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University Bumble Bee. Published by BUMBLE BEE Publishing (Office in Chapel Belfry.) Co. EDITORIAL STAFF. TOM TELLTALE Editor-in-Chief. HENRY HITEMHARD ) BOB BLABMOUTH - LOCAL. SAM SK1NEMALL HENRY HAILDCASH... .Business Manager. The. University Bumble Bee is published every Commencement Day, by a Stock com pany, composed of leading members of the U- niversity. Terms, five cents a copy, strictly in advance. Communications solicited from Alumni and Professors. Address communica tions to The Bumble Bee, Athens, Ga. W H Y WE BUZZ. ’Twas a beautiful spring evening in the Classic City. The peculiar silence which characterizes the evening hour our tyrants and insulters. Then need we wear no longer a six inch collar; then can we spot; then can we book; then can we trick; and then will even “Harry” speak as we pass by.” The stock was quickly subscribed in blocks he said, “Thou who dost bear the name of one of Greece’s great philos ophers would sure do well to recollect that such was not the habit, of that great man. Rely on thine own mem ory and no more will zeros be awarded thee on dailies.” Then a sight of sym- of live shaies each. Tom Telltale pathy went thoughout the whole con- wa selected editor-in-chief, Henry course, for well ’twas known that tlie Hardcash business manager and each ambition of Lycurgus knew no equal retired to his room to muse upon tlie in the University of Georgia. But freedom yet to come and to think that next there addresses the indignant|the dawn of Commencement day throng one whom the hoys in mild would see a free people shaking off sarcasm call the great Physique. Said he: “’Tis not my habit much to talk Latin; if this be not the end desire d we say “Get another man, this man teaches us the language of Cicero, of Demosthenes and of Pericles.” He does not merely give the stu dent a few lines of Plautus or Pro metheus to translate, but something more must be learned: all compound words must be traced back to their or igin: the same word must be run through all the languages and the points of resemblance and dissimili- tnd noted, and in this connection a series of elegant lectures on compara tive Philology is given: the law of lan guage by which a verb isin a certain mood and tense must be explained: laws of thought, the Philosophy of language and style must all be consid ered—spell is his method • of teaching, and in the language of ^Prof. Van the yoke of oppression and rising up and bathing ih the pure light of liberty, but this I’ll say : The great Professor.^ or this reason tlie Bumble-bee lias whom they call Old Bluff has nowbe-jR &nd if it does not sting in its descent come so watchful that I can no longer j* "will fail of the purpose for which,_ . - ,, Y . .. , _ . i . i • tm • a , xa 1 lit oont /vr,+ „ v : x JliooseL-oi Gamfemue, before toe btate bbok m Physics or Astronomy; Othel-V v, as sent out. V An malice toward j Teach ’ rs Convention, “we might all ___ tn Ko - ., n „ lo’s accupation’s gone, and I no longer none, with impartiality to all,” tliei pro fi t by sitting at his feet and draw- ‘, , ( ~ ^ 16 hope to be among tlie winners of di-l^^ble-bee,.gentlemen, drinks to jour;ihg .from' his'-wonderful supply of )0ard f 8 0f th f 1 aho ° House v p lomas at Commencement.” Thenlhealth in the early dew of the mom- knowledge”. easted upon the delicacies for RaW)it told how he had memorized]mg, and assures you that it will buzzL To the last argument, we reply that and the boarders of the l r ahoo House.! liavi which that famous hostelry is noted,, ] ae;u . t t } ie text l )00 k 0 f old Rocks’j^orth in the future whenever were c lewmg their cuds, so to speak, a, tQ q ave ] lim g i ve the simplest cassion so demands. Ta-ta. as they seated themselves upon the , 77 i ., , , ... , , L subiect to be found, ilardcash men-, wide bench which marks the entrance ,. , , T » , , , , 7 7 ■ turned the fact tnat but a day or so be- to the abode of Mr Peter A. Sunk, , , ,, r n . , , ifore he passed upon the public liigli- mey. A spirit of-sadness rested upon 1 the PROF. W. G. woodf; the assemblage. Tne. yarn told had died on the lips of Judge Warren,! way boys Hai ry, am 1 Latin ahd Greek are certainly taught oc 1at the University: we admit that he [does not deduct from our work for put- jtiiig a colon where a comma ought to [be, and he does not require us to learn [by heart the Attic, Doric, Eolic, and +1 ^ 10 s ^f a ^ 8 m J purse, steals traslqilonic endings of every verb, but lie ■ U tis something, nothing. But he thatiteaches us to look beyond tlie mere tlm.t this] filches from me my good name, [meaning of words and find tlie thought all . >j personage with expression such as, Robs me of that which not enriches conveyed;’tis true that often a literal and that interchange of untruths,braces faces wl rv..„i . -i ..... more familiarly known as “swapping pliide il 'Mils m vhen Carbon Disui-jhim, and makes me poor indeed, air did e'en refuse to There words come unbidden translation is used to aid in learning a to the [lesson, but what does it. profit? A stu- ' tibn mea the ; sludl learn. “ 1 was but this morning,jto spots, and asked liis pointed advice! from hostility to the University, or a sical education, why not use a “trans” after I had studied till sunrise kissed I in his emergency. “Can you not aidi tles ^ re ^ or newspaper notoriety, to at-altogetber and discard the original the Eastern hills and bathed tlie wa- me in my dire distress?” said he ahdl^R* *° leave ^ impression on tliejtexf? Any one can read Homer when the others neckU i i m^eneral, and on the trustcesjppt in_ English, but is this all? No- ters of the Oconee in a slieeu of gold,L a cli did fall x, XT i i . 