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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
VOL. VII.
ATHENS, G-A., SATURDAY FEB 4. 1888.
NO. 15
HOW
‘ SOME OF US” WHITE AN
ESS A r.
First, waiting, delaying,
With heart and hand staying,
With shrinking and sighing,
And uselessly trying;
Beginning, then slopping,
With highest hopes dropping,
Then scra'ching, erasing,
Our work sadly facing ;
And writing, re writing,
And manfully lighting;
Then thinking and groaning,
And seaichingand moaning,
And hunting, discussing,
Eternally fussing,
And slowly proceeding,
The “sense” liule heeding,
Inserting, completing,
Advancing, retreating,
Inscribing thoughts tilting,
And had ones omitting ;
So thus we keep working,
Though often with shiiking j
Till, ending with joy,
And with many a caper,
Yet filled with foreboding,
We “hand in” our paper.
—Carlcton.
WOMANHOOD.
There is, perhaps, no word in any
language of greater import than the
word “woman.”
After the beneficent Creator had
formed man in His own likeness, and
had seen the deplorable condition in
which he was, moved to compassion,
He resolved to make a helpmate for
him. Thus, woman was formed to
assist man; to soothe and alleviate
his sufferings. It seems that our
mother Eve possessed the character
istics which have ever rendered the
sex illustrious. Although shecaused
man to be forever driven from the
Garden of Eden by her inability to
resist temptation, she has proven
herself of such incalculable benefit
to the human race, that we are forced
to overlook this one froward act, and
admire her.
In the early stages of the world,
man, in glaring disobedience to the
mandate of God, regarded woman as
his inferior, and conducted himself
toward her as though she was his
serf, his slave. The perfection of all
laborious undertakings was assigned
to the women of the time. They were
ill-treated, spurned. We read of the
numberless indignities heaped upon
them, with hatred for their oppress
ors. But, it was not the design or
intention of the Creator, that woman
should forever live in such onerous
thraldom. The light of civilization
began to be disseminated above the
horizon; civil and religious liberty
began their grand march; and the
fetters which had held woman cap
tive, were shattered. Tyrannical
man, who had with fiendish delight
seen wonjan oppressed, began to be
more leniently disposed toward her.
As science, art, and the more enno
bling acquirements of mankind be-
C ime better perfected, in a corre
sponding degree, did woman rise;
and to day she stands upon the same
level with man, the position which
God intended she should occupy.
Now, as we take a retrospective
view of woman's career, wi at once
perceive that there is no death of il
lustrious women. The pages of
history are replete with records of
her brilliant achievements, and she
is celebrated in poetry and song.
Such women as Lucretia, Joan of
Arc, Marie Antoinette, and Molly
Pitcher, )*esb ,'es hundreds of others,
attest the capabilities of woman.
In times of \peace and prosperity,
woman is the queen of the house
hold. The true wife leaves the
transaction of business to her hus
band ; while she endeavors to ren
der home bright and attractive. She
deems her highest responsibility to
to be that of training the young in
all that is pure and noble. Women
are more faithful than men—a great
deal more faithful than men. You
never saw a man pursue his wife
into the very dust and slime of de
gradation, and take her in his arms.
We never saw a man stand at the
shore where she had been morally
wrecked, waiting, in hopes that the
dark waves would bring her back,
even her corpse to his arms. On
the other hand, we have seen wos
man, with her white arms, lift fallen
man from the mire of debauchery',
and as her heart beat with compas
sion, hold him to her bosom as
though he was an angel. While
man is uncouth, rough, debased,
woman is tender, kind-hearted, de^
voted.
Not only in peace, but also in the
thrilling scenes of war, has woman
manifested her magnanimous spirit.
We could point many examples of
woman’s heroism ; but will only
notice those named above. Joan of
Arc, when her native town was
threatened with destruction by an
invading foe, leaped upon a horse,
and rushing among the soldiers who
had, through fear, refused to defend
the place, by her exhortations, so
roused their despondent spirits as
to induce them to hazard an engage
ment with the enemy, in which they
were successful, and by which the
town was saved.
