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JIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
VOL. VII.
NO. 9
8 MILKS.
Smiles are such common place
things that we seldom give them
thought. Rut there is as much gen
uine philosophy in smiles, as there
is in anything in nature. The smile
is one of those peculiar attributes
of human nature which proclaim
man the mastei-piece of God’s crea
tion. It is the unmistakable evi-
denceof the soul—the spirit of the
Creator hiur.self illuminating the
countenance. Where among the in
ferior creatures do we see the smile
displayed? Not even in that most
magnificent specimen of the brute
creation, the noble horse, do we see
anything that approximates it. A1
though at times we may see in the
gleeful expression of the dog as he
bounds to meet his master, or the
fond look of the cat as she implores
caresses from her tender mistress,
something that bears close resern-
blauce to a smile, yet we do not see
the glow that the soul atone can
give, and which is native to naught
but the human face.
Rut smiles are as various in kind
as they are universal. There is the
smile of the author as he paints in
words some pleasing picture of the
imagination; the smile of the poet
as he moulds into expression the
thoughts of love and poetry; the
smile of the painter as he puts upon
the canvas the glowing colors of
some ideal landscape; the smile of
the reader, as borne on the wings of
fancy, he beiorats a spectator amid
the scenes of some enchanting ro
mance. There is the smile of the
mother as she bends over the cradle
of her sleeping babe. What poet’s
pen or aitist’s brush has ever done
itjustiee? Wherein sculpture does
it wreathe the face of bronze or mar
hie with that heavenly sweetness,
which lights up the living, anxious
features of an angel mother. There
is the smile of the father as he
looks upon the noble form and man
ly features of his son, as in the flush
and vigor of young manhood, he
promises to fill the measure of his
hopes.
There is the smile of the school
boy as he contemplates the pleasures
of a holiday, the smile of triumph
as he gains the mastery of some
difficult problem; the smile of sal-
isfaction as he encounters the ap
proving glance of the school master.
There is tlj|’ smile which glows on
the face ofltlie maiden, as the fires
of love are first awakened within
her. convening the tender hud inio
the opening flower of womanhood.
There is the smile of him on w hom
the maiden .ast her loving glances,
a id which .lights up the homeliest
face with an expression which gives
him something of the beauty of
Apollo.
Then then; is the smile of hope,
that follows the long season of doubt
and despair, and which comes like
tlie dawn ol the morning to dispel
the gloom of the night ; the smile of
sympathy, hat soothes the aching
heart with a balm that nothing else
can give ;| he smiles of pity and
compassion that make their wearers
look as we iancy angels do. There
is the smile of the Christian, as he
bravely dons his duty, amid jeers
and persecutions ; the heroic smile
of i he evangil, as fearlessly he meets
his doom n on the scaffold, or amid
the fires' rir martyrdom ; the smile
ttiat beams*from the eye of the so.-
dier, as he lies calmly down to die,
beneath Ilia country’s flag on some
foreign fie lit of honor. Such are
briefly a few of the many smiles that
we find on the human lace. Space
forbids us to to pursue the subject
upon which! volumes might easily be
written.
Without smiles man would be a
miserable spectacle. They are the
sunshine ofjthe soul that goes forth
to brighten the heart and cheer the
despondent Bpiiit. Like the flowers,
that warmed by the rays of the sun
light lift their blossoms to the skies
and flood thfe air about them with
their fragrance, so beneath the
warmth of smiles spring up the
flowers of the soul, the virtues that
adorn and beautify man’s nature and
th at tend to lift it toward the per
fection of its Author. L. L. K.
literary societies.
Phi-Kappa Hall, 1
Dec. 10,1887.)
Society met and.was called to or
der by President A. Broyles. Roll
called, minutes read and adopted.
Mr. Lyle responded as Sophomore
Declaimer and Mr. Moon as Senior
Orator.
Mr. Shaw’s time w'as extended.
