College Faculty and Student Rebellion
By Editor
The subjoined paragraph is from the New York Tribune. It would be pleasant light-reading in certain educational institutions on this side of the continent. As a sample of irony it is superb:— "The insurrectionary spirit of the average college faculty is one of the strongest proofs of the degeneracy of the times. The outbreak now is at Williams, where the faculty actually attempted to restrict the operations of the students' base-ball nine within home limits, doubtless with some insolent purpose of preventing neglect of studies during base-ball 'tours' over the country. The students are now engaged in suppressing their professors by means of 'serenades.' This would be a harsh measure, probably, even if the music was intended to be good—but this is a case where harsh measures are justifiable."