AMERICAN STUDENTS.

Kumara Times, Issue 411, 19 January 1878, Page 2

AMERICAN STUDENTS.

The late .Elihu Yale, would better •.. tarn over in his grave, sit bolt upright, and cross-examine the member of the; i Senior class who has recently gent .a written confession to the editor of the Peoria Transcript. He outlines the. interior of a Senior’s room, of a; Sundayl afternoon. A song is started by pne,. of a.dozen fellows, and it is n6t “ Hold the fort.” One sees at a glance a table covered with spilled tobacco, broken pipes, scattered books, and intermingled paper; a half open drawer,, with to- ’ bacco and cards; broken chairs, with costly coverings ; a lounge minus a leg ; pictures of actresses; more of less infamous, on the wall; a stolen signoyef ;; the door, a broken panel in it, a hole s in the carpet under ittrophies of hats and broken “ bangers” in one cprnbiv faint remains of geological in another; the open door of the room, the bottle in the corner, more' cards, matches and tobacboin die'btand' ' drawer on the floor. Cards' are slapped 1 , on the table, tobacco goes' routidV; thb' newest trick is exposed, the song grows’ louder, the walk roand is hadj 'a jig,’ a dance. Bnt this is not the ‘ It is late at night: Thea'e ai j e : the fellows.. What are they mpripiiingabout T ':' There is a big elm V behind 1 it j listen.-!. • They, are leaning against the college fence, wait! What’s that*? '*l* * Sf) y, fellows (hie) a—a speech. I’ll begin.” They' agree, disagree, jqsll -fop •: a division, yell, sing, bawl, ’rah for Yale, vote each other dnmk, and Idoh’ti make the speeches. : , lf the‘late l Elihtt ' Yale, after eliciting these the witness, chances to : ask,. ■V .Wlfeti 1 do the boys stuflyd” lias hia answer ready. “ During the morning prayers/ This the only place where a half-hour’prayer ’is 'appreciated, a»»d many a minister keeps it up after he Las left college;' it served him so well while there.”' ‘Obviously*'J if this man is to be beleived, a lew mis-' 4 " sionaries should be ordered home from the foreign field and sent td ' Haven. —New' York Tribune. 1,1 ’ ¥ !i 'n ■>,