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6 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.