Society then turned to the head of
debate. Question, “Resolved, That
the State of Georgia should estab
lish a house of correction for juve- i solved, “That the co>-edueation of
nile offenders.” sexes be instiiuted in University of
Debated affirmatively by Messrs. | Georgia.” Leading disputants,
N. R. Brovh s Cranford. Day, Lyle,: Hawes and Calaway.
Mitchell, W. D. Reid, E. W. Rogers, Question for Saturday week, “Re-
Downing and Bennett; negatively j solved, That Mohammedanism has
by Messrs. Dobbs, Giflis, Jones, been more b uiefic al to the world
Lawrence, Threaders.ft and Willcox than Christianity.”
on. Decision given in favor of the Society adjourned.
A. Heyman, Pres.
Twitty, ^ec.
EXCHANGES.
affirmative. Appointments for next
Saturday, Soph. Declaimers, Tal-;
madgeand Stallings; Junior Orators, j
Shaw and W. D. Reid; Senior Ora-‘
tors Williford and Wright. | i„ the last number of the Yank-
Question for next Saturday, Re 4 ton Student, we notice the following:
s-lved “Th it there should be a prop-| llThe race ques tj 0 u is settled ! a lit-
erty qualification for voting.” Af
firmative, Moon and Stallings; neg
ative, Willcoxon and Tate.
Question for Saturday week, Re
solved, “That capital punishment
should be abolished.” Affirmative,
N. R. Broyles and Cranford; nega
tive, Day and Dobbs.
Society then adjourned.
A Broyles, President.
H. U. Downing, See., pro. tem.
V
Demostiienian Hall, |
Dee. 10, 1887. ]
Society met with President Hey-
man in the chair.
Minutes of last meetiug were read
and adopted.
Mr. Tribble responded as Sopho
more declaimer; Mr. Phillips, as
such, was excused. Mr. Miller re
sponded eloquently as Senior orator.
Question for debate: Resolved,
erary society in the University of
Georgia has decided lhat the negro
should he colonized. We suggest
this question to the Atlanta Univer
sity societies: That the whites of
Georgia should be civilized.”
We answer them that the race
question is settled, aud settled for
ever. The negro will never be plac
'd on a level with the white man
here, as no doubt he is at the place
from whence this foolish assertion
emanated. The question under de
flate in the literary society referred
to was hotly contested on each side,
until some oue made the point that
Dakota was a suitable place to colo
nize the negro, when everything was
decided at once. Finding that here
he can never hope to rise to the level
of the whites, he will be settled in
Dakota, where, perhaps, lie will be
satisfied. The idea of the students
at Yankton suggesting anythiug
“That the execution of anarchists at
Chicago was justifiable.” Debated about the whites of Georgia being
affirmatively by Cohen, Miller, civilized is absurd. If it came from
Cooper and Pope; negatively, by people who were capable of making
McGough and Estes. President de
cided in favor of affirmative.
The resolutions concerning the
election of Champion debaters were
read and laid on the table, after
being discussed.
we would lane some
notice of it, but as it does not, we
paj r no attention to it. The stu
dents of Yankton college may favor
the e’evation of the negro, but the
j decision of the University of Geor-
Tiie officers for the ensuing term |gia is fixed upon that question, and
to tliis decision we intend to adhere.
were then elected. H. M. Comer, Jr.,
was elected President over his oppo
nent, Mr. Ritch, by a vote of 22 to
21; Mr. Cooper was elected Vice
President over his opponent, Mr.
Warren, by a vote 2L to 18; Messrs.
Arkwright and Beard were elected
1st and 2nd Censors respectively.
Appointments for next Saturday:
Senior speaker, Cunningham; Junior
orators, Maddox and Anderson;
Sophomore declaimers, Thomas and
Upson.
Question for next Saturday: Re-
Tlie Campus, from Alleghany Col
lege, comes to us in an attractive
dress, and is well gotten upon the
outside Opening the leaves, we
tied that while not up to the high
standard of some of our exchanges,
still it is a moderately well edited
magazine, and seems alive to the in
terests of the College from which it
comes. We note an excellent arti
cle upon the foreign voter, showing
the dangers attendant upon making
an ignorant and probably vicious
foreigner a naturalized citizen al
most as soon as he reaches our
shores.