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6HE 65EGH. saving exchange. " Why does not the Board
of Trustees, interested as it is in the welfare of
Published on alternate Thursdays, during the school year, by the
students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. the students, take hold of the matter?" is a
question heard on all sides. Although this query
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1886-87.
T. W. SPRAGUE, '87, Pres. H. C. SPAULDING, '87. is but natural, there are at present a good many
G. C. DEMPSEY, '88, Sec. FRANKLIN W. HOBBS, '89.
W. L. DEARBORN, '88, Tres. J. H. TOWNE, '9o. reasons why the Trustees do not feel inclined to
take hold of any new undertaking. Among
EDITORS.
others, we might state that a good deal of capi-
SYDNEY WARREN, '88, Editor-in-Chief.
GEO. O. DRAPER, '87. JAS. T. GREELEY, '88.
ital has been of late invested in printing notes
QUINTARD PETERS, '87. J. LAWRENCE MAURAN, '89
H. G. GROSS, '88. G. C. WALES, '89.
to the different lecture courses. And, as we all
990, .
know, the Institute, having, so to speak, grown
H. C. SPAULDING, Advertisbig Agent.
up under the shadow of Harvard, is not a heav-
Subscription, 2.o00 per year, in advance. Single copies, 15 cts. each. ily endowed corporation; not that much capital
would be needed to start such an enterprise, but
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that not having so much to dispose of they wish
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to take more time, and place it where they are
HE question of starting a
sure it will do the most good. After a time the
book exchange has been
Board of Trustees would undoubtedly take
agitated a good deal since
action in the matter; but what we want is im-
our last issue. As then
mediate action. We wish to have the book ex-
stated, the object of such
change fully organized and in good running
an exchange would be, to
order by the first of next term.
save money and time to all the students of the
Would it be at all out of its province if our
Institute. It would be a market for second-
now successful Co-operative Society should in-
hand text-books; buying those just finished,
terest itself in this matter ? It has a not incon-
and furnishing those about to be begun, charg-
siderable sum in its treasury, which could not
ing only enough to pay the running expenses.
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be devoted to a more worthy end than the
These expenses would be very inconsiderable.
foundation of this book exchange, which would
There would be but little expenditure beyond
agree so fully in object and method with the
the wages of the person engaged to act as clerk.
avowed aim of the M. I. T. Co-operative Society.
We think the room could be furnished by the
Will not the society give this matter their
corporation.
earnest attention at their next meeting ?
Undoubtedly this could be made a paying in-
vestment, and should any outsider take hold of
it, it would become such. But this is what a
book exchange is instituted to avoid. By deal- F FTER a long and fairly successful season,
ing directly with ourselves, we wish to save the the foot-ball eleven has disbanded, and
money which would otherwise go to enrich a gone out of training. Now that all games have
third person. Do we not need, and could we been finished, it becomes our province to review
I not appreciate, the dollars saved as much as he ? the work done during the season. Although
And yet we hesitate as to who shall take the not as successful as we could have wished, the
initiatory step in the formation of this money- team has done well, and deserves great credit.
THE; TECH.
Especially is credit due to the captain, for his students have been directly interested, and
earnest work in making the team as good as it nearly the whole Institute indirectly. Such a
was. state of affairs as this demands favorable con-
This year has been remarkable, as showing sideration by the Faculty with regard to grounds,
how great improvement may be made under time, etc. Next year should bring forth the
certain circumstances in a short time. At the best eleven ever seen here. The scientific
start we labored under great disadvantages. principles were never before so fully compre-
Our three principal' opponents began practice hended, and next year's team should be able to
fully two weeks before we were able to, on begin where we left off this year, and not have
account of our later commencement, and we had, to learn the game all over again. Eight of the
to begin with, mostly raw and untrained ma- present team will probably be back next year,
terial. Many experiments had to be tried and with the large number to choose from, the
before an eleven could be selected, so systematic completed eleven may make a record never
training was impossible at first. The series of before possible.
