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3 The Tech. 4'me G 1= mv- -4-A. a M VOL, V. BOSTON, DEC, 17, 1884, No. 5, z Publshed on alternate Wednesdays, durng the school year, by the students of the Massachusetts nsttute of Technology. BOARD OF DRECTORS, ALEX. RCE MoKf, '85, Pre8. SDNEY WLLAMS, '85. W. H. CHADBOURN, JR.,'86, Sec. HOLLON C. SPAULDNG, '87. JAS. E. SMPSON, '86, Treas. EDWN O. JORDAN, '88. EDTORS. THOMAS W. FRY, '85, Edtor n Chef. HUGH MAcRAE, '85. CHAS. H. WOODBURY, '86. JOHN G. HOWARD, '86. BENJAMN C. LANE, '87. WrAL'TEk R. NGALLS, '86. F. MAN r'on WAKEFELD, '87. THEODORE STEBBNS, Adv. Agt. Subscrpton, $2.00 per year n advance. Sngle copes, 15 cents each. ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRNTERS, 24 FRANKLN STREET, BOSTON. _ =..~,_.%_~ HE frst of December _ found another foot-ball - ~s e a s o n has passed -.~ 9wthout brngng any laurels to the eleven from the nsttute. As before, an all but unbroken seres of defeats s recorded to our credt- rather, dscre-.' s:. dt. The record of the team, ths year, s even worse than that of last, for then we played one game only, but n that made a credtable showng compared wth the results of the games last fall. t s a queston n our mnds as to whether foot-ball should not be banshed from our sports, f we cannot do more wth t. Stll, ths s the only game whch we can attempt to play, and n whch we can compete wth our sster colleges. Base-ball or lacrosse cannot succeed here, because our sprng term closes so early n the year; boatng s out of the queston on account of lack of facltes; and we have no grounds whereon to play tenns. Foot-ball, then, alone remans. Now, what reason s there why we should not have at least a farly good eleven? The Unon grounds, only fve mnutes' walk from our man buldngs, are sutable to play on, and can be obtaned f the students wll do ther share toward the support of the Foot-Ball Assocaton. There s tme for a moderate amount of practce, after our afternoon work and lectures are through; and, most mportant of all, we certanly have good materal here from whch to select a team. Ths year, for example, fve men had prevously played on our own team, and four at Andover and Exeter. Ths ought to have been a nucleus from whch to make a strong team. Now as for the prospects next year. But one man on the eleven wll graduate wth'85. There s a far possblty of securng a few good men from the next Freshman class. We can have grounds on whch to practse, and upon practce the whole matter rests, for t s here that our teams have always faled Then let us gve foot-ball one more tral. Let the manager of the assocaton canvass the football men, and see f he can secure enough who wll promse to practse next fall to make t worth the whle to form a team. Let every man jon the assocaton and subscrbe to ts support, to the best of hs ablty, and thus put t on a frm fnancal bass. f after ths last tral, the team agan shows tself to be such an absolute falure as t has heretofore, and contnues to reflect dscredt on the nsttute, then let t be understood that foot-ball, the last on our lst of sports, s also to be abandoned. HE class of '88 has elected Mr. Edwn O. Jordan as ts representatve on the Board of Drectors of THE TEFCH. An edtor from that class wll soon be chosen.

4 56. HERE are a great many occasons n a man's busness and socal lfe when to be able to presde over a lterary, scentfc, poltcal, or any knd of meetng would be a great convenence to hmself and others. Any one s lable to be called upon to perform such a duty, yet t s a matter of fact that comparatvely few possess the knowledge of parlamentary prncples, whch, besdes power to control, clearness of mnd, quckness of judgment and decson, s necessary to a good presdng offcer. t s a very general opnon that ths knowledge can be ganed only by long experence. Such, however, s not the case, except n regard to some legslatve bodes, or where a great deal of busness, wth the accompanyng wranglng of opposng partes, must be transacted, requrng a very thorough famlarty wth all the mnute detals of parlamentary rules. As an offcer or member of the most common meetngs, a good general knowledge of the prncpal knds of motons s all that s necessary. Let any one secure Robert's or Cushng's small manual of Rules of Order, and devote to t two or three hours, at odd moments, and he wll be surprsed to fnd how easy t s to acqure nformaton whch, when appled to the busness of a meetng, wll greatly facltate ts transacton, besdes avodng, by correct methods, any dffcultes due to carelessness or msunderstandng. The class, socety, and mass meetngs at the nsttute would be an excellent feld for practce n ths matter, and f a few wll take the ntatve, the results wll be of great value. 0 HE lack of nterest n athletcs at the nsttute, much to be deplored as t s, can scarcely be consdered unnatural. To be sure, a gymnasum s open to the students, n whch they may practse f they wsh; but here the Faculty's nterest n the physcal well-beng of the students ceases. They offer no nducement to the students to take regular healthy exercse. The gymnasum s open; but t s too open and at the same tme not open enough. Any one can go n, and f he sees ft, or gnorantly, he may do hmself any amount of harm; there s no nstructor to tell hm what he needs, or restran hm from what he does not need; on the other hand thegymnasum s practcally closed to those who feel ther nablty to judge of ther own requrements, because of ther nexperence n thngs of the sort. These latter are for the most part the very ones who need the exercse most, yet the ones whom the gymnasum almost entrely fals to beneft. Some of these go to other gymnasums; but the greater part devote themselves entrely to bran work, and neglect the foundaton of bran capacty, bodly health. The hours of work n preparaton for rectatons are carefully regulated, n theory, by the Faculty; but no arrangement s made n ths scheme for an hour's actve exercse. There s a very general mpresson that an average of the men of the nsttute, taken at ther graduaton, would show a smaller amount of health and strength than most of our frstrate colleges would gve. Whether ths feelng would be borne out by mpartal statstcs, we do not know; but f t be so or not, the responsblty restng on the Faculty s the same. One does not gve a chld fre-works to do wth as he lkes; but, though a gymnasum unwsely used s acknowledged to be a very dangerous thng, nexperenced students at the nsttute are offered one wthout any sort of authorzed or responsble nstructon. Any one makng a drawng for THE TECH wll please apply to Mr. C. H. Woodbury, '86, for some standard paper for the purpose. Contrbutons of drawngs should be addressed to Mr. Woodbury. We beg leave to nform some of our exchanges that our ttle s THE TECH, not "The Teach"; t s an abbrevaton of Technology, and not an attempt at phonetc spellng. The Sunday Hef'ald of Dec. 7 copes from THE TECH Mr. Rotch's account of the Blue Hll Observatory. We are glad that the artcle was consdered of nterest to the publc, but regret that the Herald omtted to state that t was wrtten for TLE TECH.

