Show College Types of Manhood IT is a recognised fact recognised-fact fact in biology that the first of life forms are scarcely distinguishable from one another another another an an- other when even those forms are so radically different as a canary an acorn or a man So that distinctiveness of type is not a first but a subsequent growth It is said of a German nobleman nohle- nohle man that he never entered a school-room school without showing the most affectionate deference to the children present for he lie saw in the little ones the possible rulers of his country So one cannot jostle against the thronging scores 5 of our own University without feeling the magnetism magnetism magnetism mag mag- of the throbbing manhood and womanhood of our future citizens and it requires but little observation approximately approximately at least to discern discern- the differing types of the whole race of University students students minds minds of sameness there are but also minds of divergent differences In the first school years these differences were not so sharply marked off but here herein herein herein in these halls the varying types are seen though all have much uch in common The class of 97 eve even even is be beginning inning to take definite shape and color there is al already already already al- al ready some degree of cultured tone some sounds of a clearer dearer ring of good English some evidences of rhetorical finish yea a chastened nonchalance towards freshmen that pleases one yet the touches are so delicately given that the ninety are far from being a class of Egoists We like this this the the unconscious unconscious unconscious un un- conscious growth of scholarly types types the the opening powers of higher culture borne with dignity ease and modesty Goldsmith was wise in his choice of pleasures when he preferred the joy of human faces to butter cups butter cups and daisies We also as frankly own that tha t the study of the differing types of early manhood is more to our taste than the differing individualities ties of either clams or thistles this this- There is no necessary order in the treatment of college types We Wema ma may begin with the romantic This type is to be found both amongst ladies and gentlemen In fact there are few who do not share some touch of romance in their college days days but but there are others who are so marked off by the romance element that it seriously modifies modifies modifies modi modi- fies their entire character it grows upon them so that hard work becomes really irksome The Elysian fields open on every hand and the temptation to enter and enjoy is too fascinating to be resisted There may be a sufficient consciousness of the necessity of so far following up the humdrum of technical studies just to get through hut the fancied fancied fancied fan fan- pictures of th the future have the domination The sirens sing success to their devotees so charmingly that they become oblivious to the stern realities of lif life as well as to the absolute necessity necessity necessity sity both of sound training and accuracy of f knowledge Day dreams are indulged in work is not thoroughly done but slid over there over there are always opportunities ties for sliding in a large class and it itis itis itis is so very much more enjoyable to dream of success than to get right down downto to the work of dry bones unknown quantities or Greek Toots roots There are some studies sweet to the taste of the dreamer the dreamer the gems of literature literature literature litera litera- ture the romance side of history elocution elocution elocution tion etc in these the graces races of display are possible with a minimum of labor The study of literature in like Sterne's sentimental journey history supplies ideals of fancied greatness Elocution gives the art of declamation in which easy triumphs may be gained here gained here there is opportunity for scrappy reading reading reading read read- ing general reading dreamy reading and where an amount of work may appear to be done that is not done and where exactness is never a sine qua non The thrill and enthusiasm m of research of independent work and self thought are literally unknown quantities a at t this stage In support of this condition of things there are the tile examples of such geniuses as Goldsmith and Sir Walter Scott secret Scott secret devourers of fiction when they ought to have been grinding hard they loved the muses better than mathematics mathematics mathematics mathe mathe- matics and yet they attained to great great- ness Is not romance as good as the sciences and a noble sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment better than a fishy fossil In some instances the romantic student is isa a genuine Beau Brummel as to the properties a knight of some garter and a Don Quixote in chivalry brilliant in the ball room and spotless in cuffs and collars And yet notwithstanding ing all this there is a s side de of this college type wh which ch one cannot fail to be interested in if only for the reason that it stands for a significant side of our common nature Air castle building and day daydreaming daydreaming daydreaming dreaming may not be the highest kind of human effort but at any rate they may be the occasion of some good to some natures we natures we are not all moved to our best in the same way nor by the same means Great thoughts are not necessarily confined to busy minds Those who are conventionally spoken of ofas ofas ofas as lazy are not infrequently a kind of reserve fund most timely and helpful when others are exhausted It has sometimes happened that the romantic student of college days has subsequently become a most useful mem member ber of society whilst a senior wrangler may have passed into oblivion The romance of good natures may afterwards give place to very real and earnest working and when this is the case the work done is oi of highest value But we do not say this in commendation commenda commenda- tion of the type lest we should convert the exception into the rule Romance has its place and service in humanity but it has its dangers and more especially especially especially espe espe- so to the student The greatest student of the eternal verities said My Father hitherto and I work Therefore let the dreamer awake for forthe forthe forthe the nig night t cometh when no one can work And to our so so much fairer friends romance may may may- Give its glamour might To make a lady seem a night But not the less to be distrusted The young lady dreamer seems less to towander towander wander wanner too far away and the worst apprehension one may have of her is that she may charm some lover by her passivity and so become a an immeasurable able abl infliction to some miserable sinner whose sins must be he great indeed to merit such a life long corrective Other types deserve some notice but the space of the CHRONICLE is like its revenue revenue revenue-lim limited |