defeats undergone had a depressing influence, 5HERE
and the lack of interest shown by the students has been a large influx of class spirit
was discouraging. It was after the defeat at at the Institute during the last week, which
Amherst that the change commenced, and the waxed so high that it was extremely dangerous
next games showed results that were totally for Freshmen to carry canes, if they had any
unexpected. In tying Williams the team objections to having them smashed. This kind
showed what they could do on their own grounds, of spirit is all very well in its place, but it should
with good support, though there was no reason be kept there, and not allowed to create dis-
for letting Williams catch up, after we were so graceful rows in the Institute halls and corri-
far ahead. With Amherst, on the following dors. It is class spirit with a vengeance, and is
day, the eleven played the finest game that they rather more than THE TECH expected would come
were capable of, and the result was most satis- from its suggestion of a few weeks ago. It is
factory. By defeating Exeter two days after, the likewise a different kind of feeling, though some-
week was ended, with a record justly to be what analogous. What THE TECH meant was a
proud of, the team showed that they could feeling which, causing a jealousy between the
play a winning game much more effectively classes, would incite them to outdo each other
than a losing one. The lost game with Williams in the athletic field, and thus raise the general
was unfortunate, but showed our men what standard of athletics here. We did not mean
their weak points were. Defeating Tufts on the kind of spirit which has been rampant dur-
her own grounds was the last victory scored, ing the last week, causing fights in the build-
and though not so remarkable as some, still ings, which necessitated the interference of the
served to swell the aggregate number. We Professors. We are glad to know that these
were entitled to a chance for the championship disturbances have been the result of a misunder-
by playing the tie off with Williams, but the standing, and that the affair will probably be
farcical conference at Springfield defrauded us settled by committees from the two classes.
of our chance, and Williams obtained the empty The Freshmen are equally to blame with the
honor of champions. In the new league next Sophomores; but now that it has been explained
year there will be more harmony, and an in- to both sides that they were mistaken in their
teresting contest will undoubtedly result. ideas, there will probably be nothing more heard
The general interest shown has been remark- of these disturbances. Both classes should take
able. Besides the regular and second elevens, into consideration the fact that the Faculty may
both courses and classes have contested with attribute all the trouble to foot-ball, and think
each other. Fully fifteen per cent of the that they may prevent any recurrence of the'
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trouble by suppressing all games. This would She Says Good-bye.
be a misfortune to the whole Institute, as it
She says good-bye, and moves away,
would shut tus off from the only field in which
Then, smiling, turns, again to say
we can at present compete with anything like Good-bye. The words come to my ear
As fi-om a distance, though so near,
success.
And meaning only half convey.
Brave girl ! As though her heart were gay,
As though she did but say good-day,
T HE recent communication concerning the
With neither sigh nor falling tear,
adoption of class colors has THE TECH'S
She says good-bye!
most hearty support. Class colors are greatly
And can she hide a heart's dismay
desired at the Institute, and the lack of them is
Wrhile I each feeling must betray,
sorely felt, especially on such occasions as the When we are parting for a year!
recent Sophomore-Freshman foot-ball game. It And what to me seems yet more queer,
Why is it, when I fain would stay,
is unfortunate that we are open to the charge
She says good-bye!
of copying Harvard, in adopting four class
(And moves away !)
colors to be passed from the graduating class G. K.
to the entering one; but this charge cannot be
avoided if we choose such a method. As our Some Experiences with Haschisch.
correspondent suggested, it would undoubtedly
"Passing like a wild cloud through the distance of his mind"-Dombey
end to make class feeling stronger to have the and Soi.
colors, and, as can be plainly seen, this is a thing
greatly to be desired for the improvement of
HE works on haschisch, other
Institute athletics. This matter should be well
than old narrations of its vis-
considered by the four classes, and some definite
ions, and more recently some
arrangement arrived at soon. If the classes are
few magazine articles on the
to have colors, it would be well to have them in
subject, are comparatively
time for the class tug-of-war contests.
rare. What little has been
written is, however, sufficient
to arouse the interest of any one at all interested
AC HE much-talked-of Sophomore-Freshman in psychology, and it incited an investigation of
garm-e has- at last been played, and the Fresh- its effects by a small party of whom I was the
men won in a hard-fought struggle. We extend first one to test its powers. In the opportunity
our heartiest congratulations to '90o. It is in- it gives for studying the action of the brain in a
deed a matter of congratulation for the whole singularly disordered condition, haschisch is the
Institute, as it shows us what good material most interesting of the narcotics, for its effects
there is in the Freshman class to choose men are rather intellectual than sensual, as in the case
for the regular Tech team. ...O. n the Sophomore of opium, and the patient, during the height of
team were seven men whoahave played, on the his emotions, is as capable of watching its proc-
"'Varsity" at various times this year, whilst esses as any observer.
there were not more than four on the Freshman Interested as we were in the curious visions
team. This shows what good material there is conjured up by the action of the drug, less at-
at the Tech, which only needs to be brought tention was paid to the actual phantasmagoria
out in some manner. We hope that next year described than to certain vagaries of the mind,
there will, be a regular series of class games and sequence of symptoms, expressed in other
early in the term, as then there will be a large ways - except, perhaps, in our first experiment,
field for the choice of men, and the "'Varsity" where the voluble recital, strangeness of circum-
should be greatly improved thereby. stance, and the presence of unknown danger,
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left less attention for other observation. In this tioned. It is a sensation almost indescribable
case our notes were rendered inaccurate near to one who has not felt it, and is a kind of
their close by a singular cause: they were kept double consciousness; for, during the whole time
by one who had himself taken a dose of hasch- that I seemed to be in such novel situations, I
isch after mine, and when his action commenced, knew vaguely where I was, and though con-
his feelings were unconsciously recorded with nected thought was impossible, yet with a vig-
those I described. orous effort I could awake for a moment. In
Hours of the most detailed description might my wildest flights of fancy I could hear and
fail to give any idea of the feelings I experi- understand conversation in the room. Although
enced when I first became an assassin (fr. temporary restoration was thus voluntary, it
hasc/isc/tin): they were so absolutely unique was hastened by drinking water, or by the use
as to seem to belong to another world. Con- of other restoratives. An exclamation of mine
trary to our expectation, there was no disincli- upon being requested to keep quiet, will show
nation to talk of our feelings while under its in- the strange condition in which I was placed.