5 157 The Mystery of Mss Cssy Lster. /SAY, Roger," ex- _ / clamed, softly, but / / wth earnestness, as ~7 /hastened nto my ~ $ /frend's room (then S ~looked carefully to see.~~~,< f the door was securely X- t closed), "wll you be Aleve t? The far neghbor s f r o m Mundsport!" "From Mundsport!" cred Roger, wth as much surprse as myself felt. "And her name s Mss Cssy Lster," added, both to revve hs memory and to gratfy my own taste for allteraton; " saw t upon a letter for her on the hat-tree."' "Mss Cssy Lster, from Mundsport," repeated Roger, cogtatng; "there's no famly of Lsters n Mundsport." "4Strange, s t not?" asked, "and yet " And yet, as you say," nterrupted Roger, who s always takng the words out of my mouth and turnng what mght have been brght comng from me, nto what s utterly commonplace comng from hm, -" and yet, as you say, t s hard to beleve that these rooms have fallen nto the hands of any but Mundsport people. Half a dozen years s a long tme for three rooms n a lodgng-house to reman n the possesson of one set whose ndvduals are constantly changng. Do you recollect how btterly we wept when we dscovered that a stranger, as we thought, was actually about to nvade our sacred precncts? But now those tears were all n van." And Roger shed a few pearly drops at the thought of all the tears that had been wasted through a mstake. "But remember," sad 1, -- for am always nclned to the brght sde of affars, "remember, too, our joy n fndng that the new comer, though, as we then thought, not from Mundsport, was, nevertheless, a lovely creature of femnne flesh and blood, nstead of the ntolerable ogre we had but too good reason to expect." "Ah, yes!" repled Roger, when he had re covered from the frst pognancy of hs gref; "how beautful she s, how graceful, how - how modest, how angelc. Oh, but to thnk of the nsuperable obstacles that separate us from her!" And the poor fellow agan gave way to overpowerng emotons. "nsuperable! No! Mehzerculle " cred ; "you shall hear, Roger, and you wll rejoce as do that the obstacles are no longer nsuperable. Ths afternoon, as was sttng n my room wth the door nto the hall open as usual so that mght see her when she passed out, heard a loud and nterestng rustlng n her room. Presently her door opened, and, wth that ndescrbable nose whch women'make when they move, a sound lke that of the breath of the mornrng strrng the poplar leaves, - she came forth. nvoluntarly started from my place. The moton was reflex, unntended, unknown, untl 1 perceved that had startled the nymph, the fary, the goddess, - call her what you wll, so that she be dvne. For a moment she bent her lmpd eyes upon me; then, wth a rsng blush, she turned to go her way. But fate would not permt that ths encounter should be productve of no more ultmate relatonshp. Before she reached the stars her danty mnochaor was wafted from her unconscous grasp upon the eddyng breeze of her advance. Qucker than thought,-yes, swfter than the lghtnngs of Jove, - sprang to return the perfumed fabrc to ts owner. Fan would have preserved t as ncense to be offered to my heart; but. the fant scent dd but salute my nostrls, then went to soothe her farer ones. One nstant breathed the perfume of her presence; one nstant looked upon a goddess; one nstant tasted the sweetness of her smle; and then was alone. "Two amatory doves that perched and blled n effgy upon her bonnet's brm, two slver clasps that bound her cloak about her breast, two threads that drew her gloves wth greater closeness to her wrsts, two lowly buckles that fastened her danty arctcs, - not one of them felt for the other such yearnng as then arose, wthn my heart, for her.

6 58 "'But must not tarry; lsten. stood and xratched her hand, stll followng the ralng of the stars, as she descended; then, as turned away, my eye fell upon a trunk that stood n the storeroom at the end of the hall.. The door was open, and the lght from my wndow penetrated as far as ths, revealng dstnctly upon the end of the,trunk the last three letters of a name, - ORT. The trunk was not mne; my heart told me t was hers. Wth feversh anxety tore away the valses and rubbsh whch hd from my devourng gaze the rest of the word that ended n ORT. magne my surprse, delght, exultaton, when read n captal letters,* MUNDPORT. "And can t be, Roger? Speak to me, and tell me t s so wthout a doubt. s she from Mundsport, from the home of my chldhood, yet unknown to me? How has she escaped so effectually from beng known to you or me, who know, wthout excepton, every person n the town? Oh, t s mpossble! and yet - and yet -" "And yet, as you say," sad Roger, affected by my mpetuosty, as led hm to the unconscous cause of part of my emoton, -- "as you say, there must be some explanaton." " Ths s the trunk," sad, beneath my breath, and sat upon t reverentally. " s that the trunk? " asked Roger, who seemed to have sustaned some shock to hs sensbltes; hs self-restrant gave way, and for the thrd tme he burst nto tears, as he cred n a voce broken wth emoton, " That - s my - trunk." "So you thnk your son smokes, 1Mrs. Jones?" " am sure of t, Mrs. Brown. 've found peces of tobacco n hs pockets." "Dear me, dear me, 'm sorry. My son has no bad habts. never fnd anythng n hs clothes but cloves and coffee beans." - Somervlle Coaurnal. * Owng to a dffculty n prntng, the letters are not reproduced here n far-smle. t should, however, be stated that they bore superfcal evdence of havng been made by one who had receved the frst year nstructon n letterng at the nsttute. A Chrstmas Carol. STAVE ONE. SCROOGE was a Senor,- a grave, sedate, and hard-workng Senor. All the hlartes of hs former lfe had long snce been bured n years of hard study. Gym. dances, theatre partes, class suppers, rushes, and torchlghts,- all were forgotten, for Scrooge was at work on hs thess. Scrooge's room had as gloomy an aspect as he hmself. Books and drawngs and papers covered wth long calculatons were scattered about everywhere; but no gaudy lthographs of popular actresses and no surrepttously stolen sgns adorned ts walls; only n cone corner there hung a bedraggled and soot-covered gown, wth the nscrpton '85 on ts breast. Ths was the only ornament that the room boasted. t was Chrstmas eve, the gay holday tme when every one lays asde work for festvtes and merrment, every one except Scrooge; but he was stll studyng, - that s to say, he had been; but he felt tred ths nght, so that before he knew t he was dozng away over hs book. A door down-stars closed wth a loud bang, and he suddenly started up. "But what s that strange sound hear? " thought he, - clank, clank, clank, as though a chan was slowly beng drawn up the stars. Yes; t s comng nearer, and nearer, and towards hs own room, untl there t stops. Then Scrooge perceves somethng lke a cold, damp mst blow nto the room through the keyhole n the door, and gradually begn to take shape. Terrfed, he turns away hs face; but curosty mpels another look, and now, to hs ntense astonshment, he sees a welldressed young man, wth a bundle of papyrograph notes n hs hand, standng before hm. "Who are you?" gruffly asked Scrooge, hs courage returnng.," repled the ghost, for such he was,- " am the shade of Hadley, J. G Hadley. An untmely fate cut short my earthly days, and now my sprt s compelled to haunt the old famlar scenes about the nsttute, as a wll-o'- the-wsp for Freshmen. But have come for you, Scrooge; you must follow me!" ~ fl qa 4 ww X,;, A.,.1 t.< c

