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It is better to be nobly remem
bered than nobly born.— Ruskin.
Aim High.—Aim at perfection
in everything, though in most
things it is unattainable; however,
those who aim at it, and persev<ye,
will come much nearer to it than
those whose laziness and despon
dency make them give it up as un
attainable.— Chesterfield.
Neither the discontent of party
triends, nor the allurements con
stantly offered, of confirmations of
appointees, conditioned upon the
avowal that suspensions have been
made on party grounds alone, nor
the threat proposed in the resolu
tions now before the Senate—that
no confirmations will be made un
less the demands of that body are
complied with—are sufficient to
discourage or deter me from fol
lowing in the way which I am con
vinced leads to better government
for the people.— Cleveland.
We clip the following from the
Telegraph, of the i ith inst.:
“Chancellor Mell has begun his able
lectures on Parliamentary Law, before the
Senior and Law’ classes. It may seem
strange, but nevertheless it is true, that
the University of Georgia is the only col
lege in the South, that teaches this art ”
We take pleasure in calling the
Telegraph's University correspon
dent to the fact that Mercer does
f not neglect Parliamentary Law, as’
is shown in another column.
While Dr. Ryals has not the fame
as a parliamentarian that Dr. Mell
has, he certainly evinces complete
familiarity with the subject.
Sxohangtf*,
The Emory Mirror has come to
our sanctum at last, it ha< im
proved considerably, sinctf last
year.
The February number of the
Vanderbilt Observer, has a fine ar
ticle on Hawthorne; also an able
college-boy criticism on Ingcrsoll
ism.
The Collegiate, of Franklin col
lege, Ind., has a clear, moral ring.
How much is this the effect of the
female students? We clip one of
its editorials.
The Atlantis, of Kentucky Uni
versity, has just come out. Its
standard is high, and we predict
for it a well merited success.
We have just received a copy of
the Butler Collegian, published at
Islington, Ind. It is quite a neat
little journal. Glad to place it on
our exchange list.
A new corps of editors have taken
charge of the University Reporter.
They propose to improve the Re
porter, both as to appearance and
contents. Thein first issue is an
improvement.
The Philo Star is a neat and in
teresting magazine published at
■ University of Tennessee. The
February issue contains a valuable
letter from an alumnus, relative to
managing a college paper. The
Star wishes to rise above the ordi
nary standard of college papers, as
Ito stale jokes, slang, etc. A com
mendable, though difficult move.
Want of space prevents noticing
other exchanges.
Self-Reliance.
If there be one characteristic of
i great men to which may be re
-1 ferred their superiority over all
other classes of men, that charac-
I teristic is self-reliance. It is the
corner-stone of the sublime and
! massive structure —success. It is
the tide in the affairs of men which
leads them on to fortune and to
fame. Any one, to become con-
■ vinced of this statement has only
:to read the biographies of great
I men, such as Newton, Cicero,
Webster, and a host of others. A
feeling of insignificance is awaked
in the breast of almost every one
! when the names of such men are
i mentioned. But their
i deeds are nbt the works of inspira
tion. According to the testimony
jof great men, success is not so
i much the offspring of genius, as
the result of labor, patience, and
i self-reliance. Even the most ordi
, nary minds, by close attention, ap
plication and .self-reliance, may far
| outstrip indolent genius.
But, we need not go to the past
for examples to prove that self-re
liance is one of the principal
; elements of success. We have
many living witnesses to prove this.
. In the United States, stands Gro
ver Cleveland, and in England,
Gladstone, both matchless exam
, pies of the potency of the so noble
trait—self-reliance. These men of
universal fame, have not attained
the summit of the mountain of glo
ry and renown by depending upon
the exertions and favors of friends.
; No, they stand on that grand em
inence which overlooks the world,
having, with their own hands and
feet climbed there step by step,
over the crags and cliffs which lie
between its base and summit; and
any one, to reach such a position,
must rely entirely upon himself.
Success is the desired goal of
every young man. It is the end
which all hope to reach sometime
in life, but too many think, or seem
to think, it is reached without labor
and perseverance. Some think
success comes by chance, and hope
to be the recipients of that enviable
THE MONOCHORD.
j prize without contending for it.
