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 20	THE OREAD.

The Zoology class have been so fortunate in securing subjects for dissection, that much of the time usually given to the club programs has been taken for personal work in investigation. Yet the regular meetings have been full of interest and enthusiasm. The essays presented showed original thought and the articles read were of present interest in science. The meetings which seemed to afford the members most pleasure were the Mollusca program, at which they indulged in the annual oyster supper, and the Insecta program, which was given on the lawn under the pines.

The Club feel that, although the work of this year has been satisfactory, it can be be made even better, and plans are being formed for reorganization, in order that all the science classes may be included.

THE GERMAN CLUB.

Realizing the need of a broader and more general knowledge of German literature and the men who have made it than one can obtain in the daily routine of a class room, a German club has been organized this year, consisting of all the German students in school, and since the first of March, meetings have been held every two weeks. The aim has been to arouse interest by showing the beauties and treasures of the language and literature, and on six evenings the following subjects and authors have been considered: The German Folk-song, German Lyrics, Lessing and Herder, Goethe, Schiller and Heine. The programs have consisted of papers, selections from the authors either read or recited, translations, where good ones have been known, with a few original renderings, and music. The Heine program, given below, was particularly interesting because so many of his beautiful lyrics have been set to music equally beautiful, and a number of them were available for the club program which was as follows:

Essay—Heine's Life and Works. . . . . "The Two Grenadiers,". . . .Schumann. "My Child, We Were Two Children." . . . "By the Sea," 	. . Schubert. "The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar" a. " To a Poodle." Three Lyrics. . . {b. 'Some Pray to the Madonna" 	c. The Rose, The Lily." "Thou Art so Like a Flower,". . Rubenstein. Poems to Heine's Wife and Mother "The Lorelei," ...... Sadler.

The Schiller program followed the reading of the drama by one of the classes, and the members of the club had the pleasure of listening to two of the papers written by the class when completing the study of the play. One of these was on the character of the hero, Tull, and the other on Bertha and Rudenz.

The programs were written in German, and each had some appropriate heading—on the Volkslied and Heine programs a bar of music, on the German Lyrics one of the short, dainty poems so plentiful in German. On the Schiller program, familiar quotations from "Tull," and so on. It was a pleasant fancy of the Program Committee to have them written alternately on yellow and white cards, and tied with ribbons of the same, the school colors.

The singing of German choruses has been a feature that afforded much pleasure and amusement.

The club has as yet no name, though several have been suggested. We hope that next year it may continue to be as pleasant and profitable as this, and that then it may have a fitting cognomen. As the club develops, it is a part of the plan to have also papers bearing directly upon the study of the language itself, its growth, development, idiomatic constructions, etc. There is much for which there is no time in a regular course of study, which may be gained in an organization of this kind.

THE LATIN CLUB.

Near the first of January, there was organized a club composed of all the pupils in the department of Latin, and designed to increase the already lively interest in the subject, by discussing questions pertaining to all the classes.

The officials elected were: President, Miss Bastian, '95; Vice-President, Miss Newton, '96; Secretary, Miss H Tan, '97; Executive Committee, Miss MacLean, and Miss Ballard, '95.

The meetings, held monthly, were from the first interesting. Much thought was given to the preparation of the programs which consisted of papers relating to the Latin language and li•erature; the customs of the Romans; the lives of authors studied, and on mythological subjects suggested by class work. Occasionally, suitable music, both vocal and instrumental, was introduced. The following program, presented at the April meeting, seemed to be received with much enthusiasm: Welcome (in Latin),	. Miss Hagan. The Energy of Cesar,	. . Miss Seiple. " Oratio Obliqua,". . Miss Mary Luce. How to Study Latin,	. . Miss Harvey. Life of Virgil,. . . . . . .	Miss T. Fourt Reading—Prometheus and Pandora, Miss Hostetter. Siege of Troy. Miss Baty. Farewell, (in Latin). . . ..Miss Newton.

The last meeting of the year deviated somewhat from the ordinary custom, and was a surprise to all. The OREAD Room was very prettily decorated, and