7 - THE TECH 59 Just then the clock on the shelf struck mdnght. STAVE TWO. An rresstble power seemed to compel Scrooge to follow at the ghost's bddng. He had no tme to snatch any coverng as he was drawn out nto the cold, frosty ar; but he dd not seem to feel ts stng. Apparently he was floatng along through a dark, fathomless vacancy, when gradually thngs began to make themselves dstngushable, and fnally he perceved that he was n the well-known chemcal laboratory, where he had passed so many dsmal hours. Proceedng as though he was famlar wth thngs here, the ghost now led the way down an nnumerable number of stars, - so t seemed to Scrooge, -- through long halls and down more stars, and fnally out n the open ar over to Rogers Buldng. "Look," sad the ghost, and wth hs rght hand he waved a glass strrng-rod, whch Scrooge had not notced untl now. Scrooge looked, and could he beleve hs eyes! a number of merry, laughng fellows were sngng gay songs, and wfh joned hands were dancng about a young saplng. "What s the meanng of ths?" cred Scrooge, unable to repress hs amazement, for he recognzed hmself among- the crowd. "Jolly Junors," repled the ghost; "t s ther class tree." STAVE THREE. As ths faded from hs vew, the ghost took Scrooge by the arm, and agan he seemed to be floatng through mmense space; but dd hs senses deceve hm, for now he saw that he was walkng through a large park, wth beautful, stately trees, whch he knew must be the Common? The ghost touched Scrooge on the shoulder, and ponted to the left. There, under the wdespreadng branches fo an old elm, a rollckng crowd of young men was seated around a table, drnkng, apparently wth much thrst, a darkbrown, foamng lqud. A gay-lookng youth, who looks very much lke Scrooge, clmbs up on the table, and, holdng aloft hs glass, cres out, "'Rah for '85!" whle the others jon n wth the cheer. "Sophs, of course," laconcally remarks the ghost. STAVE FOUR. The cheer des away n the dstance, and Scrooge agan fnds hmself at Rogers Buldng. He goes nto the entrance hall, whch he fnds to be flled wth a throng of nnocent-lookng boys, who are all evdently strangers to each other, and are feelng very uncomfortable on that account. Yes; there s Scrooge hmself agan, standng alone n a corner, but much yonnger lookng than before. "You were a Freshman then," sad the ghost, A mst or fog gradually crept n and covered ths scene, breakng away, however, n a few mnutes. Scrooge ths tme dscovers a brllantly lghted hall, where a crowd of pleasantlookng young men and handsome young women were dancng to the nsprng strans of a waltz. Around the ball-room n groups stood a number of unhappy-lookng youths, all clad n the same knd of a sombre-blue mltary jacket, wth black bone buttons. Suddenly a grn o'erspread ther faces, as they suddenly burst nto a cheer, "'Rah for '85, the last class to gve a Freshman ball." Scrooge awoke wth a sgh; hs book had fallen from hs hands. The candle on the table was burnng low; t flckered and went out just as Scrooge fell back n hs char wth a gasp. Scrooge was dead The sprt of '85 had gone to jon that of '84, never to return. The clock had stopped at mdnght. An nspecton of the Catalogue for shows no essental changes n the text, whch, as usual, descrbes the courses of nstructon gven by lectures, rectatons, drawng, feld and shopwork and laboratory practce. The Faculty has been ncreased to twenty-nte, and there are, n all, ffty-eght offcers of nstructon. The names of those composng the vstng commttee are publshed; these commttees were created last year, and wll vst the lecture and drawng rooms and laboratores durng class exercses.

8 60 A Thunder-Storm n the Ol Country. THE past week had been unusually hot, and that day surpassed all before n sultrness. About noon dstant thunder was heard, and, lookng toward the west, we saw a low, straght lne of black cloud-mass rapdly approachng. As the dark curtan swept over our heads, the accompanyng wnd-storm, from a breeze, suddenly ncreased nearly to a hurrcane and threatened to overturn our carrage. We had no need to urge our horses, as they had shown uneasness even before we had notced the clouds, and, n spte of the heat, had pressed on wth unusual vgor. n gong over a lttle rdge, the road passed close to an old derrck. ts guywres, whch should have been fastened to a stump, were hangng loosely, probably untwsted by some careless teamster, who wshed to pass close to the engne house. From a lttle dstance we could see that the top of the derrck swayed as the gusts of wnd struck t, and we felt some hestaton about gettng near. However, n the ncreasng uproar of rushng wnds and crackng trees, the horses were almost unmanageable, and we dashed by. Lookng back, we saw the whole framework, struck by a sudden gust, start forward and fall wth a crash nto the travelled way. An unusually sharp flash of lghtnng, mmedately followed by a terrble report on our rght, caused us to look toward the south, just n tme to see the roof boards of a tank-house flyng n all drectons. The lghtnng had evdently struck a derrck and had followed the connectons nto the tank, gntng the gas, whch always s rsng from the fresh ol. mmedately followng ths flash, the black smoke began to roll out sluggshly, and lttle red flames crept out of every crack. Eager to see the fre, we turned our horses down the valley and left them at the nearest barn. By the tme we got to the well the ol was runnng down hll n a flood, as though the tank had burst. The burnng ol was pushng on drectly toward a ravne whch, usually dry, was now flled by a mnature torrent. A man was makng neffectual attempts to turn the course, but the ol, haltng - - for a moment behnd hs lttle dam, would burst through, and, by ts ntolerable heat, drve hm from hs unfnshed work below. The tank was of two hundred and ffty barrels' capacty, and, judgng from the amount of ol runnng down, must have been full. Soon the fery flud reached the water, and seemed to burn wth added vgor, convertng the brook nto a stream of fre. Wthout stoppng to watch the burnng tank-house and derrck, we followed the ol to see where t would go. By some mschance the mouth of the ravne had been blocked up, and, nstead of flowng nto the low marsh, the stream turned abruptly to the rght and spread out over the alluval plan. Here, on a large smooth farm, were sx ron storage tanks, about eghty feet n dameter and twenty-fve feet hgh, each holdng 30,0oo barrels of ol. The burnng ol spread wth fearful rapdty over the level surface, and fnally touched the sdes of the nearest tank. At frst t seemed to have no effect on the ron plates, and we hoped that the fre would burn away; but soon the thck ol on the surface of the plates and along the rveted seams began to smoke, and a lttle lne of fre crept up to the top, then dsappeared.for an nstant. Suddenly, wth loud exploson, the heavy plank and ron cover of the tank was thrown nto the ar, and thck smoke rolled out. The sght was grand. The storm havng done ts mschef had passed over, and the heavy bllows of black smoke rolled up nto the clear sky n an almost vertcal column, about one hundred feet n dameter and probably one thousand feet hgh, at top spreadng out nto a huge umbrella, or, at tmes, drven by a gentle upper wnd, tralng off n a snuous lne. Already the news of the fre had been telegraphed to the central offce of the Ppe Lnes, and all ts avalable men and teams n the neghborhood ordered to the scene. The foremost now began to arrve, and before long men were swarmng n from all drectons. The old dtches and mounds around the tanks had become almost levelled by tme, so several gangs of men were set to work throwng up earthworks around the tank, and another gang -

9 61 dggng a trench to carry the ol away from the drecton of the other tanks. The pumps at the nearest staton were urged to ther greatest capacty, and we could hear the hoarse aspratng of the huge Worthngtons pumpng the ol from the bottom of the doomed tank. Nght was comng on, but there was no need of lanterns, for the fre, lke an enormous smoky torch, cast a reddsh lght over the whole country, and the glare could be seen twenty-fve mles away. Suddenly, wth great hssng, the flames shot up to unusual heght, and the spectators shouted, 11t s gong to foam." At ths the workmen near the tank ran for the hllsde The hssng and bolng grew louder and fercer, and the fery ol flowed over the edge on one sde and then on another, formng blazng pools all around on the ground. The tanks, now heated on the outsde as well as nsde, foamed and bubbled lke an enormous retort, every ejecton only servng to ncrease the heat. At last, wth surpassng brllancy and scorchng heat, half the contents of the tank, n great rolls and geysers of fre, rushed up and up to -but we dd not stop to calculate how hgh, for catchng a glmpse of a column of fre about to fall n our

