for cash, purchase on tick, purchase by books; in fact, denoting no purchase at all, but rather a little friendly present-indicative of the uncertainty of all earthly hopes in general, and of the duty of future economy among the victimized few, in particular. No more am I going to repeat all the villainous loads, which were gotten off on the number of tallies scored by the discomfitted and cerulean "nine." I will just out with it—plump and square. In five or six innings—I can't afford to be particular-'61 scored just one tally; '62 anywhere from twenty to twenty-five. A driving rain broke off this interesting game, and since the eventful afternoon, no disposition has been manifested to resume it. "I pray Sir, deal with men in misery, Like one that may himself be miserable- BURIAL OF EUCLID. The usual notice of the pass-word, at the usual time, was passed around the various classes in College, and for once was unheralded by the diabolical screechings of tin horns. If there was one nuisance more than another about College, which used to make our teeth grate and our blood boil, it was the unearthly howlings of Sophomoric tin horns. If only a little more digestible, we would like to have seen every one of them rammed down their owner's throats. Those members of '63 who had the charge of the last Burial of Euclid, in requesting everybody to leave their tin horns at home, acted like sensible men. They showed a regard for the feelings of the sick in the city, which was certainly commendable. At 10 o'clock Friday night, Nov. 16, all who wished to participate in the proceedings, assembled on the State House steps; and, after lighting their torches, formed their procession, and headed by the New Haven Band, marched past the Colleges, then down Chapel street to Union Hall, which, in consequence of the refusal of somebody to let them have the Temple, had been secured for the exercises of the evening. The procession was very orderly, and, under the circumstances, a very fine one. The fact is, that if it were not for the perfectly outrageous excesses which characterize these exercises, both in the street and in the Hall, and which disgust the greater part of College, this procession, with its grotesque and goblin disguises, its torches and brilliant fireworks, and the opportunity it affords for fine masquerade display, would be something in which all College could engage, and thus produce a magnificent procession at night, which would at least suggest something like that of the old carnivals at Rome. The exercises at the Hall, as we have understood, were rather tame, but deserve no little praise for the absence of the usual characteristics of Burial of Euclid speeches. The programme is not overstocked with wit, but nevertheless, the performance was an improvement, in many respects, upon those of preceeding years. PHOTOGRAPHS. Mr. Somebody, to us an unknown artistic genius, not long ago drove a bob-tail hearse up Elm street, and after hitching his decrepid quadrupedal equine beast to a diminutive upright post, proceeded to plant his stereoscopic apparatus in the middle of the street, and to level it at a unique groupe of every variety of expression, from the sublimely misanthropic and the getting-my-picture-taken look of the handsome man, to the dont-care-a-continental of the homely ones! in every variety of position, from the graceful neglige and the dignified erect, to the outright squat upon the sidewalk, and the inelegant straddle and regular cock-of-the-roost perch upon the highest rounds of the fence. Both Divisions were soon immortalized; and their pictures are now on exhibition and for sale at 155 Divinity. Mr. Moulthrop, we understand, has been engaged to take Photographs of that part of the class who prefer them to steel engravings. If we can judge of his skill in the art by a picture of the Cymothỏe, which he has on exhibition, he will probably succeed to the satisfaction of all. In light and shade, in grouping and general artistic arrangement, it is as fine a picture as that of the "Harvard," which so excited our jealousy a few months ago. She is taken at "give way," and is manned by the crew who won in her the first prize in the barge race, at the begin ning of the present term. THANKSGIVING JUBILEE. This festival has now become a fixed institution of College. As far down as the Class of '57, the usual exercises consisted of extempore speeches, society songs, and such other matters as the occasion would suggest. They naturally gave way to something more elaborate and entertaining, until now in Thanksgiving Jubilee we have one of the richest entertainments which College performances afford. In the brief notice which we give of the exhibition, we are obliged to omit to a great extent everything like minuteness of detail, and speak for the most part in general terms. Besides, there is this fact which we cannot overlook, and which almost disarms criticism, namely, the whole efforts of those engaged in the performances are gratuitous, and undertaken solely to please the rest of their fellowstudents, and that too, not unfrequently with considerable reluctance and personal inconvenience. We believe, however, that a fair criticism is not only proper, but for reasons which suggest themselves to all, even desirable. The order of exercises was as follows: 1. Opening Load. 2. Address by Hon. Chas. Sumner, (cut short by a visit of the New Haven troops and a Wide Awake torch-light procession.) 