. Halcyon . of ourspare moments into collecting from the many pleasing incidents of collegelife little odds and ends. These will, we hope, be to you, dear classmates, 6 most happy reminiscences in years to come, when we shall have no longerthe guardian care of our Alnui Mater and the loving watchfulness of ourinstructors to shield us from the stern discipline of the heartless world, andsafely guide our careless steps in the noble struggle for existence. As we complete our pleasant task of publication, we realize that onemore of the duties of our class is done, and that we are one stepnearer th


. Halcyon . of ourspare moments into collecting from the many pleasing incidents of collegelife little odds and ends. These will, we hope, be to you, dear classmates, 6 most happy reminiscences in years to come, when we shall have no longerthe guardian care of our Alnui Mater and the loving watchfulness of ourinstructors to shield us from the stern discipline of the heartless world, andsafely guide our careless steps in the noble struggle for existence. As we complete our pleasant task of publication, we realize that onemore of the duties of our class is done, and that we are one stepnearer the end of college days. But although Commencement will seversome of the happiest associations of our life, we are impatient for our battlewith the world, impatient to rise into prominence and to reflect the creditdue to our Alma Mater. But if we fail we must regretfully acknowledgethat we have wasted the most valuable opportunities which life affords. Forthe sake of ourselves and our college may we not Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa. INCORPORATED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, 1864. First Class Graduated 1873 COLOR—Garnet. Cheer: kah, rah! Rah, rah, rah! Rah, rah! Rah, rah rah!Swarthmore ! The Recreations of German and American Students. By Charles De Garmo. ^^^^HE problem of the manual laborer is how to make his recreations^^Lr cultivate his mind ; that of the student, how to make them develophis body. The best type of modern manhood is not trainedmuscle with untrained brain, or cultured mind with feeble physique, butthe sound mind in the sound body. Students of different nations usevarious means of combining their amusements and their physical English, as we know, are perhaps as fond of out-door athletic gamesas were the ancient Greeks, but German students have scarcely any con-ception of such sports. They have all had rigorous gymnastic drill fromchildhood, but how to play they do not know. The one substitute that the German student has for all


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