10 drecton, the crowd, panc-strcken, turned and fled up the hllsde, lttle heedng brers or fences. When, pantng, and wth clothes wet and torn by the blackberry vnes, we stopped to look around, we saw the spot we had just qutted, a perfect hell of fre. The wrthng masses of black smoke were streaked wth reddsh flames and whte steam from the lttle pools of water. The area of the fre rapdly extended and soon loud explosons n quck successon told that the two nearest tanks had caught. These tanks, surrounded by fre, n turn boled and foamed, and the heat, even at a dstance, was so ntense that the workmen could not approach near enough to dg dtches between the remanng tanks and the fre. All force was now concentrated n the endeavor to keep the ol from the lttle rver. neffectual attempts were made at a place just above the tanks to turn the man flow of the water through a long unused bayou away from the fre. The men would rush nto the water, work wth mght and man for a few mnutes, tll they could no longer stand the heat, then retreat to some shelter. At the same tme a surface dam and sluceways were beng bult across the stream below the fre, so that when the ol got on to the water t, floatng on top, should be held back whle the underflowng water could esc ape through the sluces below. The ol contnued to spread, runnng nto all the lttle depressons, thus gvng greater surface for combuston; and the heat ncreased tll at last the nearly completed dam below had to be gven up. A new one was started farther down n a less favorable spot, but ths labor was n van, for the ol at last fndng a lttle gully, poured out upon the rver. Now t burned wth ncreased ferceness, sputterng and sendng up clouds of steam. On t swept, pausng only for an nstant at the two dams, and then flowng nto the belt of woodland below. The course of the stream was well shown by the forked flames wavng above the tree-tops. Beyond the woods the water spread out nto a mll-pond. Here the stone dam wth ts water-soaked booms, held back most of the ol, the lttle escapng THE TECH beng consumed before t dd much damage below. But the old mll was doomed; and although a steam fre-engne was at hand, lttle could be done; for, wth the rver on fre, water could only be had from the sprngs. To a spectator on the hll.top the sght now must have been grand ndeed; from the three burnng tanks, surrounded by flamng pools, stretched a belt of fre one half mle long to the broad mll-pond, wth blazng mll and lumber ples. By ths tme arrved the long looked for cannon; for ol fres, lke battles, are fought by artllery. Snce the great destructon s caused by the ol becomng overheated, foamng and beng projected to a dstance, t s usually desrable to let t out of the tank to burn on the ground n thn layers; so small cannon throwng a three nch sold shot are kept at varous statons throughout the regon for ths purpose. The cannon was placed n poston, amed at ponts below the supposed level of the ol and fred. The marksmanshp at frst was not very good, and as many shots glanced off the ron plates as penetrated, but after a whle nearly every report was followed by an outburst. Ths shootng caused more uneasness among the farmers than the ol fre, and wth some cause, for n one case a stray ball went through a small house, knockng the cookng stove nto junk, ahd scarng the old housewfe, who was workng over t, almost nto convulsons. The ol n the three tanks was slowly drawn down by ths means and dd not agan foam over the top, and the supply to the rver beng thus cut off the fre then soon ded away. The ol contnued to burn fercely durng the next day and that succeedng, when unfortunately a stff gale sprung up, blowng the flames over towards the three remanng tanks, settng fre to them n successon. t was not tll the sxth day from that on whch we saw the frst tank gnted that the columns of flame and smoke dsappeared from the valley. Durng ths tme 8o,ooo barrels of crude ol had been consumed, besdes the sx tanks, costng each $ o,ooo, destroyed.

11 63 An Xmas Technc. T' s Chrstmas eve. The wnd, wth cy plant, Vanly seeks entrance to ten thousand homes And fresdes where pendent stockngs wat- Lke ambush'd beggars - for the patron sant Who up and down the earth at Yule-tde roams. n a small chamber, carpetless and plan, A knot of students hold hgh carnval; The merry jest and bost'rous refran Drown the ncessant rattlng of the pane; Below, the mstress of the house lays plots Of gastronomc vengeance dreful Upon the luckless host, who lttle wots The schemes wthn that sleep-desrng bran. A dozen candles, pcturesquely stuck On shelf and mantel, furnsh ample lght, And serve a baser purpose - to gnte That very naughty thng, the cgarette; For every guest the noxous tube ddth suck n ntervals when feelngs of regret At thought of home rejocngs far away, Sadden one moment of hs holday. "Now, somethng lvely, fellows, wake the dead!" The lttle study table farly quakes; The load of text-books t so long has borne Le carefully concealed beneath the bed; Ther sght no gloomy memores awakes, To make ther owner or hs guests forlorn. A novel burden hath the table held, Upon ths nght of gay festvty, Of dantes, whose varety excelled Ther wholesomeness, stll more, ther harmony, Snce each youth furnshed what hs taste mpelled. Woe to the eater, who, an hour hence Shall toss on wakeful couch n pan and pentence. "Just one more song." n revelry lke ths Who asks who can, or who can almost, sng? Ther college song makes all the glasses rng A slv'ry knell to the festvtes. And the landlady breathes a grateful prayer At sound of footsteps clatt'rng down the star; Wthout, they pause, a partng cheer s gven, The " 'rah, 'ah, 'ra " resounds across the way, Whle startled neghbors wsh them all n - heaven; The cheerers calmly take ther homeward way To dream werd tunes and ghostly jokes tll break of day The host returns to hs deserted room, Extngushes hs Chrstmas lumnaton, Whose absence seems to magnfy the gloom, And seeks n sleep the needed relaxaton. Alas, uncanny shapes confront hs sght; The slghted t. xt-books, underneath the bed, Dstl ther vengeance near hs restless head, And fll hs dreams wth terror and affrght. What need to tell hs tortures manfold? Sometmes extends before hs heated bran, Boundless and colorless, a dusky plane, Where myrads of dagrams unfold All facts and theores, both new and old; These must he copy wthout hestaton, And lst to the nstructor's explanaton At the same tme -or dread a vstaton. Thlen crcle round hm n processon slow, A fle of phantoms. garbed n whte and black; Ther stern-lned vsages he well may know; He sees them close, lke bloodhounds, on hs track. Annuals, sems, ntermedates, - Synonymous wth all the student fears and hates. Stll wlder grows the dream. All tasks and tests Of college lfe, from shade personfed, Float o'er hs bed lke werdly wngred guests n some malgnant msson occuped. Furous F's Flt Ferce and Fast around; A mghty host of spectres beckon hm The palld ghosts of all who e'er lost ground, Then place, then name, on colege records grm; Wth mockng laugh they nod, and mutter, " Cone, yotn ts, yol lmst, yoz shall! /" Wth horror numb, He seems, on some dense laboratory fume, Borne off to meet th' nevtable doom, - A frenzed start - a gasp - and he awakes, And all the comfort of the wakng takes; A subtle perfume greets hs ravshed sense, Whereat he leaps forth on the chlly floor, And searches as he never searched before, Untl he fnds the hdden fountan, whence The soothng nfluence doth emanate,- Only a tumbler left by heedless guest, Half full of HC1 and FeS, Standng besde hs books n frendly state. Out through the wndow doth the mxture fly, The sufferer, on the cold damp floor, consgns A certan guest to regons warm and dry; Then to hs couch more hopefully resgns Hmself, and the long-sought repose at last he fnds. C. The Glee Club assocate membershp project has met wth hearty approval among the students and bds far to be a source of much enjoyment at the nsttute. The Club s rehearsng three afternoons a week untl after the frst concert. The orchestra rehearses Frday evenngs.

