Arbutus . hese tramps was to make 151 Biological and Geological observations, but that was lost sight of in the pleasure of thewalks and drives and boat-rides and apple orchards and farm dinners. Saturday andSunday belonged to the students; and the time on those days was usually spent in letter-writing, morningwalks, long siestas under thetrees, or in singing eveninglullabies between the lakeand the moon. Games and singingwere the features of theevenings; and many a manhad occasion, as he turnedin his bed at midnight, tosend up a prayer for thesouls of the serenaders. The White City inVawters


Arbutus . hese tramps was to make 151 Biological and Geological observations, but that was lost sight of in the pleasure of thewalks and drives and boat-rides and apple orchards and farm dinners. Saturday andSunday belonged to the students; and the time on those days was usually spent in letter-writing, morningwalks, long siestas under thetrees, or in singing eveninglullabies between the lakeand the moon. Games and singingwere the features of theevenings; and many a manhad occasion, as he turnedin his bed at midnight, tosend up a prayer for thesouls of the serenaders. The White City inVawters Woods was theadmiration of all who sawit. There the boys ate andslept and had their fun ata very cheap rate. There were aboutthirty students in attend-ance last summer; work inBotany will be added tothe course this summer,and it is expected that thenumber will be greatly increased. If this is true, the good-natured denizens of KosciuskoCounty will sigh for the peaceful days that once were, but are no ,&,& Zepb\>rs Marsten: Oh, what a shame that every boy up here is engaged, even the professors. Did you know that some of them college girls is so poor that they cant afford only meal a-day ? Curious travelers may find a photograph of Miss A buried in the sand on the south side of the Lake. Miss A , I believe my fiancees relatives live in your city. They are very wealthy, Professor: are they not? What are you doing, Miss Spink? Trying to kill this snake and prove my bravery. That way? Well, come on; I killed it this morning. Mr. Gregory (when a blacksnake suddenly escaped from a bucket in the boat, far from shore): ! ! ! Miss A , kill that snake!! Miss A-i-x : ? No, I cant say that Mr. Gregorys language was just the propel thing, but it wasnt anyworse (him that horrid snake. 152


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