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4 01» smgia Mkgmn. -A-THCEISrS, Saturday Morning, Oct. 29, 1870. Published by the Literary Societies of the University. EDITORIAL CORPS. G. R. GLENN, Term Editor prom the two Societies. Phi Kappn Society. Det.iosthenian Society. W. T. ARMISTEAD, E. H. BRIGGS, J. E. YONGE. E. G. SIMMONS. Executive Committee. T. H. CUNNINGHAM, I R. H. GCETCIIIUS, 3. L. HAND. I J. L. HARDEMAN. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Siagle copies, one year $ 2.50 “ “ six months 1.50 “ “ three months 1.00 Clubs of five, one year 11.00 “ “ ten, “ “ 20.00 “ “ twenty, one year 40.00 And an extra copy to the one who gets up a Club of 20. Remittances should be made by regis tered letters or P. O. order. Address all Letters to “Georgia Col legian,” Athens, Ga. INDUCEMENTS TO AGENTS. Any one who constitutes himself an agent, and gets us 5, or more than 5 subscribers, can have the advantage of our club rates. Thus One who gets 5 subscribers (at $2.50 each), need remit us only $11.00; if 10 subscribers, he need remit only $20.00. /ft®- Contributions solicited from tbe Alumni of the College, the students at the institutions Os learning throughout this State and other States; and from the friends of the University generally. Meeting in Memoriam of Gen. Lee. The citizens and students as sembled in the Chapel, Saturday, the Isth inst., in memoriam of General Bobert E. Lee, resolutions of condo lence had been previously drafted, and were then submitted for adop tion. A. A. Lipscomb D. D., seconded the motion to adopt them, and then pronounced a chaste, appropriate and touching eulogy on the dead. He dwelt with peculiar emphasis on the clause that specified that Gen. Lee was a “ gift from God to us and to the world.” All of his striking character istics were gradually unfolded. His calm meditation and firmness in childhood and youth, distinguished him from other boys. At school his advice was sought and counsel obey ed. The Doctor then spoke of him as a gentleman, a schollar, a soldier and a Christian; in all of which he stood preeminent. When solicited by the Episcopal church to take charge of Sewanee College, ho ten dered his resignation as U. S. officer to Gen. Scott, who refused to sign it, remarking at the time, that “ Gen eral Lee is worth a million of men to America.” Skillfully did the Doctor bring out his merit as a soldier. He followed him from his studies at West Point, through all the cam paigns of his life. Ho did not claim for him a paramount genius, but with a cultivated intellect and refined sen sibilities he overtopped his cotem poraries. Not only his champion ship in battle, but his acceptation of THE GEORGIA COLLEGIAN. the situation after defeat, entitles him to greatness. The Doctor seemed to be trying simply to converse, without any dis play of oratory, about the man whom all revered. But he became truly eloquent in spite of himself where he spoke of Gen. Lee's conduct since the war. Defeat even developed w ithin him the qualities of Christian manhood. He had warred unsuc cessfully with the marshaled hosts of the earth but triumphed over the as saults of unnumbered fiends and demons of passion and prejndice.— From whatever stand point the Doc tor viewed his character, he found it the same grand superstructure.— Like bt. Peters, whether view ed from “ valleys wide or moun tains high” its columns and arches and domes seemed the same colassal bandy work fashioned by God and sentinelled with Archangels. Criticisms. Action being essential to tbe well being of us all, lies beyond the do main of controversy. It strenghens, invigorates and throws vitality into the whole soul of man. The human mind, characterized by a principle of our natures, to pry into, scrutinize and examine everything presented to view, if the facts obtained do not fur nish sufficient evidoncc-to give desir ed information, our curiosity is aroused. A principle of our nature, a grand incentive to action, arouses our mental nature, calls into play every faculty of the mind, and whoso object is the attainment of knowl edge, which being kept under proper restrictions, will prove of inestimable value to us—but carried beyond pro per limits, has an injurious tendency. In the gratification of this principle, by the facts and information con cerning the subject in question, we mount the rostrum with a super abundance of presumption and ego tism, and utter eulogies and en comiums, and extol even to the skies, if we are pleased, or censure, abuse, and attempt to obliterate from the face of creation, if we are dis pleased. These we term a form of criticimß, with which we are familiar in our rovings, being instructive, and furnish examples by which we can systematize ourselvep. For in true criticisms we see the defaults and de merits as well as the commendable and redeeming traits of character. In our own experience, we become familiar with criticism ; in our eve ry day transactions, in our deal ings with fellow-men, we not unfre quently have occasion to criticise. We are not enthusiastic advocates of criticisms, nor do we take the other extreme, and say they are