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was still intact. In this bediof he rid himself of his ojaculatory habit) and when he was old became a Sunday school teacher, whom the ladies admin 1 very much. Now it is evident t h a t if he had let his mind dwell upon this little slip instead of his good intention, he might have been lost and all his virtue wasted. As it was he drew all the good he could from a fertile custom and let mistakes go by on the other side. The Illinois is hopeful that the discussions of current topics which this number contains will do what they are intended to do, create a feeling of interest in things which go on at the University and an intelligent consideration of them from different points of view. Casual gossiping does not bring out much about any subject and it is only when some certain alert mind has devoted considerable attention to it, that a start is made toward a fair understanding of the situation. If we let some one furnish a substantial hub for our thoughts on important college themes we can furnish a good many spokes without knowing we are helping to build up a wheel of intellectual progress. In publishing these articles the magazine hopes to furnish the incentive to a larger and broader inter I than is commonly manifested even by the more original students in questions t h a t concern the vitality of Illinois.

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