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Title: The college argus (June 11, 1868), p. 2
Text: 2 and in brief everything pertaining to a—ﬁrst class Observatory. Other improvements are contemplated in various directions, of which .we hope to
Show more2 and in brief everything pertaining to a—ﬁrst class Observatory. Other improvements are contemplated in various directions, of which .we hope to speak more deﬁnitely at anoth- er time. 4 BASE BALL. _ It is to be regretted that there has been cause for even a word of objection to our “National Game.” The almost universal titvor with which Base Ball was received in this country, the very rapid development of the real power of the game, the precision, grace and ﬁne skill so generally exhibited. in the'complicated maneuvres, clearly mani- fest that it supplied a natural demand in more physical amusement and gymnastics. That there may be excessive exercise in the play is no valid objection to the game. This is in a sense natural, and shows the desire bleness of‘ the exercise and its peculiar pow- er as a physical and secial amusement. The seal with which the youth all over the coun. try entered into the spirit of the game, and its strong hold 1113011 their feelings, might have been anticipated as a temptation to gamblers ant l‘roughs” generally to also engage in their distinctive way in the game, and thus by their presence, their immoral conduct, and their betting on the results of the play, so cast odinm upon the real manly - - 'q'ecreation, th'at moral and Christian men would. oppose it as leading to general de- inoralization. This has been the fact. The chief cause of immoral action among ball- players has been the principle of champion- ships. We were much pleased to see, in the beginning of the present season, very wise action in many base-ball conventions direct- ed toward complete abolishment of this nn— fortunate provision. l'Ve think the mode- ration and manliness already shown in the. playing of the present season manifest a -ohange of sentiment and action on the part of base-ball men, which, if persevered in cannot fail of securing great good to them~ selves, the removal of all objections to the playing, and the establishment of the game as truly national and worthy of' support. In Wesleyan we of course have a club. It was established in the Fall of 1864, by those true lovers of the game, Chas. L. Bonnell, ’68, S. H. Olin, ’66, "W. A. Chad- wick, ’69, and others, and although the ex- ercise has never been very great, yet we have reason to be proud of our progress and present position. The name of our club, “ Agallian,” was furnished by our spoIt-lov- ing Professor of Greek, and is derivedﬁrom -Agalles, the man who invented the game of ball, in ancient Greece. Mr. Bonncll, who has been the Captain of our First Nine from the beginning, has gain- THE COLLEGE ARGUS. ed the enviable reputation of being the best catcher in the State of Connecticut. We have now the best Nine the Agallians have ever known, and, moreover, the very best of material in the classes for a constant suppl y for the next three years. The class of ’7] has some very ﬁne players. If the College rest in their club, and encourage it by indi. vidual presence and gene-mus pecuniary aid, there is the surest ground for believing we will have a Nine in a few months that can easily secure a perfect equality with any Nine in the State, if not the reputation of being the best.- We hope that the Agallian Club, in- so great measure established and sustained by ‘68, will not also this year he graduated with them. CLASS DAY. The Class Day Ceremonies will occur on Thursday, June 25th. Through the courte- sy of the Faculty, all College exercises will be suspended during the afternoon. At 2.30 P. M. there will be a social reunion of the Class under the Mulberry Tree. At 4 P. M. will be the public Farewell to the College, smoking 'the Pipe of Peace, Pipe Presenta- tion, ctc., under one of the trees on the Cam- pus, it being ,impossi‘ble to meet as usual around the ‘ﬂa'g-pole.‘ ’The proverbial hu- midity of class-days, however, may interfere with these arrangements, In the evening there will be the usual exercises at McDon~ ough Hall, commencing at 7.30 o’clock. The appointments for the day and eve- ning are as follows: Prescotation of Pipe, Frank Reynolds. Reception, Leslie B. Cooke. Farewell Address to the College, Chas. L. Bonnell. Orator, F. B. Hamblin. Poet, ' Geo. I-I. Stone. Historian, E. N. Hancock. Prophet, E. I. Beckett. Toast Master, 0. Sargent. Chaplain, A. B. Smart. Advice to the Class, T. M. I'IOIISC. Ivy Speech, A. J. Nest. An invitation is extended to all to be pre- sent. As customary, th‘b Faculty and Class- es are invited to the “Farewell Exercises.” —.-.+.