3. Report of the Censor of the Brothers in Unity. 4. Comedy-The Stage Struck Yankee. 5. Prof. DeLauney and his Pictures. 6. Hand Organ and Monkey accompaniment, 7. The Tragedy of Alcestis. 8. Political Burlesque. 9. Nixon's Circus and Menagerie of Wild Animals, concluding with a ballet dance. 10. Songs from '63's Glee Club. 11. Farce-A Romance under Difficulties. The Committee of Arrangements had been at considerable pains in getting up good stage appurtenances, a good orchestra, and on the whole a splendid order of exercises for the evening's entertainment. The first business of the two Societies was to elect officers for the occasion-a President and Secretary from each-the 13 VOL. XXVI. qualifications for these positions being simply, that the smallest Freshman and the tallest Freshman in each Society should be respectively Presidents and Secretaries of the meeting. After the usual nominations and measurements, the following persons were elected: BROTHERS. Daniel J. Holden, Thomas B. Hewitt, President. LINONIA. Stewart Rapalje. The two Presidents were comfortably enconced in the big chair, and probably regarded their size, for once at least, a very convenient qualification, as it secured to them not only the honor of being the first Presidents from their class, but better still, an elevated and luxurious seat for the whole of the evening. The Opening Load was a capital thing, We have no doubt but that it was in some respects at least, more of a reality than burlesque. It was better than any we have seen before. The address by the Hon. Charles Sumner, but especially the Wide Awake and Military parade, was well received. We can't tell which was the better, the Wide Awakes or the Soldiers, but if we were to particularize anybody we would say the raw recruit who brought up the rear. He'll do. The Stage-Struck Yankee was on the whole well acted, though the Old Squire and especially in the dance-was perhaps the best performed. Everything thus far had gone off finely, and we are sorry to notice now the introduction not of Professor DeLauney, but of some of his pictures. We must be allowed to dissent from the taste which approved their exhibition. The lecture had some good points-the "yoong men" was exact, and the thing of joy is a beauty forever," well turned, but on the whole we believe it would have been better to have omitted it altogether. It was partly redeemed by affording an opportunity for the introduction of the Hand Organ and Monkey, which was one of the best things of the evening and of course was heartily applauded. The tragedy of Alcestis derserves especial notice, because a home production; although we understand an old Greek has stolen the main idea—changed somewhat the general character of the play, and then imprudently published it as original. The chorus was exceedingly good, the characters generally well sustained, but would have been improved by a little better study of their parts, and in some cases, decidedly by a little more ample supply of ordinary clothing. We cannot help noticing as especially well acted, the characters of the Greek Biddy and of Eumelus. The recitation of "My Mother," by the latter, was one of the best executed things in the whole play. The Potitical Burlesque followed next, but having heard it once before, it had lost for us much of the interest which the first performance of such a piece generally excites. It was rather long, we thought. but was much marred by the perfectly tremendous rush which occurred during its representation. Men came pouriug in through the door, toppling and heaving like a small avalanche. It was as bad as Statement of Facts-" and if anybody questions our assertion we will say" that it knocked Statement of Facts into a cocked hat. We are not disposed to find fault with any of the performances, but in the next piece it seems to be perfectly justifiable. We were not only disappointed, but more than half disgusted at the senseless mummery of Nixon's Menagerie and Circus. The audience bore the long delay which it occasioned in its preparation, with commendable good humor-probably because they expected something pretty rich to follow it, but they were not a little disappointed, for with the exception of the ballet dance which concluded it, it was a stupid affair. The transition from Nixon's to '63's Glee Club was certainly refreshing. We think we can say without exaggeration that their singing has never been equaled, certainly never surpassed by that of any other club since we have been in College. They have taken pains not only to sing well when they do sing, but they use new and better songs than a vast majority of those we constantly hear, from Freshman year to graduation. The exercises concluded with "A Romance under Difficulties." With this admirable play there was nothing out of joint. From the first sneeze of Diggles to the end of the piece, the audience was kept in a perfect roar. Better acting we have never