Painting has to do with the tangible; poetry with tangible and intangible. Painting can represent ideas through corporeal media only. It is limited to the concrete. Poetry may range through abstract or concrete, through the world of facts or the world of fiction. Everything that is and is not may harmonize into poetry. Whithersoer the imagination may go, thither the poet may go. He is like to the wind, which "bloweth where it listeth." Nor is it an unhallowed thought, that when time shall be no more, when mortality shall have put on immortality, the poet, flaming with deeper and holier inspirations, will find audience before the Eternal Throne. G. A. J. Memorabilia Valensia. CLASS MEETING OF '53. In pursuance of notice, the Senior Class, on 19th ult., met at the Philosophical Chamber in the Athanæum, for the purpose of electing an Orator and a Poet, to represent them on Presentation day. Thomas F. Davis officiated as Chairman, and Messrs. Gilbert and Woodward as Tellers. Much good feeling prevailed, and the result was announced as follows: ORATOR, Randall Lee Gibson, of La. POET, Charlton Thomas Lewis, of Pa. CLASS MEETING OF '54. The Class of '54 assembled in the Philosophical Chamber, on Saturday, February 12th, for the purpose of electing their Editors of the Yale Literary Magazine. William H. Fenn was called to preside, and Messrs. Lambert and Leeds were appointed Tellers. The result was the choice of the following gentlemen as Editors: W. C. FLAGG, Paddock's Grove, Ill. J. W. HOOKER, New Haven, Conn. W. S. MAPLES, Selma, Ala. L. S. POTWINE, East Windsor, Conn. C. T. PURNELL, Port Gibson, Miss. KETCHUM'S ADDRESS ON WEBSTER. Agreeably to a written request from the Societies of Linonia, the Brothers in Unity, and Calliope, the Hon. Hiram Ketchum, of New York City, on the Anni versary of the birth of Daniel Webster, delivered a Eulogy on his life and character, in the Chapel. The Orator elicited profound interest and attention. His address occupied two hours and a quarter in delivery, and has been published in pamphlet form. DISSOLUTION OF THE CALLIOPEAN SOCIETY. The Calliopean Society has been dissolved. G. A. Johnson, R. L. Gibson, and J. Hamilton, were elected by the Society as a Committee, to make a final and full settlement of its affairs. The Committee are engaged at present in liquidating all debts of the Society, and in fulfilling the other duties devolved on them. A full statement of the causes of dissolution, and the executive labors of the Committee, will be given in the next number of the Magazine. The Society voted that such a statement should be written and published. "THE TEA-KETTLE." A new Senior Secret Society, christened with this name, was constituted at the close of last term. We welcome its appearance with cordiality. May it long survive and give an honorable paternity to its founders ! EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF YALE COLLEGE, PUBLISHED A. D. 1787. Chap. 2.-Of a Religious and Virtuous Life. 1. All the scholars are required to live a religious and blameless life, according to the Rules of God's Word, diligently reading the holy Scriptures, that Fountain of Divine Light and Truth, and constantly attending all the Duties of Religion. 2. The President, or, in his Absence, one of the Tutors in their turn shall constantly pray in the Chapel every Morning and Evening, and read a Chapter or some suitable Portion of Scripture, unless a Sermon or some Theological Discourse shall then be delivered. And every member of College is obliged to attend, upon the Penalty of One Penny for every Instance of Absence, and a Half Penny for being tardy or egressing without a sufficient Reason. 4. All the Scholars are obliged to attend Divine Worship in the College Chapel on the Lord's Day, and on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving appointed by public Authority, upon penalty of Four Pence (without just Reason) for Absence either Part of the Lord's Day, or a Thanksgiving Day, or a Fast Day, and Three Pence for Absence from a lecture, and One Penny for being tardy, &c. 6. Every scholar is required to shew all due Honor and Reverence, both in Words and Behavior, to all his superiors, viz. Parents, Magistrates, Ministers, and especially to the President, Fellows, Professors, Tutors and Seniors of this College; and shall in no case use any reproachful, reviling, disrespectful or contumacious Language; but on the contrary shall shew them all proper tokens of Reverence and Obedience. 7. No scholar shall walk upon the Sabbath, or on any Fast day. Concerning Scholastic Exercises. 1. Every student shall diligently apply himself to his studies in his Chambers, and no student shall walk abroad or be absent from his Chamber, except half an hour after breakfast and an hour and a half after dinner, upon penalty of Two Pence or more to Six Pence, at the discretion of the President. 3. Every Saturday shall be devoted chiefly to the study of Divinity, and each class through the whole Time of their Pupilage shall recite either the Assembly's Catechism, the Confession of Faith received and approved by the Churches of the Colony, Wallebries Ame's Medulla, or something else, &c. 4. Any undergraduate who shall be absent from Recitation or Dispute without liberty may be fined Two Pence, and if from Declaiming Six pence. Of Regular Moral Behavior. 3. If any scholar shall be guilty of stealing or knowingly receive and conceal stolen goods he shall be fined and pay treble Damages, and, if the goods stolen shall be of the value of twenty shillings, he shall be expelled. 4. If any one shall fize upon another he shall be fined a shilling, and every Freshman sent must declare that he who sends him is the only Person to be charged. 5. If any scholar shall break open the Door of another, or privately pick the lock with any instrument he shall be fined five shillings. 