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EDITORS : ARTHUR H. HALFMANN. ’07 WILLIAM F. XOTZ, 97.

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Notwithstanding the common complaint that our time is overstocked with current literature, and especially the younger generation overfed with newspaper reading, we feel encouraged to publish a new quarterly. The following introductor}' remarks are intended to give a brief account of its origin as well as of the object pursued by its publication.

Black and Red, the emblematical colors of the Northwestern University

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at Watertown, Wisconsin*, was chosen as the title of our new paper because it is published by the wearers of these colors, the students of the said institu­ tion, and edited by acommittee appoint­ ed by them. The long-felt want to have a college publication of our own having found its expression at last year’s meet­ ing of the alumni association at Watertown, it was then and there resolved to have a college paper started in the course of the present year, and according­ ly a managing committee was appoint­ ed to take the necessary measures lead­ ing thereto. The result is the present first number.

As to the object to be pursued we should point to the fact that so far the communication between the former stu­ dents of Northwestern University and the institution itself has been rather loose. There is now a goodly number of them, and they are scattered far and wide, filling positions in many vocations of life. It may be taken for granted that none of them have forgotten their Alma Mater, and that everv one still preserves a lively interest for it, remem­ bering the old motto : “olira meminisse juvabit”. But many, perhaps most of them, hear and know very little of what js now going on at the old school, Xhe chiefobject of our paper, therefore, wj]i be to establish some means of communication between the institution and its former pupils, to furnish information Gf what is going on in the college to those living at a distance, and at the same time to keep its readers informed, as far as possible, of what has become of the former students. # • This we hope will awaken a friendly and mutual interest not only among all

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our readers, old and young, teachers and pupils, but will be of advantage to the institution itself. Some improvements or other may be introduced at our institution by means of cooperation which is now wanting, because there have been no adequate means of communication and of exchanging views. Now • that there is such a one, many an improvement may be proposed and discussed in our columns.

It will be our aim so to interest not only former scholars in the welfare and improvement of their Alma Mater, but, if possible, also a larger circle, and to gain the interest and support of others, friendly to the cause of education as represented by our college.

At the same time we shall endeavor to furnish such reading material as will interest the literary and scientific tastes of our readers.

In all this the managing committee looks forward to the kind support of the readers themselves, and would cor­ dially invite everyone to send corres­ pondences, suited to our purpose, or articles on interesting topics. We shall also be read}' to answer questions or give information through our columns to the best of our ability. Hoping that our paper will find a friendly welcome, we herewith issue this first number.

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The N. W. U. M. C. was organized in the fall of the year 1892 by Mr. Aug. Schauer. It has always been in a flourishing condition and is considered to be one of the main resources of the institution for bodily exercise. After a constitution had been adopted and uniforms ordered, the company began its military exercise with a membership of about sixty students. In the spring of the following year Senator Solliday was successful in securing sixty Springfield rifles for this organization, and later, also, thirty more were obtained by his favor. Mr. Geo. Brumder kindly presented two swords to the company, and the ladies attending the N. W. U. a fine 11 S. silk flag.

Mr. Aug. Schauer acted as captain of the companj’ for two and one-half years.

He then left this institution in order to resume different studies at the Dr Martin Luther College of New Ulm. Minn.

The highest officers in command under his captaincy the first year were the Messrs. Julius Damman and John Andcrson, first and second lieutenants* respectively. During the next year Alfred Brumder and Louis Pingel held the rank of first lieutenant and John Dcjung that of second lieutenant. During the third ycar Leonard Casper acted as first and Walter Zimmermann as second lieutenant.

Leonard Casper succeeded Captain Schauer, being the next highest officer in command at the tiraeof his departure, The company was under the command of captain Casper from Januaiy 1895 until the end of the school year of 1S96.

At this time the roll contained a membership of about forty students. Under him the following held offices for the first part of the school year : 1st lieutenant, Walter Zimmermann; 2d lieutenant, John Witt. The five sergeants according to their rank were : Frank Whitefoot, Albert Damman, Christian Himmler, W. Franzmann, and Adolph Haase ; the corporals : Hugo Maibohm, Emil Dornfeld, and Edward Fredrich.

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officers included, numbered fifty active members.

The standing of the company was then as .follows: captain, Leonard Casper ; 1st lieutenant, Hugo Meibohm ; 2nd lieutenant, Edward Fredrich; 1st sergeant, Ernst Lau ; 2nd sergeant and right guide, Herman Ritz ; Q. M. sergeant and left guide, Immanuel Albrecht; 4th sergeant, Arthur Halfmann ; 5th sergeant, Theo. Engel. Corporals: John Messer, Gerhard Hinnenthal, and Ernst Eckelman. Captain Casper graduated in the spring of ’96, and Edward Fredrich was promoted to the rank he has held ever since.

At present the officers are : captain, Edward Fredrich; 1st lieutenant, Herman Ritz ; 2nd lieutenant, Arthur Half­ mann; 1st sergeant, Emil Dornfeld ; 2nd sergeant and right guide, Ernst Eckelman ; third sergeant and left guide John Messer; 4th sergeant and Q. M., Gerhard Hinnenthal; 5th sergeant, Herman Zimmerman ; color sergeant, Gustav Haase. Corporals: Herman Fleischfresser, John Eggert, H. Schmeling, Edward Rosinsky, and Herman Malchow.

Regular meetings of the society are held on the first Saturday of each month.

Presidents were : Herman Ritz, John Messer, and Ernst Eckelman; vice-presidents, Arthur Halfman, Ernst Eckelman, and Gerhard Hinnenthal; treasurer, Otto Hoyer ; secretary, Edward Fredrich.

The roll call contains sixty members.

Owing to the extreme conservative opinion of the majority of members, the motion to change the styde of the uniforms, although ably forwarded and passed in the meeting, was recalled by a petition. The officers however adopted the new style uniform, and it has proven itself satisfactory in every respect, Shortly after a new constitution was drawn up which placed the general management of the organization into the hands of a committee of twelve, Under the command of captain Fredrich the compam' had regular drill five times a week during the winter months and three times during the summer.

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ular drill takes place on tlie college cam- .passing and repassing on business to pUS. and from Milwaukee, often grow curious Marches to neighboring towns and and ask what this large building is in­ parades on suitable occasions help to tended for. Many less curious but also break the routine of military drill and with less judgment, take it for a convent are an important feature on the stu- purposely built aw<\.y from the bustle of dent’s list of diversions. The following city streets. But howsoever the opinmight be mentioned: marches to Ixonia, ions of others may vary, it suffices for Piperville, Lebanon, Waterloo, Juneau those who have been bred to the Lutherand Hustisford ; parades on Washing- an faith to know that this building is ington’s Birthday, Decoration Day, pic- no other than the Lutheran Seminary, nic of the St. Markus school and at the whence young men, after being celebration of the hundreth anniversary thoroughly instructed in theology, are of Emperor William I. launched forth in life to bring the soulIn all probability the next march will saving Gospel to all men. again be to Hustisford and if circumApart from any pretensions to exterstances are favorable a sliam-battle will nal beauty, the seminary is nevertheless E. C. F. ’97. take place. a neat and massive looking structure, built in a simple }ret dignified style and surmounted by a small dome. The dimensions of the seminary are 135x35 The beginning of the nineteenth cen- feet 'phe monotony of the long facade tury witnessed the greater part of js relieved by a projection of the center, Europe engaged in fierce wars, and to- thus forming a wing corresponding in wards its end war clouds are again width to the main building. The walls, lowering over Europe Italy and Spain forty-five feet high, are thickly interare trying to subdue rebellious colonies s "ed with iarg| windows making the and somewhat strained relations exist r£oms light and pleasant within. The o ^CjyPermany a"d England °ver interior of the seminary is spacious, South African possessions. easily offering accommodations for six tv In the midst of these disturbances little stud^nts. Afthe attendance at present Greece draws the attention of the great is thirty-three, it is evident that the in­ powers to the East, and threatens to stitutfon is not crowded. The interior renew that sore spot the Eastern f the buikling is furthermore divided Question. Indeed at one time it seemed into three stories and fitted up in tn.lv as if a general European war would re- niftHopt1 1 suit from the Cretan troubles. Happily, : however, the crisis is passed, and the r T ie ”iain entrance to the seminary, ambitious Greeks have received the *acin.£ the east and covered by a small portico, leads into the vestibule. I o humiliating defeats they deserved. the right is the library, to the left the reading-room occasionally used as a chapel. On passing through the ves­ tibule one enters the corridor into which Seminary and Seminary Life. rooms open on each side. Those to the On the outskirts of the recently incor- east are studies, those to the left recitaporatedcitv of Wauwatosa, and upon tion-rooms, dormitories and toiletan elevated site commanding a good rooms. The second story is built similarview of the surrounding country, is ly to the first with the exception that situated the Lutheran Theological Sem- the corridor is intercepted in the center inary of the Wisconsin, Minnesota and by a large hall used but once or twice a Michigan synod. Standing, as it does, wear on the occasion of some celebration in an open place as yet unsurrounded by 'in honor of Dr. Martin Luther. The any large trees, and towering high above kitchen and dining-room are located in the three cottages near by, this huge the basement, pile of brick and stone presents to the The curriculum of the seminary com­ eye an imposing sight. Strangers, too, prises a three years’ course, and unless

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It frequently happens, however, that ministers are in ill health and require the aid of a student for a few weeks, or that congregations by reason of dire need are forced to extend a call to a student prematurely. This, by permission of the faculty, he may accept and enter immediately upon his ministerial duties.

The medium of instruction at the sem­ inary is the German language. The ex­ planations are sometimes given in Eng­ lish, if thereby the subject is more easily comprehended.

The branches of study are: Dogmatics, Pastoral Theology, Homiletics, Ethics, Church History, Symbolics, Isagogics and Hermeneutics. As no text-books are used except when translations are made from the Hebrew or the Greek texts, all instruction is given in lectures which the students note down for pri­ vate study.

Much of the healthy seminary life is due to interest taken by most students in athletics. Base-ball is greatly in vogue at present, and though interest in this game never goes beyond a friend­ ly rivalry of the three classes, yet the mere playing of students who have never before handled bat or ball excites much mirth and more than makes up for that in tense excitement that is connected with all professional games. Students of the seminary, too, are ever loyal to their Alma Mater, and whenever her team plays in Milwaukee, great excitement prevails. Should the Watertown boys lie fortunate enough to win, all are elated ; should they lose, it is felt to be their defeat as well.

In a city* as large as Milwaukee and skirted on the east by the noble Lake Michigan, there are many opportunities for diversion during leisure. All places, of course, can scarcely be seen for lack of time. But the majority of the stu­ dents take advantage of the opportunity offered them to see Forest Home, justly acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the state. Sol­ diers Home is also a delightful resort consisting of large buildings tastefully arranged and in summer almost hidden from view by the shade trees surround­

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ing it. A few rods from the main build­ ing is an artificial lake, to the shore of which the grounds gently slope. On its surface several swans may by seen, sometimes diving under the water, some­ times swimming majestically about.

On afternoons three or four times a week a band takes its stand upon the pavillion and plays such patriotic airs as “My Country ’tis of thee”, “The Star Spangled Banned’ and “Yankee Doodle”. Old veterans, hearing this, fall a-caperin^, whereas those of graver cast are earned back in their imagina­ tion to the “crisis that triedmen’s souls”, when to the strains of these same tunes they marched bravely forth to fight for their country’s weal. What wonder that they recall those stirring times, what wonder that they still pride them­ selves upon the role they then played !

In that war their county’s life as well as their own was bound up. Their country, thanks to their noble efforts they saved ; but their own body sus­ tained injuries which have made them invalids for life, thus shattering their fondest and dearest hopes in this world and throwing them upon the merited but too often odious charity of their country-men.

West Park is the nearest resort and / students naturally go there very often.

Especially in winter when ice covers the small lake, West Park becomes the stu­ dents rendezvous.

Any attempt at description of sem­ inary-life would be deficient without mentioning the Mynbreid, a society to which most of the students belong and which may in time prove to be the prototype of a Greek letter society.

Fortunately its membership is not exclusive, otherwise many of the stu­ dents would never discover their latent energies and the branches they excel in.

Considering the short existence of the Mynbreid, only organized last winter, and the great amount of work already accomplished, the fondest hopes for its success will no doubt be realized.

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from care, with nothing lout daily lec- was chosen director, and ever since the tures to attend, a student’s life offers a band has been a permanent body. At marked contrast to the life he is soon to first all notes were copied by hand, but lead as a preacher of the Gospel. It is as time passed on this tedious procedure then, no doubt, he will fully experience was done away with. Four dollars a the truth, “In the sweat of thy face year had to be paid by the membeis for shalt thou eat bread”. It is then all the use of the instruments, until the atthe frolics and romantic episodes which ter were finally declared and looked gave zest'to seminary life will come upon as propert}7- of the N. YV. U. B. 13. thronging back upon his memory, rend- Professor Easterday was the next leadered doubly dear by the thought that er; then Professor Weimar acted as the good old days of yore are .sped never director continuously from 1884 till to return. ' F. W. ’95.

1892, when Professor Plum succeeded him. Under the latter’s leadership the band reached the height of its glory.

At present it consists of eighteen mem­ bers and is again conducted by Prof.

Necrology.

Weimar. In order to keep players on During this school year one active and hand to fill out vacancies that occur two former students of our Alma Mater every year, new members are admitted passed away to eternity. During the at the beginning of each school year. A Easter holidays Carl Flesner, member trivial sum is requested as entrance fee. of the Quarta class, died of consump- Once a member, no further contributions tion at the home of his parents in this are asked for. Throughout the year city. As most of his fellow students two hours a week are set aside for were Spending vacation at their homes practice. .at the time of the burial, memorial Frequently the band plays for the services were held in our chapel when military company, and at divers times school commenced again. accompanies the cadets on a march to A few daj's later the sad news of the towns in the vicinity. For this year’s death of Miss Cornelia Meyer, daughter Pentecost Monday it has been invited to of the Rev. J. ]. Meyer of Burr Oak, play on an occasion of a picnic given bv reached us. The deceased formerly at- theLutlieran Congregation of Columbus, tended our college for a number of years.

J. W. B. ’97.

On May 14th Alfred Brumder, also a former student of our college, died at his home in Milwaukee of heart disease.

Mr. Brumder entered the law school of Yale college two years ago, but ill-health The Grand Choir, forced him to give up studying about a ... ... . n . year ago. Since then he visited Europe , All over this wide world students are in hope of recovering, but all in vain, known to be the most jovial and most He reached home in winter and spent frolicsome set of boys under the sun. spring in Florida, where his condition Always joyful, always _ happy, they grew so much worse that he reached spend their leisure time with music, outhis home just in time to die. do°r sPorts>. and in-door pranks. Yet the one pastime mostly practiced among students is music, especially song.

Although this branch was somewhat neglected in the last few years at this The N. W. U. Brass Band. . institution, the university has been iii The first steps towards organizing a possession of a mass choir of considercollege band were taken by Professor able size every year.

Preller in 1878. Soon sufficient money At present the choir members, thirtvwas collected from the people in town five in number, have as their leader Prof, and among the students to obtain the J. Gamm, who has successfully directed necessary instruments. Professor Preller them for the past two years. ' Although

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Maiestas academica.

Majestas academica, Quonam tu evasisti ?

0 eancta actas aurea, Fugisti et peristi !

Quocumque tali lumina, Non tcneo vestigia.

0 me severum crum !

O quae mutatio rerum!

Hie judex eeverissimus, Condemnat, ille doeens Magistcr gemit, critieus list ille multis noceiis.

Peccantes hie increpitat, Aegrotos ille sospitat. * 0 me etc.

Scd vere studiosi cor Nil utiiquam refrigescet, Ouod ago nunc, nunc joculor, < or semper revalescet?

Putamen votus abiit, Sod robur nondum periit Nec umquain hoc putrescet.

Amici, ergo dexteris Conjuuctis nos ligemus, Fra torn it atis vctcris Nos Hdern renovomus !

Kho! Ad Seyplios! Vetcres Sunt salvi et incolumcs, In lido nos manemus!

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Our Reading Room.

To enlarge^the general fund of know^r -tedoe of the students and to give them an opportunity of getting familiar with the important daily events, the Seniors have organized the ‘X. W. U. Reading-Room Society. ' Heretofore the upper classes maintained the reading-room for their use, while this year the Seniors organized the N. W. U. Reading-Room Society and ex-

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tended the privilege of membership to all students, who pay a small consideration upon entering and a monthly fee.

'The special room granted by the institution for this purpose and equipped by them with the necessary furniture,lies in the basement of the Recitation Hall and faces the north-east. Thus it affords a satisfactoi^cool temperature in the summer months and perfect com­ fort during the winter.

In regard to the reading matter there are books of reference, periodicals, papers, and the like.

The books of reference are furnished by the institution, the most in use being the American Cyclopedia and Meyer’s Conversations Lexicon. Of the monthly periodicals there are: The Atlantic Monthly, The Forum, Review of Re­ views, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, The Ladies Home Journal, Munsey’s Magazine, Konservative Monatsschrift, and Preuszische Jahrbuecher.

The weekly periodicals are : The Lon­ don Times, The^thenaeum, Harper’s Weekly, Leslie’s Weekty, The Nation, The Literarv Digest, Golden Days, American Economist, The American, Abcndschule,Gemeindeblatt, and various other church papers.

The papers are the following : Sunday Times-Herald, Chicago Record, Mil­ waukee Journal, Superior Leader, the weekly and daily Germania, and the Watertown papers : Weltbuerger, Re­ publican, Gazette, and Daily Times.

During the year^Jfo 11 owing books were added to the Reading-room Library : HauflPs Werke, Ekkehard, Die Claudier, Uarda, Soil und Haben, and Vog^Fels zum Meer.

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Base Ball.

Our base-ball team has opened the season of ’97 by defeating Marquette college at Milwaukee and has played good games since, the record at present being four victories and one defeat. In batting the team has improved greatly on last year. Pitcher Heise of the Concordias was compelled to retire after the fourth inning and pitcher Hannan

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of St. John’s Military Academy would have received the same reception, had it not rained. Our boys hit Harman’s delivery for a total of 10 bases in two innings, netting five earned runs. O’ Donnell, Marque tt’s speedy little pitcher, could do no better than seven hits. Not only the batting, also the base-running has improved.

The fielding of the team is also much stronger than last year, as the scores readily show. Ed. Heimerl has shown up in excellent form. At Milwaukee his left-hand delivery puzzled the Marquette plavers, they having two hits to their credit. The "same team could only find his delivery for one hit in seven innings on May 27th. Concordias made two hits in five innings after which the game was forfeited to N. W. U., because Concordia refused to play, being dissatisfied

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Both Kronitz and Matuschka play toaether like professionals.

Fredrich’s blaying has improved at third, especially nis throwing to bases. The outfield is composed of Guse, left field ; Eckelman, captain and center field; Halfmann, right field, and has not had an error marked against it.

Manager Ritz has arranged the follow­ ing schedule: May S. Marquette College vs. N. W. U. at Mil­ waukee, won by N. W. U. 5—3.

May 14, Concordia College vs. N. W. U. at Watertown, won by Concordia. 20—9.

May 15, 10 A.'M. Concordia College vs. N. W. U. at Watertown, forfeited to N. W. U. 9—0.

Real score 5—3 in favor N. W. U. May 15, 3 P. M. Concordia College vs. N. W. U. at Watertown, won by N. W. li. 16—3.

May 22, St.John’s Military Academy vs. N.W. U. at Delafield, postponed after two innings play. Score 6—1 in favor of N. W. U. May 27, Marquette College rsN. W. U. at Water-

Scores of games played : R.H.P.O. N. W. U. Frcdrich 3b ...1 10 Kronitz 2b.,..2 10 2 14 Mills c Helmerl „ .......1 .......0 1 1 88 0 1 0 Q®8”Brcfhk 0.......0 0 1 Smith It .......1 0 3 Eckelmaun cfO 0 2 Albrecht lb...O 16

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3 b and captain; outheld Schrader, Thielmann, P. Heidke, Michaels.

June 12, Whitewater Normal vs. N. W. U. at Watertown.

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The Turning Society.

Turning has always been recognized as one of the best means for physical development, especially in winter, when the weather does not permit out-door exercise. Students in particular will find turning a very good means for recrea­ tion. It was because the students of this institution recognized the impor­ tance of having a place for athletic exer­ cises that they organized as the N. W. TJ. Turning Society.

Because the records of the society were consumed by fire when the main college building was burned, it is impossible to give the complete history of the so­ ciety. At first the students were obliged to turn in the open air, having no build­ ing fit for exercise, but they soon saw that the best season for turning was win­ ter; also that turning in the open air in winter would be very nearly impossible, and they decided to build a hall.

In the year 1877 they erected a spacious gymnasium and fitted it out with the necessary apparatus. At pres­ ent the society has about eighty mem­ bers. Every student may become a member of the society. Of this privilege the young ladies of our institution have also taken advantage.

The gymnasium is well furnished with all the necessary apparatus and im­ provements are constantly being made.

