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streets, surrounded by a whole bevy of
bright-eyed boys; and judging from
their fondness, he must have a tact
for endearing young hearts to him.
Ben Hill’s Speech. —The Final
Oration delivered before the Demos,
thenian Society at last Commences
ment bj ? Mr. B. H. Ilill, Jr., has just
been published by that Society.—
Judging from the applause with
which it met, it will secure, as it de
serves, quite an extensive circulation.
Back from Europe. —Our Profes
sor, so long lost to u& —whether
among the grandeurs of the Old
Wotld, or the mazes of wedded life,
we cannot say—has come again. He
was received amidst such a concourse
*>f students and citizens as has not I
been seen since the return of our ve
nerable Chancellor. Prof. W. H.
W addell having been escorted by a
committee of students from the R R.
Depot, was ushered into the College
Chapel amidst the continued and
deafening applanse of the whole Uni
versity. Here Mr. N. E. Harris, of
the Senior Class, made his address of
welcome and congratulation in bes
half of the students ; and such an ad*
drees was it, that the Professor for
awhile apparently forgot that he had
ever been abroad. In his reply, his
heart seemed to overflow. He spoke
little of his travels, but dwelt upon
his friends and pupils—his associates
and contemporaries,i&std his own na
tive South. He wished that he had
the hundred arms of Briai-eus, that
lie might clasp us all in his embrace.
Long live the memory of our Proses
sor !
Election.— The election in the
Demosthenian Society last week, re
sulted in the selection of Mr. W. S.
McCarty as Commencement Orator,
and Mr. J. T. Olive as President for
the same occasion. We extend to
the gentlemen our heartfelt congrat
ulations, and trust and believe that
we shall have the honor of applaud
ing the Orator at Commencement.
Anniversary Celebration.— On
Tuesday, the 22d ult., the Anniversa
ry of the Phi Kappa Society was ceK >
ebrated in the College Chapel; ad
dress by Mr. R. 11. Johnston, of Grif
fin, Ga. Mr. Johnston combatted
“ The Tendency of the Times as man
ifested in Utilitarianism/’ with a
power of eloquence that would have
thrilled the heart of any man of feel
ing and sentiment; and with a pows
er that ought to deter any man from
a fanatic and absolute devotion to
the mere practicalities of life.
On the Saturday preceding, Mr. J.
A. Robson, delivered the Anniversa
ry Address before the Demosthenian
Society. Wo have not ascertained
the exact wording of the subject of
his speech, but the speaker discussed
THE GEORGIA COLLEGIAN.
at length the South, her resources—
agricultural, manufacturing, mineral,
&c. It was pronounced by several
members of the Faculty to be fraught
with excellent common sense, to the
exclusion of many superfluous rheto
rical fire-works. His advice was
practical, and should act as an anti
dote against the “ Blackstone fever”
which has become so epidemic among
the young men of the rising genera
tion.
Soiree. —The party given some
days ago by Mrs. Bloomfield and her
guest, Miss Clarkson was, despite the
unfavorable weather, a complete suc
cess. All praise to the hostess and
her guest, we left thinking we had
never enjoyed such an accumulation
of joys with so much zest- We laugh
ed and talked, and danced and walk
ed, and banquetted until the “star
dials pointed to morn/’ when we
came home to dream of
“ADgel’s footfalls tinkliDg on the tufted floor;”
and
“Sparkling wine cups tinkling loudly by the
seore.”
Athenarum Nobiles Yirgines.—
We would remind our jealous elder
brothers,
“ Who went out from their Alma Mater,
Way out in the wide, wide world,”
that the ladies are the same dear
creatures except one. She would be
if she could stay with us long, but
that is impossible. The Professor of
Physics is confused and sadly put
out. There seems to boa lode-stone
attraction North, East, South and
West. But they should not despair.
Lot the students look into the heart
of the thing. Likely they will here
discover the secret agent of all this
commotion in the sci(sfy/j)entific
world. Some of us think the North
Pole will preserve its equilibrium yet.
Love and Mud. — To test the Sin
cerity of Love. —Take a piece of mud
—about the size of a street. Put it
on the sideswalk and mix it with im
penetrable darkness. Now take a
fascinated student and “ stick him in
one end of the mud” and keep him
itanding until 71 P. M. If at the
expiration of this time he strikes a
bee-line for his sweetheart at the
other end of the mud, it is indisputa
ble evidence that he loves her. This
is an infallible sign. We tried it the
other night with two other “ love sick
swains,” and found it to be true.
....Automatic writing, it is reasona
ble to suppose, will soon be in voguo.
If the waves of light by being thrown
against the; artist’s glass produce a
photograph., perhaps ere long, some
daring inventor will announce the
discovery <f)f an art by which the
waves of sojund from the human voice
will be found to image themselves on
the receiving surface.— Eclectic.