fluence, and the fluency of description and "The idea," I said, "of a person's telling me to
peculiar use of words was remarkable in the remain unconscious-and of its being possible !"
primary lighter stages. This is, however, apt to Immediately after the first symptoms, time,
be accompanied with a frank confidence often and to a less degree distance, gradually stretched
regretted afterward. out into tremendous proportions: it seemed to
Our first trial of the effects of haschisch was take hours to cross the room; my legs were
not under the most favorable circumstances; for, immensely long, and I seemed to be " tottering
taken rather unexpectedly, late in the evening, on the tops of tall pendulums." Meanwhile,
little time was had for preparation, even if we the most startling ideas and fancies flew through
had thought any necessary, for we were incred- my brain so swiftly, that, wishing to make a
ulous as to its powers. Three hours, indeed, note of some extraordinary idea, I would have
passed before the slightest symptom was felt, forgotten it before I could find the pencil at
and the subject was almost forgotten, when -- my side, and often held it, wondering why it
I gradually came to, and aroused from an un- was in my hand.
suspected state of semi-unconsciousness, of so This action of the narcotic went on till I was
short a duration, however, that others had not forced to lie down from weakness. By this time
noticed it. It was like a faint, in that I felt no I had become more than doubly sensitive, and
sensation of losing consciousness, but only felt impatient of the slightest discomforts: even the
that of arousing. .The mental shock was sudden off-hand way in which a friend presumed to
and terrible, for our absolute inexperience, un- pour coal on a fire, seemed to prove his utter
supported by actual evidence of its results, heartlessness and carelessness of my condition.
inspired a certain dread, which the sense of Meanwhile my body seemed to stiffen, till I felt
increasing, irresistible helplessness gradually like marble, and laid during the rest of the
approaching, heightened into apprehension. time strangely disinclined to stir; at the same
This awakening was regularly repeated about time I became wildly absurd, and shrieked with
every half-minute, occurring between gradually spasms of laughter at the most commonplace re-
diminishing intervals of lucidity, which them- marks. It was a sight long to be remembered
selves became less clear: that is, at no time by those present, to see me stretched straight
did I again recover full use of all my faculties, and stiff as death on the floor, long after mid-
although I periodically aroused into compara- night, convulsed with the most ghastly laugh-
tive attention. ter for five minutes at a time without another
Immediately after this first shock, I became movement of the body betraying life. Not un-
conscious of the dual existence so often men- til this stiffening was felt, did I experience the
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marvelous visions and hallucinations for which into a stupor, from which I slowly awakened
haschisch is noted; but then I found the equals with a feeling of nausea, attended by extreme
of the wildest of which I had read, and promi- fatigue and weakness for several days. With a
nent among them the sense of buoyancy so often a larger dose since taken, the effects were
cited. I was disappointed, however, not to have frightfully intensified; for through carelessness,
the sensation of actually leaving the body that a dose was taken which must have been four or
is sometimes described, and which I have known five times the former one, and the agony of
realized in others. The apparent intensity of terror experienced while the action was at its
the intellect was another strange experience: height was almost unbearable, and death seemed
not only did I seem to rise so far above my inevitable. Many of the symptoms universal to
normal state in this apocalypse as to compre- a moderate dose were changed, and the action
hend the profoundest and most complicated was throughout more violent and spasmodic as
problems of nature, but I was able to study the well as swifter than in the previous case.
course of my own mind in all its eccentric freaks, Among the more general conclusions we
and discriminate between its real and unreal proved, at least to our own satisfaction, was the
ideas. fact that the effects of haschisch give rise to
An effect peculiar to my own case, was the sensations invariably wild and fantastic in de-
facility with which I illustrated my sensations tail, a certain number of which, however, are
by graphical diagrams. For instance: the fig- found, almost without exception, in every case;
ure shown, represented the restorative effect of and that these effects may be depended upon as
drinking a glass of ice- being practically of the same class and power,
water; the lowest portion up to a certain point, after which the real be-
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represents my state of comes undistinguishable in the mind of the
deepest unconsciousness, patient from the unreal, and the excesses to
broken by minor awaken- which the action is carried differ in character in
ings; then the nearly ver- individual cases.