In autumn and winter regular instruc­ tions in turning are given by competent teachers. For this purpose three divi­ sions are formed. For many years Dr. J. Ott has been the instructor of the first division. The other divisions were taught by able turners selected from the students. This year the second divi­ sion was taught by Mr. J. Mittelstaedt.

The teachers of the third division were Messrs. E. Eckelmann and Ed. Fredrich.

The election of officers takes place the last Saturday oft he school-term, except­ ing that of the treasurer, who is elec­ ted every year. The presidents of this year have been Mr. Mittelstaedt for two terms, and Mr. Heidtke for one term. Vice-presidents were Mr. Kavasch also elected for two terms and Mr. Wunderlich for one term.

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Current Questions.

How to live on three cents a day?

“Tu” wants to know.

How much ice “Pete” cut as sergeant in Milwaukee a short time ago ?

Whether “Ikey” still has a grudge against himself ?

Whether “Gallus” ever tackled a man of his size ?

Who got the worst of that “tussle” the other day ? “Tu” wants to know.

-Why “Rust” likes Jersey cows ?

Why class ’95 did not send its class picture ?

How many thousand Capt. “Duff’ would take for Eddie ?

Why it is wrong for Jimmy to steal bases ?

Whether the team is going to Europe on the receipts of their home games ?

Why Delafield intends to get another pitcher ?

Why the boys never forget the old rule: five from zero wont work, borrow one?

Why are Dakota blizzards hot at times ?

Why “Huek” joined the Bachelor’s Club ?

Where Heino boards Sundays ?

How many agents and how many sports attend at present ?

Who never undersands the peculiar state of affairs ?

How Sixth street happened to become famous for its dogs ?

Who in all the world the “eastern queen” is ?

When the S}rnod will give us a music teacher ?

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As our school m . days. at the North,. western University are fast approaching their end, thoughts of the many happy days we have spent here and the friendships we have made bring with them regrets that we are soon to absent our­ selves from the pleasant associations.

We will have to dispense with the gym­ nasium, from which so much pleasure which our base ball players have many victories, and on which we jiave Spent so many happy days in various ssports. We must bid good-bye" to one o f the most charming spots in Watertown dear to the students of the N. W. U., to the college lawn, dotted with maples, bass, elms, evergreens, poplars, catalpas, willows, lilacs, amidst whose emerald foliage may be heard the melodious songs of birds mingled with t)ie poetical reverberation of our poet’s pen./We must bid farewell to ‘‘Swamp, Jim and Duff”, to our dear old “Daddy ' * with a special fervor, to our faithful “Chaunticleer”, who, unlike other roost­ ers, forgot to crow at early dawn, and to “Zipser”, who, wc understand, has made a resolution nevermore to be late.

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On March 4th Prof, and Mrs. Weimar gave the senior class a reception.

For several weeks the measles kept our sick rooms filled, but no one was seriously ill.

On March 28th the second daughter of Prof. 0. Hover was taken ill with diphtheria and' consequently he was obliged to excuse his classes for some time. We are glad to sav that the patient is fully recovered, and' that the disease did not spread anv farther, The celebration of the 100th anniver­ sary of Emperor William I. was a grand affair. At six o’clock P. M. the N. W. U. military company and band together witli the Watertown Independent Band leda parade through the main streets, arriving at Turner Hall at about 7.30 o’clock. There president A. F. Ernst delivered a masterly oration to one of the largest audiences that house has ever seen. The best features of the remainder of the programme were the

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March 28th Professor J. Koehler went to Milwaukee to deliver an address.before the Wartburg Jungmaenner-Verein.

His subject was : “The Constant Con­ tentions of the German Emperors against the Pope.”

During Easter vacation several of the students of the theological seminary of Wauwatosa visited us. Among them the Messrs. Whitefoot, Gehrn, Witt, and Herrmann.

Mr. Schaucr, the first captain of our military company, also paid us a visit recently.

Meyer’s shoe store, headquarters for reliable foot wear. _ r .

Just as most of our boys were preparing to leave for their respective homes to spend the Easter vacation the sad news arrived here that one of the stu­ dents, Charles I'lcsner, had died of con­ sumption on April 14th at the home of his parents in Watertown. The funeral took place the following Saturday, and the students, spending their vacation here, participated in corporc. The dcceased was 17 years of age and was es­ teemed alike by his teachers and com­ rades. He was a member of the senior class of the Preparatory Department.

The three main buildings have been furnished with a fine system of electric bells connected with a clock, donated to the institution by rof. \\. F. W eimar.

I he new arrangement has already proved itself a great convenience ly introducing scheduled time and has been found to' promote punctuality exccllentlv. ., ' ' , ,, , .

Although the weather was somewhat unlriendly, Arbor Dav received all due attention here. The boys all did their best to improve the aspect of the grounds, and a great many trees were transplanted from different nurseries.

On May' 7th Rev. J. Meyerfrom Beaver Dam paid us a visit.

Air. W. Herrmann of the class of’95 delivered two excellent sermons after Easter in the English language at Rev. Brockmami’s church.

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Mr. F. Hemp of the Freshmann class, who returned to college after an illness of five months, again became ill and W1* no^ attend recitations this term, May 14th and 15th the N. W. U. Base Ball team crossed bats with the Con­ cordia College team of Milwaukee in three games. In the first our boys were defeated by a score of 20 to 9. In the second game our boys were ahead two scores in the 5th inning, when the Concordias were dissatisfied with a decision of the umpire and forfeited the game 9 to 0. The third game proved an easy task for our boys. Hcimerl’s pitching puzzled the Concordias from beginning to end and N. W. U. came out victorious 16 to 3.

Rev. Wm. A. Sadtler, Ph. D., who/ taught at our college from 1883-1884, js 11Qw instructor in Greek and Philosophv at the Chicago Lutheran Theologieal Seminary. Dr. Sadtler also has charge of a congregation in Chicago.

Dr. E. A. Petzel, who attended our Alma Mater for a number of years, is at present professor of Philosophy and Teutonic languages at Augustana Col­ lege, Canton, South Dakota.

Mr. Arthur Hoermann, class ’90, stu­ dent at the university of Berlin, Ger­ many, will return to his home in Watertown this summer, Mn juK H. Geweke, for many years a membcr of class ’97> recently graduated from the Law School of Northwestern University at Chicago. Mr. Geweke has already opened a law office in Chicago, “ y At the last meeting of the Wisconsin' state legislature a bill was introduced to vacate the old graveyard adjoining our college grounds. The bill passed, but as Vet nothing has been done in the inatter.—Manv old recollections are connected with that cemetery, and perhaps nianv Qf our readers still recollect the hour's thev spent under the shadv trees that make the place so attractive. The old graveyard is still a favorite haunt of the boys, where they spend many a leisure hour undisturbed, enjoying the serene and quiet surroundings, and lis­ tening to the merry singing of the birds-

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% Our bicycle riders made several extensive tours into the surrounding country lately.

Photographing was in vogue this 3rear.

Quite a number of students possess cameras, and many excellent pictures were taken.

On Tuesday, May 25th, a committe of the board of trustees of our college met in this city. Those present were Rev. A. Pieper, Rev. K. Machmuellerand Mr. H. Graebner.

Through the kindness of the Hon. Wm. F. Vilas, ex-U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, our library has received a complete set of the extensive war records, published by the U. S. government.

Mr. Albert Kuhn, member of class ’95, who was teaching at Ixonia, left for his home in Minnesota.

Mr. Domfeld was called to Beaver Dam by the death of his uncle.

Foot-form shoes at Meyer’s shoe store.

While playing ball Mr. Bergliolz had a collision and received a deep gash above his eye, which was sewed by Dr. Frank, a former student of this institu­ tion who is now practicing medicine in town.

The diamond has again been put in good condition after a well known “diamond maker” of Watertown had tried his skill and spoiled it. The city of Watertown allowed us the use of their road-scraper to get the diamond in condition.

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about eight}' of all colors and sizes, They seem to be very tame and do not mind visitors, at least when they are at their meals.

Pentecost Monday the band went to Columbus to furnish music at the schooL picnic of Rev. Koch’s congregation.

On Frida}', June 18th, the A Capella choir will give a concert, which will be attended by many of our boys.

Best assorted stock of foot-wear in the city at Meyer’s shoe store.

Miss M. . Ernst, ’96, . from _ ^ the . Wisconsin .. .

University spent the Easter holidays at home, The graduates of’96 are all attending some institution. Messrs. Engel, Kasper, Martin and Oehlert at the seminary in Wauwatosa ; Messrs. Meibohm, Sic­ ker and Schulze at the seminary at St. Louis. Mr. Albrecht is at New Ulm, Minn. Miss M. Ernst is taking a post­ graduate course at Madison. Mr. B. Hoermann is studying medicine at the Michigan University,

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Mr. J. Mark worth of class ’97 will soon return home from Michigan, where he has been teaching' school.

February 18th Dr. Notz went to Milwaukee to deliver an address to the young men’s society of St. John’s Lutheran congregation. His subject was : ‘’Recent Excavations in Babylon.”

On May 2. Prof. J. Gamm spoke to the WartMr. W. Bethke, member of class ’94, burg Jungmacnner-Verein at Milwaukee ou “True is taking a course of music at Milwaukee Americanism.” from Prof. Boeppler. \ Our college closes this year on Tuesday, June Messrs. P. Guenther, H. Jaeger and Tuesday forenoon^ Krause were here to see the games he- the afternoon our military company will fight tween N. W. U. and Concordia College a s^am battle on the college campus, and later in the afternoon the Alumni association will hold \ Among-his live stock Mr. C. Hein- its annual meeting. bokel has a fine lot of hares. He began t-4” f"c"rfds °f arf cordi?'',y invited •, i . , , , .

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NOTED VOICES. Peculiarities in the Notes of Distinguished, Personages 1 j • Lord liacon had a voice described by one of his contemporaries as very smooth and oily.”

Henry VIII. had a voice so gruff that it earned f°r the sobriquet of “Bluff King Hall.”

Garrick had an exceedingly flexible voice, and could mimic any one he ever heard speak.

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Bunyan had what'was called a persuasive voice.

He never scolded in his sermons.

Goldsmith had a singing voice of great purity, and it was a treat to hear him render an Irish air which he did in inimitable style.

I>r. Johnson had a loud, harsh, dictatorial voice. When excited in argument lie raised his voice and overwhelmed his opponent by its strength.

Talleyrand could throw more pathos into a single word than another man could express in a dozen sentences. Ho was a master of elocution.

Moore could “Ring like an angel”. He sang his own love songs with such effect that a lady friend once stopped him in the midst of one of his best efforts. “House stop, Mr, Moore; this is not good for my soul ” Stentor, from which we have the word stento­ rian, was a Greek herald in the Trojan war, fa­ mous for his tremendous voice. Homer says he was “great-hearted, brazen-voiced, and could shout ns loud as fifty men.”

Stephan A. Douglas had a magnificent bass voice that would have made his fortune on the opera stage. The manner in which he bellowed forth “Fellow-citizens” at the beginning of a speech was never equaled by any public speaker.

Webster had a full, clear, resonant voice that could be heard by 10,000 people at once. His style of delivery was impressive, und his tricks of oratory were inimitable. Whenever lie was about to make a telling point, he would pause for what sinned a long time, in order to secure the full attention of his auditors.

Omen Elizabeth had the coarse tones of a man.

If one heard her speak while out of sight, it was difficult to say whether the voice belonged to a man or to a woman. Her manners were very rude, and she often swore, and sometimes cuffed and pinched the maids of honor until they cried from mortification and pain.

Burke spoke in a monotone, and the splendid orations that are cited as models of English com­ position, were listened to by few auditors. So dull was his delivery that he was called the “Din­ ner Bell of the House,” because when he rose to speak the greater part of the members at once went out, preferring to read the speech later than to listen to his sing-song voice.

The Authors. _ Fielding is said to have written "Tom Jones" In three months.

Do Foe is said to have written "Robinson Crusoe” in six months.

Cowper required throe days for the production of "John Gilpin”.

Motley took six years to write "The Rise of the Dutch Republic."

George Eliot is said to have written "Middlemarch" In four months.

Eugene Sue required eighteen months to produce the “Wandering Jew.” Hawthorne spent from 6 montns to a year iu the composi­ tion of each of his romances.

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Dante began his poem, “The Divine Comedy.” almost thirty yearn before he finished It. Thompson required three years of time to write, revise, and finish “The Seasons."

Mrs. Clark required sixteen years to prepare the “Concor­ dance to ShakeBpcare.”

Smith employed the odd hours of over two years In work on the ••’Tale of a Tub." Von Ranke Is said to have devoted nearly thirty years to his great work, "The Lives of the Popes."

Grote Is reported to have spent fifteen years in the work of preparing and writing his "History of Greece."

Byron spent the leisure hours of nearly four y«ears In the preparation of the first two cantos of “Chllde Ha rold."

Charles Lamb would write one of his essays In an evening, after a day spent at his desk In the East India office.

Glhhou devoted over twenty years of his life to the labor of reading for ami writing the "Dei-line and Fall of the Roman Empire." It Is one of the most stupendous liter­ ary feats ever accomplished by the labor of one man.

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Grood. Name.

Asker to Fisher, who is returning empty handed from a fishing trip with a dog at his heels —"What do yon call your dog ?"

Fisher — " Fish."

Asker — “Why, that's a funny name for a dog. Whatmade you give it to him ?"

Fisher—"Because he won’t bite."

Tat — "Oi want to get a pair of shoes for th’ bye."

Clerk — "Certainly, sir: French Kid ?”

Pat — "No, sir, lie's an Irish kid 1”

Teacher : "Xow. Willie, do you know who wrote Paradise Lost ?"

Willie — "Yes'in. Milton."

Teacher — "What else did he write ?”

Willie — "Paradise Alley."

Young man (to clerical-looking gentleman on train) "Pardon me sir. but this young Indy and I are elopers and auxious to be married. Can’t you perform the ceremony ?

Conductor (over his shoulder) — "Hold on, young fellow" The management dont allow any tie-up on this road I — [Texas .SiftiugsJ. Smart boy (to teacher): "Who was the strnightest- man in the world ?"

Teacher : "I dont know. Why ?”

Smart boy: "David was. because they made a ruler out of him."

Student to professor : "In bringing my composition over I got it wet, sir. as l had no umbrella. Do yo want me to recopy it ?"

Professor : "Oh, no. not at all! I daresay I shall find it dry enough when 1 read it."

A young man who stutters, enters a drug store.

"I want,” he says, "some syrup of hip-ip-ip-ip— “Hurrah!" replied the mischievous young drug clerk be­ hind the counter.

Sunday School Teacher—"Who made all these beautiful fields and mountains ?"

Tommy — "I dont know. We just moved here.”

“Percivnl." said the teacher, "can you tell me anything, about the shape of the earth V" "Only whut m.v father found out In the newspaper.”

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Johnson (rushing into Dr. Curem’R office) — “Say, aoctah, •what dat med'cln you done give me for do baby las’ «i’ ?

Dr. Curem (pompously) — Oh, that was Just a little tinct.

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Johnaon — Tlukopoy eye? That mus’ been link ehuyte oye. He ain’t opey eye since. He dead !

Appropriately Named.

“V reckons," said the old colored man, “dat I better change de name o’ dat mule."

"It doesn't make much difference about what you call a mule, does it ?"

"No. But I likes ter hab It somethin' 'proprintc. Did yon ebber huyah tell ’bout sukcumstances ober which you had no control ?"

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Introduction.

After an intermission of three months y our Black and Red, the only college organ of the Synodical Conference and the sole bi-lingual college periodical of the West, herewith makes its second appearance.

Though it is but in the first stages of infancy it has already succeeded in se­ curing a goodly number of devoted friends. From sundry sources our first number has been tendered complimen-

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tary and encouraging remarks. It has, on the whole, been accorded a kind re­ ception, which induces us to surmise that the present issue will be looked for­ ward to with yearning and hailed with delight by its patrons. We entertain hopes thatthis publication will continue to acquire many new subscribers and gain access to the literary domains, not only of those that are attached to their Alma. Mater b3r the links of maternal love, but also of such as take interest in the achievements of our institution and have her welfare at heart.

Let this organ serve as a rallying point for alumni, former students, and friends that espouse our cause. Fain shall we accept communications, contri­ butions, and correspondences in reference not only to the Northwestern Univer­ sity, but to all colleges and educational institutions of the Synodical Conference.

All queries propounded to us, apper­ taining to our college, its annals, and students shall receive due attention and, where possible, immediate replies in our columns. May each number of the Black and Red exceed its predecessor in awakening interest in the hearts of our friends and in accomplishing its design.

May Providence impregnate the edi­ tors with zealous spirits and may he strengthen them in order to be compe­ tent to perform their editorial functions.

Back at College.

After a vacation of about ten weeks nearly all the students have again ar­ rived. Although the number of new

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students is not so large as this institution is accustomed to have, we may still be satisfied. We hope that in the course of the year more young men will apply for admittance.

The work of our college goes bravely on. The professors again resumed their tasks. The students too began with new vigor and vim. Those who have not quite met the expectations of their teachers have made new resolutions.

We hope that they will earnestly endeavor to fulfill them. It will be fortheir sole benefit, the}7 will thenat the end of tlie year have the pleasing consciousness of having done their dut}7, and the blessing of God will always be with them, This will gladden the hearts of their teachers as well as those of their parents and friends.

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After considerable discussion the decision was rendered in the Juniors’ favor.

In most all colleges the equipment of the hall for the commencement exercises is customarily attended by pomp and splendor. Our hall was not draped with colors and ribbons, the walls were not hung with magnificent pictures, claborate paintings, andotherappurtenanCes; even the proscenium was devoid of floral decorations. All this was deemed non-essential by the managers, knowing that the brilliancy of the graduating class would be sufficiently imposing. */Our hall was resplendent in classical *' simplicity.

When at ten o’clock in the forenoon of Commencement Exercises. the fixed day a large audience had conThe capital and most engerlv craved gregated, consisting of relatives and acevent of the college vear is undoubtedlv quaintances of the graduates, ol a lumni, As men of the clerical profession, and other the annual commencement day. soon as Aurora makes her appearance friends of the institution, the Nortlion that day all about the premises of western University Band opened the the college is in a bustle and stir. Smiles grand occasion wit a an overture. As v flickering over the physiognomy even of soon as the last vibrations gradually the most sombre and melancholv str- subsided, all eyes were fixed on the pro­ dent are noticeable. And why should scenium. Besides the Class ot ’9< this this be otherwise? Is he not making was occupied by the venerable Faculty, preparations for the journey to his the Rev. von Rohr, President oi the Wishorae, singing Home, Sweet Home? consin Synod, the Rev. Bading, Chair-, This extraordinary day is of still man of the Board of Trustees, Prof. C.t>* weightier moment to the senior class Notz of the Theological Seminary at than to undergraduates. On that occa- Milwaukee, and the Reverend Messrs, sion they are called upon to act their Knuth and Pieper. final scene in the drama that completes A blessing was invoked upon the astheir happy college life. Now that diffi- serably by Rev. Knuth, and Prof. A. F. cult hour has eventually arrived m Ernst, President of the Northwestern which the}7 are necessitated to decide for University, introduced Mr. H. Ritz, the themselves what sphere of life to enter, first orator of the day, who, in the Latin where to launch in this wide world, in language, rendered palpable Quod de order to become capable of paddling Tacito, optimo rerum Germanorum their own canoe and of benefiting man- scriptore, sitjudicandum. This accompkind. lislied . the grand choir proceeded to the The day fixed for the commencement proscenium and rendered a German song exercises of the Class of ’97 was the that excited animation in the next speatwenty-second day of June. According ker. This was Mr. E. Eckelmann who to the custom hitherto observed in this sketched the astounding achievements institution, the preliminan7 arrange- in the church, state, and pedagogy of ments were attended to by the Junior Philip Melanchton, praeceptor Germa-

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niae. The subsequent number of the acters in the minds of the graduates of programme that fascinated the whole ’97. May they ever cherish good wishes audience, was a violin solo tendered by for their Alma Mater and let her occupy Mr. Martens with piano accompani- a secure nook in their hearts, and let her ment by Prof. Hardege of Watertown, remain dear to them, so that we can When the clatter of applause ceased the appropriately say of the Northwestern third and last orator of the day, Mr. F. University, as the great Webster once Notz, stepped forward and delivered an remarked of Dartmouth, “although she oration on the Geistigc Erhehung is small she has those who love her.”

Dentschlands nach der Untcrdrucckung We wish our comrades that have sucdurcli Napoleon. In conjunction with ceeded in reaching the goal of their amtliis was spoken the valedictory. bition the best of success in their future All three speakers testified that the vocation, languages arc still in bloom at the Northwestern, and that an assiduous study throughout a college course is Song of Degrees. eventually crowned with success. After Each midsummer sees another song by the choir the President Flutter forth on the breeze. of the University made an address Thick as leaves on the trees, wherein he depicted the agitation of our The fledgeling A. B.’s, present time and its redress.