+__._.. Mn. 11‘. E. ANDERSON, of the clash of ’65 of l-Iarvard, has been elected to a founda- tiOn scholarship at Trinity College, Cam- bridge, England. .THE Gourmet proposes that a suitable monument be erected on the Yale College grounds, to the late President Day, by con- tributions from the Alumni who graduated during his administration. l generally will only take a little more inte- ' Coittrnncrmnnr at Dartnmuth, July 23d. THE Library Building at Amherst Col- lege is to cost $50,000. Jenn B. GOUGII is said to have declared his intention of giving up public lecturing at the close of the present season. THE address before the Alumniot' lVil- liams at the next Commencement is to be given by Professor W. D. Whitney of Yale. A FINE residence has been purchased, to- cost when furnished. $20,000, as :1 present to Dr. Anderson, the President of Rochester University. I J. I'IAMMOND TRUMBULL, of Hartford, the only person who can read John Eliot’s In- dian Bible, has compiled from it a dictiona- ry of T,000 words. THE Portland, Mc.,Institute has been pre- sented by Chas. E. Norton, Edit-orof the North American Review, with a bust of Ralph iValdo Emerson. Tun Univelsalist Academy of Franklin, Mass, was dedicated May 28th. The cost of the entire buildings has been $l53,‘:90, and they accommodate I20 pupils. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE has received an em doivmentyof $20,000 from John Brown, of Philadelphia, and one of 310.000- fro-iii“ Hon. William E. Dodge, of New York. Pnsrnnnnons are being made for estab- lishing a college for young ladies in En- gland. The buildings are to cost $150,000, and the tuition is to be $400 per annum. Tun: TnUsrnns of the Illinois University require every student to engage in manual labor two hours per day. For extra labor twelve and half cents per hour is allowed ! THE State granted $15,000 to establish‘a homeopathic department of medicine in the Michigan University, but the regents have determined not to locate it at Ann‘Arhor, and, in consequence of this action, the State- 'I‘reasnrer refuses to pay over the money. Becacsn the inerdty of Brown refused to replace a stolen bucket and rope, the stu- dents paraded tlie streets of Providence witlr a banner inscribed “ Water,” and bearing divers vessels for containing this desirable- ﬂuid. Three of the- leaders- have been ex- polled. THE 35th annual convention of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity will be held the Pith, lcth and 10th of J one, with the Phi Chap- ter of Michigan University. Orater, Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pa; Poet, Mr. Chas. H. Swoctser, Editor of‘ the New York Evc~ lmng Mail. t
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Title: The college argus (June 11, 1868), p. 1
Text: WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, JUNE 11,‘ 1868. THE-BELL(E)S. - See the ladies so-called belles l Pretty belles I “but a storm of merriment their prettiness
Show moreWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, JUNE 11,‘ 1868. THE-BELL(E)S. - See the ladies so-called belles l Pretty belles I “but a storm of merriment their prettiness impels 1 How they te-h'e, te-he, te-he, At [1 silly little sight, While they sit and chat so freely .On a subject e‘er so silly With a wonderful delight ; ' {Running o’er, o’er,'o‘er, In a sort of modern lore With a thrilling modulation that unmistakably tells They are belles, belles, belles, belles, Are a mincing and a sighing sort of belles, _See another kind of bellesI _ Spinster belles I What a world of happiness this cross old class dispels! Never hear the horrid sight That’s the pretty belles’ delight, Humming solemn love-sick notes Almost in tune. What a joyful ditty ﬂoats Thro’ their loner heart that rusteth as it gloats On a son! ‘ 0h! from out their babbling cells ‘ What 'a rush of gossip most slanderoust wells! ' How ii: swells ! . | How it dwells , ., on their neighbors! How it sells Them to the Dc’il who impels To the shining and the ringing Of such belles, belles, belles, _ To the sighing and the lying of such belles. See those calm audacious belles, Brazen belles! What a ﬂood of terror their nudacit;r inipels To the heart of bashful Wight, Who doth tremble at their sight, ‘ Too much terriﬁed to speak, As blushing 'to the neck. Ited as fire, In a natural appealhig to the mercy of his girl, In a coin expostnlation with the bold and ﬂirting girl! Blood all leaping higher, higher, With a desperate desire, ' And a resolute endeavor Now—now to ﬁll or never All the head of the red—faced son. Oh! these belles, belles, belles! Whats tale their boldness tells 0f despair I How they’ve laughed and sun 3 and tore At a fellmv‘s deer heart core ' in the center of its pulp-itching loir l Yet the eye it fully knows, By the ranging And. the changing, How the danger ebbs and ﬂows ; Yet the heart distinctly tells, In the bumping And the thumping. How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the throbbing in the bosom of the 0f the belles, [belles, In the laughter and the manner of the belles ! F. ll. 11. OUR NEW BoILDINGs. It is pleasant for us to speak, in the first is- sue of the College Argue, of the material pros- perity of our Alma Mater. The unwesricd efforts of the officers of the College, and the generous liberality of its friends, have so cured a large increase to the endowment fund and many valuable additions to the buildings and equipments of the institution.