59 THE COLLEGE ARGUS. the suddenness of the blow that has fallen, the others too makes the boast thot " the first college paper was pub- young to realize their loss. Mr. Miller was an only son, lished at Dartmouth in f800." We wonder it hasn't grown and his death leaves his parents alone. some by this time. To those who have lost a cherished relative and friend, The following communication was sent by the Faculty there is consolation in the assurance that he has gone of Trinity College to the editors of the Tablet : home. R. " TRINITY COLLEGE, Hartford, Conn., Nov. 8, 1878. " To the Editors of Trinity Tablet : MEMORY. " GENTLEMEN—The Faculty have voted that all matter to be inserted in the Trinity Tablet and the Ivy, as well as in any paper or periodicals which may hereafter be issued by the students of the college, must be submitted to and " There is a mirror of the rarest kind, approved by the Professor of English Literature before For great and useful purposes designed ; publication. Possessing this strange feature—from its cast, " A firm but respectful protest was made by the Edito- That every image formed forever lasts ; rial Board. The Faculty was requested to remove the And though the dust of time may gather o'er, restriction, and was informed that the publication of the And hide the image formed years before, Tablet would be suspended if it were not removed. The They still remain, and when they're freed from dust, restriction was removed at the next meeting of the Will stand out plain, and bright, and true as first. Faculty." 'Tis in this mirror that I see my life, Made up of joy and .sorrow, peace and strife, We acknowledge the receipt of the following exchanges : Of hope and fear, set in with light and shade, Spectator, Acta Columbiana, Laselle . Leaves, Crimson, Univer- In all its striking truthfulness portrayed. sity Quarterly, Berkeleyan, Packer Quarterly, Tripod, Oberlin 'Tis then I have a panoramic view Review, Washington .7effersonian, Yale Record, Dartmouth, Of happy youthful deeds, as fresh and new Asbury Monthly, Tuftonian, Transcript. As when enacting, 'mid a throng of friends, Or in some lonely spot, where nature tends To make and leave an impress on the soul, COLLEGE WORLD. Which will, in some degree, our acts control ; Antl flushed with hope, which none but youth may feel ; Of manhood's later years, when the ideal The sum contributed to Princeton College under the Becomes obliterated by the real. Presidency of Dr. McCosh has reached $2,000,000. When living is with disappointment rife, And labor is the complement of life." Ann Arbor has the largest attendance of any college in • • 4 the country, the number being 1,346. EXCHANGES. Twelve men are training for the Freshmen crew at Har- vard. We like the Spcctator because it is so interesting to read. Prof. Watson, of Ann Arbor, has gone to Wisconsin It is full of real good college news and sayings, but we University. A better salary and the promise of better op- think it would add to the dignity of the paper if it had a portunities for scientific investigation induced him to go. literary department. We quite agree with the editorial in the Acta Columbiana There are over 7,000 Americans studying in German concerning certain criticisms passed on college papers. schools and universities. The American Consul at Wur- The primary object of a college paper should be to chroni- tenburg estimates that over $4,500,000 are thus annually cle the doings of the college, but our time is not all spent expended by Americans in Germany. in base ball and boating, therefore, we think, some of our doings in literary work ought also to find a place in the col- There is a good prospect that Amherst College will re- lege paper. Let college life sparkle on every page, but let ceive a liberal gift from the. late Mr. Strong, of Malden, the paper also have some substantial merits. Mass., for the endowment of a professorship of biology. We are very much pleased with the University Quarterly, It is proposed to make the gift $50,000 on condition that but think it, on the whole, a little too prosy. the college raises ;$25,000. We like the Berkeleyan, and heartily welcome it from across the continent. Williams students are talking of selling their boats and If you want college news and jokes look into the pages tearing down their boat-houses. The money given them of the Tripod, but we doubt if you can find anything else. recently by Cyrus W. Field for the purpose of improving The Dartmouth, in a special note on the Laselle Leaves, their course, is being expended in road mending.