Followed fast as we gaze By the flock of M. A.’s, Now the gladdest and most anxiously And the gentle B. D.’s desired moment in the history of the Since devotees Class of’97 was at hand. How elated To the cure of the soul, were their spirits when their diplomas, Helped by the M. B.’s Who the body control. the fruits of seven years’ diligent and The clerical B.’s painstaking labor, were distributed to If they buzz with grace them, and the degree Baccalaureus ArWill soon hum with D. D.’s tiuni Liberarum was conferred upon Or soar to the place Of high S. T. P.’s them ! These fortunate young men were The mcdicallB.’s the following twelve: Julius W. BergSwell into M. D.’s. hob, Kewaunee, Wis.; Emil Dornfeld, Then stalk through the crowd Lebanon, Wis.; Ernest 0. Eckeltnann, And scare all disease When they’re peppered with proud Milwaukee, Wis.; Herman H. FleischProfessorial P.’s. fresser, Milwaukee, Wis., Edward C. Then come music degrees, Frederick, Jefferson, Wis.; Charles E. Mus. Doc.’s and Mus. B.’s Guenther, Oeonomowoc, Wis.; Gustave And the Fiddle D. D.’s; Philosophic degrees, Haase, Ixonia, Wis.; Arthur H. HalfB. Se »s, Ph. D.’s, mann, New York City, N. Y ; Gustave (Some mere shams, for fees).

Kuhn, Hanover, Minn.; Charles Lemke, And such great LL.D.’s Wausau, Wis.; William F.Notz. WaterAs wrap Cleveland around.

It’s a catching disease, town, Wis.; Herman C. Ritz, Madelia, Naught our pride will appease Minn.

Till with Titles we’re crowned Upon the distribution of diplomas fol­ And bedecked with Degrees. lowed the benediction. As the final number of theprogrammea grand finale @rt)C&una 3>cu<fd)lattb3 played by the N. W. U. Band concluded $ic nod) Der Uutcrbrt'ufuufl burd) the celebration of the commencement exercises of the Class of 1897.

9iapolC0tn The unusual exuberance of handsome bouquets and baskets of beautiful flow6ci bet 3af,leSfd,ru6icicr am 22. 3„m ers tendered the sundry graduates re•> #on m g. Jlo jun. 3 vealed the fact that a large and appre............... ciative audience was present.

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3Uc mar Teutfdilanb fo ticf gcbcugt aid jur 3^it ber uapolconifd)cn (^ciualtl)crrfd)ait 311 5Infang unfred 3a^v^un^cv^’ ®;'c ^Cld5 fd)en gttrftcn maren ober patten fid) 311 ge* porfamcn Sairapcn bed fremben .spcrrfdjcrd erniebrigt. 3brc 23olfcr murben burd) $riegd« foutributionen faft 31m Tc^mciflung gctricben ober nergoffen unter Spanicnd (Slutpimmcl ober auf ifiuplaubd cifigeu (Scfilbcn ilir '-Bint fur ben uucrfdttlid)cn (Sl)rgci^ bed Gorfen. £md) unb 9Ucbrig loar bon fran3ofifcpen Spioncu umlaucrt, unb mandicr pod)pcr3ige 33iirgcr mupte fcinc Sficbc 3m* angeftammten ^cimat mit Jlcrferpaft, ja mil bcm Tobc biipcn ober in bcr grcuibe Sdjup fud)cn.

Unb biefe cntmiirbigcnbc .ftncd)tung mar nid)t bad cin3tgc (Slcitb, unter bcm Tcutfd)= lanb bamald fdimadjtctc. 97id)l minber litt cd an cincr feit ©cncrationcu inuncr mepr um fid) greifenben inneren gfiujfup unb 3crs fal)rcnl)cit. Tcutfdjlanb mar ja feit longer 3cit in un3al)ligc Heine gUrftcntiiincr 3cr* fplittcrt; bcr 9lad)bar fal) bcgcprlid) auf bed 9tad)bard iianb, ftetd bereit mit frember .ftilfc ben Stanbdmann 311 ubermdltigcn, bic £dnbcr= gicr unb ber Tt)naftenftol3 bcr gropen ^yi\r= ftcngcfd)led)ter bebropten bad 9leid) mit gdu3lid)em 3erfaUc. Tie ^ciulnip cined foldicn Staatdlebcnd be* gann bereitd ben red)tfd)affcncn iOolfddiarafs ter 311 3crftorcn. 9ludldnberei,'Jiadiaffiiug bcr ^ran3ofeu, Unglaube unb unpatriotifd)e ©c= finnung naljmeit meljr unb mcl)r iibcrl)anb.

Ter ©ebanfe an cin allgcmcincd bcutfd)ed picid) mar ben ©emuiern faft gcii^lid) ent* fdjmunbcn. X{cin anbered 33oii: marb jc= maid fo gcmaltfam fid) felbcr unb feincr (§e= fd)id)tc entfrembct.

Selbft '43rcupcn, bcr grofjtc unb anfdiciucnb frafcigftc beutfdic Staat, l)attc fid) bcr a(lge= mehien IBerberbnid nidjt cnt3ogeu unb £ranftc an cincm fteifen, fleinlidien uub Iraftlofcu 3opjmcfcn, an einem feid)tcn, cbenfo pod)* miitigen mie troftlofen Unglaubcn. 9)lit bcr Dliebcrlagc bei 3e>m unb Slucrftdbt bradjen aud) fcinc morfd?en Stiipen 3ufammcn unb fd)ouungolod, mic fein anbred i.'anb marb ed bon 'Jtapoleon mipbanbclt. Ter griebc bon Tilfit be3cid)nete ben bollftciubigcn 3l,s fammenbrud) ber bon ^rtcbi'irf) bcm ©ropen gcfdjaifcnen 6ropmad)tftcllung ^preupend.

Unb bodi marb and) biefe Sdjanbe unb biefe tfued)lfd)aft nad) (Sotted TC'illcn 311m

.©cUc* filr Tcutfdjlanb. Tad naporcomfdjc Strafgcridjt brad)tc bad crfdjlafftc 33oIl: 3ur (§iufid)t; Tcutfdjlanb gebad)tc mieber feincr alien ©roue unb .perrli_d)fcit, ed molltc fid) mieber crobern, mieber frei merben. Tie am geftammte gcrmanifdic. i?iebc 3111* greipeit nad) aupen unb nad) iuucn crmadjtc aufd none uuter bent uucrporteu TrucE. Gillen bculfdicu Stdmmcu tain cd ineljr unb ntepr 311111 JBemuptfcin, bap fie (Since 23lutcd feien unb mtr burd) treued unb fefteo 3uinmmcnballen iid) bcr geinbe bon aupen criueljrcu fonnen, bag aber and) bad gccinle Teutfd)* lanb mil bcm @d)mert in bcr .spanb nur (Soil, aber uiemaub in bcr '-Well 311 furdjtcu brand)!. Ten 'J3organg in bcr (Srp'ebung ge* gen bad frembe Jod) ntadilc ^3rcupcn. Go cutfeplid) feiu gall, fa gropartig mar bic XBicberauferftcpung biefed Gloated. 9 lie hat ciu .Ubuig unb cin '-Bolt' cin (cud)tcnbcrcd 23ei= fpicl gegeben, mic man cine 'Jiicbcrlagc gut mad)t, mic man bcgangcuc gcplcr ertenut unb abftcllt. Ter grope Staatdmann grci= perr bon Stein, bom jlonig 311111 erften '.Ul\* nifter berufen, unb feiu 'Jladjfolgcr .ftarben* berg batten ben urgermanifdjcu Trang nad) grcipcit bou fleiulicpcm 3,ua,llV uad) mbg* lidjft freicr Sclbfttpdtiglcit bed (Siii3clucn mic bcr luirgerlidjcn (Semeinbe riditig crlanut unb fallen in feincr 'Befriebigiiug bic crftc unb ibidjtigftc iBebingung 311 ucuciu politi* fdicn iieben. (Sine i){eil)C ber mobltbatigftcn iHeformen auf itaatdmirtbfdjaftlidicm (sebiete lourbc bon biefeu lb I dime rn burdigciiihrt.

3^ulflevc 9Jlduner, bie bic iHuforbcrungcu ber 3eit 311 miirbigcu muptcu, tratcu an bic Stcllc bcr iBertreter bed alien 3bpfrcgimcntd unbmurben mit ben mid)tigftcu'Bcribaltungd* cimtcru betraut. Ter gan3c Staatdbicuft uuirbe ueu georbnet.

Tic 'XBalil bed 33erufd, bic (Srmerbung bon (Sigeutt)um murbeu ben 'Biirgcrn frei gegeben, Jeuballaftcn’uub bie crblidjc Untcrtl)dnigl:eit ber Sauern abgcfdjafft, bcr Grunbfap bcr Selbftbcrmaltung bcr Stabtgemeinben burd) fclbftgcmdblte 'JJiagiftrate, unb ber 5probins 3C11 burd) ^>robiii3ialftdubc unirbc burd)gc= fiil)rt. 3U ullem biefem ging 'Breupen boran uub nad) unb uad) fdjloffcn fid), menu and) bielfad) 3ogcrnb, and) bie flciueren Staateu ^reupend 93organgc an : 1.S20 murbe enblid) uud) in -Dtcctlcnburg bic S!cibcigenfd)aft gc= jepHd) aufgcljobcn.

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THE BLACK AND RED. burd) cine griinblidjcrc ©djnlung bcr ©olba* ten nub bcfonberd bee SDffi^icre luurbc ber ©rnnb c^elcQt nidjt nur 311 ber Bicbcriucr* fuug 'Jtapolcond in ben Bcfreinngdfriegen fonbern mid) lucitcr Ijinaud 311 'jkcuftcno grogartigen fricgcrifdjen ©rfolgcn in ber 3iucitcn Abdlfte iinfrcd ^afjrljnnbcrtd, bic bic ©riinbung cincd nenen bcutfdjcn .Uaiferrcidjd miter '43rcugcn3 Jyiiljrung Ijcrbcifiiljrten. ©d gcreidjtc bnmalo feljr uielcit ©ebilbeten 311m Xroft, fid) in bic Xicfcn ber Bljilofopfjic, in bie id)one Xraumiuelt bcr '.JJoefic, in bic t)iftorifd)C ©rinnernng ber niton '-Kelt oDcr in bad 0tubium bcr 'Jtatur 311 oerfenfen, nm bariiber bie uuangcnefjme ©cgcniuart 311 oergeffen. 'Jlnbcrc luicbernm cniflanuntc gc* rabc bic Sdjmad) bed Batcrlanbed 311m bcgciftcrnbcn ©d)lad)tlieb, 311c 3iinbcnben Webc an bic ftnbircnbe Jngcnb nnb an bic ©ebilbclcn bcr 'Ration mitten nntcr ben feinbs lidjen Bajoneltcn nnb trot; a Her ©pione nnb •V)dfd)cr bed Xcfpotcn, bit' jebe berartige Rcgnng 311 nnterbriiddi fudjlen. 0o fain eo, bag and) bcutfdje 'XUiffcnfdjaft nnb .fhmft mitten in bcr grbf;tcn ©rtiicbrignng bed Ba= tcrlaubeb aufo ncuc anfbliil)tcn nnb oor aU leni bic Xidjttunft luicbcr 311 tlaffifdjcr Apolje cinporfticg. Bor atlcni regten 3d)i(lerd freilicitdlicbc|ibc Xiamen bic ©eifter an 311m .Uampf fiir bic ^reiljcit. Xljeobor .tfbrncvd nnb anbercr ©djladjtliebcr begeifterten bic in ben .Uampf 3icl)cnbcn 0d)arcn. .Ocibelbcrg lonvbc bic UfUege bcr romanlifd)Cn 0djule, bic fid) in bic .Ocrrlidjfcit bcr altcn bcimifd)cn 3agcn nnb ©efdjidjte ucrticftc, nm mit nenem ©clbftucrtraucn in bcr ©cgcniuart 311 ldmpfen. Xnrd) ailed, load biefc Xidjter bed nenen Xcutfdjlanbd badjtcn nnb trdnmicn, gcljt cin ,«^ng l)iftorifd)cr Bietdt, cin bciuufj* ter ©egenfao 311 bcr Berftanbedbilbung nnb bcr 'I'flegc bcr craftcn BUffcnfdjaft im napo= Iconifdjcn 'Jicid).

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Xied bciudljrfe fid) bamald and) an bem bentfdicn Bolfe. Xic Xljronc bcr giirftcn luaren luanfenb geiuorbcn, nnb mandjc it)* rcr 3nD«Lcr (ernten il)rc ^poffnnng nnb iljren Xroft im ©tnrm ber ^eiten anf ©ott fetjen nnb bem tcid)tfinnigen fran3ofifd)cn ©cifte, ber friil)cr bie giirftcnljofc bcljerrfdjt tjatte, abfagen. ©d tuar cine bcnfiuiirbigc ©tnnbe, aid bic brei uerbnnbeten URonardjen uon Ruftlanb, Defterreidj nnb 'jltenfjcn nntcr bem ucrljallenbcn Atanonenbonner ber 2eip3iger ©d)lad)t fid) anf bic Atnicc luarfen nnb ©ott fiir ben ©icg bcr gnten ©adje banften. gcicrlidj gclobtcn fie im 1815 einan* bcr nnb crfldrten offenflid) im 2lngefidjte bcr U\'clt, fie tuollcn fid) bei alien Ujrcit’ fUnftigen Rcgicrungdljanblungen bic ©ebotc ber djrift* lidjen Religion 311c Ridjtfdjnur ncljmcn, lualjre Rater iljrer 'Bolter fein, ©credjtigfeit iiben, bic djriftlidje Bruberliebe nnter ben Bolfern forbern nnb ben a'ricbcit crljaltcn.

5lnd) bad arme migljanbclte Bolt —oljne* bied uom ©cifte bcr ungldubigcn, fogenann* ten Ijoljcrcn RJiffcnfdjaft tueniger beriiljrt — Ijatte cine ticfgcljenbc religiofe Bciuegung er* griffon. Untcr ©ebet nnb mit bem ©djladjt* rnf „'JJtit ©ott fiir Alonig nnb Batcrlanb" 30* gen bic ©djaren in ben Atampf. Xie ©enni* ter fanben ben rcidjften Xroft in bem lante* ren Born bed gottlidien BJorted, ben iljnen bic itteformation bcr .ftirdjc luicbcr erfdjlof* fen Ijatte. Xad cuangclifdjc Bolt lernie fci= nen Inti), ilatedjidmnd nnb feine Ijerrlidjen altcn Atirdjenlieber luicbcr fdjdpen nnb Ueben. ^reilid) lange follte iljnen biefer Quell nnge* triibt nid)t fliefjen. Xie Ijcilige 2lUian3 er* mangcltc bed feften Bobend cined gefnnben nnb reinen Befenntniffed nnb fonnte fo anf bie Xaner nidjt fegendreid) luirfen. ^iuar feierten giirften unb Bolter bic 3. 3l,kclie*er ber 'IteTormation im 3a^cc 1817, aber ba* maid begann in ^prenfjen and) bic llnter? briicfniig ber Intljerifdjen Xtirdjc bnrd) bie gciualtfame ©infiiljrnng bcr Union. Unter iljrcm Xrnrf faljen fid) ©djaren trencr Intljc* rifd)er (Sljriften genotigt, eine anbere ipeimatl) anf3nfnd)en, luo cd iljnen ucrgbnnt iuar ilj* ren ©ottedbienft ungeftort 311 iiben unb ifjrc icure lutljcrifdje ^irdje auf3ubauen. Xied luaren unfcrc Borudter, bie bic lutljcrifdje 31ird)C reinen Befenntniffed Ijicr in 3(mcrifa griinbeten, Unb iljnen, il)rcm ©lanbcndcifer uerbanfen luir ed ncidjft ©otted gnabiger

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Curious Facts Concerning Sound.

An inquiry was recently made in London as to thegreatest distance at which a man’s voice could be heard, leaving, of course, the telephone out of considcration. The reply was most interesting, and was as follows : ‘‘Eighteen miles is the longest distance on record at which a man’s voice has been heard. This occurcd in the Grand Canon of the Colorado, where one man shouting the name ‘Bob* atone end his voice was plainly heard at the other end which is eighteen miles away. Licutenant Foster, on Peary’s third arctic cxpedition found that he could converse with a man across the harbor of Port Bowen, a distance of 6,090 feet, or about one mile and a quarter ; and Sir John Franklin said that he conversed with ease at a distance of more than a mile. Dr. Young records that at Gibralter the human voice has been heard at a distance of ten miles.” ‘‘Sound has remarkable force in water.

Colladon, by experiments made in the Lake of Geneva, estimated that a bell submerged in the sea might be heard a distance of more than sixty miles.

Franklin says that he heard the striking together of two stones in the water half a mile awa}r. Over watr or on a surface of ice sound is propagated with great clearness and strength. Dr. Hut-

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ton relates that on a quiet part of the The other former student was Oscar Thames near Chelsea he could hear a per­ Pankow, son of Rev. Pankow of son read distinctly at the distance of Waterloo, Wisconsin.

Three years 140 feet, while on land the same could ago he attended our Alma Mater only be heard 76 feet. Professor Tyndall, from Christmas till beginning of when on Mont Blanc, found the report June, when he was forced to abandon of a pistol-shot no louder than the pop his studies on account of ill-health, and of a champagne bottle. Persons in a ever since he never recovered entirely. balloon can hear voices from the earth a Nevertheless he constantly cherished long time after they themselves are in­ hopes of coming back to college again, audible to people below.” — Harper’s blit that joy was not in store for him.

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His illness grew more serious every day and it was soon manifest that his days were numbered. The crisis finally came on the seventh of September, when he died of Bright’s disease at the home of Obituary. his parents. The funeral procession, in During the last months death has which also the faculty and some of the dealt out serious blows within our circle. students partook, started from Water­ Between the 29th ofJuly and the 7th of loo, passed Watertown, and then went September one active and two former to Lebanon, where the bodily remains students have been called by their of the deceased were interred.

Savior to enter his kingdom of peace.

The active member was Hermann Mat­ ch ow of Mankato, Minn , who was ^vofofoH Dei* <2Ujuttfl 2UumuL a member of last year’s Freshman Bcvchtd fld)<Utcn in g&otcrtohm Class. When lie left for home last June, am 22. 3uut 1897. lie was enjoying good health, and no one ever thought that he would so soon Diejc Siftung bcS 93crein3 fonb in ber left* be numbered among the dead. But after lid) gcfdpmtctten 21ula unfercr I’lhna 9Jtatec he had been home for some time, he ftatt. 21 lifter ben VlnftaltGprofefforcn unb me* noticed that his bodily weight and phy­ Ien anberen (Soften moftuteu bie folgenben sical strength were rapidly decreasing. BcreinGtnitqlieber ber Siftuug bet: 'Jlrof.

He nevertheless resolved to visit some £>. £opcr, 'Jlrof. (S. 'Jtoft, bic ^LJrofo. loftier, of his friends, who lived about twenty- Dr. Dll, S\. (Sruft, (Sainm, itUcimar, bic live miles away from his home. While P. P. Slug. 'JHcpcr, Bcrgmann, (Sftr. loftier, there lie suddenly became seriously ill, Bergemanu, groijlte, 9J leper, ^ageborn, and two weeks later he died of typhoid 2lb. §oper, gcunp, ©Snccte, 3* ©djtoarfc, fever on the 2Sth of August in the house 2l)oin, 3* Bliefernidit, 3- Brenner. of his friends. The students paid the 9tad)bctn bic Bcrfammlung burd) ben 23or* deceased their last tribute of honor by fiftenben, 3* loftier, <jur SDrbnung gerufen sending a beautiful anchor to the be­ unb ber Unter^cidjuete 311m 3eitmciligen ®c£re= reaved parents. tar ernanni luorben mar, murbe bas? 5pro* Of the former students the first that to to II ooriger Siftimg oerlefen unb ange= died was Theod. Hagedorn of this cit\’, nonunen. .pierauf tciltc ber Borfiftcnbe mit, who abandoned his studies four years baft jeftt 25 3al)re ber ^djrtftdtigt'cit be3 ago, after having passed the senior class &crrn Dr. 9tot* an biefer Ulnftalt Dcrfloffcn of our preparatory department. Put feieu.

Die gafultcit ftabe im Sluftragc bc6 §crrn the last scene in the drama of his life was soon to be acted. His health failed ©pnobalprdfeG cine geter arrangiert, um bie* him, and in a short time it was obvious feis (SrctgniS feftlid) 311 begeften, Don mcld;er that he would be a victim of consump­ cin Dcil mit ber 2Uumni[iftung ftiifammen* tion. His physical conditions grew fa lie (Sr ftabc fid) erlaubt, cine Autfdje 311 /* worse day by day, and on the 29th of beftcflcn, mit mcldjer ber .sperr Doctor unb (Semaftlin abgefyolt merben follteu. (Sr em# July he passed away in peace.