- The completion of RICH HALL, our new Library Building, is an occasion for congratulation on the part of all our friends. The need of such abuilding has long been felt, and it is gratifying to know that it is at last fully met by the erection of the ele- gant ediﬁce which now adorns the campus. For this noble structure, so admirany adept- ed to its purpose, we are indebted to the wise and nnstinted liberality of Isaac Rich, Esq, of Boston. The original proposition of Mr. ' Rich was that he would expend $25,000 in putting up a. building, on condition that-a. peimancnt :l'..ib1'a.i'3.r Fund of the some amount bouldbe secured. This cor} ition fives ﬁnal- ly met, and the building Lbeguniin the fall of 1866. Its cost has largely exceeded the ﬁrst estimate, reaching nearly or quite $40,000, but has not exceeded the generosity of its donor. Rich Hall is 84.feet in length by 50 in breadth, built of Portland frecstoue, the style of architecture being a. modiﬁed Goth- ic. Its height is Buﬂicient to allow three tiers of alcoves with shelf room for 80,000 volumes. Especial care has been to.ch in its construction to secure freedom from dampness, so desirable in buildings of this kind, and to combine in its internal arrange- ments every convenience which experience oculd suggest. It ranks unquestionably among the very best Library buildings con- nected with American colleges. It is ex- pected that the books will be transferred and everything in I, complete order before Commencement, when the Library will start- off with about 18,000 volumes and a perma- nent fund of $27,000. One of its most at- tractive features will be the Odell Alcove, a, collection of works on American history, donated by the friends of the late Moses I". Odell. This collection already numbers 2500 volumes, and is to be ,made complete in its department; the alcove appropriated to it will be ornamented with a ﬁne por- trait of Mr. Odell. Several other valuable paintings are in possession of the Library 3 No. l. 1 including portraits of all the err-Presidents of the University; and a marble bust of Mr. Rich is now being executed by a noted art~ it. For the present the third ﬂoor is to be occupied by the . ' - Snun'rnnnn CABINET, _ a. valuable collection of shells, plants, and birds, collected by the late Dr. Shuttleﬁ' of Simsbury, and lately purchased for the ben- eﬁt of the college. This cabinet is especially rich in shells, numbering some 8,000 species with about 80,000 specimens. It is in every way a. desirable and important addition to the department of Natural Science. I Between Rich Hall and the old college buildings is soon to arise the Monomer. CHAPEL, built by the generous friends of Wesleyan to commemorate the heroism of those of its sons who fell in the late Rebellion. Most of the contracts have already been awarded, the necessary excavation has been made, and the foundation will be pushed forward ' so rapidly that the corner stone will be laid at Commencement. Judging from the pho- to‘graph and plans; the Memorial Chapel will» bc a retro ornament to the college grounds and ulnoblc monument. to the patriotism of Our heroes. It is to be about 100 feet in length by 60 in breadth, a Gothic structure, built of Portland stone, with tower at the corner, surmounted by a spire 144 feet in. height. The ﬁrst ﬂoor will be divided into two recitation rooms and one large lecture room, the remainder being an! audience room capable of seating 550 persons, and reached by a staircase at each corner. The expense of this building is estimated at $45,000. Scarccly less important than these two ed- iﬁces is the ' " ASTRONOMICAL Onsnnvnronr, which, when completed, will be highly cred- itable to the University, and aﬁcrd every facility for observation and instruction. In front of the old Boarding Hall, and tak- ing the place of the crazy old wooden struc- ture, a brick tower has been erected, which is to be carried to the height of 60 feet. Within this tower a solid brick pier has been built, 40 feet in height, about ’3 feet square,- resting on a stone foundation sunk 8 feet be- low the surface, and insulated from the rest of the building. 011 this pic): will be mount- ed one of the largest and best telescopes in - the country, now being constructed by A1- vin' Clark of Cambridge. There will also be provided an astronomical clock, a transit,
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Title: The Wesleyan argus, 1868-1892
Notes: Published under the title The College argus, from June 11, 1868 (Vol. 1, no. 1 )-June 22, 1887 (v. 20, no. 19 ) and then published under the title The Wesleyan argus from Oct. 18, 1887 (Vol. 21, no. 1) during the college year by students of Wesleyan University. Vol. 7 of the College argus contains v. 16 of the Olla podrida. Some issues include the supplement, The Wesleyan review. Current issues and searchable content from Fall 2000-present are available at http://www.wesleyanargus.com/.

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