Anniversarians,
The Phi Kappa Orator for the year
1866, was F. A. Lipscomb, (now
Prof.); for the year 1867, H. A.
Whitman ; for the year 1868, Peter
W. Meldrim, of Savannah; for 1869,
A. P. Adams, of Savannah; Mr. R.
H. Johnston, Jr., of Griffin, was the
orator for 1870—February 22d, be
ing the date of the anniversary cele
bration.
The Demosthenian Anniversary
Orator for 1866, was J. R. McClesky ;
for 1867, Samuel Spencer; for 1868,
W. S. Gordon, of Atlanta ; for 1869,
Emory Speer; for the present year,
Mr. J. A. Robson.
The Phi Kappa Commencement
Orator for 1868, was Henry W. Gra
dy, of Athens; of 1869, N. E. Harris,
Jonesboro’, Tenn. The Demosthe
nian Commencement Orator for IS6B
was A. H. Cox, of LaGrange; for
1869, B. 11. Hill, Jr., of Athens,
College Gossip,
...Somebody has discovered that
but comparatively few college grad
uates marry. The records of Yale
tell a mournful tale on this subject.
Fully onosfourth of its graduates
never marry, and of the graduates of
tho Wesleyan University during 35
years of its existence, 535 only out
of 910 are reported as having mar
ried. Doubtless the statistics of Mt
Holyoke would show a still more de
plorable state of affairs, and as'ir
remedy it is hopelessly suggested
that the undergraduates be allowed
to marry.
...The University of North Caroli
na has seven students, with a fair
prospect of getting two more. That
of South Carolina, twenty-five.
...Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton has ac
cepted the invitation to address the
Literary Societies of the University
of Ya. in July next.
...Count Yon Bismarck, duringbis
entire course at a German Universi
ty, attended only three lectures. lie
was remarkable, more for his extra
vagance and dissipation than any
thing else. His College life, like that
of many men, gave no indication of
his future greatness.
...Brigham Young has started a
University in San Tudo, Utah, to ac
commodate the young Brighams.
....We hear that several students
from Hidelberg University, Germa
ny, are coming soon to the Universi
ty of Georgia to complete their edu
cation.
...The University of Idaho, we
learn, numbers 976 students. The
Mexican Seminary has one student,
with a fair prospect of decrease.
...A proposition has been made to
excavate a tunnel under the English
channel, thus affording terra firma
communication between England and
France.
‘ A College Joke to Cure the Dumps,’
...Some students by chance obtain
ed possession of the key to their
landlord’s cellar, in which they knew
there were several barrels of apples.
Stealthily they crept to the cellar,
and all in the dark helped themselves
to apples abundantly. Returning to
their room to enjoy the spoils, judge
of their surprise on finding that they
had filled their pockets with Irish
potatoes instead of apples.
...Tne road from Athens to Wat
kinsville is up hill, all the way there
and all tho way back.
...Our friend Grinder, being an as
piring youth, in order to raise his
spirits higher, mounted a huge tree
trunk, and addressing his equally
spirited companions, swore that ho
was emphatically a “ big stump
speaker.”
...Josh Billings, writing of grass
hoppers, says thut he has seen “ sum
fields so full of’em that you could’nt
stick another grasshopper in, unless
you sharpened him off tew a pint.”
...Why is one flea like another?—
Because it is; and secondly, because
it can jump farther than any other
thing of its size and age we ever saw.
...Edgar Poe is said to have gone
Raven mad.
...Why ought a Freshman to hear
better than any other student ? Be
cause he has four (y)ears in College.
...An empty bottle may safely bo
likened to a graveyard,—being the
abode of departed spirits.
...Some men’s heads are very like
beds ; soft in the middle and hard all
around.
...The writings of some ancient
authors are vo-luminous, if not lumi
nous.
...Why are voters in Society elec
tions like sick mules ? They are al
ways drenched before they can be of
service.
...Revolutionary character—the
mhn in’ the moon.
...Sentimental chemistry—dissolv
ing in tears.
...A Noihern Editor says of his ri->
val, that he gets off only one good
thing in a day, and that is his bed.
The rival replies his opponent gets off
only one good thing in a week, and
that is a dirty shirt.
...To my classic nose—■
“ 0 nose, I am as proud of thee
As any mountain of liis snows;
I gaze on thee and feel that joy
A Homan knows.'’
...Douglass Jerrold defines dogma
tism to be puppyism come to maturi
ty-
...Some women are like Samson :
all their strength lies in their hair.
But some men also are like Samson ;
they wield the jaw bone of an ass.
...Josh Billings says Hope is a hen
that lays more eggs than she can
hatch.