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Tie §crrcu uctlicgcu fofort bic Rcrfammhmg utn b’ctt Huftrag aitdftufdjyren. Apicrauf mur* ben folgcnbc Jpcrrcit aufgcnomntcn: 3tofc, ©. ©cEelmantt, 'Rib, jp. glcifdgrcger, ©. ©ucuttier, ©. Siulgt, ©. Scittfc, ©. greb* rid), ®. £»aafc, ©. Toritfclb, 3- ^Qcrghol^. $US ©Ijrcnmitglieb tuurbe ,§crr Rcd)tganmalt 3. ©cmctc non 9Jtorton ©roue aufgcnotn* men.

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Celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniver­ Ataffenbeftanb am 22. IJum 1897. $09.69 sary of Prof. F. W. A. Notz, Ph. D., Sr. 5D 11, ©djabmciftcr. at the Northwestern University.

3nt 3tnfd)Iug an ben ^affenberidjt tuurbc befd)Ioffcn, bent Turnuerciit bcr Slnftalt $75 An interesting feature of commence­ 3U lcit)cn. ment day at the Northwestern Univerjgierauf Iegtc Tr. 5Dtt ittt 3tatncit beg be* sity was the celebration of Dr. F. W. A. trcffctibcu itomitccg 33crid)t ab liber bic Note’s twenty-fifth anniversary as pro©riinbung cities „College Paper." (Sr fessor of the Greek and Hebrew languaberidjtcte, bag citx fold)eg ing iicbctt gc* ges at the above named institution. rufen tuorben fci. ©g crfdjcinc uutcr bem The Alumni society held its regular Xitel Black and Red unb tuerbe rebigtcrt annual meeting in the chapel of the Rcciuon etnem Slugfdjug aug ben jebcgntaligcn tation Hall at about two o’clock in the brei oberfteu ^llaffeu bcr 'Jluftalt ©g cut* afternoon, As soon as meeting was fpaun fid) cine Tebatte fiber bic grage, called to order, the chairman, Prof. J. tucldjc Stcllung ber herein biefer geitung Koehler, was authorized to appoint gegeuiibcr ciiiitcf)inc. RJdl)renb biefe grage two members to conduct Dr. Notz and bigfutiert tuurbc, trat bag 3»belpaar, Tr. his wife into the chapel, where the offi-

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cial part of the celebration was to take place. For this function Rev. E. Hoyer and Mr. H. Fleischfresser, B. A., wereappointed.

In the meantime the Alumni society carried on its regular business, but at the appearance of the persons sent for, all business discussions were dropped.

The worthy Professor was conducted to the dais, where a seat of honor was awaiting him. The chapel was decora­ ted as beautifully as never before: the walls and ceiling were richly draped with cloth in black and red, the emble­ matical colors of our college, and at divers places in the hall were flowers, such as amaryllis and other kinds of potted plants artistically arranged.

The assemblage present consisted of clergymen, most of whom were members of the Alumni society, and of a great multitude of other persons who had been invited to participate in the grand celebration that was to take place here.

As soon as Dr. Notzhad taken his seat, addresses of congratulation were made, touching the value of his past services as professor of the Northwestern Univer­ sity. Rev. Ph. von Rohr, the President and representative of the whole Synod, was the first to tender him congratula­ tions. Thereupon Rev. J. Fading, repre­ senting the Board of Trustees, occupied the rostrum and distinguished himself especially bv his brief but humorous de­ scription of the Professor’s life since his connection with the •institution. Next Prof. A. F, Ernst spoke in the name of the faculty, abounding in words of gra­ titude toward his generous and worthy colleague. A brief address was then made by Prof. J. Koehler, who had the honor of presenting to the venerable Pro­ fessor the gratuity of the Synod, which consisted in a beautiful landscape pain­ ting. This picture is an accomplishment of the competent painter Vianden of Milwaukee and deserves to be pro­ nounced first-class work in art. Here­ upon Rev. A. Pieper arose to speak a few congratulator\' words in the name of the Alumni society, and Mr. 0. Sonnemann followed suit by uttering in a brief address the wishes of welfare of all the active students. All these speeches and addresses regarding this rare occasion

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were deservingly laudatory and paid due tribute to the many valuable ser­ vices of the worthy Professor.

Overwhelmed from all sides by eulogies and congratulations Dr.Notz arosefrom his seat of honor heaving a deep breath caused by the unexpected favors so abundantly bestowed upon him and re­ sponded solemnly, giving his sincerest thanks to all. The official part of the celebration was the.n closed with a hymn.

For the evening the faculty had ar­ ranged a grand reception in the Recita­ tion Hall in honor of Dr. Notz, and over three hundred persons were present when the Guest of honor was intro* duced to them by Prof. A. F. Ernst. An opportunit}' was then given to extend individually congratulations to the venerable Professor.

The remainder of the evening was passed socially but informally, as there was no fixed programme. Everybody was at leisure to come and go at any time. For the necessary entertainment the faculty had provided by having en­ gaged Prof. Hardege’s orchestra to play for the evening, and a buffet luncheon consisting of all kinds of refreshments was constant^ served. All the guests were thus entertaining themselves, and the evening’s enjoyment was heightened still more when Rev. A. Sauer ofJuneau, introduced by Prof. A. F. Ernst as the poet of the day, recited a poem that he had written for this special occasion, wherein Dr. Notz’s life as professor at the institution was concisely described in a rather humorous and eulogistic manner. The poem was received with great applause by the whole assemblage and the Poet was crowned with glory.

So the evening swiftly passed when about ten o’clock a dreadful storm approached. For some time the thun­ der roared, peal upon peal came crack­ ing to the ground, and toward the end two thunderbolts struck the flag pole of the Recitation Hall in which at least half of the guests were yet present.

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Sebastian Bach. The longer we live, “Bach ought to be the dailv bread, and the more we know about music, the the shibboleth, the talisman, the panamore do we marvel how far m advance cea and ti,e <Yaclc nicCum’ of every of his age and countrymen he must have musiciail| and if that would or could be keen. the case, then music would be the art of Bach’s music contains everything we arts> as being not Net rightly treated, it prize inmusicto-day, rhythm, harmony, already an art and science combined, melody, counterpoint, tragedy, comedy, sent to us from heaven as a consoling humor, sublimity . He was familiar with mecpum between here and there, of every human feeling, and his music ex- which the Archangel is Bach.” presses them all in a masterly manner. ^jie Etude.

The value of his music for instruction purposes is*acknowledged by every one.

Edouard Remenyi, in an exchange has this to say about the value of Bach’s music for children : Testimonials of other Papers.

“Children of tender age who learn music, after having acquired thenecesVol. 1, No. 1, of the Black and Red, sary and elementary rudiments and a 16 page magazine published at the after having somehow learned to play Northwestern University, reached our the scales pretty smoothly, ought to be sanctum last Thursday. It will be pubput at once to play the two-voiced pieces lislied lour times a year, in English and so wonderfully full of jollity and simon- German. Besides matter of a local inpure invention by Sebastian Bach. A. terest to patrons and friends of the in­ child put to such a task in a playful stitution, it contains other well-edited way, and endowed with a little talent, reading matter. It is well edited and would make astonishing progress, and neatly printed and should be of interest thus save a great deal of precious time to everybody connected directly or inand unnecessary trouble in softer life. He directly with the university, would be endowed through studying Watertown Gazette, July 18, 1897.

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THE BLACK AND RED. Tic 3citfd)rift ber ©djitlcr bcr Rortfpucftern UniDcrfitij, gcnaitnt Black and Red, l;at bicfc 20od;c i()r (Srfdjcincit gemadjt. ©ic l;at cin .(Meiuqitartformat unb cntljalt 1G ©citcit ; U)pograpl)ifd; unb inbaltlid) madjt baB 23latt cincu ncttcn (Sinbrud;. 3llo College paper mirb bicfc 3c«fd)rift mold bic ciiuiqc ifircr 3(rt fciit, bcnn cB erfdjciitcn in il;r SlrtiEcl, non ©dgilcrn Dcrfafjt, in englifdjcr unb bcub fdjcr ©pradic. Ter ©ubfcriptionBprciB be* trdgt nur 25 GenlB ; (5cfd)dft3fiU;rcr ift .£>crr golgt RHttelftabt. — 'IDatcrtoiun ilDcltbiirgcr.

The initial number of the Black and Red. a periodical published by the students of the Northwestern University, has been issued from the Weltbuerger office. It is gotten up in magazine form and will appear quartcrl\r. Matters of general interest pertaining to the uni­ versity are very creditable dealt with.

—Watcrto\\*n Republican, June 23 ’97.

The Black and Red, a neat publication of sixteen pages, magazine size, issued by the students of the Northwestern University, is on our table. It will be devoted to the interests of the N. \V. U. and is printed in two languaqes, English and German, and contains interesting information in regard thereto. It will be published quarterly, The editors are Arthur H. Halfmann, 97; William P. Notz,’97; Ernst Eckelmaun, 97; Charles F. Lehenbauer,’9S; Otto F. Kuhlow, ’99. — Watertown Daily Times, June 1G, 1S97.

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Caesar omnibus impletis, summa diliSen^ia Romam profectus est. tfcberfef5* ,infl : 6afar rcil'tc, ba atte Omnibuffc uoll luarcn, obcn auf ber Tiligcnce nacty Rom. Ciconiae crepant saepe rostris : Tie Nordic frcpicren oft mit ben ©dinabeln.

Injecto ter pulvere curras (Koraz) : '.Dor bcr 9lbreifc brcimal ein ^pttloer 3U nefp men. .. ... . . . , J Non tibi sunt Integra lmtea : Tu haft .^*cme ln]d)c*2Ua)d;<!-.

Tripodas gemirtos : breifutng« Ariovistus tantos sibi spiritus sump* serat, ut ferendus non videretur : 'ilriooiftuo Ijatte fo picl ©pirituofen 311 'fid; ge* uommcit, bag cB fdjieit, alB fonne cr nid)t OinanSgctragcn merben.

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Maris monstra oculis rectis vidit: Sftccnmgetjcucr fat; er mit bem red)ten 9(ugc an.

Suevi ex equodesiliuntetpedibus proeliantur : Tic ©ucDcn entfpriugen aits ipfer* t>cu Unb fediten mit ben gimen. . . <Siu gurift, bcr baB Corpus juris betm Rigorofum luoljl 311m erften Rial 311 ©eftdjt betommt, uberfetjt bcu Oattfig Dorfommem bcit Vlnfattg ciucr ©telle : “Labes ait” „gd) fallc," fagtc cr. Tarattf bcr (Sjaminator: „©ic fallen," fage id;!

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Belli domestici causa. (Caesar). GiitcS Ijduolidjen ^tuiftcB Ijalbcr.

Caesaris quattuor libri de bello civili : “ ^inbev Gdicua auS feiner iOoncn

During nearly every vacation repairs and renovations of some sort have been made on the buildings as well as on the grounds. JBut especially this year many necessary reparations were undertaken.

When we left in c/orderrand wtre^egiining

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“Ossie”, whom were you awaiting be­ hind the oak tree ?

Why do some students so frequently haunt the third story of the Recitation Hall ?

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The Alumni reunion of last Tunc was the iargest ever held in the history of its exis?eilce.

Prof. Charles Ernst has left for Europe with the intention of studying at the University of Leipzig, where he purposes to pursue a three years’ course in natural science. ,, , Tr . r , , , r Mr: Albert Kuhn, a forme, student ol om' A n’a Mater is filling the '"icancy caused b.v Prof. Charles Ernst s leave, Our college grounds have been greatly improved during vacation. The ground surrounding the Recitation Hall has been covered with gravel and the side­ walk along College avenue has been re­ newed.

Ernest Wiegert, a former member of the Class of ’99, paid our college a visit recently. He accepted a call as teacher to Ixonia.

Mr. Martin Sprengling, a member of *he Plass ^ th® EnS}ish tember 5th St’ S ChlllC1 011 Sep" The prospects of the band are tolerably good. It has been strengthened by several experienced players.

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Mr. H. R. Plum of Ashville, 0., for some years instructor of natural sciences at the N. W. U., honored our college with a visit this summer. At present he is studying medicine at Columbus, Ohio.

Messrs. A. Schlueter and H. Winkenwerder, members of the Class of’99 have left our institution to continue their studies elsewhere. The former is taking up pedagog3' at New Ulm, Mmn., the latter will study natural sciences at Madison.

On the twentieth of June Prof, and Mrs. Ernst gave a reception to the Class of ’97.

Mr. Hemp, of the Class of 1900, was again obliged to abandon his studies on account of weak eyes.

Prof. 0. Hover preached at Helenville on the 5th of September.

Miss Marie Ernst, a graduate of 1S96, is now assistant principal in the Jeffer­ son High school.

The residence of Prof. Weimar was entered by burglars on the 28th of August Among the valuable things stolen were two of his felt hats and his wife’s cape.

The Rev. W. A. Sadtler, Ph. D., of Chicago. 111., rolled at the N. W. U. this summer. L)r. Sadtler is president of the Ev. Lii wii. Synod of Chicago.

Mr. Walter Zimmermann, for several years a member of the Class of ’97, will be graduated Irom the Milwaukee Col­ lege of Physicians and Surgeons the coming spring.

Shiner, Sebulon’s rival in poetry, is boarding at the Campus Hotel.

Mr. Paul Hagedora, a graduate of our college and deputy consul at Reichenberg, Bohemia, was seriously ill. We are glad to hear of his convalescence.

The Rev. J. Plocher, class ’90, our missionary among the Indians in San Carlos, Arizona, visited here during July.

The meteor recently observed by our astronomer proved to be only an electric light on Western avenue.

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“Tu”, an ex-member of the Class of ’97 came in third in the Waukesha road race.

Messrs. H. Ritz and E. Albrecht, graduates of our Alma Mater stopped here on their way to St. Louis, where they intend to study theology.

“Sagwa” entered the dormitory one night without permission and was ushered to the door by the inspector, “Dido” gave as a definition of sweetmeats — “the meeting of two lovers.”

A great number of former students of our Alma Mater attended the session of the Joint Synod of Wisconsin, Minneso­ ta, Michigan, and other states held at Watertown from August nineteenth to twenty-first, Messrs Frank Lueck and L. Skinner/ former students of the N. W. U., honored the institution with a visit last summer.

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Some of the sophomores ought to take heed of what they scribble in their note books.

These dog days have been hard on the editors, especially with but pale-ale as a stimulant, 0 Alex ! what fools these mortals are!

Messrs. Chas. Lelienbauer and Arthur Halfmann, both among the last year’s editors of the Black and Red, are now studying theology .at the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Duringvacation Prof. J. Gammandhis betrothed, Miss Barbara Dressendoerfe,r, were united by the bonds of matrimony, The College Library recently received some thirty volumes from the Rev- A. Habermann of Hatchville, Wis, sequens!

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Miss Allegro : “He said I was a harp of a thousand strings.”

Miss Dolce: “And what did you say?”

Miss Allegro: “I called him a lyre.” .1

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Ed : “Thats the first I ever heard of a woman becoming a bachelor.”

-------------------“You are . familiar with the “Cavalleria”, Mr. Rumple ?”

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“The Cavalleria !”

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Son (nobly): “Why, pa, we keep up tjie jark ap night.” business notices.

The “Black and Red” will appear regularly four times a year, and will be sent to any address post-paid, for the subscription price, twenty-five cents year jn advance. Address John Mittelstaedt, N. W. University, Watertown, Wis.

We shall be glad to send SAMPLE COPIES to all who have not received any as yet, but those who wish to receive the “Black and Red” after that must SUBSCRIBE for it. Many of the Alumni society have not yet remitted their subscription. We conjecture to have them sooner or later.

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Another point that requires to be emphasized is the fact that this revival is not one-sided as might be expected, but universal, a revival from a literary, musical, social, and athletic point of view. This sucess is in a great measure due to the strenuous efforts of some in­ dividuals and the stimulus given by them, but chiefly to the harmony and co-operation of the students as a body.

Divers clubs have been founded and various societies have been organized.

There is the Chess club, the Harmonia Society, and above all the Beta Rho De­ bating Societ3r. In athletics it is the manly sport of football, which has de­ veloped in a comparatively brief period of time into a flourishing state, unparalelled in the sporting annals of the Northwestern University. All of these organizations, however, are treated more in detail in the following pages.

Beta Rho Literary Society.

In describing the present literary so­ ciety, it is meet that we direct our at­ tention for a moment to the attempts to It is certainly gratifying, not only to organize a literary society in former those immediately connected with this years. institution, but also to all of our paMany years ago several literary sotrons and friends who may chance to cieties existed which flourished for a read these columns that in this year an long time, but on account of reasons unexcellent spirit is prevailing over our known to us suddenly ceased. About students, which seldom, if ever, attained six or seven years ago another society the present state of homogeneousness, was organized, which prospered for a Contrary to recent years the present short time. It was hoped that it would term is characterized by an unusual be permanent, but interest in its welfare large amount of activity and enterprise was gradually lost. The speakers uo

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longer prepared themselves for their debates, others obtained a dismissal, and for various other reasons the society soon dissolved.

About two years ago another attempt was made to organize a literary society.

The number of members, however, which had gathered for this purpose, dwindled down to seven or eight in its very first meeting. As the organization was too small to continue the meetings, the at­ tempt had to be abandoned.

Nevertheless, in the face of all these failures, we have again organized a literary society, which thus far has been crowned with success. The members, instead of becoming negligent, are growing more enthusiastic from meeting to meeting. However, it must needs be that one or the other is not satisfied with the state of affairs.

The present society was called into existence under the auspices of the senior class, who, upon the urgent request of some of the students, called a meeting of the collegiate department to ascertain whether they were in favor of founding a society-or not. As they all favored the plan; the society was organized and vas called the Beta Rho Society.

The membership was restricted to the collegiate department, it being consid­ ered that the other students were not sufficiently advanced to participate in its meetings. Should there be any found among the others who are able to com­ pete with some of the collegiate depart­ ment, then'they ma3r, by special grace of the society, be accepted as members.

For the first term the folio wins: officers were elected: President, John Kavasch; Vice-president, Henry Schmeling; Secretar3r, Max Michaels; Treasurer, G. Hinnenthal. . . , ..

The society was formed to further our knowledge in literature, to enable the practice of extemporaneous speaking, and to generate the power of quick thinkmg while occupying the floor; form these da3rs of universal education everybody must needs be able to deliver an impromptu ad Ircss.

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Boys, ye patriots! what has become of your military company? Why is it that the subscribers of the Black and Red turn these leaves in vain searching for your report? Is it possible that you. the present scholars of our Alma Mater, could neglect military drill? Do you not realize what great benefits such drill confers on a student?

Thus a multitude of voices would cer­ tainly question us, should we fail to claim a column of the Black and Red in order to publish a report of the present standing of the Northwestern University Military Company. But we will not fail to do so. We are ready to submit a full account of its present state of affairs.

At the close of the last school-year many of our members left this institu­ tion. Among these were the five highest officers, the color sergeant, and several corporals. The consequence of this loss was, that upon our return to school this fall the prospect for a flourishing military company was not very en­ couraging. The flame of enthusiasm was then burning very low, but it grew stronger gradually and is now blazing with intense brightness.

In one of the first meetings held this year the society concluded to wear the United States Fatigue Uniform. This has always been the custom of our mili­ tary company with the exception of last year, when a new style of suit was adopted b}r the officers. Their, ardent desire was that in future it should be adopted!by the privates also. Never­ theless the majority of our members pre­ fer the United Stales Fatigue Uniform to ever}' pther and therefore offiicers and privates wiil again wear it next year.

A great improvement, however, in the anpearance of the ranks has been effect­ ed by the introduction of leggings. Their brown hue forms a pleasant contrast to the light blue trousers. So our boys are donned with regulation leggings and uniforms.

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As the number of new students is somewhat small this year, and since we suffered a heavy loss of military men last June, the company is not as large as it was under the command of Captain Fredrich. At present the roll-call contains forty-five active members. After Christmas a few more students will be admitted into the society. As long as the weather permitted, the company had regular drill twice a week on the college campus. But since the latter part of November drill has been taken up in thegymnasium three times a week.

The recruits received instructions every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday until they were able to drill with the company. " This year the staff of officers is as follows: Captain, John P. Messer; 1st lieutenant, Gerhard Hinnenthal; 2nd lieutenant, Herman Zimmerman'n; 1st sergeant, Henry Schmeling; 2nd sergeant and right guide, Oscar Sonnemann; 3rd sergeant and'left guide, Edward Rosinfiky; 4 sergeant and quartermaster, John Kavasch; 5th sergeant, Adolph Lederer; color sergeant, Julius Toepel. Corporals: Edward Buerger, Edward Liesener, Herman Hauser, and Benjamin Mayerhoff.

Regular meetings of the society are held on the first Saturday of each month.

According to the new constitution two elections °of officers are to take place during the school-year. The president and vice-president for the first term are elected in June and hold their positions until January when the second term begins. Secretary and treasurer are likewise elected in June, but remain in office for the entire year.

The following members received an office this year: 0. Sonnemann, president for first term; H. R. Zimmermann, president for second term; J. Toepel, vice-president for first term, re-elected fo rsecond term, 0. Hoyer, treasurer; G. Hmnentlml. secretary.