tical line indicates the Finally, the effects of haschisch differ widely
rapidity with which I was aroused, seeming to with the quality of the drug, for it is frequently
rise up from a depth of passivity, till at the top adulterated, often with opium or worse; with
I was almost perfectly awake for a few seconds, the peculiarities of the patient, for on some-it
lapsing at first slowly, and then swiftly, into un- has no effect; and most of all with the dose
consciousness again. All this was understood taken, the same dose almost always producing a
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and drawn with the rapidity of thought. As similar result. And although this modern ver-
the effect increased, thoughts passed through sion of its powers scarcely realizes the expecta-
my brain with such speed that I had no time to tions founded on the Count of Monte Christo, or
describe them when drawing the figures, and the works of Theophile Gautier, yet its effects
thus some of the most complex sensations were will convince the experimenter of its undreamed-
L lost. of potency, and leave recollections of one of the
The predominance of the spiral form was re- strongest experiences of a lifetime.
markable in all my visions. I walked on long
spirals, and lay floating in the axis of a helix
that stretched out like a long corkscrew to infin-
ity, or breathed in double-ended spiral atoms
till my throat and mouth were parched and hot.
After the force of the drug had reached its
height these visions became less and less dis-
tinct, till three hours after the first attack I fell
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Renunciation. and yet the expression, the animating life, was
the supremest charm.
A smile, a sigh, a laughing eye,
A whispered word with no one nigh, My seat was such that, while apparently
The mute caress of a silken dress:
intent upon the changing panorama from the
Just these, no more, I must confess,
window, I could yet perceive all the varying
Have touched my heart with Cupid's dart,
And made me -sentimental. shades of sunlight and shadow which broke in
succession over the exquisite face. Now laugh-
She does not dream, my radiant queen,
With golden hair and eye serene, ing dimples and mirthful eye, and anon the long
What direful havoc she has made, heavy eyelashes shading the fair cheek, and
And what a sudden, dashing raid
expression serious, almost pathetic. The hair,
On the heart of an unsuspecting Tech;
too - blue-black, and curling slightly and natu
And little I fear that she would reck
If she knew that she had done it. rally, in delicate tendrils, around the low brow,
But, blissful, bewitching she, in striking contrast with the bushy locks or
Blissfully ignorant shall be; artificial frizzes of the ordinary woman.
For a Junior Tech to speak of love,- To beauty she added grace, as every move-
Ye gods of prudence that dwell above,
ment plainly showed. Her refinement was
Forbid the thought -forbid the act!
Yes, farewell to all save plainest fact I perceptible in her dress, and a certain air of
Of science unromantic. J. T. G. elegance more easily perceived than described.
She opened her hand-bag when apparently
wearied of the conversation with her traveling
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companion, and I felt that the forthcoming
_~?T-- B y_ FF for a few days' careless literature was to be the final test. Should it be
sauntering, before the regular the WVaverly Magazine, or " My Heart's in the
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business expedition of the Highlands," I must, after all, confess appear-
vacation should begin. No ances to be deceitful, and believe that sometimes
definite place in mind; noth- a pretty milliner-girl may aptly counterfeit the
ing but rest, change, and lady. But no; the dainty hand takes out and
the agreeable "dolce far opens a most appetizing volume--fair print
hiente." and good edition of an old favorite, "Essays of
Somehow I drifted oceanward, in a car filled Elia." So she loves poor Lamb, also; another
with the usual types of humanity. The mad bond.
rush of the train pleased me; my solitude, also, On rushed the train, and the revivifying odors
was grateful. I longed, with Carlyle, for of the salt-sea foam, in close proximity, was just
"silence, silence, silence." A morbid condition suggesting something like terminus to my bewil-
for youth ? "Yes ; but the nerves become tense dered senses, when the car stopped, and the
with too continued a strain of application, and beautiful unknown, with her female companion,
the rebound must come." arose to depart. I followed. Crowds of ill-
The train slackened, and I was mentally re- timed and uninteresting people rushing hither
marking that the gradual slowing was unaccom- and thither, with vulgar haste, intercepted my
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panied by the usual dislocating jerks, when my view. Just a glimpse of her dainty head in a
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attention was arrested by the sweet tones of a carriage, and a hat - a hat to be envied, and to
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feminine voice in my vicinity. Glancing upward, be proud - uplifted in passing.
I saw, in the seat just before me, a face so Strange -the wearer of the happy hat turns i
exquisite in its beauty, that I find it hard, even his head, and reveals the face of Tom Hains
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now, to believe that it could ever have been sur- old Tom of '88. Never before had Tom seemed
passed. The contour of the face, and each so desirable an acquaintance, so coveted a
feature in detail, was classic in its regularity; friend. The unwonted warmth of my manner
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