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Old Songs

I.

Thou on the stars divine

Gazest, O star of mine!

Would that I were the skies,

To gaze on thee with many eyes!

II.

A star of dawn to us,

Thy living light was shed;

Now, having died, thou art

Hesperus to the dead.

7. E.

It has been customary at the end of each volume of The Morningside to have an epilog. We do not have one in this number, which marks the close of the seventh year of our existence, but instead we intend to say what we have to say along the line of an epilog in this comment.

In looking over the issues of the past year, or at least over those, seven in all counting this number, with which the board, as it is at present constituted, has had to do, we realize that we have little upon which to congratulate ourselves. This circumstance is of necessity better known to ourselves than to our readers. We do not indeed pat ourselves on the back; but for all that, we as a board know that we have labored faithfully, if not well, for our publication. But of any success that we may have won we know positively none of it has been gained by either the help or kind spirit of our sister publications. We do not, however, complain of this, for what has been printed about us in them supposedly reflects the feeling of the students of Columbia, and as such we take it; but if this comment does nothing else, we wish whoever may read it to understand that we do not and shall not exist as a publication merely through the love of the editors to see themselves in print. It is "up to" the students to do something.

In writing the above comment the editors are not looking for vainglory, neither do they seek scalps.

But one thing they do know for certain, and that is, they expect fair treatment by the other Columbia Student publications.

In returning to the old scheme of having one examination in each subject at the mid-year, the faculty has made a move that will be much commended and appreciated by the student-body at large. The strain of having several one-hour exams, in each course was too severe, and rightly caused innumerable complaints last year. The general sentiment upon entering an examination is to get through with it, and, at a single stroke, as it were, to finish the work in a particular course. Now, this was quite impossible with last year's system, and the strain of one examination was carried over into several others. Then, again, in preparing for a single examination in a course, you review the whole work of the term, and leave the subject with a realization of its unity and contiguity instead of with a sense of its disjointedness, as would naturally follow after three separate examinations in the particular course. So, the old scheme of examinations in its advantages to the students and to the progress of the clearer understanding is better suited to our ideals of a modern education.

What is the matter with the seating capacity of the library these days? Is the lack of seats at present to be ascribed to the actual small number of benches? Surely no, for in the middle of the term more uncccupied than occupied seats were to be counted. But not so now, for the "standing room only" sign has been displayed quite frequently lately, and even such enticing pleasures as a bar of sweet chocolate could not procure the much desired seat. The trouble, then, is the reappearance of our old friend, the "greaser"; and presence of the exams. is the lamentable cause of his presence.