Article III of the new constitution contains a requirement according to which a third body of officers is called into existence. It is the standing committee consisting of the captain, five sergeants, and six privates who are appointed by the president.

Powers of... this committee. —1) It may by a two-thirds majority accept a new member. 2) It may by a three-fourths majority expell any member from the company. 3) It may by a three-fourths majority of all the members give any member of the company an honorable dismissal.

At present the standing committee consists of the captain who presides and his five sergeants: Schmeling, Sonnemann, Rosinsky", Kavasch, and Lederer, with the following six privates: lheo.

Ave-Lallemant, 0. Hoyer, D. Metzger, P. Heidtker F. Zarling, and A. Sauer.

Several weeks ago the society received a “super-welcome letter”, as a number of the boys were inclined to call it.

What were the contents? We were asked tp renew the insurance on our rifles, since the first insurance expired on December 1st 189/. A * super-welcome” letter. What was to be done, As in many previous cases, it was again that reliable flame of enthusiasm which showed our‘‘boys in blue” what course take. With the consent of the society" the monthly fees were doubled for a period of three months. Under these conditions the treasurer will be able to pay the required sum of money" by next April, when our time of grace will have elapsed. , , . The,, first insurance .

Twas se-. cured during the captaincy" ot Leonard Casper.

The N. W. U. M. Co. made a march to Helenville and T 1 ,n, last . x- October i . A another to LakS Mll.1,s “l November, but these trips are described more in detail in two other artlcles of this paper, G. H. 1900. »» , i. u 1 .u March to Helenville.

When in fall our boys return to college and those tact-inspiring hours of drill are again taken up, the members of the military company all long to partake of the innumerable benefits afforded bv good military" drill. During the whole winter they" regularly" appear in ranks with new zeal and vigor. But in spring, by which time the companv has generally become proficient in its drill, the young soldiers all feel a strong impulse to try them-

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Such pleasures are frequently indulged in towards the end of the school-year when our soldiers have gone through a sufficient amount of military practice.

This fall, however, the company was greatly surprised by an invitation to come to Helenville ; they had never betore this tried to make a trip so soon after the beginning of the first term.

Nevertheless the boys concluded to go.

The necessary arrangements were then made with Rev. Himmler, who had sent the invitation.

On the 23rd of October. at in„ the . 9:30 t morning the company with the college band foremost in the procession stood ready to begin the journey. But a delay was caused by the arrival of the long ex­ pected new uniforms. These were then hurriedly unpacked and distributed, and at 10:15 all had again assembled. The drums then struck up the march and the column of our young patriots moved forward.

Mr. Heinboekel had charge of the amunition wagon, and at the same time he provided for the lunch, which was to take the place of a dinner. During the journey two short halts were made in order to refresh the soldiers and the band members. All were very jolly throughout the entire trip.

It was about 3 o’clock when the loud eall “Helenville” was heard in ranks, and there it was, immediately before us.

The captain gave orders to assemble, the band then took its position at the head of the procession, and in fifteen minutes we entered the little village, After a short drill, which proved that the boys were not fatigued by the long march, everyone received his quarters, In the evening the band entertained a large number of people with its music and at 9 o’clock the weary boys gradually disappeared from the streets to refresh/themselves for the coming Sunda}'.

On the forenoon of the next dav everyone, without exception, attended church.

Complying with the wish of our entertainers, we postponed the sham battle from Saturdy to Sunday afternoon. At 4 o’clock the sham battle was ended and the boys were ready to start for home,

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They bid a last farewell to those who had so kindly entertained them during the time of their visit. But they were not obliged to walk back, fora number of wagons were ready to convey the cornpanv and the band to Watertown. At 8 o’clock the boys arrived at the college, convinced that they had spent a delighthu time. ______ ^ ______ Extracts from the Diary of Private

Michael OTlaherty, of Co. A, 1st Regt., N. W. U. N. G. Oct. 30.—That man O’Kelly will drive us all cra bragging about the cousins he has 0,;er at Lake Mills. Wonder what kind of a p1ace thev have there.

Nov. 3. — When I came into O’Kelly’s room to-day, I found him writing a let­ ter to those cousins of his. He says they will invite us over there. I couldn’t find Lake Mills on the map and told him so ; then he kicked me out.

Nov. 5. — O’Kelley is very downhearted to-dav, because he has no answer from his cousins. He says he wants to get an invitation from them, as he is tired of Heinbockel’s Sauerkraut, Nov. 9. — There was a sensation in sexta this morning. A boy came chasing up from the post-office with a special delivery letter for O’Kelly and gave it to him in class. Well, wasn’t there a hurrah when the boys found out what it was about! It’s an invitation to come to Lake Mills, Saturda}' — think of that, will you! Captain McMesser looks like a morning-star since he read it; he says he will give O’Kelly’s cousins a show for their life. They have asked the Prexy for permission; he smiled indulgently and said: “Well, why not?” O’Kellv broke three window-panes in the reading-room with his yells of joy.

Nov. 10. — The boys are all crazy to go to Lake Mills. The captain didn’t show up for trigonometry to-day, because he was studying Rand-McNally’s Atlas to find the location of the town.

O’Brien is getting his men of brass together for practice. To-morrow we will get permission from the faculty.

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the faculty to-dav, they wouldn’t bear of it. O’Hara is for us, but the others are all against us. McGammon has no use for Lake Mills, McNutt is afraid of our catching cold, McHenry has a composi­ tion for the captain, the Prexv says nothing and the rest weren’t there.

O’Kellv is in adeplorablestate. he licked three men before supper and threw a lamp at Nolan O’Henniken. The c iptain’s disgust is too deep for words; I hope it won’t hurt his stomach.

Nov. 12. — Universal gloom; nothing to relieve our despondency. The weather isn’t fit for a dog, much less for a soldier-boy. —We’ll surely do something to O’Kelly. Why does he brag so much?

Nov. 13. (8 A. M.) — Nothing new.

The captain missed breakfast; he says life isn’t worth living, much less getting up. It’s dangerous to talk to O’Kellv.

(10 A. M.) Oh. what a change! Three cheers and a tiger for O’Kellv and his cousin*! They telephoned to the Prexy and told him we must come, for there were about three thousand people expectingus. The Prexy called a meeting, and now they’v told us to go. Hooray!

Hooray!! Hooray!!! Heinbockel is getting a lunch ready; the boys are flving around likechickens with their heads cutoff. You can hear the captain and the lieutenants yelling orders at least as far as the “Sharp Corner”; the Iprass band is making more kinds of racket than I ever thought of; O’Brien just chased after the drummajor, because he had no shine on his shoes. Guess we’ll line up in a minute. — (10:45 A. M) Just ready to start; I have a cheese sandwich in my pocket. We’re going down Main street, then along the Milfordroad.— (2:30 P. M.) Lake Mil's just in sight; the captain orders a halt to close up. The lieutenants are giving another curl to their mustaches and look fierce McNorth is asking whether we will get anything to eat when we get in.

(2:45 P. M.) We just came up to the park with colors flying. Sure, we had a good reception; the kids swarmed along the streets thicker than flies, yelling: “Here they come!” — The band struck pp “And the cat came back” — the captain looked awe-inspiring, the lieutenants dazzling, the sergeants impressive,

the corporals dignified and we privates looked hungry. But every man marched like a veteran; only Ebie McNutt says he has a blister. The park and the streets are crowded with yelling, push­ ing people. This looks likea good town, I should say. Wonder what we will get f.«r supper? — (1:05 P. M.) The captain has just detailed fifteen of us to hold the hill back of the church. Lieutenant Fraser is taking them up there to'entrench themselves; the crowd is streamin? over there now. McDowie (he’s frgm Oshkosh, you know) wanted to know wjiat kind of quarters he will get. o’Kellv’s cousin told him “You’ll be all right; I’ll put you where there’s a pretty girl.” He is wearing a broad smi’e now. Well, we know him ; he secs no pretty girls in Oshkosh, so he ought to be favored here. — (3:10 P. M ) The band just struck up “It’s a Long Time before supper” and we are going up to skin Frazer and his lads. My, but they have a splendid position! I catch a glimpse of their buttons here and there among the brush, that’s all. — (3:15 P. M.) We’ve taken position for attack; only eight rounds apiece! We’ll make all the noise we can with those. There!

Frazer’s men are banging away, but ‘.VC have fine shelter; I’m afraid though, of catching a cold lying hereon my si- mrich. Now our fire begins; the small boys are dancing with excitement - — (3:25 P.M.) The captain sent McXiMimieto the left to flank the enemy; I was with him. We were stuck in a wire fence and had to retreat; I have a big tear in my coat as a result. —(3:35 P. M.) The captain sent McKavie up with a flag of truce to demand Fraser’s surrender, He won’t hear of it; McKavie is coming back. — Oh, the traitors! They’ve shot McKavie in the back! Revenge! Blood!

The captain is ordering a bayonetcharge. — (3:40 P. M.) There; that fetched them; they’ve surrendered and will all be shot; every last one of them is wounded. It serves them right, the cowards! — (3:45 P. M.) They died easy, bless them! The band is playing “Massa’s in the cold, cold ground”.— (3.55 P. M.) Well, now for down-town and quarters! At the newspaper office we present arms to colonel Parsons;

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There’s an old Irishman here who has a lot of stories; he kept the others from eating - they laughed so much. Can’t fool me that way. I’ll tell the other boys some of his stories after a while.

Now for down-town!— (7:30 P. M.) The band is going to play; the streets are crowded. I’ve seen a lot of the boys; it seems they arc all quartered with the local millionaires. I’ll bet anyone a cookie against four dollars and thirtyseven cents that they wont be million­ aires any more if they feed the boys until to-morrow noon. — The boys seem to be combining pleasure with business;, at least some of them seem to be quite solid with the Lake Mills people. There will be things to tell when they get home!

I hope they wont lie any more than is necessary. At all events the lieutenants can’t; 1 saw their doings mvself. Won­ der how MeDowie is coming out? — (10:15 P.M.) O’Kellv and myself paid a visit to MeDowie, the captain and O'Brien also came. We sang all the songs we could think of and made Me­ Dowie jealous.

Nov. 14. — Another eventful day. I awoke at five and heard it rain ; at six it rained; at seven the same; at eight more than ever; at nine you might have thought of Noah; at ten we went to church, and oh! how it did rain! The captain looked glum, the lieutenants had little curl left in their mustaches, O’Brien looked disconsolate, as he thought of his gold lace, and the commissary-general looked to be in the depths of despair. But the Lake Mills people can be depended upon; at two o’clock — and it was still raining— there were four ’buses and any number of buggies on hand to take us over. What a pleasant surprise! And, mind you, they took us clear over to Watertown; no half-wav work about Lake Mills, let me tell you! We sang everything on

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Altogether our home-coming was even mS>Tre successful than our going, -^ov. 15. — Three blisters more on my f^t and a nice cold m my head as a re­ suit of the Lake Mills trip. But I m 5 acl we1'vent a ~ and best of all, the faculty couldn t sayT told you so .

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Jf pla3red in a gentleman^ spirit, ac­ cording to the rules that govern it, and f°r the sake of exercise and lecreative amusement, there is certainly nothing condemnablem the game. It is, on the contrary, very commendable.

In this favorite and most popular --------- ---------------game of the American college all the benefits of the other sports are com­ Football, a Manly Sport. bined. There is hardty a muscle in the Mens sana in corporc sano. — This human mechanisn which is not brought good old Roman adage is now being uni- into play. The elevens are not subjected versally acknowledged, not only by to the intense heat of the scorching sun pedagogues, but by all classes of people, as in baseball, for the game is played in More and more we are beginning to autumn when “the balmy atmosphere realize the great nervous strain to which is filled with perfume rare.’’ In football the student, a man of sedentary life, the student is compelled to forget his is subject during his college course, books and thus obtains the desired menMore and more we are beginning to ap- tal rest. prehend the urgent necessity and imperaBut muscular development and pliysitive demand ot healthful, vigorous, all- cal health are not the only benefits to be absorbing exercise to counterbalance derived from this sport. ’ The character this strain of mental exhaustion. of those that participate in these games Student-are offered various opportu- is also influenced. The man soon nities to obtain the needful recreation of realizes that, for instance, no matter nerves and brain. There is swimming, what he aspires to, nothing can be skating, rowing, baseball, track athlet- achieved without persistent and unics, military' drill, and gymnasium work, tiring efforts. He must be quick, firm, None of these exercises are, however, so and sure. He must decide upon the plan well adapted to the needs of the mentally of action and maneuver in one moment collegian as the manly game and must execute it in the next. And of football. Already we hear some of when once determined he dare not stick our readers remark that it is a on the verge of his decision, or the point brutal game, classifying it with the is irretrievably lost. When there is so prize-fight, and that it ought to be much ennobling in the game, when so banished from college and abolished by many benefits can be^derived from it, .... . ., should football, provided it is played in Now it is tnie, serious accidents have a gentlemanly spirit, then not be enoccured in football throughout the couraged in every college ? country. But have you followed them up and have you watched them closely?

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Football has been in vogue among our students during the past three years.

But as we were prohibited to compete with other college elevens, little interest was exhibited in this line of sport amongst the college men, and consequent­ ly no progress was discernible.

Through the efforts of several energetic students a football club was organized this October. Mr. J. Kavasch was elected president, Mr. Heidtke secretary and treasurer, Mr. Guse captain, and as manager a student not engaged in plaving waschosen. But as the managemen t was not conducted properly it was also entrusted to the president.

Seeing that little time was left, work was immediately begun in earnest.

Nearly everv afternoon the team ap­ peared on the college campus for prac­ tice, and as the season was rapidly approaching its close, the manager called upon the eleven for short practice sometimes even twice a day. Many games were arranged with the second eleven and the “scrub” team. Towards the end of the season the club succeeded is securing an able coach in Mr. Beurhaus, last year’s “crack” left half-back of St. John’s Military Academy.

That no player sustained any injuries bears ample evidence to the fact that the team was under good training and that only fair, gentleman-like playing was indulged in. Jones, who played center for the Hartland A. A., made the following remark after the game : ‘T have played, football four years, but never such a clean, fair game, as with the Northwestern University”.

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For next year the prospects are exceptionally bright, as the team will lose but one player. We wish the eleven much success, and we hope that football will increase in popularity at our Alma Mater, especially as there is a strong movement in progress, of the advocates of the game to render it less dangerous bv abolishing the mass plays and returning to the old Rugby game. >rr

Football Games.

N. W. U., 20. Watertown Eleven 0.

As our team opened its football sea­ son somewhat late, the first 'big game was arranged with the Watertown eleven on Nov. 10th. The short practice of our boys prior to the game apparentlv infused re<pect for them in the visitors, so that they agreed upon playing but fifteen minute halves, Captain Throne of Watertown won the toss and chose the south goal. Ro.«* insky kicked off for Northwesie *n, who soon recovered the ball, as the locals failed to make the necessary gain. By stead}' advances through the opponents’ line and by beautiful end runs our boys were but within two yards of the vis­ itors’ goal, when the left guard was called back and forced through the line, making the first touchdown. As a kick at goal was not successful the score stood 4 to 0.

Burke now kicked off to Kavasch who was downed after making a run of fif­ teen yards. A fumble gave the visitors possession of the ball, but the oval was soon recovered by our boys. The same tactics of smashing the adversaries’ ijne and the same end plays were empioyed in advancing the pigskin, when, on a clever criss-cross captain Guse circled round the right end and scored another touchdown. This time Rosinsky succeeded in kicking goal, making the score 10 to 0. In two minutes the whistle blew, and the first halfwas over, After a short recess the second half was begun; Nearly the- same .tactics were repeated, and another score ofa O points was rolled up, making a total of

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20 to 0 in favor of the wearers of the black and red. This time Berg and Heidtke made the touchdowns.

The two teams lined up as follows :

Kavascli tvas then called back and with a desperate plunge carried the pigskin across the goal-line and scored the first touchdown. Young then kicked the ball deep into Northwestern’s territory n. iv. ii.

Watertown. where the right end was brought to 0.

Heidtke.

Burke....... ......left end... . ground without making any gain. The Williams.. ....left tackle., .Pieper. game now assumed quite a strategic .Keller. .....left guard..

W. Jones.. character when our boys introduced Alwardt.. ....... center..... .Michaels. from their repertoire besides the straight H. Jones.. ...right guard .Kind. forward plunge and run guard back, Stempel... ....right tackle.....Kavascli. tackle back, end§ in line, criss-crosses, R. Pieper. .....right end....... Wunderlich. double passes, and good punting. With ..quarter-back.....Ernst.

■ Throne.... the aid of such tactics the ball which C. Pieper. ...left half-back.... Guse. ■ was lost but once to the visitors was .right half-back...

Rosinsky.

Bnckell... advanced to the opponents’ ten-}rard Herger.... ..... full-back........Berg. line. Again right tackle punctured the Touchdowns — Keller, Guse, Berg, line and made another touchdown. and Heidtke. Umpire and referee—Zim- Afte a few minutes play the referee sig­ mermann and Ryan. Linesmen — Ma- nified the end of the first half. tuschka and Fuller.

Young’s kick started the second half, the oval spinned through the air, and was finally caught by Heidtke who was Oconomowoc Alumni 0. downed on our thirt}r-yard line. By N. W. U. 14. fierce plunges and swift running the ball Our best and principal game was was carried to “Cooney’s” forty-yard played with the Oconomowoc Alumni line, when on a criss-cross that complete­ eleven. It was the manager’s intention to schedule this match for Thanksgiving ly baffled the visitors, Heidtke made the day, but as the game could not be ar­ prettiest run of the game and scored a ranged for that dajq it was played Nov. touchdown. This time Rosinsky suc­ 22nd on our campus, and for Thanks­ ceeded in kicking goal.

Young again kicked off and North­ giving day the, Hartland Athletic Asso­ ciation was booked. western’s great center cleverly fell on As Oconomowoc had defeated Sacred the pigskin. At this period our team Heart College the week previous to our exhibited signs of exhaustion and was game, our complete victonr on Novem- forced to punt, thus giving the ad22nd certainly proved a thrilling sur- versaries the ball. But our line appeared prise to ourselves and to the visitors to be a veritable stone wall to the who, before the contest, were confident Alumni who could by no means make of winning. ...... an openiug in it through which they Everybod3r admits that the playing might force their player. Again they was the finest ever exhibited at Water- were held on downs. Now captain Guse town. Everything was favorable, the whirled around right end and gained weather being brilliantly exhilarating, fifteen j^ards. Upon calling down, liowThe following is a summary of the game, ever, the ball was wrung out of his The game was called at 3 P. M. grasp and illegitimately given to the “Cooney” chose the north goal, and the visitors. By excellent interference and ball was given our boys.for the kick-off. energetic playing Oconomowoc for the Rosinsky lifted it to Jesse, who was im- first time put our goal in imminent mediately _ downed by Kavasch. The ■ danger, advancing within one yard of Alumni: seemed somewhat bewildered our goal-line. The brunt of their last and were held on downs, as our rushes assault on our line was valiantly witheasily broke their line. By a series of stood when time was called which line-smashes and end runs Berg punted finished the game. Thus the visitors to Young, who fumbled the oval and were not permitted to score. Our eleveu, allowed nimble Wunderlich to fall on it, a team of novices, demonstrated that it;

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was acquiring that “necessary snap and dash”.

Following was the line-up and score : N. IV. |I. Oconomowoc.

Heidtke..... ......left end...... .Coyle.

Pieper........ ....left tackle... ..Poe. Keller........ ....left guard... .Rush.

Michaels.... .......center....... .Ferry.

Kind.......... ...right guard., .Eilert.

Kavasch.... ...right tackle.. Jesse.

Wunderlich ....right end.... .Tuttle.

Ernst......... ...quarter-back Moullon.

Guse........... . left half-back, Eastman Rosinsky..., right half-back ....Alsen.

Young.

E<,rR........... .....full-back Touchdowns—Kavasch (2); Heidtke.

Umpire and referee — Beurhaus and Baebenroth. Linesmen —Matuscka and Pettibone. Time — 25 mi. halves.

Hartland A. A , 16. N. W. U.. 10 The Hartland Athletic Association team promptly made their appearance on Thanksgiving day afternoon. They were the biggest and heaviest eleven that ever trod the soil of Watertown, their average weight approaching the round number of 175 pounds.

Among their ex-college players Delafield was especially well represented.

Comparing these giants with our boys and then looking at the final score, football enthusiasts will naturally conclude that the formers’ playing was not of a very high order and that our plucky men heroically braved their assaults valiantly. The visitors tried but one play with success—the wedge—and that was all. A few simple end runs were attempted, but were easily checked by our “speedy” ends.

Despite the rainy weather a large number of spectators was present. But Fortuna was against us. As two of our regular players failed to arrive in time for the game, substitutes had to take their places. Notwithstanding this loss the wearers of the black and red would probably have been victorious had not two of'their brilliant end runs been blocked by the spectators. These did not interfere with Hartland as they seldom tried to sprint around the ends.