8 Tf ;ica UlU iau 1 dI)0 ” ;f e , „ , , !° f the University in particular thatjProf. Woodfin teaches us to admire that I wended my way to the reeita-jand weep, “what shall we do flashed prof. Woodfin is not the right man in!and appreciate the old masters; while every eye and quivered oil every tne right place. W e think we under-!listening to him we sometimes imagine tion room of him whom they call Phil- from lippi. Worried by toilsome labors, Iltongue, for ’mongthe students of this had not made my toilet with my accus-jcollege, fellow feeling waxeth strong, tomed care, and as I entered! Some were in favor of seizing guns the accursed door, he did bear down from Phillippi’s armory and march- upon me with his eyes and in stento- ing forth to gain their rights by arms, rian voice demanded why I no collar:as did the gainers of Magna Charts wore. I or very fear I speechless stoodifrom Iving John; others thought it until the titters of my classmates made would be best to send Committees and me hang my head in shame, and tojto beg for redress of the wrong; and stand tlie motive of sotne of these “low that we can hear Demosthenes de- breathed talkers, minion lispers, whoiclaiming against Phillip or Cicero a- cut honest throats by whispers,” and to gainst Cataline; we see Leonidas with these wo do not intend to-reply; wejhis 300 keeping three millions of Per- tliink there are some who repeat what sians at bay at Thermopylae; we can they have heard others say withoutjalmost see tlie statues of Phidias and any desire to do an injury, and we only j the embellished columns of the Cor- ask these to think twice before tlieyjinthans, we are melted to tears by the speak: and we think there is a tliirdjpathetic manner of Simonides, stirred class who do the Professor a great in-jby the war songs of Pindar, and justice through ignorance of wliabcharmed by tlie simplicity of Herodo- my room I sneaking stole away,” Thenjthe assembly long did halt between they say and write, and it is to thesejtus; we are thrilledhy the tragedies of that we address these few lines. TheRschylus, of Sophocles, and of Enri- arguments have been advanced that pides, and amused by the gibes of Ar- the Professor is not competent to istophanes; we are convinced. by the teacli Latin and Greek, that his metli- logic of Socrates, and wonder at the od Latin and Greek are not taught at theiwe can see Marius and Scipio at the University. To the first of these we'head of the cohorts of Rome and can do not make a reply: we know thatihear Caesar addressing the iOtli. legion; from one and all came the exclama-jthese two opinions. Suddenly there tion, “M oe he to Phillippi that lie hath rose Tom Telltale, who up to this mo- put to shame tlie noble youth Rienzi.”iment had observed a careful silence. Then spoke up another of the tribe Said he “Brothers and fellow sufferers, of 1 aliooites whom they call Lycur [long have I thought this matter over gus, by reason of his exceeding wis-jand it doth seem to me that nothing dom; “It was in Latin; I to aid my can more quicklygain ottr ends than to - - . _ _ „ x,.. ir , 0 i„x; • x ' x n jno one would make such a statementjn our imagination we are among the memory ana to give a translation wor-bring out a paper at Commencement|„.,_„^ f • , , j. ,, ,, L & m . & ,, iri-A, • , . [ „ 1 1 , except lie who is ignorant of the Pro-inames of burning Trov, and accompany tbv of myself did bring along a pnn-jwhich shall recount the wrongs under|f ess0 r's qualifications, or lie who ma-|Aeneas as he bears His father off in ted page, whereon were words relating which we labor. Let us entitle this the to the text; and as with steady tone Bumble-bee, and at its masthead let I read tlie words translated m my jus nail the sentiment “I stipg when I trick, a gust of wind laden withjlight and I light often.” “Good: fragrance from tlie field far off came;Good:” was the universal shout. “The in through open windows and sent my|facuity in their star chamber session sole reliance flying o’er theroon uiitilmay legislate upon our happiness and it lodged just under the professor’s-pleasure, but when the Bumble-bee nose. Then looking up and noting shall buzz in sunny June, methinks a that my reading no longer continued,'thought of soberness will come upon liciously lies: with the latter, we pro- search of a new home—in short we pose to have no discussion, to the for- are citizens of Greece or Rome for the mer we only say, “Come and exam- time being and enjoy what Romans me.” To the second argument, we enjoy, and liate wliat Grecians bate, will make a short reply. To say that Such is the Professor we now have— Prof. Woodfin’s method ot teaching is do you want one whose knowledge is not good, is a- synonym for saying that a method of teaching which inculcates those principles desired to be taught is[ v . __ . .. worthless. The only fault to be found [have been doing, for then you will to his method is that it gives the stu- have a clear conscience; the unanimous dent a thorough idea of Greek and! verdict of your class is, “We find no confined within tlie two backs of a text book?. In conclusion we would say to Prof. Woodfin-Go On as you