12 6L t Mght Have Been. "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these -t mght have been." The followng note wll explan tself ; we are glad to have Mr. Dent's communcaton, whch was handed to us by Mr. Pell' MR. THADDEUS PELL: Mfy dear sr, -- My attenton has recently been called to a short story publshed n THE TECH, and sgned wth your name, whch has forcbly recalled an occurrence n my own falmly, the detals of whch have taken the lberty to send you. Very truly yours, C. H. D-N-T. HOLHURST, MASS., Dec., WE were sttng by the open fre after tea, one evenng, at Prof. Dent's, and we had been relatng strange experences whch had befallen us; but our tales fell nto nsgnfcance when the Professor's brother, Mr. Grantley Dent, was one of our number, as on the present occason ; for he always brought wth hm a store of strange stores and remnscences of by-gone days, when he came for one of hs rare vsts, untl we really came to assocate hm n our mnds wth a werd sort of lfe, dfferent from that of other men. He had been for years a great traveller, wanderng hther and thther, seldom pausng long n any one place, but comng back ever and anon, for a day or two at hs brother's; and " Uncle Grant's" vsts were haled by us all wth great delght There had fallen upon us a lttle slence, ths evenng, after a pathetc story of a young gypsy grl, that Mr Dent had just fnshed, when Fred exclamed, " O Uncle Grant, you've never yet told us that story about the Grantleys' old coachman, Caesar, that you promsed us when you were here before, and ths s just the tme for t." "Why, dd n't tell you that, after all? Well, let me thnk; t must have happened over sxty years ago, for was a young man when my mother's half-brother, Robert Grantley, told me, and t occurred years before that. Well," as he slowly knocked the ashes from hs cgar, and settled hmself comfortably n hs char, "at that tme the Grantleys lved at the old homestead on Oak Street. 've told you what a long, ramblng house t was, and Coesar, the old colored coachman, had for years occuped the lttle room n the thrd story, at the head of the back stars ; and for years he had walked n hs sleep, nght after nght, always carryng hs candle lghted n hs hand. The famly had become so accustomed to hs nocturnal wanderngs about the house, that they had long ceased to gve them a thought. But one nght Robert Grantley woke suddenly out of a sound sleep, and heard slow, muffled sounds whch he recognzed as Caesar's somnambulstc footsteps. Actng on one of those sudden mpulses that we sometmes feel, he rose, and hastly throwng on hs dressng-gown and slppers, went out nto the hall; there, sure enough, he beheld old Czesar, who had come through from the back part of the house, slowly gong down the front stars, carryng hs lghted candle before hm, hs wdeopen, unseeng eyes starng fxedly nto space Noselessly he followed the old man down the stars, through the hall, through the dnngroom, across the lttle entry that separated t from the ktchen, through the ktchen, and out nto the wood-shed beyond, the sleeper never runnng aganst anythng, but carefully, as f awake, avodng all obstacles n hs path. " Havno- reached the wood-shed, hs curosty changed to a thrll of expectant horror, as Caesar took up the axe, lad t over hs shoulder, and returned as he had come, settng down hs candle as he fastened the wood-shed door. Back he went, upstars, followed by Robert, who dared not awaken hm. At the second story he turned, and went straght to Robert's room, walked up to the head of the bed, set hs candle on a char, and rasng the axe hgh above hs head, brought t down wth sckenng force upon the pllow where so lately had lan the head of the horror-strcken man behnd hm. " Blow after blow followed, cuttng the pllow nto peces. Then Czesar pcked up hs candle, carred the axe back to ts place n the woodshed, and returnng to hs lttle room at the a l: - t t

13 65 l! [! k l head of the back stars, lay down n hs bed agan. Robert at once wakened hs father, and they both went up and attempted to rouse Caesar; but the old mnan only muttered somethng sleeply, as he turned over n bed. n the mornng, however, Dr. Grantley told hm what had happened, and poor old Caesar was completely overcome wth gref and horror, at the sght of the mutlated pllow, as he realzed how near he had come to commttng unconscously an- awful crme. Of course the doctor had to dsmss hm, for t was no longer safe to keep hm n the house. But Robert sad he never went through the hall at nght, wthout recallng hs mdnght followng of old Caesar, and shudderng, as he nvarably thought, ' What f hzad n't waked n tme, as dd, that nght.' Jugmmuntat o.n. ( The edtors do /zot haold themselves resonsbe for opnons expressed by correspondentls.) EDTOR TECH: f you wll kndly allow me the use of a small space, would lke to state a few facts as regards the fnancal condton of the Foot-Ball Assocaton. There s at present n the treasury about $5, and we have debts amountng to $f25. As the season s over, t s only possble to clear up ths debt by the contrbutons of the nsttute men. t seems to me, when other colleges, one ftrd the sze of the nsttute, contrbute as much as $,ooo to the support of ther teams, the nsttute should at least be able to subscrbe as much as $500; but such, regret to say, has not been the case ths year. earnestly beg all those who have not as yet contrbuted, to do so at once, so that at the end of ths year we can be clear of all debt. Subscrptons can be made to the undersgned. Yours respectfully, BOSTON, Dec. 13, SOLOMON STURGES, T-rcasu;rer. At the recent cty electon Presdent Walker was elected to the School Commttee by a practcally unanmous vote, hs name beng on all tckets. Charles D. Sawn, '78, s a practsng physcan n Charlestown. After leavng the nsttute he went to the Hrvard Medcal School for two years; was then Home Physcan and Surgeon n the Boston Cty Hosptal for two years, and afterwards studed medcne and surgery for one year n Venna. Edward G.Gardner, '82, who has been study. ng zoblogy, etc., at Lepzg snce hs graduaton, has recently receved the degree of Ph. D. The class cup of '82 has been presented to Clark Carson, son of Thos. B. Carson; born Oct. 5, 884. Carson, Sr., s now vce-presdent and manager of the Molne Screw Company, Molne, ll. Wm. B. Fuller, '83, s assstant engneer of track, brdges, and buldngs on the Yellowstone and Montana Dvson of the Northern Pacfc R R. W. H. Kerr, '83, recently made a short vst to frends at the nsttute. The bobbn and shuttle mll at Durham, N. C., the buldng of whch he has had charge of, has just been completed, and he s now preparng the plans, etc., for a large woollen mll to be bult at the same place. H. Ward Leonard, '83, electrcal engneer n the engneerng department of the Edson Electrc Lghtng Company, New York Cty. Wllam Glmore, '84, wth M. W. Carr & Co., tool makers, Boston. Rufus F. Herrck, '84, chemst at the Merrmack Mlls, Lowell, Mass.