At the termination of the first half the score stood 10 to 0 in the visitors’ favor,

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But this did not discourage our boys ; they were determined to score during the next half. On a pretty dash Tuttle made our first touchdown, but owing to the slippery condition of the gridiron a punt-out was unsuccessful.

The most unexpected and surprising play throughout the game was executed

by Ernst. The Athletics of course had signaled for a wedge and the N. W. U. quarterback plunged into the scrimmage and mysteriously got possession of the oval and sprinted toward the opponents* goal whilst the combatants were push* in^ one way or the other and then inquiring: ‘‘Where is the ball?”

Goal was kicked making the score 14 to 10- The prospects were growing brighter for the home team when un­ fortunately the pigskin rebounded into their goal-line and Guse was compelled to make a safety, thus adding two more points to Hartland’s score. In brief— Northwestern was outweighed.

But Hartland A. A. was outplayed. Our boys encountered thesteady plunges and line-smashes of the giants nobly and not a man received an injury, The line-up was as follows : Hartland. x. w. u. .Lidecker.

Guse......... ...left end.

Pieper........

Lawerie. left tackle , Ha verson.

Toepel...... left guard ..Jacobson., Michaels.... ...center...

Kind.......... right guard....W Jones, Kavasch.... right tackle....Glaw.

Wunderlich ...right end....... Cahill.

Ernst......... quarter-back....Ban. Tuttle........ left half-back....P. Jones.

Rosinsky...right half-back...Christenson.

Berg............. ..full-back.........Hughes.

Touchdowns — Hughes (2), P. Jones, Christenson. Safety — Guse, Tuttle, £rnst< Umpire and referee — Beurhaus an(j Zimmermann. Linesman — Matuschka. Time — 25 min. halves,

Our Band.

Owing to several changes which had to be made in our band, prospects were not very promising as to its progress at the beginning of the year. However, all the members, seemed to be determined to practice diligently, and they made rapid

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progress, surpassing all expectations, After only four weeks’ practice they accepted an invitation to the wedding of Rev. R. Thiele, which was celebrated on September 29th, and in the opinions of all who were present their program proved a success.

As the band members wore no uniforms for the last few years, thej7 presented a strong contrast to the military company; but the old custom has now been adopted again. Everybody admits that they have given evidence of good taste in the choice of their new uniforms, for they have selected abetter style than any that has heretofore been customarv since the organization of the band.

When the military company and band now make their appearance, as has been shown on their marches to Helenville and Lake Mills, they are more likely to be taken for one united body than they havebeen hitherto.

As vet no permanent director has*been chosen, since the president fulfills the duties of that office for the time being, The officers that have been elected are: Edward , Bartke, president; Tlieo. G. Hahn, vice-rpresident; Herman Frank, secretary and treasurer.

Considering the progress which the band has made within the last three months, we can safety say, that if all the members continue practicing carefully and patiently, their work will be crown­ ed with success at the end of the year.

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surprised us all very much, as Le had been seen by many students on the day before his sudden departure doing his work as usual, and nothing extraordinary was noticed about him; but before the bright morning dawned he was a corpse. The cause of his death was heart disease. He leaves a large circle of friends to mourn for his death, On Oct. 6th Mrs. Julia A. Schulz, wife of Mr A q Schulz, died of inflammation Qf tjie bowels at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. W. A. Notz. She re­ sided in Wab rtown since 1865, during wllich time she alwavs was a staunch friend* of this institution. Wherever she went a large circie Qf friends soon gathered around her, especially in Watertown, and therefore her loss is naturally sorely felt b all wbo knew her> ^ NOTICE. — Some time ago \\illmann’s Paedagogik Vol. II. was taken from the library and has not been re­ turned. The person having it will please return it at cn:e.

“Spunst” failed to kick two goals in the Oconomowoc football game. This was by no means due to the curvilinear shape of his “nether extremeties” but to the strong wind he had to kick against: (Continued on pago io.)

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On Sept. 29th the band accepted an invitation to play at the wedding of the Reverend R. Thiele and Miss Keller.

Among the most prominent guests were Prof. H. Thiele, the Reverend Messrs. A. Kirchner and Chr. Sauer and Mr. W. Keller. All but Prof. Thiele were former students of this- college. Although the band had only practiced four weeks, still it played very well and its whole programme turned out to be a great success. oou, 4.1. j . ' f?* m*?™* re/£ed » ™at Mr Theobald Roland, father of Mrs. 0. Hoyer, had died. This news

Chess Club.

Already during the last year the noble game of, chess began to be played more than ever before at this college and Caissa found many a new knight among the students. The movement has con­ tinued to this year and much is done by a chess club founded by the sophomores auduamed “The Kappa Chi Chess Club”,.

The club has eighteen members. Ascheassigning two games ft.,week to each member has been drawn up. Although many of the members have only recently become devotees to that royal amusement, the majority of games have keen fa*r exibitions of skill. Messrs, Moussa and P. Heidtke are tie for the place each having lost only one Same, Mr. Moussa meeting defeat at the hands of Mr. P. Heidtke. Messrs 0. Heidtke, G.Hauschild, and Aug. Ernst have a high standing. The first season

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The officers of the club are : President, Otto Heidtke; secretary, Theo. AveLallemant; treasurer, E. Berg.

Secretary.

Corrections.

In my poem on the twenty-fifth anni­ versary of Prof. Dr. Notz which was published in the previous edition of the Black and Red. the second line of the fifth stanza ought to be changed as fol­ lows : „$Qcnn eltuaS fpat am 2lbcttb auS Ijcimlidjem 23abc 3utucffcl)rt."

Furthermore, the initial of my Christ­ ian name at the foot of the poem ought to read “Chr.” instead of ‘‘A.’’, the for­ mer being the abbreviation of “Christ­ ian.” Every reader of this paper is kindly requested to make these changes in his copy, and thereby oblige, Yours truly, Chr. Sauer, B. A., ’87.

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Local and Personal.

Sundry offences are offences committed The board of inspection, comprising on Sunday. s. rj its -i the Reverend Messrs. Piper, Hoyer, and ddjilfeb tobtctc ^cn oeftor unb idjlip 1 ijn jaeger macje their second round on the urn bic SJlmicrn Zxo\a*. first of December.

Buircu ift, menu man ciuen 23bgcn madjeu From our missionary, Rev. J. Plocher, tljut. the library has received a copy of 2Bab ift cin ,3tofj ? Gincr, mab aub 3tuf> Strutt’s Sports and Pastimes of the laub tommeu iljut.

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Three new typewriters have been pur­ chased for the students of the academic department.

L. Heimerl, former pitcher of the N. W. U. baseball team, has been signed by Minneapolis. We wish him success.

The editors have been informed that an “excellent” singer and pianist has been found in our midst. Probably he would give lessons. For price apply

Mr. H. Stuehm, a member of the class of ’96, visited us recently. He is now studying theology at St. Louis.

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Halloween passed by very quietly this year with but one exception. One of Some students have made it their ob­ our steward’s chicken-coops took a walk rather late in the night and accidentally ject to take always the longest way home from skating. It happens occa­ fell into a cave in the campus. sionally that they miss their supper.

Mr. Winkenwerder, formerly of the The best advice here is to leave the ice class of ’99, spent Thanksgiving day sooner. with his parents at Watertown. We Who is- so proud of his Latin ex­ had the pleasure of seeing him among the “rooters” for the N. W. U. football ercises that he must send them by mail ? team in the .afternoon of that day.

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The Blaek and Red. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY 11Y TIIE STUDENTS OP THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

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campus, which but a short time ago had been wont to ring with the familiar shouts offrolicsome youths, was at once destitute of all tokens of college life.

But this out-door exercise was readily supplanted by vigorous gymnasium work and military drill, and with ex­ cellent results. The giant swing is no more a coveted feat; the cadets are at any moment prepared to repulse the advance of the Spaniards, having acquired proficiency in executing the bayonet exercises.

But the paramount interest of the stu­ dent during these sombre winter months is centered in his studies Besides the quiet phj’sical exercise he aspires to no athletic prowess, he is, on the contrary, engaged in contests of the brain.

With this issue the scenery about us is gradually changing, and already we dis­ cern tokens of gentle spring, when the merry birds will return and amuse us with their delightful warbling. In lieu of the blustering winds and flurries of snow the April showers will come, the trees will put forth their leaves, the meadows will be strewn with fragrant flowers, and all nature will be smiling.

Entered at the post office of Watertown. WIs., as secondclass matter.

When our last number made its ap­ pearance the year w^as slowly drawing to its close. Nature was robed in white, and her very apparel imparted the appearance of dreariness and desolation, The snow lay thick and heavy on the ground and enshrouded trees and hedges with a soft mantle, but in the sunshine it glistened like costly gems. Indulgence in field sports naturally ceased, and the \

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knows what little leisure time students in our position have, must agree with us when we say it is no easy task to issue a paper of this sort. Now we are glad to say that at least three members of our Alumni have assisted us by con­ tributing articles for which we are very thankful. But where are our other graduates of three years and two years Ind even of one year ago ? We should like to exchange opinions with them too, and they would thereby also help to alleviate our work to a great extent, But fellow-students, let this appeal be made to you likewise. Once more we solicit you earnestly, graduates and fellow-students alike, to aid us, which you can hest do by occasionally sending us an article or two for our paper.

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The expedition is in charge of Dr. S. Jackson and is bound for Yukon, Alaska, where it will make a settlement,

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The news of the Maine disaster created a great sensation among our students, but in spite ol the loud ci y of war, which filled the pages ol many papers, they were exceedingly calm and sober, and did not let their passion get control over them, as happened in an eastern university, where it is said the faculty barely succeeded inkceping tbe­ students from going to Cuba to fight the Spaniards.

War with Spain hardly seems inev­ itable, the great storm is obviously sub^ siding, and we cherish hopes that the entire trouble with Spain will lie settled The faculty has made arrangements peaceably, with good speakers and prominent men to give the students of our college an opportunity to hear good orations and lectures. This is a new’ plan and it will Upon the table of our exchanges two certainly be of great benefit to us new papers, the Lyceum (Los Angeles, especially to those who prepare for the Cal.) and the College Beacon (Winministry. Until now we have heard field, Kan.) have appeared. The typoonly one lecture, given by Rev. Spiering graphical appearance of both makes a of New London, Wis. The speaker ably good impression, but their contents a redemonstrated the growth of the still more commendable.

Lutheran church in America. The 25th of this month O. G. Felland, Professor of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., wrill lecture on his tour through Europe.

Harmonia Society.

AVe next hope to hear ex-Senator Vilas Despite the fact that an article had and some other statesmen. been written on the Iiarmonia Society for the last number of the Black and Red, it was put aside, because the articles eventually took up more space / / March 3rd, about 12 o’clock the relief than had been expected. It was tliercexpedition of the U. S. government fore deemed most advisable to retain passed through Watertown. As it was this article for the present issue, known that the expedition would stop Last fall a elass was organized by about fifteen minutes at the Junction, a Prof. Wm. Weimar for the purpose of great multitude of people had congre- studying vocalization, which is an imgated there to see the immigrants. portant factor in developing elocutionThe whole expedition consisted of two ary powers. At the same time he gave long trains, on which were 113 immi- every member an opportunity to take grants consisting of men, women, and part in breathing exercises, which are children, nearly 600 reindeer, about 400 also veiy profitable and salutary, ior sleds, numerous sets of harness, and a they serve the purpose of strengthening great quantit}' of moss for the reindeer, a weak chest, and of promoting general The immigrants were mostly Laps, but health.

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Before the close of the last term the class decided to organize as a choir.

Prof. Weimar, who had thus far spent many of his leisure hours for their benefit and to whose care and attention they owe evei*3’thing they are able to achieve as a choir, was chosen permanent director. They also elected the following officers : Pres., R. Sonnemann; Vice Pres., O. Kuhlow; Sec., E. W. Bartkc; Trcas., H. Frank.

The number of members was lately increased to thirty-one, and the societ}' feels confident that under the able directorship of Prof. Weimar they will attain the objects in view.

When the society was organized it was decided to arrange entertainments oc­ casionally. In order to live up to this decision, the society arranged a concert for February 9th. The following programm was agreed upon : 1. Srio fiir Biofinc, ©cIlo uub Rialto.,.©rfjarb. .'>r. 9t. A>nrbege, ftrau 6.. SW. Jvelb, 'prof. SScintar.

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93on biefen crfdgcncit auger ben obciige* nannten beiben .fjerrtt bie ©tubentcit ber Sljcologic: 21. Bacbenrotb, 21. .foogcr, 3* ©enfife, (5. damped, ©. ©auer bon i'Jlihuaus tec mtb (S. .ttod), 6. ,§utf), 2L9. .fpartnd, D. gellanb nub 3- .Viofjler, tbcldje in ©t. i'ouid ibreu ©tubicit obfagen. Bon bieieit ,§erren fittb 3ioei fdjotx geftorben: Sr. 23abittg and ber (Slafic bon 1872 mtb ?J3aftor ©. ilod) bon ill>l)caton, 3ft, and ber ©faffe bon 1876.

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tungdboflcr Tl)atig£eit oerbunben gemefen 6 Rev. E. Hover. West Bend, WIs. \\t, \ud)t of)ne meitcreS ^crriffcu fcl)cn, jonbcrn 7 Rev!Theol. Seminary, Wauwobicfelbcn aufced)t crbaltcn. tosn, Wi8y S Rev. Prof. R. Pieper, President Concordia Seminary, iaju bidet ein Hlumnibereiu, mic foldje Springfield, 111.

9 Rev. A. Schroodel, St. Paul, Minn. an anbern &od)fd)ulcn unfercd Sanbed be* 10 Rev. .1. Strasen, President Wisconsin District Mo. Sy­ fteben, cine ©clegenljeil. (S3 Ijanbelt fid) alfo nod, Milwaukee, WIs. * nidjt um ein miffenfdjaftUdjed 3«l, aud) nid)t 1874 UlU foldje, bie and £ird)lidjcn ober pljilan11 Rev. G. Muehlhaeuser, A. M., Hamlin Centro, N. Y. tropifdjen 23emeggnmben berooriuadjjcn, 1875 12 H. Plagomann, M. D., (Wuerzburg), Bavaria. + fonbern meijr um foldje, bic gcfclligcr, tame* 13 Rev, Chr. Dreyer, Glencoe, Minn. rabfdjaftlidjer Hrt finb, nub bic ber finb* ' 1876 Udjen ^pietcit gegen bie Tilbungdanftalt, ba 14 Prof. 0. Fellnnd. Northfleld, Minn.

15 Rev. K. Koch, t . man flum SHanne gereift ift, HudbrucE geben.

16 Rev. A. Pieper, Milwaukee, WIs. Toctor Sabing Enupfte Ijicran nod) einige 1877 SBcmerfungen iibcc bic gufammcufcjjung, 17 J. Gensike, Neenah, Win. bee 23erfammlung nub bie ‘ibatigtcit bed 18 Rev. W. Harms, Bancroft, Nob. 19 Rev. A lloyer. Princeton, Wis. Skreind, unb nad) cinigem informcllcn Ter* 20 Rev. Prof. J. Koehler, Watertown, Wis. 21 Rev. Chr. Sauer, Juneau, Wis. ijanbcln iibcc bic oorgctragencu ©ebanfen 1878 murbe ein tfomitce bcauftragt, cine (Sonftitu* iionju entruerfen, mcld)e bie a.Umfd,e boc 50eriammluua JUIU HltdbrUCl bcadltc. Tad *24 O. Uriebllng. Mechanics’ Fire Ihh. Co. Mllwaukie. Wis. ° 0 25 Rev. Prof. K. Hutli, Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis. murbe foglcid) getljan. <| 26 L. LaiQpert, Winona, Minn, 27 Her. A. Pieper, Manitowoc, Wis. Jn bem Gntmurf niuebe feftgeftcllt, bag ^)28 Rev. H. Schulti, Faribault, Minn. biejenigen regelmdgige ©Hebct bed JOcreind 1S79 fein foUleit, mcldjc ben gangen ©tjmnafial* *29 prof. o. nothae. nocorah, in. cutJuS mit eincm ^eifejcugniB bollenbet l)«* ®° gJJ;!\l ES'maim'MJnomi.S'.’wis.

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Hufjcrbem follte ein jcbed JOlitglieb jafjrlid) einen ToUar aid tBeitrag an ben ©djaljmeU fter be^al)len. ?luf biefe ©onjtitution I)in organifirte fid) ber 33erein burd) bie 3Sal)l ber Tcamteu unb bertagte fid) bann 311 cinem folenncn 3}£al)le, meldjed im (Sgfaale bed alien abgc* brannten Jpauptgebdubed unter bem JOorfifje bon ^prof. Graft, bem ^prajibenteu ber Hu* ftalt, eingeuommen murbe.

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Rev. P. Schwefel. Kenosha, Wis. llev. II. Slegler, Burro Mills, Wis. Rev. A. Spieriug, New London, Wis. O.Stubh. t J. Voss.

1SS2 Rev. Chr. Doeblcr. Two Rivers, Wis. Rev. C. Fr. Gruebner, Bay City, Mich.

11. Kiliun, Nagart, Wis. Rev. G. Schwoewe, Mackvillo. Wis. W. Koehu, business, Sheboygan, Wis. 1SS3 Trof. G. Rurk. Luther College, New l lin, Minn. llev. T. Sauer. Appleton, Wis. Rev. J. Bittner, G-mud-Rapids, Wis. 1SS4 Rev. H. H. Ebert, Milwaukee, Wis. Rev. L. Rader, Brownsville, Wis. Rev. F. Wurl, East Boston, Muss.

1SS5 llev. G. Bergcmann, Tomah, Wis. O. Brandt, teacher, Norwood, Minn. llev. H. Knuth, Milwaukee, Wis. Prof. J. 11. Ott, Pli. I). (Halle u. S.i Watertown, Wis. Prof. W. F. Weimar, Watertown, Wis.

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1886 Theo. Erockmnnn, Ban Claire, Win. Rev. E. Fincher, New Haven, Conn.

Rev. E. Palechek, Chaseburgh, AVIs. Rev. F. Popp, Bamboo, AA’is.

Rev. AA\ Schwermann. Covington, III. Rev. H. Volkert, North St. Paul, Minn.

Rev. AVeerts, Leaf Valley, Minn.

18S7 78 Rev. Fr. Meyer, Jefferson City, Mo. 18S8 79 George Ernst, U. X. Consul in Reichonberg, Bohemia.

80 Rev. K. Abbetmeyer, AVest St. Paul, Minn.

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1SS9 Rev. Fr. Bllefernlcht, Hnllsburg, AVIs. Chr. Conrad, d. 1893.

Charles A. Ernst, student, Leipzig, Germany.

Rev. William Henkel, AA'nuwntosn, AA'ls.

Rev. AV. Hocnccke, La Crosse. AA’ls.

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1890 Rev. Paul Beck, Bellingham. Minn.

Rev. Prof. Julius Gamin, AVntertown, AA’is.

Rev. Fr. Graebner. Milwaukee. AVIs. Rev. M. Illllemnun. Bethany. Minn.

Rev. Otto Hoenecke, Milwaukee, AA’ls.

Arthur Hoermann. student. Berlin, Germany.

Edward Lembcke, teacher, Milwaukee, AA’is.

Rev. Paul Mayerhoff. missionary. Fort Apache, Arizona Rev. John Plochor, missionary, San Carlos, Arizona.

Rev. Fred. Schumann, Dundns, AVIh. Rev. J. II. Schwartz, Engleton, AA’is.

Rev. Chr. Sicker, Rosecranz. AA'is.

Fr. Will, d 1891. _ Rev. Aug. F Ziek, Sleeepy Eye. Minn.

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1891 IP* Rev. Gurtt. Boettcher, Horton villa, AA’Ih. Rev. Otto llngcdorn, .Ionian, Minn.

Rev. Martin Luecke, Springfield, III. t^QO Rev. II. Mnrkworth, Rock Ilnplds, Iowa. <#’.•?

Rev. Max Mclinat, AVehsler, Minn.

Herm. Ran, Chicago, HI. * Rev. Emil Real. Dundee. Win. Rev. E. Schulz, Milwaukee, AVIs, Rev. John Sieglor, Caledonia, Minn. \dolphus T. Sicker. law-student, New A’ork City. 'fr*® Rev. Otto Sieker, New York City.y »t>

1892 Q it i Kev. .lohn Anderson, Husher, AA'is. 3 11 ’ Rev. Julius linmmaim. Lake Ronton. Minn. ✓ ^ , . ; William Ilmrcdorn. theol. student. Milwaukee, AA'is. v . ! Rev. Fred, l.eylie, AVolsey, S. 1 i'Rev. Henry Moldetiliauer.

116 Rov. Martin Sauer, AVaukegnn, III."—* 117 Aug. H. Sehroeder, druggist. S _■ l’.s Rev. Theo. Seifert. S.. Peter, Minn.

119 Gotti. D. Ziegler, county supt„ Appleton, AVIs. 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127

. 1S93 Rev. John Brenner. Cudahy, AA'is. v/lt* Rev. Theoph. Brenner.

