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Cb~ Jj~br~w(bildr~n. C HE Sophomore of '96 of was western to contain four students 011 organizil~g in its College, Maryland Class found of who Pettet, were "-I\J cssrs. Quartette Livingstone and the .. Theological Sanhedrin of the institution, desiring Gibson. The to render the usefulness of the young men such as the world had never known, not even in a Luther or a whitfield, made them the constant subjects of ex- periments, shifting them in the most unaccountable manner from one course to another, almost yearly. Theil' Sophomore year passed without of the remarkable dis- itself in any member of the group. yawning congregations sal beneath the so-called of one or another of their Their Junior year dawned with the most brilliant prospects; they were now higher cla ssmen and began to fee! the of their position. A fifth member, Mr. Melvin, came ill and cast his lot them, and the name was changed to that of .. Theological Quintette." But alas! ness of dawn cannot soon the lower clouds of "Higher Criticism" began to appear, rendered not attractive the lightning flashes from the optics of their teacher the D. D., who vainly to convince the young divines that a book wr-itten in eight languages was casy to master, for such it book were doomed to study. After hardships, such as the wily Ulysses never dreamed of, came out at the end of three months with a passing grade. This ob- stacle surmounted, they retired to their several homes with bouyant spirits, ill the thought that the end of their course was now appearing above the hori- zon, and they were in reality;; grave and dignified" Seniors. The vacation is spent in occasional preaching by each of them, which time soon passes and we again behold the familiar faces of "the boys J) with all the dignity coming their position, and with strong determinations, and fixed purposes they are again in our midst. The scr11tinizing glance of the president greets them, like that of 'an eagle upon its prey, with the information that the Sanhedr-in in solemn assembly hath decreed that they shall study Hebrew their Senior year at college. and also the post-graduate course at the whereupon they receive