14 66 e Notceable Artcles. THE or/-l Amnercan Revew for December contans a paper by that emnent jurst, Judge Cooley of M chgan, on Labor and Captal before the Law; and n the Forlxghtlly for November may be found, under the head of the Future of ndustry, a dscusson of the advantages of the assocaton of Captal and Labor by the system of ndustral Partnershps. [Students of the labor queston wll also fnd, n a lttle book just publshed by Cassell, enttled '"Workngmen Co-operators," a very full account of the surprsng results produced by Englsh workmen, by the system of co-operaton among themselves ] The Nor-th Aumercan contans Notes on Ralway Management, by W. R. Ackermann. t also contans a paper on the Brtsh House of Lords, from an Amercan pont of vew, by Mr. George T. Curts, the hstoran of the Unted States Consttuton. Whle Afaczm/la/ for November contans a paper by Mr. H. D. Tral: on the alleged deteroraton of the Brtsh House of Commons. n the Fortnzghtlv s a paper on Carlyle's lfe n London, by Mr. G. S. Venables, an ntmate personal frend; whle Affacmclant contans one under the ttle borrowed from Carlyle's own lectures on Hero-worshp, the Hero as a Man of Letters, whch concludes thus: " The lfe of Emerson at Concord, and of Mll at Blackheath and Avgnon, tend more to edfcaton than the lfe of Carlyle wth all ts tumultuous emotons and all ts strange celestal magnngs." The Fortlznghly has an anonymous paper on Mr. Gladstone, and 1 st Summer's Ph Beta Kappa address at Harvard, by the Englsh Professor Jebb, enttled Ancent Organs of Publc Opnon. The Conlem5fJrazy for November has a paper by Sr E. J. Reed, the great naval constructor, on the Brtsh Navy, about the weakness of whch the Pall.lzall Gazelle has recently got up a great sc.re. Prof. Seeley has a thrd paper on Goethe, and there s an nterestng one by the emnent Belgan economst, De Lavelaye, enttled " Wurzburg and Venna." "Gong to Venna to collect books and documents, wth the ntenton of studyng the results of Bosna's occupaton by Austro-Hungary, take the Rhne route and stop two days at Wurzburg to see Ludwg Nore and have a talk on Schopenhauer." NorW nvtes hm to subscrbe to a statue to Schopenhauer, but he declnes. " feel persuaded," he says, " that two notons whch at the present day t appears are very oldfashoned- speak of a belef n God and n the soul's mmortalty-are at the bass of all socal scence." There s a paper by Mr. Freeman on Greek ctes under Roman Rule; one by Prof. Bryce, "Do we need a Second Chamber?" and one by Dr. Geffcken on Contemporary Lfe and Thought n Germany. The Nneteentzh Century has also a paper on the Brtsh Navy. w. P. A. Depa"'tment Ra~otes# Two small steam engnes are beng constructed at the shops by mechanc arts students. The Senor mners are havng a course of lectures n metallurgy from Mr. H. M. Howe, the dstngushed metallurgst. The thrd-year mners are havng a course of lectures from Mr. Clark, of the Mnng Laboratory, on explosves and blastng. Rch vens of gold have been dscovered n Lake County, Mnn., on the northern shore of Lake Superor. The dscovery promses to be a valuable one. Alvan Clark & Son are fnshng the largest lens n the world. t has a dameter of thrtveght and a half nches, and when completed wll cost $20,Oco. The department of mnng engneerng has receved two rock-drlls, loaned by the Burlegh and ngersoll rock-drll companes, from whch the thrd-year mners are to make drawngs. One of the thrd-year mners determned hs alkales n feldspar by mxture wth carbonate of sodum. After weglhng, he came out of the weghng room gently whstlng, " We draw the lne at that." The largest locomotve n the world has just been completed at the ralroad works at Sacramento. ts weght s more than one hundred tons, and t s propelled by fve large drvers on each sde. Apropos to what was sad n one of the late ssues of THE TECH concernng the use of petroleum as fuel n Russa, there s an nterestng artcle upon the subject on page 869 of the Ralroad Gazette. The archtects are to have, ths wnter, a lfe class, meetng Wednesday nghts, and a class n drawng from the cast, meetng Monday nghts. Mr. Mlls gavenstructon at the frst meetng of the lfe class, and Prof. Letang wll take charge of drawng from the cast. Such thngs as these are deservedly popular, for they gve, as nothng else can, accuracy of eye, and strength and freedom of touch. a e E suae l; M aa U E Ed 0 ; M &- E,., P LE am FE L

15 67 Mr. H. A. Hll, of Hll, Clarke & Co., a gentleman who has had a great deal of experence n steam engneerng, spoke to the Senor Mechancals Thursday mornng about Steam Engne ndcators, and wll probably address the class agan after Chrstmas. Mr. Woodbrdge took the Archtectural Class n Heatng and Ventlaton to see the Chauncey Hall School House last week, where the prncpal very kndly showed them over the buldng and explaned the apparatus. The second-year archtects have been workng up the sx-column problem ths month, and there s even greater dversty n the desgns ths year than usual. The possbltes of the problem are evdently not yet exhausted. The frst of the fourth-year boler tests took place on Wednesday and Frday of ths week, from 5.30 A. M. to 5.30 P. M. t s ntended to have several more tests next term, when the effect of dfferent knds of coal and dfferent knds of frng wll be determned. At the recent Health Exhbton at London, several thermometers were exhbted, put to uses to whch the nstrument had never before been appled. One was adjusted wth electrc apparatus so that a bell could be rung, when the temperature rses or falls beyond any desred pont. The famous nstrument makers, Negrett and Zambra, exhbted a dry and wet bulb thermometer, whch would rng a bell at any requred temperature. Thermometers devsed to ndcate fres have been n use for some tme. The New York elevated ralways are consderng the advsablty of supplantng steam locomotves wth electrc motors. A commttee has been chosen to ascertan the comparatve merts of fve dfferent motors, - the companes ownng them to unte n a sngle company, utlzng the best features of each motor. The commttee conssts of Prof. Sr Wllam Thomson, of Glasgow; Geo. B. Roberts, presdent P. R. R.; James H. Rutter, presdent N. Y. C. R. R.; Robert Harrs, presdent N. P. R. R.; and Prof. Charles R. Cross, of the nsttute. Merry Chrstmas! ~~-~~-----~~~~ - Go to the Athletc games to-day. Our Chrstmas carol- Papyrographs have gone. Mr. F. B. Rchards, '83, s actng as assstant n the Freshman chemcal laboratory. C. L. Burlngham and E. J. Wlson, both of '86, have been ntated nto the 2 G Socety. Two Junors have been suspended from the analytcal laboratory, and a number of Sophomores and Junors have been warned. A Freshman n the chemcal laboratory asked an assstant where the powdered anatomy was kept? Powdered antmony, he meant. The Junor Class has elected Borden and Stebbns members of the Gymnasum Commttee. W. L. Dearborn and J. G. Ray represent the Freshmen. The record of the Foot-Ball Eleven durng the past season was as follows:-- Harvard, 43; M.. T., o. Tufts, 4; M.. T., 6. Wllams, o; M.. T., o. Harvard, 42; M.. T., o. Tufts, 29; M. T., o. The acton of certan members of the Junor Class n leavng the room and breakng the quorum at a recent class meetng, because some thngs voted dd not sut them, was chldsh, at least, not to say ungentlemanly. t s rumored that the Mners and Chemsts of '86 are to petton the Faculty to have the laboratory open on Sundays from 6 A. M. to 9.30 P. M., wth the excepton of an hour for prayers at eleven o'clock. n ths way they expect to satsfy the authortes, and at the same tme mprove on the old method of clmbng n on the fre-escape.

16 68 The manager of the Foot-Ball Assocaton reports that a number of men have not yet pad ther subscrptons. As the assocaton s consderably n debt, these men wll confer a favor upon the manager by settlng wth hm at once. The latest slander on the Freshmen s that one of them recently mstook the wre fence between the Rogers and Kdder buldngs for a system of wres connectng the alarm gong, telephone, and chronometrcal systems. RECTATON N SOLD GEOMETRY. - Sarcastc Professor (who has been helpng confused Student throagh an entre proposton): "That wll do now, sr; but please remember n the future ths s not Plane Geometry." Confused Student. "Evdently not, sr." Frst Freshman. -" Have some lemonade?" Second Freshman. -" Certanly not. never ndulge n such a l'eau beverage. Frst Freshman. -" Oh! that's why you get hgh so often, s t?" Second Freshman dsdans any reply. A repetton of the seres of afternoon gymnasum partes of last year was opened last Saturday most successfully. For three hours and a half Baldwn's Cadet Orchestra made lght the feet of eghty couples of dancers, by ther renderng of some choce selectons. The party was voted by all as the most enjoyable affar of the knd they had ever attended, and much prase was tendered'to the managers, -C. R. Rchards, '85; Chas. Wood, '86; A. L. Cushng, '87; J. V. Wrght, '88. A strkng example of the suzrvval of the fttest recently occurred n the bologcal laboratory. Last May, a box contanng some one hundred and ffty frogs for dssecton was receved at the laboratory. n the hurry and bustle of the closng hours of the term the box was lad asde and forgotten, not to be thought of agan untl the openng of the laboratory at the begnnng of the present term. The box was opened, wth the expectaton of fndng the putrefyng remans of the hundred and more frogs when, to the great surprse of all, out jumped one enorzmousfellow, apparently n good health. He had survved the whole summer upon hs comrades! Thus goes the story. When the upper-class men went to the bulletn board the other day and saw "That the exercses of the School would be suspended on the Frday and Saturday followng Chrstmas," a look of surprse gradually passed over ther faces. To have the thng so long pettoned for n van now granted voluntarly! t seemed too good to beleve. A certan Freshman a"chemst," havng receved an even oo n two successve chemstry examnatons, thought hmself prepared to undertake work of orgnal nvestgaton n hs chosen professon. The solublty of carbon was the problem selected. The apparatus used n the frst and, at the same tme, last experment, conssted smply of a glass tube, closed at one end. nto ths was placed a fragment of carbon, and some carbon bsulphde. The other end of the tube was then sealed and the whole heated over the naked flame of the Bunsen lamp. When the exploson came, Mr. Fresh. was not quck enough to get out of the way of the flyng peces of glass, and so now wears hs face covered wth plaster. When hs nterest n chemstry revves he wll devote hs energes to obtanng more honors n hs examnatons, but wll leave orgnal work alone for the present. On Saturday evenng, Dec. 6, the Class of '85 held a meetng at Young's Hotel. The busness transacted was as follows: Mr. M. L. Greeley was elected secretary, vce Mr. R. E. Rchardson, resgned; the treasurer was authorzed to purchase a frame for the '85 class pcture, whch had been presented to THE TECH; commttees were apponted to report upon class photographs and albums; to agtate the subject of exercses, consstng of class poems, hstory and propheces, and muscal entertanment, on the evenng before graduaton; and to prepare a programme for the next meetng. After the busness meetng the class orchestra, consstng of Messrs. Robnson, Talbot, Plasted, Homer, and Merrll, played several selectons, and Mr. W. L'E. Mahon read a paper, enttled "A Vst to the Cheneaux slands"; these were well receved by the small number present, and, after refreshments, sngng was ndulged n tll adjournment. M N r E M E