6. If any scholar shall play at Billiards or any other unlawful or even lawful Play for Wager, or shall call for any strong Drink in any Tavern within two miles of College, except in company with his Father or a Tutor, he shall be punished two shillings and six pence. 7. If any scholar shall damnify the College house, Glass, Fence, or any thing belonging to College, he shall be fined a shilling and make good the Damages. 8. Every scholar in studying time is required wholly to abstain from singing, loud talking, and all unharmonious or unsuitable sounds, upon penalty of four pence. 10. If any scholar shall any where act a Comedy or Tragedy he shall be fined three shillings, and if in acting he shall put on Woman's Apparel he shall be pub licly admonished. [This, we incline to think, is a plagiarism from the old Blue Laws of Connecticut. We hope, however, that the Faculty will always frown upon the introduction, as a general thing, of such apparel.] 14. If any scholar shall assault, wound, or strike the President or a Tutor, or shall maliciously or designedly break their windows, let him be immediately expelled. And if several shall purposely dance in any Chamber or Entry near a Tutor's room they may be punished by being deprived of the privilege of sending Freshmen on Errands. 18. If any scholar shall go out of the College Yard without a Hat, a Coat, or a gown unless he may be fined not exceeding six pence. [What this blank means we cannot say certainly.] 21. Every Freshman is obliged to do any proper Errand or Message required of him by any one in an upper Class, which if he shall refuse to do he shall be punished. 22. No member of College may do or undertake any Matter or Business of Difficulty and great Importance without first consulting with the President and obtaining his consent. Of Chambers, &c. 4. When any tumbler or other piece of glass shall be broken by an unknown person in the Hall, Chapel, Library, or Entry, or any public Room, the expense of mending the same shall be borne equally by all the undergraduate scholars. Of the Steward and Commons. 1. The Steward appointed by the President and Fellows, shall provide Victuals for all those who reside in College. 2. The Waiters in the Hall appointed by the President are to put the Victuals on the Tables, spread with decent linen cloaths which are to be washed every week by the Steward's procurement. * * * No Victuals, Platters, Cups, &c., may be carried out of the hall unless in case of sickness. * * * And when dinner is over the waiters are to carry the Platters and Cloath back into the Kitchen. And if any one shall offend in either of these Things or carry away any thing belonging to the Hall without leave, he shall be fined six pence. 3. The Steward shall take care that all the College Chambers and Entries be daily swept, and the Beds made; and those beds which are not made by 9 o'clock A. M. shall remain untouched until the next morning. 4. The Steward shall make out a term bill for each student-payable every quarter, with a duplicate thereof, viz. 1. The Butler shall act as bell ringer on all occasions. 2. The Butler is allowed to sell in the Buttery Cyder, Metheglin, Strong Beer not exceeding twenty Barrels a year, and such like Necessaries for the scholars which are not sold by the Steward in the Kitchen; nor may any scholar buy Cyder or Strong Beer any where else but in the Buttery, and for this privilege the Butler shall pay fifty shillings into the College Treasury, and also provide Candles as they shall be needed in the Chapel at Prayers, or on other occasions. Degrees, etc. 5. Every candidate shall pay to the President one pound and four shillings for every degree conferred upon him. 6. No scholar shall have his Degree unless the Steward on the Commencement Morning shall certify to the President that he hath paid all his College dues-even to his Buttery bill. 8. Every candidate for a first Degree shall appear dressed in decent apparel. 9. If any Freshman near the time of Commencement, shall fire the Great Guns, or give Money, Council or Assistance towards their being fired, or shall burn Candles either inside or outside the College windows, or shall scrape the College Yard or shall run therein, or do any thing unsuitable for a Freshman, he shall be deprived the privilege of sending Freshmen on errands, or teaching them manners during the first three months of his Sophomore year. Editor's Table. READER, here we are in our Editorial Sanctum. Stop at any time, and see the table, the pen, and the "coffin" of dear Mag. Our head is resting thoughtfully against the back of our chair. Editorial solicitude is fast changing us to the sere and yellow leaf." We are emphatically "Grand, Gloomy, and Peculiar." This editorial sobriquet, which we have received, may induce you to think wrong about us. You may think that we have no music in our soul. You may even question our ability at punning. This makes us wrathy. We feel like fight. We are tempted to perpetrate a pun on the spot. We are almost minded to demolish the reputation of the Punning editor, and to build on his ruin our own fame for a prime punster. No, we will not. Our mind has changed. We are determined not to gratify idle curiosity. We will not essay to pun, but we will rest with the consciousness that we We will give our "Ipse dixit" to the world, that we have this ability. What more is required? This settles that question. can. In writing about punning, we are reminded of a communication we have received. Its author bears the name of "Ichabod Academicus." Here "Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar" begins to feel humble. He is forced to admit that " Ichabod" is a better punster than himself. Read: TORTURE REVIVED, OR THE SCREWS SCIENTIFICALLY APPLIED. When superstition ruled the earth, Before the mighty Luther's birth— More than in Brighton market found When bells were blessed by priestly power (Not such as in Lyceum tower) When, if the people's sins were dark, They made the priest “take off the mark :" Then, in the gloomy land of Spain, And all who praised the Reformation |