seenoff the stage and a good deal worse we have seen on it. Everything was in perfect keeping with the occasion, and decidedly better than we had any right to suppose. If everything before had been wretchedly poor, which was by no means the case, the Glee Club and "Tim-O-thy Diggles" would more than have redeemed them. As it was, the Jubilee, it must be conceded, was a success; and if future ones surpass it, there will be not a little pains to take and labor to perform. Editor's Table. OUR talk, in spite of ourselves, has to be short. That you needn't grumble because we have made no more of our Editor's Table, suppose we tell you a fact or two. Fact No. 1. We had a Thanksgiving Dinner-a regular, old fashioned, New England Thanksgiving Dinner-and, naturally, have not felt much like doing anything ever since. Fact No. 2. We agree with our publishers and with you, to furnish forty pages of matter-all over that you receive gratuitously, while we dig deep in our pickets to pay the printer the extra expense. If anybody thinks that is perfectly agreeable, let him issue a number of over fifty pages, as some of this year's have been. Fact No. 3, and conclusive. We are bound to be punctual in our issue, and were we as rich as we fondly hope some day to be, (which we are not,) and had we our head full of ideas, (which we certainly have,) we could not possibly add another page, because Messrs. MOREHOUSE & Co. have, in the most pesitive manner intimated, that there is no use of trying-it can't be done.-Well, if it can't-so be it. Speaking of impossibilities, a friend handed us a unique calculation of the rate with which Seniors travel through Chemistry. The result is rather surprising, but the less so when we consider that the most of its operations are conducted with "precipitation." When the present Senior Class shall have completed their course in this branch of science, they will have attended 20 recitations; which, at the large estimate of two hours per lesson, would make 40 hours in all, which are devoted to the study of Chemistry in Yale College. By means of a careful average of the number of lines in the two text-books-Silliman's larger, and Cook's Problems and Reactions and words in a line, we have estimated that there are in both, in round figures, 200,000 words, 2,000 numbers, 800 reactions, and 600 problems, which numbers are all far below what is accurate. Now, if we should allow only 5 minutes in which to elucidate each problem-a most meagre allowance, truly—that would more than fill the whole time-40 hours-without looking at the text ! ! ! ! Let us allow, then, less than half of that time, 2 minutes for each problem, and 1 minute for each reaction, and we have left 400 minutes for all the 200,000 words, including numbers; about 500 a minute, or 8 every second of your precious time!!! Think, too, that you cannot, for your life, repeat a line, and that these are not simple consecutive thoughts, but sentences, treating of the arcana of Nature-electrolysis, sublimation, pulveralency and-the deuce knows what. Remember that these are all called for at the term examination and Biennial, even to the numbers expressive of the coefficient of expansion!!!!!!!!! And now, does some ingenuous and unsuspecting Freshman query whether the Seniors do really accomplish all this? We assume the sagest expression of our Editorial visage, and respond; OF COURSE. Since our last Number, we have received from the publisher, Chas. B. Norton, Irving Bulding, N. Y., a small, neatly bound book, containing a full desciption of each of the figures in those magnificent Cartoons of Raphæl. We advise all those who have not the engravings, to buy them as soon as possible, and then, to complete the whole, get in addition a copy of the book, entitled, "Analysis of Raphael's Cartoons." We notice with pleasure the December number of the Cosmopolitan Art Journal. Besides the typographical execution which is surpassed by no other periodical in the country, the present number is full of choice and interesting reading. Among other articles, we noticed a poem by Richard Henry Stoddard; Desert Sands, by the Author of "Sir Rohan's Ghost," and other contributions of unquestioned merit. We advise all lovers of art, at least to subscribe for it. We wish briefly to return our acknowledgements to our contributors. Their articles not only speak for themselves but for the cosmopolitan character of the Mag azine-all the classes but one being represented in its pages. Wishing you all a "Merry Christmas,"-a "Happy New Year," and a jolly vaca tion generally, we are Sincerely Yours, 25 SOUTH COLLEGE. ERRATA. The essay on DeQuincey in our last issue, was printed from a copy made by other hands than the author's, and without his supervision. In consequence, several mistakes crept into it, a few of which make the following corrections necessary. On page 55, seventh line from the bottom, for "spirited" read "spiritual." On page 70, ninth line of second paragraph, for "poetry" read "prose." On page 71, read seventh line of second paragraph as follows-"gloomy, though it images majesty profound; for it betokens one." On page 71, eighth line of third paragraph, omit "the" before" scholars." |