— Bev. John Dejung. Rhinelander. AA'is.

Rnd. Hoermann, M. I)., (Univ. Mich.). AV4U«ertown, Via Rev. Win. Knneier, Buneert, AVIs. Henry Meyer, teacher, Milwaukee, AA'is.

Rev. John Meyer. Beaver Dorn. AVIs. »JU Rev. Charles Sieglcr, Shickley, Nebr.

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1894 AVm. Bethke. music teacher, Oconomowoc. AA’is* Rev. Charles Buenger, Morton Grove. III. J Rev. AVm. Franziunnn, AA’Inona. Minn, t 23Rev. Herman Glescben. Marshall, AVIs, i Rev. Adolph Haase. Bay City. Mich.

Paul Hngedorn, deputy consul. Reichcnoerg. Bohemia.

Anthony. Jennrich, 31. A. (Univ. AA’is.) architect, 3Iilwankeo, AVis. Rev. Emil Kielgas, Wfnncconne. AVis. 4 Rev. Henry Koch, Redwood Falls, Minn.

Rev. John Pohley, Sutton. Minn, i *J8* Martin Sprengiing. theol. student, Milwaukee, AA’is.

Rev. John AA’itt. Cootland, Nebr. I **

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1S95 Albert Dnmmnnn, theol. student, Milwaukee. Wis. AA’illiam Hermann, theol. student, Milwaukee, AA’is.

Rudolf .Teske, theol. student. Milwaukee, AA’is.

Albert Kuhn. Prof. AVntertown. AVIs. Carl Manthey-Zoru, Cleveland, Ohio.

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145 Emil Redlln. theol. student, Milwaukee, Wis. 146 Frederick Uetzmann, theol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. V 147 Frank Whitefoot, theol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156

1896 Immanuel Albrecht, theol. student. St. Louis, Mo. Mary Ernst, teacher, high school, Jefferson, AVIs. Rcrnh. Hoermann, mod. student, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Leonard Knspnr, theol. student, Milwaukee. AVIs. Philip Martin, theol. student, Milwaukee. AA'is.

Hugo Melbohm, theol. student. St. Louis, Mo. Albert Oelilert, theol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. John Schulze, theol. student, St. Louis, Mo. Henry Sicker, theol. student, St. Louis, Mo.

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1S97 Julius Bcrgholz, theol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. Emil Dornfeld, theol student. Milwaukee, AA'is.

Ernst Eekelmann, student AA’is. Univ. Madison, AVIs. Herm. Fleischfresser, theol. student, Milwaukee, AA’is.

Edw. Fredrich, tliaol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. Charles Guenther, theol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. Gust. Haase, theol. student, Milwaukee, AA’is.

Arth. Hnlfmann, theol. student, St. Louis, Mo. Gust. Kuhn, theol. student, Milwaukee, AVIs. Charles Lemke, teacher, St Paul, Minn.

AVUllam Notz. theol. student. Milwaukee, Wis. Herm. Ritz, theol. student, St. Louis, Mo.

St. Valentine's Day. The origin of this most degenerated of festivals is a subject of some obscurity.

The day undoubtedly derives its name from St. Valentine, born on the four­ teenth day of February, who was a Roman ecclesiastic of the third century, supposed to lia\’e suffered martyrdom under the reign of the emperor Claudius, 270 A. D., and was earty canonized.

Queer it is that the saint has nothing at all to do with the matter, save that his was the fate to become incarnate on that day. There was, however, a prac­ tice prevalent in ancient Rome to cele­ brate during the greater part of Febru­ ary the Lupercalia, on which occasion, among other ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were taken by young men, as chance directed, and it was believed that the person drawn had some con­ siderable likelihood of becoming the associate of the party in wedlock.

Popular tradition had it that birds chose mates on the good bishop’s birth­ day, which habit is evinced in the idyll ot Drayton, a contemporarAr of Shake­ speare, when he writes to his “Valen­ tine”, thus : “Muse, bid the mom awake.

Sad winter row declines.

Each bird doth choose a mate.

This day’s St. Valentino’s ; For that good bishop’s sake Got up. and let us seo AVhat beauty it shall be That fortune us assigns,

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THE BLACK AND RED. In yonder climblug tower Gilt by the glittering rise; Oh, Jove! that in a shower.

As once that thunderer did, When ho in drops lay hid.

That I could her surprise !

“Her canopy I'll draw, With spangled plumes bedlght, No mortal ever saw So ravishing a sight; That it the gods might awe.

And powerfully transpierce The globy universe, Out-shooting every light.

Dyed like the dawning day, As polish'd ivory sleek; And In her ear I'll say, •Oh, thou bright morning star 1 'TIs 1 that come so far.

My valentine to seek*.

“Each little bird, this tide.

Doth choose her loved peer, Which constantly abide In wedlock all the year, As nature is their guide: So may we two bo true This year, nor chonge for new, As turtles coupled were.

“Let's laugh at them.that choose Their valentines by lot; To wear their names that use, Whom idly they have got.

Such poor choice wo refuse, St. Valentine befriend; Wo thus this morn may spend, Else, Muse, awake her not."

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3(ber nod) inimev braudjcn uur trcuc Tic* From this most charming pastoral we ner bc$ 3Bortc§. Um (Sud) 311 bicfcm Ijcrr* learn that not only birds sought com­ lidjen 31’mte bcfonbcrd iuncrljalb unfrer ©D= panions on this day, but also men and uobe red)te 2uft 311 madjen, ba$u mbgc bic* women chose their “Valentine”, to whom nen eiu 33ortrag the male or female was supposed to re­ He ber ben $cbeil)lid)cu f) uft an b uu* f e r e r 1u t h e v i j di e n i r d) c main mated for the rest of the year; and in 31 merit a. presents were invariably and necessarily given to the chosen party. ©eljr gebcil)lid) unb DcrhctftuugoDoU There was a time when the common H’ar bcJ 3«!ta«b unfcrcr lull). ifirdjc hi '.'line people were inclined to believe that the *ita nidjt unmer. .... first person of the opposite sex — single $ie crfteu *~utl)crancr miter ben Jial.an* of course—whom one met on St. Yalen- bern batten fdpucrc Trangfale unfc i'cnol* tine’s morning in walking abroad, was flmigen !,m ^IC -Ulitte b?S 17. 3af)rf)uubcrt3 a destined wife or a destined husband. P?n ^cr _-Ulad)t()abcu ber holldnbt* Gray seems to have been of this opinion otolouic auf 'JJtanl)attan JJsSlanb o11 Cl”s too, for he lets a rural dame remark : bulben.

Ten ©tbmebcu am Tclaiuare, bie anfamy “Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, lid) guten Qkfofg batten, ging’3 nidjt beffer, 1 early rose just at the break of day, alg erft einmal bie £»crrcn in 9 lew 31 miter* Before the sun had chased the stars away; A-field I went, amid the morning dew, bam ifire ?Jlad)tfpf)drc aud) nad) bcm Tela* To milk the kine (for no should housewives do).

Thee first I spied — and the first swain we see, mare awBbrciteten.

In spite of fortune shall our tme love be.” ©cm3 “bejpnbcrd entmutigenb iudl)rcnb Of all these prevailing popular cus- ber erften ^ennieu be3 18.' Safjrbunbertd toms m former generations of honoring waxen bie^JUerljaltniffc ber bcutfdjcn Sutfic* this fast fading festivity, not one is left raner am §ubfon entlancj untcr bcm beroi* us, the only observance of any note con- fdjen unb opfmoifligcii ^aftorat bcS 3ofua sisting merely of the sending of jocular ilodjcrtbal. « anonymous letters. The approach of 1735 crab’s uur 8 Iutlj. iprebiger in bem the dav is now heralded by the appear- ^ebicte ber iejjigen 33er. ©taaten, nub bod) ance of vast numbers of so-called “valen- belief fid) bie gabl ber lutl). SBeoSlfcntnfl auf tines”,) which generally consist of a Taufcnbc Tie ?jolgc mx SGcrwatjrlofunq,

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6d ift Denmad) ein 4Bunbcr (Sotted, baf} bic lutl). ,ftird)e in 2lineri£a, bie im Slnfang mit fbldjen ©djmieriqtciten 311 feimpfen fiatte, * nun bennodj ' 311 ciner jo pfianomcnaleu Salute qefommen ift.

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merben; banit merben loir milliq merben, und flcrnc in ben 5Dicnft unfered (Srloferd gefu £l)rifti 311 flellcn unb unfer qrojjfed (Sli'nf barin finben, bap mir qemurDiqt mer* ben, mtyitbclfcn, bic burd) Gt)rifti 93lut teuer ertauften ©eelen 311c ©eligfeit 311 brtngcn.

Novel-Reading.

5Bie fteljt ed ncimlid) jejri? geijt Qicbt cd, menu loir ailed redjueu, mad fid) Iutfje* After the marvelous achievements of rifd) nennt, etma 5500 lutl). ipaftoren, 0000 Defoe, Swift, and especially of Richard(Scmcinbcn, 1,500,000 (Sommunifanteu. SOn and Fielding in the production of 2I3ir finb an oierter ©telle in ber JHeibe firdp fictitious works, novel-reading has beIidjcr ©cmeinfdjaftcn. 18S0 — 00 naljnt uu* come very popular. In the present era fere .(lird)e uin 05 '.present 311, 20 ^ro^ent it is encouraged to a high degree in high mcl)r aid irejenb cine anbere .ftirdje. ^etjt schools as well as in colleges. We ought qiebt cd etma 25 tficol. ©eminare mit etma to encourage this sort of reading to 75 ^rofcfforcn unb 1200 ©tubenten, 25 some extent, but at the same time we (Solicited mit qeqcn 4000 ©tubenten ; etma ought to beware of going into extremes; 140 .ttirdjpnblatter mit ciner Siefci^aljl non for novel-reading may be harmful as circa 1,000,000, unb taufenbe non VJliffioneu well as beneficial, unb qcorbr.cteu Oocmeiubcu, bie fiber bie qait= Among the benefits derived from 3cn 4>ereiuiqteu ©taaten uerbreitet finb. novel-reading one must certainly ap'40ie ift bad ailed flefommen? (Sotted predate the increase of vocabulary ac(Snabc l)at cd c\etlian, meld)e bie 'ilnljcinqer quired by it. It is not such an easy uufercr .Uird)e ucranlafite, fid) cin3iq auf bad task to * acquire a large vocabulary UOort hciliqer ©djrift unb auf unfere 23c- which you thoroughly master in every Vcuutnidfdfriftcu 311 qriinben — namentlid) bad respect. The best way to do this is by (Srfiuben auf bie lutl). &el)re non ben JHed)t* reading, not 1)3' reading so very much, feriiqumv Tiefc I'cljrc bemeifterten unfere but by reading that which 3rou read, 'piouicrc trot; qemaltiqcr Jpinbcruiffe, bad attentive^ and carefully. For this pur'I'auicr unfrer .tfirdjc iibcrall aufeupflai^eit, pose a novel will serve fairly well It is mo nur immer fid) (Scleqenbeit bot. (Sc-- generally vety interesting and craftily mciubcu unb (Semcinbcfd)ulen faincn balb fascinates the reader’s mind so that he •u (Samp Unfere Juqcnb murbe in ufidjter- delights in reading for hours at a time, nor 5\3cife ailciu burd) (Sotted 'lUort 31m It seems a delicious task to him. Such ,Uird)e ()crauqe3oqcu. 2llt unb fsiinq fitljlte reading not only increases 3rour vocabufid) augc3oqcn burd) bie ooltdtfimlid)c larv, but it naturally at the same time '43rcbiqt unfercr .Uird)c. Uuter und merbeu develops and improves 3rour style, bie ©eelen redii erbaut. (sin qiimtiqer gaf* In a o.ood novei we find delineations tor fitr’unfere tfirdjc ift and) bad tfcrfallen Qf diverse characters, and we see how ber ©eften infolqe iljred Slbmeidjend non ber th act Under certain circumstances, red)ten £ef)rc unb iljrcd allmdl)lid)cn 2lud* Here n0vel-reading gives an opportufterbend. gunner mefir merben crnfte ©tiny nity to studv human nature and human men laut urn .spilfe non unfercr ©cite uuter character "The fact that we find ben cuglifdjrcbcnbc 2lmcrifaueru, bic 5\3ol)l* physiological principles underlying the qefaflen an unfercr niidjternen, fenfationd* defineation and development of the freien ^rcbiqtmcifc finben. characters of the persons of the 513ad £onmen mir tljun, 11m biefen stoiw is what elevates the q e b c i l) l i d) c n 311 hQ a b 3 u e r l) a 11 e u ? above the tale of adventures of the Safjt und feft beljarreu bei ber 3d)rift unb middle ages. But this same fact makes an unferen 93®nntniffen. Tann merben mir it far more difficult to write a good allc non ber bcqlfidenben .g»errlid)£eit ber novel than to write a good tale of art2el)rcn unfercr JUrd)c immermcl)r fiber3cucjt ventures, and we find that many novels

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are faulty just because their characters ens the intellect and makes the readerinare not truly developed. capable of grappling with the great There is 'another benefit which one truths; that underlie: the: realities of life mar derive from novel-reading. We get True feeling is deadened for passive a deeper insight into the conditions of passions by being repeated grow wea'the time of which the novel treats, or er. fnordmate readmH of evra the best rather of the writer’s time* for it is ex- of novels must destroy all taste for the ceedingly difficult to reproduce with any other and more solid reading that is degree of fidelity times other than your essential for every intelligent man or* own. Most writers therefore depict in woman. their works the contemporary social Taking all this into consideration, we and moral conditions. Shakespeare in come to the conclusion that only good his “Julius Caesar” wrotes as though novels ought to be read, and they ought there were no difference between his to be read very carefully. The reader, contemporaries and the subjects of especially the young student, should Caesar. Scott in his “Ivanhoe” repro- consult the dictionary on every unduces the conditions and customs that known word, and when he has finished existed immediately after the Norman the book, it would be advisable for him conquest tolerably accurately, but also to stop and think about what he has there we can find historical inaccuracies, read. Then he will reap the full benefit Be this as it may, it is certainly true of his work. Experience proves the that we can, by reading novels, get a veracity of the old proverb “Whatever deeper insight into the social and moral is worth doing is worth doing, well’, and conditions of former and of contempor- therefore we should abhor all superficialness. arv times.

Despite these benefits .novel-reading in many cases has a bad influence on the reader, intellectually as well as morally.

This is always so with immoral novels.

Physical Development.

Whoever knows anything about human nature, knows that it is strongly inclined Psychology teaches us that, as a rule, to all corrupt, but repugnant to all in a frail, decrepit body there can exist good influence. This is not saying that no strong, sound mind. As in all rules we should not read any immoral novel there are exceptions to this one also, at all, but we must not take a liking to though exceedingly rare indeeed. It is such reading nor find our chief therefore a sacred duty to ourselves and pleasure in it. to our fellow-men to strive towards the Bad influence is also exerted by novels acquisition of a healthy, robust constithat - are inefficacious . , M1 . in, their use . . of tution, which is the staff of life. It is words, that have illogical composition best acquired by proper, systematic and lack adoption of form and thought, exercise. For exercise develops and Such words waste, wear and tear the strengthens the physical, refines and in­ reader’s attention and are incapable of tensifies the spiritual being. The per­ manipulating his mind. But this in­ son has new interests in his fellow-men, fluence is perhaps not so dangerous. he is kinder, more considerate, more forVery detrimental to the reader is in- giving, and more helpful to others. A ordinate novel-reading. It is doubly strong individuality manifests itself in dangerous because its bad influence is all he undertakes and executes, not so obvious. The insatiable novelEspecially the person of sedentary reader reads not so much because he de- habits, the student, and he who is ocsires to profit by it, but because he finds cupied with much mental work cannot pleasure in it. He delights in having his afford to neglect physical culture. Were passions roused. When he h&s finished a people more vigilant in preserving this novel, he knows that it was an interest- balance between the mental and physimg story, but much further his knowl- cal, there would be less need of insane edge does not extend. Such reading weak- asylums.

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sium during the gloomy winter days is certainly beneficial.

Last but not least it is air, an abun­ dance of fresh, pure air which is so con­ ducive to health and physical develop­ ment. Oxygen imparts vitality and life, and the more air we breathe the more life we have. Strengthen the vital or­ gans by breathing properly. Long, deep respirations are the most beneficial.

It is for this reason that consumptives are advised to climb mountains, so as to be compelled to breathe more and deeper, and hence to take more oxygen.

When one is tired, worried, or nervous, an excellent rest and cure is to take physical exercise, even if it consists merely' in a walk. It is best, when taking a walk, to have some particular place or point to which one may go, rather than to take merely a “consti­ tutional” with no end in view save the exercise itself.

Hence, plenty’ of exercise of the proper kind, plenty of fresh, invigorating air to breathe, and one -may have a sound mind in a sound body’. For exemplifica­ tion we may mention the two great statesmen Bismark and Gladstone.

This is of paramount importance to the clergyman, the lawyer, and the pub­ lic speaker who would hold sway over others. A fidgety and tremulous orator will not only lose all influence over his auditory, but will irritate his hearers and excite them to a very nervous strain.

Only that person who can fully control himself and who possesses what is called personal magnetism will exercise much power over others; and his career will eventually be crowned with success.

This fact is admirably exemplified in Rufus Choate, who won almost every jury case he undertook, and in Webster, who could hold his audience spell-bound.

Now the question arises : What kind of exercise is best adapted to attain a fine physique and a good nervous sy­ stem ? We must remember that it is not muscle that we need so much as it is Memory. vital strength. One may have attained If people complain about their bad great muscular development and yet fall a victim to consumption. Many an memory or if they envy’ others on account ambitious athlete, who sought great of their good memory, they generally physical prowess by extreme efforts in think memory’ is something like an in­ the gymnasium or on the athletic field, jured limb or bad lungs. But this is not broke down before he reached the prime the case.

Memory is the power to reproduce of life and was immaturelv sent to the It is divided grave. Just as deficient use of the body things once perceived. leads to decay', so excessive use tears into two classes, the good and the bad away and breaks down the tissue that memory. But when we say’ a person has a good or a bad memory, we may supports the organs of the body’.

The most beneficial code of exercises is imply’ different meanings.

Some people have accumulated a that in which the movements are smooth and continuous. Great will­ great amount of knowledge, but this power and steady energy should ac­ knowledge does not always present it­ company’ all actions, and not extremely’ self to their mind at the right time. violent or jerky motions. Such erratic Others, who can always and at all times movements are not only’ injurious to reproduce their knowledge and always health, but they’ also produce ungraceful­ know how to use their learning, will ness. For these reasons some scientists seem to know a good deal more, than go so far as to condemn the palestra. they really do. But their knowledge is This is evidently’ saying too much. A very’ often imperfect. While studying at judicious code of exercise in a gymna­

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The other again will concentrate his mind upon one subject, but by so doing will lose many other things.

Again, one scholar is obliged to study long and laboriously at a speech or poem or at a table of historic events, till he has at last memorized it. Another with a quick perception will learn it with ease. To him things seem to come of themselves. In this case the first has the bad memory and the second the good. After a year the teacher examines both scholars. He now finds the first to have retained everything in his mind, whereas the other, who did not have to study so hard, has forgotten considerabty more than the first. While studying some other subjects part of his former knowledge escaped him. We now say that the hard worker has the good memory and the other the bad.

But he who can memorize quickly and at the same time retain his learning possesses the best memory.

A good memory is developed and retained mainly by studying and by careful reading of solid matter. Nothing is more injurious for one’s memory than the continuous shifting from one subject to another, both having absolutely nothing to do with each other. For this reason newspaper reading is very harmful to the memory. This we can easily notice among the students themselves. Just those that are most eager to read the papers in the morning, are not always the bright ones in the class, Another great harm for our memorjMS the reading of wild literature like dimenovels, because we have no solid resting places, in which we can digest our new 'ru CCl^e’ ^.1.• r I he one thing necessary for a good memory is to be interested in the subject you study. Only he who can entirely master his interests can be master of his memory.

Seli£ SSRenbeldjotjnsBartljoIbt), jener be* riit)mte ilomponijt, geboren am 3. gebruar 1809 in Hamburg, mar ber (Snfel bed Pfiilojopfjen Sftojed STtenbeldjobn. (Sinige f?in?£ ®eburt jicbelte jein Bgter,

21braham 9Rcnbeldjol)n, mit jciner gamthe nad) Berlin Tiber. ,$icr 3eigte fid) balb bad mujifalijdje Talent bed Jhiaben. £ubmig r bc (cin 2el)rcr im pianojortcjpicl J unb gr. Reiter im Tonfajj.

Untcr biejen ^ . madjte er jo bebcuteubc $ortjd)ntte, bah cr ala ueunjcifjriger .tt'nabc fdjou Sjfcntlid) auj* treten fonnte, unb 31001* mit grofjem ©rjolg. ©djou oor jeiucm 3molfteu gal)re Ijattc ev cinige glUcflidje Bcrfudjc in ber Jtompojitiou ocm ©nmpljonieu unb Dpercttcn gemadjt.

