Monmouth Collegian (Newspaper) - April 21, 1884, Monmouth, Illinois i APRIL 21,1884. 15 THE MONMOUTH COLLEGIAN JOINT STOCK at the postoffice at 111., tis second class mail per Single 10 Copies can be obtained at the book will be sent to subscribers until ordered communications should be to the all others to The Monmouth OF IN Jennie A. T. Emma C. C. G. E. John J. J. C. OF its et Notes and Green 1 2 2-3 4-5 (i G-7 7 8 the Iowa Intercollegiate Oratorical Association there are fourteen and yet we think our consisting of nine is already too has heard Hon. Reid who was elected to deliver the oration next He expresses his thanks for the honor spring term has opened auspiciously and right here we will announce that will be charged fifty u line or fraction thereof for every production handed to us for Juniors finished up grammar in short Seven recitations devoted to mastering the intricacies of our mother while more than half that many years are spent in getting a slight smattering of the Greek or is upon us in all its and the emaciated limbs that have been yearning themselves over chair backs and through the long dreary will again liave the opportunity rampage on the grassy beside the campus But right at the outset we are met by statutory Foot ball hurts the grass and the so both are out of tlie There is not even a to sit on the fence and But the student must do something to get the last winter's kinks out of their What it Leap or crack the or what? Don't all speak at result of the recent city election will be very gratifying to all the friends of Monmouth For many years the college catalogue contained the statement that there was not a saloon in the and once it can to students the opportunity of their studies where they will not be surrounded by the temptations and influences of the It is a false security to suppose college as a are not in danger from this Experience shows that like other men they need all the help and protection they can We believe the result of last Tuesday's election will show on the college roll book for the coming students have expressed a wish to have Professor Reid repeat the lecture given before the Xenia in We suggest that he be requested to give us the lecture and the be devoted towards getting a carpet for the Christian Union a late meeting of the board of directors of Xenia Theological Dr. McDill was nominated to the vacant chair which was to have been filled by the late Dr. We have not yet heard whether the Doctor intends to accept if the nomination is But many students are anxious to be assured that he will decline and still remain with Dr. McDill was elected to his present chair in Monmouth in 1877 and since that time has devoted himself to its interests and identified himself with its welfare to an tkat will make his loss to if he should is rumored that an attempt will be make to rectify an error concerning the late contest between the The difficulty was by the selecting of the judges which was The constitution provides that judge shall be personally acquainted with any of the person having near relatives at the present or preceding time a member of either society shall be 6 Section 3 and 4.) In this last both of these sections were It is to be that such is the state of but it is not the fault of either The violations were in favor of the A. B. L. Such should not occur in favor of either as they are sufficient to invalidate the whole We trust however that the ladies will adjust this matter without any serious or hard feeling and will take more strict precautions to avoid similar mistakes in the great we for the first come before our many friends with editorial hat in hand and editorial pen behind our editorial to made our editorial bow and thank you for your past appreciation of the worth and and to express hope it may continue to merit the same in The will still be a for the students of and we extend a hearty invitation to all to express their sentiments and wishes through its columns on all matters of interest that may To who may think it partisan at or taking an erroneous stand on any we would say its columns are freely open to at all and if your views and opinions are not advocated as yon wish it will be your own Meanwhile we will continue to gather up the current news and discuss the current topics of interest as of old and present our readers with a readable and instructive college would like to say a few words in reference to the giving of presents at public It has become the custom for the ushers to carry up an arm load of hand as many to the recipients as it is possible for them to hold and lay the remainder on the floor until the audience has had time to count then the usher loads up again and staggers from the The original idea of gifts was merely to show good will and and the gift usually was a simple boquet of Later came expensive and huge The latter were oftener for show than from any friendship felt toward the The with the audience will each one When it comes such a state as it is time for If there are gifts at let them be Let us do all things with There are suitable times for the exchange of gifts but we think it is Hot at public has too much the appearance of being done be seen of and counsel of such men as Brown and who have made this work a special and also bring ourselves into direct communication and correspondence with the hundred other college associations engaged in the same work that we had better make the to nothing of the of it gives to stand out while all these other colleges are anxious to come to terms of friendship and have us join subject now being agitated of the Christian Union into a y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. is one that has been up before and one which many students have had in mind for a long To many the name of the Christian Union is associated with many pleasant and dear and for that reason they are reluctant to make any But the object of the Union's work is of such a character that such reasons should never be allowed to stand in the way of any change which will be beneficial and aid in the Christian work in the Monmouth ever aims to have the and if the Y. M. C. with its experience in the hundreds of colleges of the and the associations literally all over the and in the conventions and conferences that are held almost every have found out any better methods or plans than we are then let us adopt them at all the principal objection is to the change of But the new name soon be as familiar as the op And if by a mere change few thoughts are suggested by the way some students talk about and abuse other students whose tastes and dispositions do not happen to be just identical with their The student is just at the age in more than any he is developing his And every student is also developing a Perhaps no class of persons are under a keener than that of students by As the student gets on towards a he becomes conscious this critical spirit growing within and he wants to try his hand on every one with whom he comes in There are two sides to this subject of talking about character of No one has any right to expect that he or she will not be talked and the worst possible motives assigned to all This will always happen as long as there are persons have leisure and whose limited brains are not capable of anything So if one does harmless in but yet on which an unpleasant construction ciin be put by those so he does it knowing it will very probably be talked and has no reason to feel sore if it is. If a person departs from what public sentiment lays down as it should be for some good and good reasons do often But all this is still no excuse for those that do the There is nothing that shows more condensed littleness than that very or that is more especially if the one talked about is absent and there is no for the hearer to judge for But we will not try to add anything more to the thousands of sermons and school essays that have been written on this All know how base it the practical thing is for each one to reform himself in this colleges of Colorado have been offered admission to the Oratorical Association provided they hold a state contest three or foni weeks before the contest takes The Occidental the College organ of Colorado College states that are being made and that Colorado will very likely be the