There is in store for such persons,
nothing but disappointment and
failure. No racer ever won a laurel
without stretching every muscle in
the race. Nothing is accomplished
without labor, and the laborer re
ceives the reward, and not some
looker-on. One is not compen
sated for another’s work. So all
that one can expect to achieve in
life, must be done by himself. No
one need ever expect to become
successful by chance, as it were.
God has endowed all human be
ings with the same number of
faculties, senses, and limbs; and
these he expects every one to use
for himself. Opportunity is pre
sented to all alike, and success de
pends to a great extent upon the
confidence one places in himself
and his own powers.
Originality in thought and deed,
is all that will successfully gain the*'
applause of the world- The man
who depends upon his own exer
tions, for success gains the confi
dence of all. One of the marked
characteristics of Shakespeare’s
writings is, that the thoughts are
his own. He did not accumulate
the thoughts of some one else, but
wrote what he thought himself,
and thus won the praise of all. It
is.the fault of many to disregard
thoughts. They seem
so insignificant. But oftentimes
we are mortified to see others do
just what we had been thinking of
doing, ancl win great applause. So
we should not reject our own
thoughts, simply because they are
ours, for in originality and self
reliance, there is power, there is
success.
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College New*.
The Mormons are about to estab
lish a college at Lake City.
Harvard will make Latin option
al in 1887. Greek is already thus
honored by that college.
Virginia, Cornell and Michigan
Universities, have made chapel at
tendance voluntary.
The present senior class of Em
ory, numbering thirty-eight mem
bers, is the largest senior class the
college has ever had.
Hon.- Walter B. Hill, of Macon,
accepts the position of commence
ment orator, for University of
Georgia, Gen. A. R. Lawton hav
ing declined.
Dio Lewis says that no tobacco
user has ever stood at the head of
his class at Harvard, or any other
college, where class records as to
this particular have been kept.
Harvard library contains 184,000
vblumes;Yale, 115,000; Dartmouth,
62,000; Cornell, 53,000; Brown,
52,000; Columbia, 51,000; Wil
liams, 18,000; Princeton, 49,000;
Michigan, 45,000; lowa, 18,000;
Oberlin, 16,000; Minnesota, 15,000.
We have just received a copy of the
Monochord, a journal published by the
Phi Delta and Ciceronian Societies of
Mercer University, and while it is a harp
of only one string, it gives forth a thou
sand pleasant notes. It is a regular “Pan
sy Blossom,” and we give it our right
hand of fellowship, and brotherly love.
May Mercer grow in influence and pros
perity forever, and the Monochord, never
become a Monachist.— American Repub
lican.
’Tis needless to say that such a
compliment is appreciated.
MACON, GA., March, 1886.
BUSINESS COMMITTEE:
W. E. Hawkins, P. D. Joe Hamilton, C.
C. S. Brown, P. D. J. B. Fitzgerald, C.
J. E. Brown, Jr., P. D. Pope C.
Terms:—One Dollar per College Year.
All letters of a business nature, address The
Monochord, Bus. Com., Mercer University, Macon,
Georgia.
If a body meet a.botty
Looking very sad,
Then a body knows a body’s
Failed to get an “ad.”
If a body meet a body
Looking very bright,
Then a body knows a body’s
h Hre _ , £°‘ n £ right.-t-JEfe.
Forty-eight Wesleyan
sick at one time last week.
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Some of the boys have the
measels.
Mr. Turpin says that Pearce
“hasn’t the spunk of a little lice.”
We are glad to state that Prof.
Willet is again able to attend to his
duties.
Ask Mr. Campbell about the calf
running under the house with him
and throwing him off. x [
The boys wonder if Lent w|!l
keep the girls from attending the
reading clubs.
Mr. Tilly of the Freshman class
has< been quite sick, but is con
valescing.
' Mr. Sessoms makes long, sound
ing efforts, in trying to leain how
to touch tunes out of the organ.
J. W. Smith, our editor-in-chief
from Ciceronian society, has been
quite sick for the past week and a
half.
About a dozen boys have left
Mess Hall, and have instituted a
hall of their own. They are
charmed with their new enterprise.
Recently when Mr. Clark was
walking on High Street, he wanted r
to stop a long while and throw'
rocks at the Robins in the trees.
Mr. Kilpatrick says that in North
Seorgia there are landscapes that
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