Stetson Weekly Collegiate

Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Official Students' Publication of Stetson University. Volume XVI. DeLand, Florida, Saturday, May 7, 1904. Number 2 MASSEY HONORED. Strong Resolutions Adopted By Members of the Bar of Moot Court. Monday afternoon just before the final adjournment of the practice court of the University Mr. Crawford, as president of the Senior class, read the following resolutions, which had been previously adopted by the bar of the court: Resolved, By the members of the Senior Class, constituting the bar of this moot cotirt. that we extend our grateful thanks to Hon. Louis C. Massey for his uniform kindness and courtesy to us at all times. He has made our work easier and more interesting by his untiring efforts in our behalf and has always presided with dignity and entire impartiality. We recognize in him one of the ablest attorneys in this State; dignified, re served and conservative in all matters, he stands at the head of the legal profession of Florida and is eminently qualified to fill any position of honor or trust the people may bestow upon him. Mr. Massey has won the hearts of the members of the Senior Class and as he leaves us this afternoon, we wish him to know that his efforts in our behalf have been appreciated and that we shall always rejoice with him in any . future successes he may achieve. Resolved further, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the court. Stetson Literary Society. It was a unique and remarkable meeting last week. In the first place no lights could be gotteii for a long time, so a couple of the members obtained a kerosene lamp from Chaudoin Hall and just for spite the society used it so as not to waste electric lights. The society answered to roll call in the dim and flaring light and then proceeded with the evening's program. The first number was Current Events, (on the installment plan) by Mr. Botts, supplemented by remarks from the other members. The program was entirely extempore as the joint meeting of the two societies was to have been held that night. Next, Mr. Lofbercr extemporized on teaching Cicero. Miss Hampton then recited a pathetic little ballad, relating how an owl came out of a cloud and hooted at Fiddle-de-dee. This was something on the order of Toe's "Annabel Lee." President Walker, in brilliant extemporaneous discourse related "The Narrow Escapes I've Had This Leap- Year." It seemed that he'd escaped everything. Mr. Leitner next told how to make fudge. Miss Remmers then gave a recitation, after which Mr. Allen told the story of the "Dick Merri- well" type. Mr. Sparktnan thrilled the audience with a talk on "Blues, Their Cause, Use, and Abuse." After these literary productions the society flitted away to the Physical lab where they toasted cheese and crackers over the Bunsen burners and told blood-curdling tales in the flickering gloom. Miss Remmers then proceeded to tell fortunes by the holding of hands. After this scientific achievement drawing the profiles on the blackboard of the members of the society was indulged in. Mr. Lofberg's had just the cutest little pug nose! After -adjourning to their room the members went through their business part of the program and after the president had appointed an entertainment committee, composed of members who could correspond during the summer, the society adjourned for the evening. Tonight's program is as follows: Current Events—Mr. Allen. Extempore—Mr. Leitner. Reading—Miss Jackman. Pari. Prac.—Mr. Staley. Debate^Resolved that a graduated income tax is just and expedient: Affirmative—Lofberg, Miss Hampton. Negative—Bostwick, Carlton. Miss Ringer Entertains. Tuesday was Miss Vincent's regular annual birthday and her friend, Miss Ringer entertained her and her faculty friends of Chaudoin with an elaborate spread. The next morning at chapel there was a rather conspicuous and suggestive absence of lady members of the faculty. Misses May, Palmer, Wilson and Madame Senegas were the only ones to grace the platform. Miss Ringer was also reported in faculty meeting for being absent from all her classes that day. Vespers The song service announced for last Sunday was postponed until Sunday the eighth, in order that all might have the pleasure of hearing Mr. von Ogden Vogt, the secretary of the united societies of the Christian Endeavor. He is an earnest, forceful speaker with a message for all. Last Sunday he spoke to a large congregation on man's relation to himself, his fellow-man and to God. An excellent program is promised for tomorrow, all the better for the waiting. Just a Girl. Many a throne has had to fall For a girl, Just a girl; Many a king has had to crawl, For a girl, Just a girl; When the hero goes to war He may battle for the right, But 'tis liklier by far That he sallies forth to fight For a girl. Just a girl; When the doctor turns to say; "It's a girl Just a girl," Papa murmurs with dismay: "What! A girl, Just a girl?" Ah, but why the sadness there? Why the bitterness displayed? Some day some stron man will swear That the great round world was made For that girl Just that girl. Why did Adam take the bite? For a girl. Just a girl: Why was Troy swept out of sight? For a girl, Just a girl; Oh, would heaven still be bright, And would any good man care To achieve it, if he might Never claim forever there Just a girl; Glorious girl? —S. E. Kiser. We return thanks to Mr. W. D. Allen the Fruitland member of the county board, for a cabbage which, in point of size and general soundness, excelled anything of the kind we have seen recently. It tipped the scales at 8 1-2 pounds, after the outer leaves being taken off. This is but additional evidence of the fact that Florida soil can produce the finest grown,—Times-Herald. ATHLETIC MEETING. Tennis Tournament and Field Day Discussed. Wednesday at one o'clock the Athletic Association held .one of its called meetings. The boys were called to or-. der by Mr. G. Cooper Staley. A Ly-! ceum Course committee was elected for next year and the members of itj are: Messrs. Blocker, Sparkman, Peloti