FOR GANDY. 

Here you can find the finest candies made daily by 

expert hands. Candies of any description for entertainments 

may be had at lowest prices. 

Gibson's Candy Factory. 

THE FISK TEACHERS' AGENCIES. 

KVKKKTT O. FISK & CO., Proprie tors. 

4 Aslilnu tnn Place. 1'oston. 70 Fifth avenue, New York. 

1242 Twelfth street, Washington. 355 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 

25 Kins street. West, Toronto. 420 Century I'.ldjr.. Minneapolis. 

525 Stimson lllock, LosAneeles. 728 Cooper Building, Denver. 

107 Keith & l'erry Hklg., Kansas City. 

MONARCH BICYCLES 

Light, 

Strong, 

Speedy, 

Handsome. 

Finest 

Material 

Best 

Workmanship 

If you can be satisfied with something- - cheaper, 

(Sa) 

lower-price- d 

the best 

wheel is 

DEFIANCE $75, $60, $50, $40, 

Every machine guaranteed. 

Send for catalogue. 

MONARCH CYCLE MFG. CO., CHICAGO, ILL. 

83 Reade Street. NEW YORK. 3 and 5 Front Street, SAN FRANCISCO. 

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I'li'turcs anil Pirture Frames at Cuming'. 

St(3dents, NoTIGE! 

I shall offer for thirty days, my slock of Pictures 

of nil kinds at cost and many of them at less 

than cost. 

Etchings, worth $1, for 25c 

Photographs regularly at 75c and $1, for 40 and 50c 

Engravings at one-half price. 

Frames to Order at Cost. 

M. G. COMINGS. 

SPRING HATS JUST OPENED. 

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DRESS SUITS, 

NEW NECKWEAR, 

Gloves AND 

Shields. 

L T. Whitnev & Son.

THE OBERLIN REVIEW. - Oberlin College

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