17 69 Th-o Cultolegp Warld+ HARVARD.- The Faculty at Harvard seem determned to crush out certan branches of ath letcs there. The Commttee on Athletcs are endeavorng to put a stop to foot-ball on account of ts roughness. They have nformed Capt. Storrow of the crew that the employment of Col. Bancroft as coach wll not be permtted on account of the expense, and because he s a professonal. And now, the trapezes and other "aeral" apparatus n the Hemngway Gymnasum s to be removed on account of the danger ncurred n usng them.- t has been estmated that eghty-fve per cent of the students at Harvard -attend the gymnasum. Yale News.- A petton s beng crculated askng that attendance at prayers be voluntary for students over twenty-one years of age. -The Faculty Commttee on Athletcs went to New York to see the Yale-Prnceton foot-ball game. Several good hare and hounds runs have been held ths fall. CORNELL. -- Cornell Unversty has devoted the sum of $ 155,00ooo from the Unversty funds to the establshment of thrty-sx new scholarshps and seven fellowshps.-- Yale News.- Cornell has never bestowed an honorary degree. -A magnetc observatory for delcate experments n magnetsm s to be bult. YALE.-The foot-ball management are sad to have receved $65 as ther recepts from the Harvard game, and $,8oo from the Prnceton game. - Terry s sad to have made more touchdowns ths season than any other player on record. The number s twenty-two.- The Freshman eleven declned to play Harvard ths year. N GENERAL. -Efforts are beng made to ntroduce mltary drll at the Unversty at Mchgan. -The Senor class at Wllams has voted to wear the cap and gown at Commencement. Wesleyan has receved a bequest of $40,000.- The base-ball nne at Amherst has begun wnter practce n the g,,ymnasulm. Croakng. The dreary, weary croaker Wll have to de some day. Perhaps he '11 go to heaven, And walk the golden way; But, when the shnng pavements Hs gloomy eyes behold, He '11 shake hs head and mutter, " - d-o-n't be-leve they're - gold." - E.r. Off on a " bat" - the full moon. Can patent horse medcne be called a stable compound. % Captan of the crew, translatng: Ma coupe est remple, - My stroke s full. t was a thrfty Scotch maden, who, havng been dscarded by one lover, marred another, and then sued the former for breach of promse. Aunt (severely):-"don't you know t's wcked to make such ugly faces?" Lttle Nece (nnocently) "Was God wcked when he made yours?" The Yudge. "Every tme enter ths place t remnds me of a crcus," he remarked. "How s that? asked the crockery dealer. "Why," was the rejonder, "wherever look see tumblers." SOLATON - OFF THE ORKNEYS. Southern Tourst: - Get any newspapers here?" Orcadan Boatman: "Ou aye, when the steamer comes. f t's fne she'll come ance a week; but when t's stormy, ' wnter, we dnna catch a glnt o' her for three months at a tme." Soulthcr Tourst: "Then you'll not know what's gon' bn n London?" Orcadan Boatman: "Na; but ye see ye're just as ll off n London as we are, for ye dnna ken what's gaun on here!" - London Punch.

18 70 <-a~ 4 t ',~-,..-...'... "-\z -~;; 1 a _ ~.; 1h1 = + = ) ", :_ :t--:-,.. ~,. - 'Lr----4 _ = _ -.. _~~~~~~~... :n :._?--.:_:... _ ---_ 7...: / J- *, W.. ~'!;~~~~~~~L rat rr-ao 11tff rt Z:= ~~~~~~~~~~ - -1 _ -.- : :2 -~ C V HARRY, WRTNG HOME: " ' THE AMOUNT OF WORK AM PUTTNG N, EVENNGS, S 'REMENDOUS.)' YE OLD ELM. Sardou hred a house n the country to pass the last summer, and went n search of a farmer who had a mlch cow. Havng found one, he sad: "My good man, my servant wll come every mornng to buy a pnt of mlk." "All rght; t s eght sous." "But want pure mlk, very pure." "n that case t s ten sous." " You wll mlk n the presence of my servant." "Then t s ffteen sous." HOW T S DONE. (Scene- Western newspaper offce. Enter compostor.) Compostor: Boss, we want more copy for to-morrow's ssue. Edtor: Burn a chld n Hoboken. Compostor: 've done that, but there's stll space left. Edtor: Well, contradct t then. -Lfe. Ambguous. Smnlsey (desperatey). -" Yes; have been wantng to - er--speak to you for some tme, and, when saw you comng down the street, - resolved to embrace the opportunty, and -- " MWss Yeldng (rather dsdanfully). - " s that all?" AT THE SALON. st Frend (who does n't want to parade hs gnorance of French, and has just dscovered a ffth pcture marked " Hos Caoncours "Bless me, here's another of 'm; seems to be a favorte subject over here " 2d Frend: " H'm! - yes - but stll capable of a great varety of treatment, should say." (Each wshes he could only ask the other what the deuce t means, anyhow.) - Lfe. K V_ P 4 LL

