12S COLLEGE RECORD. 



Hail ! hail I to the college, whore learning's bright sway. 

 Lures the spirit immortal from low haiuits away ; 

 From wisdom's pure fount, springs with heavenvvarti fliglit. 

 Its guiding star Truth, and its Energy might. 



Oh ! wonderful power that flows down from above. 

 To the band that goes forth on its errand of love. 

 Like the Saviour who came wounded spiiits to heal. 

 Sweetest fountains of hope be it yours to unseal. 

 T'sofl smile of the mother, will welcome your name. 

 For the pulse of her dear one beats calmly again, 

 And manly hearts cherish a gratitude warm, 

 For tlieir flowers, sweet flowers, upheld thro' the stonn. 



Hail the Keystone State, and thy college for ever ! 

 Hearts true to thy precepts when*close ties shall sever. 

 And may years fleeting on, wreathe a chaplet of fame. 

 With the glory that circles an unsallied name. 



COLLEGE RECORD. 



AxMVERSARY OF THE Phjlomatheax Society. — This Litpvar)^ As- 

 sociation celebrated its fourteenth anniversary on the 2Glh of February, 

 in Ciirist's Church. Every thing passed off in a most satisfactory man- 

 ner. A crowded house paid the most respectful attention to each speak- 

 er who appeared before them. And the speeches were undoubtedly de- 

 serving of this compliment, both on accoimt of their contents, and of 

 the manner in Avhich they were delivered. Pennsj'lvania College has 

 always been remarkable for its freedom from " mannerism" in the style 

 of speaking adopted by its students, and we do not know that we ever 

 saw this more strikingly displayed than in the simple and individual 

 character which marked each of the performances upon this occasion. 

 This is always, to our mind, prma facie evidence of the originality of 

 the productions, and of vigor of thought in writers. We hope the so- 

 ciety will ever be equally well represented, and she will have reason to 

 be proud of her representatives. The music (by the ^'•Handel and Haydn 

 Jlssociation^'') enlivening the occasion, was of that chaste and appropriate 

 character for which our Gettysburg bands are distinguished. The fol- 

 lowing was the order of exercises : 



Prayer by Professor C. A. Hay. Oratio.vs — "Tlie Gypsies" — W. 

 M. Baum, Reading, Pa. '' Knowledge, a source of Happiness" — ^. Es- 

 s/fZ-, Franklin co., Pa. "Scotland" — H. R. Geiger-, IMillersburg, Ohio. 

 "The Triumpii of the Church"— J. fV, Miller, Cariisle, Pa. "The 

 Exhumation and Ko-interment of Napoleon" — w3. C. JVedckindy York, 

 Pa. Benediction— l>v Rev. Dr. Kraith. 



