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Then the boldest of our number, speaking for us, said: "Look hyar ; if yer is gwine ter nishiate us by making us meet that Fakulty of yours, trot him out, fer we've got sand ill our gizarcl, and plenty of rocks in our pockets!" Thereupon the Pres. of the College stepped forth and said: "This is the Faculty, and the which you have come to meet. Our mode of war- fare is you expect. for instead of injuring either of us, it will benefit both, etc." Now we were matriculated Freshmen (and Freshwomen], and must report daily for recitations. Not after our niatriculation we began to feel an as we then termed it. The Seniors said that we had the by the Juniors as "swell-head.'· and the Sophs as it was, we had a slight case of it, developing into a worse one, and which would ultimately manifest itself in some act. Not long was the expectation of the school delayed; for on one beautiful Sunday morning we in a body went to c1111n:h, sporting canes, a thing which heretofore only Seniors were allowed to do. Oh, yes! we sometimes got our legs and canes mixed, but we soon became graceful. Vole strutted like a pea- cock, taking delight in spreading ourselves in the presence of the higher class- men, whose wrath was kindled not a little. \"le minded not the carrying of canes, but the walk of a mile into the country every Saturday for the purpose of practising walking' with thorn was all exercise we did not enjoy. Let us hastily pass on to the latter part of our Freshman year, as nothing happened of sufficient importance to attract the writer's attention. except a few fights, which have not yet come off. Although all manner of threats were made against us, yet our countenance ever beamed with kindness for our enemies, even to such a degree as that when the whole of the Sophomore class was sick unto death, on the night of the 95'S banquet, instead of leaving them to t.heir fate, and thus be rid of them, we loaned them spoons with which to take their medicine and live. On the following mortling a ten-gallon freezer was found, but no cream. Thursday night of the last examination week had arrived. The following Friday night the effigy, as everyone but the Freshmen supposed, was to be btu-ned. On Thursday we burned a mock effigy. The Sophs thonght that it was a sham to put them off their guard the following night. On Friday night the Sophs, Sub-Fr-esh, Preps, and all their friends frOI11 followed by all the cats and dogs for miles around, put in their appearance nine in the eve to prevent us from burning the effigy. Having called a class-meeting, we decided to have some fun. Davis, Murphy, Zepp and Revelle were appointed to make a survey of the campus s,