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OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Yol. XIX DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, January 30, 1907.
No. 13
THINGS ALUMNI
HAVE TO TELL
News Received From Old
Friends
We are glad to present the news
which letters from Alumni con-
, tain. The past few days have
brought several interesting; notes ;
to begin with, a letter from former Editor J. O. Lofberg, telling
of the holidays in far-away Minnesota:
"Pax Yobiscum:—
"The weather was splendid.
What more need a Floridian in
Minnesota say ? But since such
brevity will do very little for the
editorial desire to 'fill up,' I shall
proceed to expand. By that, I
mean to lengthen this discourse.
In some other respects I've al
ready done so—to the extent of
five inches or more.
"I presume the reason for being
asked a month before Christmas to
tell my experience on the 25th of
December, was to go ahead and
have some experiences to write
about. But in this respect, North
and South are very much alike.
You get up late, smile at all upon
whom you generally scowl, greet
each and every one with 'Many
happy returns of the day,' an I
eat a dinner that renders you unintelligible and immovable the
rest of the day.
"Realizing that any departure
from this course would startle the
natives, I acted accordingly.
Smiled on myself as I dressed in
the morning, and wished the same
person 'Many happy retuns of the
day'—at home in Florida. And
when dinner came, and a family
one it was, (oh, no, I have not
taken unto myself one of mine
own. It was merely an adopted
one), 1 did just what every one
would have done.
"Of course, the dear Collegiate
supposes tnat we are buried so
deep in snow drifts, that our
Christmas supplies had to be laid
in last July. G 't rid of such a
pernicious idea. We had no snow
here during the holidays until
Dec. 80, and the weather was so
mild that after dinner [ took an
airing, bare-headed an 1 withou1"
an overcoat.
"But it would not do to stay in
this place all the holiday time, so
the same evening I lost no time
in refreshing myself in dewy
sleep. That is between the twenty
or more times I awoke to assure
myself that the alarm clock was
still ticking and had not 'gone
off.' For I was to take the 3 .10
a. m. train for Minneapolis. 1
took it.
"Three days were spent in the
Twin Cities, enjoying the frivolity
of a State Educational Associa
tion, in meeting people in whom
I should be interested, in listen
ing to Judge Lindsey, of Denver,
and Rabbi Hirsch, of Chicago,
who were among the lecturers to
our body of 'Educators'; and indulging in like inspiring and invigorating pleasures. Even the
far-famed Falls of Minnehaha received a share of my valuable
time. But to speak of any more
detailed share in the Association
days would be immodest, so I
shall desist.
"Homeward I again did go, and
have never really recovered from
the strains (and stains) of travel,
for school has been prosaic ever
since. Awful confession, I know,
but no doubt good for the soul.
Being in want of a fitting conclusion, I shall consider this the
end."
(Continued on page 4)
DIXON LECTURE
GREAT SUCCESS
Other Events of the Week
at Stetson.
In spite of the fact that there
were other attractions in town, a
very fair-sized audience gathered
at the Auditorium Thursday even-'
ing to enjoy the third regular
number of the Lyceum Course.
The occasion was a leoture by
Mr. Frank Dixon, Jr., one of the
famous Dixon Brothers.
At first sight, Mr. Dixon was
not very prepossessing, as he appeared walking with a crutch,
but when he once started to speak
everything else was forgotten in
admiration of the man and his
message.
After being introduced to the
audience by Dr. Hulley, Mr.
Dixon prefaced his speech somewhat as follows: "My elder
brother Tom has won a large fame
as a lecturer and also as the writer
of a popular novel, 'The Leopard's Spots.' I haven't written
any popular novel, but when it
comes to lecturing I can knock
the spots off of Tom's leopard—
but I don't want to." (This last
in a tone of voice that brought
down the house.)
Well, after hearing the evening's lecture we were compelled
to conclude either that Tom is a
wonderful speaker, or that on this
occasion Frank changed his mind
and "wanted to."
His subject was, "The Man
Against the Mass," and for two
hours did he command the closest
attention of the audien«e. He
brought out the importance of
the individual by apt illustrations
from history and the modern
