Stetson Weekly Collegiate

STETSS^VEE^rCSlUfiSBTC 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