With us there is a refreshing absence of anything that might be con-
sidered lukewarmness. The lofty moral tone of the Fraternity is as
strenuously maintained as formerly, and a survey of the condition of
our Chapter gives nothing but encouragement.
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A noteworthy event occurred in the early part of the collegiate year.
One bright morning, students were to be seen clustered in groups here
and there in the college halls, all looking interrogation from their eyes.
Heads are drawn together and sly whispering is going on. What is it
that charms the attention of the students ? Why, a blue -bound journal
is going the rounds; a new journal has invaded the quiet of university
life; and the students are scratching their craniums to know who the
men are that have embarked the intruder on the sea of college life.