and Beamy. ( A committee was also elected to make arrangements for a Field Day. I For this Sams, Clowe, and Broad well i were the men chosen. The amendment was passed to elect baseball manager at the last meeting of the year, instead of the first of the Fall Term. It Avas thought that by so doing the manager Avould be prepared to have something ready at the beginning of school by keeping in totich with the baseball affairs over the State during the summer. W. Y. Mickle was elected baseball manager. Since there wras no further business, adjournment followed. y. w. c. a. The meeting of the Y. W. C. A. Thursday was a very interesting one. The subject was "Missions" and the leader. Miss Heim, gave a short talk on missions in other countries. Also a number of newspaper clippings were read which showed how great a need of missionary work there is, right here among our own cities and towns. Last week the following officers were elected: Miss Pollard, president; Miss Coleman, secretary; Miss Mor- rish, treasurer. Committees were appointed and the chairmen appointed as follows: Devotional Committee—Miss Bou- chelle. Missionary—Miss Clarkson. Membership—Miss Bourland. Desirable Shrubs. In a late number of The Florists' Exchange Mr. Joseph Meehan gives a list of desirable shrubs for decorating home grounds. Most of them are as good, or better, in Florida as in Philadelphia. The double white Althraea, on one place, blooms all summer. In the course of his article he quotes from an English writer a criticism of common names. He also has a few words to say about pruning. May, in Florida, would probably be as good a time for pruning as June in the northern states. Do any of our readers know the native Hydrangea described? It is found in Florida, but not in this part of the State. We should be glad to know if it is found by any of our readers. It is a shrub from 3 to 6 feet high, with leaves from 4 to 8 inches long. The flowers in oblong panicles, the outer row sterile whitish, turning purple. Rose of Sharon. When selecting a list of shrubs, do not omit to include a Rose of Sharon, the common Althaea. In addition to its beauty, it merits a place because of its Summer-blooming qualities. It is a Midsummer and Autumn bloomer, cheering us at a time when hardly a shrub of another kind is in flower. There seems to be a prevailing1 impression that a pure white double sort is a myth. There is more than one of such a kind. Joan of Arc is pure white, and there are others. Photinia Serrulata. From Philadelphia southward the Photinia serrulata can be safely added to the list of hardy, broad-leaved evergreens. In Philadelphia, in situations quite sheltered from Avind, it goes through Winters Avithout damage to its foliage, but AArhere sAvept by winds it loses many of its leaves. At Biltmore, N. C, and at Pinehurst, in the same State it is one of the most reliable of shrubs. It is also to be met with in collections in Georgia. Mr. Berckinans, of Augusta, Ga., wrote me of its value there, but added that its flowers were often lost because of its habit of pushing so early in Spring that late frosts caught them. In the south of Europe it is a common large bush—or tree, almost—and early in the Spring it is covered with its flat clusters of white flowers, which are not unlike haAvthoru blossoms. And this leads me to say that for years botanists considered it a ha Avthorne, called it Crataegus glabra and for its common name, Chinese Hawthorne. The swelling terminal buds of this Photinia are red in color, as are the shoots, to some extent, while the large serrated leaves are quite ornamental. Common Names of Plants. In Gardening, a well known English horticultural magazine, S. W. Fitzher- bert, referring to a correspondent of that paper having been recommended to procure Vitis inconstans as a handsome \rine, thinks the correspondent Avould be disappointed "on finding that one of the handsomest 'vines' is merely a common Virginia creeper." He goes on to say: "In America every climbing thing from a scarlet runner to a gigan- tics Mana is called a 'vine' but in England feAv besides botanists acknowledge the Virginia creeper to be a vine. The same remark applies to Vitus muralis, another Virginia creeper. The constant change of names is very confusing to amateurs, who, naturally, are unable to recognize their old friends under new appellations. It is misleading in the trade as well, for some nurserymen adopt the new nomenclature, Avhile others stick to the old title, and it is therefore far from improbable that an amateur may find himself supplied with the same plant under different names by tAvo nurserymen. I am- agine that the title Ceratosigma plum- baginoides would convey little to most amateurs, though probably the majority knoAV the plant under its old name of Plumbago Larpentae." Our nurserymen generally, and the mass of the people, Avill agree with Mr. Fitzherbert in Avhat he says of the confusion of names and its results. Already nurserymen have many inquiries from customers whether this and that name is not the same as some older one Avith which they are acquainted; and for their oAvn and their customers' protection, nurserymen have to stand by the names under Avhich they haA*e been selling plants, some of them for fifty years. A rather curious feature of Mr. Fitzherbert's remarks is in relation to the Virginia creeper. He is under the impression that Vitis inconstans (Am- pelopsis Veitchii) and Vitis muralis are Virginia creepers. Whatever the practice may be in England, in this country nothing but the Ampelopsis virginica is Virginia creeper. •+—-+ A. W. Evans, Avho is in charge of J. T. Pirie's big vegetable warm, is having fine success this spring. New Irish potatoes are being shipped that are not sixty days old and they are fine too. Also they are shipping the largest and finest onions your correspondent eA-er saw. Mr. Evans states that their lettuce crop was somewhat reduced but there were 30,000 heads then. In addition there are the usual crops of garden truck, all doing finely.—Apopka Citizen.