utterly useless, for in such we would be con tradicted. Eecall the great good re alized from the Edinburgh Eeview and other such. We have the confi dence to say, that there are a number of those who lay claim to the title of professional critics, that are not ca pacitated for the office. The critic, in every instance, should be superior in intellect to the author ho proposes to criticise; because the principle of criticism is to place upon an equality the author with the critic. With this data to go upon, wo are justified in asserting that some criti cisms are far from what they are in tended—or in other words, are fail ures. How consoling is this to some of us who arestriving for the interest of the Georgia Collegian ! How plea sant to feel assured we have the hap py faculty cf knowing some criti cisms are failures! If this was not true, then our paper would now be a humbug—so pronounced by some of the precocious youths of Georgia. Such we pass over, as a premature thought coming from an idle mind. Our paper is “ climbing the heights.” Day after day, a jewel is added to its sparkling coronet, and tho time will come when its name will be garlanded and festooned in history as a fair specimen of modern literature. Exchanges. The Western Collegian is published at Delaware, Ohio. The first No. of the fourth Vol., contains some merit orious articles. “ Joy and Sorrow ” must have been written under the influence of sadness and solitude.— But we cannot agree with the au thor, who believes that College Fra ternities are evils. He assumes that they are wrong both because they are expensive and consume a great amount of time “foolishly and use lessly.” If a thing is wrong simply because it is expensive, we should both abolish the purpose of building Asylums for orphans and of sending the gospel to the heathen world. He claims that their lights are under a bushel, and he seems to have seen it, since he can tell how much time they consume and in what way thoy con sume it. How does he know what they do at their meetings ? The stu dents who take the best stand in their classes belong to them. They must spend their time wisely and profitably. Wo frankly confess and boldly as sert that there are no members of these Fraternities who would not be an honor to any institution. But their worth cannot signify anothers abase ment. Their brilliancy does not give the radiant and redundant efful gence of secret organizations. We find the Griswold Collegian on our desk. It contains a variety of articles. The magazine is well con ducted. It is published atDavenport lowa. The article, « True Heroism of the Naturalist,” published in The HamiL ton Literary Monthly, deserves com mendation. We have just formed an acquaint tance with The Denison Collegian. — It makes a favorable impression. The Lafayette Monthly is now among our exchanges. This is its first number. We predict for it a brilliant future. But Bridge Ilamps ton’s letter was too long. To Our Subscribers* —Some of our subscribers complain that they do not receive our paper as often as it is due. Since it is published Bi- Weekly they suppose they should re ceive two copies every week. This is a mistake. Bi-Weekly, as Web ster lays it down in his Unabridged, means once in every two weeks. If two copies were issued each week tho proper term would be Semi-Weekly, not Bi- Weekly. We hope our friends will bear this in mind. Resolutions. Whereas, the mournful announce ment of tho death of Gen. K. E. Lee has reached us, be it by tho students of the University Resolved, That we Binceroly sym pathize with the Faculty and stu dents of Washington College in the loss of their honored President; a loss which was great to all, but es pecially to those who, having the privilege of being near him, profited most by the guidance of his master mind, and felt most the exalting in fluence of his life. Resolved, That his death is a great misfortune to Southern education.— His Christian piety and the complete ness with which he filled tho measure of the Southern character eminently fitted him to be tho leader of that grand army*of educators—struggling for the intellectual deliverance of our country, as he was once the leader of another army in a not less noble cause. Resolved , Jhat while wo mourn that such a man is dead, we yet re joice that such a man did live. Al ready has his lofty example beeome a shining mark for the aim of his couutrymen. The star in the far off firmament may be blotted out of ex istence—but its light continues for long ages to stream down upon tu„ world. And so, although General Lee has been removed from his wonted place, his life will still shed an influence on the land, through un numbered years to come. J. L. Hardeman, C. E. Harmon, W. B. Hill, E. H. Briggs, J. C. Mikell, J. L. C. Kerr, W. T. Armistead, Com. Students U. of Geo. «*. ...On one occasion, when inti’oduc ing a lanß clerical friend of the Bap tist denomination to another inti" mate friend, with a twinkle of the eye, and in tones, which none could more amusingly) employ, Bethune added to the announcement of his name and position, “But he’s rather shrunk in tho wetting.”