Badjbem nun SDtojdjclcd unb (Eljcnibiui 1825 jcbr bejricbigcnbe Urtcilc Tiber il)u ab* gegeben batten, mar benn and) fein Batcr bamit einuerjtanben, bah «r fid) ban RTmjt* lerbetufc gan3 unb gar mibmen jolltc. ©cine ilbrigcn ©tubicn ocrnad)ldjjigle er bcdljalb feinedmegd. (Sr bcjdjdjtigtc jid) mit Borlicbe mit ben Tidjtern ber altcu ©pradjen unb bradjte cd barin 311 gau3 bc* bcutenbcntomtnijjeu. 2(ud) fonnte er gran* ^bjijd), Snglijd), gtalicnijd) nub ctmad ©pa* nifd). gm galjre 1827 bc3og er bic T3crli= Ucr Uniucrjitcit. mo cr 3mci galjrc lang blicb. £>{Cr iCqtc cr fid) bauptjadjlid) auj bad ©tu* bium b’er Bbilojopbic. Tauu aber jagtc cr ben (Sntjdjlujj, ojjcntlid) aid gadnuujifer auj* ^utreten. 'jj0r 1S29 Ijattc Wleubcldjoljn jd)on oicr Operu fomponiert, baruutcr bic £>od)3eit bed Goamadjo; jerner brei Quartette jiir .Ulaoicr, ein ©trcidjquartett, ©pmpbonicn, ©onaten Unb £ieber; and) bic beiben bedibmieu DuUcriurcu 311m ©ommcruadjtdtraum unb gjlecrcSjtille unb gliidlidic galjrl. Tic '.Ola* tljaudpajjion non ©cb. Bad), bic Tiber bunbert gal)rc unbenufet bagclcgcn Ijattc, micbcr entbeeft unb aujgcjiibrt 311 baben, ijt ebcu* fnns cin SOctbicuft ailcnbclSfolinS. MleubelS= jobn begab jid) nun nad) Sonbon, mo cr 3iucimal mit glcii^enbcm (Srjolg bic ©om* mernad)tdtraum=$Dimertiirc auffiUjrte. Trei ,qapriccn jur pianoforte, bic Pbantajic Tiber The Last Rose, bic jd)ottijd)c ©onate, unb bad rci3cnbc ©ingjpicl: Tic .£»cimfcbr and ber grembe Ijattc cr jd)on teiboeije fompo* niert, aid cr auj jcincr jd)ottijd)cu Bcije and) bic £>ebriben*Ouuertiirc foucioicrtc. Bon ©d)ottlaub febrte er nad) Berlin 3urucf unb uodcnbetc bicmeijtcnber angejangcuen 'Ifierfe. gm 9Rai 1835 reijte cr Tiber SBcimar unb UJtiiudjen nad) gtalieu. Tie ©elegenbeit, JRomd .Q'unjtjdjdlje 311 jtubicren beutetc cr jcbr mol)l aud unb entmarf mcibrenb jeined bortigen Slufcntbaltd and) bic lBalpurgis* uad)t, bad erjtc §ejt jcincr munbernollen X'ic*

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ber oljnc B3ortc, unb ben 115. ipfalnt. Barf)* bem er nod) Reaper befudjt l)atfe, teat er fei* nc Biirf'reife an. Tarauf errang er in Parid, 1130 cr uont Tc3cntbcr 1831 bid Slpril 1832 ueimeilte, mieber gldn^enbcn (Srfolg mit bcc ^luffuljrung feincr ©ommcrnadjtdiraum* Duuerturc. JHun feierte cr nod; erft in Son* bon bie grofeten Triumplje mit feincr .(bebri* ben*Timcrturc unb mit bem G molk^on^crt unb fcljrtc bann nad) 'Berlin ^uriicf; a ber ba fein Bemerbett um bie Tirigcntcnftellc ber Singafabcmic oergcblid) mar, manbtc cr fid) migmutig mieber nad) £onbon unb fUtjrtc bort feiue A bur*Si)inpl)onic auf. (Sr biri* gierte 1833 bad Blufiffeft 311 Tiiffciborf unb mar bort nad) ciner nierten Dicifc nad) iioit* bon brei galjre fang aid iUJufit'bireftor ber .ftirdjcnmnfit' in ben CatI)olifd)cn Mirdjen t()a* tig. Seine nebenbei betriebenen Tpeaterge* fdjdfteginger.fd)lcd)t. Tcdljalb gab cr fie and) go 113 auf unb mibmetc fid) mieber ber .Wont* pofition. (Sr uollcnbete belt grofjtcn Tcil fei* tied paulnd unb fdjrieb uiele Richer ol)ite 'iUorte : ocrabfdjiebcte jid) barauf mit feinent (Sapriccio in H fiir .Wlaoicr non Tiiffciborf unb mirltc non 1835 an in ben Seip^iger (')cmanbl)audfon^crtcn mit, mo cr fcl)r balb ,-,u boljcn (Sl)reit gelangtc. Jm gabre 1831 nerbciratetc cr fid) mit ©acilia gcarcnaub, ber Todjter ciited reformierten prebigerd and graitffurt. Uutcr ben 'lUerten, bie er mdl)* renb feincr Tircftiondtljatigfcit bio 1841 id)uf, ragen bernor: Tad .Ulanierton^crt in I) moll, p faint 42 unb 114, bad Streid)* quartett in E moll, bie beriibmtc Dunerture Dim) Biad, bad .Ulaniertrio in D moll unb ber Sobgefang. 21 uf BJunfd) bed .Wonigd non preupen 3og cr nun nad) Berlin unb fdjrieb bort bie lUiufiC 3m: 2lntigouc. Tod) ncrlicfi cr Berlin balb mieber unb unternabm, nad)* bem er in iteip^ig nod) feiue A ntoil*Sum* phonic nollcnbct Ijatte, cine iJieifc nad) ber Sdjmci.v gut Bointcr 1842 — 43 birigiertc er abcrmald bie ©emaitbbaudfoi^ertc unb fiiljrtc bann nad) fur^em Bermcilcu in Ber* lilt unb Sonbon fcincit Pattlud guerft in gmeibriitfen, bann itt Berlin auf. Taint begab er fid) itad) graitffurt a. 3R. unb ar* beitete bort an fciitcnt (Sliad unb ant lUanicr* trio in C mod. gin galjre 1845 tempo* ttiertc cr jetted in ber ©eigeitntufif fo hodjbe* ritlimte itoit^ert. Bad)bent cr int '-Winter 1845 — 40 ttodjmald aid Tirct'tor in Seipflig tljatig gemefeu mar, bot fid) iljm cttblid) bie ©elegcitljcit, feitt Tratorium (Sliad in Bir* jniugljam auf^ufiUjrcn. Tic 2(ufful;ruttg er*

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Taimn erljoltc er fid) trolj bed ©ettuffed ber 2llpcnluft itur 311m Tcil. BJdljrcnb biefer geit fd)ttf cr nod) bad Dratoriuni (Sbriftud unb bie munbcrfdmncit gragntcittc ber ©per Lorelei. 2lm 28. Tftober traf iljn ein Ijeftiger Bcroeitfdjlag. gufolge beffeu ftarb er am 4. Bod. 1847 311 £eippg. Tie fceidte murbe imfcr ciner mcrfmurbigctt Totettfeier nad; Berlin ubcrgefuljrt.

9.l3o Bteubeldfoljn gait3 feinent Talente 3111c Stjrif unb 311m fcitteti junior gcfolgt ift, Ijat er ©roped, ja Unucrgdnglidjcd gcfdjaf* fen. .ftingcgeit bei fcincit Berfudjett, brama* tifd)c unb fi)ntpf;ottifd)e ©rope 311 cntfaltcn 3cigt fid; cine bei meiient fd)mdd)erc Batur.

(Sr mar ber gcitiale iiprifer iitt (Srnft unb Sd)cr3 unb baruiit audi int Dolfdtumlidjeu (Sl)orlicbc ber grofjtc 'JBeiftcr. Tic Spntpljo* nieit (C moll, A bur, A moll) befitjeu 3mar uiele ciit^elnc Sd;onl)citcu, befouberd in ber guftrumentatiom aber grofjartige 9lnlage, unb ber einljeitlid) feft audgepragte (SljaraL ter 9Jto3artd unb Bcctljooeitd merben oer* niipt. Ucbcrall laffcit fie cutmeber bad ftytti* meutalc £ieb ober bad Sdjcr3o burdjtlingett.

3tud) offenbart cr in ber IHntigoitc nidjtd born aittifcn Siitu, mic iljit ©lucE befafj; ftatt ei* nor ©ruubftiminung, bie bad gatt3C Ijcilt unb Ijebt, Ijabcit fie itur Tetailfdjilberuug, int ©cfaitg mic im Crdjeftcr ; aber fclbjt in il)* ltcit, mie in aitbcreit fdjmadjercit Bierfcn, er= fdjcint Btciibcldfohu ttod) imtiter aid eiu gainer 'JJlufifcr, aid Blcifter bed BJoljllautd unb ber flaren, burdjgebilbeteit gornt.

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A Yale Student's Plea to his German Teacher.

Oh. why not spreeben sse Deutsche ?

What pleasure say can sic haben ?

- You cannot imagine how much You bother unfortunate Knaben. l.iebster Freund ! givo besser work, Nicht so hard, ein kurzerer lesson, Oh, then we will not try to shirk, Cnd unser will gaben sic blcssen !

Oh, ask us nicht now to decline “Meiues Bruders gi-ossero Haeusor”; “Die Fassor” of “alt roter Wcin" ■ Cau give us no possible joy, sir.

Dio Muller may tragen ein Rock, Eat schwartz Brod und deni Kase, Dio Bans may be hangen on bocb.

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was foutld tO their surprise that all to lhe Dulchmen: seven were unanimous in maintaining The sprache belonging to such men. that the following are the cardinal "“VS&^JfSpoauon. points of life. viz. : regime, activity, Slemustschrelben mein Vater eln Brief, light, Strength, temperatlOtt, OXVgen, Tosnylhali—mAmers^huSer.hnYaieCourant. and nature. From the initials of these snttb b«s etubium bc6 ^c\itTd)cn in bcr ?jaic un.ioerfih) septemes originated the name RALSM&SSt&x*?** Icln'rocnn c" m“ clncm f#,d,rn tt,fCC TON. These men then and there laid the foundation of the present Ralston Health Club. This organization, how­ ever, was originally kept in cogni zance of but a limited number. But these Write To-Night. doctrines of life and health could not Don’t co to the theater, concert or ball, long remain secret. From its own in­ Rut stay in your room to-night; Deny yourst-lf to the friends that call, herent energy the society grew and And a good long letter write— Write to the sad old folks at home, spread so rapidly that it has now Who sit when day is done reached the colossal number of ten With folded hands and downcast eyes, And think of the absent one. millions. Washington, our national Don’t selfishly scribble, "Excuse my haste capitol, was selected as the headquar­ I’ve scarcely the time to write Lest their drooping thoughts go wandering back ters of this grand institution which To many a by-gone night— centers in Martyn College.

When they lost their needed sleep and rest And every breath was a prayer, The club advocates especially the That God would leave their delicate babe, To their tender love and care. development of the vital organs, Don’t let them feel that you’ve no more need which are seated in the chest, as the Of their love and counsel wise: best means to procure health and For the heart grows strangely sensitive When age has dimmed the eyes— longevity. The underlying principle is It might be well to let them believe You never forget them quite; exceedingly simple — the alliance with That you deem it a pleasure, when far away, the laws of nature — and the only pre­ Long letters homo to write. cepts are, cat only pure food, take Don't think that the young and giddy friends, Who make your pastimes gay, moderate exercise, generate glame, and Have half the anxious thought for you, That the old folks hgve to-day. be cheerful on all occasions.

The duty of writing do not put off— Let sleep and pleasure wait— Even at our Alma Mater Ralston ism Lest the letter for which they have looked and longed, has found ardent advocates — a select Be one day or an hour too late. number of students — who have recently For the sad old folks at home, With locks fast turning white, formed a home-club under the surveil­ Are longing to see the absent one, Write them a letter to-night. lance ofan enthusiastic Professor. Albeit Ex. the club is but in its infancy marked effects have already been observed ; and the farther the members advance, the more energetic do they become. Wc are Ralstonism. assured that the results shall prove a Among the educated people Ralston- lasting recompense for the time thus ism is widely known and is spreading spent. The marvelous benefits derived continualh'with marvelous success. The from Ralstonism cannot be overestiRalston Health Club has now a mem- mated, and we wish that all would join bership of well-nigh ten millions. Its in espousing the noble cause of Ralstonhistory is very interesting and is epito­ ism. mized in the following : Some 3rears ago seven biologists, who were amazed at the ease and suddenness _ with which death claimed their friends as Exchanges.

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We wonder if the “Watch on the Rhine” is still ticking. — Ex.

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Doctor. — “Oh, no! not in the least, lor boys with brains don’t smoke them.”

— Ex. Prof. : What is an equinox ?

Student (in deep thought): Equi means horse and nox, night — nightmare, sir. — Ex. When Nero climbed upon tile bill to see All Rome ablaze with fire, which he did light, He tuned his violin and fcang “There’ll be A hot time in the old town to-night.” — Ex.

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It has been ascertained that plate glass will make a more durable monument than the hardest granite.

Visitor — I have made quite a study of physiognomy in my duty, and applying the light of that knowledge to your boy’s face, I am convinced that he is a youth of unusual understanding.

Parent. — You are entirely right, sir, for his record at school proves that he is always at the foot of his class. — Ex.

First Freshy. — I don’t like Caesar.

Second Freshy. — Why ?

First Freshy. — Too much Gaul.

— Ex.

“Dont you think, after all, that wo­ man’s femininity touches and appeals to man ?”

“Gracious, yes ! My wife is always asking me for something.” — Ex.

A man who stutters may be said to break his word even when he tells the truth. — Ex.

“I thought you said it was a case of love at first sight ?”

“I did, but she soon got her second sight and weakened on me.” — Ex.

’Tis not the course we take, nor the professors we have, nor the school we attend, but the work we do, that makes us men. — Ex.

Postmaster. — What did yon do with that letter carrier who was caught tamping with the mail bags ?

Superintendent. — I gave him the sack. — Ex.

Menagerie-keeper, all out of breath: ‘‘Have you seen my antelope ?” *’No. Whom did vour aunt elope with?” —Ex. , , , leacher.

There has been a great consumption of peanuts this }'ear. i'upil (innocently). — Do peanuts cjiuse consumption .

Ex. Herr Dil. - Haf you heard dot my dog ate a tape measure and died ?

Herr Kut - I suppose he died by inches, nit var ?”

Herr Dil. — Aber nit, he went out in der alley and died py der yard. - Ex.

The Black and Red in the beginning did not make it a special point to*secure many exchanges, but recently more attention was paid *to this. Exchanges arc certainly very,' beneficial in so far as they give you a clear idea of what happens at other colleges and similar institutions and of their progress and achievements. _ On our tablewe now find the following exchanges : The Gomeman Bethlehem, , Ba. .The Round Table, Beloit, Wt. , winfieddf Kan;’ The

Stranger (to Highlander’in Jfull unifonn) — Sandy,; are you cold .with the kilt?

Sandy;— Na^raon,' but Ham nigh kilt wi the cauld. — Ex.

Target, Highland Park, 111.; The Collegian, Watertown, Wis/; The Lyceum, Los Angeles, Cal.; The High School Herald, Paulding, Ohio; The High School Review, Sacramento, Cal.

Jack — Who is that chap who is al­ ways sleeping about the club room in athletic costume ?

Hack — Him ? Why, he is one of our active members. — Ex. Di°-gs—They tell me firemen are great chewers.

Riggs — Yes. Even when there’s a fire^they will run for a plug. — Ex.

Personal and Local, The concert that was arranged by the Harmqnia society on the 9th of February, in the Chapel of the N. W. U., proved a success. The proceeds have been given by the society to the college

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as a contribution to buy a good magic lantern. Such an optical instrument will be especially useful in connection with our lecture course.

Prof. — (Class in orthoepy) Mr. R., what is a chimera. . .

Mr. R.: I don’t know. I think it is a photographing outfit.

Mr. Frank Sclioof, formerly a member of class ’9S, died at Chicago during the latter part of last autumn.

The library received about four lum­ dreci volumes of government publications and also a copy of Nasts “Kritischpraktisches Commentar ueber das Neue Testament”, from a friend of our insti­ tution.

Due respect was paid to the anniver­ sary of the birthday of the “Father of our country”. The military company gave a short drilling exhibition and fired a salute to his memory. The usual march of the band and company through the principal streets of the city was omitted on account of the deep snow in the streets.

Severe of our Professors spent Washington’s birthday in Milwaukee.

Mr. G. R. Ernst, ex-Consul of the United States to Bohemia and former Professor of our college, will shortly re­ turn from Europe.

Professor : What is an arc ?

Scholar : My father’s best five cent cigar.

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Jan. 26th Rev. W. Fenton gave an anti-masonic lecture in the chapel of the His statements against N. W. U. masonry were firm and weight}'.

An orchestra consisting of six mem­ bers was organized late last term. It has been subjected to hard practice and we are glad to report that it is making good progress.

Several students are helping in in­ structing the children of St. Mark’s Sunday school. It is reported that the number of scholars is continually increasing. The attendance is at present about three hundred,

Severe snowstorms have been raging here this winter, such as have not been seen for many years. The one which will probably be remembered longest is the one on February 19th and 20th, when all walks and roads were blockaded Mr. Arthur Halfmann, a former editor, making it impossible to get through. spent Christmas vacation with friends The average depth of the snow was in the citv, about three feet, though on some places it had been drifted as'high as six feet Mr. Soldan of Concordia College, MilOnly through the strenuous efforts of waukee, spent part of his vacation at “Sonnie s snow - shovelling brigade” this institution, the professors and students from the city were enabled to attend their lessons.

On the 12tli of February Dr. Notz tendered the senior class a reception at M-n-s: What I don’t know is not his residence. The evening was spent worth knowing. socially and delightfully, and it was reThe Beta Rho literary society is in a gretted that the time to depart came so flourishing condition. ' * s°on*. * o the seniors the remembrance The only change is that meetings arc °* ^Vs pleas^nt evening will be sweet now held semi-monthly. even m days long after.

“Shvlock” does not believe in the pro­ verb as we find it in Poor Richard’s Almanac and has therefore changed it to this form: Early to bed and late to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

We are glad to remark that the sickrooms have during the course of this year had exceptionally few occupants, The patients that are there now are not dangerously ill, and we hope that they willsoon recover.

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THE BLACK AND RED. “Well, there is one thing to be proud of; we have no class prejudices in this country.” “I guess you were never present when three or four sophomores got hold of a freshman.”

Why does Ed chum with Ebie ?

Who is our “Vanity Fair?”

If some of our fellow-students do not soon discontinue raising beards and mustaches the tonsorial artists will soon become bankrupt, Foremost among these is “Sebulon”, who, we are sorry to say, is not having the desired success, although the boys are doing as much as they can to help him to this end.

Now that “Sebulon” has become a bankrupt, “Isaac,” the book agent, has a monoply in the line of books.

Anybody in need of bouquets or floral wrcaths call on our florist “Schweitzer,”, ”7 High Street.

A bicycle for 2000 will be shown at the Paris Exposition. Both tires are punctured with a large door, and visit­ ors reach the top by winding staircases inside. The saddle is a roof garden, and the handle bars a sitting room with large windows.

Well, “Shiner” has abandoned his studies to pursue another course in life.

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A meeting of the board of trustees was held here on Feb. 9th. Several members of the board stayed for the concert which happened to take place on that evening.

It has been reported that lambs of a certain Sunday school have been spirited away bv a “wolff”. A handsome reward for the “wolffs” scalp is offered, We noticed an advertisement in the “Rundschau” asking for the where­ abouts of Paul Schmidt. We can give no inlormation on the subject. When we last heard of him, he had started on a bicycle-tour to Hamburg. We hope that, when he has completed it, he will relate his adventures to us. We shall then give more information, January 17th the ladies attending the N. W. U. and a “select” number of students enjo3^ed the pleasure of a fine sleigh ride. Not much was said about their ride the next day, but we conjec­ ture that the sleighing party had a de­ lightful time of it.

Notice. — “Dr. Waggs” will soon finish his index to Kaegi’s Greek Gram­ mar. It will appear in print soon and be about twice the size of the Grammar.

“Isaac”, the book-agent, will sell a volume to any one who desires it.

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Our dear “Chanticleer” is still with us, although he causes considerable an­ noyance ; for early in the morning from his perch he sends forth his shrill warn­ ing. But we hope that in future he will take care that it does not reach improp­ er ears.

Fire and the sword are but slow en­ gines of destruction when compared with the babbler.

“Dad's’’ highest ambition is to be post­ master-general of the N. W. U. “Ossie was a little man, With face as white as snow, And every place where Ossie went You saw his shadow too.”

A good second-hand piano may be purchased at a reasonable price. For further information apply to Prof. W. Weimar, 601 Clyman St.

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