Literary and Educational Supplement. 



European colleges and schools. 

 The interest and literary value of 

 these college magazines cannot be 

 felt by one who does not habitually 

 compare a large number. The 

 stories, poems and humors of the 

 college paper are frequently in no 

 wise inferior to those of the average 

 magazine. — Ex. 



Columbia College is the richest in 

 the land, but its library consists of 

 only 90,000 volumes, while Har- 

 vard's numbers 365,000 and Yale's 

 200,000. 



Work on the Nicarauga Canal is 

 progressing, though retarded at this 

 period of the Central American year, 

 by the rainy season. 



The 450th anniversary of the dis- 

 covery of the art of printing was 

 celebrated at Mayence, recently. 



Steps are being taken for organi- 

 zation of a College Boating Club. 

 The boats will come, boys ! 



THE SAN DIEGO COLLEGE 

 OF LETTERS. 



A FABLE. 



Felis sedit by a hole, 

 Intenta she cum omni soul, 



Prendere rats ; 

 Mice cucurrerunt over the floor, 

 In numero duo, tres or more, 



Obliti cats. 



The felis saw them oculis; 



"I'll have them" inquitshe, "I guess, 



Dum ludunt." 

 Tunc ilia crept toward the group; 

 "Habeam" dixit, "a good rat soup, — 



Pingues sunt." 



Mice continued all gaudere — 

 Intend they in ludum vere, 



Gaudenter. 

 Tunc rushed the felis into them, 

 And tore them omnes limb for limb, 



Violenter. 



Moral — Mures omnes, nunc be shy, 

 Etaurem praebete mihi: 



Benigne: 

 Si hoc facitis, "verbum sat" — 

 Avoid a devilish big Tom cat 

 Studiose. 



— Latin School Register. 



As the literary and educational 

 supplement of The West Ameri- 

 can Scientist is edited by the stu- 

 dents and faculty of the San Diego 

 College of Letters, and takes the 

 place of the former college journal, 

 7 he Sphvnx, a few words in regard 

 to this institution are in order. 



Incorporated in 1887, it is now en- 

 tering on its third year under most 

 auspicious circumstances. The next 

 term opens on the 4th of Septem- 

 ber. The attention of parents is es- 

 pecially directed to the climatic ad- 

 vantages enjoyed by this institution. 

 Students unable to attend schools in 

 more rigorous climates, or too deli- 

 cate in health to study, may here re- 

 gain full strength and compete in 

 scholarship with their stronger asso- 

 ciates. The truth of this is shown 

 by Dr. P. C. Remondino, member 

 of the International Medical College, 

 in this number, and those interested 

 should read his article with care. 



Full information regarding this in- 

 stitution will be sent on application. 

 It is for both sexes a boarding and 

 day school, giving instruction in all 

 branches of literature, science and 

 art. Another word about this 

 monthly supplement to The West 

 American Scientist which will be 

 published by this institution during 

 the coming year. This is believed 

 by all to be a long step upward in 

 our history. In addition to such in- 

 teresting matter as may be found in 

 the College department, the reader 

 has the advantage of what comes 

 from the pen of C. R. Orcutt and 

 his correspondents. The college 

 cannot afford to allow its department 

 to become inferior. It must be well 

 sustained. Only sensibly written and 

 well-selected articles will receive 

 room in these columns. It is to be 

 hoped that each student will feel 

 himself personally responsible for 

 the success of our department and 

 will do all in his power to assist, in 

 every way possible, in making this 

 journal second to none. 



The Editors, 



