Bowdoin Orient . er matters should be directed tothe Managing Kditor. Students, Professors, and Alumni are invited to contributeliterary articles, personals, and items. Contributions must beaccompanied by writers name, as well as the signature whichhe wishes to have appended. Entered at the Post-Qffice at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter. CONTENTS. Vol. XIX., No. 24, 1889. A Risible Rhyme, 1 Editorial Notes 1 The Southern Question (08 prize essay) 3 Sowing Wild Oats (i Journalism in Colleges, 7 An Easter Idyl 8 Communication 8 Collegii Tabula, 9 Personal 11 College World 12 Book
Bowdoin Orient . er matters should be directed tothe Managing Kditor. Students, Professors, and Alumni are invited to contributeliterary articles, personals, and items. Contributions must beaccompanied by writers name, as well as the signature whichhe wishes to have appended. Entered at the Post-Qffice at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter. CONTENTS. Vol. XIX., No. 24, 1889. A Risible Rhyme, 1 Editorial Notes 1 The Southern Question (08 prize essay) 3 Sowing Wild Oats (i Journalism in Colleges, 7 An Easter Idyl 8 Communication 8 Collegii Tabula, 9 Personal 11 College World 12 Book Reviews, . . » 12 A RISIBLE RHYME. I love to sit in the dreamy room, And smoke the mild cigar ;I love to chat with my comrades gay, And hear the glad Ha ! Ha! I love to lounge in an easy chair, With a maiden on my knee,And tell her many a wicked tale, And hear the soft He ! He ! But mostly I love, with a reckless air, To shatter the languid law,While round about, with a merry shout, Is sounded the loud The Orient is the representativepublication of our college. It is the organof no class, clique, or fraternity. Its aimshould be to represent candidly and liberallythe legitimate claims of those bearing eithercomplaints or commendation. It should haveno tinge of local coloring or personal preju-dice ; but at the same time it should be freeto render any criticism or champion anycause which falls within the scope of educa-tion and educational institutions, whether atBowdoin or elsewhere. While possessingthat mixture of chaff and wheat which ischaracteristic of the life it represents, itshould also look with a wary eye to thedistorted opinion of college enormities, whichthe public persist in entertaining. Such, in brief, is our ideal of the publi-cation which has fallen to our lot; an idealwhich, as we are well aware, our prejudices,abilities, and restrictions will not permit usto attain. We only ask that our patronswill consider the degree of our failure as thedegree of ou
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