The name of Marie Antoinette,
though held in contempt by many,
deserves an exalted position upon
the roll of eminent women. During
the fiery scenes of the French Revo
lution she was the support and
spirit of the aristocracy. She con
ducted herself heroically toward her
ill fated husband; suffering with him
the hardships of imprisonment, as
well as the luxuries of honor and
affluuence. Her devotion was un
wavering during life, and like a true
anathemas of the Parisian mob un
dent, Targura, Campus, College
Message, University Courier, Lehigh
Burr, Randolph Macon Monthly,
College Echo, Indian School, Read
ing Room, Fayette Collegian, Re
veille, Lantern, Lenox Nutshell,
University Quarterly,) University
Magazine, Wilmington Collegian,
Anchor, Butler Collegian, Associa
tion News, College Reflector, Free
Lance, Press and Printer, Deltan,
Alpia Mater, Southwestern Uni
versity, Journal, Butler Journal,
Chimes, Red Alan, Georgia Cracker,
Evening Capitol, Greensboro Sun.
We have before us the first num
ber of The Lantern, from the Ohio
State University.
A correspondent of a London
Literary Journal announces the dis-
woman she faced the yells andlcovery of a new autograph of Jno.
Harvard, the founder
til the guillotine closed her existence.University. The only
of Howard
writing of
It is only necessary to mentkpft his hitherto known to exist are the
the name of Jjlolly Pitehe^, as ^fer^t'vo gigua'
memory is dear to every Amert\feny”, Caiii^vldg^
jnatures
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in the
registry of
and her deeds are known to all. C\ui
we then, when such examples are
disclosed to us, refuse to admire
woman?
In conclusion, let me say that,
America is particularly blessed with
noble women Our o,vn State has
cause to be proud of her fair daugh
ters, who have played so prominent
a part in church and in stale affairs.
The heroism displayed by them du
ring our late cival war;, the priva
tions and toil they underwent won
undying praise for them. Let us
honor the women of our land, and j
ever hold our arm in readiness tode-|
fend them. We can but decide that!
when God made woman, He gave to
man his most priceless boon.
P. H. E.
EXCHANGES.
We publish below a full list of our
exchanges.
The Binghamite, Northwestern
College Chronicle, Hesperian, St.
Viateurs College Journal, AEgis, Da
vidson Monthly, Goodson Gazette,
Pennsylvanian, South Carolina Col
legian, University Magazine, Adel-
phian, Hampton Library Magazine,
Hesperian, Southern Collegian, Uni
versity Magazine, Dartmouth, Ob
server, College Messenger, Indicator,
St. Charles College Gazette, Phcenix,
Perdue, LaFaj’ette, Troy Polytech
nic, College Index, Yanktown Stu
The University of Virginia has
invited Pres. Cleveland to this year’s
commencement exercises.
The Argo, of Mary Sharp college
has been revived, and we are glad to
see it. It is always bright and cheer
ful, and one can readily recognize
the pure and delicate ideas of true
womanhood expressed in its pages.
The Free Lance, a paper always
welcome, came this week especially
bright and interesting. We con
gratulate it upon this successful
issue.
The Butler Collegian, one of our
finest exchanges, furnishes us in its
last issue with a splendidly written
article, “ The Death Penalty,” show
ing plainly the inconsistency of cap
ital punishment with the teachings
of the Bible ; and dealing with its
substitute, Life Imprisonment,in the
most logical manner.
The University of Pennsylvania
intends sending an exploring expe
dition to ancient Babylon, under the
direction of Dr. J. R. Peters.
The Princeton Seminary has. a
theological student who is seventy
years old. “ Better late than never.”
We would suggest to a certain ex
change, that it might be advisable
to enlarge its sheet, in order to give
the Detroit Free Press more space.