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22 v THE MASSACHUSETTS NSTTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2BOYLSTOr. STMEETr, 3BOSTOr'. THS school of ndustral scence was opened n February, The frst class graduated n The school s devoted to the teachng of scence as appled to the varous engneerng professons: vz., cvl, mechancal, and mnlng en(rneerng, as well as to archtecture, chemstry, and natural hstory, physcs and electrcal engneerng, and metallurgy. Besdes the above dstnctly professonal courses, the nsttute offers scentfc courses of a less techncal chaacter, desgned to gve students a preparaton for busness callngs. A four years' course n bology, chemstry, and physcs has been establshed, as preparatory to the professonal study of medcne. Modern languages are taught so far as s needed for the ready and accurate readng of scentfc works and perodcals, and may be further pursued as a means of general tranng. The consttutonal and poltcal hstory of England and the Unted States, poltcal economy, and nternatonal law are taught, n a measure, to the students of all regular courses. Applcants for admsson to the nsttute are examned n Englsh grammar, geography, French, arthmetc, algebra, and geometry. A fuller statement of the requrements for admsson wll be found n the catalogue, whch wll be sent wthout charge on applcaton. A clear admsson paper from any college of recognzed character wll be accepted as evdence of preparaton, n place of an examnaton. Graduates of colleges conferrng degrees are presumed to have the necessary qualfcatons for enterng the thrd-year class n any of the regular courses of the nsttute, and wll be so admtted provsonally, on the presentaton of ther dplomas. The feature of nstructon whch has been nost largely developed n the school s laboratory tranng shop-work and feld practce, to supplement, to llustrate, and to emphasze the nstructon of the rectaton and lecture room. Surveyng nstruments are provded for feld work n cvl and topographcal engneerng. Extensve shops h;lve been ftted up for the use of both hand and machne tool3; and a laboratory of steam engneerng has been establ)shed as a part of the anstructon n mechlacal engneerng. Several steam bolers and steam engnes of varous types are av.tlable for, experments and tests. The department of mnng engneerng and tletallurgy has the use of laboratores n whch the mllng and smeltng of' lead, copper, slver, and other ores, n economc quanttes, are regularly performed by the students themselves. The classes n archtecture supplement the work of the drawng and desgnng rooms by the examnaton of structures completed or n course of erecton, and by practcal experment n the laboratory of appled mechancs, testng the strength of materals anl workng out problems n constructon. The Kdder Chemcal Laboratores, just completed, contan desks for four hundred and twenty-sx students, and afford the best modern facltes for the study of general, analytcal, and organc chemstry. The Rogers Physcal Laboratory has been greatly extended n every departmenl durng the past year, especally n respect to facltes for nstructon and research n electrcal scence. On the successful completon of any one of the four-year courses of the nsttute, a degrlee of bachelor of scence wll be conferred. The nsttute s also empowered to confer the degree of doctor of scence. Specal students are allowed to enter specal dvsons of any of the courses, on gvng evdence that they are prepared to pursue wth advantage the studes selected. The nsttute of Tecllhnologry, as a recpent of a porton of the Unted States grant to colleges of agrculture and the mechanc arts gves nstructon n mltary tactcs. The fee for tuton of students takng the full course s $200 a year. Besdes ths, $25 or $30 are needed for books and nstruments. There are no separate laboratory fees. Only payment of artcles broken s requred. Attached to the nsttute are also two specal schools: vz., the " School of Mechanc Arts," and the " Lowell School of ndustral Desgn." The former gves a tranng n the use of tools, together wth elementary mathematcs and drawng. Englsh, French, and geography are also taught n ths school. The fees for tuton are $150 a year. The Lowell School teaches the maknog of desgns for prnts, carpets, wall-papers, laces, gnghams, and other woven goods. A weavng department wth a varety of looms s connected wth ths school. No charge for nstructon s made. FRANCS A. WALKER, Presdent.

23 THE TECH.r WALTER CG BROOKS & _& CO. ~ v V TA LO RS, 6 TTOT STREJET - - BOSTON. Stock Selected 'Fartclala~clzr for 7%Young TxXefl' a PREPARATON for the MASS. NSTTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. The last catalolue of the nsttute (page 59) lays due stress on the mportance of students' enterng fully prepared. Chaxncy-Hall School has long ftted pupls for the nsttute, and for the last ten years has madethorough preparaton a specalty. For the standng of ts canddates, reference s made to the Presdent ad Faculty. ) The very large teachng force at Chauncy Hall enables students ntended for the nsttute, for college, and for busness, to be specally traned n separate classes. Partcul;r oversght of the "nsttute class" s held by the Junor Prncpal, Mr. M. Grant Danell. n Geography and Grammar, ths class s under the charge of Mr. O. F. Bryant, Assocate Prncpal, who has been connected wth the school over twenty years; n Mathematcs, t s taught by Mr. R. F. Curts, head of the mathematcal department; n Hstory and Lterature, by Mrs. A. F. Harrs, head of the lterary department; and n French, by Monseur A. H. Solal. n thus recevng nstructon from dfferent teachers, each a specalst of long experence, an earnest pupl may be sure of sound and symmetrcal tranng. Ths method of dvdng the work of preparaton for the nsttute has been satsfactorly practsed at Chauncy Hall for years. TOOL CaZZl andc e-ctrmne tah.e Zclargest acsso trne n t of Machnsts' Tools & to be foutd r PTevv N DEPOT. Supples Ewrngland. A. J. WLKNSON & CO. 184 & 188 Washngton St. - - B OSTON, MASS, The school s at 259 Boylston Street, opposte the Art Museum, wthn two mnutes'walk of the nsttute buldng. WARD ~ GAY, STATONERS, 184 Devonshre St., Boston. Students' Supples a specalty. Manuscrpt Covers and Perforated Paper, Blank Books of every descrpton, Foregn and Amercan Papers from 15 cents per pound upwards, and full lnes of Statonery n general. Weddng and Socety nvtatons and Card Engravng are SpDecaltes.

24 v TS4 _.TE LC H_. ~~?~~'3~~8~4~~;~E~:~~831~.~.~& TREMONT STREET (CORNER WEST STR EE'T) - - BOSTON. Specal/ ates to Students. 1Elevator to the E. F. RTZ. BRUNSWCK BOSTON'S GRANDEST HOTEL, Near the Publc Garten, Common. and Publc Lbrary, Museum of Fne Arts, New Old South, Trnty (Phllps Brooks's) Must b-.. certfed by the Secretary as a member of the "M.. T." CARDS,. $3.50 PER Ateler. Photographers to Classes of 83 and 84. ARTHUR W. THAYER, TEACHER or S'NGNEG. Tme now open for Pupls, Male as Drector of Sngng Clubs. KNCKERBOCKER -ASgOCATE0 CABNETS, $5.00 PER DOZ. Quartettes, and engagements BULDNG, 179 TREMONT ST. Class '77, M.. T. GYME&SUM, Cor. Boylston and Berkeley Sts. The Newest and Most complete Gymnasum n regard to Apparatus and all other Appontments. DOZ. G. H. HASTNGS. Church. and oppo- ste nsttute of - Technology. Beacon, D a r t - mouth Street and Huntngton Avenue : X and all Back Bay Cars pass the Hotel, for ether up or down town, every three mnutes. BARNES & DUNKLEF, Propretors. STUDENTS of the MASSACHUSETTS NSTTUTE of TECHNOLOGY. HENRY H. TUTTLE & CALL ATTENTON TO THER STOCK OP CO. BOOTS AND SHOES, Of Londodon, Pars and ther own make. They have added a lne of medum goods, enablng them to sell a CALF LACED BOOT AT $4.50. M Terms, ncludng Box, Measurements, Personal and Class nstructon, $8.00 per year; for three months, $5.00. Young Men purposng to jon a Gymnasum are nvted to nspect ths Gymnasum thoroughly. WAUKENPHAST LONDON SHOES A Specalty, Cor. Washngtlon and Wnter Streets - - BOSTON,

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26 FROST & ADAMS, ( Drawng nstruments SpplDes for Stnents, Arachtects and V Eneers. Desgners* Colors a Specalty. -SEND FOR LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. No. 37 Cornhll BOSTON. TEE Unversally acknowledged to bo ths STRONGEST, LGHTEST, and BEST Bcycs malufactured n the world. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNTED STATES, STODDARD, LOVERNG & 10 MLK STREET, BOSTON, MASS. N CO. Call and examne the FNEST LNE of Wheels n ths country before orderng, or send for llustrated catalogue. _ell L C a U U m UU U JOHN R. FARRELL, M Ml14erc ha xt Halor, ltary School Jacket ana Unforms. 14 BOYLS' TON HALL, BO S TON, MASS8