Show STUDENT LIFE Their prevarications opposition are too diversified to be reduced to a type form It is impossible to predict just what weight these charges will finally have with the board of regents And it would be unjust to claim that they have all proceeded from one man or to blame a single individual for the development of a plot that enlists the support of dozens of politicians as well as some It is a prominent church men conspiracy in which several are involved The hopes of the consolidation faction have been revived If President Kerr is displaced by Colonel Young or any other man of his type consolidation will follow in two years God save our President! To him all praise is due for the present peerless rating that our college enjoys Any person who will compare the courses offered by the Agricultural College in the year 1899 with those offered at the present time will be convinced that President Kerr’s administration marks an era of rapid advancement in the standard of work and requirements The A C was for graduation then very little better than a good high school Very little real college grade work was offered At present our courses compare favorable with the Baccalaureate courses offered by most of the state univerCredits for sities of the country work done here are accepted everywhere and the college is rapidly gaining prestige among our institutions of higher education !8o Along with this development comes the growth of college spirit Close rivalry and student activities in literary and athletic work have received a new impetus In short a college atmosphere has been created and a loyalty to our Alma Mater paralleled only by the inherent love of home is the result We have witnessed this metamorphosis in the life of the school We honor the man under whose wise direction it has been accomplished We appreciate the sympathetic interest he has always shown in our undertakings We have implicit confidence in his firm impartial and liberal policy One Dreadful Day- - The editor of the “Gold and Blue” certainly ‘‘has a mad on” in the last 'issue I11 an article fairly bubbling over with indignation an article so hot that it causes the leaves — of his paper — to curl he hauls the exchange editor of Student Life onto the carpet and talks to him mixing 'up in the course of his conversation all the gentlemanly cuss words he has at his command Our poor Ex Man states that an article in the Gold and Blue a mass of childish palaver is not worth while and he is sworn at and told that he is jealous He says the article is rubbish and he is accused of having “swelled head” He criticises the editor for letting the article through |